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state emphatIcally that. as soon az
they reached Melchester. shA
should telephone her father that
she had been abducted By a viz
Ian. But as she assembled the
steps of the hotel piazza she stop
ped IN auazement. In comfortable
rocking chairs on the veranda sat
Mr.. and Mrs. Lisle. Mr. and MrE..
'Wardman, William Cameron.
Mary's most Intimate girl friend.
Florence Boyd and a youuEis1
man wearing clerical collar.
Just In time young folks"
cried Mr.. Lisle cheerfully. Here's
the parson and the breakfast will
be ready by the time we are. All
present or accounted tor-Bill
Cameron is best man and Florence
II bridesmaid. The old folks all
here. Great idea this Of Henry's
for q country wedding. How did
the touring car run coming out:
That's my wedding present child
rem
Henry wardman, cried Mary,
Put up a little Job on you,
"you have--haye-"
dear" interrupted Henry. "Dut
it's all right, dear, isn't ~"
TIL never speak to you again. !"
she snapped. But she did; less
than an hour later in the presence
OF the clergyman and the others,
she said. Il, Mary, take tha9
Henry" etc.
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GoToN WITH THE sTIRY

"When you come back! No
that won't do, Myra." barrett
|lheld her arms in a grip that hurt.
l@slx months. lAre you casually
telling me to go home and walt
for six months TIL you come
ltbaek from the other end OF the
world and.
SNOW sit down. Johnny, and
4 snoke. II may help you to UNDER
stand things. Besides you're hurt
ling my arm. There. that's better.
Tell me-is SIX months too long a
s.iwait for me-me"
TITS six months longer than
San endure life as It u.s." muttersd
Barrett. glowering at his cigaret.
Myra paused, poised almost liter.
ally on tip-toe OF decision with
much depending on the outcome.
Then she went N her halt-packed
bag and began putting her work.
things in.
"You know, Johnny Barrett.
live always felt that you and I
had snapped sexes psychological
NV. Woman is supposed to act
Cogieally. on temper and inn
pluse. Mans the thinking animal
-r she flashed a smile at him.
"Yet here you arer a husky, intel
ligent male, passionstely propos-
ling to me because forsooth You
are tired OF your good wife. LoSi.
| cal sequencel And bore am L
Fshe walked over to where he
kgas grumping in his chair aud
Maid q pretty. intelligent hand oa
y shoulder.
W "here am l." she repeated
Ks bantering tenderness. very
IA Of illogical you, but ve:y
aslealiy INSISTING that, you have
4 e
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THE DAILY
SHORT STORY
Maly's Elopement
BY II. IRVING KING.

" W. "fF1NlNN NlNos
Hrhs only fault you could fine
With Mary Lisie was that her prst'
" little head was all cluttered UP
: With romance. Henry Wardman, ol
70 other hand, was matter-os.
fact young man to whom life was
as devoid Of the frilis Of romance
as a problem in Euclid. RomauLl.
eism was TO him as the fourth d..
mension-and he did not bother his
head about It.
Henry, In bis quiet way, was very
much In love with Mary and re.
gaIded her romanticism With the
greatest indulgence, looking upon
Il Just as he would had she been
takei, with the measles or the
humps. With all Mary's love for
\ Snd reliance upon Henry, she could
mot but feel that he would be
greatly improved Il he had little
more romance in his composition.
Henry was in business for himself
and doing we'll: his parents were
wealthy and would leave him a
pretty plum some day, Also they
were quite content he should mar.
ny Mary Lisle. Mary's father was
most prosperous person and both
he and his wife considered Henry
" suitable match for their daugh.
ter. All seemed jogging along in I
prosaic, humdrum manner to end
in o conventional wedding when
Mary took n sudden freak.
Henry" said she one evening
WHIT they were calmly considering
whether to start housekeeping in
a city flat or a house In the sub.
nrbs. Henry, let's elope!"
Why" asked the astonished
tfenry.
Ooh" she replied With deep
sigh, "if we don't am ntraid VIC
sfRll be parted"
WHO IS going to part us?" said
JIIenry.
Well answered Mary. faith
Sef and William Cameron have
been having long. secret confer
eilees together OF late. Oh, Henry,
suppose fnther should force ma
y marry Willie Cameron!"
Nonsense" cried Henry;
Dwour' father Is trustee OF the
Cameron estate. Bill probably is
trying to get his allowance In
CREASED. Has Cameron or your
tather said anything to you that
would Justify your suspiclons?"
Moo" admitted Mary, "bnt
1 am sure there Ia some conspir-
acy afoot. Oh, Horny, let us take
out fate, our love, our destiny into
eur own hands, fly TO some sequos-
tered nook and there plight our
marriage VOWS. scorning tho base
and hollow world and nil its con-
yentiolalities." She crlbbed that
bodily from the last novel she had
read
Great Scott, Mary" said tho
4 bewildersd Henry, what in tho
world are you driving at? We are
going to DO hurried III two
, months, anyWay-you set the date
se9rseif. where'd you get this
elopcment bug?
8 "oh, there! # Is Just as | have
feared oh, my poor broken,
heart"
When they had finally kissed
and btade up and the conversation
had returned again to normally
the young man took his leave. ca
peCting to .Rear no moro about
elopetn6nts.
Gust one Of &ary's little spctls"
he thought, But he was mistaken,
Mary returned 10 tho charge aguin
ard again until at last Henry
E2idi We'll. perhaps you are
wight, my dear. Say We do elopo
4it might not be such = had idtn
after all. What date would you
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Qf'il17rrphs Of
M;Jo11qllelle
BY MELVILLE DKvl6SoN pOST
1890 NEA Service: Inc
The Man With Steel Fingers

N. IoNQUELLE, greatest 81
French detectives. faced tho
man with steel fingers
LORD VALLEYS, tho powerful,
half.slay, half.English, nobleman
who performed so brilliantly on
the plano and who had recently
succeeded to the wealth aal
tito Of his murdered uncle.
LORD .WTNToN
Three IivoE had stood between
Valleys and the title. Dut botn, oil
lord Winton's sons wore Killed. in
the war and his granddaughter, the
only heir, IN American, sTas barred
from the position by English law.
Lord Valleys tells NJ. JonNleile
that his uncle was stabbed 10
death while Valleys wis visiting
him. Valleys says he was down in
the wine cellar Mt the time of the
staying but that oircumstanllaI ev.
idence caussd the English author.
tiles 10 charge him with murder.
Go on With the story
CHAPTER III
Lord Valleys got up.
II was to DO expected, monsieur,
that the English court under these
circumstances would try me for tbs
murder Of Lord Wintpn. I had bota
the motive and The opportunity ID
accomplish Il, and the clrcun.
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Even Now
Kit vouM be
Weu to begin


T ET'S see = Christmas is about
IL five weeks distant and but
twenty-nine shopping days remain
after today. That surely suggests
the Importance Of getting gifts
Shopping under way. And it war
rants our suggestion that our gift
stocks are now practically complete
with more extensive and desirable Of
ferings for gifts than have ever be:
fore been carried. It brings in line
the advice that it will pay you to
begin your choosing very soon,
Handkerchiefs, hosiery, purses and
bags, sweaters, gloves, blouses and
furs are but few of the lines we
offer to those who give useful things.
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DEEP WATERS
A Plunge Into The Romantic
BEGIN HEIlE TODAY
BY zoe aEcKLEY.
hrrind life, as Tar as

Married life, as Tar as
John BARRETT was concerned,
had reached the breaking point.
He could bear the tedium no
longer and told his wife.
ANITA, that he intended to live
his life to the utmost. Nineteen
years Of marriage and two chit
dref made no difference. He
left going at once to
GYRA DEAN, woman Of the
world, ard asked her to take
him in. When she says that she
Is about to leave on a SIR
months trip TO tho Near East
for newspaper work, he leaps to
4 his feet and grasps Myra In his
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sion "f the rules carried. ~ to 3.
Tn. constitutional reading was dis
pcnscd with. ana on it's passage the
bill carried. 80 Ia G.
ThuS. voting in the affirmative
w"r" Senator's Andrews. Booker. Can
non. c"rhiu. Crockett. podsun.
downing. Early. EpcS. Ferguson.
Good". Goodrich. Gravatt. Gum. Has
singer. Holt. Hyatt, I.ayman. I.ccdy.
10th. Marp. Mills. Mitchell, oliver.
Parsons. Ris"n. Robertson. Russell.
SerGcnt. Vaughn and Woodson
Thos" voting against the hin were
Senator'S Beverley. bCtcrson. Gar
reu, iiening. JcnrcyS and Miller.
Another warm contest was wared
on Senate Hill No. :, I" authorize in
surancc companies, as a condition
tor loan. to require the borrower
/" take out policy Of insurance as
additional security. II was finally
voted I" Indefinitely postpone by a
vote Of - TO -
kepra OF the appeals OF right
act. ia Sscd "a, the last session of the
General Assembly. was voted. 81 to
g. by the Senate.
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SENATE CONFIRMS BEAR
AS ROAD COMMISSIONER
Roanoke Man Succeeds Late
James A. Mundy OH State
Highway Body.

III executive session Yesterday tho
S'Eat" confirmed the nomination OF
James y. Bear. OF Roanoke. as a
member of the state Highway Com
mission. to succeed James \. Mundy.
deceased. The unexpected term Will
he from September -, 1921. to July /,
1872.
ihc senate Committee on Nomina-
lions held "a meeting and passed ON
All the nominations made by the GOV
crnor since the last Session Of the
'-es stature. There are perhaps nifty
or more of ihcse-members Of boards.
commissions. boards Of visitors and
others. All of them have been gwen
approval by the members OF IN, com.
'hi''ec' ahh today they VIII - re-
ported IL tn. Senate for confrmntiou.
senator Marshall H. Booker. Of
iiaiitaN. chairman OF the committee.
Said last night that there had mo-,
Come to the committee az members of
mat body objection to tn. cun,irma
'i"n Of any man who had been chosen
~ the CO., rnor for positiou am,
while he had heard that th.r. ~
'pJrct>"n To some or them. IA. did
hot KNOW that there would br an,
effort 10 prevent the confirmation
90 the nominees.
II is understood that unless thcs,
rrp"ihtecs ar. confirmed before next
'nhtShaY. their appointments viii
IAN To IN" ground. for on tina, ,i.y
me new Governor takes up his duties
ANA he MutIlI h.,<
we men WAC are To serve He might
name the same men as his pr.d,.c.s
sor-and he might not.
rod inns reason, IL iS believed ina,
mere VIII he an executive x.ssIuu
during this week. possibly THIS nrt,,.
h"""' I" take up these nominations
""' ~ may hc mat there Will come
opposition Them At least ON, ar M,
"pP"ih'"cS understood To h.. ubi,r.
''""'"I' To many Of tn" working
men OF the state. and report has been
circulated that his confirmation w,,,d
"' opposed, but that opposition has
not matcritlizcd.
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Murdercrs Will Die by
Lcthal Gas in Nevada
Try I,nl,cl Nrm.sl

CARSON CirI. MEN. Jan. 22.-
Hurhic Sing and r.. T.. John will
he the first pair to die by lctha,
gas. the new means of execution
in Nevada. following their CON
victiun for murder. The sentence
WAS pronounced at Hawthorne.
Ncv.. 10y Judge l.. J. Walsh after
their Staying OF Wong Lee in "A
recent Tong war.
The men will dl" during the last
week OF April Tn. gas wilt be
injected int" their death cells at
some time during that week and
unknown To the occupants. They
vii! be pronounced dead. ana the
State is satisfied that justice is
complete
The new method of execution
was only recently adopted. and
Snpplants the former firing squad.
in which the victims were backed
against wall and sho, to death.
one of the guns containing the
fatal bullet
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Stage Russian Ballet
as Genoa Attraction
LEV I,nIiru Ncm.sl

LONDON. Jan. ga rush OF
would-bc delegates to the eco
monte conference at Genoa in
March is expected as the result OF
an announcement that the RUS
sian ballet. now playing the
sleeping Princess here, Will
brighten the statcSmcu's search for
intcrna tional peace and prosperity
in the Italian town.
Director Diaghalcn. disclosing
that he had been approached TO
take the artists to Genoa during
the conference. is quoted in the
Evening News as saying:
Now. although Genoa Is not IA
holiday resort like Cannes and
has no golf links. the piroucttings
OF Madames Lopovha and Mijinska
should outbalancc the hcsitntluns
OF Premier puincarc regarding the
climate and the Anglo French
pact.
And what is more. the ballet
may alter Americas shyncss con-
corning participation, because pro-
hibition there has forbidden so
many pleasures
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FORMER GOVERNOR
SAYS ALDERMAN
SHIFTED POSITION
NContinued rrom Eirsi r...

= ~ ~
"h! YOU rejected an SS5U.Uuo girt." no
warned The committee
Governor Stuart followed IN, ,I,s-
'hS talk 10y brs Suuthgate Leigh ,.
Norfolk, who launched a sharn ar,
tack on the methods by which m.
medical. dental and pharmacy mon
"t Virginia voted in favor az Hirh.
mona as the site OF a consolidated
school. Steam roller and other nm
'alr tactics were charged by him.
h:pra liunton. .Tr.. OF Kicbn,nJ
closed the arguments with sum,
ming up FOR Richmond. II. shaved
'n"t the Charlottesville contention
'lat IN. university would he rec.iy-
'hS e!It with Il string To il was nnt
taxing INTO consideration thar IN,
budget now before the Approximation
committee allowed 100000 for med .
zeal education for the neNt year
Mr. hunton's contention was that
the burden 81 proof was on the lcyis-
lative committee to show that The
commission recommending the merger
and selection Of Richmond for ,bc
school was wrong
The meeting WAS fun OF oratorIcal
Nights. the address OF DR.. Aldcrman
pcihI conceded masterpiece. 40
TESS interesting was that OF Homer
!. FERGUSON. "f Newport News. prcs-
id"nt OF The large Shiphuilding COM
n'nN ihcr" and former president Of
~" chamber W Commerce OF the
hi'"" states. Mr.. Ferguson made
strong plea along sentimental lines.
which later afforded ammunition for
roth Governor stuart and Mr. Hun
ton
John stewart iryRn Opens.
IN" hrSt speech for the University
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DIR. EDWARD C. GORDON
DIES IN ST. LOUIS
Iny Associated press1

ST. LOUIS. Jan. 2G--Dr. Edward
Clinord Gordon. -. d.. ~ years old,
one of the most prominent thcoIo-
Stans OF the Southern Presbyterian
church. died at his home here today
from pneumonia.
Born In Richmond. Va. DIR. Gordon
was law student at the University
OF virginia when the civil War be-
gan. lie enlisted I'm the Confederate
army aud served as Il stan officer I'm
Echols' brigade.
After the war he entered Washing.
ton and Lee University. Lexington
Va. and was private secretary To
General Robert II. Lee. president M
the college. He also attended the
Union Theological Seminary, ana
was president or Westminster COL
lcrc At Fulton. Mo-. from 1892 to
1896. He held pastora,cs a. Savan-
nah. Ga; Salem, Va. and Lexington.
Mo.
He is survived by his widow, six
sons and three daughters.
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CAR UNION HEAD
GOES BACK ON JOB
continued From First pagc)

continued From First PagcD
Council in accepting an arbiter to
pass On IN" new wage scale. named
by the Virginia Railway and Power
Company. and one named by the en-
pioyes on duty yesterday. The strik-
ers named an arbitcr. hut he was not
selected.
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llnsnnIc Nrtrrnms Elect.

NASHVILLE. TENN. Jan. ETH.
following officers Mere elected to-
night by the Tennessee Masonic Vet
"rnns' !\ss"cintlon: Robert II
Howell. 81 Nashville. president: pr
j. -. henderson. Of Knoxville. vice
president. \. r. Tarpl"y. of Eno1vill.
secretary treasurer. The ORGANIZATION
- composed OF Masous who have been
members uf the order for twcnty-on.
Years or more.
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ST. PAUL'S NORMAL.
GETS $4,000 REQUEST
Especial to The Times-Dispatch

Especial /" The Times Dispatch1
BOSTON. MASS, Jan, 26.-Scvrrnl
public requests are contained I'm mo
VIII OF Corn"iia Prime Lowell. widow
"i Judge farncis Cabot Lowell.
Prominent among these requests is
SIo.uu" for American Church InSti-
'n,c for 81. raulS Normal and In
dnStrihi school. at awrenccvillt. VA
rms IS 10y far the largest hcJucsi
granted 10y the Will to any public IN
stitution.
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numnIc Named Third Arbitrator.

NORFOLK. VA. Jan. a6.-H IT.
tumble WIS named third member nr
traction wage arbitration board. by
T. W. Priddy. for the company. and X.
l.. carr. for the employees. tonight.
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not be changed by amendments. hut
expressed confidence that the meas
urc never would receive Senate ap-
prevail
Amendments Rejected.
Except for "a few pcrfectinr amend
n.cnts offered 10y Chairman Volstrad.
"t the Judiciary Committee. amend
ments proposed by individuals were
rejected. one by Representative
French, Republican, Ohio. would
have eliminated the provision reuuir-
ms counties 10 forfeit slo.0O0 To fam
HES of mob victims.
one committee amendment APP
proved removed from the bin tho ~.
Guircmcn, that counties through
which Il mob passed should pay a
sl0.00n penalty.
Defines Three Persons nv ,Iob.
Another one accepted defined n mob
as three or more persons acting to-
c"thcr 1" take human life Illegally
The bin originally defined a mob as
i've or more persons acting together.
During debate, which continued in
tc,mittentiy for a month. opponents
Of the measure declared It wouId he
an unconstitutiona! invasion OF State
rights and would have II tendency to
increase. rather than decrease. lynch
ingS They also charged that Rcpub-
Leans We're supporting the proposal
for political reasons.
Proponents, however. contcndrd
shat states. especially In the South.
had failed to handle the situation.
and that I" afford all races rrotec-
ton guaranteed them under tho Fed
cral Constitution it way necessary
FOR tn" Federal government to take
hand.
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HARVEY AND POINCARE
HOLD FARLEY TODAY
Continued From First page)


Mr. Harvey probably will inform
fIcmler p"incarc dat tn, Am, rican
r"vernment feels. that The Gunyd con-
.crencc viii 10" worthless. or IL least
Of little waite. ua!esa Franc. whole
hcartcdly takes part Should France
''cidc To remain cut q. the c1'Itur-
,hie. Mr.. liaiN"y il understood tc
believe thu America would u. par
'icularly reluctant - Join in - de-
libcrations 1t * understood IN
American .Iuartc"s here prc>idcn'
iinrdinx's final decision on accar1ar.e
OF the invitation tn lie rcurrsrnt al
III Genoa dcprnis II Il considerable
extent upon the results Of Mr.. lar
>"y'' conversations IN Paris.
Show Faith by Arms Curtniimrnt.
The extent to which the United
states VIII participate at Genoa nud
III t'uror"dn economic reconstruction
t"hefaily. IN also cons''.,r.u as some
what dependent, aside from French
participation. upon some solution Q;
the reparations question and upon
sincere indication on tn. part of
European countries that they are,
trying To balance their budgets by
reduction ~ land ornaments and
other burdens which are regarded as
unnecessary by America Mr. Har-
vcy. il IL understood. Will make this
plain in his talks with Premier i'oIn-
care aud other representatives OF the
French government,
II was also learned today, IN con-
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aims which the dentists and pharma-
cisis profess to hold up as their
ideI}s are within ih,'r grasp in dou-
BILE measure at tn. University of Vir-
Sinia. and in such a way as they
can never he realized at schools sen
arated from the university.
DIR. Flippln announced that 10000
mas been promised for Il woman's
aud children's hospital at the univcr-
s'iy. provided the medical school Is
not removed.
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Says Adrocntes Inconsistent.

ibr Ilough. dean "f III. medical
svhoo! or the university. called ..,tti-
non to what he termed tn. incon-
Sstehcy OF the Richmond advocates
AZ 10 the type OF school To- be de
Hcl"pcd. Some. he said. war 4
school OF the highest type. others
want school whose expenditures
are on tn. scale OF the present Rich-
mond institution. u scale Inconsistent
with the highest type OF school. ac-
'ordinE I" br. llourh..
Or. ii"uch m"isicd ,hat :hc inx,I.
triton charged with tn. RESPONSE
tiiity for medical education must b..
allowed to make Us own estimates of
cost. careful study Of this kind
u" said. had been made and this
study had shown that. To effect Il
merger under t"i~iapl- conditions, 4
capita outlay in the ucighborh God
of $looo,hn0 = necessary at either
place. and that tn" ''NpcnSc az opera
ton likewise viii rot hirr.r sum
GENTLY I" IL" y i"cisiv" factor.
No merger can or Should H. con-
sidcrcd. he said. without provision
of III" funds necessary 10 carry II into
effect. and every one knows the
doctor declared. that the state Is
not financially IN position to pro-
We'd ihcs" funds
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Austrian Cabinet nc.rrn..

LONDON. Jan. "a dispatch to
the London Times from Vienna says
the Austrian cabinet has resigned.
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at the end of the procession came
Cardinal Merry del Val. archpr!cst OF
St Peters
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POPE BENEDICT XIV.
is BURIED IN CRYPT
UNDER CATHEDRAL

CONTINUED From First page)
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ANTiLINCHING BILL.
PASSES. $50 TO 10

CONTINUED From First Page)
strike out the enactinE clause. mad.
no concerted effort IL have amend
monts adopted. They declared the
vicious principle OF the bill' could
not be changed by amendments. hut
expressed confidence that the meas
urc never would receive Senate APP
New Britain herald., 1922-08-05

to put down" he said Don't 20 wondering around strange or lonely places by yourself. and don't fall for any bunk messages. But If you ever should find yourself in a jam among people you don't know, and you hear anybody refer to the Big Tangerine" you slip this to any man of the crowd-don't chance woman-and ask him to give 1t to the Big Tanger- inc himself, secretly The fellow they call that Is under personal obli- cations to me, and he would do what he could for you"
 He twisted a scarab from his tie and held 1t out to me.
 Regular Earl of Essex and Eli1a- beth stuff with the reverse twist, isn't it2" he nlocked. "Of course, there isn't one chance in million that you'll ever use this. But there's nc use passing up that millionth chance An, young man,,-he lapsed into the careful foreign accent he had employ ed when any one came near, and ad- dressed grinning colored youth lounging past-"You will pease assist me by removing my luggage aboard the boat?"
 He waited until the man had taken all the baggage from the tonneau and was standing at a safe distance. Then he bent to me, his voice low and trenulous.
 That old Essex guy had sort of cold feet on dying for his queen" he said with touch of his old theatri- calism, but just you remember, Lady Fair, that if planting this old carcass would do my queen any good I'd will lingly order the undertaken. Farewell madame "
 He spoke the last words loudly, cas- ually, then he leaped from the car the next instant and made his way without backward glance to the ferryboat just pulling in.