Evening star., 1922-08-18

, it 10 almost q war stock. hoohth Lane III.
to Kennedy He says more broken raus
than usual are now found on the roads over
which they transport gold. A new .hipmsnt M nt
is starting from Halifax by tram the HeA'
day, and kennedy promises to help.
w 7 H1LE Kennedy was at work
M with the blood soaked
~ " gauze that he had taken
from Barnes. I could do
npthine but try to place the relative
positions of the various actors IN the
little drama that was unfolding. Lane
himself puzzled me. Sometimes felt
almost sure that he knew that MISS
Euston had come to Kennedy. ana
that he was trying, in this way 70
keep in touch with what was peins
done for Barnes.
Some things knew already.
Barnes was comparatively wealthy,
and had evidently the stamp OF ap-
proval of Maude Customs father. AS
for Lane, he was far from wealthy
although ambitious.
The company was in a delicate
situation, where an act OF omission
would count far as much as an act OIL
commission. Whoever could foresee
what was going to happen mignt
capitalize that Information for mucn
money. If there was piot anu
Barnes had been victim, Whae wae
its nature? recalled MISS J., vs.
toms overheard conversation IN the
tsaroom Both names had been men
toned. In short, ! soon found my
self wondering whether some one
might not have tempted Lane either
to do or not to do something.
esInSjna ri wIsh ySaa %alae4 g psmarSed 1xsa H Ken
nedy. at length. looking up from ms
work. Don't tell Miss Euston OF
Lanes visit, but ask her II she WIZ
keep an eye out for that woman she
heard taIking-and the man. 700;
her that If she hears anything else
no matter how trivial. about Barnes
she must let me know.
Fortunately, l found her at home
and, though she was rather disap-
pointed that had nothing to report.
spent the rest Of the evening watch
ing the varied life of the fashionable
hosiery in the hope of CHANGING on
the holders of the strange CONVERSE
ton in tie tearoom.
Once in a while An idea would oe-
cur to her Of some one who was IN
position to keep her informed Il any
thing further happened 10 Barnes.
and She would dispatch messenger
with little note. Finally, as II gre"
late and the adventures OF the Tea
room episode seemed unlikely to "a
yor the st. Germaine with her pres
ence again that night l made my ex-
cuses, having had the satisfaction
only of delivering Kennedy's mes
sage, without accomplishing anything
determine whether there was any
sentiment stronger than sympathy
that prompted her to come to Ken
nedy about Barnes, As for Lane
his name was scarcely mentioned ex-
cept when it was necessary.
1reioined Craig at the laboratory. 1
found him studying the solution
which he had extracted from the
biood-soaked gauze after hrst re.
moving the blood in little distilled
water.
scope, and 1 could see that now he
was satisfied with what the uncan.
nily delicate light detective had told
him. He pricked his finger and let
drop of blood fall into little fresh
distilled water. some ae.on Oh "n'ch ne
Look through It," he said. Blood
diluted with water shows the well
known dark bands between D and e.
known as the oxyhemoglobin alb
sorption." I looked as he indicated
went on, 'I add some Of this other
liquid"
with q faint greenish tinge..
s.See the bands gradually fade?
i watched. and indeed they did d.
minish in intensity and finally dis
anpear, leaving an uninterrupted and
brilliant spectrum.
,.My spectroscope." he said supply.
SHOWS that the blood crystals of
Harnes are colorless. Barnes was
phisoned by some gas. think wish
I; had time to hunt along the road
where the accident took place" AS
he said it he walked over and drew
ffom a cabinet several peculiar ar
rAngements made Of gauze.
He was about to say something more
when there came q knock at the door.
Kennedy showed the gauze arrange
ments into his pocket and opened the
dpor. 1t was Maude Euston, breathless
'"oh. Mr.. Kennedy. have you
hsardr she cried "You asked me
to. keep a watch whether anything
more happened to Mr.. Barnes. So l
asked some friends of his to let me
know of ANYTHING: He has a yacht.
the Sea Gull. which has been lying
of City Island. Well. last night the
captain received a message to go TO
tie hospital, that Mr.. Barnes wanted
u see him. OF course. 1t was fake.
Mr.. Barnes was too sick to see any
body on business. But when the
captain got back he found that, on
one pretext or another, the crew had
been sent ashore-and the Sea Gull
Isl :gone-stolen! Some men in a small
boat must have overpowered the en-
glneer Anyhow, she has disdp-
peared. 1 know that no one could
expect to steal q yacht-at least for
very long. Shed be recognised soon.
hut they must know that, too"
Kennedy looked at his watch.
s.It 10 only few hours since the
train started from Halifax" he con-
sidered. '1t will be due in New