New Britain herald., 1922-09-05
The Way the Man Smith Found
 the Code Intact.

The Way the Man smith Found
 the Code Intact.
 The sound of key turning In tn
 lock of the antique desk told me tha
 Katie was obeying smiths injunction
 to open the desk where Lillian hat
 put the eyeglass case which had de
 coyed the man back into the trap SC
 for him, A slight shuhling nois,
 meant that the girl was fumhling fo
 the absurd secret drawer which pug
 zled nobody, and then katies voice sounded again.
 Here ees ting dey hid. Ees ee vot you vant?"
 Don't ask questions" he added | sighting epithet, and I, used tt Katie's excitabe temperament won dered if she would be able to remain perfectly calm under the insult
 But either from a remembrance of her duty as an actress" or from gen uine fear of the man Smith, Katie ut- tered no sound, and then there was the quick, impatient tearing of papers as Smith fumbled with the clumsy brown wrappings in which Lillian purposely had tied the case.
 Katie Plays Her Part
 "Ah :" A sibilant intake of the breath and the single exclamation told me that Smith had reached the case, and I guessed from the tiny beam of light which came underneath the draperies that Katie was holding the flashlight for him.
 ,ta1 all the more so because he kept it at so low a pitch. T do not choose that you see any more for awhile. Come here. Hold the light in front of you till bind your eyes"
 "Vot?" The exclamation broke from Katie, but was quickly changed to little cry of pain. Smith must have struck or kicked or pinched her, and l exercised every bit of self-con- trol possessed to keep from rushing into the room to Katie's aid. But my common sense told me that if the girl obeyed him implicitly he would not hurt her while she was still of use to him in showing him the way. about the house. So I remained at my post filled with a primitive long ing to reach the sinister figure in the next room and mete out to him a brutality equal to his own.
 Smith is Jubilant.
 You will get worse than that if you speak or move again without any permission" Smith said menacingly, | and heard a little strangled sob in l Katies throat which meant terrified obedience.
 There p The single word came after a few seconds silence, evi- dently devoted to binding the girls eyes. Now give me that flash, and lie down on the floor, full length, arms crossed, face in arms Quick | That's better. I could soon teach you obedience. Your mistress has spoiled you. Now, if you lift your head or make any other movement until l give you permission you will get an- other little caress like this"
 This must have been a kick. heard a smothered moan from Katie, ! and took an involuntary step toward | the draperies which separated me from my faithful little maid, then re- membered that one of the vital points in Lillian's plan was to have Smith discover that the queer tiny papers behind the secret lining of the eye glass case apparently had not been disturbed. If Katie lay motionless-, as l was sure she would-she was safe from further injury until he had finished his investigation, and any movement of mine would upset Lil- { Hans whole plan.
 Smith seated himself deliberately In a chair-I heard the springs crack as his weight settled into it. Then there i, came to my ears the rustling of paper, and l knew that by the aid of the fashlight he was examinging the papers.
 held my breath, and strained my ears to hear his first word. He be- lieved himself to be alone except for Katie, who was, in his opinion, patently a negligible quantity, That he would express joy or chagrin, believed, and was justified when l heard low chuckle.
 Stupid swine !" he said. Under their eyes, and they could not see 1t An My little beauty !" I judged that he was apostrophzing the freak code which he fondly believed was still secret-"You are not yet lead one. You will still do work for your good father. Get up-"
 His tone changed unbelievably as he spoke to Katie, but I do not think he kicked the girl again. At any rate, heard no outcry, only the sound of aer clumsy stumbling to her feet.
 The Reason Madge Leaped to
 Katie's Aid
 Smiths voice when he next spoke 0 Katie, held more concilatory iote. Either he was modified by his discovery that his papers had not ,een disturbed and his code was still secret-I permitted myself a tiny ardonic smile in the darkness at the rick played upon minor he thought { wise not to push her too far, At ny rate, while his voice was loftily ondescendng, it was gruffly good atured.
 "You have not done badly, my good irl, after all," he said, and you . hall have your reward. Now one . ask is done. but one more remains f ell me, is that swine hound your |. 1aster home yet?" : There was something so sinister, so ' threatening in his voice that I felt an y shiver go over me! Thankful in- eed was I that Dicky was safely