The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1922-05-31

using both to converse with her COM
panion. The articles were, seemlngly,I
a part of her regular apparel and
were attached to a fine gold chain
that encircled her neck, IS an Older
woman might have carried a lorgn-
cite.
There was not a circumstance con-
nected with her expression or de-
meanor to betray her to the sharpest
observer. and the sole satisfaction
that Katherine could CLEAN by reason
of her stealthy approach was IN BEL
knap's attitude.
He was plainly annoyed, palpably
| frustrated and clustered. 1t was ev1-
dent to Katherine that he had de-
manded an explanation and that 1t
had been denied to him. If she had
been aware of the last communica- /
tion that was written on n OF the
ivory tablets. and as speedily erased,
| she would have comprenended better
the reason for the evaporation that
grippd him.
"One more such remark from you
will send me back to where l came
from. | will take no risks. RS SIS
ter is shrewder than you think Tor.
, If you don't play up to me thorough
ly. I will go away and you viii have
: TO play a lone hand; that is final"
was what the senorita had written
> and Katherine had not arrived on the
' scene soon enough to overhear the
: remark that had induced it.
Having expressed herself, the SEN
r orita was ready to end the interview.
/: Even as Katherine crossed the mu-
i sic room toward them and saw the
ivory tablets drop from Roberta's
? fingers, she stepped through the open
" window to the veranda and Beiknap
t ~perforce, followed. +,
f So did Katherine, in effect, although
she passed out by way of the door.
is BeIknap Joined the society buds a
the end of the veranda, who like t.
couuette with him, and Roberta Il
was thus that Katherine mentall.
named her now was standing be
side a chair occupied by Nine. Savage
70 and was writing rapidly upon one o
of the tablets again, evidently respond
ing in the language of CASTLE.
= She was quite prepared in tina
. way. too. and was not to be SUI
C when Katherine went outside
"Please go with me to the piano
~ and let me play for you first, but tie
the others not to follow US. l WIS
49, to play. now, TO you alone"
~ So Katherine made the announce
ment. and then-as they went towar
the doorway, side by side, she fe
one of Roberta's arms passed soft
Lo around her, and heard the faintest
Cd whispers in her ear, saying:
&c "May I, please?" And, whe
Katherine nodded her head IN repl
and they had passed the portal. TIL
far-away, almost indistinct whispe
AZ ing continued: "You are so swe
~ and lovely to me, Mrs. Harvard. Flo
give me if 7 seem too familiar"
Then, to Katherine's utter amaz
mnet, Roberta kissed her on t
md cheek.
Was the strange woman a saint
the tolls of Satan, compelled again
~ her will to become Belknap's acc0l
plice in dishonor and crime? w
:; she. also, a victim of the effronte
and threats of Belknap, because
- some secret of hers that the man pt
: sessed? Or, was she just a will
tool, an immoral creature. a beautr
vampire, and, with it all. a perfe
ion superb actress?
Katherine shuddered involuntar
Ja even while she returned Roberta'S e
~ brace. She was repealed and attra
ed. The oma frightened her, q
charmed her. She wanted to str
e. her and hurt her because Of her as
Ivy citation with Belknap, and she Ions
to embrace her and make a friend Z
e confidante of her, because OF
and magnetism and the fascination t
- she exerted.
Roberta played.
- Katherine had dropped upon
chair with her elbow on the arm
Cno it and her chin in her hand.
Never, never, had she listened
such music as she heard then.
Senorita Cervantez had writ
oS4 truly upon her tablet when she
a. serted that she could talk with
that fingers.
sen0rita, described her beauty
the her infirmity, expressed the hope t
Nv he would be ont early. asked a lot
immaterial questions and fTni
came to the real purpose of cal
. him up.
Win 81 want you, please, to stop at
ough hr;no 40 me- +bat' old norocco 4,
If of u-;+b A. stron aro,nd Il hat 1se,
encil haIor~ 70 nv rrandmother Won
tnaS member it, don't you. It's in the
age) where the silver is kept. Uhuh.
mo- dear. There are some old dague
'ereo types in il, you remember? I
,,par- were made about a thousand y
oeen ago, but all the same. Tom, this
" orita Espanola is a dead ringer
one of those old d~aguerrotypes,
less I am very greatly mista
When she first appeared I coul
-#for the life of me think where it