The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-12


~, confidence was not Nno~l'
:. transferred his attention from
-. scsmidasl. defsnses Of the low.
-..ry to the second. Here all the
1.vs we're Of the type called
,...<h and opened inward from
.s.,.s balconies with wrought
-, ratings. LANYARD was &C.
..,.s,d with every form 81 fassen-
~ ussd for such windows. all were
.s..s none could resist his per.
...s,ess provided he stood upon
- Il those balconies Nor did he
.,,.s n a dirncult matter for a
Ia az his activity and strength
!. .csis the mont OF the house an
Ar a the second story. its walls
~.r, huslded OF heavy blocks OF
s,~~~ed stone with deep horizontal
eh.nn<ls between each tier. These
.ro,yss would b. greasy with rain.
otherwise one could hardly ask for
h.tf<r fcotholds. A climb OF some
~ or is fee, 70 the balcony. enc
should be able 10 make that within
two minutes. granted freedom from
,ussrrupfion. The rub was there.
tA~ quarter seemed quite fast
ele<p: IN the five minutes which
hsd elapsed since Lanyard had en-.
: sups~~d himself in the doorway no
wslcr car had passed. not "A football
had Disturbed the stiffness. never
4 sound OF any scr, had come TO
his attention other than one distant
hare Of two-tortd automobile
horn from the ncishborhood Of tho
Arc de Triomphe. Hut dne dared
not count on iong continuance OF
such conditions. Already the sky
sncwed lighter shade above the
proffIs OF the roofs And enc wake
fui watcher nj nearby window
would spell ruin
Nevertheless he must adventure
ne consequences.
Poised 10 leave his shelter and
DIRT across the street. with his
point Of attack already selected. hi.
thoughts already busy with consid-
srsfion Of steps TO foiiow--he
checked and fell sim farther back
into the shadow. Something was
happening IN the house across the
way.
A man had opened the service.
door and paused behind the bronze
rate. There wns no light behind
him. and the gloom and Intervening
strips o. metal rendered his figure
indisssrct- I.anyard's high.keyed per
csptons had none the less been In
slant 70 remark that slight move
ment and the accompanying change
IN the texture of the darkness
barred By the gate.
Fiiiowins little wait. II swung
slowly out. perhaps eighteen inches.
he man advancing with II and
ssain hating TO peer up and down
tn street Then quickly. as IL
alarmed. he withdrew. shut the gate.
and disappeared. closing the service
door behind him
Listening int~ntly. Lanyard heard
no click OF latch. such ~ should
have been audible in that dead hour
Of hush Evidently the fellow had
neglected to make fast the gate.
Possibly he had been similarly re-
miss about fastening the door. But
What was he up tor Why this fur.
tive appearance. why the retreat 80
abruptly executedg
BY way OF answer came the soft
drone Of a hlgh-powered motor: then
the car itself rolled into view. q
stately limousine coming from the
direction Of the avenue de Fried.
land Before the corner house Il
stopped A lsckey aiighted with
an umbrella and ran TO hold the
door. but Lane Delorme would not
walt for him. The car had not
stopped when she threw the door
open. on the instant when its wheels
ceased TO turn she jumped down
ana ran toward the house. needless
OF the rain.
Al the same time one side OF the
great front doors swung inward. and
Z footman ran out 20 open the gates.
.fne lackey with the umbrella. tho
ne moved briskiy. failed 20 catch up
with Lane before she sped up the
steps. so he closed the umbrella
ana trosfed back to his place beside
the chauffeur. The footman shut
gates and door as the limousine
moved away: II had not been sixty
seconds at rest In fifteen more