The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1922-09-06
By vARICK vANARDY Author a
"The Two-Faced Man" "Alias the
Night Wind" etc.

and place that best suits her, if she
wishes, to, and she can inform me of
it at her own good pleasure. She al
was has reasons for doing things
and her reasons are always good
ones," he announced to himself rs he
passed the gate.
The saving grace which assisted
Belknap's plans-and Katherine's-
that night was that both were a tri-
file ahead of time in arriving at the
appointed place.
Belknap left his room soon after
eleven. He had slowed some neces-
sary articles in the black bag which
he lowered to the ground from one
of his windows by a cord-after the
watchfu Julius had transferred his
espionage from the windows to the
veranda.
He then descended the stairs non
chalently to the first floor, and en-
countered nobody, as it happened, al
though he was prepared for such an
event; but everybody was outside.
He went out at the side entrance,
darted into the shadows, made his
way cautiously to the point under his
room windows, secured his bag, and
went swiftly toward the lake, having
determined that he would conceal
himself in the woods behind the ru-
tic bench, but at a point where he
could keep an eye upon it, until
Katherine should appear
A strong point with Belknap was
that he never neglected caution:
therefore, without having made a
sound in his approach to the place,
he made the discovery that the bench
was already occupied-and by q man.
He watched and waited, not with
out misgivings, a time that seemed
lnterminable; but at last Harvard
left the bench, and Belknap recog-
nized him-and attributed the cir
cumstance Of his being there to ac-
cident.
Fifteen minutes later Katherine
came-fully ten minutes before mid
night.
Il, She also approached the spot
through the woods, and so silently
that even the watchful Belknap did
not hear her; but when she crossed
the open space to the elder he saw
and recognized her.
Instead of following her, his eau.
tiOn being predominant, he uttered q
, low whistle, which brought her to
standstill, listening. When he re,
: peated it, she went to him smong the
a trees.
: Neither of them suspected that
I other. ears than their own had heard
' that warning whistle; but there wa!
y n who did-who heard it and @ep
toward the sound of it-whO caugh
a recognizing glimpse Iof Katherin,
+ as she returned from the tree to tn
: woodland who very nearly fOrgo
q to watch on, because of the utterl.
! amazing fact.
Katherine went close to Belknap.
DO not speak," she said in
whisper. "Make no sound whatever
o if you can avoid it. Follow me-"
? She led the way among the hug
trees where the darkness was so dee
n that Belknap felt as if he were pun
4 suing only a shadow that was NOR
denss than those around it. Near
while, the owner of those other ear
that had heard the whistled sigma
came to a full stop, stood irresolut
It for a moment, and then deliberatel
turned away in the opposite direction
IT Katherine led her companion to
u point where she halted a moment
If to rest. In reality she did it in Of
der to press a finger upon a certai
1T spot in the bark of the tree again.
which she leaned. After a second {
is two she went on.
They came, presently, to a Ion
flight of hardwood steps which 81
or proceeded to mount. When the
rs were nearly at the top, Belknap mu
INJURED:
he Can l venture to make a. remar
of Mrs. Harvard?"
adj "If you speak softly, yes," she a
nd swered without turning her hes
he "What is it,"
81 thought that / had thorough
looked over the place, but l new
saw these steps before. l didl
elf know they were here"
ee. "They weren't" she replied laco
.st lcally. Come on, please"
ur A steep n winding path succee
IL ed the steps. 1t twisted so anna
ingly about between the boulde
i'd that it was not ~discernable as a pa
lgI even in daylight.
in Again Katherine paused, halfw
he along the winding path. She press
upon two more secret places wit
he out Belknap's ~suspecting that she
he so. The first pressure converted I
an stairs they had just climbed into
the smooth and inaccessible surface;
in second one converted the same 81
OF inclined surface above them
ed, steps.
to Thus, presently, they arrived at
and dor of the Nest, which was w
to open, for Katherine had negotiar
that secret mechanism while
the climbed the last flight of steps.
'ay, She passed inside, into black da
,er- ness. BeIknap followed her, wond
uld ingly; and as he wss on the point
Ieet asking a question, he heard the cl
ime Of the closing door. There was