Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-01-27
lrse. Did you imagine some

messenger refused to satisfy my Gu
riosity even to the extent of telling the
sex Of the one calling"
She laughed, quite at her ease now,
and seemingly amused.
"She was duly warned. l confess
l feared you might hesitate to respond
if you once knew what awaited you"
"NO fear of that"
But didn't know" her voice more
earnest, her eyes on my face ques-
tioningly. "You have not thought very
we'll Of me, have you? Let us go over
there in the corner, where we can talk
without being ovcrheard-there are
two vacant chairs"
"You are thoroughly puzzled, are
you not?" she asked gayly. "Well,
so was 1, last night 1t is only right
l should pay you back in your own
coin; that is perfectly fair, / am sure.
Now 1 know who you are, but l am
still an enigma. You accepted me on
blind faith before; ! wonder if you
are willing to do it again?''
II can hardly refuse"
Answered like a gentleman. But
suppose l tell you nothing and yet
ask of you dangerous service?
Would you risk your life for me, not
even asking who / am or why | make
the request"
There was grave earnestness to
the voice, an entreaty in the eyes not
to be ignored. This was no idle ques-
ton to be thrust aside with smile.
II believe 1 can make the pledge
to you," 1 replied soberly. "lt is very
unusual, but"
"But you are Philip Severn" she
interrupted, with an expressive ges-
ture. Had you not been | would
have never asked"
''It is very nice Of you to put it in
that way, l am sure, but how do you
chance to know that I am Philip
Severn?"
Suppose l insist that also is my
secret? Yet surely you could not be-
lieve l would be here with you, unless
1 knew? You must have fcith in me,
in spite of ALL"
Undoubtedly I do. l hardly hold
it a reasonable faith, however. More,
a certain amount Of curiosity should
be gratitied, especially when young
lady asks unQuestiOning devotion to
an unknown cause You admit that"
"Your position is unanswerable. l
will tell you all l can, but that may
not be much"
"You mean / am to question your
"You may try. but l warn you; am
a very difficult subject. l may answer
and l may not. If refuse, still you
must pretend to be content. Are the
terms too rigOrOuS|'
ut sounds like test"
at is test. must remain a mys-
terry, not from any real desire to con-
ceal my identity from you, but be-
cause Of duty to others. Now l will
tell you all l can"
"You greet me as Philip Severn to-
night, yet last evening l told you my
name was Harry DAILY. How did you
know / lied? And how did you dis
cover who l really WASP"
Her eyes sparkIed with enjoyment.
81 knew that would be your first
question. The answer Is extremely
simple. Did you wonder why l did
not denounce you to those men In the
other room? Oh, you did! You
knew you were there surreptitiously,
in disguise, under false name, mas
Querading as a friend Of that fellow
Horner. You knew it-well, so did l."
"But how could you know that?
What gave you such a suspicion? And,
knowing it, why should you desire to
protect me~
"I'll waive your last question; that
can wait its own answer" She leaned
toward me and her extended hand
touched ring I wore.
Because men who wear Yale
signet of 1899 are not going to be con-
nected with that kind Of gang" she
said gravely.
But" I exclaimed, bewildered, "how
did you recognize the signetY
'My brother wears one."
"Your brother In my classf You
will not tell me his nameT
"No, Mr.. Severn. / have reason to
believe you know him very well, or did
a few years ago. However, that was
why / trusted you so suddenly.
pinned my faith on the honor OF old
Yale. That is why I kept silent and
asked you to call at PAT LIE Compte
street"
81 did CALL" rather Indignantly.
"And was Informed there was no Miss
Conrad residing in the house"
II suspected you might make some
such discovery. Yet your coming was
appreciated; it afforded me the oppor-
tunity I sought to discover where you
were stopping and under what name
you registered. To confess the truth,
this was my sole object in the sudden
invention Of Miss Conrad"
"Then there Is no such personY'
II would hardly go as far as that;
undoubtedly there is; in fact, l know
a very estimable stenographer by that
name, but she does not reside on LIE
Compte street."
"But how could my inquiry there
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