The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1922-04-27

90 you want me to answer first?
Look here" he snapped. you cut
that outI There's one or two things
Nneed explaining-see? What are
those clothes?"
Her witsI Perhaps he did not
know as much as she was afraid he
did! She seemed to have become alb
normally contained, her mind abnor-
mally acre and active. 1t was not
likely that the woman, his wife, whom
he believed she was. had worn her
own clothes in his presence since the
day, some two years ago, when she
had adopted the disguise of Gypsy
Nan; and she, Rhoda Gray, remem-
bered that on the night Gypsy Nan,
re-assuming her true personality, had
gone to the hospital, the woman's
clothes, like these she held now, had
been of dark material. 1t was not
likely that a man would be able to
differentiate between those clothes
and the clothes of the White Mo1l. es-
pecially as the latter hung folded in
her hands now, and even though he
had seen them on her at the Silver
Sphinx last night.
What clothes do you suppose they
are but my own Though 1 haven't
had a chance TO wear them much
1ate1y!" she countered crisply.
He scowled at her speculatively.
What are you doing with them
out here in this hole, then?" he de-
manded.
'T had to wear them last night
hadn't II" she retorted. I'D have
looked. well coming out of Gypsy
Mans garnet dressed as myself if any
one had seen mel" She scowled al
him in turn. She was beginning tic
believe that he had not even an ink
ling of her identity. Her safest PLAY
was to stake everything on that be
lief. Say, what's the matter with
your" she inquired disdainfulIy. az
came out here and changed las
night; and left my own clothes here
because I was expecting to get wore
that I could put them on again 500
for keeps though I might hav
known from past experience tbs
something would queer the fine prom
ises you made at Matty's last night
And the reason I'm out here now
because I left some things in tn
pocket, amongst them''-she stare
at him mockingly my marriags
certificate"
Danglar's face b1ackened.
Course youi" he burst out angri1,
when you get your tantrums or
you've got a tongue, haven't you
You'd have been wearing your clothe
now, If you'd have done as you weT
told. You're the one that queere
things last night His voice wa
rising; he was rocking even more ur
steadily up his feet ''Why in he
weren't you at the Silver Sphinx"
Raoda Gray squinted at hi1'
through Gypsy Mans spectacles. Sh
knew an hysterical impulse to laug4
outright in the sure consciousness
supremacy over him now. The mar
had been drinking. He was by n
means drunk; but. on the othe'
hand. he was by no means sobe
and she was certain now tina
he had found here here in tn
shed, not the slightest suspicion O
her had entered his mind.
I was at the Silver Sphinx" she
announced coolky.
"You HeP' he said hoarse1y. Yor
weren't! I told you to be there at
II, and you weren't. You lie! What
are you lying to me for-eh? TN
find out. you-you-
Rhoda Gray dashed the clothes
down on the floor at her feet, and
faced the man as though suddenly
overcome in turn herself with pas
sion, shaking both closed fists an
him.
Don't you talk to me like that.
Pierre DanglarY' she shrilled. 81 lie.
do I? Well, I'll prove to you l
don't. You said you were going to
have supper with C1oran at about II
o'clock, and perhaps I was few
minutes after that. but maybe you
think it's easy to get all this GYPSY
Nan stuff off me. face and all, and
rig up in my own clothes that
haven't seen for so long it's a won
der they hold together ait all.
lie. do 1? Well, just as I got to the
Silver Sphinx, I saw a woman break
ing her neck to get down the steps
with you after her. She jumped in
to the automobile it was doped out 1
was to take. and you jumped into the
other one, and both beat it down the
street. ! thought you'd gone crazy.
1 was afraid that Cloran would come
out and recognize me, so turned and
ran. too. The safest thing I could
do was to get back into the Gypsy
Nan game again. and that's what I
did. And I've been lying now ever
since, waiting to get word from some
OF you. and not a soul came near me.
You're a nice lot, you are! And
now You come sneaking here and cali
me a liarI How'd you get to this
shed. anyway"
Danglar pushed his hand in
heavy, confused way across his eyes
''My God!'' he said heavily. $50
that's It, is it?" His voice became
IN It's lOheSS
Look here, Bertha, old girl. don't
get see. I didn't understand. see?
And there was a whole lot that look
ed queer, We even lost the Jewels at
old Lrestz's last night. Do you
know who that woman was? Tt was
the White Mol. She led us a chase
all over Long Island. and
THE White MolI." calculated
Rhoda Gray. And then her laugh,
short and jeering. rang out. The
tables were turned. She had
him on the defensive now
You needn't tell me, She got away
again, of counsel Why don't you
hire a detective to help you? You
make me weary So. 1t was the
White Mol. was it? Well, I'm list
ening-only I'd like to know first
how you got here to this shed"
There's nothing in thatr' he an
swered impatiently. There's some
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