Americus times-recorder., 1923-03-28


LAu HUs4cIuCIails.
"'Ratween eleven and one." ! re-
peutea.
You will go?"
Tomorrow morning." l promised.
Gorty arose.
Listen, Greyes." he said. "-yous
Sir Norman Greyes. VIII you swear
that If you recover my gold, It comes
to me?"
81 swear It," answered.
''Then through that man you viii
find it." he declared.
NORTY was right. The moment
' y when. from my place of conceal
ment. I saw him come shutting
into the reading-room and take his
place nearly opposite to me at the
great round table, knew very well
that this was Michael. He carried
with him two or three books, a
volume OF reference and q notebook.
He had the appearance of the most
devout bibliophile. and indeed, bav-
III fFtANIA4CA iEtIit AOi BOt4iG LlAA4Nf a
came to tne conclusion that he was 4
in earnest about his labors. 1t was
in these little ways that Ntichael~
achieved real greatness. Detail was
a passion with him. He not only
appeared to be deeply interested IN
the Rosicruclan history. He had
actually become SO.
/ was without doubt at fault not to
have at once passed on my informa.
ton to Rimmington and to have had
my old adversary arrested on one Of
the many previous counts against
him. 1t seemed to me, however, that
this would bring to an end our
chances of recovering the gold, and
! could not ignore the fact that
was indebted to Gorty for the in.
formation which he'd delivered
Michael into my hands, I therefore
maintained a strict watch. a9d
waited.
For three days and three nights I
knew Michael's every movement, He
made his own breakfast, lunched at
small restaurant near the Mu.
scum; and dined each night at the
Monico, where he sometimes played
donlnoes for an hour afterward, Il
able TO find an opponent. On the
fourth night, however, he departed
from his usual practices. The young
woman whom ! had been employing
to watch him came to me in haste.
"Our friend, she announced,
called at the Monico but took only
an aperitif there. He walked across
to Romano's and has ordered a teble
and dinner for two.
Whereabouts" / asked quickly.
Downstairs in the restaurant, On
the right-hand side" she replied.
| rang up Romanos and engaged
one Of the tables in the balcony. In
q quarter of an hour I was ensconced
there behind the curtain, with Miss
Rose Weston, the young woman who
had brought roe the news of Mi.
chael's change of plans, as my COM
panlon. She had found time to
change into evening clothes, and she
played her part exceedingly well.
We should have passed anywhere as
a 'ery ordinary couple, indulging in
a somewhat pronounced dinner fir.
tation. l kept my eye, however, on
the table at which Michael was seat
ed below, and In due course / was
A very elegant. quietly
dressed woman came into the res.
taurant and sank into the char by
his side. / saw at once that it was
Janet.
What you expected?" my com.
panion asked quickly.
In a sense" 1 admitted. IRE.
member, when they leave. it is the
woman you follow"
I watched them closely from be, &
hind the curtain. There was no more
MISUNDERSTANDING woman in the
room than Janet, or more beautiful.
She talked in low tone to her com.
panion, and her manner was often
2 Nevertheless she never
smiled. She was different in that
respect from every one Of the diners
by whom she was surrounded. There
was not a suggestion Of festivity
about her. She ate moderately.
drank spazingly, and talked. All the
time she gave one the impression Of
d great weariness. Toward the end
of the meal, what 1 had been watch.
ing for happened. She opened her
handbag and passed something
across the table. 1t was about the
size and shape of an ordinary shot.
gun cartridge, but l felt certain,
from the way she handled it, that it
was heavy. l knew then that we
were on the right track,
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