The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-08-24


some days ago. but your crusted In
stitution Of Scotland Yard advised me
against II. Said 1t was undesirable"
Sir James considered for q moment.
"There Is no time to be lost. The
sooner we strike the better" He
turned to Tuppence. us Mrs, Van
demeyer dining out tonight do you
known
"Yes, I think so, but she will not
be out late. Otherwise, she would
have taken the latchkey."
"Good. will call upon her about
ten o'clock. What time are you sup
posed to return7"
About nine-thirty or ten, but !
could 60 back earlier.
"You must not do that on any ac-
count. 1t might arouse suspicion II
you did not stay out till the usual
time. Be back by nine-thirty. I will
arrive at ten. Mr.. Hersheimmer will
wait below in taxi perhaps"
Hes got a new Rolls-Royce car"
said Tuppence with vicarious pride.
"Even better. If I succeed in OBJ.
tanning the address from her, we can
go there at once, taking Mrs. Van
demeyer with us If necessary. You
understandT
Eyes" Tuppence rose to her feet
with a skip of delight. "Oh, 1 feel
so much better"
"Don't build on It too much, Miss
Tuppence. Go easy"
julius turned to the. lawyer.
"Say, then. I'll call for you In the
car round about nine-thirty. Is that
rightT
Perhaps that will be the best plan.
1t would be unnecessary to have two
cars waiting about. Now, Miss Tup-
pence, my advice to you Is to go and
have good dinner, really good one,
mind. And don't think ahead more
than you can help"
He shook hands with them both,
and a moment later they were out
side.
isn't he a duckT inquired Tup-
pence ecstatically, as she skipped
down the steps. "Oh, julius, isn't he
Just a duck?"
"Well, allow he seems to be the
goods all right. And ! was wrong
about Its being useless to go to him.
Say, shall we 60 right away back to
the Ritzr
II must walk a bit, I think. I'll
meet you at the Ritz at seven"
Tuppence walked briskly along
towards the Serpentine, first glanciAg
at her watch. 1t was nearly six
o'clock. She remembered that she
had had no tea, but felt too excited
to be conscious Of hunger. She walked
as far as Kensington gardens and
then slowly retraced her steps, feel
Ing infinitely better for the fresh air
and exercise. 1t was not so easy to
follow Sir James advice, and put the
possible events of the evening ont Of
her head. AS she drew nearer and
nearer to Hyde park corner the temp
tation to return to South Audley man
sions was almost irresistible.
At any rate, she decided, It would
do no harm Just to 60 and look at the
building. Perhaps, then, she could
resign herself to waiting patiently for
ten o'clock.
South Audley mansions looked ex-
actly the same as usual. What Tup-
pence had expected she hardly knew,
but the sight Of its red brick stolidity
slightly assuaged the growing and
entirely unreasonable uneasiness that
possessed her. She was Just turning
away when she heard a piercing
whistle, and the faithful Albert came
running from the building to Join
her. He was purple with suppressed
excitement.
"I say, miss. she's a-goingw
"who's goingr demanded Tup-
pence sharply.
'sThe crook. Ready Rita. Mrs.
vandemeyer. She's a-packing up, and
she's just sent down word for me to
get her q taxi. thought maybe al
you didn't know about It."
ALBERT" cried Tuppence. "you're a
brick. II It hadn't been for you we'd
have lost her"
Albert flushed with pleasure at this
tribute.
There's no time to lose," said Tup
pence, crossing the road. I've got tc
stop her. At all costs must keeT
her here until" She broke Of. AL
7 bert, there's q telephone here, ISM
thereT
The boy shook his head.
''The fats mostly have their own
miss. But there's box Just arount
the corner"
/ "Go to It, then, at once and rini
up the Ritz hotel. Ask for Mr.. Hers
heimmer, and when you get him tel
him to get Sir James and come on Al
once, as Mrs. vandemeyer Is trying
to hook II. II you can't get him, rini
up Sir James Peel Edgerton, you'l
find his number IN the book. and tel
him what's happening. Yod won'
forget the names, viii your
Albert repeated them gfibly. "Yor
trust to me, miss. it'll be all right
But what shout your Aren't yor
afraid to trust yourself with herr &
mo. no, that's all right But gf
and telephone. Be quick"
Drawing q long breath, Tuppencs
entered the MANSIONS and ran up tc
| the door Of No. 20. How she was T.