Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-22
wro,. WHO n rxE STORY

WHO'S WHO m THE STORY
EVELYN HASTE, beautiful and rich
girl, who sits down at the piano on
her wedding highland mysteriousis
KENNEDY HASTE, her husband. who
suspects completely on the part OF
his ola war comrads.s =, .n.t.pr
scientist, who has insisted ON lend
ing the couple Hidden Hall Court,
his gloomy and mystery r1oden
tate, for their honeymoon. and VINO
is found after the disappearance Al
PANDORA, a gipsy-like girl. adopted
sister of Kennedy and secretly In
love with Wells.
MISS GILLET"r, an ex-war nurse, Wn i
fell In love with Haste in a hospl,
tai, and who is an intense person;
DAGON, youthful Scotland 1ard de.
tective, who has done glorired spy
work" in the war. He is OF WIN
Latin temperament, though Canadian
in training.
The Knocking
Dagon had tried the gardeners,
asking If the place had been lent or
let, and whether-as II was 50
| picturesque-moving pictures or It
had been taken. say, by the company
of which MIR. Magnani was star.
But the men who bad been on the
spot through the war years were old,
| and discreet or forsetful.
The Masquer's business" was to
! strike a bargain with Pandora
| Haste. She was to tell him all she
| knew about Rawdon Wells and Eve
| Carroll, including the evidence
! which might connect Rawdon with
| Ewes disappearance. Pan was also
! formally to take back in writing her
| confession of guilt. She was to
! state on oath that she had made
! this confession in the hope of saving
| Wells, but that, on second thoughts,
/ she found 1t impossible to continue
! her prejury. She was to add that
! she had escaped from the police
| station through the connivance of a
| friend, and that she intended to
| keep out of the way until the trial
| of Sir Rawdon was over. This TO
avoid being called upon as wit
ness.
In return for writing such letter
| Pan would be released by the
Masquer from her prison under the
i pool and placed in n comfortable,
commonplace farmhouse, where the
! only restraint would be her own
| word of honor. Later she would be
freed.
IL she refused to comply with
{ these terms, she would be kept
where she was for an indefinite
| length of time. Her obstinacy
| would benefit no one, as in prison
she could not again testify in favor
of Wells. and her escape from the
police station at Ardry- lie Mare
would be taken to mean that she
had lied and was afraid OF being
/ he
limited, the time might come when
It would be inconvenient to retain
ner in her present quarters. 1t
! would. however, be still more incon-
venient to set her free If she were
an avoWed enemy. AS to the alterna-
tive, she might draw Ter own con-
! clusions.
| II have said that / would not
! harm You except under great
I provocatiun,' the man reminded
the girl. Buff you insist on Civ
ing me great provocation--you
know the saying. Safety first.
/ might be obliged to rid myself Of d
! menace"
Meaning mc?" Pandora asked.
Meaning YOU"
How would you do it?" she cate-
chized him. If you let the water
In here. you'd spoil all the nice
To pestries and valuable old furniture.
AS you keep the place for YOUR
bachelor quarters, that wouldn't
suit you. would it?'
Such means would not be neces.
sary. The Hidden family, who de-
signed and made this secret place.
didn't lose sight of the need for
suppressing a prisoner occasionally.
they knew how to utilize the water
without letting it damage their
property"
This hint chilled Pandora's spine
more icily than If the man had de-
scriDeo the plan for eliminating su-
perhuous persons. Her imapina-
ton supplied the details. She couid
see herself. bound and gagged. shot
up into the deep green water of the
POOL. as mon were sometimes shot
through the conning-tower of a sub
merged submarine.
Long years afterward. when Ken
and Rawdon Wells were old b.r
| skeleton might be found, when she
nerscif had been almost forgotten
Perhaps the skeleton of the lost
orlde OF the legend was there now.
IN liz Ior generations the fish had
rihs u, PICK and forth among the
lids OF that once beautiful body,
Fan had always hated the. thousbt
OF drowning. Still, she would not
give up. NO, won't write TIC
confession" she said. 1--WE msde
one already, and don't want IN
aiter IL In any way, I've told yo,,
tnst nothing YOU can say or do I,iii
inouce me to change nv mind and
l tel you the same again. So you
my as Wei save your breath"
"a .n saw .ne man culver with
nos,1s ana ciench his fists. But she
hna nave iaughed-a dreary laugh
at q loss how best to deal with .,,o,,
oost,nacy. He was furious ena
mouid thoroughly enjoy break;ne
ner mead against the brick wall as
a punishment, but to do that Ira,,1S
De IKE killing the goose that J luz
me golden eggs. II she were da sa9
1 sne would be worse than ,u.sIas.
nut r,ut Iving. there was always 49,.
W-h sooner or later she. might yisid
.r.,, hen threats and arguments had
n.hh,s. no more than a shower nf
quer gave up for the dsv vii WAS
we shall see," he said "n,,
aaue starvation will doN.a b,oo,
Inats considered sffacti 10.
twssn re IN war. and it is war he
~een us now. You've es+ar
ieft our 1000. see. and there's nonrs
o 1ert But 1t won't last long eR more ,e
Sa st as You may. give You twn
that ti ~ come to heel! At the end ~
thenIa"e r. VIII visit you again. TIL
b,nd AZ me man backed to the door =.
nind the tapestry Pan rna ne ocor be-
ITO. 10 escape: she knew t,,a. oasn
.nnnpossibie-but to succ..S aI was
sns z failed before. ana wnere