Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-07-25

| Ine consequences remain.
There is a consequence which
threatens" she asked.
He was silent for a moment. When
he spoke again. he had recovered all
his courage.
There is the coin in the air of which
l spoke" he replied. LET US forget
! it for a moment. OF the minor things
l will make you my judgeA LedSam
{ and Margaret are coming to my party
| tomorrow night. You, too, shall be my
| guest. Such secrets as lie on the other
| side Of that wall shall be yours. After
that, if l survive your judgment Of
| them, and If the coin which 1 have
| thrown into the air comes down to the
| tune I call-after that will remind
you of something which happened last
night-of something which, If l live
| for many years, I shall never forget"
She leaned towards him. Her eyes
were heavy with longing. Her arms,
sweet and white in the dusky twilight,
stole hesitatingly out.
Last night was so long ago. Won't
you take-a later memOryp
Once again she lay in his arms,
still and content.
AS they crossed the lawn, an hour
or so later, they were confronted by
Hedges-who fastened, in fact, to
meet them.
"You are being asked for on the
| telephone, sir" he announced. "It is
trunk call. l have switched it
through to the study"
"Any name2" Sir Timothy asked in
differently.
The man hesitated. His eyes sought
his masters respectfully but charged
with meaning.
"The person refuses to give his
name, sir, but fancied that I recog-
nized his voice. 1 think it would be
as well for you to speak, sir"
Lady Cynthia sank into chair.
you shall go and answer your tele-
phone CALL" she said, land leave
Hedges to serve me with one of these
strange drinks. believe l see some
of my favorite organgeade."
Sir Timothy made his way into the
house and into the low, oak-beamed
study with its dark furniture and lat
ticed windows. The telephone bell
began to ring again as he entered. He
took up the receiver.
"Sir TimothyY' rather hoarse,
strained voice asked.
81 am speaking" Sir Timothy re-
Piled "Who Is it?'
The man at the other end spoke as
though he were out of breath. Never
theless, what he said was distinct
| enough.
Il am John Walter"
"WellW
II am just ringing you up" the voice
went on, "to give you what's called a
sporting chance. There's boat from
Southampton midday tomorrow If
you're wise, you'll catch it. Or better
| still, get off on your own yacht. They
carry wireless now, these big steam
ers. Don't give criminal much of
a chance, does itT'
81 am to understand, then,' Sir Tim
othy said calmly, that you have laid
your informationY
1--WE parted with it and serve you
right" was the bitter reply. "Pm not
saying that you're not brave man,
Sir Timothy, but there's such a thing
as. being foolhardy, and that's what
you are. I wasn't asking you for half
your fortune, nor even dab of it, but
if your life wasn't worth a few hun
dred poundS-you, with all that money
well, it wasn't worth saving SO
now you know I've spent ninepence
to give you a chance to hop it, be-
cause met a gent who has been good
to me. I've had a good dinner and l
feel merciful. So thefs you are"
"Do 7 gather" Sir Timothy asked,
in a perfectly level tone, that the
deed is already done?"
ITS already done and done thor
oughly," was the uncompromising an
swer. Pm not ringing up to ask you
to change your mind. If you were to
offer me five thousand now, or ten,
a sporting chance of getting away If
you start at once. That's all there is
to It,"
"You have nothing more to sayT
Nothing Only / wish to God I'd
never stepped into that Mayfair agen-
cy. l wish I'd never gone to Mrs.
Hilditchs as temporary butler
wish I'd never seen any one Of you
That's all. You can go to hi which
way you like, only, If you take my
advice, you'll go by the way of South
America. The scaffold isn't every
mans fancy"
There was a burr of the instrument
and then silence. Sir Timothy care
fully replaced the receiver, paused on
his way out Of the room to smell a
great bowl of lavender and passed
back into the garden.
More applicants for invitations?'
Lady Cynthia inquired lazily.
Her host smiled
mot exactly! Although" he added
'as matter of fact my party would
have been perhaps little more COM
plete with the presence of the person