New Britain herald., 1924-03-26

deftly palmed the bit Of paper and then removing the ma'irned slippers she tossed them careiessly aside. "Therese will have them changed for you tomorrow" The older wo- man spoke quickly, in evident ansi- ety 10 get back to the sitting room. T will look in on you in little while"
 The door closed and with q hssty glance over her shoulder 10 assure herself that she was alone Sallie snoothed out the fragment of news paper. It vas evidently torn from the center of an article and read:
 "--tectivc Bureau Is confident that the woman seen in the North Avenue station at fhilopolis on Monday night was the missing Delapierre maid whose description tallies exactly with the records of Bess TiIkcr, alias 'Dis- nond Bess' It is faired that her in. tcntion was 10 double back to New York city and that she may have been a passenger cn the ill-fated Gotham Arrow. No trace Of her has been found"
 CHAPTER ".
 Players of the Game
 How had that particular scrap of paper come 10 be under her door? The Delapierre robbery. seemed to be of interest 10 Mrs. Copeland and her nephew because of their friendship with the family.
 She remembered Mrs. ropeland's answer 10 slost's query for news: "A vague clue but q most amazing COG incidence." She had meant the pos sibility that the woman crook was on the Gotham Arrow, too. IL certstin- ly was queer.
 Ssllie tore the paper into tiny pieces and opening her bathroom when Miss Tidmarsh appeared she found her patient curled up half.un- dressed upon the chsise tongue. A light dinner was brought to her and . little later the nurse approached her with a glass Of water and two more tablets Identical in appearance with those which the doctor had ad- ministered thst morning.
 There was going 10 he no more doped sleep for sallie if shs knew fl. Extending her hand in seeming will ingness for the medicine she raised it 10 her lips and then drank some water but the tablets were in the closed fingers which rested so inno- gently across her breast. Miss Tfd- marsh settled herself by the low night-light with a book for an hour snd then satisfied that her patient slept she left the room.
 She had scarcely gone, however. when salIis vss in the bathroom. washing the moist. sticky white paste of the melted tablets from her fingers.
 The little French clock whose sii- very chimes had first caused her to open her eyes that morning was tick ing softly on the mantei, the hands pointing to five minutes before ten, and Sallle stole to the window. polling aside the heavy draperies which the nurse had lowered.
 Mir. Bellows vas apparently in on this scheme. too. and saliie meant 10 know when he arrived.
 Eleven o'clock came and haif after AhN DDNl anu dL ldot h UlifEu before the door. Tn the rays from the street lamp if appeared 2 large and magnificent machine and yet tIere vas something about its out Hnes which rs1hinded Ssilie vaguely or the cars in which the more pros porous doctors Of shsnstown had made their rounds.
 In swift premonition she crept back 1 ibie bed. forcing herself to breathe lightly and regularly and in a few moments the door opened and Dr. 9uaitsrs entered accompanied by Miss ! Tidm7rsh. His examination ras brief but more of sn ordeal than ssllie had anticipated and it required ] si her sslf-controI to keep her eye ids from auftsring ~hen he passed 1 q small fssh-iiEht before them.