Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-27
LADY SLIPPER
By Ella Wister Hal,'eS
Author of "MYTERIOUS SWEETHEART"
DOWNRIGHT. 1926. Thompson Service.
right. 1925. Thompson Feature Service. Inc

but just as try to put it in my pocket
| see Sonia come to the door. she
catches me, and | quickly tell that
must go to herr captain to show what
| find. Then she take it from me and
runs"
Fritz. the captain made you tell
that the slipper belonged to Miss Nor
ris"' l know you couldn't help it, but
: are you sure it is hers?"
only that she has the other one,
mein herr. ] see it. too. not long be
fore"
"Was the slipper in the center OF
her cabin when you saw it, Fritz"
Yes"
But when Mr.. Winston brought it
| to the captain he declared that he had
| found it on the stairWay.'
"AIein herr, | am sure he lies!
think not he is crazy as he seems!
think" the man stopped.
Yes. Fritz, yes, go on. what do you
| Think"
Il think he knows why wireless does
| not sound, ] think he knows most
about Lady de Nerel think he
| hides what the captain wishes to
| learn while poor Herr Dahlgren sits
with his door locked from the outside.
| Ach. il is terrible trouble,"
same things! | saw Winston crawling
out of lifeboat last night, and when
! went to look there, l found he had
carrier pigeons hidden away. l was
caught there myself; that accounts for
my arrest. What's he doing with
those pigeons, Fritz? Who is he, any
way"
That I know not, sir. and only now
| learn about pigeons. but / think he
knows Fraulein Sonia, and makes
some kind of monkeyshines on this
ship"
DO you mean YOU have seen him
talking with Sonia"
Talking! Ach, mein herr. much.
much more! Seven times now already
| see him making such eyes at her.
and twice / see his arm about her,
doing much what you call petting!
Then he tells herr captain he marries
Miss Morris. BAH"
Fritz. you've given me some won
derful IDEAS" Chris said hurriedly.
Come back in little while and Ill
have the note ready. Be sure that
no one but Miss Morris sees it,"
Yes, mein herr, but always speak
more low! A guard stands by the
rail-, where he can see your Window"
"A guard Well, well, I'm more i'm
portant than l thought, Never mind,
m not trying to escape! Wouldn't do
me much Sood to jump overheard and
be eaten by shark! No, I'll stay
mere and see it through. I'm innocent.
and it's going to take a clever lawyer
to prove me guilty! Hurry along now,
SO | can put my mind on this letter"
My darling Anne" he wrote. Dear.
est, L have to call you mine! / can
never, never give you up. Why, Anne.
don't you know you're mine! Was /
so far wrong in claiming you as
my wife, dear? Does it take a marriage
ceremony to bind people into
spiritual union that nothing can
break? Oh Anne, you know it doesn't.
You know that our hearts and minds
and souls work together as if we had
been born for each other. as / know
we We're! What difference does a
misunderstanding. a few hot words
from two fiery tempers, make, after all,
my own dear? Do you suppose any
two people can live a lifetime without
an occasional clash? Are you so
chicken-hearted that you are afraid of
a little thing like that? / know that
you're not, Anne! 1 know that this
whole affair is just a hideous night
marel / know that you had no con-
nection with the disappearance of this
unfortunate woman. that the glass SLIP
pers, so strangely found in your room
and in mine do not belong to you, that
you are as innocent Of wrong as / am!
L feel certain, now that 1 have had