Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-05

'you ought to have doctor and you
must remember that as yet You have
given me no Instructions
Ring the bell. please" he enjoned
She obeyed. and the man servant
who had let her in entered.
Some brandy for me. and a glass
Of port and some biscuits for The
young lady" he directed
The Mystery.
Already she knew him better tina
TO refuse. AS a matter Of fact, al
though she was conscious of no
fatigue. she was glad OF the wine. He
moved himself little and rested upon
his elbow. looking at her.
What do YOU think of all that
he asked, motioning toward the
satchel
She touched her forehead with her
hand.
AS yet, can't think about it, she
confessed. 1T is all here-every sen
renee. l feel that It is going to live
with me for the rest OF my life
He nodded approvingly.
I am not braggart." he said. but
there is no other man who has lived
through what 1 have lived through,
VINO has seen the things l have seen,
and come back alive. They've got me
now, though. / made one slip in War
saw. OF all places. I lost my temper.
You must never give way TO any hu-
man feeling. Miss Brown. when you're
carrying your life in your hands, and
the lives of other people"
The wine was brought. He slipped
his brandy meditatively; she drank
half glassful of her port at gulp.
so you smelt the gunpowder?" he
asked abruptly.
r srnelt it directly I entered the
room"
'Observant." he remarked approx
ingly- AS matter of fact, though
il was l who shot him, not he me
His long trek is ended anyway. He
is dead
Miss Brown did not finch. She
looked around the room. and her eyes
conjured up the horror which must
rest behind that heavy leather screen
She stared at the protruding foot.
The best man they ever had" Des
sitter continued. "It has been a duel
between US since left the East and
began to get hold of the threads Of
this horrible business. I had scoffed
at the whole thing before. never be-
leved there was anything definite
anything TO be really feared from this
generation of madmen. obeyed or
GERS. though. Perhaps it's lucky for
he world did. The alarmists were
right for once
And this man." she reminded him.
"A genius Dessiter muttered.
The most wonderful OF all the black
shadows who have been doing their
work through China, India and AT.
gnanistan. in every British colony, in
every civilized country. It was his
TASK 10 hunt me down. Sometimes we
missed one another by minutes in a
race across a continent, sometimes we
were IN the same city, the same cafe.
me same hotel, ana he never knew.
Inis last time, though. I played my
first false card. Since then he's never
left my heels. They generally hunt in
packs. He ouidistanced the others
and he paid. Have you ever seen a
dead man, Miss Brown"
Never in my life she scknowl
edged.
Are you afraid?"
Not now. I'm afraid Of nothing. !"
Go and look" he invited.
Sne rose 10 her feet and crossed the
room with unfaltering footsteps--she
.ne daughter OF a country lawyer, who
nao never seen men fight even in
merely quarrelsome mood: whose WAYS
mad lain always along the humdriim
thoroughfares Of life, boarding school
ana tennis parties. genteel poverty and
work. always respectable, always do.
ing the correct and ladyIike thing.
Sne passed the overturned chair which
apparently marked the spot where the
s,russie nad taken place. glanced at
The tablecloth and smashed vase .,
mowers lying upon the floor. and with
ner hand upon the screen peered round
oenlnd IL. To her il always remained
tragic memory, although a, that
moment she was unconscious OF feel
dns tne slightest emotion. The dead
MAT lay there, snlaIlish in stature
1a9k' an rndoubted foreigner. with
oiae chin. jet black hair. clothes Of
4n-EhgIish cut, with q small. round
mole in his forehead, waxen pale a
'hih cambria handkerchief over his
Eyes. one Knee was "A little doubled
up ana the collapse of death had re.
FAXED his features. There was an inn.
pTesslon OF drunkenness about the
hps. Giss Brown looked at him long
sHa ,n"ughfuIly, placing him In those
fphs !pofneyings through that stran ge.
pfAantasnla goric story. She came back
~ heF place with steady footsteps. re.
s!fH@f her seat end finished her glass
IL wine
=" hat are you going To do about
~ she asked calmly. "You'll have
70 mig up the police or something
Won't your You can't keep him In The
rom"
mere Was CLEAN almost VI adruira.
ION in Dessiter's eyes ss he looked AZ
bls qasstionsr.
Aefgen Will arrange something
later on he said you see. I shall
Gle myself before Midnight. and al
in|ngh this IL London snd not Bagdad.
cen assure you nothing that hap.
pens IN This mouse Will De talked about
very much
She could have cried out in passion.
BE protest against bis csin accept-
s'ace III his fate, have reminded him
%aIdiy that b. man VINO kad lived his
Afe I'd achieved What he had achieved
sHp1d csfy even death. She could
nave fs!IeD upon her knees and I'm,
Dipftd him ~ have his wound dressed
~ keep hls feet upon the earth Dul
ale GO mons III these things.
cannot zee any fsasgn why you
sIrJlo die" she said. ~ her ordinary.
matter If fact tone, you should give
yourself chs nee. 81 any rate, by
sSh1ihg for T. cDctoT snd q nurse. II
s"p Will not think noDn arrange
ma F'AUGdkF HJhrW.
iie shDgk HE LeaG
There IL nG tune 20 he DECLARED
jf* var Just q secon1 tna soon for me.
tfs'd eat he telephone and his sHife
~as 81 my chest just as was ara w.
ing, All thBi il necessary now IL ~
i've long enough 10 tell you what ~
~ WITH those notes. After that, IL
really doesn't matter very n4lirb. My
career IN ended anyway You see" he
vent on, "foT fifteen yesTs the ssofid
iias known ~ ne only as DessiteT, The
.zplgfeT, the Traveller. the fDan who be
aa4Ae he knew every language sDuid
visit countries the frontiers III which
no one else dared cToes. They have
credited He quite correctly with 81