Evening star., 1928-01-14

ever he may be, will have To wait
for his opportunity"
He paused in his restless pacing
of the room, went to a cupboard.
brought out whisky and soda and
| helped himself
Some wine. Miss Brown" he in
vited.
She shook her head.
Nothing. thanks" she replied
Then there's something else. Col.
Dessiter You cant have forgotten
what you dictated 10 me. Why not
start it all over again this moment +?
Why not even hand in your informa
tion direct"
full Of whisky and soda. and lit a
cigarette.
I've done little in that way al
ready. Miss Brown" he admitted.
And If the worst comes 10 the
worst, Of course. can redictate. but
there gre addresses and those letters
want icuiariy-especially one ~
the letters And then, you see" he
went on. for the successful carrying
out of our plans it was most impor.
tant that they shouldn't know ex.
actIy how much We've discovered.
Tell me. he asked abruptly. when
did you recognize me-"
Only when you lost your temper"
she assured him. Up till then /
was quite content ~ believe that the
Things In you which reminded me Of
Col. Dessiter were just family traits.
When atterward you looked AT me. .
she went on coolly. "as though you
were going 10 take me by the throa,
and crush the life out OF me, 1 sud =
IEsTtV fk<s41Ey{i k&bg srn1s xS@pss
He nodded
I'm glad ! didn't give myself away
altogether" he said. Il have kept ia
the background All my recent life 10
such an extent that few people know
D3e even by sight"
Would II be fndiscret." Miss Brown
f. inquired. 10 ark why your death
ssas announced and Why you seem
10 he in hiding" ?"
''IBder The circumstances. nothing
that you could ask ine would he in
discreet" dc told her. "It was Hart.
,1eiI's Suggestion--HartweI in the
chief Of our Home @ecret Service
- better for many reasons that the
people whom we're UP against just
foH should believe me out vi the way.
haven't quite finished my job yet.
and there are 80 Of them in London
ihDUgb' / Was siili alive. would man
age 10 e"i at me somehow. even IL
they hadn't ii ghost of chance Of
getting away with IL. | viii Ray this
jor these biackguards," he went on
thoughifuily. that they think no
more of their own lives than they do
of the persons they vet 10 Kill"
They really do believe. then, that
SDu are dead 2" she asked
I'm pretty well sure Of IT," he
ans" cred. They're showing signs
everywhere ~ coming Dnt more into
lse open. II they are once convinced
ihat ihey'." got hold of what they
iDok upDn aA nay death bed reveiu
/ lions, and thoae letters. they'ii be CIV
ing themselves away all the time
IT all seems very diffieuli." Miss
Brown unused, 40 "a practical person
lhe myself. For Instance how did
you manage about death certificates
sud ti3at sort II Thing. aud how did
7 yo1 coutriye 10 escape any tnquir,
aj9nt the man you killed tina, night p
/ We had 10 have "a little help from
/ ihe authorities naturally" DessitTf
! replied. ~'ih IA grin smile. They're
not 10 altogether bound up In red
tap. an they used to be. If things
tam out a. hope III piece the whole
story together for YOU one day"
lie walked to the window. and
| throwing IL open for n moment, stood
there listening. The roar Of The trnf-
fr nom across the bridge had cha nReC
To f'3ecadi!Iy and westward
'Feel the draftI" he asked.
"@ot ~ an
Il iiFs 10 hear that" he vent on
/ Sometimes when onsa little de
pressed lis inspiring. One isn't
! WORKING for nothing ones working
Tor them~~~ths millions"
There Was IA knock at the door
IefRen entered with tray. Miss
Brown stood uD and reached out fot
bef hat
Mo, you dont,' Dessiter exclaimed
hastily. "stby and share my meal
l.Miss Brown. We haven't finished
our ccu yeJsati0n yet. III have you
gent b )Ine LATER. What is there, Mef-
Reh?"
"A whole chicken for one thing
Air, the fDbH replied plenty fuf
i~o. a bottle of white wine sni
Fed =
Some more plates abd things,
Usssiter ordered
They drew Ia table over 10 tn.
fifs, M.rEen arranged the chairs
and UessiisF carved the chicken.
Well" the latter remarked, rs thsl
tbegsn their meai. the wheel u M