Evening star., 1928-01-14

tension. III TIE ~ i1-SAiOSN
L light from the lamp which
Miss Brown had drawn close
=, the typewriter. her companions
.svc seemed for a moment shas;iy.
There Was something uenacing about
the sudden deepening of those lines,
the smolder!ng light of fury in his
eyes.
Miss Brown remained standing. Al
the first shock OF discovery. she had
found herself trembling in every limb.
Tie emotion had passed. She be
came the cooler of The two.
n am only telling you what you
can sec for yourself" she said. point
ing downward. THAT is an exact
replica Of my book. bus there is not
a word Of writing III it. nor has there
ever been.
Are there any pages torn OUT" he
asked harShiy. graspinS the book in
his hand.
Not one. 1t is perfectly new and
has never been used
He threw it down. For moment,
they looked at one another in a silence
ferocious, almost terrible Miss Brown
fei. no single impulse of fear. Ac-
cording TO her capacity, she was an
:, ier than she haC ever been IN her
a.e.
Have you any explanation TO sug
gest"' he demanded.
III is not for me to suggest eN-
I.a nations" was her prompt rejoin-
oe7 From the moment, when / left
Your house in Lombertson Square I'M
Il the time when ] entered the bank
The next morning. the book was never
on; of my sight. / deposited it there
with instructions that it was to be
given TO. no one except TO me per
soaaliy You bring me here You
produce what you say Is my notebook.
snI ind that ii is not. Now I come
20 think Of il, | am not 50 much sur
prl4ej. TIE book was deposited in
the b3nA ia my name and with the
distinct understanding that il was TO
La handed over 10 no one else except
nae even though a written order
s.:vald be produced. II this had been
AS notebook. the bank would have
broken their trus, with me.
That is trifle." he decia red
saere are times when banks have TO
O. - they are toic That is the note
b4'vk handed over By The manager Of
1i1' bank this afternoon 10 the ciaiei
c~ti5IB iSsiorsr of police and d repre-
tentative of the Home Office. They
Lad the managers word for i that
Il Was the book deposited by you
hen the manager lied" Miss
H.. ogFE deed II siubbornly. .-rhe
's;N'lS which ! deposited contained my
aoati2and notes laken down at your
Z. ta4!ons This one has never con.
l. lied any writing III any sort what.
sfrr IL is mo- the same book
i nd wheac j. youcs?"
t10w should ] know she asked
4ssssr
u. sssoner of poaice or the Hen,e Ufi,e..
L. '.saii upo:I Tor aid. ] maze s,ee,,
afta.plg machine of which you have
b~Aaae ilae. have carried out you, ~.
ssEa4ct-ons literally If anything has
s"fae i*fong, it is through some fault
oi sour Own, or Deca Use your enemies
a. ca~ferer than you are''
fs~ "a bgfit ~ her Erssl Her eyee
IL t.ie1. bEl she made no movement
~ geu swear" he demanded
L1t5fli$. "fllat you know nothing
ni - ttan you SAY. that you ifaten'f
NaE5'Hts~n the ulher book and Aota
fh@y'a have given you lIalf a
b. .5n Tor it. I'ge no ,ubt."
'''i@ "Ffbched her wrist free. aua
y af - DtIi oH her macintosh. He..
VOC %ak unst@3oS now with s.noft.
G. @0bB
hFft f&f y @JEE y gt1QGGG. she de-
-. t@'5 fitaL ever found ms u4y
io Losnbei.so'. Squire L.s a.. .t'
l''F< 2St Sfia8 not anSwer yAtir
roesiio',. snould like 10 10 away
- once.
- STOOD fVt several moments an
p~5~htj< fEf45hg battle with him
"ts- ns5t Ds- caught her srtn lust
- ~''~ fa.aJ turned toward the dur
80 Hff"t ftEUFy tad parsed from
tie fesifufea TIE fame from h1. ives
!ie ar fn%G sadten3;. .,laer.
i'f-g you4 PARDON N{4A Hr.,vt, ?.
D. a. ~ igas t,a.s,..f,4,y 4, me
c'j& DHce L~fDre iu toy jjfe ~ t,e car
I'd away liae thys. 1 offer vos, tuy
hnaj5!e ap9.vGl+r e.
IbE aps4 Mrs Brown d,ea yf,eared
~tt'. a@td - bt4tn,n ber u4aeiutosn
sh3 sank kan8 4Ubo Let ehs4!r . LITTLE
T. DirFsiy. Tier eyer were fulI III for
tls @s.rss.
8gn ~ So5y s1rry,'' she faiteged
"ltgD' let az Ma%te any mare time
!>st JA think Daf 3Qss ahaf May have
1<sf5}Se bsG
lie. fD9 s.sBk 3Jfo u rnajr. Fof +
isa@ ss1Dbenfr he saI1 noihis3R lie
SIS 4at saoH from whose living
npDS e3e spirit had beFr sEDeilAG
! - bad t,55f shattered logk ~ sn-
ltfJ5@5tess wiz b ~ tble flOzt perfect
fetaflYe ezptessIon 81 despalg Oft"n
af.~T~ard he remembered that Ia
ti4.s cris!s~-satad be had lived through
Iahs IT war Ilss Brown hio look
command ri the situation
"Yp0 say ihDt the cbief commits
siDhtr sn1 sotlle one from tie Home
DfficA went 81 the Dank." sie re-