Evening Star Newspaper, June 28, 1923, Page 34

hours seemed to have slipped away. | ternoon, but found that you had left{and I =~ wondered, ~Mr. Ledsam,| well as any other” she mcquiesoed,|and a deputy manager had already|introduce me.as his nre‘urvzr to the, He was back - | the court. I owe you my good name, e in the tea shop, listen whether you would be good enough “&*fl".";!;{o&l'“m. - 10.p, |Bastened forward. The newcomer|Man who had just arrived! 5 probably my life. Thanks are poor . h ihe to the woman who spoke of ter- | {hings, but they iust be apaken” | !¢ ding‘with us ono night. T think | i) street,” Hilaiteh conciuded. waved them back for @ moment..|or ol eyhqun s avicon Eroaiyy Mk rible ihings. e folt “again bis| AL Pow e’ e nathing. at all |1 could interest you by tolling you | Srancls bowsd and Timed iway|Baroheaded, he had taken Margarat | N amerio: e (e serse repiy] chivering abhorrence Of her oOle:|Francls replled, in a tone which even | more about my osse than you know | With & murmurel word, of polite &x- | milditoh's hends in his and ral e i e Y he found harsh. “I had a brief be-|at present, and.it would give us n|B8ent. Outside he found Wilmore! them to his lips. 8 csud g eea (T2 bo continued tomorrow.) RERRY foded shrank from the horrors from which With merciless Angers she had mtrip- | 107 me and a cause to plead. 1t|further opportunity, and a more|dsep In the dlecuselon of the merits | T came as quickly as T could,” h ped the w;r:rmgs: He ssamed to s50 O D O O hons or| MoV ou® TorAXDressing our svatl: ofSvaric oin Heasuian with, un 1u- | ga1d. ““There was the nsual Aelny. of BA“DITS GAG FIV once more the agony in her white face, - maltre course, o d ra E 5 to hear the oternal pain aching and | ;.':)f""";;fie"”,‘,“’;‘d;"mm’:““""jé (nrancls had recovered himself by| Any ‘cholce, Francisi” lis host 1n-| oo were terribie. S0 M1 bag cedna ; 1R throbbin ey < se, s time. He was after all a man (quired. . S well ; B)’ E. P/ulllps Oppenhe;m, {hrobbing in her monotonous (one. proves how well it was done. T wish | of parts, and though he' still had | “Nono whatever” was the prompt Y Oliver mnateen, stwnang vy, .| AND ROB GEM STORE 3 : N ecns e Nemwen. “call the fe1- | fo Dresent you to my wie, Who| the fécling that he had been through | reply, tonly, for God's sake, give me | mained speechless. It seemed for ! Low to brine the H butside. | Well | Shares my sratitude” ho | o6 of the most momentous days of |a doible one quicklyl” moment as though his self-controt - have our coffee and liqueurs there.” R s b:fld‘ o wwoman. who | his life, his savoir faire was making The two men wers on thé point of [ was subjected to a severe sirain. . (Copyright, 1989, by Littls, Brown & Co.) Wilnags . acqulesced willingly | 10W, 8t her husband's words, ralscd | ity inevitable reappearance, . He departure when Oliver Hilditch and| " “ had the good firtune, he inter-| NEW YORK, June 28—While a 2 enoviimage ucdulesced avihiq L | her eyes. For the first time he saw | knew very well that the idea of that [his wife léft the restaurant. . As|posed, in a low tone, “to i : 3 i 1 5 g len her smile. It seemed to him 'that|a = B theudh . Rea. De- x be wonder- | woman kept a lookout, two armed . Sas x juies | ward the door Francis realized what| jor S e fim that | dinner would be horrible to him. He | though consclous that they e- | fully defended. Mr. Ledsam here— i | ward the door Francls realized what| (i (ffort made her less beautiful | also knew that he would willingly |come the subjact of discussion, sa In-| "He glanced arptind. Francis, with |gi s Josparday entered ,an Hast PREVIOUS CHAPTERS. | “Tradesman” Francis scoffed. “One had risen to his feet. With a court- “Your pleading was very wonder- .cancel every - engagement he had |deed was the case, thanks to the some Idea of what was coming, o'beyed\sme Jjewelry establishment, bound and 4 can guess already at that plot of|eous little gesture he intercepted the tul, Mr. Ledsam,” she said, a very| rather than miss it. {busy whispering of the various walt-|an Imaginary summons |gagged the proprietor, Francis Ledsam. succeysful criminal lawyer, - " c4 from the | EAEE prop » & dlamond Tas added one e o T hiiant Tecord | YOUF mext novel.” passer-by. = Francis ‘found himself | subtle note of mockery faintly ap- You are very kind,” he murmured. | ers. they passed without lingering|head porter, touched Andrew Wilmore |salesman, two customers and 1i1d e hes Ccourage” Wilmore de-|itanding side by side with the man | parent in her tome. “We poor mor. w“Are we fortunate enough to fimi through the lounge into the entrance upon ' the ' shoulder. and hastened o oo mam ers and the clared. “Ho has #iso a very beauti- | for whose life he had pleaded tiat, tals find it difficult to understand,you disengaged.' Hilditch suggested, | hall, where Francis and Andrew Wil-| without & backward glance {hrough P °PTietor's daughter, lelsurely looted more were already waittng for a tax-|the swing doors. Wilmore turned up|the place, and escaped with precious LT ful companion. . Were you serious | afternoon, within a few feet of the | that with you all that show of pas- | “tomorrow evening?l ! Francis, when you told me that that|woman whose terrible story seemed xhxnua earnestness is merely—what | “I am quite free,” was the ready|lcab. ~Almost as they &ppeared, a|his coat-collar and looked doubtfully|stones valued at $60,000. The woman e was hiy wife?* to have posioned the very atmosphere | 414 you . call it?—a chapter in your | response. new arrival was ushered through the (up at the rain. | A "ot nnmerous | It Is & great gift to be, “That suits you, Margaret ” Hil-|main cnirance, followed by porters, “I say, old chap.” he protested !m'ud as carrler for the stolen gems, mes. Deeply moved the revela- | Wa® the quiet repiy. new horror in life, to have tempor-|able to argue from the brain and | ditch asked turning courteously to|carrving luggage. He brushed past|“you don’t really mean to walk?’ " | the police belleve. Yo7 te bl ool @ Wilmore was puzzled. arily, . at any rate, undermined every | plead as though from the heart. his_wife. Francis so closely that thé latter| "Francis thrust his hand through | -Louls Edison, the proprietor, said 1 g -| “But she passed you just now with- @ ambition he possessed. A O uE detain Mr. Ledsam.” | = For a stagle moment her eyes wore flocked Into his face, half attracted |his friend’s arm and wheeled him | his loss was $40.000. The di e interposed, a littie | fixed upon those of her prospective |and half repelled by the waxen-like round into Davies street. s i"‘”"";“" 080 s S amandg, el :. . “She herself was my informant,” | he breathed, to have shown him al|day's work. e " sty of 09| out even'a glance of recommition. and | | edsam.” Hildicch, said, spealc: Qliver Hildiich_interpo % fuad fupo ope of he B e s T R 5 it g | ought you told me at the club/|ing with quiet dignity, “I hope that|hastily. “He perhaps does not care|guest —He read the essage, Which | co 3 3 “I don’t care what the mischief 5 & e there, Nir. and Mre.Hudlcehenter U5 | nig afternoon that all your knowl- |you will forgive the Iiberty ope that | hastlly. ressed In publia by & client | pleadled for his -refusal, ~and - hedignificd carriage of the man whose|do, Andrew,” ho confided, VBaticoma e L L Jweliy s ed AL 2k edge of his evil ways came. from her. | Speaking to you heres I looked for who _still carries with him_the at-| denied it. arrival seemed to be creating some | not you see what was going to hap- The store is on the second floor in My wife “Tomorrow evening will sutt me as!stir in the hotel. A reception clerk |pen? Oliver Hilditch was going lolh busy Ilel‘hh')l‘hfludi CHAPTER 1V. Besides, she looks at least twenty|you the moment T was free this af- | mosphere of the prison. Y €A thi | To reach their fable, the one ot ol ko nad h;e:rnx"wltchln( - 2 5 T ; o o "pboatating, the new ar-| Ttieed 1€ to hin lipy and dranc “iis The Hecht Co. I Seventhat F ' The Hecht Co. Seventh at F l The Hecht Co. } Seventh at F cerning which Francis and his friend | his glass filled with champagne, rivals, piloted by Louis, had to Pass " “T can only tell you what I know, within a few feet of the two men.|Andrew,” he sald as he set down the The woman, serene, coldly beautiful, | eMpty glass. —“The woman who 1s sed Mke a Frenchwoman in up-With him now is the woman who Mabrdinary | SPoke to me outside the Old Bailey . . d them by | t;fls u{lerl::mnv Sh\\'o went to a tea s ! details, passed them byl (L, SO0 oSN e (e ors Int t Sal Yeithea carcless glance and subsifed| of his caveer. . I have never listened . ; nteres 1n~ aie ¢ | to so horrible a recital in my i 4 | dining tete-a-tete, on a night when it - Her companion, however, a.s")}é‘ ol 3 g nthos el S cognized Francis h ed, s tasyand a ere ether, w Seomle Tmach, beimen S : omen’s Sweaters gloom was lightened. A measanu,':f‘“r-’}l &’au\;:;e:ecrdm lrlnhure Irha'l;. urdtl- Navy Dotted Resevoil. I . . but tentative smile parted his lips.|}? or either o em to Y LR ISESEUI, S ente A E d Sale 3 and Organd n Lxtraor mary $l .95 ed upon a salutftion, half a | have been in public at all,” Wilmore Swiss, Organdic mal bow. a salu- | PO] te;l out. . Trim, 8595 Trim, $5.95 tation instinctively re-| “It 9 astounding to me as it o There are many ele- turned. iore looked on | o you f‘):“(;li’: sl . g ty | ay she spoke, I should never > b it he l;g:‘hdol;n.ame-d hat they were living 5 Stqrtlng $5.95 Regular and ments that make for in- ¢ i terest. A b . . . : ] e ot Friday Morning Extra Sizes 50 P " probably asking themselve v rice is ex = s I!l‘tl he :\‘w"l-ull!\.\'”\’vf murder. was anything else p & eec e LYo ‘hat | principled, well born 4 ] ingly low. Th ; S ey WL b ondering hat L L dort ut Cha, T miver e dows | 2k cotylcsare , ; right up to the minute. criminal type of face. ] . ed “ThiE atterndon he was i the ;{u’?lg“:.::ghz,‘f"fl.‘l‘,r‘“d'{;cfi'f""“"“’ he g [ & : \'ac:gli(m plans.are a_lrcudy afoot. But no \.'acation cm}ld or would be com- Included are the popu- o e e e el 7 3 plete without one new frock at least. There is no question either about the lar sleeveless Jacquettes e ot nia e o e et e i e 7 . g Ssmgain s g e Lo gy v s o M e “And inutead you cxchange polite Tul. ‘his mouth & thin, but 3 e o) :;". LSoHET O ; .“c_ “f’_ ”‘1‘ S P & c e e:\ dEchas RIgRtRa One. style is a fancy block pattern in &) s : Jis=Sss aisies and as fresh as thc’])r(eus which run bL.fore. the dflwn. contrasting colors. ] Listen to the fabrics. 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