Evening Star Newspaper, June 29, 1923, Page 39

THE EVIL SHEPHERD By E. Phillips Oppenheim. (Capyright, 1928, by PREVIOUS CHAPTERS. is Ledsam, successful criminal lawyer, "dded one moFe case to his brilitant record -| His host, a 1 roubend 13 guilty of Dumerous b Deeply moved by the revelations meets Andrew Wilmore raalist, and §9 1o 8 restavrant for dio- Ter, while the story of the interview with Mrs. A two coul occupy sdjelaing tables and iteh hllugx‘:l his '1’! to Ledsam. Be- men leave the res- accepted an Mmvitation ‘hes the following eve- , from Frauce, congratu- e 15 court, ‘Ledsam and Wilmore abekly before they have been iatro- iced to him. CHAPTER V. Indecision had never been one of Francls Ledsam's faults, but four times during the following day he wrote out a carefully worded tele- graphic message to Mrs. Oliver Hil- ditch, 10 b, Hill stree i#ability to dine that night, time he destroyed it. He carried the first message around Richmond golf course with him, intending to dispatch his caddy with it immediately on the conclusion of the round. The fresh alr, however, and the concentration required by the game, seemed to dis- pel the mervous apprehensions with which he had anticipated his visit, and over an aperitif in the club bar he tore the telegram into pleces and found himself even able to derive a cortain half-fearful pleasure from the thought of meeting again the woman who, together with her terrible story, had never for one moment been out of his thoughts. Andrew Wilmore, who had observed his action, spoke of it 48 they settled down to lunch. “So you are going to keep your en- @agement tonight, Francis?’ he ob- served. The latter nodded “After all, why not " he asked & little defiantly. "It ought to be in- teresting. Well¥there's nothing of the sordid criminal, at any rate, about Oliver Hilditch,” Wilmore declared. “Neither, it one comes to think of it, does hig wife appeur to be the prototype of suffering virtue. I wonder if you are wige to go, Francis? “Why not?" thé man who had asked himself that question a dosen times already, demanded. “Because,” Wilmore replied coolly, “ynderneath that stesly hardness of manner for which your profession is responsible, you have a vein of sen- timent, of chivalrous sentiment, I should say, which some day or other is bend to get you into trouble. The wowa ;' is beautiful enough to turn any 4o ‘s head. As a matter of fact 1 b ve that you are more than balf in_lo 1ith her already.” Francls Ledsam sat where the sun- light fell upon his strong, forceful face, shone, t0o, upon the table with its simple but pleasant appointment upon the tankard of beer by his si upon the he was already doing ample justice. He laughed with the easy confidence of a man awakened from gome haunt- ing nightmare, relieved to find his feet once moré firm upon the ground. | “l have been a fool to take th ‘whele matter so seriously, Andre he declared. “1 expect to walk back to Clarges street tonight, disillusioned. The man will probably present me with a gold pencil case, and the wom- “Well, what sbout the woman?’ ‘Wilmore asked, after a brief paus “Oh, 1 don't know Francls de- a little impatiently.” oScited when I came out of court, what I imagined to be an epic was nothing more than a tissue of ex- aggorations from a disappointed wife. lowever, I'm sure I'm doing the right thing to go there. . . . Whatabout a four-ball this afternoon, Andrew?” The four-ball match was_ played and won in normal fashion. The two nién returned to town together aftér- wards, Wilmore to the club and Prancis to his rooms In Clarges stree 1o prepare for dinner. At a fow min utes to § he rang the bell of No. 10 b, 1 and found his host an A sure, s waytoe‘g?i CORNS s Scholl f’no-pc&s Put one on—the pain is gonel & | after Oliver Hilditch's alm regretting his/ and each| 3 late of roast beef to which Little, Browa & Co.) hostess awaiting him in the small drawing room into which he wal ushered. It seemed to him that the woman, still colorl again mar- velously gowned, greeted bim coldly. howev was almost too effusive. There was no othér guest, h | Dut the prompt announcement of din- ner dispelled what might have been a few moments of embarrassment 00 cor- dlal greeting. The woman laid her fingers upon her guest's coat sleeve. The trio crossed the little hall in silence. Dinner was served in a small white Georgian dining room, with every ap- | purtenance of almost Sybaritic lux- ury. The only light in the room was threwn upon the table by two purple | shaded electric lamps. and the serv- ants who waited seemed to pass ! backwards and forwards like shadows in some mysterious twilight—even the faces’of the three diners them- selves were out of the little pool of light until they leaned forward. The dinner was chosen with taste and re- straint, wines were not only costly | but rare. A watchful butler, attended now and then by a trim parlor maid, superintended the service. Only once, when she ordered a bowl of flowers removed from the table did their mistress address either of them. Con- versation after the first few ameni- ties speedily became almost a mono- logue. One man talked whilst the others listened, and the man who talked was Oliver Hilditch. He pos- essed the rare gift of imparting color and actuality In a few phrases to the strange places of which he spoke, of bringing the very thrill of strange happenings into the shadowy room. It seemed that there was scarcely a country of the world which he had not visited, a country, that is to say, where men congregate, for he ladmiited from the first that he was & city worshipper, that the empty posseseed no charm for hinr. 1 am not even a sportsman,” he in t. *| passing from one salmon, and I have driven through the forest lands and across the moun- tains behind a glant locomoty without a thought of the beasts which might be lurking there, waiting to be kille My only desire has been to reach the next place where men and women were.” “Irrespective of nationality?” Fran- ©ois queried. bsolutely. I have never minded mueh what race—I have the trick of tongues rather strangely developed —but I like the feeling of human be- | ings around me. I like the smell and sound and atmosphere of a great city. Then all my senses are awake, but life becomes almost turgid in my veins during the dreary hours of e to another.” “Do you rule out scenery as well ag !sport “from amongst the joys of | travel?’ Francls inquired. “I am ashamed to ma uch a con- fession,” his host ans ed, “but I have never lingered for a single un- necessary moment to look at the most wonderful landscape in the world. On the other hand, I have lounged for hours in the narrowest streets of Peking, in the mar 0! Bhanghal, along Broadw: 1 York, on the boulevards in "l‘: side the auditorium In Chicago. fous places where hu the thickest, but T rs. Some day we will Francls, too, although that evening, through sheer lack of sympathy, he refused to admit jt, shared to some extent Hilditch's passionate interest in his fellow creatures, and notwith- standing the “strange’ confusion of thought into which he had been thrown during the last twenty-four hours, he felt something of the pun- gency of life, the thrill of new and appealing surroundings, as he sat in his high-backed chair, sipping his wonderful wine, eating almost m chanically what was set before him, fascinated through all his being by kis_strange company. For three days he had cast occa- sional glances at this man, seated in the criminal dock with a gaoler on either side of him, his fine, nervous features galning an added distinction from the sordidness of his surround ings. Now, in the garb of civiliz tion, seated amidst luxury to whicl he was obviously accustomed, with & becoming light upon his face and this strange fascinating flow of werds proceeding always from his lips, the man, from every external point of view, seemed amongst the chosen ones of the world. The contrast was amazing. And then the Francis looked at her but nd when he did it was with a curfous sense of mental disturbance, | Polgnant but unanalysable. | It was amazing to see her here, opposite the man of whom she had told him that ghastly story, mistress of his house, to all appearance his (Chesapeake ( via Portland . ! r e THE SCENIC LINE WEST Summer Tourist Fares NOW IN EFFECT TO San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego and return............ California Points, One Way, Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, Vancouver, Victoria and return. . Glacier National Park and return.. $] () 245 Yellowstone National Park Denver, Colorado Springs and eturn Three Fast Limited Trains Daily. 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After- apparently engrossed in hi conversation, yet with that withholding of h consort, polish m itry into the arena of It was a situation so strange that Franols, becoming more and more subject to its influence, was in- elined to wonder whether he had not court, and whether this wi not one of the heated nightmares fol- lowing unconsciousne; "“Tell me,” he asked one of the brief pauses in the conver- sation, “have you ever tried to ana- lyze this interest of yours in human beings in crowded cities, this hatred of #olitude and empty spaces?" Oliver Hilditch smiled thoughtfully, and gazed at a salted almond which he was just balancing between the ) host, during he sald simply, “It is be- I have no soul.” CHAPTER VI The three diners lingered for only wards, they passed together Into a very delightful library on the other side of the round, stone-paved hall. Hilditch excused himself for a mo- ment. “I have some cigars which I keep in my dressing room,” he explained, “and which I am anxlous for you to try. There is an electric stove there and T can regulate the temperatur He departed, closing the door be hind him. Francis came a little fur; ther into the room. His hostess, who | kad subsided Into an easy chair and! e was holding & screen between her e motioned him to He dld He felt curlo face and the fire, seat himself opposite. without word: ly D. C, tempting the banality of pointless speech. From the smooth gless of her burnished hair, to the daintines: brocaded sh of her low, black represented, 5o far as her physi- outward self were con 4. cal an , absolute perfectio: No ornament or curve of her was_amiss, no lin 4‘{'" other than perfectly graceful e 2 It was as though some sort of crust had formed about her being, a conditien which her very physical perfection seemed to render the more incomprehensible. You are surprised to ses me h living with my husband, after w! I told you yesterday afternoon?’ sald calmly, breaking at last the si lence which had reigned between them i he admitted. s unnatural to you, I sup- o m, Tt pose “Entlrely.” ::}Vou stil] believe all that | told you?" gt u She looked at the door and raised her head a little, as though either listening or adjudging the time be- fore her husband would return. Then him once more. said, “does not Sometimes it at- the person who! hates can soarcely bear the other out of his sight. That s where hate and love are somewhat 4 The room was warm, but Francis | was consclous of shivering. She | raised “her finger warningly. It seemed typical of the woman, some- how, that the message could not be | she whispered. itch reappeared, carry- | ing cigars wrapped in gold foil which | he had brought with him from Cuba, | FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1923. smoked and sipped their coffee and brand: The woman sat with half- closed eyes. It was obvious that Hil- ditch was still in the mood for speech. “I will tell you, Mr. Ledsam,” he sald, “why I am so happy to e you re this evenin, In the first place, I desire to tender you once more my thanks for your very brilliant efforts on my behalf. The very fact that I am able to offer you hospitality at all ithout a doubt due to thes “1 only did what I was paid to do. Francis insisted, a little harshl. *You must remember that these things work with us.” host nodded. turally,” he murmured. nother reason, too, wh anxious to meet you, Mr. he continued. ou have gathere: already that I am something of u crank. I have a profund detestation of all sentimentality and affected morals. It is a rellef to me to come into contact with - man who is free y 1 Ledsam,’ s terprise—a consclenc Is t your estimate of me?’ Francis asked. “Why not? You practice your pro- !eu'l,llon in the criminal courts, do you not?” end gullty alike with the same simu- lated fervor? 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