Evening Star Newspaper, March 8, 1925, Page 29

TheAstonishingAdventure of Jane Smith (Continued from Ye: “I went back to bed. Henry, you | \ 8imply haven't any idea how much I | hated going up those stairs. There " cerfectly flendish patch of moon). t, and I felt as if 1 couldn’t &o through it and perhaps be pounced on by some one just round the cor- ner. If it hadn't been for the house- maids finding me in the morning, I believe I shouid just have stuck where I was.” Henry's arm tightened a little. “Well, touight I hid in the study quite early, but T had hardly got there when Lady Heritage came down. I watched to see what she did, and as she had gone through the d shut it I hauled that great avy ch ng and climbed on to and found Your old se- cret door was much. taller ple than me, fright e and find anding on the chair in the corner and looking like a perfect fool. Oh, 1 was thankful when I really got into the passage and d that Lady Heritage was still in sight.” “T think it w you,” said Henr: 1 frightfully s frightfully clever of “frightfully clever ave; but you're not You might have run any one.” believe there's some- | dreadful going on,” said Jane, ¥ on’'t know about what I believe, I know that the passages are be- ed and that they've been wired ctric light. 1 haven't explored vet, but people don’t do that | t of thing for nothing. Now go I may say that T saw Raymond ‘What hap- ‘ Tane hesitated. | “T1l tell you,” she said. “She open- ed another door and went out—why, it’s been puzzling me, but of course I know now, the passage leads to the headland. And the other day, when I was %0 frightened, Mr. Patterson must have come out of it; and he was there tonight.” Yes, Did they meet?" s Jane, in a queer, shy voice “I couldn’'t help hearing. 1 gan away at once, but I couldn’t help hearing her call him Tony. It's your Anthony Luttrell, h I'd just left fter jawing him about see- S ing Raymond.” “Oh, I hope they've made it up,” y “She looked so dreadfully last night that I felt I sim- couldn’t bear it. It's so dreadful to see people hurt like that and not be able to do anything, Do you think they'll make up said Henry, not very ¥'s a queer sort of fellow, yYou know—frightfully hard to move, and a perfect devil for hug- King a grievance. He’s had a rotten time of it, too. What with Raymond marrying some one else, and then get- ting knocked out himself, and coming round to find himself a prisoner—well, there sn’'t much to take his mind off it. He escaped three times before \ he actually got away, and then he went to Russia and had the worst time of the lot. So that he's got a good deal of excuse for sticking to his grouch.” Jane suddenly pinched Henry very , put her lips quite close to his ear, and breathed { “Some one's coming.” she spoke Henry drew her noise- | lessly back a yard or two. The faint glow which Jane had seen bright- encd until it seem dazzling. The rched entrance to the tupnel in Which they stood became sharply de< fined. The light struck the opposite wall, showing it rough and black, with patches of dull green slime. Instantly Jane felt that her finger tips would never be clean again. As! can be provided for. employes. By PATRICIA WENTWORTH (Copyright, 1925, by Small, Maynard & Oo.) thought shuddered through her mind the light went by. That's what it looked like, the passing of a light. Raymond's dark figure hardly showed behind it. The lighted archway faded. The darkness spread an even surface over everything again. Jane laid her face against Henry's sleeve, pressed quite close to him, and sald in & little voice that trembled: “Oh, they haven't made it up—they haven't. Fe'd have come with her if they had.” I'm afrald so.” . “Ot course, he'd have come with her. You wouldn't have let me go by myself, you know you wouldn't. No, they haven't made it up, they can't have, and—oh, Henry, why do people quarrel like that? You won't with me, will you—ever? I mean that dreadful world-without-end sort. I couldn't bear it. You won't, will you?" Jane was shaking all over. Henry put his arms round her very tight, laid his cheek against hers, and said: “Not much! It's a mug’s game.” After a little_while Jane sald: “I must go. You know she came to my room before, and last night when I got back I found the door shut. I had left it open so as not to make any noise, but it was shut when I got back. That frightened me more than anything, but now I think it must have been the wind that shut it. 1 think so, only I'm not sure. It might have been the wind, or it might have been somebody. It's much more frightening not to be sure. So I'd better go, hadn’t 17" “Yes, you must go,” said Henry. “I'll come with you and show you how to get out. And you must promise me, Jane, that you won't come down here by yourself?” fow can I promise? I might have to. Why?" “I don’t know why might have to. Supposing they were murdering some one, and 1 heard the screams? Or suppose I knew that they were just going to blow the house up “Well,” said Henry, with strong, common sense, “I don't see what good vowd do by getting murdered and blown up, too, which is what it would come to. me."” “I really wont.” Henry gave her shake. “Look here, Jane,”: he said, whole thing's most infernally com- plicated. Tony's chucking his job here, says he can't stand it, and I must go back to town and see Piggy about that.” “Who on earth Jane. ir Julian Le Mesurier, my chief. aid Jane, “but I an exasperated “the is Piggy?” sald Don't stay stuffed-up! Take “Pape’s Cold Compound” every two hours until three doses are taken. 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I must see him about Tony, and I also want to report what I told you about the passages being wired and in use. Il try and see Tony again before I go. You see, the thing is, I don't know how far Raymond is involved, and I want to get her out of the way. Tony’s the only man who can get her out of the way. 1 suppose I ought to go through all the passages to- night, but I'm not going to. I shall tell Piggy why. As a matier of fact, he'li be just as keen as I am on get- ting Raymond out of it. Once she's clear, we can come down on Ember like a cartload of bricks and smash up any deviltry he may have been contriving. Now do you see why you must keep clear? I can't possibly do my job if I'm torn in bits about your running into danger. And next time you went feeling along these pas- sages you might really run into your friend Ember, you know.” “I won't unless I've got to” said Jane. “You don't imagine I like green slime, and slugs, and the pitch dark, do you? But I won't promise. Now I'm going. Good-bye, Henry." “You're® an obstinate little devil, Jane,” said Henry. Jane gave a little gurgling laugh. “We haven’t made an assignation yet,” she sald. “When are you com- ing back?’ “Well, I've made an appointment with Tony for tomorrow night, but I'll try and catch him now and put that off for 24 hours. If for any rea- son I have to come down sooner, I will come and tap on your cupboard door. If'I'm not there by midnight tomorrow, don't expect me. But I'll|| be there for certain the following night—let me see, that's Sunday.” supposing something || ou?” i * said Henry cheerfully. CHAPTER XIX. Henry found Anthony Lutrell sit- ting on the stone bench and So ob- livious of his surroundings that it needed a hand on his shoulder to rouse him. Then he said vaguely: Oh, you're back.” “Rouse up a bit, Tony. T might have been Mr. Jeffrey Ember, you kno He was in the passages last night, and, for all I know, he may be there every night. I came back to || say that I shan't be down tomorrow. Make our appointment Sunday night instead.” “I want to be out of this by then,” sald Anthony. “T'll go sick if there's no other way. Stay here another forty-eight hours I cannot, and will not. I tell you I can't answer for| myself.” had evidently been entirely They had not made it up. “You've seen Raymond. pas: “I've seen . Lady Heritage. Henry, will you tell me what the|| devil women are made of? She seemed || to expect to take things up exactly as if the last seven years had never been at all, exactly as if there had been no breach, no war, no John|| right. I saw her up the cold completely and end all grippe misery. ’s Cold Compound” is the quickest, surest relief known and costs only thirty-five cents at drug stores. tes nice. _Contains no quinine. Insist upon Pape’s. The earnings $108,397,851 Real Estate. . . Bonds. . . 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AND RESERVES .. $614,484,711.00 22,314,976.73 28,000,000.00 7,183,000.00 ividend ionment 3,501,441.00 50,037,826.98 oo $725,611,955.71 President _ Heritage, and no Jeffrey Ember. damn Jeffrey Ember! fired off sarcastic remarks at the poor girl, instead of thanking Heaven for your luck. What's the good of brood- ing over the past, Tony, and letting it spoil everything for you now? Ray- mond cares a heap more for you than you deserve, and if she's got into a e it's un to you to get her out of 0 dal, do you?” “Ty He went on, “and tell him how you feel. He'll recail you all right. he's very strong on your coming to life again. it from Russia, in fact. Look here, Tony, be a reasonable being. Shave off your beard and take the artistic color off that scarf. yourself, and wire Raymond to come him to a small inn, where he picked up his car and drove away. Next day in Sir Jullan's room he unburdened himself and delivered An- thony's letter. Piggy frow where he is mind. But bears out exactly what I've always said. He has extraordinary abilities; I suppose he mizht have made a bril- liant success in almost any profession, hut he's impayable I don't think we've got a word for it in English .i he lacks the of mediocrity which I maintain indispensable—the faculty of ordinary, which, for instance, | possess.” Henry blushed a Julian laughed. “I think I'll send him abroad again. Of courss It's high time he came to life, as you say, if it's only for the sake of getting you out of what myst be an extremely awkward position. Oh,[up and meet vou. I want her got away from here.” “Then get Piggy to wire her, or her father. There are a dozen ways in which it can be done. 1 refuse quite definitely to have anything to do with it. If Piggy hasn't recalled me by Monday, 1 shall simply go. You can tell him that, if you like; and you can tell him that I shall probably kill some one if I stay here.” Without another word he got up, walked around the seat and disap- peared into the passage. A little later Henry emerged from a cave upon the seashore. There were a number of these caves, some large, some small, under the far side of the headland. The boundary of Luttrell Marches lay a quarter of a mile behind. Henry walked briskly along the shore, keeping close to the cliff so that he might walk on rock instead of shingle. Presently he left the beach and climbed a steep zigzagging path. Twenty minutes’ walk brought “And I suppose you stood there and him,” said Il recall After &ll, you don’'t want a scan- got to get away. It's no good, ry. is “I'll give Piggy vour letter,” Henry you But I know g little, You ought to have done ? ages ago; when you came back Turn up in London as vein | being | and Sir| 29 My wife tells me that match-making| “Well, he and Ember told Miss mammas of her acquaintance regard | Smith that he was going to the States. you with romantic interest as the|I don't know that that goes for very owner of Luttrell Marches. Well, Ull [ much.” seo him when he comes up. gMean-| “'M, no,” said Piggy. while, I've had Simpson’s report. He ! nier passed through Paris yesterday, says that, according to reliable in- today. Belcovitch formation, two men were concerned Now, if Bernier in the sale of formula ‘A’ One is a , he'll probably communlicate man called Belcovitch, the othe mber. 1 was havirg him seems to have SLdSowed of courss Buf ihs too) wils is described big, | was on the job has managed to let man—florid compiexioa, blue eyes,| him slip. I'm hoping to pick him either English or American, though | up again, but meanwhile g he passed under the name of Bernler| Piggy was puttng in the cat's claws and professed to be Swiss. Do as he spoke, his enormous hand ab- fit your friend er by any chance?’ | solutely steady over the delicate 4 said Henry, “but it sounds| curves and sharp points. very much like Molloy." { “Tnerw's nothing more about Tva- was supposed to have gone | ber? said Henry ates, wasn't he?” |- y had been drawing a neat brick wall at the foot of a sheet of | foolscap. He now sketched in rapiday | two fighting « It was a spirited performance. Each cat had wildly up-ended fur and a waving tail. “Well, Ber- as (Continued in Tomorrow's Star.) It pays to read the want columns of The Star. Hundreds of situations are obtained through them 1 Henry gave an inward groan. Jane | f| 1Z 7th St. NW. $1.90 Delivers Any of These ials “Davenport “Kroehler” 3-Piece Cane and Mahogany Suite In velour—with bed-davenport. 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