Evening Star Newspaper, September 14, 1925, Page 22

The thht of the Wedding By C Authors of N.and A. M. WII,I.IAMSON. The Lightning Conductor” and other faseinating Fomances of mystery Copuright, 1925, by Pub’i iger Company. ¥ . Kennedy Haste, married to Eve Carroll, Tohevmoon “at. Hiaden Han ‘6 .,\-"'""x'" "y [morrow. Eloomy and legended castle. et T have my § bridal pair hy Sir Rawdon Wells, an m)-w lto start.” § feosiul sultak fof "Kies hand. | "He had apparently throtn off his |first annoyance at the sudden intru- Ision of his frlend. His face relaxed— lan extremely handsome; dark face, with eagle features, and splendid brown eyves under long, arched brows 1o OPen | hat dreamily contradicted, the: fierce What's | onergy of other features. Ife smiled « very pleasant, disarming Emile. But it did not disarm Haste, who continued v o stare‘and frown e “You'll notstart till you've shown come to the door of dhe oetagen oo | e where. my wife is_and I've made ¥ve's mald, Josephine, was there. ¢ 1S PRU NG sor RGeS L over the shoulders of the huddled 'Y women the heayl of a taller woman craned—Faony Ken had not yealized that strength hiad gone out of him until he tried to pring. imbedded in’ a 2 way up rthe eret do shakin and His | hand was cly stiff; as if frozen “I'he thought that he must- touch fresh blood vet dry-—~Ev blood, per- haps —made him-deathly faint for the firsigtime in his life. Even when he had heen badly. wounded in the war he hadn't fell lke- that! But the spring vieldad. slid back into the wall. & cess and a circular leading down into d T vill get Al Mariar delabra “My ship doesn’t sall till to- I shall be on her in time. car, and I'm just ready swered. must |m |nu|hNi in. “We'll avoid : the fraces If we T've got that ‘door and see Len the other side! The butler stood respectfully aside. * Haste pressed the spring, vaguely sclous that the other Servants et “What _have I.done with Eve?" Rawdon Wells echoed, utter blankpess on his face. “1-donR knpw what'you mean! Viaste had spoken from (e, thres. hold. Now.he walked into th room. He had always been curious &bout | Don’s labc cy. which was ‘mever shown 1o any one, even intipate | friends like himself; but now he: en tered unseeingly, hardly ~ aware, despite all the paraphernalia of the :hemist, thai he was In a_abofatory. lis nostrils, however. noted apecullar todor of burning as he st in and [stopped close to” Wells. “You do know what 1 mean,” he |said. “There's no use pretending. The whole thing's heen a monstrous plot. You invited ns here —you almost in- sisted on lending your house—just for this. Wells' m was The door ving a re- stairway offered zose silver can ner table 2 Haste He was peering in ‘What's A % L i o face hardened. “Just for {the next few minutes you should cer- umn' MORNING AFTER A FME BREAKFAST TOOK THE LAD TO ASPOT IN SioHT £ AND, WISHNG HIM LUCK, SENT HIM ©McClure Newspaper Syndicate.. Bocfl H!M“M!TPCMMANO wHEN SHE HAD READ THE LETTER SHE ORDERED A 'MAGNIFICENT FEAST TO BE PREPARED. HANDSOME AND WELL MANN! QUITE HAPPY AND CONTE! MARRIED TOTHE LADAND AS HE WAS BOTH nD.SNE WAS not sail fof América.. rmfomx to phone to theé lpéal police. gné-to Lon- don—to Scotland ‘Yard, unjess I find Eve alive and well within) the next 15 minutes. The police Will know whether those marks up. above are made by your foot and your fingers— and whether that—that red stuff is human blood.” hat's exactly. what ' would sug- id Rawdon Wells, speaking more quietly as he go( himself under control. “If you don't find Eve within fit of the doubt'—fér 15 whl about ‘the blood lon't ‘know, T Wells said. minatés. 't form a“theory vnl erhaps it sn't blpod. | pray God ll 8. net., Byt {t almost | certainly js!” Hagte crmneq, nmo; up Witk me. But I warn ‘ou, Wells, I don't mean {o let you ouf 'of my Mxhl for an instant. don't. ask_you to—I donit wis it.” answered Rawdon. But he was| pale. and, his eyes showed. trouble guilt perhaps, or.so Haste judged A= if to prove the truth of his as.| srtion, the master of the house led his guest' (What a ‘mockery the word | seémed!) up to the “ground foor b: anotiter way. As he had sald. ther tainly call in the police. As it's my house and T invited vou hoth here, T should insist on you doing that, even If vou didn't wish it yourself. Of course, If she's not found . I shan't what?' . I asked again —What have .you done with Eve? Tell me the truth.| or by heaven, I'll choke It out of: vou - rou’'re mad!” cried the other. ness of the wall recess seems 10 have installed = electricity here.” ile pressed a button, and to the surprise of those who looked on finoded the staircase with Hght It was then that vague suspicion be came certainty in his mind. Who conid have had eléctric lizht put into this hidden place..excent the master of the house who knew its sec don Wells, vho had loved ] tmplored her to spend her honevmoon | under his roof 5 Rawdon was supposed now to be in Liverpool waiting for the ship on which he \\'ouhl sail “early. tomorrow morning for New Yo But with a rush of blagh Matred Ken told himself | that the proffosed trip was camouflage. Heaven knew how long Wells must ave been planping. this coup! But |t cleve . though! . himself, he Know hadn't covdred his tracks. What about | Whe the finger mirks apd the “shall 1 §o'down wiz asked Marianti, o did not answ 1ie begin to de ter h yme one In Two can play at the cl yi if it comes to that, but w it o why should 12 1 tell | e since the wedding.'T motored | n lwr- because—— 5 | se I had business-something to_clear up before leaving. et vou let every one believe you were going straight to Liverpool. 'here’'s nothing in that. - Whether [1 went straight to Liverpool or came {down to my own house was my affdir.” “While the house was lent to .us, was ours. But all that's pie! I} you've got Eve hidden some Whether it's Jgsg T Jjoke fiz L | whether you've done. A use she was migie, " poL yiurs, 1 don’t_know yet. but I will knéy::We |found a footprint in bloed-which led to the secret door behind the tap- rv—and then red finger marl B shed past the |dry vet—God! if you've killed he e e A= e | Rawdon Wella' tanmed olive skin ®i0od by her mother. and slipped an |Seemed to fade. arm around the waist of the shivering | ‘‘You Delieve such a thing of mer woman he broke out. I thought we were “Oh. 1 felt—1I felt something would = happen if they came here!” moaned| ° did 1. But now I know we e housekeeper ow what 1 |enemies.” | B e i hat L Vere well.” the other said. “The| Sh up!’ “anm whispers (nmunm you speak of isn’'t mine, nor Shut R e ATy iaDispersd | ihe finger matks. | 1I'a die a hundred| Zlance at Pandora Haste, for | deaths sooner than burt a hair of Eve ora dishHked her and she disliked |Carroll's head. “If harm’s come m hm Pande But the girl was starinz at |17 this house (I won't {ak the red footprint on the floor of the sort for :ramrawxe!) n hypnotized. . She had not heard that|Much a mystery to me as‘to Vou. speech of the housekeeper's. And she |Whether we're to be friends had told nobody yei of the handker.lenemies, you're haund to glve me the | chief she had found. with the strange \benefit of the doubt. odor on It, mingling with Eve's own| ‘‘Fhe benefit of the doubt’” Haste| perfume. bitterly echoed. With no other an- At the foot of the eircular stairs was |SWer he walked ahout the room, ex- Haste opened it and saw a|amining everything. looking with min- passage of undistinguishablé length. Tt |Kled fear and eagerness for any” sizn was dark, but another electric button |that Eve had been brought Into :the at the entrance flopded the place with |l2boratory, living or dead. Suddenly light, showing walls, floor and roo® of | he sprang forward with a ery. All wasgvery @lean. and there - ‘“Her handkerchief! cried, Ay no lack of ventilation, |Snatching up-a bit of cambric anttlace. alked on for u dozen yards,| It hadlain on the table, whersWells his shoulders touching the sides of the (had flung his hat and _gloves. <ind corridor. which must, he thought, have |placed several packets of papezs:be- been built inte the fmmense thickness |Side a legallooking tin box: and it | of the house wall. At the end was|Was &t this table Rawdon had been a third door. This also was operated |standing when Haste burst into the by a sprinz. ‘Haste pressed. and the|room. door sliding back, he stood on the| ‘‘Her monogram!" he said, “an 1 threshold of a brightly lit room. without that I'd know ‘it was Eve's A man turned at the click of the|by the v:;fume It’s the scent she al a o o each |Ways us e :‘.’{,‘;fi .\".d\ Sro DA R e o i handkerchief, I .grant Good heavens., Rawdom Wells!” [You.” Rawdon admitted, “but I stole Ken cried, “you here?” it when T said good-bye to her ‘after “Why not?” the other her marriage with you today,dKem. It “This is my laboratory.” was to e a souvenir—the:only one T “You were supposed {o he an board |have of her —except a few meméories” | ship, sailing for. America.” Haste said | Rot!" Ken flung »at " him. " ou | danily lexpect me to helieve that? You shanl | T hez vouf not leave this house, Wel did not even end the clren- ed for |V Hs hear lar staircase. 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The days of dreadful happen- gs In this house are pver centuries if there ever wers any except in e:flnd There's nothing mysterious ut the place now, and-—— You say that, when I've just broken into your Jlaboratory—which vou'd ing never let any one see—broken in =h 3 " heating baths; doors labeled “Wine" through a srm\e doar, coming down. a oAt ,Mmgfll e e, aate| |ways leading In different directions. | o o AT neterSt b2 | A1l appeared commonplace and com used me to, utilize this old cellar.|fortable, except for one detal. But there's another way down to the| ~ wos-;'-mua.n TOMORROW.) laboratory. quite open and frank——' “What do I care? Don't let’s stand — | arguing,” Ken cut hin' short. T do A course in character education is| what you ask. 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