Evening Star Newspaper, August 23, 1927, Page 23

“HY EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY., AUGUST 23. 19%7. SES00000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000 |,<“ tain remarked gravely, “and _vour‘ < ¥ LAD Y SLIPPER By Ella Wister Haines Author of “MYTERIOUS SWEETHEART." Covyright. 1926. Thomoson Feature Service. Inc. S000000000000000000000000000000000000000 WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE. ri 1| .~ Only her feet are is_weuring glass sliovers. it e ankle thousand-dollar _bill Vers only that cabin and find it empty Also empty. and the +hin do guapicion §s aro, Fraulein Sonia #ee one of the glass uf idden his cat. but whe covers ho really has four (Continued vived CHAPTER VIl hours, for although the boa In the Lifeb was well under the shade of the deck house it was stifling beneath that can vas. Still, the birds were alive, droop ing a little, but far from being out of commissi To whom did they be- long?> Winston? And why? This was almost the strangest p ghing that' had occurred—almost! “This certainl a hair-raisi wenture,” Chris told himself, “and now that I've discovered Winston's so-called ‘cat fami with it? Set these poor birds loose? | It's positively cruel to keep them | here, they’ll be broiled squabs by the end of the day | they dered r the heat ev The steps upon the deck were draw- ing nearer. Suppose the crew were about to search the lifeboats? “A nice mess I'm in,” Chris w: saying to himself when his fears we realized. covering of the boat, and Chris look up into the face of the doctor, and an other face—Anne’s! | ' “Chris!” Anne called sharply, “what sun when youre supposed to be in | your bed? | “I'll have to put you in a strait-|, sacket, young man,” the doctor said, | grasping Chris by the collar and pull. | 31, been for Miss Morris you'd have cook- | 5 ing him out of the boat. “If it hadn't | ed yourself to a crisp in short order!” | Chris stared In amazement. | “Anne?” he questioned. “Did she | —_— | “She saw your ridiculous stunt and | came after me to rescue you! Come g now, get back to your cabin and for beaven's sake, stay there! | He was about to replace the cover | of the boat when his eye caught sight | of an object which boats did not usual- |« contain—the pigeon's coop. His | d shot out and pulled it toward him. “Carrier pigeons!” he cried. " And now his friendly replied | y, “I never saw them before | got into that boat!” “Come into the deckhouse,” the doctor commanded, and hen they | had entered he went on: “I'll ask you | both to stay here for a few minutes while 1 take these birds to the | captain.” fe The interior of the deckhouse was a | medium-sized room, used as a sun parior, and Chris and Anne, thus left alone and unable to escape a tete tete, sat down as far apart as possible, each one erect, stiff and unbending. An uncomfortable silence ensued. | With all his heart Chris longed to question Anne. There were so many haunting doubts still in his mind, incl | yansened o you Mr. 2 he simply couldn’t forget, an :;{Rl:e dared r‘:ot voice theia. Already | e was hopelessly estranged from the | girl he loved. A chance word xm:h: make matters worse. He could not| 28k her anything, yet as the minutes d he remembered that she had been the cause of his discovery in thi lifeboat. Might he not speak of that? ’ “Anne,” he bepan carefully, ou | eaw me get into the boat just now? “Yes,” her lips curled disdainfully, zy thing to do! s Bo6d of you to come to my | rescue. This heat seems to have got | me, I have been going about in a daze | e doctor told me. That is why | I went after you, but since we're on the subject, may I ask why you want- ed to get into the boa To feed your ‘ i s, 1 presume? mfig; mge%nsi" Chris exclaimed in- | dignantly, “you didn't think I'd tor- ture innocent, helpless birds like that, | 1 had no idea they were “Then why did you get in?” Chris thought that Anne’s tone showed more interest and he took hop ‘Well, you'll think I'm dippy, but 1 went to see if what young Winston | had said was true! At least what 1 thought he had said! By the way. Anne, a while back in the sm king 00! 1 heard him announce his en- gagement to you. Are congratula- tions in order?” ; | ‘hat There was no mistaking the girl's genuine surprise. “It isn't true, then?” “Chris, something happened to | you! Youee {ll, delirious, please go to bed, please!” Her voice was almost an! h\l ‘ou forget that we are ordered to stay here until the doctor returns. Chris reminded her, but his heart gave a great bound. His welfare did concern Anne—a little! * “Anne,” he found himself plungi into deep waters, “Anne, won't you ten to me, just a tiny second! I know you're all through with me, T'm not begging for pity or justice,| just a scrap of mercy, a fragment. | Please let me say that 1 was from beginning to end, that I'm down | on my knees in repentance, that I Jove you with all my heart and soul, that 1 can’t live if you ¢ ! me and be my friend ag I'm not asking for anything mo Anne It | Straine is the winner, I promise to try my level best to like him for your | sake, but be merciful, dear, be merciful?” 2 Anne was Visibly welled up in her closed convulsivel “Tell me why she said in a low me angriest of all watch me all the Mr. Straine was was o complete surprise “That’s all right, Anne,” Chris { SINNE aR WNBIRY. Rl | Nt Gaiw that I was coming, either! The boss called me into his sanctum after 9| o'clock at night and said: ‘You're | sailing for the Canal trip tomorrow | il 3 moved. Tears Her fingers “uOht I—I'm glad you told Chris!” she appeared genuinely r Meved, and CF gan to breathe, more freely. aid Mr. Kean | want you to come” | “I'm sending him a human interest story over the W y eve- | ning,” Chris was delighted to explain, | “you know he is a great sport, always | thinking up something like that! happened to get the assignment. 1| don’t suppose he Kknew were | ceming?”’ i { “No, I hadn't time to tell anybody! Dad got an SOS from his sister and 1 had only one day to get readv. | Oh, 1 hated 5o to desert him! Mr Straine was leaving that very day, he was all upset, half sick, and the doc- » tor told him that if he didn't break away he'd have & nervous collapse. you | whose | those pigeor what shall I do |, you | person |Chris was so eager to preserve this new ti A hand lifted the canvas | . 4 { blessed tete-a-tete possessed you to come out here in the | oo™y 0 the doc | ana’so t fe you are eager to help us in every way possible to unravel the strange dis- quire if you have looked into the life- one in which you have been keeping | your ¢ w us have them smuggled in.” that the pigeons are not my pets, cap- tain! boat, on my own might possibly a boat—I thought I'd look * and Chris knew it, but he couldn't get | He left the house an hour before I|confir did, and then of all the strange coin. cidences, 1 found him aboard this very boat!™ I see,” CI id understandingly. Anne, I'm so grateful to you for me at least explain why I'm And I'm so terribly that 1 ever made such a mis- at's all right, Chris. Let's call ed and try to be friends. fair to tell you that I ind’s drawing room with accident, but the fact understood me showed fage between us would 1 could never endure icious nature. I must have a und implicit confidence And now that you | ver refer to the | It's a closed chapter. | began to feel ill? 1d a fever.” | 1 was on the | ght—well, 1 something unusual. ht that $1,000 note room. It put me in a y position—and when Lady de was found missing and you 't in your room, things began to somplicated. However, I suppose will be no further trouble now. | > poor woman must have jumped | I've heen walting to get | th the captain, the | 1 dose that kept me | nto my > replied, “and that | about to take place as | 7 is over. Those of us abins ave off that corridor are all to be called to account, but Chris, | How are you g0ing to | xplain_about_them?” i xplain? What is there to say? I to the boat and found them that’s all. , but 1 can’t help wondering; found the money, too, and when a has d:sappcared it makes | body think things.” w don’t you worry between himself | and the rl he ved that for the he was blinded to eve “I know that I can make perfectly clear to the cap- understanding But here he had to &top. The s brought to an the entrance of the captain, or and the first officer. Dahlgren,” the captain ad- is, “I had expected to hold with you and Miss L nd several other passenger: so0n as you felt better, but as long you are already up and dressed “Mr. dressed ( e additional details have come tention, I shall hold that con- o our rence here and now. I feel sure ce of Lady de Vere?” eager, captain! May I in- hoats? | Yes,” the captain’s ey 8 s narrowed; ‘the la one to be searched was the | rier pigeons. May I inquire,| vhy you did not report that detail to | before? Provisions are made for aring for pets. We never like to “I must insist upon your believing I never saw them before!” “Then w were u_doing in the Mr. Dahigren? Explain that ter can be dropped.” ¥ ated. 1" he said at last, hating to| hing that might involve had been wondering, ccount, if Lady de Vere have hidden herself in . e It was a lame, stumbling excuse, sther per ib) sther man into trouble, not even diculous person as Audrey veral quite unusual things have satisfactor; of your t nation is hardly I ask the caus ness or ple m a reporter. Your operator sends out a story Dl wireless for me | cer confirmed the s with a large daily paper.” “Have the operator send them a | message Immediately, demanding full fon,” the captain ordered and Inquire if carrier pigeons art of his consignment? 1 can't |see your reason for concealing the | truth, Mr. Dahigren. There in no dis | grace in keeping the pigeo: merely a mistake, but lying about them !s an- {other matter! And in view of all that ;l s happened 't places you in a de cidedly awkward position. is sprang to his feet. “I'm not lying, c: ain! Wire my | paper by all me: nd learn of my | character and standing! Do you sup pose I could risk either of those things by telling untruths about a couple of birds?" “His eves fla “You m: birds, curtly, |are v_be telling the truth Ar. Dahlgren, but there for your crawling the into the hoat | “I admit that, si | “Well, then, out with it.” | wolves another person, cap- | . @ poor fellow who—"" He got no further, for the wireless or stood in the doorway | “Beg pardon, sir,” he said, “but my pparatus is broken down, and my soul T can't find out what's atter with it (Continued in tc rrow’s Star.) RUM SHIP ENDS CRUISE | OUTSIDE 12-MILE LIMIT| Ceascs Circling With Coast Guard | on Heels and Steams Off to Sea. 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