Evening Star Newspaper, August 27, 1927, Page 20

20 AT %“m’«wm R By Ella iV Author of “MYTERIOUS SWEETHEART.” Consright. 1926. Thompson Feature Service. Inc. LADY SLIPPER ESTATE. seesses0s000 ister Haines ey 0000000000000 00 0000000040000 00000000000000 WHAT HAS GONE BEFO! Christopher Dahlgren, a_youn porter, is traveling on newspaper tion. r rouble bet breaking of their e Christopher sees & W Only her feet are tisib! glass elippers, while a (i 31 tucked ineide and_notif eays it must beions t Lady hiis room (Contin OPHER saw that v less to resist the captain’s and allowed him : ted to his foom and locked in, his spirits at a low ebl. It was unbelievable that such a thing should have pened to him. Christopher Dihl upon whom had ever fallen h which | izht in the | ective upon | ing over the events| hours with the transe tried to get a clear per the situatio of the I closest det behavior pigeons, the crippled wireless, Anne’s presence in the man’s room, trying View the whole affair from a disinter ested point of view. Trying! Al that was a hard task! How could he be unprejudiced where Anne was con- cerned? If he only knew about the glass slippers! Were they Anne's?| ¥iad she worn them into his room, and | wat in the chair, and if so, how had she | secured the thousand-dollar bill! | By the time he had finished his tunch he had made a desperate re-| molve. He would write and ask hi persuading Fritz to deliver the note, and he had aiready begun his letter | when the stewar ) [ “Fritz,” Chris began, taking a five- dollar bill from his pocketbook, “T| want you to give a letter to Miss Morris. Will you do that for me? It will not get you into trouble, I'm sure, and it is of the utmost importan “Mein herr,” Fritz hesitated. drawing near and speaking in low tones, “there 18 something I should say, something 1 did not tell the herr captain®” “Ye: Chris questioned eagerly, “what is it?” “About Miss Morris’ slipper of glass, the one I find in this room. Does mein- herr know where I find it?” “No! I have no idea! Fritz studied him attentively for a moment, then said: “I believe mein herr speaks the truth! I believe now that mein herr was hurt by somebody last night, that he knows nothing of this strange ladyship who fades into the air and is forever lost! Mein Herr Dahlgren, the slipper of Miss Morris was in your berth, under the pillow!” “My God!” Chris broke out into a dripping perspiration. “For Heaven’s wake, Fritz, did the stewardness find it, too?” ‘Mercifully no! T had taken it out, was_going from the room with it, thinking to hide it in the garbage bar- . {caught there myself; that accounts for {but just as T try to put it in my pocket | I see So come to the door. She | catches kly tell that 1 0 show what from me and the captain made you that the slipper belonged to Miss Mor- | I know vou couldn’t help it, but | | the other one tell | Vas the slipper in the center of | cabin when you saw it, Fritz!” | n brought it | that he had re he lies! 1| ¢ as he seems! 1 stopped. 2o on, what do you 1e knows why wireless does I think he knows most de Vere! [ think he the captain wishes to learn_while poor Herr Dahlgren sits with his door locked from the outside! a terrible trouble!” . I've been thinking the very | 1 saw Winston crawling out of a lifehont last night, and when | T went to ook there, I found he had carrier pigeons hidden away! 1 was What's he doing with | cons, Fritz? Who is he, any- | |my arres those pig W | it T know not, sir, and only now learn about pigeons, but I think he knows Fraulein ia, and makes -;vmv kind of monkeyshines on this shipt™ | herr, much, s now alreudy eyes at her, | arm about he: you call petting aptain he marries see his what ven me some won- s,” Chris said hurriedly. “Come back in a little while and Il have the note ready. Be sure that no one but Miss Morris “Yes, mein herr, but more low! A guard s nds by the e he can see our window!"” I'm more im- ever mind, wpe! Wouldn't do ump overboard and shark! No, I'll stay : through. I'm innocent and it's going to take a clever lawy to prove me guilt Hurry along nc 80 [ can put my mind on this letter. “My darling Anne,” he wrote, “Dear- est, 1 have to call you mine! I can never, never give you up! Why, Anne, don’t you know you're mine! Was I so Wi claiming you as my wife, dear? Does it take a marriage ceremony to bind people into a spiritual union that nothing can break? Oh Anne, you know it doesn't! You know that our hearts and minds and souls work together as if we had been born for each other, as 1 know we were! What difference does a misunderstanding, a few hot words from two fiery tempers, make, after all, my own dear? Do you suppose any two people can live a lifetime without an occasional _cl Are you so chicken-hearted that you are afraid of a little thing like that? I know that you're not, Anne! I know that this whole affair is just a hideous night- mare! T know that you had no con- nection with the disappearance of this unfortunate woman, that the glass sifp- pers, 80 strangely found in your room and in mine do not belong to you, that you are as innocent of wrong as I am! I'm not trying to me much good to rels, and so let it be thrown overboard, I feel certain, now that I have had | vou {this “Finest Section of Mt. Pleasant 1740 Park Rd. N.W. An elegant brick home such as this, its attractiveness enhanced by large shade trees and beautiful flowers and shrubs, is rarely obtainable. . Its ten large rooms with oak paneled walls and beamed ceil- ing will attract you if you are seeking a high-class residence in a convenient and an exclusive neighborhood. . This home is now vacant. To effect a quick sale it has been priced below market value and far less than cost to reproduce. Open Sunday From 10 AM. to 6 P.M L€ BreuninGer & Soxs Realtors THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C. SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1927. REAL ESTATE. T it over, that you mever | self in my place and understand what traine, that he alone [it means to a man in command of a ned the responsibility of telling |ship to lose a passenger? T am nea captain you had consented, that [0 years old, have been a sailor all my y foolish jealousy had driven you to | rising from before the mast iking that any man would be a | held an honored and trusted po- tter husband than myself, and in |s with the owners of this iine. your most embarrassing position, due [now I have to go to port with such a {0 causes unknown to me, you allowed | listressing tale as this! I can't think f to be persuaded to let him | that have done away with thi e of you. A can you go Dahlgren, but what is the er man with my kisses on ; s, my promises in’ your heart, », Which must ever haunt your time to thin} t to ma our my o going Morris and impossible good many Woard? W now {on betwe g Win: Only trust me 1 ean make dlear my nar 0 sicions! Wait until ihlish wireless commun Mr. Keane and your fath one more ch: MY A} am your faith h “DAHLGRE something 1 Won't you be frank with \nne, part, I s could not help re- sponding to such an hone; The sound of some ightforward appeal. “I w the lock door slip | could have told you the whole story, letter precipitately under the |but it was impossible to do so in the the entrs S the eap od ’;m sence of others. Even now Iam heck the rising tide of feclin loubt as to the way you may rec had produced. Writin tatement, for of all tho utter > next hest thing to absurd and unbelievable tales mine is from the effort, |the worst! T would hardly credit it he could face whatever |from my dearest friend, and vet it's God's own truth, , every word of i “Then please Dahlgren. Be entir to do my any ju ind Dahl said, ‘ the captain ¢ himself composedly as it he | :xpected to make a long call, “I want to make one more attempt to win your “onfidence. 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