Evening Star Newspaper, October 23, 1927, Page 30

THE BLACK JOKER BY ISABEL (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) CHAPTER XXXIIL At Bay. ANET stood staring at Philip Mariott as though she had seen a ghost, and in the glow of the green-shaded lamp he did look rather ghastly, for he was * desperately pale and his face drawn { from suftering. He broke the silence ‘ at last. “Come in, Miss Dane, and sit down. Tt is a week today since we met, I pered hoarsely. #Where is my father?” ¥ i I should be glad to tell you if I i kmew,” he said gravely. “In it ! wuld declare a truce and take vou to ihim if T could. Won't you sit down? : once. She 5 | blunder! But had they? “him, and at las! 3 20T was a trick, then, a trick! My here, and you sent that a lylng message to bring t vou played falr. What 1 should have let Nat ¢ father is not iwoman with fme! I thou “Why di? ieand then rhruzzed. ‘‘However, A Panesn't matter. As to fair piay, all's Zfair in tove ana war vou kuow, Miss ne, and this is—war! T have to hank you for saving my life, much as fyou may regret it.” 2" Her lip curled. ! “Did you bring me Ztcll me that?” H: here in order to e smiled slightly. “No. I wanted to have a little talk with you that is vital to us both. But ‘won't you please be seated?” He gestured again to a chair and Zjanet drew herself up to her slim ight. A e, Marlott, T have nothing what- ‘ever to say to you. I do not know Tow even you dared to perpetrate this Jatest outrage, but you cannot hope to ‘gain anything by it. You spoke truly — it is war between us! I shall leave “Sort but I'm afraid you'll find that rather dificult.” His tone was qui and he shook his head ingl: “My dear Miss Dane, I am sure you do not want to make a scene before the servants, espe- cially as it would be useless. You do mot imagine 1 would have played this Father cruel trick upon you if I had to insure # Janet stepped aside from the door- Svay and put her back against the wall 8s she suddenly drew the revolver n her belt. b your hands on the table, Please, Mr. Mariott. If you move them. T warn you that I am not well scquainted with firearms and quite by accident this might go off! Now I will give you just two minutes by that slock behind you on the mantel to call that woman or whoever your servant is and direct that your front door be opened for my departure. l’!' any other order is given I shall i Not a muscle of his body moved, but OSTRANDER. to understand why you wanted so badly to have me come here tonight.” “Yes,” he nodded slowly. “Perhaps we had better come to the point. Miss Dane, you know from your new friends what faction I present in this affair and the resources back of them. I am not speaking of money, for I'm not insulting you by suggest- ing that you sell out your friends, but 1 allude to influence, powar. You are now in our hands, ¥ are willing to bar; offer you immuni and all his friends fulness of past transactions if you { will turn over to us that which you or a confederate of yours brought to America.” 4 Janet could scarcely believe her ears. They hadn't got it, after all! That messenger had brought false news, some one had made a desperate What if dur- ing the period when Philip Mariott lay unconscious some other of his allies had succeeded, but had been able to inform him? They would, of course, take the first opportunity to | do so and if she were here? . . . “Mr. Mariott, I can swear to you that it is not in my immediate posses- sion, but what if I were to tell you that I knew where it was? 1, alone? And what if I were to tell you in the same breath that nothing on earth will ever persuade me to tell you or f your friends where it is put for your father nd absolute forget- He drank some of the water she had poured for him and she noticed with wonder that his hand shook as he set You realize, Miss Dane, that you will never see your father or any of your friends again until you do tell me?” . Janet laughed as she replied. “I'm not so sure of that, Mr. Marfott! If we hadn’t been taught at the con- vent that betting was wicked I'd be willing to wager a box of candy against a pair of gloves, like the girl from Denver on the ship used to gamble on the day's run, do you re- member?” “Upon my soul!” he ejaculated. ““What are yow, child, or imp or con- summate actress? Gloves! Candy! And a thing of such magnitude at stake! Please try to understand this: Give us the information we require and when we have proved that it is authentic you will be permitted to go. ‘Withhold it and you remain here, or go where we decide to take you. Is that quite clear?” “Perfectly. Remember, please, that I have not admitted I possessed such information; I said ‘i’ You may have much power and influence behind you, but we're not afraid of it, neither my father mnor his firends nor I! You named as one of your propositions the fact that the past transactions would be forgotten; if I hadn’t known it already that would have told me there had been other affairs like this in which you hadn’t altogether tri- umphed, Mr. Mariott! You won't suc- ceed this time, for my friends make fhe smile broadened about his mouth, greeping up to his eyes as the minute Band of the clock crept slowly around @nad she spoke through set teeth: “One!” : . still he remained motionless looking steadily into her eyes and Janet felt the blood turning to water in her yeins. He was only bluffing, of course, he would wait until the last hal: minute—but _ the half-minute Gome! Somehow in a flash she knew at no power on earth would break m, that he would stand there de- fenseless and let her shoot him down Defore he would speak. % «Y“n‘;:zo 1;)‘ ndwnfl:s; “"The ite mo’ 2 its mark and with a little sob of feat her arm drop) ~ Then Mariott came around the table o her side and took the revolver gent- 1y from ber unresisting fingera. ? “Why, it's mine!” he exclaimed in rprise. “So good of you to have ved it and brought it to me.” ““You are hateful!” Tears of rage at her own weakness stood in her ayes. “I shall never forgive you— never! Oh, I don't want ever to speak t you again!” “Did you—before?” He stood quite se to her, looking down at her erted face. “In spite of the fact t I was your enemy, in your esti- mpation at least, if 1 had not tricked You into coming here tonight, would mx have forgiven me for that other b “*You did trick me!” She lifted her Head, deflant once more. “You said yourself that it was cruel. What sort of warfare is it that you wage with men?” ? Her tone was sharp as a knife-blade I with wcorn, and he straightened his | shoulders. | "“When women enter the lists with | men they must expect no quarter. Miss Dane, when I met you on the Sudanic, I thought you were the will- ihg agent of your father and his fHlends. Later, when I took your negro pilot's place in the plane, I be- came convinced that you were the i#nocent cat’s-paw in the game, that perhaps you had actually run away and fate led you of all people to take that particular liner. But while I lay in the hospital during this past week you have identified yourself with your Pather's friends in a manner which | Jeaves no doubt that you were the cat's:paw or_victim of coincidence in this affair. You were not only a will-| ipg agent, but one of the moving spirits in the whole despicable trans- or Janet listened to his denunclation in dllence for as her anger cooled, she began to think, Why had he sed | her to come here, resorting to trickery and going to infinite pains? What | had he to gain, since the object of | contention was already in the hands of his associates, as she had learned by eavesdropping in old Mr. Proth- eroe’s queer dwelling? If his mission and that of his friends was accom- plished, what further object could he or they have in view? Buddenly she smiled. “Why should I deny it, Mr. Mariott? ¥ am here in your hands, it seems. If 1 were innocent and tried to vindi- cate myself you would not believe me, and in any case, why should I protest w0 you? Is your personal opinion of { ®0 great importance? He stared, his already pallid face taking on an odd, bluish-gray hue and all at once he swayed, groping as it for support. “Oh, what is it?” Enmity forgotten wholly, she had caught his arm in both her hands to steady him. “What 18 the matte He smiled again, but faintly. “A little weakness, that is all. Frightfully ashamed of myself, but I ‘couldn’t return to my chair, of course, phile you remained standin “I never thought!” In swift con. trition she led him to his chair and gently forced him into it, pouring a glass of water for him from the carafe on the stand. “I'd forgotten all about | how terribly badly you were h\l"l!l All this week I've been thinking that aps you were dead!” “Have you!” He leaned forward as Janet drew back, passing her hand across her forehead as one awakening, and took the chair on the oppezite wide of the cold rth. “I am glad that you thought or me—at yll. Great ! heavens! I've never seen a woman —a girl—like you! He struck the arm of his chair =oftly as he sank ba nd Janet, her self-possessfon returned, eyed him from beneath level brows. “Why! Am I different?"” “Different.” he groaned. “To look st you, 10 listen to you—and then to know what you are doing! Buppose you tell me just what it #5 you think 1 am doing?” she asked @weetly. “Perbaps, then, 1'll be able up in numbers and brains what they may lack in other ways and they will come for me!"” There was a confldent taunting note in her voice that seemed to sting the man before her. “Yet you ran from one of them to- day!” he retorted. “You pawned a string of pearls and then hid your- self away.” “Did 17" Janet floundered desper- ately for a moment and then an idea came,” “You forget that there has been a third faction active in this affair, If you have interfered with one of our plans it was a very minor ne.” e relentlessly | = ., *‘So they're using you!” Marfott ex- claimed. “Using you to bait a trap when' you have already been in the power of those wretches!” “No, Mr. Mariott; I am using my own self.” Janet spoke Iin perfect truth, “You must do with me what- ever you please, of course, but I warn you that I shall nver give you the information you want. 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