Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1928, Page 26

Miss Brown of X.Y.O. By E. Phillips Oppenheim. Covsricht. 1927, by Miss Bdith Brown, pretty stenographer, 8 Difted from her dull hfe of routine into of adventure and romance b ot of dictation which she takes 1 the lips of a man who says he &5 wing—Col. Dessiter. * The next MOMDING When she starts to the bank to place het motes and other documents with which sh usted in A safe deposit box as tacked hy ruflians and hecause she had strapped finds her acquaintance and Edith a p C t an, who describes himself . and invites the irls to the o ‘as ned as a essional dancer sterious invitation 1o a party {rom the pafl she is again vainly impor- wecret. - Final a code, sl mber 1 on Givde produces her ted the bank 1o ¢ h pages bIank. cocuments have been tampered with, 1 + that John Glyde nself I m is other “than His ol 10 throw his X mmediately he any. acher death had heen enemies off the 5 enlists her help to thwart &et_her notes into the opy 1s disclosed that the enemy N Plice who exchanged h vaults for a bogu one 1o e the bank s warning from INSTALLM T a few minutes a ternoon, Mi: v the stalwart who had fetched B to the topmost r of the creat building in~ Whitehall, climbed The final Might of stairs and was ushered into the stronghold which had become Dessiter's temporary home, He welcomed her with a faint, mirth- 2y en up?” he inquired. en feeling very well,” “You see, 1 was near ked her kindly know all about it upted. “It Was a very sw, will you open that packet upon table?” he gave a little cry. There it was, Iy tied up in brown paper, with a seal in one corner and a knot 3 ring which she remembered perfectly well. She cut the fastenings at once with a pair of scissors wWhich he handed to her. A single glance was sufficient, My book!” she exclaimed. real one! The letters are here the pocket!” He nodded. “The too, in er to an agent ot go,” he confided. “The vaults were almost untouched. Do you feel like hearing exactly what did hap- t appears that as soon as the Qoors of the bank were opened a man E. Phillips Opvenheini. slackened and her eves sought the vision in the murky sky: "I had been directed to a_house in a notorious quarter of Shanghai, which I visited arranged. 1 imag- jned my disguise perfect, but the woman who lit my opium pipe was Fan-te-shi, famous throughout the ¢ trict the sometime mistress of Kr Jemn, the first secretary in Shanghai of the International League. I could see her watching me through her slits of eves, and once, under pretext of stroking my hand, she looked at m: finger nails. When she got up to go, 1 knew what purpose was in her mind and I drew her back. 1 took her into my confidence, told her what ad already In the end she ac- cepted acls and she in- troduced me to Kreslemn himself as a merchant of importance from an up- er settlement. I announced myself s a reactionary having a son a stu- ent, and was invited to the meeting | that n It was there I first hear the pr expounded red hot. I gathered that after my depar which, owing to a chance word 1 heard, was rather hurried—my bona fides was questioned, and afterward Fan-te-shi d A who had driven up in a taxicab en-; tered, with a check in one hand and a black bag in the other. He set down the check upon the counter, stooped down and opened the black bag and tirew three hand bombs. There were seven clerks in the bank, four o whom were blown to pieces. The o her three had marvelous escapes. “Outside two of my men were killed, four or five passersby and a boy on a bicycle. A number of other people were injured. The bank clerk who must_have been in league with our friends was one of those who were killed. “Barricades were put up around the building in a very short time, and a thorough investigation made among the debris. The vaults were scarcely ‘hed, and an hour ago your packet was handed over to a representative of the Home Office.” Miss Brown asked only one ques- tion. “What became of the man Wwho threw the bombs?” “There wasn't cnougi leie of him for identification.” Dessiter replied he drew off her gloves and fin- gered the book lovingly. “Before you start,” he said, “I want one of the addresses I gave you.” 1. opened out the dist. He looked er ghoulder and nodded thought- as he placed his forefinger upon crossed the room to the tele- and spoke for several minutes ‘Then Dl to an official at Scotiand Yard. he returned to the table. Miss Brown | roundin had already removed her coat, hat n.d gloves and was seated before " whe asked. he directed. You're a8 safe here as in the vaults of the Bank of England” Miss Brown propped up her hook, | tress of glanced through the first few lines, the | “Don't hurry. | | “Now will you open that pl;l(et." re— | a ortly |+ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1928. friend. badly to dance. 1 was and spoke to me about you."” aul is a_dear, good fellow,” D siter_declared chuckle. “I have young Greatson' either. man to be mistrusted. and unscrupulous.”™ Te visits you thers claimed abruptl; “He ha er sitors there. not to go to the bank.” So he knew!" Dessiter hat's news to me. I thought tk what they call the action b apart from the general pa suppose he must have know: s Brown conceded reluctantly Then, while I was getting into the ¢ a man came up and stabbed the tire heard of t Des She gave a little cry. “My book! 'he real one!” { G lunia passing through the mext|minutes late in starting. T suppose who declared that he the province which I claimed, was found dead in the street the next morning."” “old words set down in solid black type. Not a syllable to add to thei dramatic import, not a line to create | background or atmosphere, vet un- imaginative Miss Brown seemed to sce it all—the underground room with its | street, | from | the rustling of loose garments and the | patter of soft feet, the suspicious | glances. Dessiter himself, threading hix way through the labyrinths of the quarter seeking safety, with his hand { underneath his loosely flowing coat | upon the butt of his automatic, listen- ing for the footsteps of a follower, knowing that at any moment might | come the flash of steel before his eves. And the man accosted by two way farers, questiongd about his business there, unlucky in his replies, Iying on his back a moment later with a knife | in his chest, wondering with his pass. | ing breath, with true oriental fatal-| ism, whence and wherefore had come the death blow. “Going all right?” Dessiter asked | | again. ! And again Miss Brown nodded. | Again she bent over 'her cabalistic | signs and her fingers flashed under | |the greenshaded light. Back to Eu-| rope now, back to more sordid sur-| where tragedy moved un- | | accompanied by romance There was one paragraph even here though, full of vivid reality: | “The woman posing as a princess was everywhere recelved and her | house was the rendezvous of all Bu-| charest. She was in reality the mis- a famous leader of the peo- ple and was working entirely at his pushed back z somewhat refractory ! bidding, as 1 learned from letters ol of her #ilky brown halr, lingered for a moment with her hands poised over the keys and then started upon her task Boon her fingers became the purely mechanical instruments of her will Onee more she passed into the wonder- ful world which she had envisaged so times since thgt memorable felt the amazing thrill of alpitating records of journey- frgs undertaken under circumstances were escape from death seemed sl noet impossible, Ore sentence in particular thrilled as it bad done at the first | war tuy wish o have taken punskop? alive, ag he was reported 1o B Ju possession of the whole Chinese yropaganda weheme bearing th ing of & high offh ) should b of the r consid- move- with inutes and 1 couid o b the woman wo 1 waw she who reler Lad hour ir w the e cafe had 6 police waiting, The o of Vhe towt danger socity, und § band nadvister, on the ful proofs of her dentity s the foliow v umed Lor Yokt 4t the high, uncur ned windows, s high 1hat only the erortnd ghow of the city wan visibl he clouds snd, eh ire Shimes Lawl few Curt vords which her A wiruck into 1ype haunted whiter wis sealed, Hhe re oesbered s L 1ate0 howe few WOrds, Tional, with & faint URGernots of satis Tactinn us Whough vith o task well ge compliehed. Wi Brown shuddered e was Guing bLer best U adapt her self Uy her new environment, but these ke were not of the world in which hiad Jived “Getting ont™ Dessitor uwked with wut looking up She wtruck the Keys once more, “Quite well,” she answered or 8n bour ehe worked with nim e, obedient fugern, while the wlory of wonder and fierce sdventures feli o puge after page of Llsck 1ype un ber eyen. When aguin ber puce o, who | which came Into my possession and | which I passed on just in time to the chief of the police. There is very lit- | tle doubt that in another week or so | she would have succeeded in her cam. | paign. The cathedral and the royal palace would both have been l-lv:wn' | up, and with the armed mob of peas- |ants once in the city the revolution |would have become an accomplished | fact. The so-called princess shot her- self ‘when she realized that the police | were at the door.” The task wus complets at last. | There were 29 sheets, a list of nam list of addresses und a p | Lers, Khe pinned th gether with careful ® siter came and stood over he Two coples he folded up and locked away in th wafe, togethe | packet of letters. The third he place in a long envelope, scribbled a w lowure and carefully sesled that Brow velope befors you leav " he waid, “it would be | Nt o appear o recogniz him, even it you do © tmes | Ljust’ now when it | Mahomet to ko 1o the mountain, wo the mountain comes in from Downing | How much have you under- | 1 wonder, of what you huv transeribing”’ have understood amount, of course,” {mitted, "1 um very lgnorant, though, | o politien and woctal questions. o times the papers Seem 1o be trying 1o frighten ux, hut I have ne {1 don dvex 1 l-m::m of a revolution In this coun- | o ce think any ordinary person try | ! “I don't \hink thers 15 now," o | nireed. “We shall strike first, On the | other hand, | win sctually able 10! prove what was really meant behind | all thin forcign propaganda. U in up | to the government v uct, of conrme |1 they don't, they have only them selves o thank for what may hep- | | think 1 ought 1o tell you,” whe wold after o moment's | sEitation, “that there 1n one name U've notleed—the nime of o man I know,"* Who s 17" “Mr. Noel Franklana ot with & Mr. Brio Greataon, " '!luW a4 you e across them 't The irl 1 whare my bed siting Yol with e up from the country one nEht & few weeks ugo,” she con fideo. “Ble whw Very depressed and we Ained together ut the Commopol) tan. These two men wers opposiie and Mr. Franklana uwked hor 15 fanee Then hin friend come over und spoke 19 me' | B0 you @ that sort of ting? he | asked with brusque contempt | “1 huve never done it before,” unswered, the color Vieing in choekn, “pelther, | Lubeve, has my b | whe | realize their faint gleam of reproach. sickening odors, the sing-song voices, | Then she spoke down the, Miss Prown ud-| er helleved | Jy—that there wus any real| | e | that is the only reason 1 wasn't blown to_pieces.” with women and He smiled at her very Kindly. thought of that” he begged. “Your safety was my first question, my first thought.” She flushed a little, absurdly pleased. “I suppose you thought I ought to {have mentioned it directly you came {in,” hie went on. “Well, it was there, where it should have been. The words were almost on my lips. Then I saw how perfectly self-composed you were, and f left it. 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Frankland, on the other hand, is a He poses as being between the two sections of the party, but at heart he is an extemist, “There is something else which T must tell you,” Miss Brown continued. atson came to Dessiter ex- been there before. rither my friend nor 1 receive any He came to beg me muttered. t ich was supposad to run their business entirely hsolutely refused to change my plans. iter reflected. “It made us between five and ten For a man she murmured. o young Greatson is an admirer?” he continued after a moment’s pause. “Isn’t that what it is called in your world?” “If he is he has not mentioned it,” Miss Brown replied. “What is it call- ed in your world, Col. Dessiter?"” “How the devil do I know?” he re- torted testily. “You have a fair idea of what my life has been like during the last two or three years, Do you think there has been any time for philandering in it?” Miss Brown considered the matter composedly. “One can scarcely tell,” she decided. “These are the records, T imagine, of your public work, not of your private lite.” “They are the records of both,” he snapped. “Phis Fan-te-shi,” Miss Brown mur. mured, with her eyes upon the ceil- ing. “She appears to have been an ac- quaintance.” “Of course, she was. Women like that are useful. One drinks with them and s with them, gives them bon- bons and jewelry. Occasionally one learns what one wants from them.” “It seems a little brutal to care for women only for what you can get out of them,” she remarked. . “What the devil are you cross- questioning me for?"* he demanded, Miss Brown was suddenly confused. When she came to think it over she was horrified at herself. 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Three hundred a year and your | 8éntly upon her shoulder. keep when we're traveling, pension it| “That's all right, then,” he sald. you stay long enough and gompensa-| “TI'll try to keep you out of mischief, No Interest or Extras Added to Our Budget Plan but you won't mind if the e's & cer- tain amount of risk now and then She lifted her blue eyes to his. “I ghan’t mind at all,” she prom- ised. “I'm not really a coward.” “If 1 didn’t know that,” he growled as he touched the bell upon his way ' back to his easy chair, “I shouldn’t | be making you this offer, Nine c'clock | | tomorrow morning, please, and bring | some clothes. You may be going out, ~ of town." “What sort of clothes?” “How the de—mischief should T know what you wear?" he answered. “I beg your pardon—1 mean, how should T know? Bring anything.” tptianifes “Am 1 going to China?” she ven- Colds, Grippe,Flu,Dengug tured. “No, Chamberley. 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