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You Cet It for 6 Cents. naturally from the wreckage of ti the ft and stood look! down; and within that no one was lurking in Ite length. one government into the favor o! & few minutes the big man was at Further on the corridor took « sharp wet the next without loss of any sort. y PME ITE the gate and hammering to be let in. turn, and it was in this angle that > Their interests grew, and they pu? . . sats F Krets admitted him, sullen-faced young Campe’s rooms were located. * Serra canaries GhAy the rere gaan and silent. “Better luck there, maybe,” breathed Central America what the Roth <i. : “Lat a ~ : ‘ : ‘Suppose you always take a look,” Bat, as he stole along. spoke Scanion, after the gate had But when he turned the corner Re been closed and fastened, “a good found that particular portion, of the childs are to Europe, wi denly, about three years hings took a change. Freder! tl s : mind you, before you cut loose hall in darkness. Instantly he Campe, ar, head of the house, at ee: ‘ % sha : ; . ‘that gun of yours. And fet this ized that If any one were in hid @pout that time, his death "apse % : . 7 4 be oapecially the casé when I'm there he offered a fair mark; at . While on board his ya: > a known to be outside.” ping quickly back around the t Copa tador, at Vera Crus. Something ts ‘ Mts, ( S iepwice to-nig Went wrong—just what it was will J y ‘an never be known, for no one on roma board eqcaped—and the vessel have I seen People he turned out the nearest Ughts, #0 near the river before I saw you. Each that he was as much in the dark time I called, but they said nothing. the possible prowler. Am#in he as ‘ ies 3 shoe 4 3 - ‘Thg third time L fired. forward, but he had not gone aay . blown to atoms. Less than six ‘ - ee eh an 7 ‘ Ae “And 1 just happened along in time than half a doen steps when months later, Wilil Campe, * a ak he Roat,” grumbied Hat. Then, heard a slight sound ahead. He CHAPTER V. brother to the one lately dead, ‘ Sy te ; . used and bent forward to , The Bight in the Dark also met a sudden and violent end. thm, fi ot eant-major’a grim face, he added sound continued, creaking, irk. He was attending the ceremonies re a 7 : go i mentally ae he turned away “That is, ing, complaining. J P LIGHT!" cried Campe. held at the opening of a great r 6 af bs io 5 te Mf you didn’t know who it waa” “A ir.” thought Bat. “A 66 “Strike a light, Kereta” concrete bridge which the family Aer t . Ho stopped at the kitchen for @ with tolled hinges —it's “No light,” said ~ had provided" the ‘money to buttd, b ‘word with Mrs. Krets on his way up- opened.” v o ght,” said Bat . when he.in some unaccountable ! : stairs. Aa he was about to turn from Mig hand went to his hip, and onee - Beanlon, softly. “It is manner fell from it and was ‘ the room his eye foil upon a bur- more the thick automatic no time for such killed.” A nished copper kettle that hung on the and ready. The sound stopped ‘Wings when an unknown gentleman , “Humph!” ejaculated Scanion and ‘ d : . wall, was f ailence for @ time; then be- The kitchen doorway was reflected im the sheen of the copper veanel; and, framed in this, his brooding eyes ~ «. ~ figure, with white, fat hands and a ' round face with small Iieht colored “Tn, rusting stopped; then a whie- \- ame. x eyen. And while he looked tt moved softly past the doorway and was, °*" © gone, e ts knocked the ash from his cigar, “en with a gat! And keep “Henry, eldest son of Frederic, ‘was the next to go," read the crime “The sergeant-major grunted some. specialist. “One morning, not a @hing in German, apparently in ap- Es while after the affair at the Proval of this , he was found’ stabbed to sdvice, At any rate, death In his own hallway. ‘The Campe subsided. There was a space nature ¢ the wound which, let Pfailence. Then a footstep sounded; thar the at. 9 and ages ’ ‘end Bat arose, particularly vicious ( . Some v keen And very wrhat you, Kirk?" asked he, oa y pon emust have been abel | ALLE or came the creaking Py | “Yes,” came the quiet voice of the used, as the young man was cut Two Odd Encounters, lakes}: ancteey hoor bad apaneee | ‘rt e specialist. “I think it's. all eh, from his chest to his walst < , tae, : IR. BARTHOLOMEW SCAN- “What is it?” came the answer. | oe eight eT® MSY Way of get- Bat Scanlon eat suddenly erect in " < ; ae LON stopped out into the segtied Alin with tear, one VnMaoer “ae his chair, P 4 Ke H dark hallway without a ‘woman move A match crackled, then ts pro- “Hello!” said he in surprise. “Hel- y Then Bat heard the L) d0ced a candle stump Psa nice 12! What's this?” ba fits timna's0 low thas he again, but No one was in sight; the {hia time so low that be could not first door he came to stood open; it °*! pPhegcagon was a sort of atorage room for the “pon dn oon Macey ne startled. servants, and no one was there. The “I feel sure of it,” was the whia- next door led to the vaults under the pered reply. castle; thio was closed. But a turn {Dont jose your nerve,” sald the “The nature of the wound has a in the wall. This he ignited. Ash- rather familiar sound, I think,” sald ‘‘teon-Kirk came into the dim circle of Ashton-Kitk. ; Fadiance, “A alash down the front with some “Tl not ask whether you saw any- V° vy and yery sharp weapon A y- . That Wody,” said Scanion. “But,” anzions, BAG, the big, man slowly t's few: nigh’ ly, “did you feel anything of him? shook: his , j man, awiftly. “It's rather wild firing in the dark,” hater ea cate : Seat : hin, : ees Tocked, Y Mhowet that IE waa DOL chance weve had Feturned the crime specialist,“ this other one out o: o run- eet $ > Ye saienns 0 es 4 loc! the best of it.” ary . “And, ™ J “The soft one oozed in by this “Re careful,” pleaded the woman. ser td ha there was a dryness in ‘Here the crime specialist folded up 2 rs * ee route,” thought Bat as he closed the “I'll be sure to,” said the man. “And tone, “that’s what kept us from the paper and threw. it upon the é . aa door. “And some thoughtful friend "OW Keep a lookout. If you hear o! ‘being more or less shot up.” “ . 2" asked the big man. the for him, nee anything, give me the aignal.” ; Lat’s go over the place,” suggest- stigthot all?” asked the big p |e tact Gis Use ine bots coe ‘The hinges of the invisible door ‘Yes. ‘yed Seanion. “Whoever it was “Well, declared Bat, “to my way ‘4 crenked as it closed; then the rustifi “he still Alive. Get some more iene, of looking at jt it’s plenty. In view —————— ne _ Sn aes ———--——= " door as well as @ lock.’ of the skirte began once more. As of the way that man met his death part in this affair is to be important. her hands went up in a pretty gea-.‘thie wlope of the hill upon which One was the drawn-looking man — Sllently he rebolted the door; with remizos in ® hurry.” it Lien erg poe! Bredraged himself . Jn a few minutes Krets had @ brace in the hallway can you figure: the Watch! Sleep—as . Schwa 4 ’ 4 hton-Kirk had some livers &f wood from the ato: against . wiy the women ‘atab! ! some of the natu- ture, apparently of dismay, But Baty \Schwartzberg stood and made off into whom he and Ashton-Kirk had seen rage € ah i e yacht and'the bridve yulisty say the wild thinga do—with somehow, wastquite @urc it. wan ta the darkness. at the inn; the other was the brisk room, pointed with his pocketknite, Cre™ nea pines be wae hewde ( ss your eyes open. Things are apt to hide the expressigh that-ewept avross, psa aap little physician whom they bad 86¢n he go jammed the bolte that it would that she was Unaware of his. eeotlar by Ca ORE FOES he eek agi? Shes ae Bene eree K a fa58) [ROMER BO WORE Ome CHAPTER VII. vetha drawn lockiae eh stood with 6 D6 easy task to shoot them back. ence’ was proved ‘by her continuing Mi ye ot ie 1. Bs at calmly: x ne ¢ A Was no rubbish, nor lumber; said he. “But the deaths of tt three apout cuiside? ee Ot Minty find w dome that was tore and,dn Which Some Things Are stooped shoulders jnd regarded Bat murnured Bat, put- pte nee Dee cen: A pele. mee , “Hello!” a bestats $1, ont “Why, as to that,” sai e,.“BUD- that leaned to one side, wns life's’ 6 in cathy toe ” small tmpediment in the path of the 4 “Hello!” said ‘Scanlon, amased at “They were murdered,” said Bat: -thal S Bat’ weap cautiously on- > “It's a very brilliant night,” sug- caught her breath suddenly, and.ehe | this, “Here's & state of affairs. A And then, with bis eyes upon the Pose You leave the outside to | ’ + Nore ha penton Be id he desire to back came to a halt. ° | walle ago I wondered how ‘But why?” eee f Me * io, mer I Tronder bow they ‘ome. bi ‘or poentttn said the ortmos ape: _,. CHAPTER VI. . Ah roanconta ok, eile ad ¥ -Kirk bad ne ov th A some of deman 1 yaenee Senenly 5 hothing, even th small: yen made n th sider Frederic. The Man With the Soft Voice. ez Seafigee Pnrenclogy, 1 think, aoe t vcaware of wslimmering of “itis a nignts’ stated be; rior belng ere NO traces of any wll the fact did not detain the cape him... wo This was refused and murder fol- Twas lite jiv fhe! afterfioon® “And fs" ond alad fhterésted ‘Meht over his, shoulder. Turning his outd As o matter of fact, any foot of the stairs he : 3 your friend al terested . ning finally the Is with bis eyes on theese, be aske and again was refused. Once more the train at Marlowe Fur- “Only alittle,” repted Scanlon. “He pushing its way above the trees be- tat Purpore. : wag said avers! ul 1!" replied Bat. Quietly the big man went through “She's got to the turn in the Ralf” Mnarked iw his mind, hewas The little physiclan fixed his eye- the lower floor; each toom waa visited sald, the big man mentally, “and extreme limit for those chape: They even seem to have written: books A ward, the place whi glasses firmly upon his nose. ined narrowly, But he found *"e'# found the two lights off duty.” i { re ‘The drawn man coughed; he looked ease. “And now I may as well push j te these the only means of ven- Geatn made ite grisly appearance. nace and struck down the {hing ag a matter of fact, Hers the Mind him, extromely fragile in the pale light: “rhe billiard ball ts also’ merrily Sounileze seeaiuiion, “Rho ten ie Yes,” answered Kret: For the third time the ee bearers "little road toward the Gov- Kind of a fellow who ‘has a great Keeping as much in the shadow as his face w Hipociees and bis eyes bios tn . re ith tke side there may be engaged in a mat- Fi ‘The crime specialist tested the bars; Tepeated to the pero 18 ea third ered bridge. . many cards up his sleeve; and ko he possible, he went bts way, After a Bad Piven 1 ees ta Oontek soraennhaived Sixtanr a c"lnmak. ter that would interest me o great as he wiped his fingers vpon a hand: {2¢ familys, Aim, af again death | When he feached the rise ‘of the always’ Imm ont to: play When It's tino be drew near to a hill, higher j, his observutions,” ald he. "Bot, ing him forget his troubles deal.” 4 erebiet, he asked: Pe peat te hill. opposite, the castle, he sighted aM AMOd Tk em owien, ote (AN any Of. those, about 1, from for all, Teant help thinking there are an qulelly to ascend the stairs. “Bu wilt he hed barely got under way 1 entering the Gaulle trom inchigy: Cf vA request," said Bat Scanlon. “For yall road; which his tramping triv8 clever ot him” a Which, ho ld. jpore than once ad. timex when one should stay tnelde.” it might behoove him to keep an eye When he halted: | "Ome replied Kreis. “The-way we What?’ jad told im:ted down to tho-river. » Ab they:arose:from. tno tablo Mig mired the ancieflt looking towers of | “And auch times?” asked Hat. “Just open. for who knows when her amb- ” > Ashton-Kirk shook fils head, | 1 Hy thé-side of this:rond, writing in a Mohanlo.want to a wmdow, suisod it, Bchwartzbers.- bi Ore an ined his:lips; and might take another swing at bim with , Bure enough they were. Frog- | merely mention this aa'e thing which leather-coyered ‘book, was a. man. Si) looked ous over the gountey, bow... ox think did better top thal.” ho nia thin bowed, shoulders anrugeed. te “ula head bo: Suntply "than ‘betore, for the "wens | Srieis Gulat hut dip voles might be true, understand me. T do He was a fat man and soft-lookiag i ee ee ewe grow, on muttered “and tuko an observation, "Perhaps one's own discretion ‘In As bia appeared shove the ShArly, than before, for the x with dread. “The only difference waa not know that it ts. But, supposing 319. ginncod up. as, Scanlon ap- 4, 00%, deer the wns Dke Miss ff there'd any one moving around peat aq to that,” sald he mildly. “But, [MOONE OS oor anistwes open and Pach. ' © that it was in the night, and” it, la, perhaps your question CAM be Dgched, eeu wae sae Hohenlo, sentimentally. "love to here Lil be. able to.spot him in the [0" {he sake Of an oxanible, © Oper ggtream of light flowed out into the | "Sométhing new!” said Bcanloh, — ” The grim-faced Kretz, looking more’ answered. The business ° of ° the “said he, “And I ‘watch them as they thickth and’ mobhsbine.” ; A torn; a! mountalteor keape from Ball, Standing flat ugainat the wall, “Maybe she's dropped to my dol \ “wranite-faced than ever inthe Bicker- Campes, as a family, was money. ¢¥ am a strange A ae Pe . ov ue ad o 0 ol case, and she's going to put the party } Maclight of ‘the ‘lanterns, growled And ae the family. seems to bave four l'ye lost my, way. Can you lengthen In the evening.” She leaned. “1 eine to the top of the lil, and the passes In the season of shows: & IG TOG, te (he Staite Sat ReCrNe te omen ieee : ‘ omething in a low tone; and the been struck at, and not any Individ- direct, me to the station at Marlowe viietched. “There is only the faint- standing in the shadow ote tree, terefl say ote hot. forse Bie Bs Y ‘lard room was the soft-jooking man. He felt that he could not chance \ ing man stopped instantly. ual, is it carrying the ting too fer purnuce?” est of breezes,” she .continued, . "so. looks : an bs ie Mer earan eek orn Be o Re Gently Mr. Scanlon advanced; the passage of the hall once more; his 3 im © ite Added, hastily, to think that money, tut form ‘B® and with that Bat hod him placed! Uitte Shay One can wcarcely detect its Te. came the agund Of whecly= 4 think.” ‘kata thé dootér, Rernlow, shoulder!’ Goon, he the bead turned, Sts doott now he Sint Ge ae ; nee at the big tain ettomes te ed Mr. Acapion, ‘There was somethin reminiscent in direction” watching Scanion saw Singulurly ight wheels, And the “we'd better make our way down to 4 ‘ne chipped him pon. the opened the door titently" aa ‘bq pine } man, “has seen meee ot thelr prompuy, it seams very the combination of softnes ; ‘evei at ing piuc ayes of Miss Knawles nar- StumblUng hoofs of the usual horse the road. The moon, in a few mo- nw. © body buckled and cru slipped inside and partially c! | work.’ likely, ind first glance, but, the mention’ of the row; the look of interest upon her Fie a tiergea team the ahadows ee befbygeed the clouds, and pied into — soft mass in Scanion’s It wan'fortunate that he did so; for ; pimaking cane of the lighte Amiton: who was the womned ne was feilroad station placed the tag upon face deepened, s,s. ray eq coming UD the bill., It wag w rolling Nat Boamicectocd te: w apace under Pip Tminn stepoes into toe. doorway, saanrites ouninced sane et ight ere arent over. the. place. cnee Were. bending over CAmsp , him. Jt was the man whori the, old Now itm te i up te iny eye. chair; In it was acmuffied figure and @ neighborly tee: he could hear the @ billard room were Campe and filled the hall. Scanion at os f paren De rave. meeh eitentian (8 woundedT! station agent had described—the man, wmsell, “And 1 behind it labored a squat, strong look- drawn man coughing away tate the Hohenlo. tlously to the keyhole, peered ean penne ete esaiala® auaried Ashton: of the bridgestbe man who ad, Citadecint and ¢ Hopenta, Ing servant gloom at the foot of t Hallo,” waid the former withastar- through it; there, holding a lighted 4 he, laughingly, but xin ww 5s given hfm the queer green stone. "tidied to her'nephew, "see it you cant "BY Jovel”. way Hat's mental ex- Now" abmerved. he, tled Jook Dut a manner expreasive of match above her olden head. steed ‘not once relaxing his attention, “it is "Who elne could it have been?” de- Quietly the. big man blew. out a catch the wind's direction.” Stabatign, Us the sick fellow from over my head. Not only have we one Felief "I thought { heard somebody Miss Knowl 4 ‘ésible that the Count in hig bulld- a Bat, “And who'else screamed thin spiral,of ymoke. Obediently the young man left the ‘he inn: man In this little matter who ts ao far @buffling around out the “Came back looking for me," waa j Ing of this place might have con. manced Mak “diets met me.on the “You go down this road.” sald be, of Mins Knawips, Fae tet gh reaching the crest of the bill through that ho must be shoved along ‘Td, like to mpeak to yo Mr. fScanion’s conclusion. “Well, a ‘trived tho secret passage which CP th? "WY that's not all.” Here “until you come to abridge with « t's from the northwest, I think, the hair: stopped, ingly, 114 chalr, but here comes another who Ment,” sald the big man, “if” with @ look away, Helen of the crowa ‘tegend tells us went with such build- ti sceakar leaned toward the spe- lid on it. ‘This you cross, Ten min- sald he. “Yes, look tiérey “Those tatt : } gt ee 9, the ia TINBIS* goes wheexing around on one Jung and ance. at the spinnter, “Miss Hoh- gold: for behind the door I'm ¢ ‘ We MRetective and his. voice. sank utes durther on,'and there you are.” birches are st ou can see thelr PUL In a strange tong throwing hint of a threatening na- @l@ will pardon us fo_atlok. said Kretz, “There in aplan Jowers as though he ‘feared to be Tho aoft-| i ow {rapeyne Mec directed tho man inet gy Mina Hohenlo shook he faded hair = The match burned out; there fot- yo the house. All is marked there. Overheard. “Last night Igot a fresh leather-covered pooki then be puke Hohento, "the 8 cna ine did. directed; tha _ He slipped an automatte platol from Sha eatured prettily with her beau- jowed the sound of some one “Yothing Is secret. flant at her. Eh? With a candle it away carefully In one pocket, wad wind ie Micat Tr wonth" wala patient turned ‘hia face. toward. the ls hip pocket—e black, bulky, deadly bai ee bie bs Print| the Ball and whee elenay a r etn’ spaciaign outed tories Rr caeaie ret BRE, Goor of tho. “Loam, optremely obliged to you," Jon. “It'll stick around’ that quarte Se ae sae tie ea ee Se pe keep fro: ths acon be cause a trlonie of abt y ‘ 2 Hohenlo he said, gently. “Your directions, I till aunup, anyway.” P iM , he re csaser i ¢ door he caught a tr a “Otmey' reached the upper hall, ang [OOm, where FOU ea ved et the edges, think, will be Very, bany 10 follow.” tant Nt delightful to understand moved Poy s TRvrS? Wie," MORKGALY Oy. Te PASI, eads soa Be way more or less, will make no differ- in the room. He stood staring at. it fton-Kirk looked at his watch and oi an it phe wan making sure that “Ho ‘sirdked bis white #oft chin with the laws of nature?” Miss Ho- sound to be rd : a and atr Tl rehearse my next play while for a moment; und then it dawned “He's been here before, nBETP pRB) Bi uate eet from the shadow of the tr very few. moments later ‘she “it's ‘not “beet for air elf Bat into @ path which was to some “And khuded from the moon a tgggard the river, He mov t ae tabte, no one wae there. 1 guess there a hand that was equally thick:and henl gone.” ¥"L have thirty minutes to reach the Wasn't, for dhe opened the door and #oft und white; and his oyes scurched really pon him what it wa: “still another door, came out into the hall, De ) until Scanlon’ stood between him and the murmured v ; " y¥ Gently he approached the sei sald he “ went in. Hepnlon’n tacq., “You live Roreqbouts, A very few, gnomants: Neanion; ‘Aahton-Kirk and chip array of plc- water showed clear before him. body until he closed the door. it came, aa he judged, 2 had hoped,” sald Campe, “to ha “wt way at the end of the hall when | MEPMOt Ee being replied ‘Bat, with a nod and a half spoken excuse, ured aku o¢curred to the watcher, ‘Then auddenly ho halted “Now, sit tight,” admonished the ‘and through ite key- bh a Meher time I shall be de- 1 #aw this and I waited, for some- oveniy, left the girl and Campe together. and he gazed af the peculiar fronte There was a loud splash trom the ed; from the " a Put today there are ome HOW the thing didn't look good. Thon, TTY sort voiced man hesitated, then Descending the stone stairs, he let formation of the sick man with at- river close by; looking quickly tn that, With a face on Kray us aahes ing ‘room he caught the wound’ of CE ey eect have my U heard footsteps coming along the” sit? “omnank you for direptiag go himself out into the courtyard, ahd, tentlon, \" wonder,” way lis next direction Bat aaw @ bulky fore mute Cammpe looked at the senseless man. | rusting paper, and how and them the attention? Goodby, and thank you." Y tower corridor and nome ono started {Othe gation. Good day.” lighting a clear, he began walking wp ‘thought, “how Kigk ylovwl it out that bling about in the shallows under a ‘ ape fo it?” hn nd closing of a drawer. ¥ Kretz swimg upon the outer door; ‘UP the lower fight of steps. Like & A: °dinner that evening Seaton ‘and down, hia fellow was in on our atair? and bank, ‘Two other forma instantly ap 44 “Isn't he the thorough little ran- Seed the courty h the door of the room Into whicn » fod. Miss 5 I YWind from tho. northweast,.ey?” | algo wonder what w skull’ with a and steadied the burly one; Anawer to the first ques- packer, though?” continued Mr. Scan- * - $ey crossed the courtyard and he Wise ‘Knowles had gone opened; Tye: UTDTIADG te tae a en eee ce erhata me TuOke Kind of fat pinch in front's wot tivo with tt 11 disappeared, Nke-a flash, ¥ 1 don't know,” sald Scan- fon, immediately interpreting these he’ Paste Mh ary aes He rth: “aidn't nee J heard it; for the BOG. 9rd ant to the trainer, thing, ‘There-was something’ to At," After a time Bat saw thot the pale he curtain,” observed Bat, grim- “To the second, he came in bY pounds. “Well, there's no use in put- eotive. Hoe young lady had blown out her can MOT, Ae Setar me to dies,” though. Feould read it in that girl's hands of the invalid were moving as Iy, is a Iitgle late in rials: bus tt f the and the door jead” ting himsto needless trouble; I'd bet- call upon ‘le. It was Campe coming up, and she told him.’ “That's why [‘ho'sel- face as plainly as I can read print, though he Were fu nbling tmpatly nly sveing we're gol to 'e 4. show na tn the ‘nus Y ter go in and have a few words with ‘ 6 0 0° T think he had a light, She was standing om come down of an evening.’ But-The old. ong, Xeamed to want to b# With bis wrappings. Then. for a utter all Tee ee one ote ed ne though Pit—if Lean open the dooi 3 1 hall then have something to tell bY the door with as sweet a smil® the coming of your friend yesterday, sure just how the wind blew, ahd the Pace,/ho'would remain perfectly stills Holding to thé shadow thrown by th ituelt hea olaronta hit Fortunately he found that he-could; ; ein regard to the affair you spoke On her face as you ever saw any- ind what Frederic has been telling” sourfe ony Acemed Inthrested In .the W# the.pale moan shone directly upon othe high wall, he made his way one luton M. the door swung in, and & man, who | ped P Fenthrce: ” where, and she gave him a lot of me about him 6 quite exciting desire. Wonder what kind of,a little hie face, Bat noted that his « ne tlously toward the spot. On the foKether they took up the heav stood un a light examining some eon hand” raid Bat, with a little nods, He was surprised to ste hat raised hin hrows inquiringly. «ame it is, and how does tt work, Into 1A these perioda cae stllneas wero of the mhagow he paused, bat there RA Sv acd Arie Pes a ts papers at a table, lifted nie besa g ‘me.” her, but she said: “Telling you about him?" said he. the bigger one that's going on?” closed. nee more they'd oper was no sound; 90, w Oe here they laid it Put & handker é ; y lét' and again the wasted hands would matic held ready, he stepped out into Bcanlon’s room, where they lat coughed; then ‘e nodded. t ‘I've just come to see if your aunt. You. know he. mentioned his in- , Kretz, at his request, reluctantly 1ét’ an ‘4 2 Wane upan the floor. uy ; ‘ r; i ” him out of the big gate,at once lock- begin to stir in the same impationt the light and advanced toward the ‘How do you do? id he. . 6 punctual Bat t Rriptec Sinn Oe VAT RHI O28, Gant.” My oe wees with ing It behind him. Scanlon strolled Way, During the spaces in’ whico bank. broken Biase waa plain; but mitt ¥ Serer rene vine Bim to eae Mr. Branton, was equally polite. f) « : away into the night ne sick man sat with closed eyes, the no one was in sight. “LD fel at I'd see you ery amremee we tel CREAT Emer 1 Aen to Pena Fiber BA MNeI OSI seat anud teats gadl tal more at After a few stopa he. turned yin PTO Waa Shee uel inumhed Out cota tee ioe need too staan. te over the heed Wall he grows peace: ciated he, “But I bad no Wom tt | , A 5 t e deity, And one y laughed ou o edge; wa 4 ‘You are as sharp as time \teelf. Sve was there, 4 tnd, she seamed greatly the midst of ie coco ney ne move. It .was a woman in whitor-a. For the space of half an hour this soned Bat, “But,” and his gase w But” pad Campe, “what are you 4 few of the papers; then gathered { Fre PTT ead te oe yen, eRe Sleappcinted when no one answered. found those of Miss Knowles fixed foi" voman. Bay's straining eyes ‘continited; then there was a long about, “what's become of him and wong to do? . ne lot and threw them into a 4 fo by alk to me,’ says Woo Ris chesrran iy: made her out. period during which the sick one the parties who offered the helping MK around a little,” replied Bat, r: ee he fell for the bunk Jw our trend, Mr. Ashton-Kirk, itt song o sat as though he were thinking, Then hand in hi thme of need?” who had moved toward the door. “I'll ““tinexpected little things have a 4 ae thet, Talk to yi must pe & man of much, learning.” He turned his eyes away from the he spoke quietly to hia servant: The river bank wa not be gone long. Don't say @ word way of happening.” sald he. “And tt | ‘when « man’s In love with « wo nlf ane. tq shadowy window and toward the promptly the maf lowered him to structions for some now, and watch your man, an well that they do; for ti¢y are | i continued Mr. Scanion, sagely, ; He has so many books that it'd couaiy shadowy quarter which held réclining position, turned the chair and. below. Schwartsbe: Bat noftly opened the door and really of that elemental spice which On pus Say thing across on hire, sive you a headache just to look at tHeting attention. For a space all about und wheeled it carefully away fight Moodel its, there no place stepped out into the hall. There was takes lite worth while.” He dumped ‘And wo you think Campe is in them,” said Bat. “As a child, they wa,’ al it seemed evehly ‘dark. in the direction from which they where any one could hi nothing definite in his mind, but the contents of another drawer upon love with Mise Knowles? fed him culture with @ spoon. wan to percelve points of came, “That belng the case, and the vaguely he felt that there were more the tabie, and nodded toward a chair. to his eyes.” knows more inside stuff about people jight between the pills; these were Seunion gazed once more in the di- prowling parties not being In alight, I experiences to come. “Won't you sit down?" Totti cetthronen Ashton- whom ordinary peuple never heurd of jow places In the western sky which rection of Sehwertzberg; a spot of think Til step back where T can't “If one man came out of the vaults, “f gon’t-mind if I do, . Kir than you'd think could be found out ot stained completely vellow light. wi 1 Jme DIE man's face wore an anxious ina half-dozen lifetim BYe CIBER Ad ROS Somat Som ereay pean JRE a ed here and there Le 4o readily . why not more?” he asked himself, “If geanion, soctably. it is pos. é black. Against one of these Hat, as from a window; but otherwise the He had turn some one opened the door leading to And so he sat down !n the ehair. . te-mecure from banks doing “How very interestin ald Miss he looked, caught a movement; some great place; lit as it Was by the moon, ing away from the those same vaults, how do I know and while the drawn man busied pusiness with them, contracting ut just where do I come in?” he Knowlen. slinking, ‘pebullar figurés crossed it seemed paler and more ghostly than sounded: clear that he i# not now opening another himself with the fresh batch of pa- ; firms who undertook their various anked. “While you.are deep in the "Only the other day he was over- and were at once swallowed up. ever, Then he realized that several sky ae made out Krets upon the wall. leading somewhere else?” pers, Bat took out the.tabacce pouch ! saterprioes and importing houses struggle to but thi thing right, what hauling a group of musty old fellows “Right,” muttered Mr. Scanlon, men stood beside him, ;_ Whb have come into financial con- am I to dof — . who, #o it would seem, put in their grimly. ‘Just hold that ‘for a little — “‘Hellc Sw tagt arith them,have been very “Phat, waid Ashton-Kitk, “4a -ex- lives poking around among skulls.” ana I'll be with #4 yawn to Gever.and able, They slipped actly what I wanted to speak ns ello!" said Scanlon, his hands Quietly he slipped down the ha and the little packet of pavert u} said Bat, and brought the at hip mouth like @ megaphone. the lights were only half up and t! rolled himself a cigarette. Thi Ly 3 U. n abrupt termination, “How “That'll be about all of that amen were Dut there was suf- lighted and puffed . vay comfortably, of. Your “Oh!” Miss Knowles sald this, and And with that he quietly descended are you —. ‘The sergeant-maj ficlent tuminat for him to eee (Te Be Continued.) ey , ' sibel t , ie nt cites