The evening world. Newspaper, September 23, 1920, Page 24

Grae Sriiiiadint int isneiltaacesasiudianadimt imine 153 a behate of her daughterf, srs, - at . Van= " Stock market bears found addi aries #,° UOMal ammunition in the day's news| 4 tn the shape of price reductions an- Tega gil coagioe nounced by various large companies, Street, The reported to be more than $500,000, “There are two houres involved 2 house, three stories In height, | ‘All the Louis XVI. furniture, in- & $16,000 bed which Mr. Van- ‘brought from France, tomether ‘the paintings and tapostries also ere sold to Mrs. Dillingham. The sale was made through Hugh MoGiniey of New York and Nyack, sald Mes, Vanderbilt had piaced her Now York City property in hig report that Mrs. Vanderbilt it the Fifth Avenue man- poke Ase wald MeGt to- , “Bhe intends to keep it intact, for the present.” 1,000 HEROES ADMIT "SAVING GIRL IN PIRE weanyway Virginia, Suffolk Street's © Beautiful Bookkeeper, Escaped by Blaze in Cellar. - W yinginia, the Boautitul Bookkeeper approximately noon to-da; Evening World reporter, who ‘on tho scene and tolephaned the tive said he would Er separately saved the lovely lady. Mat, was declined.for fear of mis. names. whowe lant name is Gon- for Abraham Hertxen+ repairs sewing machines y He went down collar with gallons of wood alcohol to polinh ‘machines, tho police are in- and lighted a match, f F i 4 { who 66. oe Se! ey, Hoge things on his “i it Virginia was not nad Bul at all. $20,000,000 Fand to leet te Carry Ore From Chil. A $20,000,000 marine equipment trust @f the Rethiehem Steet Corpora. will be devoted exchisively to the of ahipe to carry ore Chile to the company’s Pennsylvania President Grace annouvend to- Chileon on. the und harbors had were delayed be- on guilders dur- The ay he supply available soon as can Fs put in verve. oY Rpetap erecta eee aoe Bers a GIRL SUES FOR $25,000. cies coceeqeicens Confectioner Breke His Premiee Marry Her. 5 - fee Willtam Degenhardt, confectioner at i ' Street and Gt. Nicholas Avenue, . aued In Supreme Court to-day by @antos for $26,000 damages for f ine of ‘lage. Bish Si peur! anes 1, 1920., he claims that the dams arise in part from giving up her maa secretary and to the pur Sept, 22. MAY, beloved of Jame Carr and daughter of Mr, “and Mrs, Gligay of 380 E. 80th st, Funeral from Carmelite Church, 340 M. Te eT Par . 4 . KWATING, be- | Jeved husband of Frances Gunnison Meating. nee Olena. Funeral services at Bt, Prancis Xavior MAND: ¥ yh my ~ AAT — 4 IES te: — TO THE FACTORY Mi wr 15» $28.75 Howpital, the. doctors fy consideration “84 the onslaught against prices of industrial inaues waa continued with resultant losses ranging from sub- stantial fractions to more than two points. ‘ Following the cut i price of Ford cars, the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, one of fhe largest manu- faotyrers of cotton goods in the world, Am, Exinome «i Am. Mido Leather 12% ~ announces a cut In tho pfice of ita products averaging approximately 331-9 per cent. And doth of the largest mall order firma is the coun- try, Sears, Roebuck & Co, and Mont- gomery Want & Co., announce price reductions extending to as much as 20 per cent, Furthermore, the opinion hs expressed by the representative 4 | Mideade +4 —i1% . Am, Steel Wire, of one of these firms that the price | of sugar to eon : | it will drop betw 121-2 cents to 10 cents per pound as soon os he canning season comes to an end. ‘These announcements tended to ac- ecentuate the nervousness of the financial district regarding the im- mediate business outlook. It now ‘nema to be dccepted as a matter of \course that prices of probably all ommmnodities including steal will come down, Oli is considered the possible exception, Therefore, current fore- caste of earnings of most industrial companion for the next six months or #o are nut particularly favorable to way the least, and ‘the finaacial com- munity ts having difficulty tn making Up ie mind If the stock market by ite mo of last six months hus, after all, Cully discounted the price reductions that are now being ordered. Mteel, food, clothing and equip- \@ient shares showed least re- {sivtance in selling preswure. In the stool group Replogle was the excep- | ton, rang more than a point, while U. B. Btwel, Crucible, Republic and wthors were declining from a point to nearly three points, Motors gave evi- dence that they are to an overn) poulton, and every ume profersiona welling pressure wag lifted they dia. layed 4 strong rallying tendency, (here seen hardly any question | that the #bort account in the motors ie of extremely large propurtions, shares Daccos for the weakness dinpl | rent of the stock market Hat, Bev- | eral of tho low priced rails were able to tovch new high m for the year, and there again was particu- rly good baying of the coalers, ye money market still seemed to de xradually working Into an onsier | position, thanks to the clearing up of railroad ommeatien. and tho pric deflation of commodities. ‘The call | renewal rate was 7 per cent, and {t was reported that smal! amounts of time money were put out for a six months’ period at slightly under 8 | per cent, | The i a Oe gen: were reac- tionary. Corn three cents per bushel In forenoon dealings and wheat ‘was traded in slightly below Ue final quotations of yesterday, Foreign ex- ‘nge rates were practically un- changed. | TODAY'S PRIGES LIBERTY BONDS, Liberty, 31-28, opened, 90.34 up, 08, 2d, 4, 85.62 up, 06, Lat, 4 1-4n, 86.82, 24, 85.78, 3d, 88.92 up .06, 4th, 86.04 up .14, bho 3 3-4m, 96.52, up .02, 43-40, 96.66 up | °) EARNINGS, Gulf States Steel Company—August net earnings, after taxes, deprecia- tion, dec., totalled $92,483, againat $98,- O40 in July. Total net earnings for ay eight months of 1920 amounted to Bt. Louis, Southwestern Ratlway— Second week in September, $715,777; Increase, $232,460 - DIVIDENDS. | The American Shipbullding Co, de- jClared an extra dividend of 21-4 per ent. on the common and the rerular quarterly dividends of 13-4 per cent. ‘be common and preferred stocks, all payable Nov. (1, to stock of record, Oot, 1b, ‘Tea Co. declared jar dividends of ‘fifty centa on the common and 13-4 per cent. on the preferred; the com- mon payable Oct, 16, to stock robord, t 5 yt. 34. The Mohawk Mining Co. declared a quarterly dividend of $1 a share, pay: able Nov. 1, to stock of record, Oc in previous quarter $1.50 was declared. The Norfolk & Western Rallway Co, has declared the regular quarterly Gividend of 1 per cent, on the adjust- ment prefe: stock, payable Nov. 19, to stock of record, Oct. 30, The Republic Motor Truck Co. do- olared the regular quarterly $1.75 pre- ferred dividend, payable Oot, 1, to nck of record, Sept. 24. The Yale & Towne Mfg. Co. declared ® quarterly dividend of 5 per cent, payadle Oot. 1, to stock af record, Kept. 35. FOREIGN EXCHANGE OPENING, Sterling demand $3.49, cables $3.50; francs demand ,0680, cables .0681; lire demand ,0422, cables .0433; Belgium francs demand .0712, cables 0713; mark demand 0164, © francs demand . i land guilders .3096, cables .8106; peneta demand 1463, cables 1467; Sweden kronen demand .2000, cables .2010; Norway kronen demand .1810, cables Denmark kronen demand .1358, | bles 1368; Argentine pesos demand 8380, cables 44 Canadian dollars deraand .¥0. iff oe | 28% be » S| setae on Hy z J eeesese 2020 Martin Paes Markay O .. Maxwell Moy .. 8 Maxwell Motom tat 16% Say Dept. storm, 14% Meriean Pesolemm 100% Miaint | » Mulline | Hedy iow Dit, fe BL Ly , Kan, & To Misomrt ee, Middle Statew Oul.. Nethmal Aco... Natiowal Anidine “a Nevada Good, N.Y, Content N.Y. Dock. NYNMA IL. N Tom & Wen. Waeitte Pees Marquette. Pit ov ‘ Piotce Arrow , Pierce Ou Vite Coal . Vite & WY) e seesrse & Hear Hoxtich Arie, - b+iei “Sevecrccere Us Bas & Unién Pecttic , Union On , United Alloy . United Dear . peneyay ce eit ss a ee 3 = = é we ~ | FINANCIAL NEWS AND PRICES iN OILS AND INDUSTRIALS (THE OUTSIDE MARKET—2.90 P.M. QUOTATIONS Dare, 500 Acoma Coal, 200 Avtna iceolon, 10 Amer tenes. 100 Amer Candy, 700 Aupo Yuri . 100 rly Am Tohsceo 100 MueyFur coos s ese 1000 Car Light... 106 Cans Motors 0 Firestone ‘Tire, Ourtand General in Da Axpihalt. “) 1%) mM hd 1 Fan | 1800 Candelaria sfis $90 Com Virginia | 100 *oorres stiver 406 Crenon Gold 12000 *Invide ee 100 Bl Meivedor 1008 * Retna Pilrer 1000 Cronus 0 oa Molty 1608 “Geld Come .. 1008 “Geld Devet ‘ 1000 *Goldtielt Vlorence .. 1000 Gold Kewans ‘40 “Gold Miver Pick. 11409 "Gold Hone .. 1000 “Grea: Bend #00 Hondursa.- Xn aa Nuno Eaten WM | i900 *Ron Divide 100 MF Reruoite tw. 106 Root Vandervor: 400 Hoy de France 15 Stugot Site 1090 0 8 Seam, % 900 United Ratan Candy 800 Unton Carbide, 50 Warren Bron... 200 Wayne Coal « ” STANDARD OIA, ws Ot NY 385 %0 Vacuum OU... INDEPEN! 200 Allen Ou 15400 Allied On 100 Arkansas Nat Oas 00 Big Thwart 1209 Moone OL 800 Carib Synd 200 Cities Service ptt. 2500 Cushing Pete 400 Dominion O11 109 No Am OW . 500 Obio Rangne 500 Omar On 100 Penk Of 1800 Producer 100 Producers 400 Htyan Cone 100 Balt Creek Prod. 400 Simms Pet. 200 Skelly Ot $00 Spencer Pet .. 190 Chited Tex Of . 40 Victoria Ol new 500 Vulean Ou Refriners. | 1000 White Ot .. 800 Alas Cal. OUSTED SOCIALISTS WELCOMED HOME Fiye Hundred Enthusiasts Cheer Them at Grand Central and Carry Them on Shoulders. Five hundred Soctailats made « noley demonstfation In the Grand Central — 1% Station to-lay tn honor of the five So- % cialist Assemblymen returnfag from Al- S% — 1% dany after three of their number hal Be Ledediieed 1% — ay — om ory 1 bt * «! % Mi |for the second time been ousted from the 1 Lower House and thelr two col- ues bad realgned. The train beartoe the Socialist: dele~ % gation reached the terminal at 1.23 FP. M When the quintet stepped onto the platform they were greeted with cries jot “Hurran for octallam! Men and women burst through the Itnes to em- % brace the ousted five and rained them on thelr shoulders The police found M% + 1% difffoulty in re-forming the line, so en- 1a =e ou “uw =— % ol La “wh 1% te 1 8 =1| 1% + % [ington Avenue, Total sales 996,409, = HER WILL CUTS OFF DAUGHTER IF WED! Also Provides That No Oue Shall Live in Her House as Housekeeper, An odd will le that of Mra Jane Kealy of New Rochelle, which was of- fered for probate at White Plains to- | small pieces of paper and disposes of ; & $9,000 entate, It reads: ‘This is Mra, Jane Kealy's will, May 25, 1920. My property ta to be divided equally among my four grandchildren and their father. My son-in-law isto have full say and property cannot be sold with- out his consont. One cannot com- pel the other to set! same. Jen- nie—her home ia here, If mar- ried to Th F. Cleary he cannot live here, and in case of her. death, if married to sald party, her share will revert to rest of family. Insurance for burial ex- ponses, remainder to be turned over to the house, no one to live in house ay housekeeper {TALIAN RADICAL STARVING. in Prt Pe Charme, Refases to Kat. NAPLES, Sept. 23.— Following the example of the Irish hunger strikers, Fioaa Fiorl, the Socialist agitator, who fe in prison charged with political crimes, has refused all food for the past — NOTDS, ‘The Stock Exchange has admitted to the Co! m) fon official Mac gad 60,492 shares common stock list Columbia Graphophone When he has been premsed to take nourishment Fiort has replied that “action was in protest against the elaion of the Crown Proseoutor to sead him to be judged by the Court of |COURT COLLECTION | PAYS WIDOW’S RENT Justice Robitzek Starts Fund for Mother of Two Children Facing Eviction. The tears of Mra, Jennie Shapiro, a widow, facing eviction at the Instance of John Cummings, her landlord, trom The will was written on two her apartment at No, 3806 Third Ave-| Act nue, affected every one in the Sesoad | District Municdpa) Court, Bronx, to~iay. | It was shown that Mra, Shapiro owet | two month’ rent at $22 a month, but that she was out of work and could not pay. She has two small children. — | Apparently the Court had ho recourse but to issue an order for eviction, but Justice Robitsek inid a dollar bill on | his desk and invited all who wished to contribute to a $44 fund, Lawyers, court attendants and speo- tators quickly raised the amount re- quired for the widdw's rent Senate Pannen Short Term Note ALBANY, Sept. 23.—Tho Senate to-day passed the bill dewigned to per~ mit the State Comptrofier to issue short term notes at the legal rate of interest ‘The Comptrotier had asked the Legisinture to permit the anle of rate of interest caisting law the permitted to Lesue | obtainable, Comptroller toniporary loved © per cen Jord ¥ CLEVELAND, Sept. 22. dan of the Jordan Automoblle Com- Rany, and Charles W, Mears of the inton Automobile Company, said) that the reduction ta the price of cars by the Ford Company probably would not be followed by other com- panies, Mr Ford Company had the advantage of ¥ notice of issuance as stock Avia at Salerno, which he maintains | & wares output and of an appeal to a partic jin tax! of Jordan ssid that the Pre thusinstle was Ue welcoming delega- tion, After the station had rung for #eve~ ral minutes with cheers for each ox- Assemblyman the delegation and its following filed out of th ation to Lex- where they posed for five ce Morris Hillquit, Soclaliat leader, where plang ware te be male for a mass meeting. Savi N HELD AS DRUG SMUGGLERS. Twe Arrested After One In Teale: From Stonmahiv. ‘Leon Correa, a sailor, and Ellie 'T. Kittson, No. 374 West 140th Street, were in $2,600 hail each by United States Commissjoner Hitchcock to-day ‘on charges of violation of the Narcotic Correa landed yertorniay from the steamah)p Susquehanna and was {railed by dbgeph Contes, « Customs guard, to Kittdon's apartment. Coates said he found the opening. & package which contained $2,000 ‘worth ‘of heroin, alleged to have boon amugmied in from Germany SIEGEL'S PLEA TO PALMER. the movion, two men ation of Price Mixinu Among Macerial Men. jgation into price fixing combinations among building material manufacturers was urged upon Attorney General Palmer and the Federal Trade Commission at Wash- ington in telegrams to them to-day by Representative Isaac SieKel. ‘epreasentative Siegel said in his tel Immediate inve ram “housing conditions are becoming indeaorMbuble, Newberry A Supreme © WASHINGTON, Sept. ——— 1 Filed in U. 4, t. Mareh joa of corruption in con vieted last at Mich., on cl barn: nection with the i91# Michigan Sena- torial election was formally fled to- » Court, day in the Supr Fora Threa te Factory CANTON, ©., Sept. 23.—Henry Ford “it tre bulidere raise mtent anid towlay inde n finance an tune trend of The ap peals of Senator Newberry of Michi- gan, and sixteen other defendants con- Grand Rapids, Siert ‘Mire HO Rautatane Ch 1408 MeNamara i 1000 MeNamare "Cretcen! 2°00 "Marsh Min. 1000 *Motherioe ..... 1/0 Motheriode new 1000 *North tar 1100 Ophit Silver .. 99 Prine Com 1200 "Tex Cons. i 1000 "Rochester Mines .. 1400 Roper Grbup 1900 *Ram TOP ooo cesscisees 2200 *Rilwer King Divide... 400 Simon fiver Lead 1000 ilver Lead. 1800 *Soceene Min : 490 Tonopah Hemant . « ‘ 1 Ld n u u n 5 11000 Morris @ Co. Tihs. WON Y NH aH be, s ” mm om MILLER ADVOCATES STORAGE MARKETS Candidate for Governor Urges Co- Operation of Farmer and Consumer. POTSDAM, N. Sept. 23.—Creation of an eMcient system of storage mar- kets and terminal warehouses through which farm produes can be quickly moved at right prices to the table of | the clty consumer through real oo- operation between the producer and con- sumef, fe the basls of solution of the {arm problem, Nathan L. Miller, Re- publican candidate for Governor, sald to-day at the Potadam Pair, “With proper storage facilities,” he gontinued, “the farmer may store his own products for a reasonable charge and with the warehoese receipts go to the hank and borow money on it just the dealer now does. Hin products can be sorted and graded, and when the time comes to market them, can be shipped with others of like «rade #0 as to be marketed most advaytageous with the least transportation comts,."* Judge Miller declared for a return to standard time. People "who work under natural twa whould be tts to\work necording’ to God's tines He dec! ete Me = eee HOSPITAL BILL IS PASSED, re fer $3,000,000 Structure for Veterans Sent to Governor. ALBANY, Sept. 23.—~The Sage Bill, carrying out recommendations of Gov. Smith that the State appropriate $3,000,- 009 for the construction of a hospital for ita Works War veterans who have become mentally disabled, was passed by both houses of the Legislature to- now goes to the Governor, A Senate Paanes Bill te Ald Schools. ALBANY, Sept. 2%.—The Walker Fill designed to give New York City perm: sion to isaue corporate stock for thi passed by the Senate to-d AQUEDUCT RESULTS. FIRST RACK; For three-y: and up; claiming; purse $1,163.21 and @ half furlongs.—Prince of Como, 11%, Keegh, 11 to 10, 1 to $ and out, won; The Nephew. 111, Callahan, 7 to 6. 3 to 6 and out, second; Burgoyne, 111, Robinson, 7 to 1, 2 to 1 and 7 to 10, third. Time, 1:20. Also ran In order ers Lane 2d, 10 to 1; Tetley, Marion Hollins, 20 to 1, ag th tol a Sraiaeness AQUEDUCT ENTRIES. sg or ten-year. ; claiming: Ty A th Mek —Por tars sear-alde: cla! ming. pe Re a oe thece-yoarclde American Sold! ga iirlonae Mascara Meret ACK-Vor, thren-yearola and f reer up: macar; clatealng: six art & ball tuslon. ~ fouick- Tee "hiem 108; tela thd: "Somes attend 18; locwt Teeres, eg 4 a EH construction and repairs of schools, wis! vd | £411 me now.” ‘laughed again, when MM. , | been inside a theatre. .Jand tri |. 18%, by CN. etd A ML Wiltiameon.) OF PRECEDING INSTALMENTS. Mrs. s unica ot Wome, le ‘2 Sr 2s S Orerie. 9 rain, tt, whe ee Be nee * name na fears: eiiter th feet + ren agd take ements ' ual CHAPTER UL (Continard.» OU won't forget we're Mr. aid Mr son Smith? 7 No=ne. 1 gha‘n't “tor- hid 6 get “You may have to call fnd I—to call yoly Annesley. It's a free name, old for a woran to sa Smith looked thoughtful: and the sirl wondered, too; not about her fu- ture or her relatives, but what the next few minutes would do with this strange man, and how at svch ® time he could bear to talk com- mopplaces . “If you're trying to keep mo from being nervous,” she whispered, not a bit of use! I can’t think of oe es Rod any one except those men. ey've stopped whispering. But they're looking at you. Now— | (hey’re getting up. They're coming | toward us!” that el. ty at “Mr. N. Smith” that tt seemed to Annesley he must ‘ feel the stab of eyes, sharp jae pin-pyicks, in his back. He had the self-control, however, not to look | around, not even to change expres- «on, No man in the restaurant ap- | peared more calmly at case than he, The couple had accompanied their stare with eager whisperings. Then, as if on gome hasty decision, they pushed back their chairs and fot up. Taking & few steps they separated, approaching Smith on right and left, One, therefore, stood between him and Annesley as if to prevent an ex- change of words or glances. There Was something Eastern and oddly alien about them in spite of their conventional clothes, “Mr. Michael Varcoe!" said the digger and older, he who stood on the left of Smith. The other kept in the background pot to crowd with conspicuous rudeness between An- nesiey and her host. The man who spoke had « thick voice and a curious agent which the girl, with her small experience, was unable to pluce. “No,” answered “Smith,” in a pus: zled tone. “You mistake me for some one else.” think not,” insisted the bearded ery in @ bostiie drawl. “lL think not!” 'm gure not,” echoed the other. ‘ou are Michael Varcoe. There's no getting away from that. The emphasts seemed to add, “And no getting away from us. Excitement stirred Annesley to courage. “Why, how horrid!” she exclaimed, bending past the human obstacle; “people taking you for some can't be like as—Micheel ‘Tell them who, we ure,” “My name is Nelson Smith,’ said pre official husband. “My wife is not” — “Your wife!" repeated the man standing opposite Annesley. He stared with insolent incredulity, “‘Mr. and Mrs. Heteon Smith.’ A good name to .” “It happens to have been given me.” Slight sharpness broke the tol- ermance o¢ Smith's tone. “I don’t believe you!" exclaimed the other. Smith's black brows drew to- gether. “It doesn't matter whether you belleve or not.” he eald. “What does matter is that you should annoy Gs. I tell you I'm not Michae! Varcoe, and never heard the name. If you're not natiafied, and you don't go back to your dinner and let us finish ours tn peace, Fil appeal to the manage- oo “Well!” grumtied the taller of the pair. “If you're not the man I want, you're hie image—minus mustache and beard, You mut be Varcoe’ “Of course he's Varcoe,” insisted | the other, ‘Of course he's not!” said Annesley, with just the right amount of Irrita- tion, “Our name is Smith, Nelson, do tell this—person to ask the head walter who cngnged the table, and not stay here making « fuss.” “Anybody can engage a table in the name of Smith!" sncered the first speaker. “That is nothing. We go by something more convincing than a name, There are countries where men have been arrested on less resem- blance—or put out of the way.” “Oh, Nelson, he's frightening nv faltered Annesley. “He must have Jost his senses.” "You think that, do you?” The fierce eyes fixed her with 4 stare. “You tell me—you, madame, that you are this man's wife?” “{ do tell you so,” the girl replied, firmly, “though I don't see tpat it's your affair! Now go away.” “Very well, we take your word,” re- turned the man, In a tone which said that he did nothing of the sort, “And we go~back to our table, to let you finish your meal, Mr. and Mrs. Smith." Annesley tried to ignore the fact that they stared without ceasing, but she could not help being aware of their eyes, She felt faint, and every- thing tn the room whirled giddily. “Drink some champagar,” eald Smith’ quiet voice. The girl obeyed, and the ice-cold wine cooled the fire in blood and nerves. “You have been splendid,” Smith encouraged her, “I know you won't I'm sure y | “L promise you I will not!” returnod Annesley. “The worst ts over. I feel ready for anything.” "How can I thank you?” he mur- mired. “If | had all the rest of my life to do {t In, instead of a few min- utes, It wouldn't be too much, You were perfect in your manner, not anxious, only annoyed; just the right’ alr for a self-respecting Mrs. Smith.” They both laughed, and Annesley was surprised that she could laugh naturally and gayly. Presently she Smith re- marked that she had missed her vo- cation in not being an actress—she, the country mouse, who had hardly Wher at last Mr, and Mrs. Smith had finishtd their bombe surprise fied with some frult, Annesicy gal “Evidently they don’t care how lone they have to walt! I sup. ‘3 nothing for us to do but re . ove tine, abe follows bie |e foyer, and see what the enemy's next move is, It would be a mistake to let tie brut®s believe they’re frightening us." Annesley agreed in silence; Wut in her heart she was glad to I out the adventure. Soon i a have to creep back to her dull mod- ern substitute for a monted. grange, 1 after pat —not “the deluge:' Dothing eo eXelting; extinction. As they Walked out of the restau- rapt to the dark profile, mysteriogs 4s & stranger's, yet familiar as a friend's. ‘The nman bad told her nothing about hinself except that he was in danger, and bad given no hint as to what that danger was; but the girl's heart warm with bellef in him. If were a question of crime, the was not his. His superiority over ee creatures must be moral aa-welt physical and social, Scareely were she and Smith seated on a sofa Before the others a . ‘The men sat down in chairs drawn up at a litte tpbles and not only amist those in the corner pass by them in escaping, but eve; word spoken aboye a whisper must be overheard. This fact did not embarrass Salth, He ordered coffee and cigarettes, and talked to Annesicy in an ordinary tone about a motor trip which. It would be pleasant to take. The watchers also demanded coffee But the waiter they summoned was slow © fulfilling their order, When tt wad obeyed, before the pair had time to Iift cup to lip, Mr. Smith took fmpis pleasure in getting to his feet ‘Com he said, “we'd better be off.” 4 He laid on the table money for the coffee and cigarettes, with @ satle factory Up/ Thon without looking at their _ nel, ors he and Annesley passed, walking shoulder to shoulder with « leisurely step toward the trance, IT suppose there's no chances of shaking them off?" the girl whispered, ‘None whatever,” said Smith, “But we've had the fun of cheating them out of their coffee, because they won't chance our stopping to pick our wraps. They'll be on our heels the end of the journey, so there's nothing for it except to stick to the original plan of my going home with you. £ hope you don't mind? I hope you're not afraid of me now?" ‘ “I'm not at all afraid,” said Annes< ey. “Thank you for that. If our taxi outruns theirs, 1 sha‘n't need to tres- pass on your kindness beyond the doorstep. But if they overtake us, and are on the spot before you can vanish into the house and J can dis- appenr in some other direction, are you still game to keep your promise the promise to let me go indoors with you?” “Yes, Iam ‘game’ to the end—what- ver the end may be,” the gin an- wered; and she wondered at herwelf, because ber heart was as brave as her words, Five minutes later Annesley, wrapped in her thin cloak, was step- ping into a taxl As Smith followed and told the chauffeur where to drive, the two Watchers shot throug. the re- volving door in time to overhear, and also to order @ taxi, For a few moments neither the girl nor tbe man spoke, although Annefley “felt that there were @ thousand things to say. Every sec. ond was taking them nearer to Tor. rington Square; and their must come soon. After that, would be blankness for her, as be~ fore this wonderful night. Such thoughts made the girl » prisoner of allence; and “Mr. Smith* was also tongue-tied, Was he con« centrating his mind upon some plan of escape from these mysterious enemies? She told herself this must be so: yet his first words proved thag he had been thinking of the risk she ran, “If the dragon comes out of her den and catches us at the door, will that mean a catastrophe for you, or — be explained away?” he in« q + dear,” ired, "I don't know,” sald Annesley, nd somehow I don't care!” "Tt care,” the man replied, “I can't harm come to you through me, Hut tell me, before we go further— does it matter to you, Mis Grayte, that in a little while you and P ma: see the last of each other? I feel have a sort of right to ask that questiod, because you're the thing that ever came Into my life, And if 1 dared hope that I mtght mean to you some day halt what you've begun to mean for me already, why, 1 wouldn't let you go!” Annesley clasped her hands unter her cloak, They were cold yet ting- ling. Her blood was leaping; but she could not speak. She was of saying too much, “Can't You give me a grain of hoper* he went on, His volce was wistful, “We have go little time,” “What—<io you want me to say?” Annesley stammered “Tt want you to say—that you don't wish to nee the last of me to-night.” “1 shouldn't be human if 1 coold wish that!" the words seemed to speak themsegges; and she, who had been taught to repress and bide emo-~ tion ax if it were a vice, was gind that the truth was out. After alt they had gone through together # couldn't send this man away bellev- ing her indifferent. “f—It doesn’t seem as if We were strangers,” she faltered on, “Strangers! I should think not,” he echoed. “We mayn't know much About each other's tastes, but we do know about each other's souls, which is more than can be #aid of most men and women acquainted for half a lifetime. As for our pasts, you haven't had one—and_I—well, if | swear to you that I've never murdered any- ody, or been in prison, or committed an unforgivable crime, will you take my word?" ‘If you told me you were a mar. derer, or bad committed some unfore givable crime, I—I don’t feel as if could believe’ it," Annesley assur him. “It—would hurt me to think ey of you. I'm sure It isn't you who aro evil, but these men.” (Read To-morrow’s Interesting Ine stalment.)