The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 07, 1917, Image 6
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Louis Joseph Vanco
hCVELIZAT OM Of THE: MOTION
NAME. PRODUCED FOR THE INTETRH
UNDER THE DIRECT JON Of WHARTON, __
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THE CAST.
MRS. VERNON CASTLE as
Patria Charming.
MILTON SILLS as Donald Parr.
WARNER OLAND as Baron
H uroki.
DOROTHY GREEN as Fanny
Adair.
SYNOPSIS.
Patria, last of "The Fighting Ohnnjjings,"
while en route to Newport, her
summer home, is thrown to drown from a
Round steamer by agents of Baron l lure.
ki, chief of the Japanese se ret serv.ee.
who, conspiring to embroil tlie I'niied
States and Mex > o. desitis eontrol of li e
extensive Channing n .tr t.? 11 plants, owned
by I'atria. lies pliysu al counterpart.
Klaine. a nolm-mus d;atei*r, in Huroki's
pay, suhsti .t's tor tin supp .sediy deivi
woman. Bat I'atra's life is saved by
Captain I 'oi aid 1 ; : r. late of tin I'nil-ai
Rtates seel et se. vi e ami se t etly I'all la's
fiance.
SIXTH EPISODE
"Alias Nemesis."
Rendezvous at Moon.
Superbly mounted though ho was.
Die horseman rude with slack rein am!
specious air of aintlessnoss. Suffered ,
to select its own paee. his eob ambled
Indolently through the avenues of New
port-town mid ?ut into the husking
countryside. choosing it w.iv along the
eastern slinrc, often within sight of
the Sakonnct river.
For the beauties of nature in general
<"*:>i?1. l>otmld run* ?*:i1 no snap of bis
fingers; his llioughts. like his heart,
were exclusively (entered upon one
single beauty. His purposeless posture,
his semblance of indiIVorenoe to
the flight of time, wore alike misleading;
he had a most particular goal in
mind, and seereily was in the maddest
haste to arrive nt it. Lastly, his
interest in the charming views was
positively nil; but bis Interest in making
certain that none followed him was
ttcute.
Had any one of his languid reviews
of the road he was trawling discovered
a single sign of anything remotely
resembling a follower. I >oitnld*s ride
would have ended buck in the summer
city by the sea without a pause. As
it was. though well persuaded that
none spied upon hint, he came to his
destination by a most circuitous way.;
doubling back on his path for the nun- |
ter of two miles before, while passing J
a lonely patch of woodland between
road and river, he elected to disappear.
A twitch at the rein with a touch of
the spur swung his horse sharply
aside into an almost imperceptibly .
marked path.
Winding tortuously through the forest.
the path presently debouched into
it little glade from which, through a
thinning growth of trees, the .shimmer
of sunlit waters was visible.
1 lore Priritiiln ri- 1II...1 1??, .i!^>
. .... . I w,f. .11.-mounted,
tethered hi* lines.- to a sapling,
and went on afoot, striding rap-;
idlv toward the rm-r, with a marked
manner of eager ; ixloty. -*"* - I
A turn in the path, rounding a thicket,
brought him abruptly face to
face with the object at once of
his happiness ajp/,1 jdl his cares,
lie stopped short. - "*? j
"J'atriu 1" he cried in a voice vibrant
with the wonder that her loveliness
never failed to arouse.
As she offered both hands to his
ardent clasp, her smile seemed a trifle
wistful.
"Don !" she said. "At la*t I, I knew
you wouldn't be late?but even when
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Patria and Captain Parr Enter Patria'e
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you're most punctual, it always seems
Ko long n time of waiting I"
"1 meant to be earlier today," he
wild, falling in by her side as she
turned fonek toward the shore, "but
was anexpectedly detained."
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She looked round quickly with eyes NN
li 11***1 wiili inquiry. He nodded af- UJ
Mrmnlively.
"\ cs?at the Casino. I was .lust
ItbniU ready In sfjirt mi inv wadl-kiinwii
~ w
morning ride?purely," he lunched, "in
the interests <?f hiv health, of course?
when Hurokl and l>e Lima turned up
Willi the ehanjiolintf."
. ... v<
Flaine.
"Your volunteer substitute. So I 11
bail to wait till they were otherwise
occupied before I thouuht it wise tc
. .. 01
leave.
The two came out by the river's edge
in a little rock-bound cove with a
sandy tloor. Inland, more than halfl.'dih
n anions the tries, a modest
bungalow of unswrfaeeil lo^s was vis- jM
ibh oil its veranda the ample person 1!
01 Anno, I'atrla's maid, placidly rock- N
inn' and sewing.
"Sit down." The jrirl satik. feet ?
C'aissed lielieatlt 1 M\ to the beach. ''
"Toll me about tin's erenttirc. 1 >nv<s s:
1 daiao reaUy??"
"(let away w ith it V" Pit rr laughed
nfrain. "I should say she did. The
L'irl's a eop.su:.mi; u- jn-tress ami niimie. 1,1
only a close observer can delect in
Flam's ni: nr.' r tin* inevitable. occa- 01
siotia' p: ... ie i'ii', w In n sin's at a loss h
ho.v t < < behave out of hot* element. '
moment: rily without Fanny Adair at
her elbow to prmtipt her. As a dip- 01
loniat. howi\et\ she conspicuously J!!
lacks the s.-,.. cither that, or she's vilely
ill-advised." tl
"1 low do \?m mean?" hi
"I mean she n,,l<'s ahout ridding her- hi
self of nan- i.? ;s i in untl ranei s in the
i-niuesl fashion imaciliable. Well, you w
k 11 i\v lio\\ ?-1 " o lie. ia-i >!. .1 w i! 11 V mho oii in
i. !ii:> - l?"-t i.t*? 'cm. and sim 1 u1 r ]?:?<-kiu.
: ami how she conli'ii's resist the
I< ipial i<?n to ship my face with liu* i
? ?:'t\:i:.I announcement of her en- ^
gngeiuent. :is I'iiiri;i < 'li:innintr. to .Juan |
!?' Lima. And today, desiring to get rid ?
'if Mrs. Wn-nii am! Kodney. she lias g
\ ;:;: ^ ?I lllis announcement to hi' ])Ub' J
!is11*mI, wiihoct saying a word to them. S
Tin* newspai or gave the first hint Mrs. ?
Wrenn got of the afYair." g
I'arr drew from his pocket a folded fc
paper, and displayed to I'airia one of i
In r own photographs, wretchedly re- t
produced in half-tone, above a siory |
headlined somewhat in this fashion: ?
MISS PATRIA CHANNING
Multimdlionaire Heiress Stirs Newport 3
Society by Anoouncing Her Engagement
to Senor Juan de Lima,
Wealthy Mexican Mine Owner.
With a li'.tle exclamation of exasperation
I'atria read the article
through, then angrily crumpled tlie paper
in her two hands.
"And what came of it?" she asked.
"Oh, Mrs. Wrenn protested, of
course?insisted that 'I'atria' retract
the announcement. And the row j
Elaine had been spoiling for was on, 1
ending with her informing .Mrs. Wrenn s
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that. she disapproved so strongly, ,
Fanny Adair would relieve her of re- ?
sponsibiliiy as 'l'atria's' chaperon. So
Kodney and his mother are leaving."
"When?" . j
"J'odav. I presumed."
"oh!" the girl declared in deepest*
indignation, "this is intolerahle! 1 ]
can't stand it. 1 won't, another minute!
I ?on. \oii mu>t let fue coine out
of hiding and expose these Lnpo ucrs .
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"l'lease, dear!" lauiald hegged.
"(Jive me another lhirt.v-six hours; !'i:i
watching them more elos,*iy than tiiey
suspect ; tlmy do nothing ' don't know
iill about, either through |?o 1*> <?!i:11 ob? ,,
serva t i< hi or through mv agents. I
11
only want to spare you publicity ami
annoyance. (live these tools rope j,
enough nnd they'll hang themselves us
high us Human. and >-parc us the trouble.
1 #111 let them once suspect you
live, and your life's worth?well, hard- y
ly that !" y
"That" was a snap of Parr's lingers. ,v
"Don't let me alarui you with my ex- .
aggcralion." he added, with a reasxtir- u
i11smile. "Putt lluroki can move as
swifting as a rattlesnake, when he ?.
wants to. and strike with as deadly of- fl,
feet. Pin confident of my ability to (.
proteet you. Ami you don't want to die jj
just yet, with your work undone !M
Her hand stole into his. "I don't u
want to lose a lifetime of being in love
with you," she corrected. "So?I'll do ((
as you say." ,,
Less than an hour later Parr left, j(
to return to Newport, nnd resume his j(
task of espionage.
E8CAPA0E BY MOONUGHT.
What little wind there was went
down with the sun. t
i Around about the little bungalow on a
i the Sakonnet shore the hush was uhso- d
j lute. g
Only Patrln whs restless and ill-at- 1
case. impatience ami uissattstaoiion ?
wlih the lpt imposed upon her by Donald
Parr's arguments, prayers, will and r
wishes, raged In her bosom. sAlone
upon the little veranda, she f
fought temptation as long us she could, I
till suspense in Inaction galled her In- t
tolerably, then rose anu stoic iuio ihc '
house as noiselessly as any cut, to re- *
appear after a lapse of time incredibly I
brief clothed in dark bathing suit and i
sandals, light silken hcuch wrap covering
her shoulders. 1
Like some shadow of the night she
cpt flown to the heneta nnd hiutieln d
v canoe. It was a mat tor of several
IIos. but she made nothing of the
uiso to tlio hoaoh hencath the el I It's
'owned hy her summer home.
KfTecting a landing there as secret
< her launching had hoon, she dragged
10 canoe up on the sands, hugged the
oak more tightly round her, and with
dcli.-ious shiver of daring sought the
ivate flight of steps that zigzagged
i to the grounds of the Channing cotge.
At the top l*atria sought the friendly
lelter of the nearest shadows, then
ade a furtive way towards the house,
here were on the ground a dozen
ugns of vantage known to I'atria
hence spying would he practicable
tld safe.
In the nearest of these, close by the
ide veranda, she resigned herself to
alt wiih far less composure than her
loiionlcss pose might have heeu taken
> indicate.
liven st). her patience was not sorely
taxed. Within a very few ininles
the light i 11 one of the French
ittdows of the drawing-room was
vice eclipsed, it s two people came
tt and began slowly to pace the vernda,
side hy side?Klaine and the uu>?>ak;ihle
.Ttian de Lima !
Moonlight flooded the face and hare
of the changeling with unearthly
rilliance. I'airia cotihl have cried out
i amaze, so extraordinary seemed the
isioti she gaged upon.
1' Lima wooed lcr after the manner
f his kind, ardently, crudely, with
litem intention. Inching closer, he estyetl
to kis> iter.
J'.tit Klalm would not sttlTer him.
"Thai's as far as you'll go!" she told
im. in the clmiee of words that came
lost naturally to her. "I'm going to
iarrv you?yes! Marrying you is part
f my eoniraet with lluroki?I wish
tied it wasn't. I'll go through with
because I agreed to. but?lay off me
In never we're alone. Marriage is
le thing?kisses are something else
lain 1"
She swung brusquely hack through
le window. With an imprecation in
is native tongue, the Mexican l'ol>wed.
Patria stepped hack and sought a
ay round to a point whence she
ight si>e through the windows. Taking
' y+ly' '
.Patria Coolly lr
>r;re from tIn* silence, she ventured
n,;*e the window mid step within,
ut she h:td nol tfone two feet when.
lIUOIIl Hll.v Wat'lllHg, SIM' Was M'l'/.ru,
ifolded in tlit* sinus of a hulking creuire
\\ 11?> had been spying upon her
uin behind a tree.
A villainous reek of alcoholic breath
ilf strangled the girl as her raptor
in his 'face toward hers.
' (lot you!" he muttered thickly,
[lot you, mi' lady, with tlie goods on!
mi will throw me down, will you!
on will leave r.ie go to the devil
Idle ynu blow jirotind with swells,
friending you're what you ain't, never
a*. never will he! Oh, I'm onto your
tile ^aiue, Flaine, my beauty! And
in in on it, or I'll squeal so loud you
nil hear lue in the vdiee of the proseutiu'
attorney! Stop st rugglin' uind
st en to reason, do you hear?"
In the bloated and congested feuures
of the drunkard I'atria reeogi/.ed
the man Fdoiinrd, the manager
1' Klaiue. who once before bad nilsnken
Iter for bis dancing woman?and
ad suffered grievously at I'arr's bauds
n conse<|uence of that mistake,
"Let me go !" slm panted in loathing
Let me go, 1 say!"
"Fat ehancehe Jeered. "I'.ut lisr-n.
dearie?you don't have to L??
fraid of me. All 1 want is a square
leal, and I won't hurt you. You only
;ot to quit trainhr with that guy
nrr: I'm iroln' to art him?v??r btm
He hud unhappily stvuek the wronji
tote. The hint of peril to the man
?he adored maddened I'atrSa. Sin
ought like a woman possessed, heat
ng Kdouard's fwith her strut 11 thrill,
in endeavoring to eat eh ami st:\>
:; r !ii:mis, hv rehired !.'!g otniiriu-n ?rn
ilie leaped back to freedom, then took
o her heels ami ran as she luu. ncvel
tin before.
Aes-itlent more 11.an design directec
ter hight town I'd the ellfT.
Three minutes more and I'utriu win
T-rr raili?
?
again afloat. paddling frantically toward
the place of safety she had so
unwisely left.
TWO AND AN EXTRA.
Oddly enough, considering the anxiety
on Donald Parr's behalf inspired
hy the threats of Kdouard, Pallia slept
a deep and dreamless sleep, and wakened
so late that, hy the time she had
taken her morning swim and dressed
I and breakfasted, it was hard upon
! noon.
As the hour of their daily rendezvous
approached, she found It dllticult to
contain her impatience, so impatient
was she to he reassured as to the
safety of her betrothed, llad Donald
been five minutes late he would have
I found her half-hysterical with dread,
lie was, however, a tritle earlier than
; usiinl
None the less, she wiis beforehand
j with him in the glade. And the relief
wllli which she saw him riding, souml
and whole, to meet her, translated
. itself into so violent a seizure of
i 1 rambling that he could not have failed
to remark it.
He did not even wait to tether his
horse, but ran to her the instant his
feet touched the earth, seizing her
hands and drawing her to him.
"I'alria! what has happened?"
"No?nothing!"
"Hut you were never like this!
You're quivering like a frightened
child! Something must be the matter
!"
"Only?only T have fretted so for
fear of some aeeident to you, dear. 1
am so glad to see you safe!"
His arms closed round Iter; for a little
her face was hidden in his bosom.
Like a naughty child, she had feared
to own the truth about her overnight
adventure. But now the need of confession
was strong upon her.
From the haven of her lover's arms
she stared thoughtfully off into the forest.
Something moved among the trees.
The head and shoulders of a man rose
slowly front cover of a breast-high
growth of underbrush. 1'atria looked
straight into the eyes of Fdouurd.
bloodshot in a mask of features that
worked with rage.
Sh" drew a long breath. Hv no other
sign did she betray the terror that as,
fc ^; .
impersonates Elaine.
sailed her. Edotiard nvsilifting into
si^lit n pistol, lint his iui^t ami tin'
j rendition of a 111'rvoiis system wreeked
hy prolonged dehauehes rendered futile
all his efforts to level the weapon
and take steady aim.
It was her Donald whom this creature
sought to kill.
t
< Irmly disengaging, she looked up
steadily into her lover's eyes.
"Don, dear," she said in a small
voice, "do something to please inc."
"As if you needed to ask?!"
"Then, please?please, Donald, my
Donald!?I uant to ho alone for a few
minutes to think over something I have
to say to you. If you'll humor me and
go on to the cottage, I'll follow you
very soon. Will you, dear?"
I'arr stared, "1 don't understand?"
"You will, as'soon as I can tell you.
Jitit now please do as I ask."
"As you wish, my dear girl."
Profoundly perplexed, yet never for
an instant suspecting the cause of this
singular request, Donah) strode off
briskly toward the shore.
Alone with the feair of death, I'utrla
steeled herself against the worst.
The man Kdouard broke through the
, covert In murderous haste. I'atria
, threw herself in ids way without a
, thought of hesitation. With an oath
lie struck down her imploring hands.
Itut she would not fee denied; her arms
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l vii|?|iru nun i sue exerteu an iter
strength to hol<] him.
, "Let go, you Jade!" ho rasped
( hoarsely. "Let me go! I promised to
, get hiiu, a nil I will, ho help rne-?I"
"No, Kdounrd, please?no! Listen
; to ilie. You are mistaken?"
"You lie! Get out of my way before
1 you gid hurt 1"
; "Kdounrti, please?please listen! 1
r will do anything you wish?1 will go
teuok to New York?anywhere you
I ?ay?"
| The man hesitated, look'ug down
i j strangely at her,
? * ~ , ?? .?.? .1
You promise thntT* I
"Thi'U give me a kiss to prove !t!w t
Instantly site offered hrr lips to his. 1
J He tightened an ar:n round her. low- i
. ered his heud. She seized the pistol, i
planted an elbow against his ehest ?
with wleked force, fought wildly to
break away and disarm hi'.n. 1
1 What followed was so blurred with
fear, desperation, panlc-sfrickon strugglings,
that she reiained no clear uii- '
derstanding of the affair.
She knew only 11 uit It culminated in
the explosion of the pistol. She saw
Edouard reel hack, eatchiag wildly tit
j the air, at ml fall. She sltired iiicreduously
at her hands that held the weapon.
Instinctively she lied that place
i like a hunted thing. ,
BAL MASQUE.
! Fnrr, nln*ned by the pistol shot, rnn
bark toward the pilule to meet midway
and receive in his arms the wclinigh
demented girl.
1 It was many minutes before he succeeded
it) gaining a disconnected ac*
count of what had come of I'atrla's infatuated
attempt to sacrifice herself, i
"And then." she wailed, "the pistol
went off in my hands, and he fell?
dead, dead ! 1 murdered him !"
< >n the echo of that cry both heard
tin* sound of drumming hoofs domiciled
by the forest mould.
I
"Dead ?" Donald doubted. "Oh. I
fam y not. Kitlu r lOdouard has already
leeovet'ed suilieiently to steal my horse,
or be had a eoTifed"rate to do tne that
service. Come and see." ,
The glade, when they again entered
it. was empty, lhuh Klaitu-'s manager (
and Donald's cob had vanished. There
r? tnaincd only the < ho of flying liaofs
to testify thai either hud been there.
"I low be managed to trail me hero
without my knowh <lgo is what myst'
In s me," Parr complained when, some
1 iiiit- later, the two sat together beI
fore the little bungalow. "lie could
hardly have done it unassisted. I see
lluroki's hand in thi<; tin* man is
shrewder than 1 credited him with being?and
that's saving a lot."
"And what can we do?"
"There's only one thing to do now.
Kvery hour's delay now means added
danger?for if Harold doesn't know it.
I already, he'll learn quickly enough now
from Ihlouard that you still live; and
he won't waste much time before he
tries to rectify that fatal flaw in his
calculations. We've simply got to heat
hi in to it."
"And how??"
"Tonight there's to he a bal masque
at tic ( 'Imillli Jig collage. It We lie low
till night fail-- I won't have you ng;an
?w can t j ?k * advantage of this
masquerade. I fiinry, quite cffeelively."
kapidly :iik1 eh rIy he outlined a
plan < 'I < >)icraI i< iis.
"Puhliciiv we iinisi avoid if posslhie,
1 m*i 11 for your sake and fur Uto
^iikc uf iln* wink ynii have yd to do as
executrix uf tl.c ('banning I >? I < r i v??
Fund," lie concluded. "If we can culctly
put the fear ?>l (lud into die heart
uf Klaiiie and send her back tu town,
and at die sanielinie persuade llumki
and Company it's far inure cnnifnriahle
tu leave the runntry than stay tu face
charges uf criminal conspiracy?I
think we may call it a paid day's work
and let it go at that, without hankering
for mure spectacular revenue."
It was nearly eleven when Parr
brought the catiue tu the bench whereon
Patria had landed the previous
night. The girl. again in bathing suit
and bench cloak?the only things Patria
had been able to muster from her
bungalow wardrobe in the way of costume?.jumped
out lightly a: <1 lent
L)or,aid a hatnl he didn't need to carry
the canoe well up out uf reach of the
i ide.
At the tup of the cliff they paused
i 1
only to adjust their masks; there was
no need fur fur.her discussion of plans
already d? finitely formula!? <1.
Viewed from a little distance, the
scene on the lawns w as (list ractingly
interesting- As Parr had foretold, so
it had fallen out, all Newport?all ttiat
social colony which makes Newport
what it stands for in the comprehension
of the world?had foregathered
on tin* lawn of Hie Channing cottage
in brilliant costumes and gayest spirIts.
P.ut Patria and Captain Parr did not
linger. Their time was too precious.
Catering the house by a side door
little used, they separated immediately,
Parr strolling nonchalantly to a pro,
arranged .point of Assignation with his
j assistants, Pnfria slipping quietly up;
'stairs to her dressing room.
She thrcsv open the door ami enteVed
without Ceremony, courageously)
prepared to do what she hud come to
i do, hut at ?once disappointed and 'at
bit relieved to find the room tenanted
only by tin astonished maid.
I "I wish to see Miss Chnnnitig," Putrin
demanded.
.
"Madam will find her on the lawn,"
the maid replied, eyeing this strange
masquerade!- with considerable suspicion.
"She has Just descended to dance
; for her guests."
One of Patria's hands brought from
beneath her bcuch wrap a treasury
not e.
I "IMcaso find her for me?ask her to
come here without delay."
"And whom shall I say??"
"Tell Miss .Channlng a friend of Kd?uard's
wishes to see her on important
business."
The money changed hands; the maid
departed on the errand; 1'atria selected
a chair close by the door and sat
down, retaining her mask.
1 Minutes dragged Interminably. A
rumor of applause, hand-clapping com'
mingled with cries of "Encore! En
1 core!" came from the lawns.
I'atrie rose and went to the window.
She could make out nothing more defl>
nito than a general movement of the
crowd.
Prefaced by scnrrylnir footsteps U?
he hull way. the door was opened,
!\hdne fiutitf herself excitedly Into the
mom. Patrla arose, put her buck to
:he door, turned the key. Kluine
iwui.g sharply to confront her.
"Who the deuce are you?" she do.
[minded. tL
Silently Putrln removed her mask. ?
With a low cry that was half a
ironn, the dancing woman reeled back
The Eruaocd Lover Attacks the Girl.. ,1
to '.lif wall, h? r f:???* ghastly beneath M
Dropping her heaeh wrap, I'atria un- I
COVOfl ! her pistol. A 8
good enough,** silt' vaid eoTilly, I
"l<t hi nit! have that eos*. uiiic ymi i:n;
wen ring. 1 cr i \?* you this dilutee of ea- jfm
rape, hut warn you not to waste time. ^8
Tito police will be here In ten lnln* V
Dumb In despair, Elaine began to I
fumble with tin* fastenings of In r at- t8
The door was triid; from the hall- I
way the voire of tlie maid became I
J'udilde : I
'MPs fliiuining ! do you need mo?'* B
"Not in tin* least," I'atria replied. I
"(In away and don't come back for half 8
an hour." I
I'atria moved across the room and JB
picked up tiic costume out of which ^B
l'Jaiti" had just stepped, a Spanish H
dancer's dress. B
Hut It was far from easy to manage I
the change und a pistol at one and the I
^aine time. < >n sudden decision l'atl'iu I
til)locki (| t he (|<mir. I
"I'ut that heacli eloak over your tin- 8
dert hiirgs," she ordered Elaine, "and I
Snhmissively, Klaine picked tip ?he 8
cloak ami went to the door. I'atria fl
crossed to a eheval alass on ilw? far H
side of the room, oil the \\:?y putting I
her |?isiol on 11 little table in the re- I
cf ss of ill** win flow. A moment lsiH r, H
while hooking up ftie dress before th? H
glass, she saw Elaine fling 11n* door I
open ami dart toward tin* table.
I'atria moved, but Elaine had moved
too quickly for her. llcr hand closed
upon the pistol. ? I
Simultaneously a man's itand was I
thrust In between the window draper- I
ie<. holding a revolver. Tills last was I
di>rha.rged with wliat, in that small I
space, seemed deafening detonation. I
Without as rniK'h as a sigh Elaine fell. I
She was dead before she lay at rest. I
Thoughtless of danger, I'atria
l'eaehed the window in time to see u B
tit:. 1 i leave ihe foot of si ladder whose W
topmost rung rented < n ih-- wn ;<>w- J
sill, si 11 < 1 scurry off in dc>-pornte liable, vl
As she turned lack she lie aid sev- (rH
era I people hurrying d< he con i- S
dor, talking with nen ?. < ani.i a- ?
Hon, The suave : < ' 1 ' * ' llaron 1 i u~ Jl
rokl were distinguishable. m
At her feet the pis'ol glisp a* d I
temptingly: the m\* it 1'. (b eted iliid I
fire from i'utriu's brain. Hazily she I
picked it 111 >. fl
Eollowed by Fanny Adair and .luan
de Lima, Baron llurokl uncerciiioiiic<..s
ly entered the room. fl
"'i he maid said site was afraid
were in some sort of 1 rouble?lie I e- ^
gun, <iit'l checked in sfupotnetion, star
ing down fit tlift body of the dancer. I
"Shut that door," J'ntria brusquely
toiii 0e Lima. I
"What does tt mean?" Mrs. Ads.ir I
whimpered. I
With u hint of contempt I'atria I
looked from faco to face. I
"Mean?" she sni'd. "It hteaptflkthnt I
thftrin Otmnnliig is fiecounted f7?r at I
Inst, feomehody had to do it?and you fl
men Utingicd every time you tried it. I
Nd\v I'Vh done niy part ; it remains for wl
you to cover this up. I'm going bock V
to my guests before fhey miss me."
Site left the tliree staring, dumb- jfl
founded, aghast. R
In the lower hallway she encoun*
tered Parr, drew ldiu aside, told hhn
what she had done. ^
"But why? To what eud?" be I
stammered.
"As long as they think me Klaine, H
and therefore are sure that Patrla i? I
dead?I am Inside
explained. "1 shall become Intimate
with ail their schemes1?und diseloi# fl
to you ail i And out 1"
In the dim gray twilight of da^fcthe U
body of Edounrd was found at the foot I
of the cliffs. It was surmised that? I
blinded by remorse and drink?Lb the I
haste of his flight, he had stumbled K
over the brink to his death. fl
The discovery furnished Huron Hu- m
rokl and his circle with a way out of I
their dlleimna. The story they nave B
out was to the effect that Edouard had (
Shot Elai'.e in a tit of Je&lOUS rage, and J
then killed hiuiNclf. I
(END OF SIXTH EMSODB.) I
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