Show REVELATIONS OF A WIFE WHAT TAX TOLD J. ABOUT hER iiER niKi Ci cn AT T TIlL TIlE Can Can you manago manage a 3 cun gunZ tho the officer off 1 asked of ot me his eyes sun gUll fixed l lupon upon his captives captive's face For answer I put m my hand over the tho trembling one ono which held tho the revolver arid and grasped tho the gun firmly I. I Til Ill manage o this thin I told him Ho Jio took his hand from tho the revolver leaned back and closed his eyes Every second I expected him to swoon where ho sat but though his hla face taco was and ho wan waa evidently suffering great eat pain ho kept conscious until tho the eu- eu 1 perl camo came back with an officer oUI- oUI from tho the aviation field who had been visiting a n. fr friend In tho hos hos- pital The woun Jed officer in the car sa sa- sa U a Nest cst of or spies epics doon down tho the road two miles he said weakly Called the Edelweiss Inn You'll find one ono man dead rest subordinates escaped This chap chap hero Ernest something or other othor ringleader and brains Tako Take care car care of of t of of t him Ills voice faltered stopped Then ho he roused himself with an effort and just before ho fell foll against me me ho he murmured murmured murmured mur mur- mockingly mocking So long IonS Ernest Ernest- Lillians Lillian's voice oleo stopped slopped abruptly She Sho o seemed to bo living over o again tho the ex exciting x x- x citing clUnE scene which she sho had Just described described described de de- de- de scribed to me I wa was sure suro she sho had told me all thc she know concerning concerning- tho the young oung officer For Forthe Forthe the h stor story of or what had happened at th the inn I must mut wait walt until m my wounded rescuer in another room of or the tho hospital hospital hospital hospi hospi- tal was as recovered reco sufficiently to talk Bat there thero was wac another side eldo of ot tho story tor upon which Lillian had not touched one ono about which I Wa was consumed con con- with curiosity I resolved pettishly pet pet- that I would wait walt no longer lons-cr upon Lillians Lillian's modesty Dont Don t fancy Im I'm going to let you jOU stop talking I said childishly I Y want to know how you happened to be bo out hero so opportunely Lillian frowned d. d It is a trick of ot hers herR hersI herRI I know well welI ono she always employs when hen she eho ho Is 13 aked to relate anything about her boo own doln doings It is only when whon Lillian completely forget tors-et herself in a n. narration as sho she had done ono in describing lug ing the wounded officers officer's dramatic arrival arrival ar ar- ar- ar rival riYal at th the tho hospital that she inadvertently mad mad- allows ono one to catch a 3 glimpse of ot the initiative and tho the resourcefulness resourceful resourceful- ness which I Is always hers In any emer emer- gency goncy Theres Theras nothing much ranch to tell ten to she said In Li Surprised c I I caught ht hor her hand band and drew her down downto oWn to me Surely you arent aren't going In to makem mak make me m ill again with baffled curiosity I pleaded whimsically IY Sho She kissed me her fate face clearing There Theres no resisting YOU yon YOU yon persistent per per- child oho Aho ho said relenting Bat But there truly isn't much to tell teU You Tou remember I told you OU that we were keeping a strict watch over that German Gorman Ger Gor- r- r man who tried to enter my library whose whoso hand you jOU scarred with the tho earbelle ear car belle bolic acid or But I But I stammered r I thou thought ht he had be been captured and shut up upon that night ho followed Allen Allon Drake Drako and me to Jamaica Jamalca I saw the officer secure him Captured yes but shut up ip only for forn forno n no few hours hour Lillian returned He lie H Is too useful to our plans to remain shut up When ho he gets ets too obstreperous r- r ous ons we wo thwart him and put him out of ot tho the wa way until that particular plan of ot his has been spoiled Then we let him go o again but always guarded al although although al- al though he doesn't know it And An nd among his most confidential pals am are aro trusted fellows tetloW'S of ot our own one of or th them m. m about the tho cJ cleverest Verest chap we wo hav have The Tho man with tho scarred carr band hand doesn't send or receive a message or perform the simplest simplest sim elm act without this man knowing It Th The S Search H run n Ah hr Ahr The exclamation broke from inc me I T r recalled again Ernest's Ernests declaration declara declara- tion that he had sent word of or my presence presence presence pres pres- ence at the Inn to a man who was exceedingly anxious t to toT see mo me who had baLl a score to settle with me Did you ou see sea him at all aliT T Lillian deman demanded oo anxiously Was he the tIle man responsible to for that shot I haven't ent heard any report as yet yot ct fr from m our man who was shadowing him so 50 I dont don't know whether r he has managed to elude eldo eldous us or not I 1 dont don't think he was at the inn at atall aU all all at least I J didn't see seo him I re re- re I plied And tho the shot which put mo the i out of or commission commission ts as Dicky would I say was say was by tho the man who was killed About whom you ou are ore going to tell m me when hen I have satisfied your our ablo curiosity Lillian retorted smil- smil Ing ng Our system works very ery smoothly I he Ahe went on so 50 that It couldn't have been but but few tew minutes a a. after r tho the man with the scarred hand received a message mes mes- sago sage from the inn that I had a copy or of It It a aa as I receive copies of ot all his otters letters wires and md phones Have caged tho the pl pigeon eon you ron lost St It t ran She just flew Jew In The Tho thing came b by messenger evi dently having been telephoned to some someone someone someone one else elso first for s safety There wa wano was no duo to tho the place from which It had been I sent ent but the tho man Imme Imme- went to tire tho Lon Long Island sta sta- tion Of or cour course c as soon as R I received the COP copy of or the I dashed do down to the station m myself but he had al already already al- al read ready gone rone So th there re was nothing cl elso e to do but to go 0 to your house and find out where you ou had gono t r was tam tain the m message e meant you ou and you youcan youcan ou can Imagine how desperate I t was as when I found out that you ou had started awa away on oa a no walking tour If I seemed a a. hopeless proposition to trace you yon but something scorned to tell teIl me mo to try tho the hospitals first I first I suppose because there th-cre was nothing else elc to try Your mother law who In who Is a brick bless her her had had Katie pack up upI I some things of or yours ours in a Jiffy and I got that Marvin taxi man Doran b by tho the sheerest luck That chap can make mako a a. taxi stand on Its hind legs and ancI do everything but speak We o went o on ono one wheel round ever every corner struck here first and you and you know tho the rest To bo ho continued tom tomorrow |