Show lire c RETURN I ANTHONY TRENT r 5 ses b y WYNDHAM p MARTYN g T I by L I o y s CHAPTER CHAPTER VI Continued VI Continued 14 14 I I I must leave len th shouse s house bouse nt at once e exclaimed lie Ue Lie recognized me melie lie e Is here bere to rob and If II I tell Mrs Grant he lie will sill revenge himself Ion loutee see see I dare not remain t I But Bot where wa was ho taking you Why did dill he be chloroform you She gripped his arm as though the fears which had bad passed In their most form were again taking posses slon slon of ot her lier Do Do you see sec that tint little light movIng moving Ing gently It Is a 11 tramp steamer he be bebas behas bas chartered lie He was to carry me down to South America with him I Iv Ii v as to have bave been t eld there until to tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow morrow night nigh Tomorrow he Is go- go going going Inc go-Inc- ing to rob roll the house bouse and male make his escape It Is b all planned They fear the fine tine weather Is going to break up and If It he be dela delays s later Inter than Ulan tomorrow be cannot escape by water from here bere Ue lie felt her hu shudder at nt the realize lion tIon of ot her narrow escape I hope Ive I ve broker brolet his d-d d d d Trent muttered Ills us arm was about her ber waist and her head rested on his shoulder She signed a n little bitter bitterly If y She supposed that a woman sucha such n a she bad had no right to expect happl ness I I cannot tell you more now she said rising I I am still sUIl bait halt stupefied from the chloroform But Dut where here are arc you going coins he be asked The first you met would arrest you I dare not stay here Ive I fe an excellent r rian Ian fan he said cheerfully I ha hate ha c a secluded apart apartment apartment went ment and a dear old housekeeper who Is absolutely reliable Ill III I II tale take you to tier her now nou You can stay there for twenty henty years If It you want to You ii 11 find another guest In I Grant Grants s former husband whose hose money bought nil all this luxury lIe lies s hiding there till Ull UllI tillI tillI I can make the world safe for him You Tou must not run Into danger on my account she BaldIt said Bald ald It will wUl be more dangerous for both bothof ot of us If It you are denounced by ned fled lIch who will get free some time The butler buller may mav feel be he has to tell his hisem em loyer that you and I 1 know one another an and 1 then Ulen 1 I shall be Incited 1 to say why you sent letters to me an and andI andI 1 I sent em cm to you Our safety depend on your getting away Immediately But Dot hO how 7 There are no trains or trolleys nt at this hour and the men inthe In Intile Inthe the tile garage would bear hear you driving Ing your your car out ot 1 ot with ordinary luck be he os as assured assured her tier I can roll her do dorn the grade grad to the street I sha n t need to start the motor till then Trent bad had a 3 garage key Ley and ond rolled out Ills his car cor so noiselessly that none heard him halm lIe Ue wrapped la wile elIe Dupin In a n heavy Y fur coat and further 11 disguised her with colored goggles I 1 ve e got cot to male make time lime he said as the machine began to hum bum rhythm sally cally and and I daren t be arrester arrested for tor SI weeding ceding This cool night air sill 11 blow those fumes away pretty soon When hen you can cnn tell me just what bap pen cd She he told him what ha Ince ent red ent-red her room roomI I hope I shall never smell that tabac Maryland eser eHr ha hale hae e I 1 felt so alone and aud hopeless flow lIow could 1 I know Inow that the cigarettes be was throw Ine Ing from the window would case ive me Once on board that ship and there tl 11 ere uld have ha been no nomore nomore more ore I help lip for me In tills this W I hI hIlIe lie set himself elf to banish these theoe ter rIlle Ie memories lou lou will sill III It In sour our new Dew home bome be Ill reminded 1 ir lou will willbe willbe be with two of my dear nod faithful frieD frien Is Is Don t forget by the way to write a n te to Mrs Irs Grant rant sa saying saving yo ere suddenly culle called 1 n away y II From Jersey City tHy he telephoned tu to Mrs rs Kinney e w e shall be bp e expected he said climbing back Into ll tl f car arid and you IOU will Vill find yourself ut at home During the fl w f-w V minutes of ot the ferry trip 1 t e told tJ r why she would find lind Sutton Sulton there Ue lie will think tr uble of mint bas Interfered with abet wint you were going to tu do for him s1 cl e a e said sold con contritely contritely tritely Tl 11 en J t e I IP I P all marred out t fir r Sn Ion ton Iono Io o a woman nt of If Mrs frs Kinney KInneys s tape l there thereas was as something not II 11 little i ollar In called ailed i from froll her slumbers tt t t such n nfl hour Put dur rag illg ng the years she hi l b cu eu with t 1 Im she hod had con cone e to rl pose Implicit alth faithlin althIn In Ar l iy ay Trent it She hc he wl h-d h she be ice Ce him married If a 3 toman a-toman oman soman his f might b be found telI She saw haw nw as ns the loor J a n tel I roman omah with distinguished features smIle ai art Trent rent In tr lured ncr nr Worn om e Mr Sirs disapproved of the dress she wore ore was one who bo should sho be splendid II 17 ed Sutton Sulton knew she ahe was beautiful and hind had rather the grand manner with her Miss Dupin Trent declared Is going to stay here until her affaIrs are more settled I owe one O e my life to Mr Trent she said Tonight I was In very Cry grave e peril and he saved me It Its s a 0 habit with Ith him Sutton Sulton said 1 lies lIe Ile s engaged in sa saving me right now Captain Sutton Sulton Is q a profound ex exaggerator Trent laughed Let us have some coffee Lt Let Lct me arrange my hair first Mademoiselle Mademoiselle elle Dupin said Bald looking In Ina ina Ina a mirror I am bedraggled While bone I rent said you se e got cot to copy these pleasing communications In your your own hand handwriting handwriting writing Ue lIe passed n a paper to the captain on which a n half halt dozen pars para paragraphs paragraphs graphs of a n few lines each were pen clued Sutton saw that they tiley were rather rother melodramatIc threats addressed to Payson Pason Grant crant I I don t understand be he said be Ue lie He will ss when hen he gets sets them Trent laughed These are necessary to the complete destruction of his morale When Sutton bad written each paragraph on a piece of plain paper Trent put them In his lib pocket Good Goodhe Goodhe Goodhe he exclaimed I can cac t tell you much now but I III 11 be back In a few days with everything outlined Meanwhile just n a word about Miss 11 5 DuIn Dur In She s sIn sin In just as os much danger dancer as os you ou ore are She must most not be encouraged to do more than look 1001 out of the window You can t mean that girl has baj been outside the law lass Sutton was as aston astonIshed ton One of the cleverest est and ners nen lest of them all Trent Treat said Sutton she Is the only person I have ha met In my mv career who fooled me and got cot away awny with I It An And 1 she s as much through with that hit sort of life lICe as I am He fie I cl Wed a n little tittle uneasily on his I wonder what shot hat sort of ot a d-d d d d fool you I think me for toll tall In like this I sup suppose suppose suppose pose you think my verse ncr has gone Perhaps It has hns Sutton touched the tile otters ers s arm with witha Ith Itha a swift sudden motion of affection Trent he be said you know we e men ne never ner r can say what s In our hearts because we feel ashamed of showing an anything thing deeper than the or lou haven en Invent t lo lost t your nerve lou haven t lo lost t anything lou se found to something I they were both glad clad when Dupin came into InlO the room She had arranged her Iler hair In Ina ina Ina a winner minner so much more becoming that It seemed to Trent she he had wrought a miracle There was no mention of the graver craver events of the tile night It was Trent s aim to leave leae her ber in a 0 brighter mood Before I 1 go he said and I haven en t ten minutes left write out your formal resignation re While Mademoiselle Dupin was at atthe atthe the e escritoire he walked to the kitchen en where Mrs Irs Kinney had gone cone lou told me once onee you had been beena a dressmaker n he began For three year she said saidIe lie Ie took look out a roll of notes and put them In hr hand liand Take Tal lI Mss Miss s DUlin Dui Dut In s measurements IS Cs well ssell ell as ns you cm can out lolling letting I er erI erI I now It It and co go to a gI g I i d store an on II 1 1 I I uv something su table for her to 10 wear For or some ns us 1 1 I can i t ev ct explain plain she sties shies 8 Ing I She Shies b bd d dine ne enough nou h of ot It l I I can cnn t t t tear car to see tier Iler dressed as olio ati h ib Is I noI now noss I l h hire 1 e known t ter er n a Ion long time three and I 1 have ha havene ne neer cr er seen n a women belter better turned f cut ut II tl an she blie he used to be De Destroy lroy th Ot cc things she he I as os so she bhe simply must wear better ones After a time chic he II get happier Mrs Irs Kinney never neer asked osbed for om am amplified Instructions t I I ton I I r I rr n she said old I She She III alit III pro I Illy want to help hell I you JOu In the house I 1 et her tier It wilt whit I do her good Don t let her sit It alone alon OtH and mope When Hen Trent returned to the big room Mademoiselle Dupin had written n a note nole regretting her hurried depar departure lure ture and Air Mrs Grant that she could be addressed nt at the general delhery err Son Diego California This pleasant city cit had the nd nd of beIng only se seventeen enteen miles from we the MexIcan bor border Trent left leet the two prisoner pris In a so lighthearted light hearted that they ere assured of his triumph Outside the door LIs face fac lost some borne something thing home thins thing of Its con confidence e So fir us os he new knew he be had hind brought tile the Countess to the city unseen and unsuspected nut But he ba had 1 no menus means of fit knowing that some pr In e eyes es hind had not Dot observed ell hm hint It was light when ben be he came In sIght of the big white while palace by the sea sealIe lIe He brought his car cor up the slight ns as ascent ascent cent almost without noise II the Ie saw none about and no face peering t Low om any window On the table In the hall be lie placed the letter Mademoiselle Dupin had written be ascended with the utmost caution to the deserted top hour which was rhut off on from rom the servants sen ants quarters in the rear It was well ell lie he ha had 1 thought to make mole the room tidy Furniture was upset and flow flowers ers fallen from lr vases were on the floor There was such obvious C of a sever severe struggle that he wondered none bad heard lIe Ue Bath gathered ered up what of tier Jer belongings he be could see fee and ond stuffed them Into n a grIp Mrs Grant might be lie resentful at the sudden departure of her teach er cr but she need not noL now v fear violence and call In officials of There was another thing to do be- be before be before fore ore he took tool the rest he be crl ed Un des del the door of ot Grants s room Trent thrust one of the letters Sutton had written blindly lIe Ue could sv Sl s without fear tear of ot error that the cow com comIng cornIng fog Ing day would be an exciting one CHAPTER VII The Letter From Nowhere Albert Thorpe the tte butler was the first In the bon house e to awaken awalen Since Mrs Grant had ordered him to obey Implicitly he be slept uncomfortably uncomfortably on n a camp bed drawn across the door of the footmen s room and might not even rebuke them for snorIng snorIng lug Ing since his errand was ns a secret one oneAt oneAt oneAt At daylight lie he considered himself free to go downstairs and mix him bim himself himself self a n little stimulant I cx he be tooka looka took look a handful of sweet crackers from a box and opened a door lending leading to the terrace Here lIere every morn mornIng mornIng fug Ing the were wont tont t ont to walt wait for the biscuits and bear the jovial lal jo sort of talk dogs dos t o 0 e They were In their accustomed 1 place this tills morning but not again would they prance about their friend rJ nd and show v tl tI er err cir affection The man mansaw mansaw sow saw Instantly that they had come to theIr end through poison polson For all his stately airs and commanding pres presence presence ence the butler bod had a soft heart where dogs were concerned 1 Tears filled his eyes and the desire for Inflamed his heart After all nil the detective ha had 1 been right In his Ills precaution It if mistaken In his Thorpe Imme immediately sought out Yeatman Obviously Ob a 0 search of the premises must be wade made under the detectives s leadership Mr Ir tollman leitman was lS not In his bis room his I led cd had not teen slept In It H was In another sort of bed he be hid passed a night full of alarms cramps and ond the Intrusion of Inquisitive e rodents Mien hw lie he came to con consciousness In the cold hour bour of dawn he found himself elf so securely bound that movement was as Impo Ie and so well gagged that he could utter no sound bound lie dl did 1 not doubt that his assail assailant ant no no amateur n was violence violence was a of the woman oman be he hid 1 so nearly abducted tie lie had been Illy to be J 30 ao rash It had always al always ways nys bee been n with him JIm that hat a n woman made him banish his Nils caution There tl tI c e male attitude to dazle daz le the theIs liew H Is mi in ill hid hid teen his ruin ere thIs He the saw aW I him only disaster t lie Ie to was lying amid the house wis IS being robbed which Ie le hid teen to protect the lie would tc to for a a 0 bid detective when hen Ie le 1 e hid desired to bea beo be a o successful uces thief Thorpe Tl Gilled up Regan nt ot the ga garage garage garage rage Tt Tie The e two dt digs gs h hue hise I e been poisoned he announced and 11 Its s mr my t tenet lIet bur burglars fors III dl l It II Itu u lIu u 1 I better search the grounds round while I go o through tl tI e ehouse ehouse hou house e TO OF Or CONTINUED COr |