Show I ADELE GARRISONS GARRISON'S N NEW I. I Revelations I I iI i- i II I of ora a Wife Wile WHAT III AS iS I I l TO ro t THAI My I mother law wasted tow few words in l settling Cousin Agathas Agatha's hash LillIan apprised her of the necessity of oC doing no so Agatha she said paid when that ancient damsel stood visibly trembling before beron her Ive Tv Tv stood stool a good deal doal from you ou first and last But BUl now that thal your our snooping al lIa has ended in In your our finding out something which might do harm Im I'm going coins to take a hand ht You OU march right back with me to Katie's Katies room and you ou leave It again only over O m my dead lead body until Alra Jr Underwood gives l the word tord ord Now march And nd Agatha Agalha with a like Ilke sniff meekly marched 1 hate to to miss the shindig m my I mother law said to Lillian as she Bho prepared to follow her re ro- ro kinswoman but I 1 guess Ill I'll bo ho of more marc this use wa way I 1 take ot of off In my best besl to that old olti lad lady Lillian remarked when she was out of or hearing 1 And Im I'm so 80 relieved that she Isn't I going to be in at the final round round- I up Well We'll have enough to lo do with wilh out taking care of noncombatants I. I I 1 wonder what whal Kato will ill do I 1 remarked to hido my sensitive cons consciousness that a n noncombatant I ant wa was what I would bo reck reck- on cd I Go straight to Harry as soon as ho he gets a chance Lillian replied and there was bitterness In her voice oice nut But Drake has something up his sleeve slee for tor Kato and that reminds mo roe he lie wants you to come corne over th there rc partly I Imagine to see him spring it Drake Isn't without with with- out a little masculine anft vanity I 1 s suspect and not averse to showing off otC ii u bit before beCore you So as I cant can't leave here and someone someone some some- one must be there you'll have to go Ill I'll keep Allis bus busy In the kitchen while you ou slip out the side Bide door And Anti dont don't como come back until I send William for tor you ou I 1 obeyed her without question and found my roy father rather Dr Pettit and t.-nd Allen Drake com corn In the library lIUra-i I r barely had a chance to tell thorn tham to Katos Kato's discovery of ot the hidden bidden paper when the tho Asiatic's deferential knock was heard at the door Allen Drake quickly quick ro rose e and placed himself In such a position that the tho servant senant would not see sec e him until he was well within the roomI room J I like to go out little while Kato began belon and then then then- Allen Drake reached out a slen slen- I tier der but sinewy wy hand grasped him b by tho the jacket collar ann ana turned Kato Kalo around until h he lie fa faced d him Then was that stolid taco face Ion eon toned with a most terrible fear rc fear te that T J realized had its ILs roots in something beyond ordinary Un on- on Mr Ir Drake held him taut for two or three long minutes silently gazing at him Then rhon he heJl Jl spoke rapidly in a l Jargon unintelligible to us but which Kato evi evl- dently well understood At the tho end Mr Drake asked two or three hort short sharp questions which the Asiatic answered submissively Then Mr Ir Drake led him to the door took h his is band hand from the theother's theother's others other's collar anti and deftly deUly forcibly kicked him into tho the corridor and ani 1 dozed closed Jtb tha door A Un Hes i our pur p- p ifrah body Od intI Idd soul he ho said a little mocking light of or triumph In his eyes and dusting his hands with his handkerchief hand hand- kerchief as ns It if he had hat touched something unclean Because of or something that happened years ago when ho was with me he belIeves in his superstitious soul that I am In league with the devil and can bring down all sorts of at torments upon his devoted do head So he wIllobey will willobey willobey obey me Implicitly He lie Has rias gone I to his employers now with In Instructions Instructions Instructions In- In to bring them here to tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow to- to I morrow night at a half halt hour pa past t midnight and when ho he comes come bask back here hero I will instruct him just how to get them In tho the house In every detail they will dance like puppets at our bidding The prophecy c came back to me the next night after attN midnight when I stood tense in the little al alcove a- a cove coe oft off my 10 in mother room the heavy curtains shrouding it In darkness Lillian had placed me there with the tho Injunction to watch W the stairway from the library al although although al- al although though wo we had recovered time the keys kes and both bolh doors were locked I know that it was a subterfuge to get gel mo me out of ot the way of tho the real danger but I was thankful to be bo even an onlooker at the tho drama which was about to be bo staged We 6 had managed that Kato lato should see sec the Chinese vase brought ht back to my in Inlaw's laws law's room for tor it afforded those of ofus ofus ofus us in the house bouse better lIng muing places And in those hiding places lilaces my fly father enfeebled hy Hit tut a deadly marksman Allen Drake with the switch of oC the tho electric elec lights removed and in his hand Dr Pettit two t Mock stocky guards tho the most moat trusted Lillian could get et and Lillian waited watt walt cd ed tn to spring tho the trap Ill take personal charge of ot Grace Crace Draper Drapor she he had promised Ir grimly hn I Im afraid the tho r r rest j t of or ou night might be a n. little too rous ruL It was exactly past half twelve when hen wo we heard the slight alight shuffling shuttlIng ing upon the stairs which told us that according to our own plan Mrs MM Allis had baa admitted iso con- con through a n. oldo ido window concealed by shrubbery and ana that KAto was bringing up the front stairs to tho room In another another an kO- other minute Kato Rato hImself evidently evidently evi evi- dently sent ahead d was casting the rays of ot n a flashlight over the room hi his face taco as ns as 18 asIf asif If It he ho didn't know of or th the watchers concealed there Voices from the Dark Dink Just what I say a he assured someone in the doorway Two old women with sick Rick girl way back In house other misses go 0 home young youn oun misses sleep Bleep I fix Nobody here All All' SI ISI sleep cc P. P By y I suppose you ou mean n that old ape with the wen on his forehead Grace Graco Drapers Draper's low but clear tones sounded amus amus- edly All right The better for tor you ou And Ard hero here I 1 suppose Is dear Madsea Madro treasure house bonne Its It's n n. wonder she didn't take It to bed with her If It I might suggest Bugs a a IL low voice with a a. hint of ot authority and than a hint of ot Teutonic ancestry an an- I said Ironically a n little less voice and more moro work I Another voice olce ono one that I r recognized with a a. thrill of or terror as that thal of ot the thc man roan with the scarred Land hand growled a guttural assent Who planned this whole thing thinK anwa anyway Graco Grace Draper retorted defiantly but I noticed that her voice was wan more guarded guarded- than be before be- be fore tore and that she film at once turned hor her attention to the tho Chines's vane valle I T deduced that thal the tho owner onor of the ironical voice volca held tho the r real al l reins of oC tho the expedition With Ith quick deft dell fingers rs show Ing that she he bad had remembered perfectly perfectly per por- 1 Kato Katos description oho sho emptied emptied emp emp- I tied tho the vase vane and taking a magnet I. I similar to mine from her dress dresp the metal motol pencil case caso soon lay within her hor hand Hut But Huth h when n she eho had opened It ft and had handed the rice rIco paper It contained to th the tho owner owner owner own own- er of ot the tho ironical voice whose mustached ched square face tace I 1 could see nee in the light of tho the flashlight he hold to the paper there broke broke- a n I startled exclamation from him I Fool Vat ie this 7 You have havo been fooled tooled and wo we- we This IB is a trap mean I S To b bo be continued |