Show dim ELP CHAPTER IX continued 16 do you think silos with him film before lie he could answer tile the telephone bell rang sharply and the quickness with which lie he turned and snatched the receiver off the hook betrayed tile the tension of excitement under tinder which lie he was laboring been looking for thel tie he exclaimed A man named mallory Mal loryl I 1 well why you try these apartments sooner where Is tie now 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 all right dont waste any more time that you 31 Mal allory loryl 11 what as that that you say youve got the girl cattle canie back to tier her room did she 0 0 0 0 0 she like violent fit at all t well wait a minute hold tile the wire ril ill tell you what to do with will her ue he turned round then and began bleaking rapidly to doctor mcall mcailster Mc Allster ter tile the girl went to tier her room and mallory lias has got tier her lie says ashes perfectly quiet not violent at all that Is but ashes taking on a great deal protesting that tier her arrest in must be a mistake so its clear she gone off into one of f those subjective states of hers here but what tire are we to do with her do you suppose shed be of service to us in getting track of wll will kins shed probably take pretty rood good care not to pet got him into trouble I 1 suppose if she suspected that we really wanted him tell him to bring tier her here said my chief his eyes eye shining with excitement we shall be able to use tier her never fear yes have mallory bring tier her to this room alliton hesitated for an instant thou thell transmitted tile message word for word to mallory and hung flung up tile the re receiver colver 1 I dont quite soa it lie he went on thoughtfully unless wilkins took her into tits his confidence site she wont know anything about him it he did shell be on tier her guard not to betray him anil and a stupid stubborn verson person like that sometimes makes a lot of trouble the doctors doctora aul lf f reply was a comment which sounded a little irrelevant 1 I told you I 1 said lie he that in tier ier subjective states tier her whole sy system of sensory nerves seems to be abnormally stimulated almost to a hysterical degree 4 had it on my tongue to ask him what lie he il meant illeane when the sound of footsteps foo tepa approaching along the corridor cut the question short tile nest moment there was a tap on the door the detective mallory ushered uslie red jane perkins perking back into our sitting room billere slie site Is lie said briefly do you want tile me yes ires said the doctor sit down I 1 you sit down too perkins ns here in the easy chair where you were before f 0 re no my poor child theres nothing I 1 ng to be frightened about dont cry were not going to hurt you the perfect poise and balance of tits own nerves gave him film it a tremendous power of calming the nerves and quieting the fears of others that single sv sentence otence spoken in tits his calm resonant voice did more tu to reassure tile girl lhnn I 1 could have done in an hour now INOW youre not afraid tiny any more jane lie he went on this little mirror swinging so lilies you calm again even makes you sleepy youre going to sleep already your eyelids are heavy liei ivy your hands are heavy too and quite relaxed just its as they are when you go to sleep youre asleep now fast asleep once more inore and only once the doctor hummed the strange droning tune of the death chant and I 1 saw by the little shiver that went over the girls body that the transformation of tier lier personality had ila already taken place watch said I 1 to ashton As liton watch the girls face youve been beell showing me wondern tonight lip said in III a voice that was vas dulled with amazed bewilderment but tills this Is a wonder that out olit tops thin tile all all that hint was true for there under his eyes tie lie saw reappearing in III the alie body of this english chambermaid ali the strange stinnie wild creature lie he had bad gone with us to tc st SL martinis hospital to s sc e a couple of nights before the doctors voice broke the silence ile he spoke to the girl a single short sentence in what I 1 now recognized to be the maori tongue then without a pause lie he went on oil 1 I am speaking in english now pan fan enna all and you understand me tell UK twe that it Is so her answer was a sort of clinking guttural impossible one would think for a western throat to produce say it in english the doctor coni coin mantled EL ke eles es she said the doctor turned to the detective mallory allory 11 he said you know where wilkins room in the hotel ho tel Is dort don t you yes yea sir but its locked hes gone ione off with will tile the key dont waste time trying to find another key sold said tile the doctor dereak the door down and leave it so that we can walk directly in then go to tills girla awu room find some wraps y YORKE DAVIS an sr lc copyright 1926 a ha bat and nd a cloak and a pair of over shoes then got get your own hat and overcoat and come back here mallory hesitated and cast an inquiring glance toward A ashton s I 1 I 1 ton oh yes said ashton with a laugh laug h iles hes the boss now take all your orders from him film the doctor smiled smile d 11 1 I think want your overcoat yourself and let me ine recommend a clip cap if you have suet such a thing rather than a derby theres there Is no telling how long we well weil il bo be out and tile the air Is cold tonight with all this half frozen dampness in it while the other two men went on their several errands doctor mcamis tor ter and I 1 found our ilsters and cava tile the doctor added to his fits equipment a heavy walking stick and a huge pair of what lie he called galos galoshes hes ashton was ready as soon its as we were and mallory keep us walting waiting more than two or ciree minutes lip lie was dressed for the expedition himself and tie he had find over his fits arm the green cloak and in tits his hand carried it a rather preposterous hat which was just about the sort of piece of mil finery one might expect jane perkins ns taste for adornments of this sort to result in the girl got up and huddled herself into the cloak when the doctor hand E L here she Is he said briefly do you want me ed it to her in a perfectly natural sort of way as if it was a garment with W th which she was well acquainted all ready asked the doctor then lets be off mallory you show us tile the way we want to go to wll kins room first all of us questioned ashton tile the girl too yes said the doctor sties the important member of this expedition I 1 caught then and it made my llesh flesh creep a little my first inkling of his fits purpose but it was perfectly evident from Ash tons face that no such idea had occurred to him she better be handcuffed hand to mallory Mn llory lie he asked as we were leaving the room silo she might give us tile the slip no said the doctor shell follow follow like it a dog we threaded our way vay in silence through the corridors to wilkins room it wits was a small room and I 1 stayed back in the corridor with mallory to make room for my chief cliplef and ashton to go in III with the girl what I 1 saw through the doorway was curious and interesting doctor mcalister Mc Allster strode straight across to the wardrobe flung open the dom of it groped for a moment in its interior inter I 1 or with one hand then withdrew it waving triumphantly an old silo alioe e and now Asli Ash tons eyes lighted up with the surmise which had conle come to me it a few moments earlier good god McAll mcailster Mc Allster sterl 1 tie he exclaimed chi lined what are you going to do ini im going to tint find haines alnes II alias wilkins if he got too long a start on us As lie finished speaking lie he ostentatiously li sniffed at the shoe himself aart an held field it out to the girl osa enns she said exactly said the doctor 1 joslin haines alnes II you cant possibly mean exclaimed ashton that youre going to try to trac track ik lint him with tier as it 11 as tt it she were a hound its Impost impossible ible impossible and horrible too he added with a sl shiver ilver so far as the horror Is said the doctor we cant afford ao 00 0 be squeamish with telephone and telegraph wires down all over the city and likely enough trolley wires too lie ile has too great on an advantage if ct us to warrant our rejecting any weans nans of finding him film that come to hand even though they are primitive As aa nr its being impossible exactly the thing were going to test I 1 dont believe it Is the girl scented ui naif way across morgans study avd and pointed us exactly as ag a setter points a adall and she confessed to vie me that shed she identified the inan tiered dered by his odda 11 n without waiting for any reply k turned abruptly to the girl and goos to her in maori asking her a if one could judge from the odd ing uon tion of the thick guttural words worda i is her eyes already there was ii a kina a smoldering fire the doctor cried 0 something mare mo re in maori and accod ac panted the exclamation with a bestul of both hands toward the doorway booro ai the girl darted out between and me like some wild beast u leashed leasher lea shed and set out down the tha carrik at a slow alow swinging trot her head betit low and swaying sideways it i ay irl uncanny to see tier her I 1 felt ruy rily alyk creep as I 1 set out to follow her mallory had not understood ani and hi bi made a motion to detain tier her bur was checked by a pre ordet nr dk from ashton ash ton follow along I 1 cried the doctor keep os as close as you can we ive neustol lose sight of herl her we had find lost sight of tier her already for she had find turned to the right int cross corridor when we reached til n corner where slie she had turned we ire al lial halted ted as if some medusa hand flood tg I 1 suddenly turned us to stone the Ate meredith redith Is a high building we were on the eighth floor door but th ati girl was in the act of getting out of 01 window mallory recovered the used his fits muscles first and rushed corwan in an attempt to for etall what seau to him a deliberate attempt at hold ont on I 1 cried the doctor seiei she only going where wilkins went it 1 there was a way down there for bt alq shell be able to follow him sabeti and wherever they can go dij ashton 1 I guess becan we can follow ile he started down the corridor as bi spoke I 1 should probably have agreed with him had find I 1 not become aware jm jus then that the door beside which I 1 wai standing opened into the eleva elevate tot shaft and the gauge showed that ati elevator was descending I 1 signaled signal edh 6 to stop on the chance that it dign prove useful by that time ashton had alread joined mallory at the window A 1 patently parent ly one glance was all they neat ed for they came hurrying back citi white faces site she has worked herself along a six sit III inch ch ledge said lid the lawyer to u iron standpipe its not concel valli that wilkins went that way dont forget that he be was ball franklins first mate said the doctori but this Is a better way for us conn comi along we all four plied piled into the elevate and told the boy to drop us as quiet ly as lie could right through to to basement the excitement in our face was imperative he threw the leve lete over and let us ua down at a trent endow doi rate this way cried mallory rus off in tile the dark r we lost sight of him film but heart head 0 sounds of a struggle he was haTI 1111 with a badly warped door which ert ed a dently had not been opened in a loi 11 time ile he conquered it just as 83 11 0 came up with him and the next ui us 11 ment peering out in tbt the misty cal fl light to see whether whet lier we had bakel t the right direction after all we ve map man S out a dark blurred figure which wu wat n nevertheless unmistakable still it 1 that crouching attitude with bowd 11 head swaying from side to side tit girl was working round in 6 circles trying to catch the scent presently site she caught what she hii been searching for straightened UPI 0 little out of tier her crouching attitude 0 set out briskly at a gult gait which wit vis I 1 neither nelt lier precisely a walk nor a ruit ba if which if she should keep it up al 01 wo fh tax our powers to follow she threaded tier her way down a three thre tr foot paved passage which led out d fo the court and into a larger onti crossed tills this and vaulted over a 1 brick wn will into the alley which t seated tile I 1 block behind the maredia fe slie site trotted tile length of this with straggling along behind tier her us as bea b we could crossed the boulevard wo fal out a glance to right or left and fedt straight on dowa dohrl the hie alley 01 1 through the lie next block you see commented the alie boeta lie took elaborate precautions aga being recognized in tile the neighborhood of the Ble meredith redith aloo every guest at the hotel as well 0 the full force of servants know all h dut but ill his chance of encountering encounter ln IN aw such person diminishes rapidly ai is gets away from the vicinity ot of w 01 hotel hell leave the riley alley to tell tail to the streets presently A TO HE CONTINUED 18 |