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Show - ' . - V- - afJX ' ; color, saying: V'TlieyJnight be a little civUer lartheir answers, if it is Mr. Keatcham's suite." The story opens at Harvard where Cot. suicide of. young Mercer, He met cary . . viir aia. - ot,i.,.-ii,cpjonel, jWir r. nnHHW--,uir Tn I5UK" Three' vears latfrl In CWcaRfl;"Only that it was Mr. Keatcham's 3ot. Winter ovr heard Gary Meri r ap-- 1 o suite Mr. E. S. Keatcham as If that kidnap AreWer-th- e parentlv plannfnfr-tcolonel's ward, and to gain possession oft put getting into i.t quite out of the A Miss Aunt apparently as a question. Some, underling, 1 presume." Smith was rnentiom-met a Winter .unexpectedly "There is theNuioccupied room .beconspirator. Melville, who kVelatlve. tween. That is not iiecounted for. But J" old hm that Ills Aunt Rebecca. Miss Janet Smith, it shall be.' I will And out who is in nd the tatter's- nurse. the I Vtrf to leave- for . the west withflosn-4- thera ftupert rose aaTlie " spoke, eolorirl ai Mrs. MtjtviHe A tT eat i on aboartlithe trsin elal maKnate prlckedy the craving for action nfJi which Gol. Winter met his Aunt Rebec-"- ', nian accustomed to quick decision. He Miss Smith and Archie. He et his to watch over Cary heard his aunt brusquely : repelling Mercer--C- ol. .Winter learned that tn Millicent's proposal of the police, as Katcham., I " -- financial mnjrnarte is Edwin 8! the colonel he left, the room. Indeed, she called I Cary"Mercer, On approaLldnK 1 nhhediWinWr aldedn)y AfChle, him back was to exact a promise that he o . tue oiuverlv" frustrated a hold-u- p - tasi a tfraat-- wi took train.tYt - Ha. . connection ABnfra Her fltlecrea a u omnia. auce puuiic. ..,-we want 10 uuu uiui, With thewt"" kldnapina proi, wniyn The was her 1 grim, addendum; "and we yet rsvealed to Khis relatives lr libt narty"arrlvecl-- hi "8an--were-bican't'lfave' the police- - and the news-- f beg penmns there thar papers hindering us." gang. An hie niyster-hind -ths hold-u- p - 4ously(disappeared. --- f: fir-th- e - omcele found external courtesy and a rather perfunctory -CHAPTER V, " a suppressedrui sympathyr"hsed-- n -Clews! Blind TTj: -- visible conviction that the fterfectly cried thia Js prepoaterous':: . seen Tfoy "had stolen out Tor a gttmpBe cf the lira, j MelrtUi'y ou, luuat-JL8T- e of out the room; you city, and would be back shortly. &m had be come The manager had no objection to were directly in front of the doors atl : Winter, whom he knew -teHingjCpl thetme-slightly,- - that the occupant of the uext the colonefr"can waaMmltted l"l -- olrthe Toom was tuiiaoyeJUuini -; He apoke to Miss Smith. She had highest BpecfabrfltyT" srown Dale: Jhe 'did not know that his Wigglesworth. If the young fellow Jie should otrn color had turned. Millicent stared didn't turn up for .dinner, To ; Wigglesworth be to ask . jvjrs. glad om on to MafOtnsi-j---?-she exclaimed; let Mtsi 'Wnttei' examine f"'Howirr3Tcul6us!" would be "'of course aot; but he must be some but he rather thought they qh meHlobt where l Jet They usually carried caps Xook as they might through all the Ui8hat mntv rooms, tnere Was nol in their pockets ahd ax to coats-b- oys tflrinonever thought of their coats, vestlKe of the boy, He was as clean The of out. manager's cheeriness did not -- If fallen he as iad vanished tnecol The 'the closed and locked windows. aftoToheF examined them all: had there had gone Teen one open, he would have peered ankind'a ieneflL Miss Smith was not told, and did not he out; never why, had he as - outside, frightened . been when : death was at his elbow. to him behind But" It "certainly wasn't, possible to making cautious signals -- otherwise she was back not only a window, and jump through , s.l. 1A mien of sympathetic I ' .the ....Tt preserving : rs, anui, out iock ii unci r show 1,, ,' im solemnity which she was used to ft unaer every ueu, iu cvcij fcjax visits of con- first at and funerals was ne "ucu . . . ... . . . . rowiea.; seanjums ,1 -a returned. By this time aoience ana congratulation 10 a.Torc- j Mr. Winter wore as usual, r nltdfAi and natlir. friends. Mrs. Winter, "s airs, ivieiviiie n obiiovcu, She:" was -; 0illy, Irritated as well." "I Think it Is n inscrutable composure. still firmly opposed to calling In the out sneak to Archie In unpardonable : in this Did she object to his making a few "I suppose the. hoy wanted to see the town a bit," observed Aunt Re-- inquiries among the hotel TSellboysTtbe becca, placldly.t"Rpe'rtcome in and elevator boy and the people in the or 'ffTheToffice? alt down; he will be back.Nln a moat Not all, if he" would be cautious. If a smoke youXnerves cigar, ment; So he sallied out, and, in the midst ,. need calming." were of his fruitless inquisition, Millicent Ttupert felt as; ten. called bacKW5ommon sense out appeared. . . X 1. II. J 1 of Imaginary horrors of the dark. forcing a civil smue, ne awaueu uer I (gTSS J?V 7itJ1 .. ? . Jmt Oft 4 . Bebectja-Winter'nnHlio- d Mrs.-MUU- ' : ' ' WSII '"j6L. It" JNfo -- tw ' Wiinnmi ' fnfeMV$jfc W-MIM!- I l V I .vov IliztVk. W.I &s2 11? -- Are-hi- il orderly-Bergtllal- OlA Ml S &flW. "v7- e ey. ' - j -" Vl - 1 w fsifiletmliilneil res-taiira- ion!tmlnd me.,"-- did he leave his hat: and coat behind sald shex mournfully: "you will feel done everything In better him?" asked Miss Smith. the' . be I "He may your power. only exploring "Doirt-b- e I shall "But k anything? hotel," Bald Mrs. Winter, A o restless, Bertie;- sit down," "I fear not Has ttnot occurred to The colonel's eye was furtively you that he has been kidnaped?" "Hmn! " said the colonehv tographlngeyery - irtlcle of liurniture on "And did you notice how perturbed lingered it longest room; the ia Mrs. Winter's --wardrobe trunk. which Miss Smith seemed ? She wasulte toave -- jj not-dlacov- er ff- -- waa-Btand- tng UhetioBandall tDatehefcagltiittoaaaiiulteQtS able." been dispatched for ahot.-wate- r "She is tremendously fond of -- I bottle ia lieu of one which had sprung a leak on the "train; so the trunk Archie." : : v "Oh she knows more ihan sh will atood, its door ajar. " "Maybe he is doing the Genevra say.";---"Oh, what rot!" sputtered the colo Ihat.what you . are tunt,there-i- s and then he begged hef.pardori.. "Well, go nel; she jeered. thinking?" - - "Walt," he counseled, and his man's - look." ' , VV """ ' Ugnt as her tOUB- waB. &he- was nbt unaffected by the contagion of anx- - feet, as masculine Immobility always effervescence lety about her ; after a momentr while has, on the feminine - Rupert was looking at the wardrobe before him. "Wait," was his word, "at a chance to trunk, and' even "profanely exploring j least until we give the boy he has if turn slipped ud: by us,' he . the swathed gowns held in rigid safety own ac on his n a mnvMi little knilt alia is n paaear taking oa, U j UL IUUUC1, aaw UtlllUS kl sometimes restless countplads the rooms herself. If they are held too steadily in the 1 nere t i wui iui leash, esuecially If you will excuse Cs,J that ladles.",; "Of "course not "said his aunt, he has frightened us out of our "If tl: "tangnldiy, 8iflk4ngHBtoh--aleswitswellTI don't kwwJBatT)ughtn't chair; "but your mind Is easier. Archie to html donT ; for dinner; vwill come ' back , "Oh, well, Ietus wait and hear his . worry."-Fetorted storvTfpeatede-soldle- i HoW could he-gT3utlhe'lasf streak of red; faded out the colonel, 1 chill - foambked up of Thewestf Inelgb-borln- g - "Perhaps he went, inta the from the darkening hills,- - and Archie rooms," Ml88 Smith suggested. had not come. At eight, Mrs. Winter the-do- or -"Shalt I go '5rdefedTIinBeft(rbe-8erve- d e the rooms. Mrs. Smith had not returned. of the next room right the last room of the .party was .ThircQloneMAttempted.a : military .: : - a corner room. ... . :. , cheerfulness, which his aunt told "him Aunt "Why, you might,'! 'acquiesced bluntly, later n the evening, reminded Tlebeccaut-AtrMelvUlet- Afi In critical rnds of hefrwords cases" where the patient's mindTnust "Pray let, me go, Aunt Rejjecca," be kept absolutely nuiet. the' action iaJhe .'. But she atejmore than he at dinner she hegged,-aultln- g of out was the door almost although- - herrewn-recu- iu was" not a and words, f avowed that ofreiwfcMWe very good f ""'"'l-Th- e others waited; they were sl-- - 8hewasTtoo" .wcedbtpatutrishe lent : little flecks of : colorl raddled was tempted bythe strawberries and the-Ga- tt 'Mr8T"WIBTerttheakS.:-TheyCo- ul Jhear Millicent's knock reverberating fornlaowls reaUy ao poor and ave " fthe tgarapJetlreriieoeStef in. partlai-an- d Tnrif the end making a Jh.e. adjacent, room "4 proposed the fair examination-ifair mead colonel. very It Is not to be supposed that Winter "I'll telephone,"" said Mrs" Winter, tad -- ' -- , . - - 8i8taee-4o-ppeaFanc..- jtser lma 1 " 1 V U3 daet iu boxtowM.rJliP5V; me-hye- lly " -- et by-ie- ?" lefttOh on-th- sit. I I understand Mrs. Winter ah, your aunt, Is an elderly woman."? -sister-in-law- , Mrs. Mel-"This yttle WinteiV explained the colonel; -in years, bnMBf My aunt 1-bnothlngi else." -rThe colonel, ln-- a-f ew words,- dis my ORe-Millir- ...r-...,.- -j. : n - 1 zr that-down- : - . " some-thin- -- , . - : - to-Wi- -- glftncezin-which"wa- cis." - - "I , : . Jo-war- d - -- . .!P.ittl.,?t, -- - after-dinne- lmi41-MatHre- k - . 1 - "T jHaley 'a jlyZIwaa unexpected: "Yes. sor. I Been him this day, in the morning, In this same hotel." !' J'" ". M , "Drinking coffee "at a i&bie in th coort." He wint1 out, bavin; paid the ;iQaiejresiarwhe to his aunt; no, he was not grabstory bing at any excuse for. delay; Jf he could watch that girl's face while he told his story he would well, he would have his mind settled one way . I Ptianother waiter "enough "Idmake 'Jhlffi nay ,; Here the: telephonft 'Thank ye. sor,' but not enough to manager inrormea uoi. mier mat hmkefhImBmlle.".and teyrounfppin Mrs.' Wigglesworth had returned. ' " Wigglesworth? What an. extraorall the chair.- - I follied him to the dura, but he got into an autymoblle--".- rr: name!" cried " Millicent when dinary '"Get the numberTTr;-:"1":"":;:?.":- "" the colonel shared his Inform alkm.. "Good old . 21)8, ; rH wtotettowhi"to.mifiure.--passe.over to the colonel an old en Wof velope on which Was written a number. amended with a t"'M. 20139," read thecolonel, care-- ' at this moment, fully noting down the numberjh, h krf at jhQlPQE own memorandum dook. Ana ire re .. There M all flected CThat is a Massachusetts world between InowTgbmer6SiWl8t thff' tnWlhirchamberr-Th- Turwar flung lived lone, achiWejccesBjwhias" lauehotf Mfenintf loved velon the te-has e ot. gray to one aide, and there : who has "gained thtls f'ust vet nap of the carpet was an Irregular, much; Bprawllng. stain aboot wh!ch - were mn,-andJova pt little- - children; spattered other stains, some crTfn son, Snd accom- some almost blaclu : plished" hiBUsfcThof has left i; the world befer TBan he fohnd lt,;"wBelhef colonel knelt down and examined the by anmprov& pW$fKfait4ct poem, or a rescued soul; who "you are; right, it is blood." lackej appretffelSf.wrlarfls lf4Uty There wsa a tap on the door, which nor failed to express it; who, has al- a"wFSi lopkrdt ItfFilJnresOh ' others for. a permission.- - MSHcenti rsgi fafirgiveff thff besfhriadf-whoslite withrighfe-cosld-enlUeIhelpless; Watsarj ;plrt'ttrrwllp .a eneulctlonrv-BeflsleStanley pale face and the brilliant, imperious j yjs at her, aiinu Jn London, for 0 "What did you say. Bertie? &tin TlTere are iH schools X 1e3ucaTIbtrTnr- XlltrnjhwTio na. J Rebecca Wlntefi included ul O . right to the whole.truth.". its or ecnes2iijarei'feel)-f- c ; v , CHAPTER led and defec U.a talfls:Yea,';ld aafver - -- e I ; rrnwr -- -- (tlxllJt J . -- ; iif " . whlle-thfr4-est- af hoe - f ; sleoderf-i-"rathe- . . ' . X" . I I trauy-mat- - two-th- " B n - heforftonerltadli ndHfiF:tlffl err - touch nf Jaauteur-an- d. there came ...a Knocr a: the difference in the knocks; knock,, as !" rnioiitBiinten' 'ottefi'licOSDiilTeri: information ended thei-e- He tlonal hint in 'regard to the character idle; y oTthe one beEmT'tWTrcTtferttnd room. There was no response; but put a guard in the hall and had seen his usual stolid mien, but his , hands i had about "Well. Bertie?";: Mr4 I T. HaJeyrwhoi-eportedrhatfoften, also, the mood of the knocker la hia wife nnmbeT'of the wh ph. she calledthe r clenched." The colonel con reflected In the sound which he makes; con most f-matruat work, - - & tiflck "triier-TTaslowly Ml in f andrhild had frene to ajjlnawomanroom adjojnlhgJhe3emeXia-etlitinued: "answer, for 'she announced her .name. Santa Barbara, ?.""You are to find out, If you can,' by iudae that the person, who knocked at j mission struck Rupert on the heart; care.- Woman haa . t, an...M,MAJ "Have you seen a yoiing lad?", she con rSOie The L.. : uc oiuuucu Icfaping acqualnfance Witnfh-ta- r it ae this moment must be ttroman, tor me k was icw lniied, after M ap.16iy: If "have auto that you ; aVnfU wai'nfilond: htit al a uauwu aiuict, mi , wi ue s fiage :meri, them. "lie DeioiTgsrTu t)Ul. liHTtyritat I see, aa well as ly gentle; one. might even guess that short figure Wng chlia VHttett a description, he by chatCe got4nW your roomT. and iTwlddy;.wcnian---wUh-ttt.vcr- ; feoMiiH the-- tapping; wm shrtin kea - ln--i thehuge.. Jig! was agltatid,' for she. a in' wan little that's hlvln, Of course, no ' lluIoni are made to is he there?" In a second she put excipt "' an almost "he stered Chair; ' meaBure'.";' uneven kept achtevpnjpnt easy inhurrled. . h down th receiver" wlfh a.heightened gnrrl; and ghe.wudn't let us' riSt'til any real M. 20139. iH . e 1 fe . groves and railways? Yes, I knew his father," -- - That one be only ame a few mo.j TtB7edhetuattDTirr-lIe4radT)rMr. Keatcham' and hia ' since. nients And &ile4 upottjhis visitor to BlLdown, while he spoke he noticed that her secretary dined together,, and KesAoh- - v' hands held each other tightly, . al- am's own man waited on them; but com- - the waiter for this floor brought np thwt though she aprrea At nine the dishes : wer posed and did not interrupt. She an dishes. and - ijjyman--1ielpe4-r- : swered his questions directly and brought-ou- t Keatcham's I yalet to pile them a little' quietly. She had been away taking tea with a .friend;, she had remained farther down the corrido la the hall.' These. Items the colonel was reading f 0 dine. Her maid had gone out earlier to spend the day and night with a out of his little red look7-"-TYou have uttt-a- il - Do -sister In the city; so the room was o'clock. means seven and think six it between anything?" empty you I have put everything down. One "The chambermaid wasn't, there, can't weed until there ia a crop of inthen?" - "Yes," he 8ald, Vary Quietly, "It Is Blood." "In'on't think so, She usually does formation, you know." "True,"., murmured -- Aunt Rebecca,, she'd got the craturV Nor I wasn't the number find out if that auto left the room and brings the towels for the her head,houghtf ully. "Well.: heifi But nodding tasked in six bath between hotel be this this afternoon Tin there'll themorntng for thinking bhjectln, else happen?" did' she that and she make to were Find onanything who seven out and la sure, says o'clock, something doln' and the wimln "The secretary posted a lot of let- in it. Find out where It is kept and was not there since morning. . She convanlent, tblra times The colonel admitted that he shared who owns It. Get H. Birdsall, Mer- seems a good girl; I think she didn't ters in the shuts."-- They are all .smoon his was feet Yes now. he hut I have found something. At king He questioned the chants' Exchange building, to send a Haley's opinion. and at the door in almost a single moman minutely about Mercer's conduct man to help you. Walt, I've a card least I am af I may have found I thought I might see Mrs. tion. There had been just the slighton the iraiUrt waa absolutely com ready for you to give him from me; niece about it" she glanced est tattoo on the paaeL .When the Winter's me he sent has before. men, Report j. monplace. If he had any. connection coloneTconld (as the colonel had suspected) with by telephone as soon as you know any- toward Millicent, who said, "Certftlh- d6or"wa8d55BSff"'the of elevator. H the rattle hear the looked and a not at no I'm If He fright venture; the bandits, he made thing. here, speak Spanish ly," sign. was too late to catch it. but he could Be eaedW7 : Three gentlemea.j said the colonel. see the inmates. "And you found-- ?" by' tenc If you can, ters; he made no acquaintances, backJtieretQ-nlgh-t was Keatcham, car. One stood in the over his ..a to yourself." went rooms, I cigar my ' smoking solitary "Only this. backs had two their other the own apand his Indeed, absolutely the Haley dismissed, newspaper. turned on the light and was taking off to be supporting . x : only mattfir.of note (If that were one petite for dinner effectually dispelled my gloves before I untied my bonnet ter. One seemed was that he read bo many newspapers by his report. Winter joined his aunt. One of my rings fell on the floor. It TCeatchsmr who looked pale. rUe..Baw I .J. journal Should he tell her his suspicions and went undera rug. and lJtBcejrB the colonel8 and darted at him a single every different buying iBomethlng: like" he he morally marked that It. was a different place vended. At San Francisco got into their ::ground??-Wasn- 't hrl ef z a cab and Haley heard him give the obliged, now, to tell her? She was for- the rug to the one where it had poignant appealrhat it watto for in the to receiver the decide, for' "Te-the he order with him of the boy, who, Having been before.. Before, it was In front - bis. vlfe. and chjld- with him, the" ser- had no doubt, had been spirited way of the dresser,' a yery natural place, space of an eye blink a shoulder of the "Intervenedrsnd' "olhef'Biafi went BhnuHanei and he geant couldn't follow; but by Mercer and his accomplice; but now It Is on the carpet to one side, arbund to the St. Francis later, and hadn't she a right to any Information a .place where there seemed no reason ously the elevator car began to alnlt. There was need to decide instantly or Mr7 MerceT,? forTwhom he on the matter in his possession? for its presence. These details seem 4slmuld:Xollow:who stay on guard. who had a letter (as was Indeed the case she that he admitted but-" .tc Reluctantly trivial, down by the him the colohelhavlng provided did have suclt a right; and, he ad "I can see they are not" said the Rupert badejihe boy go with one), butiw) such name appeared mitted further, being a man who never colonel. "Pray pToceedv.jnadam. The stairs, while," with a kin dof bulldog instinct, be clung to the roomalThe on the register. Invited to leave the cheated at solitaire, that hia object in ring had Tolled under the "rugl T; lad was to fetch the manager and the letter to await' the gentleman's arrival, keeping the talk of the two men Mrs. Wigglesworth gave him a grate-fu- l ' of the Keatcham suite. to keys so much the Haley said that he watHnstructed ' nod. fjemhjrJadjotbeen Meanwhile.. Rupert. paceaVbar.k aqa give itxto?tbe gentleman hlmselfn desire to guard her nerves (whicn "Yes, it had. And when I removed forth before the closed doors, whenee therefore, he took it away wrtii nim. knew perfectly well were of a robuster I saw it; but as I bent to pick there penetrated the rustle of packing He had carried it to all' the other fiber than those' of most women 20 the rug saw something else, in one. and a murmur of voices. - Presehtly . I it ud Fran-I hotels or boarding places in San or 40 years younger than she) ; ho, he was a stain, as large as the .Keateham's valet Cisco which he could find, aided great- fidmitted it grimly, he had not so much place there opened theJarthef nalm of hand, a little pool of It door. He spoke to some one .inside. ' my ly thereto bx a friend of his, formerly spared his aunt as Janet. Smith; he -looks like blood." Yes, sir," he Bald, "the - porier' in the old th.'iasergeantnow, sta- couldhot bear to direct suspicion " exclamaan uttered Mellvllle Mrs. tioned at the Presidlov Thanks to houghl to be 'ere now!, """itfcry? her But how could he keep sihoirbr.-rgryhim, HalejF :buld say definitely that ient- - longer? Kicking this question tion of Thep6ilefZwaBlh8 EeOiJOfiaail3 was corolpg jlown- .Mewwf 09tr about ih his thind, he Bpoiled the flavotl Tbelphel'aace, BUffenefc but was no change in his polite at- led "to" the levator7trufiaiin;$f m truck or more prominent boarding houses in of his r cigar, although his there tinder d therooma. his own name? aunt' gradpuaJylbadft him "smokffH Inf the city,' at least ttefore h ' see this to he we busied himself he and : since seen him permitted 'And you.haven't "May. nlu1h1ulgBl her parlor. '"got Into the" cab at the station?" the And BtllL Miss Smith had not re t ah," Btaiar wild he. The three colonel gummed up. stepped through the corturned; really, it waronly faito her " , j , - -- -- ; ' Fhe-ae-wh- eha -- - - r - thank yDurfwiil"not himhutriny: secretary and the valet of the Keatch am party pointed out to hlmr h4 fW them. Tbey had one visitor, young; "Arnoldr the- Arnold's ton - yont --c- -- j- r toetaTnlmMlnouSh the-yond- . - !a.tll -- - - - -- anduietlack ,."fch - . " -- Wrul4-Ji&f:m- I 1 ' :" - 1 -- - ' .. "I believe it is Mr Wigglesworth J ' constrained attitude ormiltaty erect- herself." 'declared. Aunt Rebeccarvfter-- , nes,-of- - which- ha, was conscious, him- tie, I'm gojijg into the other room 5 self ; un4 at whlcli he smiled forteraly. " ehe will talk more freely to you. She rwalTTnljhe Same iiose tn Haley when- would" want to spare niy' nerVes7Thar ever THSergsftt'WAi" dliKbncerfea,-'- : " first," pursued Ms auntIJ"who of being old. Now open t irihe nuisance was that bellboy with whom the door." across the threah- - you exchanged signals in the haHrL She waa Jiali-waThe colonel suppressed a wblBtla. - o'ld before she finished, and the coin- . nel fingers on the doorknob waited "Aunt Becky, you're a wonder! Did only for the closing of her door- - toi you notice? And he simply Bhut the palm of his hand! Why, It's this way:" turn to admit the lady In waiting. I waa convinced that. Archie must he A lady she was beyond doubt, and on theprenilses; he couldn't get off. Would hayI a del ecttve that" t " been sure that she was. a lady from So I, telephoned knoW here, a Jjrivate. aency not the 1 Massachusetts.. -- She wore that little to send me "a sure man to police, Boa-to- n close bonnet wh Ich certain elderly He H made:nQ"as-- a TieHboy watch. drivbe can neither gentlewomen of iwiththe hQtelianager'Lconse en nor allured to abandon; her rich either 1, or Mlllcent, or that coprse; HkBr-own- rr 4 migh4 j an ey on the Keatcham have been made any year within the boy has kept doors and the next room ever.slnce I have would furs last five,- and her 1 AAi.ttfni found Archie was gone. No one ha Kiat-ea ui iui;t;B. ev. our iiauA vcouuiui i.-m.ia soft ""TlT" complexion andT"'"': gray hair and person goes out, we hara it- inrora laasesr-- r Kqually vident-- t th: tusuicious y observer wa'a the fact of her aup- - arrangedto get'a'-itooiookj.for. me you exactly who left the. room." . I " She "waved aside the colonel's- - prof--4 Be-r"It 18 you who" arr weari aaid a little fefedhalrntrMulng BebecciW Aunt tle," musical, almost tremulous voice with ly, but smiling. "Who, has gone out?" of the crisp enunciation of hersection "At seven Mr. Keatcham'i aecretary -"I am Mrs. Wiggles the country. . to the- office and ordered wentdpwn worthy I underatajG6rrWlnfer-- r dinner, verycaref ully. T dtdft see . ' I cent -- .. ' I fc (mb"Su ' llrM I I . Vrs "' 7f v !':rViM!rS Vyi 7 ' - r . j - r , j |