Show tIIa- tIIa the RETURN of ANTHON A NTH ON TRENT I MARTYN MARTYN- I coP by CHAPTER VI VIA Continued on 1 41 4 1 I 1 must most leave this house at once she rig exclaimed lie He recognized me H U. U Is I. here cere to rob and If I l tell teU Mrs Mra Grant Cant be he will revenge himself You see let I dare not cot remain But Bat where was wa he be t taking you Why did he be chloroform you She he gripped his bis arm ns III though the I fears letri which had bad passed In their most hid form were again ta taking posses- posses I ilon alon of her Do you see that little tittle light lo tog ID gently It Jt Is n tramp steamer he list bai chartered bartered lie He was Will to carry me I down to South America with him I been held there until tomorrow to to- tomorrow 1 vu 11 as to have bave morrow Borrow night Tomorrow be he ls la go- go go eoJ J lug lag to rob the house bouse an and make his bis escapee escape It Is IJ all planned They fear the fine line weather Is Ia going to break up op and If be he delays later than tomorrow te he cannot escape by water from bere bete i iI I He lie e felt b her ber r shudder at ot the realization tion lion of her ber narrow escape I II I hope Ive I've broker his bis d d nd nt neck I Trent muttered mattered t fits fila e earn arm was Will was about I Iber ber bet waist and ber her head bead rested on hl his boulder She sighed a little bitterly bitter bitter- lj ly She supposed that a woman such i. i the she bad had no right to expect happi happi- nessI nessI ness I 1 cannot tell teU you more now now she said uld rising I am still half halt stupefied from tram the chloroform I But Dul where ore are you going beIs he be Is isled asked ed The fh first policeman you met I could arrest you yon I 1 dare not stay here bere I Ive an no excellent plan be he said cheerfully I J have a secluded apartment apart i nest ment end and a 0 dear old housekeeper I Ibo abe Is absolutely reliable Ill I'll take jou to 10 her ber now You can COD stay stal there for twenty years If you want to You'll tad Ind another snottier guest Jest In NaUca Natica Grants Grant's former husband whose money bought ill III this luxury lies lie's hiding there till tillI I 1 cna caa can make the world worM safe for him You rou mu must t not run Into danger on my account she said sold It will be more dangerous for both bothof of or us 03 If It you ou are denounced by bl Red Red- Urh who will get free some time The butler boiler may many feel he be bas has to tell his employer that you and I know one mother another and then I 1 shall be Invited to tomay tota ta may why you sent scot letters to me and andI I 1 tent sent em to you Our safety depends on Os your jour getting away awny Immediately But bow There are no trains or trolleys at this hour and the men In Inbe Inthe inthe the be garage garnge would bear hear you driving your jour car out Sot Not with ordinary luck be he as as- med lured her ber I 1 can roll roU ber her down the undo crado to the street I l shant need to dart art the Ibe motor till WI then Trent had bad a garage key and ond rolled out his car so o noiselessly that none beard heard him Ue lie wrapped Mademoiselle Kile selle Dupin In a heavy beavy fur tur coat and further disguised her with violet violet- colored goggles Ive got to make time lIme he said sold as the Ibe machine began to hum bum ally and nod I durent be arrested for This cool night air will blow Wow those fumes away pretty prett soon When you can tell me Just what hap hap- pined She told him IMn what had occurred linea entered her tier roomI roomI room room I hope I 1 shall nev never r smell that thai tuba tabac Maryland land again Never Neer have bate I felt so alone and hopeless How Bow could 1 I know that the cigarettes be M befUS was trio throwing Ing from froin the window would save sate me Once One on board that ship lp and there would have been no more help belp for fur me In 10 this world world He Be set himself to banish these ter te memories You will It In your new Dew tome home he be reminded her You will be With ith two Iwo of my dear deur and faithful Dont Don't forget torget by the way to Write e a note nole to 10 Mrs Sirs Grant saying you Were lere suddenly called away u from ota Jersey city lIty he be telephoned to are a. a Kinne Kinney We V shall shut be ei ul expected he said g bak bark tutu Into the cur tur- and aDd you m w tad find nd yourself ut at home hODle During the quiet few minutes of the time M tad i trip te Le told lold IJ D her why d Sutton SUlton there hta lie na He interfered will think this trouble of ot mine with what you were taint Ir to 10 do for tor him she said sold con cnn tritely t I lIl Then bell tIe he wrong Ive I've l Te plans Pons a all nipped out OUI for far Sutton nation To o. o a the there re woman onlan of Mrs lira Kinneys type a waa us something not a 8 little I C In ln UIn being called In from her ber r rat hi rs at al such ft n hour nour- nourt nut But t dur- dur Ib she e lears she had h hen en with him had let It hi A come to O 8 Implicit faUn Trent Sh She wished she B D lee bl hIm Wm ba ly ml If a s ahls his t gial 6 might be found at the 18 ft as S the door loor opened Pen 1 a tell talc balsa with lIh UK distinguished feature features i ID table Trent Introduced Ju l nor T Wow Worn lira AIr I nn disapproved of ot able dress dresa she ebe wore II one ae who should be splendid splendid- ed Captain Sutton Sulton nl knew dhe was one and had bad rather th the grand manner with her Miss Dupin Trent declared Is U going to stay slay here bere until her affairs are ore more settled I i owe we my Ky life lite to Mr Ur- UrT T Trent t sl she e said simply Tonight 1 I was In very tery grave grae peril and he S saved ved me me Its a habit with him s Sutton on said sold lies He's engaged In saving sating me right now Captain Sutton Is II a profound exaggerator exaggerator ex- ex Trent laughed Let us have hate some coffee calfee Let me arrange my hair first Mademoiselle Dupin Duplo said sold looking In a mirror I nm RIO bedraggled While she's gone Trent said sold youve youe got to copy these pleasing communications In your own hand band writing He lIe passed a paper to the captain on which a half dozen half dozen paragraphs para graphs of a few lines each were pen pen- tiled Sutton I saw W that they were rather melodramatic threats addressed to Payson Grant J dont don't understand he said be be- lie e will when he gets them Trill Trem laughed These are necessary to the complete destruction of at his morale When Sutton had bad written each paragraph on a piece of plain paper Trent put them In his bis pocket Good he be exclaimed I cant can't tell you yon ou much now but Ill I'll be back In a few days das with everything outlined Meanwhile Just a word about aboul Miss Dupin She's i In just as much danger as you are ore She must not be encouraged to do more than look out of ot the window You cant can't mean that girl haj hat been outside the tile law Sutton was astonished aston aston- i One of the cleverest an and II nerviest of them all oil Trent said Sutton she Is the only person I have met In my career who fooled me and got away awny with it And she's as much through with that sort of life Ufe as I am lie He shifted a little uneasily on In his chair I wonder what sort of a d d-d d d fool tool you think me for talking like this I 1 suppose suppose suppose sup sup- pose you think my nerve has gone Perhaps It has Sutton touched the otters otter's arm arm with witha a swift sudden motion of affection Trent Treat he be said you know we men never can cuo say soy what's In 10 our hearts because we feel ashamed of at showing anything deeper than the or or- You haven haven't t lost your nerve You haven't lost anything Youve You've found something Perhaps they were both glad when Mademoiselle DupIn came come Into Inlo the room She had bad arranged her haIr Ina In hi hia ina a manner so much more becoming that it seemed to Trent the rhe bad had wrought a miracle There was no mention of ot the graver events of the night It was Trents Trent's aim to leave her ber In a brighter mood Before etore I go he said and 1 I haven't ten minutes left write out your formal resignation While Mademoiselle Dupin was atthe nt at the escritoire he walked to the kitchen kitch kitch- en where Mrs Kinney had hod gone You told me once you had bad been beena a dressmaker he be began For three years year she said lie He took look out a roll of ot notes and put them In tier hand Take rake Miss bliss Dupins Dupin's measurements measurement ts rs well as you jou ou ron cnn lei letting tIn her know It It one and go to a good store and und buy something suitable for fur her to wear For some reasons I 1 cant can't e ei er- plain she's doing penance She's SlIe S done clone enough of It I cant can't hear bear lo to see her dressed ns as she he Is now I 1 have hate known her a long time and und 1 I have hate never neter seen I a women better hetter turned out than she used to be Destroy those things she has so she simply mU must 1 wear better ones After Atter a time she shell she'll II get happier Mrs Kinney never neer asked for tor amplified amplified am Instructions I understand perfectly she raid Bhe will UI I probably M wait t to hip help you reu r In ln the house hone Let Ut her ber It will do her good Don Dont Don't t let her ber sit alone and IDd n m mope te When Trent returned to the bit big corn om m Mademoiselle Dupin bad had written I a note regretting her ber hurried depar- depar tore tare Ine and Informing Mrs Grant that she could be addressed at the general delivery Tery San Suo Diego California This Pleasant city had ball the advantage of 01 o beIng ng only seventeen miles mUel from frow the Mexican border Trent left the two ners In a so light hearted that they were assured of his hi ultimate triumph Outside the Ibe door his tl face lost something some some- thing of Its confidence So far tar as 81 he knew he had bad brought the Countess to 10 the city unseen and unsuspected Cut kut he had no means of tf knowing that some ome prying eyes Iel had bad Lot ved him mm It was wal light when he tie caws iu lu sight of J the time big wb white te palace by the sea He Uc brought his bis car up the tile slight ascent as as- cent almost without noise He lie saw none about aboul and no face l peering tOm t-om any window I On the tile table lable in 10 the hull he tie placed the letter Mademoiselle DupIn had I written Next be he ascended with the I utmost caution to the deserted top floor which was wal shut but nut off from the servants servants' quarters in the rear It U was wa well he lie had hae thought to make the room I tidy Furniture was upset and flowers flowers flow flow- ers fallen falleo from their vases were on the floor Coor There was such obvious evidence of a severe struggle that he be wondered none had bad beard heard lie He gathered gath ered up what of oer Cler belongings he be could see lice and stuffed them Into a grip Mrs Grant might be resentful at the sudden departure of her ber teacher teach teach- er but she need not now fear tear violence and call In officials There was another thing to do before before be be- fore he took to the rest he craved Un Un- del dei the door of son Io Grants Grant's room I Trent thrust one of the letters Sutton bad bod written blindly He lie could sr bT without fear of error that the comIng coming com corn ing lag day would b be al an exciting one CHAPTER V VII The Letter From Nowhere Albert Thorpe tte tLe butler was the first In hi the house bouse to awaken Since Mrs Grant bad had ordered hIm to obey Yeatman Implicitly he be slept uncomfortably uncomfortably on a camp-bed camp drawn across the door of ot the Ibe footmen's room and might not even rebuke them for tor snoring snoring ing since his errand was as a secret one At daylight he considered himself free tree to go downstairs and mix himself himself him him- self a little stimulant Next Nei he took tooka a handful of sweet crackers from a sliver silver box and opened a door leading to the terrace II Here ere every everl mornIng morning morn- morn Ing log the were wont to wait walt for the biscuits and bear hear the Jovial sort of ot talk dogs love lote They were In their accustomed place this Ibis morning but not again would they prance about their friend and show their affection The man mansaw mansaw mansaw saw instantly that they had bad come to their end through poison For all his hI stately airs and commanding presence presence pres pres- ence the butler bad bod a soft heart beart where dogs were concerned Tears Tearl filled his eyes ees and the desire for vengeance Inflamed his heart After nil all the time detective had bad been right In his precaution If mistaken In his methods Thorpe Immediately sought out Yeatman Obviously a search of the premises must be made mode under the detectives detective's leadership Mr Yeatman was not In 10 his bis room his bed had not been slept In It was In another sort of bed be he bad had passed a night full tull of alarms cramps and the Intrusion of at Inquisitive rodents When he lie came to consciousness In 10 the cold hour bour of dawn be found himself so securely bound that movement was Impossible aoe and so well gagged that be he could utter uller no sound tie lie did not doubt that his assailant assail assail- ant no ant no amateur n n violence was violence was a confederate of the woman be tie had so 80 nearly abducted He le had bad been incredibly Ihly stupid to 10 he be 30 ao rash It had always elways al el- ways been with him that thai a woman made Mm him banish his caution There was ns tIe the male mole attitude to 10 dazle the which had been his ruin woman ere this He tie saw Faw before him only Immitigable disaster While he be was lying a amId in Id the houst was being robbed which he hat hall been engaged to protect He Ile would tie he blamed for being a bad detective when he had desired to be bea a successful thief Thorpe culled up Regan at the ga go rage The Tire two dugs dogs have hate been poisoned he announced and Its It's my belief burglars bur bur- burglars 1111 It You'd better beller search the grounds while I go go through the house house TO BE DE CONTINUED ww |