| Show JUST i k h IN TIME R J It 1 1 J j L' L r S I J r IO 7 3 J II v. v B y i t. t 11 I. I tUO Nr A fui jf 74 U I ru 1 I J i. i II t Jl f. f r fl n ti ff i W f M. M v J l j i 1 J 1 tI r hIJ hI- hI J r rW 1 r r tf 7 1 f r t E I r i 00 5 P j r fIr f. f if r k t. t d tl r- r i r I a r IU jt tA I f t I n V. V I I k l I t. t l' l I if f I t t N. N lt i k 1 I I I II I I a a I 1 l J. J t J Jo t t- t I k t t r J m I 1 1 n II t i Il l 1 t l I iw i Ir SJ J. J 1 J I T Tp Tu I J 11 t C L tT r I r rP b p u Itil k P twe- twe 1 x t I I f r rN N r- r r 1 I F l- l f ll J t- t li J. J i 1 J. J r r d' d f. f i j f 1 1 I v. v Or l i J o 1 v Wi Rr r- r 1 ii r 11 R U 1 ft i I 7 I J. J o. o fj i E Evelyn Elyn lyn strained her eyes then gave a half haU cry and a n bound forward There he was walking rapidly and dragging ging the thing along ng beside him etc I. EXT station Ed Edgware Road Rond NJ FI F IX I I shouted the guard on tho J j electric railway n l- l Evelyn eln Stead settled herself herself her her- self comfortably In her seat scat Sho She was at present the sole occupant of ot one ono of or those vis vis-a-vis compartments and eo so o ensconced herself In a corner next net tho the window determined to enjoy enjo tho the luxury luxury luxury lux lux- ury of ot the room while sho she had It Jt She he was a Journalist lI by profession and had been lIeen Interviewing the tho secretary secre tar tary of ot the tho Travelers Travelers' Aid society In Baker street with a 0 view of ot paragraphIng paragraph paragraph- Ing them In the paper on whose whoso staff Eho sho Wa was It was getting late In tho the afternoon oon and sho she was bound for tor Victoria to re report report re re- port on Royalty entraining for tor Dover er Usually speaking tn trio Triumph would not have sent to report on such an ordinary occurrence but the Royalty Royalty Roy Roy- alty In Sn question was a foreign poten poten- who was going s down that da day to Dover Doer to cross b by special boat and there would be a deputation to cent send sendoff off oft tho the royal guest Evelyn eln had bought an evening paper but was too lazy and tired Ure to look laok at nt it being H being summer tho the train was hot and stuffy stuff stuffy As the train drew up at Ed Edgware ware Road she sho Idly scanned tho the passengers getting In She noticed a n man walk- walk Jn Jug Jug- up the train lending leading a child of ot about t three or four re years of t ago The Tho n little J t thing soc seemed to walk I with dt bundled up with clothes with ix a veil tied o over Us its face and theroan the tho g roan man 1 who had a bag bap In ono one hand al almost almost al- al 1 most dragged the UIO child along with the theother other ather He lie stopped at nt tho the seat scat opposite Evelyn Evelyn Eve Eve- lyn and was putting tho the bag bap down preparatory to helping the tho child when with a 0 quick notch helpfulness she stooped to lift tho the child chUd on to the scat seat But Dut she found Cound I It t needed all her strength never had she felt folt one so beav heavy True the child seemed tired and ill but CO could ld that make It ft such a 0 weight She was quite breathless when sho she succeeded succeeded succeeded suc suc- In placing It on the tho seat site alte The roan man turned quickly to help her hor but was too late no lightweight miss he said Im sorry you troubled Oh Ole Its It's no trouble Evelyn said but what t makes makeR her so heavy Its the Irons on her legs miss The doctor doctor ho ho ordered her to wear them Vo 0 thought ht that the poor little thing thins would be a cripple but tho the doctor says I theres there's a n chance for tor her If she wears the Irons 1 S Tho man spoke e quietly nn and feelingly h and Evelyn n felt Celt sorry Borry and Interested In him He lie was a young oung man about 34 dark hair eyebrows eyebrow's and eyes and a apale apale pale le face face hardly hardly I En looking English lIsh she thou thought ht Ho 1001 looked Jlko Ilko a n. superior mechanic Then Them she noticed the tho child who seemed tired and and ond leaned I back with closed eyes I suppose she ehe Is very delicate she as asked d tho the man Yes ml miss s. s Wo 0 are aro very vely anxious about her her OJ my wife and I I. I ITo ITe turned and nud settled the child more moro comfortably In the corner Shell sleep now till I wake her at Victoria he said 1 Evelyn Eveln made one or two other re remarks remarks re- re 1 marks marl s and the man answered Intelligently intelligently Intelli intelli- gently ho seemed quite educated educated and the conversation lasted some minutes Then J she ho took up her paper and was about to read It when the man suddenly suddenly sud sud- sudi denly enly ad addressed sed her again Excuse mo me but would you OU toll me meIs meIs meis Is Is the tho underground station sutton at Vie Vic torla near the other Victoria station lIe He spoke hesitatingly almost apologetically apologetically apolo apolo- as If it he feared she would resent his Interrupting her Yes quite near Evelyn Even said eald There Is Js a subway to the large station sta sta- 1 tion You Yau are a stranger to London Yes he ho answered I ve very seldom come to London I am nm bewildered sometimes b by all tho streets VV What part of Victoria station statton do you TOU want Where here do you ou live Evelyn Evolyn Evo Eve lyn ln asked kindly l I live 0 at nt Dover Doer I came up with the child to take her hor to tho the doctor My wife cannot tal take tako e her she her she is difficult cult to carry as you ou know Ills His dark eyes ees rested on Evelyns Evelyn's facet face ho spoke pathetically les les Indeed sho assented No o woman could carr carry her You want the Southeastern lino line for Cor Dover tho Dover tho farther farther far far- ther station sutton I nm am amp going there thero myself I I will show you OU Ah Ale but thank you ho said Evelyn decided that he ho was certainly not En English lIsh from tho the phrasing of ot hIssen his sen sentences Ho Ire spoke again But Dut shall I not be betaking betaking ln taking you OU out of ot your our way ho asked rather anxiously Oh Oil no I have havo to go thore there she said aid I am nm a Journalist and nud have to report One of ot the foreign royalties Is s going oln down to Dover by the 5 6 o'clock train rain so you see I must bo ho there I 1 see sae I pc lie he said Sf thou thoughtfully Yes thank you very much Next station Victoria shouted tho the guard and Evelyn Eveln was surprised to think how quickly tho Ule stations had passed while she had hat been bean talking to her I vis a a He lIe had Interested her herand herand and nHI she had not noticed the various stations stations she sho felt Celt quite grateful to him As the they moved out of Sloane Square station Evelyn a again aln took up her ne neglected neglected neg neg- le ted paper and began to scan It There Thore seemed nothing nothing- particularly In- In nothing nothing of much use to her Sho She turned over a pa page e and a 0 sensational sen son heading caught her eye eye eye- Anarchist In Paris Paris She began to read rc Paris has lately been Infested with witha a n particularly clover set of anarchists who are the Inventors of a 0 diabolically Ingenious bomb the victim of Mons ons X was nearly their Ingenuity but thanks to the bungling of or one of their members the catastrophe was aver averted led Mons ons X was driving In his carriage to his house A man leading a small child wa was about to cross tho the road when tho the child apparently broke broko away from him ran rall straight In front of tho the horses and fell Cell down The Tho coachman pulled up at nt once when suddenly there hero was a 3 frightful explosion Both horses were killed and the coachman Injured but Mons Ions X escaped without damage When hen the remains of at the child wore were found foun It was found Cound to be lie a n dummy In Ingeniously ingeniously In- In worked by lIy mechanism In Inside Inside Inside In- In side the bod body Is placed a bomb which explodes when anything passes over It The child Is supposed to bo a a. cripple and wears Irons on Its legs which ac acc accounts accounts ac- ac c counts for Cor a stiffness In Its gait galt and an nn unnatural weight Doubtless It was set in motion too soon for Cor had it fallen Callen und under r tho the carriage e. e as was evidently evidently evi I dently Intended Instead of ot the tho horses I Ions Mons ons X must have havo been killed or terribly terribly terribly ter ter- injured The Tho man mau who was lead lend ing the he dummy child escaped to Lon Lon- I don ft Evelyn was really Interested In the thc account and began beJan to read It a n second time when suddenly one phrase danced before her eyes In letters of fire Tho The child Is Js supposed to be a 0 cripple and wears Irons on Its lc logs legs s which ac accounts accounts ac ac- counts for tor a stiffness stiffness' In Its Us gait and an unnatural weight Sho She sat as If It turned turne to stone stone still still apparently reading the paper while the sick horror of or a terrible suspicion crept over her A cold feeling went up the back of ot her head hend as if H her hair were rising Then scales seemed to fall tall from her mental vision her unseeing unseeing unseeing un un- un- un seeing eyes wore still on the paper but sho seemed to read her own thoughts there oh there oh so clearly printed Tho The child child sho sho ha had lifted It It it-an an unnatural unnatural un un- natural weight accounted for tor b by the Irons on Its Us legs legs the tho irons mentioned In the paper pap Again she sho had bad tried to read the paper before tho the man had prevented lier he tier he knew what was In It It Hor Her thoughts then thon came with a headlong headlong head head- long Ions rush He was t going to Dover Dover- the tho five o'clock tram train that Royalty that was It I Ho would throw throw- th the 9 child chUd on tho the line Une un under er tho the royal carriage Sho She felt sick and numb Tho The horror pre pressed sod on n her hor hold her r down She Sho know rc she n must t prevent te ter It somehow but DUt tho the horror paralyzed her She Sho felt powerless to CT cry out The Tho horror of ot ho tho thin thing there opposite her her and and tho the thoman man Without moving or raising raisins her hor eyes eos she felt ho he was watching her hor Victoria station The Tho train pulled up with t a 0 Jerk that woke t Evelyn from her trance tranco When she sho looked up and rose roso to leave the train sho she realized that theman tho the thoman thoman man and the tho child had vanished He must havo hao picked up tho child chUd and gone sone with Incredible swiftness to her she now knew In her hor enlightenment enlighten enlighten- ment As she followed tho people sho she heard one ono man remark to his comrade That chap was In a ope opo oll catch cotch Is train and she ehe felt they spoke of her quarry Then her blood seemed to flow again and now In contrast with her numbness numbness numb numb- ness It leaped In her veins When she gained tho the platform she flew up to a 0 guard Guard she eho began a aman aman aman man has Just left that train I train I believe o he Is an nn anarchist cant can't cant can't you ou stop him He answers to the description here hereIn hereIn herein In this paper He has a 0 child with him with Iron look Iron look read It Jt t She held out outs tho paper and JOinted to the tho para para- graph The guard suard looked at nt her as If it ithe he ho questioned her sanity took tho the paper paper paper pa pa- per glanced at the tho paragraph and handed It back to her Its no use telling me me-I me I cant can't do any anything thins You'd You better speak to the tho police I saw tho the man you mean he mado made off oft In a n. hurry Thank you Evelyn Eveln ran aa ns quickly as the tho people would allow her up the steps that led out Into Victoria street She darted to the corner where sue she had noticed a constable usually stood d outside a jewelers She appealed to him In the tho same carne words as ns she sho had done to tho the guard Look read It She Sho held out tho the pa par per The Tho man took the paper an and read the tho paragraph then looked at Evelyn Youre sure tho the man answers to this description Yes yes she sho answered breathlessly breath breath- lessly Absolutely Tho The child chUd with irons everything Irons Iron everything Ho fro Is going to Dover Do Do- ver vor vor-ho ho said BO the so-the the train Royalty will go by dont don't don't dont you OU see We Vo must stop him All right ht miss Come with me me- me weve we've not much time And Antl he off orf to the station followed followed followed fol fol- fol- fol lowed by Evlyn Q at t a run They reached the tho Southeastern sta eta tion There were Vero a goodly number of at people assembled who had got ot wind of or ortho tho the exodus of ot Royalty Royally Little knots and groups wore were dotted about Tho The constable spoke to one ono of his colleagues who wrote something In his note-book note and In turn Informed one or two more of or the force It was all so quietly I done dono that Evelyn hardly l realized a a. watch was being kept for to her late traveling companion Which Is tho train r sho she asked That ono one on tho the rl right ht ho answered an an- s then a added ed Now you OU had better not keep beside mo me our friend expects this move of yours as IlS ho showed b by giving you tho slip Blip Walk down tho the platform as ns If you OU were lookIng looking look look- Ing for your carriage e If you see your man speak to one of or us there are a alot alot alot lot of us here Hell He'll know what do do were we're passing the tip along Evelyn nodded Yes I understand but ho he knows 1 have havo come corne to report report- I had better bettor be bo taking notes noles All right miss that'll do Anything Anything Any Any- thing thinS so BO Ion long as ns youre you're busy Evelyn walked slowly up tho the platform plat plat- form form apparently apparently taking notes In reality looking searchingly ly Into every very carriage c. Sho She lingered b bv by tho the saloon carriage In which royalty was to travel but she sho could not see seo any trace of the man sho she sought The minutes went by A number of or distinguished looking black coated m men n now assembled rend ready to receive and send off oft the tho royal traveler tra Eve Evo- I walked backwards and forwards oust ost them her repressed excitement becoming almost f painful She Rho felt folt convinced that tho the man would not forego o his hla purpose but buti i would try to thwart the police by some som lover Clover trick Sho She felt that ho would manage somehow to place the tho abominable thing so RO that It foil fell under the fhe saloon carriage probably carriage probably e-probably at starting nd she 1 o felt that In Sn a 0 measure me re It key l 1 I landed 11 on h her seen alono o and to prevent know n It T nr YorI I he lie alone ha had d soon spen and know what t to fro look ionic for tor what to expect She watched tho the deputation for tor rr ri f. moment Ah they drew up and nl 1 o I The Tho royal traveler had arrived now nov they ushered him and his suite Multo to tho l' l 1 saloon carriage he ho entered It It and settled set Bet settled tied himself elf for tho Journey Evelyns Evelyn's heart beat nearly to suffocation cation catton there thore wro only two minutes to the tho hour of starting She realized that t hor her quarry dared not appear too soon because ho knew know sho she knew She felt as If It an nn Iron hand were roun round her head hend There Thero W was 8 no air air n a dread of ot fainting ea cJ came a over her leer herfor for a moment but she push d It from her with all her will determined Ine to I keep up until hot her work worle was done Tho Theo porters were closing tho doors of ot tho the train everything was ready rendy for forthe tho the start Evelyn was standing near tho the |
