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Show (Copyright, A. C. UiClurit A Co., IVIO ) CHAPTER XXX. In Christie's Room. Kolth swept his Rlance"ip und down tho street without results Surely Hawiey and his companion could not have dlsapiieared so suddenly. They had turned to the right, ho wns certain cer-tain ns to that, and ho pushed thiough the crowd of men around the theater entrance, and hastened to ovrrtuko them. Ho found nothing to overtnko nowhere along that stretch of street. Illumined b) window lights, was Mieie any sign or a man and woman walking together. He stopped, bowKdcl'ed, stnrlngjjllndly about, falling utterly to comprehend this mysterious vanishing. ! Wlint could it mean? What had Imp- pened? How could they hao dlsnp- peared so completely during that single sin-gle moment he had waited to speak to Falrbaln? The man's heart beat like a trip-hammer with apprehension, a sudden fear for Hopo taking possession posses-sion of him. Surely the girl would never consent to enter any of those dens along the way, and Ilawley would not dare resort to force In the open street. Tho very thought seemed preposterous, and jet, with no other supposition possible, he entered these one after the other In hasty search, questioning the Inmates sharply, only to find himself totally unfiled Huwiey tnd Hope had vanished as though swallowed by the earth lie explmed dark passage-ways between the scattered scat-tered buildings, rummaging about recklessly, but came back to the street again without reward. Could they have gone down the olo-! olo-! er side, In the deeper shadows, and . thus reached the hotel more quickly |