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Show I M D E P 0 mm I CHAPTED XX Continued. L-J :ic.;y as be chooses." Edith protected. "Do you suppose it was for his own amusement he ceme and worked like an ordinary sklnsorter for eight hours a day at our factory' Depend De-pend upon It. ho had some good reason " You'd better tell him so. my Sdear," Mrs. Grunby suggested, with a twinkle In her eyes. 'Tve heard of them foreign nobility who haven't a penny to bless themselves them-selves with, and, Prince or n i Prince, 1 dare say he'll he glad to have hi9 legs under your father's K mahogany When Sir Richard Harrlion dined with us him that HF1 was made a knight and his wife a lady the year the King came into Lx the city he said he'd never tasted wine anywhere, except at the Man-Wk Man-Wk 6ion House, like your father's.'' ! Mr. Grunby pulled down bis BH waistcoat He glanced almost pa- Hn9 thetically at his son. It was ns- Wfrm toalshlng how this sandy-haired young man. with his mysterious Efl 8mlle and quiet voice and manner, I had puddenly assumed a new lm- portauce In the domestic circle. He was dining tete-a tefe with a VEI prince as his guest, too! Mr. F kfl Grunby had neer been prouder rH of his offspring, this ugly duck- w ling who had wandered into strange gm paths Kfl "Couldn't you bring him over, CH Syd?" he asked, with an attempt JS at joviality "No fuss or anything f of that sort Just a bottle of wln Efl eh? And there are some ten HM shilling cigars, regular whackers " 1 Sydnej nodded in non-committal M fashion. He felt a sudden distaste JT for what an hour ago had seemed flg an excellent jest. HB ' Oh, 1 dare say he'd like tb como W and shake hands with Edith," ho H9 said. "She was helping last night, it seems, looking after some of the fellows who got hurt and he said some charming things about her By-ihe bye." he added, as he turned away, "In these democratic days It V Is rather the thing not to make too B nueh of chaps who've got to carry a title about with them. They ain't H parlicuin ly keen on it makes 'em think of revolutions and guillotines and squads of solders, what?" Sydney strolled away and re- I Joined his bost. ' I'm afraid I've let you in for It,' h- confessed, a little shamefacedly "I may be allowed, I trust," David said, rising promptly to his feet, a- he iceognlzed the cause of his friend's embarrassment, "to pay my respects to your sister. I hope that your father does not resent my having hav-ing made use of his factory as a centre of observation." "He won't resent anything so long as he's sure you're a prince. I'm awfully sorry, but the poor dears wore made like that, you see. We all have our weaknesses I'm a snob myself in some ways." David smiled. "The social snob will scarcely survive this generation," he remarked re-marked ' Titles are going out with the new era " Sydney nodded. "I suppose In Balkanlaud," ho ob-sered, ob-sered, "you are already Citizen David." A queer light flashed for a mo- KM ment lu I m . Er-V "In Balkanlaud I may some day t have another designation,'' he Bald jg " under his breath. "Present me 1 lirst, will you not," ho added, as I they drew near the table, "to your I mother? I have not yet hud the honor." j Mrs. Grunby was flattered bul i EjH almost nt once at her ease. With Ejfl Edith. David exchanged tlie most I cordial o( greetings. Of Harry ho HH tooh scant notice With Lud Greg B( son he was kindly but formal. To Mr. Grunby he proffered the le-EH le-EH bpect due to an older man. Nfl "I feel." David said, as he shook ul hands with his late employer, "that A j J owe you many apologies I am so t glad of this opportunity which your lll 6on has given me, ot tendering them ifiH in person " I "No barm. Prince, no hurni." Mr Grunby declared uas'tlly. What nbout a glass of wine, eh and a BH cigar? They've got some of the II , " right stuff hu e, though they don't B" forget to charge for ll " I I "A liqueur brandy, if I nia be Mm allowed," David begged, "and i,n- of those excellent cigarettes Whi b Miss Bdlth gave me last night, if l 'm she Is provided with them." ;l Bdlth passed lier case across the table, and David accepted the chair which a waiter was respectfully H holding Mr Grimly a little dl pointed that nothing more expen- HH Bive could be forced upon 1 1 guest, lit a huge cigar, prossed bis EH pudgy legs, and settled down tu en- I D Joy himself. BHi "Glad to have the opportunliv ' ) j J Prince, oi thanking uu," he began, fv "for tnw few words you Bald to my work people last night. A nice lot H f of blackguards they turned out to j it ' he " t I "I am glad," David replied, "that my intervention was of service. ser-vice. I hope," he added, turning to Edith, "that all our invalids are progressing." "Two of them went Into hospital," she answered. "The rest were able to walk home. " "Nice mess they made of rrrj grounds." Mr. Grunby grumbled "Whole rows of shrubs that were just doing nicely, trampled down. My gardener tells me that It's put the place back a year.'- "It was a most unfortunate occur rence," David observed, "but it might have been worse." WJuti 1 utu t understand Is "' -s i ' . j ' ,,' ' :r...i v iillif what's come over the Government of 1 the country." the manufacturer con tinned "We are supposed to have laws, ain't we. and the forei s ln-li ind to make them obey- e d ? Very wi ll, then, look at last f night. The police f . were stiff. I tele- V o phoned to Scotland Yard myself. I begged them to send soldiers, If their own men wouldn't face it They took no more notice of me a large employer of labor and an immense taxpayer, mind you than If I'd been one of my own work people." "The authorities here are faced with rather a W ' difficult problem," David suld. "The people are not in the humor for too strin gent methods You yourself your-self must realize, Mr. Grunby, that these are serious times. "Serious only because we have a weak-kneed Government," Mr Grunby Grun-by growled "However, wo don't want to talk politics before the ladles," he added, a little touch of which he was proud. "Supposing you tell us what your little game was, eh? You can't kid me. you know, that a gentleman 1 beg your pardon, a nobleman in your r.osition. would lirrnnio o air i r . n rt o r in for a Joke, father," Edith declared leaning a lii'tle forward 'i think fft. - ;. w.' nu-'it ii(. I t.. iue9H ,n him '" '" ' 'k 'A as to his motive." '' 0r David bowed. ' J'"ri " "Ml.:; C.iniiby I .;y censider- .' ate." he declared, with a grateful f - ' glance at her. "My brief say at : J$, Tottenham was simply part of a i ' ' wanted to know about the British worklngman without your trying on the three quid a week game," Mr. Grunby asserted. "And his employer also1" David asked pleasantly. "It is a dual study, you know " J'Well, I ought to know about my factory Just for a V; '- ; ' " ' joke." ' , 4 s -4 f iffi' ' ' "Mr. David never sug- . 'A y - : '??i f gested that he took a ' ': -' .,. . . , position in your factory y - 7 mm ; fy She ';v . ' Passed .V-'4'li; ' Into - - '. -'-'- ".' the ,(:.; ; ' ' Panctng Roorr -ym. . . Oil David's Arm. 'v 4-- programme I had laid out fcr my- sdf 1 was Intensely curious as to the conditions of English labor and details of various manufactures I have held similar situations In the States." "I could have told you all you both," Mr. Grunby persisted, a little doggedly i have been an employer of labor for thlrty-11 thlrty-11 ve years. I have oaade money. Prlnco aud Invested It, and made more. At the present moment mo-ment I am not only a rich man myself, but 1 am able to make those about me rich. Sydney, here, had no fancy for a business life, so I gave him fifty thou and turned him adrift. I haven't disinherited him, either that is, if he behaves be-haves himself. Same with Edith. The man she takes a fane to Improves his balance by fifty thousand pounds, whenever she chooses to hand It over to him. Took some making, money llko that, Prince." "Indeed, yes," David as sented. "And your workpeople? Bfe Have they in that time aiao much Rf Improved their position?" "My workpeople?" the manufac- K:. turer repeated Indifferently. "They M come and go. They earn more than Wt7; thny used, but living's dearer. WT They're an improvident lot, any. ? way." "What you say may be true R about the -past, but how about the life 6cui;iauuuii uaviu astceu. Bt They have more ambition, have & they not? They are asking now- W adays for a share In your profits. 1- an Interest in what they create." B" "Rubbish!" Mr. Grunby scoffed, m' knocking the ash from his cigar'. "My brains and my money made W? those profits, not their eight or nine Bg hours a day at a machine." "Vou are still unconverted, then Kr. a3 regards allowing your peopde to Join the trades union and inaugur- W atlng any scheme of proflt-shar- R "Unconverted and always will K be," Mr. Gnanby affli-mod savage- Ef. Iv. "If I'd dreamed that .he pres- K' ent Government would avr pr,n- By dered to the Labor Partv to th wfr extent they have done. I'd have cut Hf, my fingers off before I'd votpd for bW them " "A lorgor measure of co opera- tlon betewen the employer and PT lahrr ferns to be working well in & ome (uarters," David ventured W- Mr Grunby forgot himself More wonderful still, he forgot that he M wa talking to a Prince. v "It'll damned well never get a $V chance to work well or 111 In my c- ractory!" he declared furiously, K- Lady Gregson drew herhelf" up K-disapprovingly. K-disapprovingly. "Really. Mr. Grunby," she said, W "I am sure the prince is not used K' to li'.fenlng to such language." jK "I am afraid." Da Id remarked Ks courteously, "that I have often lis- j& toned to worse. At the samo time. & Mr. Grunby," he wont on. turning B to hi? late employer, "I must con- m fess that I am sorry you take such Mi an extreme altitude I vonlure to W thlnlc that there is a certain amount of danger In wilfully Winding one- Jm self to the trend of popuiar opin- K? ion " Wt "I am not convinced vest that a Bp-few Bp-few discontented workpecple have anythlng to do with popular opin- Ion," Mr. Grunby insisted doggedlv. "Why, Labor hasn't a majority, or anything like it, in the House of & Commons." k "Quite true," David asnted,"but L you must remember that that elec- W tlon was very cleverly fc light In the I flush of victory Every one was I grateful to tho man who had pulled L' us through. 1 dare sty you have ' noticed that there haan't been an L. election Mnce In whloh the Labor ? candidate has not been returned by W an enormous majorltj H "It comes to me. then," Mr. Grun- ft by concluded, irritably ' We beat the Germans at an enormous cost, I we bragged about having won the II freedom of tho world, only to find I ourselves the slaves of our own la- k ; boring class " H "Is thai o.t;ite a fair way of put- I ting i " David protested. "After d! i' was your laboring i lasses who helped you to beat the Ger- and not you alone. And they ! want their reward." H Eilnh lose slowly to her feet and j d for a moment as though lis- tenlng to the music Then ehe j looked across at David ! "Is a restaurant quite the place," she asked, "for this very dreary f discussion? Besides, you will never j convince my father. Don't you j love that music. Mr David? You dance?" "Very badly," he replied, rising to his feet and moving toward her. "Those new dances terrify me. I am never sure what Is expected of one. Still, if you will bo content jj with a bad partner " She laid her fan and bag on the table and' passed into the inner dancing room upon David's arm Mrs. Grunby watched them dlsap- j pear, purrlug with content Her j husband saw a city man ho knew sitting out on a lounge and hurried hur-ried off to tell him that his daugh- I ter was danolng with Prince David, I of Bulkanland Sydney sat down, helpnd himself to another liqueur brandy, watched his brother's unsuccessful un-successful . .. to attract the at- tentlon of an ind.gnant young lady at the next table, gazed at his mother, moth-er, whose fat forefinger waj keep- lng time with the music, listened to a few Inanities from Lady Gregson I and came to tho melancholy conclusion con-clusion that for once his sense of humor had failed him. chap"tTr XXI. fVAVID did his lancing less I 1 than credit, and Edith was " light on her feet and skill ful. His one polite romark re malned unanswered. She danced with wldo open eyes, but as though with absolute unconsciousness of her surroundings. Her enjoyment was intense, but entlroly introspec- j tive. When the music ceased her feet seemed to cling to tho floor. Ho led her to a lounge and seated himself beside her. ( j "You are veiy fond of dancing?" he observed, looking at her curl- ously. She roused herself as though with Ml effort, answered him only with Continued on Next Page. I I A Moual IhmmcQ of Intrigue and My stow IV Continued from Preceding Page a nod and then suddenly flashed ono of her rare smiles at him. "Well.' bIio asked, "don't you war.t that 50.000'"' "Who does noi?" "Only you'd like tho money without with-out the girl, being a Prince'." , "Are you proposing to me?" he inquired, smiling. "I would if I thought it was of any use," she replied, with a hard little laugh "In any case. I'd rather do it for myself than have it doue IT ! for me. You must admit that It's a little humiliating." "Don't tempi me," he begged, Ignoring the latter part of her sentence "Beside?, It might bo such a bad bargain! The money" "Quite safe." she assured him, with a mischievous little gleam In her eyes. "It's in war loan, and" "Well?" 1 "It Is in my own nam' I can eay to any man I choose. 'Here am I worth exactly minus fifty thousand pound, and bore is the money to make the bargain fair." "Your father is of a more trust- ful disposition than I should have Imagined." David remarked dryly "He worries a little about it sometimes." she confided, tht fugitive smile which had been playing about her lips a little more fully developed. "You see, there was some trouble about excess profits, so he bought some Jewelry for mother, which was locked up at the bank, and put this money In my name. It helped him somehow." some-how." I see." David murmured "He saved a few thousands," she i&B wmi on, "but I don't suppose it B ever occurred to him that he BBB might lose the lot" BB "Bv your marriage? But sure- ivfj "Bv my leaving home without I B getting married at all." BB Ho looked at her In some sur- B ptls? There was a very deter- jjSJ mined, almost fierce, lok about tM her mouth. Her eyes were filled it? flB with the dull fires of rebellion. BB "I do not see," he said thought jf-jjBT, fuliy. 'why that should be so lm- 'H possible. Thero are many profes- Higflfl eions now open to women Very soon there will be more it Is not ICffl the duly of any one to remain la &TB, an environment to which they are $B unsuited." -Jlk "That Is true," she answ'eicd roBf softly, "and perhaps I shall break uH away I am eo lonoly and yet I j?pBJ. don't seem to have the courage of fSB other g'rlB As for ambition, I KjfcAlf have none except to be taken care nBJ of, to count for something 1n tha jkBJ1 life of a real human being " &fgM Tho music had drifted Into a vHjB wait 7. David rose and held out his 'Wfl hands. wftjS "Your people will wonder," he SiBi tald simply. '3fl Thero was neither tho crude FH abandon of the devoteo of night &fBT clubs or the passion of Spain in rjOBi her dancing To the casual looker- jBB on it was sedate and graceful Onlv IrXaB David felt tho soft cling of her affljjH arms the undefined caress of her tfSBB body. He stopped a little abruptly, BL and tnerc was an unusual light in k eycs- Ho hated himself for tho J!B, catch In his; breath. vMsM' You dance wonderfully," he QnEM whispered. JflH ' Her face was ablaze with emo- gffiB tion, as though lightning had sud- HSHi denly played upon l She talked BB as thuurh upon air. jflffai "Thank God for this half hour!" he murmured. "1 fee a human be ing again. No. you may leave me here. It would spoil It all If my father told you how much he hail spent upon my dancing lessons, and my mother asked you to dine, aud where you woeld like to live when you settle down in this country." "I am dismissed, then?" he asked, smiling. "Absolutely," she answered, giving giv-ing him her hand. "I shall make, your apologies You see. Sydney has already gone back to your table. So good-night, dear Friend, If I may call you so, and bless you." She threaded her way through I i I S a?. slonal bachelor. I have Just the same feelings for women as other men. I suppose, and I don't lay claim to any unusual virtues but I like them outside my dally life. An establishment, es-tablishment, even with Edith at the other end of Ihe table, would fret mo enormously." "You arc a very selfish young man," Thivid pronounced. "I believe that in tho very early slages of our acquaintanceship I informed you of that 1 rait in my otherwise admirable disposition," Sydney declared. "The whole tiling Is purely a matter of temperament Happiness for Edith would mean making a doormat of herself for some man. probably unworthy, to wipe his boots on. She has the genius for sacrifice. She enjoyed tho moft hideous discomforts iu Franco and revelled iu them. She will probably end as the spinster head of some charitable institution. That sort of thing Isn't In my line " "She said something about a doctor." doc-tor." "I remember the fellow," Sydney assenled. "A Dr. Cross his name was. He was at her hospital in France." "Then for heaven's sake get out of your hidebound selfishn : at once." David enjoined, "and find out. where ho Is now K should he easy enough if ho's still in tho service. serv-ice. Write and a8k him lo look you up when he's in town again." "I might do that." Sydney agreed. "He was a decent fellow, plays golf, smokes and likes a glass of win I don't think that would put mc out much." "Good thing if it did." David growled "I can't think, in this country, how your nice modest girls ever get married at all Abroad every member of tho family puts a spoke in tho wheel. Look at the case of your sister. Her lather and mother and younger brother are all absolutely out of sympathy with her; she is never likely to find a husband or even a reasonable amount of human companionship amongst their friends, and. you, you selfish follow, you've uover even taken the trouble to fiml out what became of the one man who did seem like a probable suitor. I expect ex-pect you know his club, don't you?" "As a matter of fact I do," Sydney Syd-ney admitted, a little shamefacedly. "I might Jupt nave asked what had become of him." "I give you twenty-four hours," David said firmly, "to make a re port, or I'll raid your rooms and confiscate your golf c'.ubs-V "I really don't know why you should bully me." Sydney protested, pro-tested, a little irritably, "but I'll do It all the same. Xow, what the devil's tho matter with Hector?" Hector bland and mysterious, had been hanging about in Ihe en-treaol en-treaol with his eyes fixed upon tho Iwo men He accosted them as they emerged from the cloakroom and drew David on one side. With the skill of a bom intriguer, he slipped a note Into his hand. "The lady who wrote thii." ho whiskered, "was with Mr. Langrode, the gentleman from Balkanland. Their table was close to yours." "I know," David murmured. "She made me promise to deliver it Into your own hand and to bog you to read It at once. I have been waiting here lor more than half an hour." David slipped lnlo a recess and untwisted the scrap of paper. There were only a few words there, scrawled In shaky charcaters, but in Virginia's line handwriting: " am cornlr.ij at once to -your room Return there immediately immediate-ly you yrt this. I fear there is some danger.' i inn ixi a: CHAPTER XXII. David found Virginia lying upon the couch in the Kitting room, her eyes closed, her expression one of great weariness. Tho light fell becomingly be-comingly on her oval face, with lis frame of blue-black hair her arms nnd throat were marviously white against the dead black of her dinner din-ner gown "You have news?" he asked. She swung herself round In a sitting posture on tho couch. "I have bad news," she warned ! m f - h "I'S'. ;';:;,v, ' '' ' v ' ; , . ; & s j '' .'')V' ; .' ' - '' , & the tahles, and David, as h waited for a moment for Sydney to him, watched her. Her figure was neat, her carriage deliberate and wholly free from self-consciousness. Her dress of scarlet chlft'on, with shoes, and stockings of the same color, was dlst Inctive. An artist, and not a rt)iffeur. had arranged her coils of dark brown hair He found himself thinking with pleasure of tEe quick changes In her expression, expres-sion, the quaint honesty of her deliberate de-liberate speech. "My sister." Sydney remarked, as the two men strolled on towards the cloakroom, "is one of those strange personalities which the war has discovered for good or for evil at present rather for the latter. I should think She is miserably discontented at home, and quite naturally " "You ought to tako care of her," David said. ' My dear fellow, It would bo impossible. im-possible. I am a born, a profes- . 1 Davi d Took Her Face Between His Hands and Kissed Her On the Ups and On the Eyes. him. "1 am discarded. I shall be of very little further use to you. I am r.utside their confidence " "Why?" "Because of you." He frowned. "Is it a matter of personal distrust?" dis-trust?" "Not altogether," she replied. "You must remember that Paul Langrode has had thoughts and hopes In connection with me outside out-side his work." Their eyes met, and he understood. under-stood. She was half reclining again now, her magnificent young body Rtretched out and cushioned En th3 deep settee. She had strength as well as grace. Her arms, clasped behind hr head, looked Indeed as though they might have the power to strike as well as to caress "He takes your refusal hardly?" 'David asked ' "He lakes it liko a wild beast," sho answered. "Ho attacked me again this evening after you had been over, when my stepfather was at the telephone I told him thAt it was not a quoslion of principles, but of selection He would be tho last man in the world whom I should choose for a husband " There was a moment's silence. David, who had been In the act of taking a cigarette from the box f)y his side, withdrew his hand "in forgctfulness. He rose slowly to his feet, camo over to the couch and stood looking down at her. Her deep blue eyes were lifted to his, her lips a little parted. "Look here," ho demanded, "do you realize that your choice is already al-ready made?" Her expression suddenly changed. She laughed softly with her eyes as well as her lips "My choice," she murmured. ' Yes, hut how is that going to help me? One cannot drag down a star to play With, however much one loves, nor can a factory girl sil upon a throne " He smiled back at her. although her words had made him momentarily momen-tarily thoughtful. "Sometimes I feel like Sydney Grunby," he declared. "I hate laws. People in a doll's house can obey laws It is so difficult to make them for a wide-spreading humanity,. That Is the flaw in all , tho socialistic dreams: humanity will beat us In the end by its un-A un-A equal development." B "You are talking over my head." sho said, sitting upon ;he .'urh and looking at him a "little wilfully. "Philoso- ' phy at midnight between us. Even if you are the star ;k and I am the earth maiden, 1 1 ' : t. , iu why '. you should not kl.ss me " Ihey believed that I was returning " ;o Tottenham to-night, Langrode whispered to my stepfather who afterward suggested that I should beg for your escort back. I thought It best to acquiesce. The lit t lo H note which I left for you with Hec- H tor they believed was written for H that purpose. 1 I telephoned before J I came here to Charlton Terrace. H My little maid, whom I can trust, K answered me. Three of the men T whom Langrode brought with him. fe Irom Balkanland are in the houso L. now. What do you suppose the I (an be doing there, now that Paul I Langrode himself has left'" y "Waiting for me, 1 should think." David answered grimly. , "So I believe." she agreed "Paul Langrode scarcely takes the trouble . li to hide even from me the fact that B I if f I He took her faco between his hands, kissed her on the lips aud on tho eyes. She yielded completely com-pletely to his embrace her arms even stole around his neck and drew his retreating lips back to hers Tho joy pf It swept their minds clear of all disturbing thoughts. Then, through tho half-open half-open window, camo the booming of Big Ben. She Buddenl released herself. "I nearly forgot," she exclaimed, as she straightened her hair and looked up ut him with that wonderfully won-derfully soft light still In her eyes, "that I came to speak of danger." "It was worth while," he declared de-clared fervently. "Let us be serious now." she insisted, "That clock reminds me that the time is passing I bring you disturbing news. My stepfather has now become altogether alto-gether Pan' Langrode's tool." "It is not to be wondered at " David remarked. "Your stepfather is thed of hardships. He is no match for a man of Langrode's strength of character." "Listen," she went on. "Paul Langrode promised my stepfather when he made him his secretary that thero should be no more of these melodramatic methods He promised that you should be left alone to bo dealt with politically only. Ho said that same thing to you at tho dinner-table to-night. I have com to the conclusion that he has not the slightest intention of keeping his word " David was suddenly tonse "Tell me why." "Listen then. When I absolute ly refused to stay at tho Milan, and he considers you an enemy. Ho M professes to be Intensely patriotic j and to have grave fears that you Jj will presently disturb the country. I 1 which is Just settling down, by a ' royalist demonstration. He spoko -freely of this with my stepfather during dinner. For gome rea?on or B-' other, notwithstanding his jealousy, B he does not seem to have taken in- B to consideration the possibility of my possessing your entire conll- B' donee" "His is Just the type of mind,' David observed, "which rejects 1 what it wishes to reject. He m knows too, very well, that if ever H I come into power again his fate Is H sealed." H- "Have you any idea. David," she H asked him frankly, "of making any B attempt to regain the throne of Hj Balkanland?" B "I have not a single definite B plan." he assured her. "I have Br friends there, however, who send Bfl me reports which prove to me that BLi state Neither Metzger nor Langrode Lang-rode have any knowledge or under- H standing of economic problems. sjB The science of government is ono which they have never even at-tempted at-tempted to master. As for Paul B Langrode. I have know him all my Hj life, and I have never known s BJ time when his presence did not kj breed trouble H,. s !t man ttno re. BJ velfl in bloodshed and the dark ways The liberty which it would I 1 be ni Joy to gie to my people L means nothing to him He Is at m heart an anarchist. His mind Is set upon destruction " B Virginia shiered a little "David," she declared eirnestly, I "Just now I fear that It is your de- JBI struction ho is set upon Remem- XI ber that If the chance comes his A way he would no more hesitate to BB kill you than he would a fly." Rfl "Perhaps not." David admitted with a smile. "On the other hand. 1 shall prove a little more difficult BJ to kill than a fly." BS I' used her eyes for a moment . If as though at some evil vision Bi "If it were you and he alone." she continued. should not be BJ afraid I would watch your fishr, ItzSx, and I know that in the end you BH would set your heel upon him as Hsm upon some poisonous reptile. But BB he seems to have the gnastly gift of calling up from hidden places BYd all manner of horrible creatures HB like ihoso he brought from Balkan- j land to act as his body guard. All Vf -- the flme at Tottenham there were shadows moving about. I ncvef BlH knew where they came from ot '' where they went " B (To Be Continued.) i |