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Show mie Secret Adversary , X"1'' n" 1"" y"u i"' , ,v.Ui'l Tommy, "look !' i ( ie Viu f,,r A v"'1'" wnv didn't ' " ,,rr ''''''hr-r.ir 1 iv'iln.'d conscious " v" ,,Km'' k""w ,U"' 1 . .'P' '"" kl" ""MU'W' J :'';"lll Uuv. '.' .11.1 1 Kvl Int.. J "". Uemeiubcr hat dear ,1.1 ' '''i'iM-wllii your o I'""-'T'I I'""-'T'I It ? How did I get hold '' You dent suppose I 1 '! SI.'I'S h:Ulll"Tl S,lK1 ,,U' "S i;';'.m.!s that '!U1" llU, M'y 1"',u, ;" " tru." ' x " !ilt.nty, "Comrades. Uu ' (,jv nuiriiHir arose. Tommy " ' ,j , ' itiom M.-om:ii:uit;y. k ,!, ,. t.t,'i How can you hope " .'1', success of any Jot. If votir brain V .. '.V.a'nlil I'll ' wno '"""""v1 ' ' J the Ocrnun. "Hut th:it shall '" " ve vou-oh. no ! Ym H tell V" tbst .vou know. UorN. herv. i! ..'j pretty vs of making people i- Tommy scornfully, tlght- ..'.vim !f.lrty unpleasant tret-? tret-? , ti e pit of his stomach. "You .YnKtVr l"rtuIV """ nor kUI mr " hv not?" 'mM 1'orN. i-, :V fo!'!'0 "' roi.lUM Tommy " ' -. T ' -WMt ilo you tiuvin?" -vv.it io you Hunk I mmtir r'f-..' r'f-..' Tv.:hiv. s.-.irohli-.i: i!oiT:it'ly In J- oa r.i'.'V "-.' 't'.y Por: stojxM forwaril. his St In Tnim f;iv. ik. vou srt ino of nn F"Tul!l-i; F"Tul!l-i; :,r 'k!" -u- t f.'t . e.-!t.vl. pit cvi.l fol-t-fcM To::::v.y ftslmly. "Tliaf tl.o , -t of you forol.T.ors. You onn'l T - ? n;. Now. 1 n!s you. t'.o I j a .vo-:ch I tSo;:;:it thor oro " .., r' .ir. ' of your kill'.n.- nifT' ' l,,o,v,j cr.- ;(r.!:v nom !. bio! : vtii'ii lloy ivull nnt to:ir t!.' lor-bMt'.se lor-bMt'.se of Ills hf:irt Moh i i 11? to M wort!. -x" sfc'!!!iM I'orls at last 5'.il--: v. "yivj do n.'t." Go.', Y.t's r.ot ni!nl - tho:.-''t T"ivn-.y. A ! n 1 l.P - Ms 8 Ivnntnc : "A:J w.y I o conf.'Vnt ? r.--,;;( I l;,nr on;tt.!ne ti nt put nif ;"" .a to pp'p-" ! t :ir;.i!n." "A 'arr:!'::T" T.e N'.krl--1 man i a'y. ys i larain. My life and !lt-t !lt-t m::t " He pauol. A::-st whatT T? r"1,1"? fornr'!. You " have hoard a p!n rim. "Tt rpor that Pnnvem t'nm;lit j,-, Aro.erioa In the I.u!tani.- Ttf fft of his wor'l uv-il uv-il Everyone wns on Ms fort. The sve.l them h.iok. He l.-iin.l "'rT'try, his fare purj le with ex- 3--sei! Yon have got them, EJinifioent calm TomniT shor't "T'C hw where they areT per-the per-the German. r ArLa Tommy shook his head. "Not "Tiea then " anyry ami haffiej. "roj failed him. t. ; i"ny locked n tind. He saw an-i't an-i't - hewlMerment on every fare. 3 calm assurance had done Its "rt no one douhtel but that some-; some-; 1st behind till word.". T d..n't know where the papers are 'j -tat I believe I can find them. If H. Mice the papery you ge me my cd liberty In exchange, la It a lyS 'Aad if we refuser said the Gor- i un quietly. ; loamy lay back cn the couch. The 2&th," he Bald tliouphtfully. i 4 es Uian a fortniKht ahead" , m"ment the German hesi-TTien hesi-TTien he made a sifm to Conrad. re him Into the other room." 6ve minutes Tommy sat on the !V 4i t"tte angy room next dcor- Hls I-; ,,'r8s beftins violently. He had t-j w ail oa thi3 throw. How would decide? iml b last the door opened, and the ; - called Imperiously to Conrad "f!um. - j ("?rman was seated once more table. He motioned to '' ij to sit down opposite to him. 'r!eM'" he "aid harshly, "on ffi ".'( . e f,a',?rs must he delivered ! kl ,7,',:jre y"U EO free." ; ? V ?ald Tommy amlnblv. f -"a if 10n thlnk 1 n loc,k for J.' -.-.v. Jon keeP nie tied by the leg W: d -V0U "PWt, thenr' " M,cJnSt hnve llb',rty f Ko about J ' T."r ln mjr rnvn ." r-J IJ rJ'rnian 'aiiKhed. n tn" "'ink We "re U,"p '"lill'lron Willk n, "f here lenvlnir us ; ' rr S'r,r' fuH of I.romlsos? One ,: "''nlr will carrv , vo,r ,' Z?mmy- If tl,P "I'onuions J'i ''h , lie will r,.,llr V(M, 5 r,mri:r;,r ,s,n,o, 'H !-t ,ylnl5 ny hands." roi-Jf roi-Jf ,n'y- " very ,o!i,.,o ,;: m! ' ,e n"H'r f"o- "ill mufT "'y not. and then 1,,-re By Ac ATI i a Christie rlh IKJ.l, ktMl C.i..f ball 1 ho? 1 don't l.Wleve oiik of you hua not nil 01111,0 ()f t,ut." Tlio, a, r ,,.,.,. othorwlNo doaih!" Tommy loaned hack wearily. "1 Ilk your Htylo. run, hut in. iraotlv. so bo It. thru. l, thlMK In osMiulal I i,ulKt H,. Ule lltrl." "What Kltir 'Maim Finn, (f course." The ftlitT lookod at him curio islv for a.ouo mliuitcs. tl.n he said sh.wly '! " tboUKb c1ioon1i,k. bin wonls' u Uli care : "l'o ,ui not know that she can tell oil lU.lhlni; Tonimy'ii heart heat a little faster Would bo Muv.vd In canlnn face to fare win, t. K(rl , , M,(,k11(;, "I shall not ask her to toll me anything" any-thing" he said quietly. "Not Ko many nortlx, (hat Is." "Then w by s,i her?" Tommy paused. "To atob her face when I nsk her one question." ,o replied ,lt hist. Ataln there was u look In Ihe I'.er-mairs I'.er-mairs ees that T.onmy did not quite undei-Nian,!. "She w ill not bo able to answer your question." Tbat ih.es not matter. I shall have seen her fa.-o when 1 ask It." 'Hie Herman hH.krd nt hhn search-Insly. search-Insly. "I wonder whether, after all. vou know ns much ns we think?" lie said softly. Toiniv.y felt bis asoendenoy less sure than a moment before. His hold had sl'.ppod a little. Hut bo was pur-led. What bad he said wroni;? He spoke out on thv Impulse of the moment. There may be thlncs that you know whioh ! do not. 1 have not pretended to bo aware of all the details of your show. Itut equally I've Kot somethlni; tvty X 'IS ', "We Accept." He Said Harshly, "on Terms. The Papers Must Be Delivered De-livered to U Before You Go Free." op my sleeve that you don't know-about. know-about. And that's where I mean to score. I'anvers was a d d clever follow fol-low " He broke off as If be had said t'-o much. The German's fare had lightened a little. "Ianvers." he murmured. "I see " He paused a minute, then waved to f'nnnid. "Take Mm away. Upstairs you know." "Walt a minute," said Tommy. "What about the clrl?" "We will see about It. Only one person can decide that." "Who?" asked Tommy. But lie knew the answer. "Mr. I'.rown " "Shall I see him?" "ferhaps." "Come," said Conrad harshly. Tommy rost obediently. Outside the door bis Jailer motioned tn him to mount the stairs. He himself followed close behind. On the floor above Conrad Con-rad opened a door and Tommy passed Into a small room. Conrad lit a hiss-inn hiss-inn gas burner and went out. Tommy heard the sound of the key being turned In the lock. He set to work to examine Ids prison. It was a smaller room than the one downstairs, and there was something peculiarly airless about the atmosphere of It. Then lie realized that there was no window. He walked round It. The walls were filthily dirty, as everywhere else. Four pictures hung crookedly on the wall representing represent-ing scenes from "Fo.ust." Marguerite with her box of Jewels, the church scene. Slebel and his flowers, and Knust and Mephlstopbeles. The latter brought Tommy's mind bnck to Mr. Brown again. In this sealed and closed chamber, with Its close-fitting beavv door, he felt cut off from the world, nnd the sinister power of the arch-criminal seemed more real. Shout as he would, no one could ever henr him. The place was a living tomb. . . . With nn effort Tommy pulled himself him-self together. He sank onto the hod and gave himself up to refaction. His head nched badly: also, be was hungry. hun-gry. The silence of the dace was dispiriting. "nvwav," said Tommy, trying to cheer himself, "I shall see the chief the mvsterlous Mr. Brown, and with a bit of luck In bluffing I shall see the mysterious Jane Finn also. After that" f . . After that Tommy wnl forced to admit the prospect looked dreary. The troubles. (,f the future, however, how-ever, soon faded before the troubles of the present. And of these, the most Immediate and pivsNlnif was that of hunger. Tummy had a healthy Htid vigorous appetite. He regretfully rec-ognlred rec-ognlred the fact that be would not make a success of a hunger strike. He prowled aimlessly about bis prison, (ince or twice be discarded dignity, and pounded on the door. But nobody answered the summons. Finally 11 bright Idea (lashed across bis brain. Conrad was undoubtedly the tenant of the bouse. Tin. others, with the possible exception of the bearded Gorman, merely used It as a rendezvous. Therefore, why not wait In ambush for Conrad behind the door. "'l when I ntered bring down a chair, or one of the decrepit pictures, smartly onto bis head. due would, of course, he careful not to bit too hard. And then and then, simply walk out. If he mot anyone on the way down, well Tommy brightened at the thought of an encounter with his fists. Such an affair was Infinitely mow In his line than the verbal encounter en-counter of this afternoon. Intoxicated by bis plan. Tommy gently unhooked the picture of the Pevll and Faust, and settled himself In position. Ills hopes wore high. The plan seemed to him simple but excellent. Time went on, but Conrad did not appear. Night and day were the same In this prison room, but Tommy's Tom-my's wrist-watch, which enjoyed a certain degree of accuracy. Informed hltn that It was nine o'clock In the evening. Tommy reflected gloomily that If supper did not arrive soon It would be a question of waiting for breakfast. At ten o'clock hope deserted de-serted Min, and be flung himself onto the bed to s.s'k Consolation In sleep. In five minutes bis w 00s w ere forgotten. The sound of the key turning ln the lock awoke Mm from his slumbers. slum-bers. Not belonging to the type of hero who Is famous for awaking In full possession of his faculties. Tommy merely Mlnked at the celling and wondered won-dered vaguely where be was. Then he remembered. The door swung open. Too late. Tommy remembered bis scheme of obliterating the unprepossessing Conrad. Con-rad. A moment later he was glad that he had. for It was not Conrad who entered, but a girl. She carried a trny which she set down n the table. In the feeble light of the ras burner Tommy blinked at her. He decided at once that she was one of the most beautiful girls he had ever seen. There was a wild-rose quality about her face. Her eyes, set wide apart, were hnzel, a golden hnr.el that again recalled a memory of sunbeams. A delirious thought shot through Tommy's mind. "Are you Jane Finn?" be asked breathlessly. The flrl slusik her head wonder-Ingly. wonder-Ingly. "My name Is Annette, monsieur." She spoke In a soft, broken English. "Oh!" said Tommy, rather taken aback. "Franealse?" he hazarded. "Oul. monsieur. Monsieur parle franealse?" "Not for any length of time," said Tommy. "What's that? Breakfast?" The girl nodded. Tommy dropped off the bed and came and Inspected tho contents of the tray. It consisted of a loaf, some margarine, and a Jug of coffee. "The living Is not equal to the Rltz," he observed with a sigh. "But for what we are at last about to receive the Lord has made me truly thankful. thank-ful. Amen." , He drew up a chair, and the girl turned away to the door. "Walt a sec," cried Tommy. "There are lots of things I want to ask you, Annette. What nre you doing In this house?" "I do the sendee, monsieur." "I see." said Tommy. "You know what I asked you Just now. Have yon ever heard that name?'' "I have heard people speak of Jane Finn, I think." "You don't know- where she Is?" Annette shook her head. "She's not ln this house, for Instance?" In-stance?" "Oh, no, monsieur. I must go now they will he waiting for me." She hurried out. The key turned In the lock. "I wonder who 'they' are," mused Tommy, as he continued to make Inroads In-roads on the loaf. "With a bit of luck, that girl might help me to get out of here. She doesn't look like one of the gang." At one o'clock Annette reappeared with another tray, but this time Conrad Con-rad accompanied her. (TO BE CONTINUED.) |