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“When I had the pleasure of see- ing you beforeâ€"-â€"” David be,qu “Pardon me, you have never had the pleasure of seeing me before.” "I bow to your icorrec'tiin and “admit that I have never sen you before. But your voice reminds me of a voice" I heard very recently under remarkable circumstances. It was my good fortune to help a lady in distress a little time back. If she had told vme more I might have aided her still further. As it ., ls, here reticence has landed me in- to serious trouble. ‘- ' ‘ ,mEnid grasped the speaker’s arm ‘ conviilsively. “1am deeply sorry to .hear it,” Ihe whispered. “‘Perhaps the lady in question was reticent for your sake. Perhaps she had confided more thoroughly in good men be- fore. And suppose those good me‘n had disappeared?" “In other words, that they had Wheen murdered. Who by ‘l” ’ There was a snarl from one of the bounds hard by, and a. deep, angry curse â€"from Henson. Enid pointed solemnly in his direction. No words of hers would have been so thrilling and eIOquent. David strode along without further ques: tions on that head. Meanwhile, with no suspicion of the path he was treading, Bell had gone upstairs. He came at length to the door of the room where the sick girl lay. ' Bell caught a glimpse of a. white figure lying moâ€" tionless in bed. ~As he would have entered Margaret Henson came out and'closed the door._ “But there is one uhing that g-ou must tell me,” he said, as they stood together [in the porch. “Is the first part of my advice going to be carried out?” She handed him pencil and pa- per. “Now will you please write what I suggest? Write. ‘See no- thing and notice nothing, I imulom you. Only agree with everything that Dr. Walker’says, and leave the room as quickly as possible!’ Now sign your name. We can go into the drawing-room and wait' till Dr. Bell comes down. You are merely a friend of his. I will see that he has this paper at once.” now.“ room. “You are not going in there,” she said. “No, no. Everything of mine you touch you blight and wither. If the girl is to die, let Mrmdic. in peace-’1. . "V ell ’afipl‘oéched the figure in the doorway and whispered arfew'words rapidly in her ear. The effect was electi‘ical. ~~The figure seemed to wilt and shrivel up, all the power ag'tlxesjgt‘ance has] gone. She step- David Steel followed his guide with the feelings of the man who has given himself over to circum- stances, péd “EJfisVi-JQ-Wfixioaning 5nd ‘ wringifig her hands. A ‘k _ _ .sv- “v.-. -. V SBell entered the sick room. Then he .raised his head and sniffed the heavy atmosphere as’ an eager hound might have done. A quick, sharp question rose to his lips, only to be instantly suppressed as he noted the vacant glance of his col- league. -'\ n “iflAJ over to Walker. .’ “Eloq- atfo ' perfeotly o0rrect,”, _ he said}? I‘Thé‘ 'patiefifcahnot 'possib- l~y last till \the morning.” Walker smiled feebly. “It is a,‘ mel’ancholy satisfaction fiozhaive my. opinion confirmed,” he Said»? v‘fMi'sm H_én150n,i,.i£- you ,“wjll get Williams to see me as far as‘ the lodge-gates . . . it is .so late thatâ€"erâ€"J’ avwbu‘. “Alfiumen,” Bell muttered. “What fiend’s game i_s th§2” . He paused and touched the girl’s brow with his fingers. At the same moment Enid came into the rooml “Well,” she whispered, “is she better, betternorâ€"Hatherly read this"; > . “n . 7] LL“ “Bil-e look and Bell mastered the contents. J,» “WM-fl” “It is your sister who" lies there,”-'Bell whispered, meaning 1y. ' .. -... 1 1111 Q A . _ _ ~ _ .‘I EFI‘VVlvlait does ii; mean 2” Bell asked housefly. “What fiend’s plaything “Williams came at length; and the Ntle doctor departed. U led him int-o the drawingâ€" “Yes 'Enid nodded and Bell crossed Prinee Rupert’s Bing, That is why CHAPTER XIII. 0R.’THE’HOUSE OF THE SILENT SORROW. v‘ou are here They were down in the drawingâ€" room‘ again ;‘ Dsmvid waiting, withhat strange sense of embarrassment un« der - Margaret Henson’s distant eyes. She turned eagerly to Bell: “Mr. Henson has got away,” he said. “Blast if I can say how. And the dogs have rolled him about, and tore his clothes. and made, such a. ‘ “Your niece’s sufferings 'are over,” Bell said. A profound silence followed, bro- ken presently,by angry voices outâ€" side. Then Williams looked in at the door and beckoned Enid to him. His face“ was wreathed in an un- easy grin. “Well, he came back in through the study window, swearing dreadâ€" ful. And he went right up to his robm, after ordering whisky and sodaâ€"water.” ' With a sigh of unutterable relief Enid heard Williams returning. Reginald Henson had not come down yet, and the rest of the ser- vants had retired some time. Wilâ€" liams came up with a request as to whether he could do anything more for her. Enid flew back to the drawing- room. Not a. moment was to be lost. ~At any hazard Reginald Hen- son must be kept in ignorance of the presence of strangers. A min- ute later, and the darkness of the night had swallqvgeq them. 11.9. “A strange ~ night’s ‘work,” Da- vid éaid, pregently. . “Aye, but pregnant with result,” Bell answered. “But why did you send me that note just now 2” V“Tell,_me all "there His {0 know,” she cried. picture of him as you never saw. - I I ‘ 1“ , Wait 3st pgiijof the 'scheme,’.’ Steel said. “Chris is not going to die,” 1*;nid whispered. “Then leave her alone. No more drugs; no medicines even. Give nature a. chance. Thank Heaven, the girl has a perfect constitution._” "‘Chris is not going to die,” Enid repeated doggedly, “but the certi- ficate will be givan, all the same. Oh‘, Hatherley, you must trust “Just one thing,” said Enid. “The good dogs have done their work well (so-night, but they have not quite finished. Find Rollo for me, and bring him here quick. Then you can shut up the house, and I will see that Mr. Henson is made comfortable after his fright.” ‘ are you meddling with? It; was only for your sake that I didn’f'épeak my mind before the fool who has just gone. He has seen murder done under his eyes for days, and he is ready to give a certificate of the cause of death.” dog bame preséntly and followed Enid upstairs to the room where the sick girl flay. "j’fliefirérwa‘s hoBobdy'in the room. Thipatigér‘xtis bed Was empty I. - . n 11.1111. ’ “If: wéx'nks' well,”:'Elnid”m:urngirâ€" ed. “Lie down, R0110; lie there, good dog. And 11‘ anybody comes in‘ “tear him/co piec‘esfl” ‘ . _ ‘ The 'greatubr'ute " crouched ldown obediently. Enid crept down stairs. She had hardly reached the hall beâ€" fore Henson followed her. His big face was white wrch passion; , “What is the meaning of this?” he demanded, hoarsely. “I might ask you the same ques- tion,” she said. “You look white and shaken. But’please don’t make a noise. It is not fitting now. Chrisâ€"” Enid. hesitated. Henson muttered something that sounded like consolation: . “I am going to bed,” Enid said, wearily. “Good-night.” She went noiselessly upstairs, and Henson passed into the» library. He was puzzled over this sudden end of~,;Chris.t_iana Hen'gpn.‘ He was-half inclined to ‘ believe" that 'she'lwas not dead at all. . Well, he could easily ascertain that for himself. There would be time enough in the _morning. a? J 7 it" Fania. l 1§i131§fi£nso¢satj§fi§gnp thinking and smoking. 'Like other great men. he had his worries and “Chris has; gone. She passed away an hour agp.” n‘ .1 ‘ Yul-1:7: 7:- c I: 'cv‘ Id . h a. a'. was I:' a." - lu-C" 3‘5 “Lg. Ségkéwm (Infill CHAPTER XIV. “That fiend suspects,” Enid said.» “How unfortunate it was that you should meet aunt like that. Chris, you must go back again. Fly to your own room and compose your- self. Only let him see you lying white and Still there, .and he must be satisfied.” ~ Chris rose with a shudder. “And if the wretch offers to touch me,” she moaned. “If he doesâ€"” “If he does, Rollo will kill him to a. certainty.” She flew along the corridor and gained her room in safety. It was an instant’s work to throw off her cloak and compose herself rigidly under the single whitesheet. Then the door was opened and Henson came in. He could see the outline of the white figure, and a. sigh of satisfaction escaped him” ; He stretched out his hfém'd to touch the marble forehead, there was a. snarl and a gurgle, and Henson; came to the ground with a hideous crash that carried him staggering beyond the. door into the, Corridor. Rollo had the intru- der by the throat. ‘ K - “How did it ha“ ed. Margaret Henson complied in her dull; mechanical Way," “and. Enid- flew ‘like a flash of, lightxto her room. ' Anbthe‘r girl Was there‘ ‘â€" “a. girl eXceedingly like her, but look- ing wonderfully pale and drawn. b “â€"â€"I,was walking along the cor. rider,” Henson gasped, “goingâ€"â€" going to bed. you see; and one of those diabolical dogs must have got irrto the house. Before I knew what I was doing the creature flew at my throat and dragged me to the floor. Telephone for Walker Whven he came to, himself he was lying on his bed, vath Williams and Enid bending over hirp: ' “So Christiana’s ghost passed in- to her sister’s bedroom. You come and sit quietly in the library Whilst I investigate.” ~ . “Like Chris. And just when I was going to speak to her she turned and disappeared into Enid’s bedroom.” “So I’m told,” Hensén said, with brutal callousness. _ “What was the ghost“: likq?”_ “I cannot,” the feeble, moaning voice said. “The house is full of ghosts; they haunt and follow me everywhere. And Chris is dead, and .I have seen her spirit.” Enidf, looking over the balus- trade from the landing, wondered so also, but she kept herself pru: dently hidden. ‘ “How your startled me !” Henson said. “Why don’t you gq to bed ” troubles, and that they were main- ‘ly of his own making did not ren- der them any lither. So long as Margaret Henson was under the pressure of his thumb, money was no great object.’ But there were other‘s'ltuations‘ where money was utterly powerless. He wonderedâ€" what was that? Somebody ‘creeping. about; the house, somebody talking in soft: though distinct, whispers. He slip- ped into the hall; Margaret Hen: son was there. , Concrete Stairs Need No Repairs Easy Rb Build and Last. Forever .)en ‘2” Enid ask- .t i p‘ 9 _ I n; a] 4 d( m " n E w V! finnuu “EhIflAl on The first grey. streaks of dawn werfii‘n‘ .th‘e- air as Ehid Stood outâ€" side the lodge-gates. A neat figune in grey, marvellously like her, was by her side. The figure in grey was dressed fortnwelling and she car- ,ried a bag in her hand. “We’l Do you fnean to say that your enemy and mme is a common one ‘2” Steel lay sleepin back in the cabi They were well into the main road again before Bell spoke. “It is pretty evident that you and I are on the same track,” he said. “I am certain that I am on the right one,” David. replied: _. “I found the lady who intervieWe’d me in the darkness, which is more to the point. ’ ’ “Then whose voice was it that was so very much like Miss Enid’s ’1”. “The lady’s sister. Enid Hen- son was not at 218 Brunswick Square, on the night; in question. Of that you may be certain. Bun it’s a queer business altogether. Of this you may be sure. We have found a foe worthy our steel.” . ‘ “GQod;1;ye, dear, and' good luck to you,”y she said.» “VYOIi have absolutely everything that you require ’5’ Epid asked. “EVerything. By the time you are at breakfast I shall be in Lon: don. And mice I am there the search for the secret will begin in earnc:t.” “You are sure that Reginald Henson suspectgd nothing '1” “I am perfectly certain that he was satisfied. Still, if it had not been for the dogs! Au revoirl” WraArs a, matter-of.fact, youddid no- thing of thg kind/j laughed“ Bell. “No such luck as that,” Willi- ams said, with the air of a confirm- ed pessimist. “Do you think he isâ€"«dead, Wil- liams '1” she asked. at once. I am'dying, Williams.’_’ He fell back once more utterly lost to his surroundings. There was a, great, gaping, raw wound at the side of the throat that caused Enid to shudder. “Canada-“te‘mém Co; LII-ltd ‘ ‘Certainly. 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Then 'the second Rembrandt turned up, and there was his chance for wiping me off the slate. After that came the ter- rible family scandal between Lord Littimer and his wife. I cannot tell you anything of that, because I cannot spegk'TWith definite au< thority. But you could judge of the effect of it on Lady Littimer to- night “But does he know what I aud- vised one of the girlsâ€"my princess of the dark roomâ€"430 do ?” ulckly Mops coudlurcuoa'col'd'a.“henvli t a throat and hail I - a 25 can“. “The poor lady whom you met as Mrs. Henson is really Lady Litti~ mer. Henson is her maiden name, and those girls are her nieces. Trouble has turned the poor wo- man’s brain. And at the bottom of the whole mystery is Reginald Henson, who is not only nephew on his mother’s side. but is also next heir but one to .the Littimer title. At the present moment he is black mailing that unhappy creature, and is manoeuvring to get the whole of her large fortune in his hands. Reginald Henson is the man those girls want to circumvent, and for that reason they came to you. And Henson has found it out to a cer- tain extent and placed you in an awkward position.” _ «- “I don’t fancy he does. But I confess you startled me toâ€"night.” “What do you mean by that?” (To be continued.) foe I found yours.” “And who may he be?” “Reginald Henson. Mind you, I had no idea of it when I went to Longdean Grange to-night. I went there because I had begun to sus: pect who occupied the place and ’06! try and ascertain how the Rem~1 brandt engraving got into! 218 Brunswick Square. gums Cum A Await mod the 7 u lemon oz mum: Brfimelv at. M. V on»: tux-h: n B muons" M on u in WM IXdinx gggldm‘a' ' L “11:71-31le a map