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He swung round and strode across the mom. Without. a. backward slance he opened and closed the door behind him. They heard his footsteps as he mu light- ly down the stone stairs. Pryde crossed the room to where the girl was aiming. The telephone bell was ringing softly on her desk. She took up the receiver' in her left hand and held it to her ear. Her ri'gltlgz1 hand still Ola-sped the handle of the pie . ‘ unv .yvu VMV-‘-- -_v ____ can have the first folio at once. I believe that the others will come later. Good- bye!" _ She replaced the receiver and turned round to Pryde with a curious expression in her face. “Shall I follow him?” he asked quickly. "He must Vbeione of t_he 33mg." Elleâ€".3360? hie}: fiéaif‘ :11; 'is not neces- sary. He will be arrested within a few moments, or as soon as he is safely out, of sight of this bulging; _ _ ‘ unuyuvuv , v u v _ v _ w . w . "Oh, I am not quite mad!" she assured him. “Nor are we either of us running such a. terrible risk as you think. My tale honing was a code, of course." "No the poljpeP’: KENS" gasped. fié-Iglanwd toward the telgxghoye; she podfield. ‘ n. ,u, , A __.__H: _ “To the police.” she admitted calmly. "The man who put that image into your pocket was one of the Human Four, with- out a doubt. The man who has just, left us was another. For him, too. it is over. There are two more. The man' who will be arrested below will not. return to them. They will think that. he has made off with the idol. Then I think that one of them will come here to make sure. The otherâ€"" . . -.. _ . a, “Quite,” she assured him., “They will wait for some time, at any rate. for their friend who hag just left. us. to return. When they find that he does not, they will he‘suspicioua, but it is my belief that they w111 risk everything for the sake of that little image.” ' He turned and looked at it. Again the same uneas fascination possessed him. He styetche out his hand, but she stop- 9991 hue: ' One of the many good features of )la-Dm-Co D spepsia Tablets is that they are so easant and easy to take. l{‘he relief ‘ey give from_heartb1_1n_1, vvuv " hat about the other?” Pryde de- manded. - She shook her head. “I do not. know,” she said quietly. "He is the man whom they call the professor. the man who has done nearly all the killing, the man whom the police ,are wild to get hold of. I do not think that he will come at all.” Pryde was still a. little bewildered. _ “Are there any more questions wou wlsh to gskA meij” she_ inqulyedz "I thought." he said, “that you were simply looking out for‘adventugee on your own account. the sort of person who liked to help women out of small troubles: In any case, I thought that you acted Inde- pquently." _ ... .. . .. . . .-. 1.1“. "I started like that." she told him. "Then I came to be useful to the police. There are some of those in authority who have oonfidenoe in me. I havevbeen con- cerned in one or two important matters. I had not meant to tell you so much just yet, but it is you who have stumbled into this afl’air toâ€"day. so we move forward a. little more rapidly than I had thought._I have a private wire from here to a certain Koliee station, and a private code. ave also an alarm bell under my foot which rings info a. single room on the ground floor, where the men are waiting who will follow our last visitor. I can summon help by means of it, it neces- sary. You see, I am not so foolhardy as you thought. All the same. I am glad that you were not afraid}: "Let it alope,” she begged. "I believe I am superstltious about. it myself. When you come back, we will examine it to- gether. Somehow, I can’t help fancying that it means something more to theae He looked at her in wonder. Her tone had been perfectly matter-of-fact. She had taken him into her confidence very much as she might have confessed to a. secret liking for golf. or any other wholly harmless pursuit. At that moment she was inspecting the mechanism of the pis~ to! which she had taken from their visi- tor's pocket. Her face was exactly like the face of a child examining with pleased interest a new ‘toy. .. ‘ ,.,,, ,. “Do you see what a. beautiful piece of work this is?” she exclaimed, with the enthusiasm of a. critic. .“I have others here; but. nothing so perfectly finished." She opened a. drawer on her right. There were four pistols there and an open box of cartridges. She sli ped her lamest acquisition in by their ai e. /' He shivered. ‘ Her face, for a. moment, had been oaitlvely cruel. “I think, ’ she continued, “that you had better spend the rest of the day with me. It may be interesting. Only I' am afraid that you will not be able to go as far, even. as the Cafe de Lugauo for luncheon. Don’t you think that you had better :8 come cigarettes, and a. book if you want one, from your rooms, and order some lulxllchtaPon to be sent in here from some- w ere ” "Prde was feeling a. little like a. man in a dr9am. He glanced at his watch; it was Dag? om: 60.1.9015. “Yes, I wili'a'o that." he assented. “I wonlgier, though, if it is safe to leave 79.“. . . . . u... .u “I always have these where my fingers can reach them in a moment.” she ex- lained. “although I have never used one u my life. It 15 not a woman’s place 59 fight. There are-other and more deh- oame methodsi." Since Taking Na-Dru-co Dyspepsia Tablets" Mrs. J. Merkhuget, Waterloo, 0nt., enthusiastically recommends N aâ€"Dru-Co Dyspepsia Tablets. Her experience with them. as she outlines it. explains why. "I was greatly troubled with my Itomach", she writes. “I had taken so much medicine that I might say to take any more would only be making it worse. My stomach just feltraw. I read of Neâ€"Druâ€"Co Dyspepsia Tablets, and a lady friend told me they were Very easy to take, so I thought I would give them a trial and really they worked wonders. Anyone having anything wrong with his stomach should give Na-Dru-Co Dyspepsia Tablets 3 trial, they will do the rest. My stomach is fine now and I can eat any food.” Montreal. “MY STDMABH ISHNE fintnlEnce. biliousness and dyspepsia is prompt and permanent. Try one after each mealâ€"they’ll make you feel like I. new person. 50¢. a box at you: druggist’s com< unded by the National Drug and __hemicn_1 Co. of Canada. Limited, "Age you_ thflere‘?"~ ghe gaiq. "Yes, you 7 L-1:,._- (Continued from last week.) The Human Four A Clever Detective Story threw it open, A verv resplendent person stood there, sleek,» blapk haired. dressed in the height of fashlon, Semitic, He stood upon the threshold and stalled at them reassuringly; they were not to be overcome! men than as yet we have rightly under- stood.” It was nearly five o’clock before their second visitor arrived. Grace and her partner were having ma. together when they heard a. sharp and somewhat. inmat- ent knocking upon the door. followed by the ringing of the bell. Grace rose at once and glided into her place before the typewr;_ter.‘Prygie walked to the door and .. and ,, __-_.. ‘fMy game." he announced, removing his ahmy s1lk hat, “ith Namathâ€"Mr. Richard Nathan. I called, with your permission, to make a. few enquireth. ’ “Come in, Mr. Nathan,” Pryde replied quietly. “My name is Pryde. Is It I w}_19m you _want to see?" ‘ , n" ,1 .uv... ,vu nun. -y -vv. The man's eyes were everywhere. Sud- denly he saw what he sought. The smile faded from his thick line. the oily suave- uess left him. He stared at the image upon the table. The hand which held me hat dshook. He was, without doubt, a31- aue . ‘fIt it): you I want to talk to, my dear Mlther Pryde.” he began. "Just a. few words, mpst important bithnethâ€"most im- portant llldeed; good bithneth for'you.” "Really?" Pryde remarked politely. “Who ith the young 1a. ?" the’ new- c<11mer Slemanded. “Introdnt e me, if you p ease. -_. A. m . L, ., ___; "This is Miss Grace Burtopn who is good enouzh to do some typewrmng for me," Pryde explained. “These are really her rooms, and I don’t. know how it is that iV1011 should have came to 'look for me ere." “Never mind that,” Mr. nth-an de- clared impressively. "Never 1nd that. I have come to do you a. good turn. I have come on a matter of moth important bithnethf' Mr. Nathan nodded his head with satis- mction. "It will be a. shame to lathe you. my dear," he said, “but. the bithueth 1th_of a private natuljgf' .. . .. n,, ,1, .uu v. w V--.....- 0”...“ “Pray do not move. Miss Burton." Pryde intervened. “I can have no business with a. perfect stranger which is of any great. importance so far as I am concerned. You can say anything you like to me beforé Miss Burton," he went on. “and the soon- er you tell me exactly what it is that has brought you here the better I shall bq_nle§v§ec!-" 7"2W01i1d you asked. "ME'fiZfiian pointed with the shining knob of his stick toward the idol. The 1mg!) quive_1_‘ed_a 1_i_tt._1e injheugir.‘ Mr. Nathan held out his hand. "Shake hands, sir." he insisted. “You are an hon- gst ypung man. You shall not lose by re. Insten. I am the owner of that litue curio." “Indeed!” Pryde replied dryly. “Tell me at once," Mr. Nathan begged. “why do you look at me tho doubtfully? Hag; anyone elthe been here t9 glam} itF‘” "Yguwha've n67 oiaim 7‘40 the jewelth!” he snarled. "They belong to nth!" “'7'VerE'6iéliI 'thén‘T'hé éélid'.’ “Just as you nlgathp. Wherq (iid _y9u get‘ thatf’.’ Pryde, poo, glanced toward the image. Was it 1115 fancy. or was there igdeed, at that moment. a. red and threatemng hght in” 1.116 geegseg eyes? h7‘That," f’ryde‘aniweted. “is not mine. I _a_.m Keeping _it_i_n trnqtt" _ n.va 4.. .. -.......~ _-V.. ._._7 “There was a man name in.” Pryde ad- mitted. “only a. few hours ago, who said very much what you are saying. He could not prove his ownership, however, and he grew rather offensive. In the end we were obliged to g9t_’rid_9f‘ 11in ‘yugriedlyfl Nafthan o ened his lips and closed them agam. He ooked at Pryde, and he looked at Grace. Then he set. down his hat and cane on a. chair. "Look here,” he said, “For all our makes I will not wathe time. I have come here for this idol. Whatith iiworth p0 you?_"__ “You‘ want to make thomething by the mithtake,” Mr. Nathan continued. “It ith natural. I will not heat, about the bath. I will not tell you any lieth. I am not a. curio~dealer. That idol represent}: more to me than to an one else in life. I want'it. I muth have 1t. It ith in your possesswn by chantheâ€"an evil chanthe for 1119; Very yell, I will pay. L091; herez” Pryde’s grip upon the image in his hand had perhaps changed a little. Eis fore- finger had pressed more tightly upon a projection of the backbone. The head flew sharply back. Pryde started, lower- ed his hand. and a wonderful stream seemed suddenly to flow onto the carpet. a stream of 1i uid fireâ€"of ruby fire, of green fire. of w ite, brilliant iridescence. Grace and Pryde were themselves almost stupefled. Them Nathan, with a, bowl, threw himself upon his knees and began tq grove about desperately. Pryde caught hm} by» pheoollpr and dragged him avga-y. to;- eight hundred pbunds, is it. my frxend?" he exclaimed. “No, let them Be there! They’re safe enough. I’ll collect them afterward." “Went. away without it,” he re eated, half to himself. "Game here an went {1395' without it! You are sure he thaw 1 “Oh! the person I am speaking of saw it all right.” Prydé declared. “I don’t see what that has to do with it. Now. pleage, get. on with what you have to "51}. Nathan nodded. A possible explana- tion had suggested itself to him. He kept. edging} _l_itt_,1_9 nearer go the idol. ‘ vunlun u: “may uvw‘va. mu. . “I sh‘ould like to egthamin the image for a few minutes. juth to be sure that it ith mine,” Mr. Nathan said. “There are thy many imitationth _a.bo_ut." .Pryde took it up and placed it in his Vlsibor’s hands. For a single second Mr. Nathan looked like making a bolt. Grace had opened the drawer on her right-hand side. and Pryde was standing on the alert. Mr. Nethan glanced from one to the other and sighed. With obvious re- luctance he set the idol down. “Ugly‘thing, ithn’t it?” he remarked. “Shocking? Pryde agreed. "‘Dear me! Dear me!" Mr. Nathan went on. "And this gerson who wath herbe- fore me, thaw t is little image, 1200; but you were not able to come to termth, tho he _went away gnd Jeff, it. ehP’f’ "It. ithn’t much to look at,” Mr. Na- than agreed, “and you know very well that on have no right tojt at, all. It was thrut t into your possessmn by a man in his latht momenth. He was half blinded, a.de h_e mitlggoqk yqlfqr pne of ‘l‘lthf'n "'iiyyfié ‘fn‘o'cidéaf ‘Wfii {feiaicfif‘ the pqglthn." .. .. . . .-,, He bore his coat open and drew out. a thick bundle of bank-notes. He threw them upon the table. “00th them! Count them!" he cried. “I am treating you like a, rinthe. There’th eight. hundred pounds 1. ere of the betht.. Count them! That ought, to pay you, oughtn’t it? Eight. hundred no_und_t-1'_L fox" a coppe_1_' i401. qud_ 5305!!" _ For a moment the man seemed about to throw himself 11 on Pryde. He was tremblin in every imb. His face was convulse . The passion of greed was mak- ing_him_ almost goprageoqs. v The face 3f MirfRi’chix-H’ Nathan. Became afitudy. He was at the same tame aus- igus. alarmed,_a_nd sugpgiqed. “Precisely,” Pryde assented quietly. “Just in the same way that. within a, few minutes you, also, will, I fear, have to gear "yourself away and leave the idol ere. Pryde shrugged his shoulders. He took the image into his fingers and held it out at arm’s length. “It isn’t much to look at: he _ret_marked_ thoughtfully." like me to go away?" Grace “Thu my triond." Prydo remarked driyly. ‘ should be inclined to doubt." uthan staggered to hu foot. The tale phone bell was ringing. Ho turmd Iharp- 1? toward it. "What’th that?” "0an one of my clients.” Grm answer- ed calmly. "Are you there?” she went on“ “Yes, the second lot of 101103 will be ready in a very few moments now; the third 191: qrobably _to-n_ight.__ Yes! Yes! Quite. thank you. Good-Bye” . Mr. Nathan wiped his forehead. He was not a. very pleasant sight. "Look here," he said to Pryde,."we dop’t need to quar- rel. It’th an internal pxeoe of luck, but. you've thumbled mto this. There'th enough for all of uth. Turn them out upon the table. we'll share them up, yon and I ; half for me, half between you two. That'th. fair, ithn’t it? Only let’s do the jqb muddy and let me got 01!. There’s mxty thousand poundth’ worth of jewelth there. You’re made for life, and if you tgke my advithe, you‘ll clear out. I can glve you an addreth or two in Amther- dam, where you can get rid of them, it yo_u wantito iknfiow."_ Pryde shook his head. “Mr. Nathan.” he .declared, “you are wasting your tune. Nelther thls young lady nor I myself have the slightest idea. of benefitin by the possession of these Jewels. We a-ve greve doubts.” he went on. with a. faint snnle at the corners of his lips, “as to how they may have come into our pos- session. We shall run no risk in the matter. We shall seal the idol up, and If no one comes here to lay claim to It with better credentials than you and your friend. during the next twenty-four 1191115! we shall send it: to Sooiland Yag'dz’: That night, for the first time, Pryde dined with his partner. .The meal sent. Lin from a. neighboring restaurant was by no means an elaborate. one. nor did |Grace unbend in the least; Nevertheless, ’Pryde began to feel more‘oheerful. The living together through these few thril- ling moments of adventure could scarcely fail, at any rate. to foster the spirit of oomredeship. She trusted him, tooâ€"had confidence in him. It was impossible, he told himself. that she was really so said end sexless as she appeared. The even- ing wore on. Occasionally they heard the elevator pass up; oftener still. there were footsteps on the stairs. Their expected visitor, however, did not arrive. Toward ten o’clock was always a. quiet time in the flats. There were very few people coming or going. With the silence Pryde became conscious of a. curious feeling of uneasiness. He found himself watching the_ door _eve_l_‘y-mome 3t. ‘ "Abeolu’qelv" Pryde assured him. “I must. admlt that I had some sympathy for that. poor fellow when I saw him being hounded. and I meant to keen aaeasion of the little idol until some aut enticated pergon came to claim it. Now. of course}, It 13 a. different thing. 1 shall keep 1t 0111} f9; another tweptx-f-our hm;st Nathan glared at them. He was half suspicious, half stupefied. "You mean that you are on the straight?" he de- mgpgieq flegce}y._ Mr. Nathan opened his mouth and closed it again. He looked at the carpet. he looked at. the idol. he looked at Grace, hemloqu at Pryde._ "God bless my thoul!" he spluttered. “Are you mad, both of you? Don’t ou want money? Don’t you know w at mgygy ith?" _ “We want it very badly sometimes,” Pryde replied “but. on see, there is al- ways the risk that‘t ese jewels may not hgye lggeq honesfglx come by." Mr. Nathan tried to speak and failed. He had no words. Very slowly he took unhis hat. brushed it with his coat sleeve, and turned toward the door. "If I hear that the poor fellow hath left any writ- ten inthructionth,” he promised, “I will let you know. Lunderstand you to thay that you will keep the jewels for at leatht twenty-four haul-5P”, 7 Piry’aeiwniodded.‘ Mr. Nathan turned a._wa.y to hide a. somewhap oquous expres- 5193 at thggogners _0_f by; 111)}. “Very well,” he said, “I wish you good afternoon. You are very honest, both of yqfi. I hope you will find that honethty wx pay.” _ He walked out, slamming the door a. lit- tle behind him. They heard-his retreat- ing footsteps. Grace touched the bell at her feet. and raised‘the telephone IBCEJVBI' once more to her ear. “Our vxsxtor," she announced aofigly, j'hae just left. Please do not let anythmg gmportant happen just round here. There Is one morer to come. Yes, quite all right, thank you. Good-bye!" She laid the receiver down. “After all,” Pryde remarked, “our friend Mr. Nathan was not one of the fighting sort. Somehow or other, I fancy that our laitnvisitor. if he comes, may be difler- en . Prydc could hear nothing, but Grace crossed the room swiftly and seated her- self before her typewriter. The green- shaded lamp was already in position, a half-finished sheet of manuscript in the machine. She began to work. With one hand she opened the drawer on her right.- hand side. ‘* "Be careful,” she whispered. “Some one is_i_‘1tting a key into {ghe la_tch.”_ Grace looked at him, unmoved. from over the top of her typewriter. "You are quite sure, air, that you are not making a mistake?" she asked. “I am making no mistake,” the new- comer assured them grimly. “I have come to recover a. piece of property which you may or may ‘nat. know about. There it stands upon the tableâ€"ugly, grinning morsfrosity. Now I‘ll buy it from you or fight for it, whichever you like, but I have come for my idol, 1nd I am not 1153c! to haying yisit_s in mm? He came a. little closer to them. It v'vaa quite clear that he had lx-:n_speakmg the truth. The outline ’If the mstols was there, showing from inside his overcoat pockets. One was directed toward Pryde, one toward Grace. Suddenly the tele- phgxge bell rang. ""1 ’wbhd'e'rf' h'é's’aid," half to himself, “what devilish scheme this man who calls hipself 1,119 pyofessqr will_im{ent_!” “You must bear in mind.” she reminded him. “that. neither Mr. Nathan nor his predecessor will have had an opportunity of communicating with him. If they had any plans for meeting formed. he may have become suspicious. 0n the other hand, he may believe that they have gone ofl’ with the jewels, very much as Mr. Nathan believed that the first man was trying to (10‘ He will probably come quite harmleser and with very much the same sort of offers. Listen!" He was a. man of about middle height, of most ordinary appearance. A black overcoat, which fitted him none too well, hung about his spare form; He had a. pronounced stoop. gold-rimmed spectacles, and white, untidy hair rather long at the back. He wore a bowler hat with a broad brim. He stood a. few yards inside the room, both hands concealed in his over- } pockegs.‘ “Young lady,” he said calmly, "and you, sir, you may be expecting rueâ€"you may not. Theqe is a little mystery con- cerned with thls room and its occupants which I have not yet solved, but in case my suspicions of you both are correct, let me warn you that, however quickly your hands may go to your pockets. for 1 am holding a pistol in either hand, and I learned to about through my pock- etg a good Ipapy yeag'g ago. You geeij," "ij you afiévVér that,” the professor Bald sv”““ "I shall shoot. You may be Grace looked up from the book which she had been reading. There was not the slightest sign of excitement, in her face. Her hair was primly arranged, drawn back tightly with the obvious intent to nullify its natural flufliness. Her plain black dress was unrelieved by even a touch of white at, the neck. Her cheeks wege as pale _as ever. Almost as she spoke, the door was noiselessly opened. A hand flashed through the crack and touched the knob which controlled the electric lights. The room wag in darkness except. for the lamp by Grace’s side. A man slipped quickly ‘in and closed the door behind him. “The Lima,“ Eé ié'mhrkéfifris'fi'fortu- name." honest. fools, you may be criminals ycur- selves, you may be creatures of the po- hoe. I am taking no risks. Dead men and women are the safest. witnesses." He spoke in a. slow, almost 111011014111in tone, but. with a. manner ouricusly 1m- preasive. Somehow or other, they hctn pf them felt that ne was a being of a. 6.1! ferent order from either Nathan or his predecessor. The master was there. Grace knew perfectly well that it she even stretched out. her hand toward the re- ceiver of the telephone, he would keep his word. "Thank you.” she (altered. “I am ter- rified ’00 death. I can assure you that I shill 1e_t ‘the telephone rring.” ‘ 'I‘he visitor moved a. step or two nearer still. He was now within a few feet of them. “You are not. terrified to death,” he said poldly. “That is what alarms me. I will» confess to you that I have the feeling that I am in a. trap. but in case you are deriving any satisfaction from that fact, let me assure you phat. it I am, both of you will answer for it with your lives. You know who I am? I am Helski. chief of the Human Four. I have killed a dozen men this year. I believe in killing; it. has become an art with me. If it were not for the noise. I think I should kill you both, just as a precau- tion. Young lady," he added. a. peremp- tory note in his tone. "get up. Into that corner. if on please. I don’t like the way your and is prowling around that drgwer. Quick]? . . w , I. _L She hesitated for only a. single mement. Then she rose. ' , "Back! And you, mo!" the professor ordered, turninr suddenly to Pryde. “No nonsense! I could shoot your‘ teeth away. one __by one. it I chose. Back, both of i611!» They obeyed. He looked into the drawer. From the drawer he looked back again Into their faces, and there was something terrible in his silence. He drew his .hands from his pockets. He held ajgneatmg pk!th in gitlgq; band." .- nvrku-u um..- -_ ---... __V.- "Bning me that idol," he directed Pryde. “Bring it here and place it on the table before me." Pryde walked slowly to the other end of the room, took up the image, end brought it toward the table. He was with- in about a yard of his destination when the door was suddenly opened. The pro- fessor turned like lightning. The door- way was full of men. An‘inspector in peaked cap and uniform was foremost a. detective in plain clothes by his side. ‘ e professor’s arm shot out, and Pryde. With- out hesitation, threw himself bodily upon him. pushing his arm toward the ceiling. The next second he himself was thrown half-way across the room. With amaz- ing ease the professor had freed himself. lie dropped on his knees behind the writ- ing-table. The dull metal of his pistol gleamed wickedly in .the light of the greeneshqded lamp. His left hand, clasp- inz a. pistol. was stretched out behind "Ah!" he muttered. “I 869 some friends. Mr. Detective Simmons, I think; Inspec- tor Johnson. Not a step nearer, pleasp. Remember, I have nothing to lose by k11- ling a. few more of you. These are my last moments. I wantfoo think.” There was a. queer, breathless silence. Pryde was still lying where he had been thrown. and had the air of being uncon- scious. Grace had advanced toward him, but had suddenly stopped and retreated. She. was sheltered now behind an easy- chgr. Then fake inspecbgg spoke. “Better mi'vâ€"e' yourself w(1-15," Helski. There’s no hope for you. We've other men 1119921 the stai‘rqé’“ Wm. n... "W..." “You are right," the professor admit- ted. "I have fought too many battles not to know when the end has come. but don't any of you flafimer yqurselves that I walked blindfolded mto the trap. ’1 knew verv well that the odds were ten to one We also wovide a fine counter with dmwws {or oak. the magnificent not of fly scale: you use nbova. mplote with weights and ulattorma. aflno set at bright metnl scoupl to mve the candy with. a flock or Bon- ban boxes. candy bags and In fact every uncanny o! the cm}! Show mama; an chi-won- 'i‘ixSh bis-35’ derlnl shook o Each of these wonderful shores cantnin a complah shock of fine Chonolatel. Ban- hanl. Butter Snatch. Luzen. hers, Cmdy Balls, Kin-es. econ ma. all in lovely glass in." and metal candy cues, the mm. a: In any his My shots. 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I have a. mat‘ ter of twelve lives here. I don’t think i will pa you to‘rush me. You know don’t 0 ton miss. I shouldn’t. advise you to try any tricks. Where’s the gu'l?’ There was no reply. "I have a sort of fancy.” the professor went on, "that she is the brains of thll enterprise, that. she is the erson I ought to reckon with. I wonder "' Once more he turned his head, looking back again instanfly. “Ah!” he proceeded.” “Behind that easychagrl A very insufficient shelter. an easychalr. I think I can do a little dam- age through that. Mr. Inspeotor, I con- gratulate you. You will probably qflect my capture without the loss of a. smgle one of your force. It’s the girl I’ll settle accounts with this time." Hie pistol covered them no longer. He swung round, turning: toward the easy- chair. Then Pryde, who had been oree - in: gradually closer, gathered himsel up and sprang at him. The attack was so unexpected that for a moment Pryde had thevP advantage.» From the first he knew that he was struggling With a stronger man, but it was a matter 01 seconds onlv. He went for the hand! which held the pistols, forcing them to- ward the floor. For the flnst few sep- onds he was successful. Then slowly his arms. inch by inch, were forced back. The right hand with the pistol in it came traveling round toward the easy- chair. Pryde's stren th was almost ex- hausted. but it laste lon enough. The affair, after all, was any one of sec- onds. The inspector and policemen were swarming around. With a blow of his truncheon, the former knocked the wee.- pon out of the hand of the professor and a policeman, steeping down, kicke the other one from the man’s doubled-up left arm. Even then the strugzle was not ever. With a cry of rage, the trap- ped man flung himself. unarmed as he was. upon them all. One of the police- men went over like a ninepln. For a m ment it seemed as though he would brea through them. Then the inspector seized him from behind. a policeman tripped him. Even when they had him on the floor. it was several moments before they could handout! him. They got him out of the ’room at last. The inspector lin- gered behind. He hug-tied .oif. Pryde turned, with 9; little shiver. to the girl who W8.s stand- ing by his side. She was absolume un- rufl’led. Even her hair was still 61'th 1.v tidy. ghe was looking toward t e wank by the mde of the door, with a slight frpgvn upon _'ber fage._ ‘ . . ,_4,- L‘ "Yoqu lady.” he said to Grace, "this is the best day’s work you’ve ever done. We’ve got the lot." "Keep me out of it." she begged. “We’ll keep. you out of everythmg lex- cent_the reward." the inspector replied. holdmg but his hand to Pryqe. 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