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Copyright,
1927.
by
E.
Phillips
Oppenheim
SYNOPSIS
Mlw
Edith
Brown,
pretty
stenoe
ranhpr.
la
lifted
from
her
dull
life
of
routine
Into
a
land
of
adventure
and
rcmanoc
tw
chance
bit
of
dictation
which
she
takes
down
from
the
lips
of
a
man
who
nay
he
u
dying
Colonel
Dewier.
The
next
morning,
when
an:
starts
to
the
bank
to
place
tier
notes
and
other
documents
with
which
she
ha
been
Intrusted
In
a
safe-deposit
box
as
Instructed,
ahe
Is
attacked
by
ruffian
nnd
Mm
her
bag
only
because
she
has
strapped
It
to
ber
wrist.
She
finds
ber
acquaintance
eagerly
sought
after
by
people
of
ill
sorts.
Noel
Frankland
aba
Ukcs
least,
although
bet
chum,
Frapoes
Austin,
doe
not
snub
his
uncouth
adfancea.
However.
Frances
finds
a
real
admirer
and
Edith
a
partial
confidant
in
a
young
Russian,
who
dexcrlbea
himself
merely
as
"Paul"
and
Invito
the
girls
to
the
restaurant
wh-re
he
and
hU
parents
gain
n
bare
living
to
which
be
adds
a
pittance
earned
as
a
professional
dancer.
TDM
after
a
mysterious
Invitation
to
a
party
from
the
Princess
Strepaff
abe
la
again
vainly
Importuned
to
disclose
1
her
secret.
Finally,
through
a
news
paper
ad
In
code,
ahe
Is
summoned
to
a
secret
chamber
In
one
of
the
Government
buildings,
where
a,
certain
John
Olyde
produces
ber
notes,
whlcb
aba
had
Instructed
the
bank
to
deliver
to
no
one
but
herself,
and
bids
ber
tranicrlhe
them.
When,
to
her
amazement,
aba
finds
the
notebook
pages
blank,
both
realize
that
ber
documents
have
been
tampered
with.
Then
it
"There
Is
something
else
which
I
must
tell
you,"
Miss
Brown
con-tlnued.
"This
morning
Mr.
Great-son
came
to
my
rooms."
'
"He
visits
you
there?"
Dessiter
exclaimed
abruptly.
"He
has
never
been
near
them
before.
Neither
my
friend
nor
I
receive
any
visitors
there.
He
came
to
beg
.me
not
to
go
to
the
bank."i
"So
he
knew!"
Dessiter
muttered.
'That's
news
to
me.
I
thought
that
what
they
call
the
action
branch
was
supposed
to
run
their
business
entirely
apart
from
the
i
general
party."
"I
suopose
he
must
have
known."
Miss
Brown
conceded
re-;
luetantly.
"I
absolutely
refused
to1
change
my
plans.
Then,
while
I,
was
getting
into
the
car.
a
man
caae
up
and
stabbed
the
tire."
I
"T
hearri
nf
that"
TWsltpr
.
I
fleeted.
"It
made
us
between
five
and
ten
minutes
late
in
starting.
I
suppose
that
is
the
only
reason
I
wasn't
blown
to
pieces."
Her
eyes
met
Dessiters.
For
a
man
whose
acquaintance
with
women
and
their
ways
was
scant,
he
was
swift
to
realize
their
faint
gleam
of
reproach.
He
smiled
at
her
very
kindly.
"Please
don't
believe
that
I
havent
.thought
of
that,"
he
begged.
"Your
safety
was
my
first
question,
my
first
thought."
She
flushed
a
little,
absurdly
pleased.
1
,
"I
suppose
youi
thought
I
ought
tq
have
mentioned
It
directly
you
came
In,"
he
went
on.
'Well,
it
was
there,
where
It
should
have
been.
Then
I
saw
how
perfectly
self-eomposed
you
were,
and
I
left
It.
There
s
a
fever
about
this
work,
you
know?"
"I
know,"
she
murmured.
"So
young
Oreatson
is
an
admires?"
he
continued
after
a
moment's
pause.
"Isnt
that
what
it
is
called
In
your
world?"
"If
he
U
he
has
not
mentioned
it,"
Miss
Brown
replied.
"What
is
It
called
In
your
world,
Colonel
IJeaatter?"
"How
the
devil
do
I
know?"
he
retorted
testily.
"You
have
a
fair
idea
of
what
my
life
has
been
like
during
the
last
two
or
three
years.
Do
you
think
there
has
been
any
time
for
philandering
In
It."
Miss
Brown
considered
the
matter
composedly.
"One
can
scarcely
tell."
she
de
cided.
"These
are
the
records,
I
imagine,
of
your
public
work,
not
or
your
private
lire."
"They
are.
the
records
of
both,1
he
snappedi
:
j
"This
Fan-te-shl."
Miss
Brown
murmured,
with
her
eyes
upon
the
ceiling,
?
She
"appears
to
have
"beer
an
acquaintance."
"Of
course
she
was.
Women
like
that
are
useful.
One
drinks
with
them
and
flirts
with
them,
gives
mem
non-Dons
ana
jewelry,
oc
casionauy
one
learns
what
one
wants
from
them."
"It
seems
a
little
brutal
to
care
for
women
only
for
what
you
can
get
out
of
them,"
she
remarked.
"What
the
devil
are
you
cross-auestlonlng
me
for?"
he
demanded.
Miss
Brown
was
suddenly
confused;
When
she
came
to
think
It
over
she
was
horrified
at
herself.
She
rose
to
her
feet.
"If
there
Is
no
more
typing,"
she
began.
"Sit
down,'
'he
Interrupted.
Miss
Brown,
notwithstanding
ner
new
numuity,
hesitated.
She
ficlal
department
now.
you
know.
and
yours
will
be
a
semi-official
i
appointment.
Three
hundred
a
year
and
your
keeD
when
we're
travelling,
pension
if
you
stay
loner
enoufeh
and
cnmnnjm
Hnn
n
your
relatives
if
you
get
it
In
thfe
neck
like
I
nearly
did.
What
aT6
you
hesitating
about?
"I
didn't
like
being
sworn
at
Just
now,"
Miss
Brown
ventured.
"You
shouldn't
have
been
so
damned
Irritating,
then,"
wa3
the
dawns
cn
Mis
Brown
that
John
Glyde
blunt
reply
is
none
other
than
Dessiter
himself.
1
she
had
a
retort
reirlv
throw
his
enemies
off
the
track,
and
immediately
be
enlists
her
help
to
thwart
any
scheme
to
get
her
notes
Into
the
opponents
hands.
It
is
disclosed
that
tbe
enemy
has
an
aocora-
plica
who
exchanged
her
book
In
the
bank
vaults
for
a
bogus
one.
Dessiter
gives
ber
Instructions
to
get
the
real
dooumantf
as
soon
as
the
bank
opens
next
morning,
but
a
mysterious
warning
fnm
Brie
Oreatson,
supposed
to
be
in
tbe
opponents'
camp,
and
an
unusual
aoeMent
delay
her
arrival
and
as
ahe
approaches
the
bank
a
great
explosion
wracks
the
building
and
spread
havoc
lb
an
directions.
INSTALMENT
XXVI.
but
It
remained
unuttered.
There
was
a
twinkle
In
his
eyes,
a
curve
at
the
corners
of
his
lips
which
seemed
suaaeniy
to
humanize
her
pros
hind
her
head,
looked
across
the
room.
"Edith."
she
murmured,
"some
times
your
Intelligence
astonishes
me.
"Are
you
dining
with
Mr.
Frank-land?"
"I
am
not.
To
tell
you
the
truth
my
vanity
-Is
a
little
piqued.
Mr,
written."
"So
much
the
,
better."
Miss
Brown
declared
severely.
"I
call
him
a
most
objectionable
person."
"So
do
I,
as
a
matter
of
fact."
Frances
yawned.
"He
thinks
of
nothing
else
except
his
wretched
speeches
and
his
Influence
with
the
worklnc
classes.
I
don't
like
men
who
are
too
much
In
earnest
about
anythlnz
In
life
except
me.
If
only
some
nice
man
knew,"
she
reflected,
"how
unsettled
I
am
how
receptive,
how
easy
a
victim
I
should
be
to
any
one
with
a
lit'
Ue
affection
to
give
and
a
little
tact
to
use
In
the
displaying
of
it,
why
I
think
I
should
be
besieged,
withdrew
tne
hand
she
had
II
have
a
new
gray
frock.
Edith-stretched
out
for
her
coat,
but'
It's
really
that
new
shade
of
she
did
not
sit
down.
listen.'
'he
went
on.
"I've
been
wanting
an
opportunity
to
talk
to
vou.
You
re
m
this
thine
now.
I
had
to
trust
some
one
when
I
thought
I
might
be
goins
to
die.
and
by
good
luck
It
turned
out
to
be
you.
Are
you
willing
to
stav
in?"
Please
exDlain."
Miss
Bniwn
beCEed.
with
a
little
flutter
at
hpr
heart.
As
my
secretary.
I've
eot
an
of
J
fmoke
color
all
the
things
that
sro
with
It,
and
some
silk
stockings
to
match
I
bought
coming
up
from
the
station.
You
could
put
It
all
in
a
handkerchief
case,
and
I
have
a
coiffeur
coming
here
In
exactly
twenty
minutes.
Can
we
eet
him
a
cocktail?
It's
the
great
Maurice,
and
I
hear
he
never
goes
twice
to
a
place
unless
he's
offered
a
cocktail."
"Not
a
droD
of
alcohol
on
the
Dremisw."
Mta
Brown
recited.
"Yon
knov
that.
Frances.
Could
he
tJo
my
hair
as
well?
He'd
make
an
awful
mess
of
it,""Frances
assured
her.
"These
halrdressew
have
no
knack
of
hariaimg
fine,
simple
hair
like
yours.
I
shouldn't
let
him
touch
it
if
I
were
you.
The
way
you
ar
range
it
yourself,
with
those
baby
blue
eyes
underneath
and
your
funny
demure
little
mouth,
gives
you
lnaiviauaiity
at
any
rate.
You
may
not
be
striking
looking.
Miss
Brown,
but
If
any
one
takes
the
trouble
to
look
at
you
well,
vou're
quite
worm
it.
uan
i
nave
a
bath?"
"You
can
If
you
have
sixpence
pectlve
employer.
Miss
Brown
felt
to
put
In
the
slot.'
tMMmm.
.i
in
7h.Vni?n.i?iatl
a
g1at
d,eaL
t0
about
the
morning's
"Felt
the
ground
rock
beneath
my
feet."
he
told
the
girls.
very
weak
and
verv
acaulesrent
She
sat
down.
"I
didn't
really
hesitate,"
she
confided.
"There
Is
nothing
1
should
like,
so
much
in
the
world
as
to
be
your
secretary,
and
gq
on
with
the
work."
He
came
over
and'
laid
his
hand
gently
upon
her
shoulder.
"ThaV&ll.
right,
taenr
he
said;
"IH
try
to
keep
you
out
of
mischief,
but
you
won't
mind
if
there
is
a
certain
amount
of
risk
now
ana
men?
She
lifted
her
blue
eves
to
his
"I
shan't
mind
at
all.
she
prom
lsed.
"I'm
not
really
a
coward.
If
I
didn't
know
that."
he
growled
as
he
touched
the
bell
ud-
on
his
way
back
to
his
easy-chair,
Frances
swung
herself
off
the
bed.
"IVe
been
reading
about
this
awful
outrage
In
South
Audlev
Street,"
she
observed.
"Did
yoii
hear
it?"
"Yes.
I
heard
the
explosion,"
Ulss
Brown
admitted.
"Every
one
did
round
here.
A
great
many
windows
were
broken
1
in
Curzon
Street."
"The
police
seem
to
have
been
pretty
clever
about
it,"
Frances
went
on.
'They've
found
the
fac
tory
already
where
the
bombs
were
stored
raided
it
this
eve
ning."
"Was
it
in
Tooley
Street?"
now
tne
mischief
did
vou
know?
You've
seen
the
stop
press
"I
Shouldn't
be
making
you
thlsof
tne
Evening
Standard,
I
sup
nf
for
Nino
n'nlnnlr
DOSe."
mornlns.
Dlease.
and
brlnir
some
clothes.
You
may
be
going
out
of,
town.-
i
"What
sort
of
clothes?"
Painful
Boils
"How
the
de
mischief
should
i,
One
After1
TriA
flfhfr
know
what
ypu
wear?"
he
answer-
,
D-rtf-ft
n..
A.m.
ea.
i
ueg
your
paraon
i
mean.,
wnw
vui
vn
muia
how
should
thing."
I
know?
Bring
any-
"Am
I
going
to
ventured.
"No,
Camberley."
China?"
she
Frances
Again
Miss
Brown
arrived
home
escorted
again,
somewhat
to
her
discomfort,
in
a
Government
car,
to
find
Frances
in
pronounced
negligee,
lying
upon
her
bed.
smoking
a
cigarette
and
readine
the
evening
paper.
1
"Once
more,"
the
latter
confes
i
sed.
throwing
down
the
newspaper
;
and
stretching
herself,
"the
chic
kens
nave
Deen
too
many
lor
me.
I
need
an
antidote.
What
Is
the
natural
antidote,
Edith,
to
feeding
chickens
and
disposing
of
their
dismembered
remains?"
"Dancing,
dining
and
flirting,
I
suppose,"
Miss
Brown
observed,
taking
off
her
coat.
Frances
raised
herself
lazily,
and
with
her
hands
clasped
be-
Miss
K.
RuoM,
1100
Victoria
Drive,
Vancouver,
B.C.,
writes:
"
About
a
year
ago
I
was
troubled
with
boils.
They
broke
out
on
my
arms,
and
no
sooner
was
one
healed
than
another
would
come
to
take
its
place,
I
suffered
great
pain
with
tltem,
and
tried
different
medicines
and
ointments,
but
they
did
ma
bo
good,
"I
was
advised
to
tiaka
mm
and,
jaj,
what
relief
I
got
soon
ay
kin
wai
ai
clear
aa
before."
JPut
Tip
jpnl?
by
The
T.
llllbuni
Oo
Limited,
Turoato,
Ont.
ward
here."
Tire
DAILY
NEWS
threw
the
bombs
was
blown
Into
while
your
hairdresser's
"Go
and
have
yours
first.
The
man
will
be
furious
if
I
keep
him
viUae.
and
you
know
how
I
like
to
iew."
Miss
Brown
dutifully
departed
Wnen
she
reapneared
clad
In
her
areaein
(town,
inr
rwuraresscr
nan
mreadv
arrived.
With
the
neees
tty
of
a
susnnded
toilette
bsTore
her.
she
curled
herself
uv
In
an
ensv-rhatr
He
had
a
wreat
dal
to
say
about
n
mominss
excitement.
"Frtt
h
sroimd
rock
bensnth
my
fct."
h
told
them
both
"J
we
Fhavine
a
customer
a
thinf
'
don't
often
do.
nut
It
was
Lord
Hieeniey.
a
very
old
client.
I
very
near'v
rut,
him.
tooi
thlnsr
that
nwrit
haDpnd
to
me
for
flf-twm
vears
You've
heard
the
lat-
etT-;
i
supnosev
"we'v
hrd
nothing
excent
wnst'f
in
the
papers,"
Frances
Maurice
assumed
an
air
of
mys-
"Xwn
If
the"
bring
off
this
nnl
Ma'
strike
It
won't
do
what
'0tt
trim
it
viii.
I
went
to
i
TMflUng
'be
ntw
nlirbt
'
'he
went
onnint.l'.
"There
was
i
VOUDaT
rnar
Mr
Eric
OrraUnn
who
strike
Kw
heard
such
non-
rense
m
mv
nre.
It
was
all
kind
of
poetrv
stuff
and
imagining
thints
not
a
word
that
was
a
bit
oi
geoa
to
a
woriclngman."
The
two
girls
exchanged
quiet
nisnfps.
"Mr.
Eric
Oreatson
is
supposed
fo
be
a
very
clever
man,"
Miss
uroan
ooservea.
"He
may
be
clever
In
his
own
way."
the
man
aclrnowiiriii
"wMeh
mav
be
In
writing
verses
ior
mose
to
enioy
wno
under-Hand
them,
or
It
may
be
in
writ-'ng
novels
which
he's
quite
right
to
call
romances,
because
there
sn
i
a
wora
or
truth
n
irm
hut
a
for
any
sort
of
help
to
the
or-'linarv
worktairman.
there
wasn't
anything
of
that
sort
tumbling
He
Htnnrt
honlr
nnrt
CtirVAVnl
Vile
handiwork
Frances
made
a
little
griraafe
at
herself
in
the
glass
It
was
an
intelligent,
almost
a
beautiful
face,
notwithstanding
the
-lightly
discontented
curve
of
the
mouth.
"You've
made
me
look
a
shad
Vss
ugly."
she
admitted.
"rv
made
you
look
In
the
rashlpn.
madam."
was
the
self--atisfied
reply.
"And
that's
what
vou
sent
for
me
for.
I
wish
your
friend
would
spare
me
ten
min-
;tes.
I'd
cut
her
hair
so
that
her
best
friends
wouldn't
know
her."
imss
Brown
shook
her
head.
"You
COUldnt
make
mo
lnnlr
fashionable."
"Not
worth
while
trvinsr
ellhffr"
Frances
declared.
"We
girls
all
'ook
like
a
flock
of
sheep
The
hair
dresser,
who
was
sec-etly
of
the
same
ooinlon.
mckpd
UD
and
took
his
leave
Th
turn
irls
completed
their
toilettes
In
-lsureiy
laamon.
and
in
due
oursc
started
off
on
their
expedl-
ion.
(To
Be
Continued
Tomorrow)
Lady
Rhonnda
Is
On
Warpath
In
Defending
Women
LONDON.
Dec.
3:
Lady
Rhonn-tla,
one
of
the
most
prominent
bus-ness
women
of
the
country
and
a
director
of
thirty
companies,
led
Sngland's
unemployed
feminity
In
i
counter-attack
on
J.
H.
Thomas,
lord
privy
seal
and
minister
of
employment.
He,
in
a
speech
to
the
house
of
commons,
had
denounced
women
pin
money
worxers"
as
economically
unfair
and
against
he
interests
of
the
nation.
"No
legislation
can
cure
It."
he
said.
"It
is
a
question
of
moral
resDonslbllitv
The
number
of
women
engaged
In
industry
today
aoinR
work
that
men
did
before
the
war
is
very
substan
tialwomen
that
need
not
be
so
employed."
Lady
Rhonnda
retorted
with:
"It
is
strange
tnat
Mr.
Thomas,
a
So
ciail8t.
should
be
advocating
Idle-1
ness
for
any
section
of
the
com-
munlty.
It
is
ridiculous
to
say
that
1
U
Is
against
the
Interests
of
the
na-;
tlon
for
women
to
work.
Everyone
either
works
or
is
kept
by
some
one
;
else.
Mv
own
experience
in
business
'
Is
that
few
women
are
ene.icprl
in
it
i-
'
mi,matMMma'mm
fore
left
m
work
"
sheadmit
ted.
"4nd
I'm
not
sure
that
It
v:isl
the
police
who
were
so
clever
after
j
all
Many
arrests?"
.
"Not
one
yet.
The
warehouse
was
deserted
and
the
mart
who
He
hasn't
been
down
this
week
or
r
mh,vartu,
a
,,.
uo
ana
n&w
your
oain,
sne-
suggested
"I
may
have
one
after
on
a
pin
money
basis.
Most
of
them
f
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worK
Because
uic
nci-u
uie
money.
No
Elsie
Books
For
the
Sailors
TORONTO,
Cjnt.'
DK'tf
-UWhen
lookine
over
books
wlth'a
vfcw
to
giving
donations
to
the
Navy
League
I
it
m
well
to
remember
that
"sailors
ire
not
interested
in
tne
"Elsie
books
'
A
dismayed
provincial
convener
of
the
league
found
It
necessary
i
when
appealing
for
dona-
tons
i
to
ask
for
a
little
discrimination
in
offerings.
A
local
bookseller
maintains
he
has
a
steady
demand
for
"Elsie"
books
around
Christmas
time,
the
devoted
maiden
aunt
being
still
j
persuaded
that
girls
read
them.
But.
U
any
rate,
sailors
don't,
and
the
nieces
should
remember
this,
the
convener
suggested.
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In
a
FasM(fn
and
Value
Group
Affording
Most
Unusual
Savings
33
Per
Cent
Off
Northern
Sealg,
Gonuirve
Minks,
H
id
in
Sc-Russian
Squirrel
and
other
finest
.-(-!
Fu
in
porgeous
advance
stylo.
Most
o?k
creations
all
lavishly
trimmed
with
i
;
i,;-collars
and
cuffs.
FUR
SCARVES
REDUCED
The
raw
fur
season
now
started
is
going
to
absorb
all
of
(JoMMoorr
energies,
time
and
money.
Chiefly
for
this
reason
he
has
to
clear
our,
his
large
stock
of
made
up
furs.
HERE
IS
YOUR
CHANCE
to
obtain
that
fur
coat'or
neckpiece
you
have
been
wishing
for
at
a
third
less
than
ordinary
pricey.
-
Call
in
and
inspect
the
big
stock
for
yourself.
It
will
please
you
just
to
feel
the
sleok
goftnoss
of
the
beautiful
fur
and
it
will
please
us
to
show
you
them.
William
Goldbloom,
the
Fur
Man
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Cakes
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