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it.^too. If suoh a thing Is possiblo.
He motioned me to a seat,
ment—tke need was veri sadden, as I
have said. I bad not time to engage a
| stateroom.”
"That explains It Well, the doctor
told me that you were bed fast.”
“Yes; since the voyage began I have
not left it”
, I watched him as be went through
, the familiar motion of lighting a seo-
i ond cigarette from the first one. In the
i. half light of the cabin I had not at first
* perceived how Ill he looked.
’ “But you, Mlatalr Lester," he was
saying. “How does It occur that you
also are going to France! I did not
know you contemplated’’—
“No," I answered calmly, for I had
seen that the Question was Inevitable,
and l even welcomed tt, since It gave
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so promptly—if you hadn't
;* i I
V" I repented, and stared
nazement, doubting if I
iglit.
she mild again ern-
. “Why do you suppose they
lie hospital so early the next
so thoy hail become suspl-
What possible reason
havo for becoming sus-
'On the eonlrur.v, they
key to:those padlocks
RtUittdra, Of course
it.”
ait I Was 'too nonplused
illil only stare at her.
was a fool, wasn’t IV" I do-
Willy. “To think that I
huvo foreseen that I I was
i up over uiy discovery tliut
I couldn't think of anything
course, when,they asked for
'ie whole story cume out.”
' blatne myself too severo-
ed Miss Kemball us she
y rueful cduuteuance. “I
It's rather fortunate that
tho boat."
“Fortunate! You don’t mean tliut!"
■ - ‘Truclsely that. Suppose tho Jour-
dalns hadn’t gone to him. He’d havo
left die hospital anyway In two or
ays. He Isn't the man to lie
when be knew you wore
for the fugitives. He’d have
rotumed .then to his apartment next
your landlady would have
you had sailed for Eu
rope, and he had only td oxnmlne this
boat's passenger list to discover your
name.”
“But, at nuy rate,” I pointed mil,
"lie would still have been lu America.
He couldn’t have cabght us."
couldn’t have cuugbt you, but u
,m would have passed you lu
in warding bin confederates,
have time to conceal tlielr prls-
iu'11 never find her. Your ouly
lu catchliig them unprepared,
ro’s another rensou—since lie's
t, you've another opportunl-
not go and havo a tulk with
battle df wits yon were lank-
nrd to?”
ought of thnt,'i I said, “but
Id I couldn't pl»y the part.”
id part?”
’seeming not to suBpect him. It's
turl8U.",>m
advantage Would be on your
slie pointed opt. “You could tell
many things whlcp he already
. i. nnd which no has no reason to
suspect you know bp knows. It sounds
terribly Involved, doesn’t It? But you
understand?"
“Oh; yes; I understand.”
then It would be tlio natural
['for you to look him up lis soon
ymjL-bpU'lied. Jlil' tyga (II. ffld avoid
tilin' will bo to confess that you suspect
Jilin." '
“But bis name Isn’t on the passenger
list. If I hadn't happened to see him
as he came on board I’d probably not
havo known It at nil.”
“Perhaps he saw you at the same
time.”
“Then the fat’s In the fire," I said.
"If he knows 1 know he's on board,
then he also knows that I suspect him.
If tie doesn’t know, why, there's no
reason for him to think that I’ll find It
nut, unless he appears In the cabin,
which doesn't seem probable.”
“Perhaps you’re right,” she admit
ted. “Thera's no use taking Buy un
necessary risks. The thing appealed
to mo. I think I should enjoy a half
hour’s talk with him, matching my
wits against bis.”
“But yours are brighter than mine,"
I pointed out. "You’ve proved It pretty
effectually In tho last few minutes."
“No, I haven't I’ve simply shown
you that you overlooked one llttlo
thing. And I think you're right about
tho danger of going to Mnrtlgny. Our
first duty Is to Miss Hollsday. Wo
must rescue her before he can warn (
his confederates to plnco her out of our
reach.”
The unstudied way In which she said
“our" tilled me with an unreasoning
happiness.
"But why should thoy bother with a
prisoner at all? They didn't shrink
from striking down her father.”
"And ^hey limy not shrink from strik
ing her down at a favorable moment”
she answered calmly. “It will bo eas
ier In France thnn In Now.York."
My hands were trcmhilng at tho
thought of It. If wo should really bo
too lutel
"But I don’t believe they’ll go to such
extremes, Mr. Lester,” continued my
companion. “I believe you're going to
find her nml solve tho mystery. My
theory doesn’t solve It, you know; It
only makes It deeper. The mystery,
after all, Is: Who are these people?
why did they kill Mr. HolladayV Why
havo thoy abducted his daughter?
What Is their plot?"
"Yes," l assented. And again I had
a moment of confused perplexity.
"But after you flud her," sho asked,
“what will you do with her?”
“Do with her? Why, take hor homo,
of course."
"But site’ll very probably bo broken
down, perhaps even on tho verge of
hysteria; You must bring her to us at
Paris, Mr. Lester.”
I saw the wisdom of her words.
"'Hint's very kind of you,” I snld.
“I tun sure Mr. Iloycc will agree. But
wo huvo first to find her.”
I was glud for tny own suko too.
The parting of tomorrow would not,
then, he u final one.
She left me presently, nml for an
hour or more I silt there nud looked, In
every aspect, lit the theory she had sug
gested. Cortdluly there was nothing
to disprove It, tuid yet, ns she hud said,
It merely Berved to deepen the mys
tery. Who were these people, I asked
myself again, who dared to play so bold
and despernto a game? Tho Illegiti
mate daughter might, of course, <m-
porsonate Miss Holladny, but who was
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the elder woman—her mother? Then
the liaison must have taken place In
France—her accent wus not to be mis
taken—but In France Mr. Holladay
bad been always with bis wife. Be
sides, the younger woman spoke Eng
lish perfectly. True, she had said only
a few words—the hoarseness might
have been affected to conceal a differ
ence In voice—but- how explain the
er woman’s resemblance to, Hiram
Holladny’s daughter? Could they both
be Illegitimate? But that was non
sense, for Mrs. Holladay lmd , taken
her Into her life, had loved her—
And Martigny? Who was he? What
was his connection with tbg.e women?
That the crime had bee# carefully
planned I could not doubt, nnd it had
been carried out with surprising skill.
Doubtless It was Martigny who had
arranged the plot, who bad managed
Us development. And with what hold-
nessl He had not feared to be pres
ent at the Inquest or even to ap
proach me and dlacuss the case with
me. I tried to recall the details of our
talk, impatient that I had “ paid so
little heed to It. He bad asked, I remem
bered, what would happen to Frances
Holladay If she were found guilty. Ho
had been anxious, then, to save her.
Ho had—yea, I saw It now—he had
written the note which did save her; he
had run the risk of discovery to get her
freel
But why?
If I only had a clew—one thread to
follow I One ray of light would be
enough. Then I could see my way out
of this hopeless tangle. I should know
how to strike. But to stumble blindly
onward In the dark—that might do
more barm than good.
Yes, and there was another thing for
me to guard against. What was to
prevent him the moment be stepped
ashore wiring to his confederates,
warning them, telling them to flee? Or
he might wuit, wutehlug us, until he
saw that they were really In danger.
In either event they must easily es
cape. Miss Kemball had been right
when she pointed oat Ihnt our only
hope was In catching tliem unprepared.
The Impulse was too Btrong to be
resisted. In a moment I was aji my
feet. But, no! To surprise him would
be to make him suspect, 1 called a
steward.
"Take this card up to M. Martlguy,”
I said, "lu S7S, and ask tf he Is well
enough to Bee me.”
As he hurried away a sudden doubt
seized me. Horrified at my hardihood.
I opened my mouth to call him buck.
But I did not call. Instead I sank back
Into my chair and stared out across tho
water. ■
"M. Martlguy,” said the steward’s
voice at my elbow, "answers tliut ho
will be most pleased to see M. Lester
nt once."
M 1
QHAPTHB XVI.
AIITIGNY wus lying back lu
his berth smoking a cigarette,
and as I entered he motloued
me to a seat on the locker.
"It was most klud of you to eomo,”
bo snld, with his old smile.
"It was only by accident I learned
you were on board,” I explained us I
sat down. “You’re getting better?”
“I believe so; though this physician
Is—wha;t you call—an alarmist. Most
of them are, Indeed. The more desper
ate the Illness the more renowned tho
cure! Is It not so? He has oven for
bidden me cigarettes, but I prefer to
die than to do without them. Will you
not bave one?"
“Thnnk you,” I salt., selected oue and
llghtod It. "Your cigarettes are not to
bo resisted. But If you are so 111 why
did you attempt the voyage?”
"A sudden call of business,” he ex
plained airily, "Unexpected, but—what
you call—imperative.”
"The doctor—it was be who mention
ed your name to me. It was not on the
sailing list"—
"No.” He was looking at me sharp
ly. “I came on board at the'last rao-
me opportunity to get my guns going.
“No; the last time I bow you I didn’t
contemplate it, but a good deal has
happened since then. Would yon care
to hear?”
Ob, how I relished tautaliziug him!
“I should like very exceedingly to
hear,” he assured me and shifted bis
position a little so that Ills face was In
the shadow. “The begum of light
through the shutter maker, my eyes to
hurt,” he added.
So ho mistrusted himself; so he was
not finding the part an easy ouo either!
The thought gave me new courage.
“You may remember," I began, “that
I told you once that If I ever went to
work on the Holladny case I’d try lirst
to And the murderess. I succeeded In
doing It the very lirst day.”
“Ah!” he brcuUied. "And after the
police bad failed! That was, Indeed,
remarkable. How did you accomplish
It?"
“By the merest chance; by great good
fortune. I was making a search of the
French quarter, house by house, when,
ou Houston street, I came to a restau
rant, the Cafe Jourdalu. A bottle of
superleur set JoUrdaln’s tongue to wag
ging. I pretended I wanted a room.
He dropped a word, the merest hint,
and In the end I got the whole story.
It seems there was not only one wom
an—there were two."
"Yes?"
“Yes, aud a man whose name wns
Betuny, or Bcthune, or sumctUlug like
that. But I didn’t pay much attention
to lilm. He doesn't flgure lu the case.
He didn't even go away with the wom
en. The very day I set out on my
Bearcb he was picked up on the streets
somewhere suffering with apoplexy
and taken to a hospital, so nearly dead
that It was a question whether he
would recover. So he’s out of it. The
Jourdnlus told me that the women had
sailed for Fiance."
“You will pardon me,” sold my hear
er, “hut In what way did you make
sure that they were the women you de
sired?"
“By the younger one’s resemblance to
Miss Holladay,” I auswered, lying with
a glibness which surprised myself.
“Tile Jourdalns maintained that (i pho
tograph of Miss Holladay was really
one of their lodger."
“Ah, yes,” he said. “That was ex
ceedingly clever. I should never have
thought of that. That Is worthy of M.
Lecoq. And so you follow them to
France; hut surely you have some more
definite address thnn that!"
“No," I snld. “It seems rather a wild
goose chase, doesn’t It? But you could
advise me, Mr. Mnrtlgny. Where would
It be best for me to search fur them?"
He did not answer for a moment, and
I took advantage of the opportunity to
select a second cigarette aud light It.
I dared not remain unoccupied.
"That,” he began slowly at last,
“seems to.me a most—ah!—deeflcult
affair, Mlatalr Loster—to search for
throe.people through all Frnuce. There
seems IJItle hjpe of Success. Yot I
should think It most likely that they
have gone to Paris."
I nodded. “That was my own the
ory," I ngreed, “but to flud them In
Paris seems also Impossible."
‘"Not If one uses the police,” he said.
“But, my dear sir," I protested, “I
can't use the police. Miss Iiolluday at
least bus committed' uo crime. She
has simply chusen to go away without
informing us.”
“You will permit mo to say then,*
Mlatalr Lester,” ho observed, with Just
a touch or Irony, “tliut I full to com
prehend your anxiety concerning her.”
I felt that I had made a misstep;
thnt I had need to go carefully.
“It is not quite so simple us that,” I
explained. “The last time we saw Miss
Holladay she told us that she was ill
and intended to go to hor country
home for a rest. Instead of going
there she sailed for France without
informing any one—Indeed, doing
everything she could to escape detec
tion. That conduct Beems so eccen
tric thnt we feel In duty bound to In
vestigate It; besides, two days before
she left she received from us a hun
dred thousand dollars in cash."
I saw him move uneasily on his bed.
After all this advantage of mine was
no small one.
"Ah," he said softly, and again,
“ah! Yes, that seems peculiar, yet per
haps 1f you hnd waited for' a letter"—
''Suppose we had waited and there
hnd been no letter—suppose, in conse
quence of waiting, we should be too
late?”
“Too late? Too late for what, Mls-
tnlr Lester? What Is It you fear for
her?”
"I don't know,” I answered, "but
something—something. At least, we
could not assume the responsibility of
delay.”
"No," he agreed, “perhaps not. You
are doubtless quite right to Investi
gate. I wish you success. I wish that
I myself might aid you, there Is so
much of Interest lu the ease to me, but
I fear that to be Impossible."
And he breathed a sigh, which was
doubtless genuine enough.
“Will you go to Paris?” I asked.
“Oh, no; not at once. At Havre I
shall meet my agent and .transact my
affairs with him; Then I shall seek
some, place of quiet along the coast”
“Yes,” I said to myself, with leaping
heart 1 , "Etretnt!" But I dared not
speak the word.
“I shall write to you,” he added,
“when I have settled. Where do yon
slay at Paris?.”
"We haven’t decided yet," I said.
“We?" he repeated.
“Didn't I tell you? Mr. Boyce, our
Junior partner, Is with me."
“It Is no matter where you stay,’’
he said. "I shall write to you at the
poste restunte. I should like both you
and your frieud to be my guests before
you return to Amer-rtc’."
There was a courtesy, a cordiality In
his tone which almost disarmed me.
Such a finished scoundrel!
“We shall be glud to accept,” I an
swered, knowing In my heart that the
Invitation would never be made.
I was ready to go. I had accom
plished all I could hope to accomplish.
If I had not already disarmed Ms sus
picious, I could never do so.
“111m tiring you," I said, starting up.
"No," he protested, “no.” But his
voice was almost inaudible.
"1 will go,” I snld. “You must par
don me. I hope you will soon he bel
ter,” and I closed the door behind me
with Ills murmured thunks In my ears.
It was not till after dinner that 1
found opportunity to relate to Miss
Kemball the details of my talk with
Martigny.
“Why did you change your mlud?"
she asked.
"The adventure tempted me. Those
are your owu words. I thought per
haps I might be able to throw Mar
tigny off the track.”
"And do you think you succeeded?"
“I don’t know,” I answered doubt
fully. "He may have seen clear
through me.”
"Oh, I don’t believe him superhu
man! I believe you succeeded."
"We shall know tomorrow."
"Yes, and yon must keep up the de
ception till the lust moment. Remem
ber, he will be watching you." >
"I’ll do my best," I said.
“And don't make mountains out of
molehills. You see, you’ve, been dts-
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We found our way blocked by a uni
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trusting yourself needlessly. One
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••Do you think I’m too timidV” I de
manded.'
Hut she saw the light In my eyes, i
suppose, for she drew away, almost im
perceptibly.
“Only in some things,” she retorted.
The evening passed and the last day
came. We sighted land soon after
breakfast, flic high white el ill's of Cape
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