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: - . ^ ^ r- - .?, ? ,-.< CHAPTER VII?Continued ?12? "11 "you think we ,-.?ui.i -?>t that mat , sir? We eould have ha ! the othei ' time and ain n. ItusU*. and Hush, mean ' oiiu'h w?? ? ?? :' } have had Di'v drop, t . i: n Mr. !Y-huii says. *\? fggg nr.! S5::sh/ he *?? our li for.-: !?ri:?'.i i s > w. won't !- :hei In.* he says; Ml" there's any new< goi! they'll have ft.' But yon wouldn't- h? Ueve how w e've iaid an* laid .for Ph:i m<>h- -and missed him every rime I.on' tat toniaht. sir. I'd been Ivin* ther . where I met y.m *;?>. ?- half-past si? Keepin* observation. 1 wais. f. r M r.ohun's at Salzimr^ l'\e ro.d y<> that. To heat up his quarters, he satin ease y?? :"d ealled. Well, | thought had ijot tiiin tonight. when . h slowed down. I was ready "to Mow hi head off?-an' then It torus out tha it's 1 -1 ?ti * t - *ve In eharnielive-. hut if ever a h t? kiruard had on? Pharaoh's him." "You naif. Parley.* said- F. and 20 ito the ear. "When 1 >u : expect .Mr p.ohtjn?" "Tot, rrun n. sir. Abou seven o'- loek." What voiild he better?" said I. "Tel him to expoet me fi?r breakfast a' about a quarter to nine And that aft er that, if ho likes, we'll run lions u Plumage rind elnso rli.? information Kn ro.ni." As I lot in the clutch ? 'Hood by, Hurley." cried Helena. "Di what yon , an for his lordship and nsli Mr. r.olnin to forgive me for makim free with his room." Her Hurley made no answer 1 think he was incapable of speech. We were back at the castle within ? quarter of an hour. As the warden stepped out of the wicket. Helena spoke. "Has anyone entered the castle since I've been pone?" The porter replied: "X<> one at all. niv lady." I had known that would he his an swer. but the words were comfortable words. The race had been ours all the way, but now we knew it was over and the numbers were up. Helena was addressing the warden. "He's not been to the station, l-'lorin. Unless he's here, he must have gone somewhere by car." "His lordship's n??t here, my lady. And the Adelaide postern was open which shows that he went that way." I drove the Rolls under the archway and into the small courtyard. As the leaves were closed behind us "Out of sight of the wicket." said Helena. There was just enough room to berth the car out of view. Helena turned to the warden, who had opened the door by her side. "The porter is to put out his lights, but stay in his lodge. He is to open to no one, until you return. Mark that. To no one at all. And in five minutes' linio vnn ? nil oil !?.? r?5crl?* ?? ?. will come to the library." "If your ladyship pleases," said Florin. Helena left the car, and I followed her up the stairs. .. . As I closed the library door, my lady took off her hat, pitched It on to a sofa and moved to the hearth. 44What are you going to tell them?" For a moment she did not answer, but stood with her eyes or. the flames. Then? "That the man that murdered young Florin is coming to the castle tonight; that three hours ago he did his best to kill you, because he knows you can prove that he took young Florin's life; that they know him as 'Captain FanIng,' but that I know him as 'Pharaoh' ?a very dangerous felon, who is wanted for at least four murders in England alone." She turned to set her hands on my shoulders. "You must forgive me, darling, for playing this hand alone. But now you must sta^ in the background until we're th ough. They must not begin to belirte that I'm acting on your advice. Now that Valentine's out of the way my authority here is supreme, but I'm putting a strain upon it when I use my brother's absence to order the death of his guest. Tomorrow?this afternoon you'll stand on another footing, for everyone in the castle will know I'm to be your wife." I could not answer her, hut I put my arms around her and kissed her dips. And then the light in her face went ant. The lips 1 had kissed were moving, but no words came. . . . and her little hands were trembling . . . and the blood was out of her face. She was looking over my shoulder a?* so much with horror as dully, as The Cherokee So i, n? ~i WW tty Uoriif* though the bat Me were lio(>eles$ and | she was tired. n As I let her go and swung round? .s -Don't n???ve. Mr S|>enoer.' said i'haj raoh. "The trigger they give those J tilings are absurdly light." , | "This thing" was an automatic pistol. 1* [Hunting in my direction, about si\ n paces away. CHAPTER VIII k I Bear a Message. I confe? that I was dunihfounded. c_ and several seconds went by before I r could find my tongue. ? | -That's so much bluff." said I. "This I isn't the forester's cottage. If you tire I on me here?" s I "I nios frankly admit." said l'tia s raoh. that the feelings with which I , should kill you would he extretm ly ,1 mixed. To he still more frank. I don't want you to force tny hand. Not that I value your life. Iu fact, you're rattier f a nuisance. lint if I were to er? abate you. I should probably have to withdraw- and that wouldn't suit my ^ book. lint for you to tak? any yet ton would suit my book even less. And so. if you move. I shall tire. . . . I'm sure l.ady Helena favors my point of view." "Yes." said Helena, quietly. "1 see your point. Don't move .John. I beg you. Hi* means what he mivs." "lie <|nes indeed." said IM?arn*?h. With his words a knock fell upon ' ' the ?h>??r. . . . "Ah." sahl IMiaraoh. "The trusty : warden. n<? d??nbt. With his white hair mihimneted. the stout ..! ! sherill : A ?- ' /' " ^ _D W "That's So Much Bluff," Said I. comes; behind him march the halberdiers . . I think you were going to tell him something. Lady Helen. Well, do have him in. Hut perhaps I ought to remind you that Mr. Spencer's ' life will depend upon what you say." The pistol slid into his pocket: hut j though he withdrew his left hand, his right hand stayed where it was. Again the warden knocked, and Helena raised her voice and cried to him to come in. The warden entered the room. As his eyes lit upon Pharaoh, he started, as though in surprise; then he closed the door behind him and turned to where Helena stood. My lady moistened her lips. "I'm not at all satisfied. Florin, with the watch that is being kept. Here's Captain Faning returned, but he was never challenged or?" "I found a postern open," said Pha- ' raoh. "To save the porter trouble, I J entered by that." "He should have been seen," said Helena, "crossing the bridge." The warden looked greatly concerned. "There is something amiss, my lady ?I know not what. I will swear that Hubert is faithful and Piers, who is watchman tonight, is a man of his word. Yet, as I tell them, they might have no eyes nor ears." "There is something amiss," said Helena. "Double the watchmen. Florin, and stop all leave. Two porters are to stay in the lodge and to keep a list of all persons that use the bridge. No postern is to be opened without permission from me. Why were the servants abed when I came in?" "By bis lordship's orders, my lady." "Those orders are cancelled?until his lordship returns. And now rouse his lordship's valet and let him prepare the room in the eastern tower?the room above mine. Mr. Spencer will >ut, Murphy, N. C., Thv WM.WJ: orcl Yates 1 sleep there tonight. And rouse Rachel, as well. She will make ray room ready ami wait till I come, one tiling more." She drew ??ut her master key. **11 ere is my key. Florin. You may as well keep ?t for rne until I n??ed it ajjnin." 'I'll? warden hewed and took it. "Will your ladyship s|H>ak to the "Not fonivrht. I've changed my mind. Hilt please see that they do their duty. I've a definite feeling of thinner?very iressiim dancer. Florin: so please l?eware." "Rest assured, my lady, nothing that I can do dial I he left undone.** Helena smiled and nodded, and the warden honed low. Then lie howed to me. hut not Pharaoh, and left the room "I c uicratulate you." said Pharaoh, upon your quickness of wit. I had to uiv? you some rope and von used it all.** Helena took her sent In a hljjh hacked chair. "I rather fancy." she said "you'd have done the same." "I don't know that I should have." said Pharaoh, wrinkiimr his brow. "I believe in a margin of safely. . . . Now why do you think the warden ignored me when lie went out?" Helena shrujjired her shoulders. "Perhaps you don't eotmnand his re spent." Pharaoh lingered his ehin. "Hewdrop." he said quietly. Hue of the curtains swayed, and pewdrop stopped ??nt. "Concentrate ??n that warden. Pew drop. V'?u h^ard what her ladyship said. If he s??erns to he got tin:: ideas, y.ui nitlsi :.? ! for the host. The situa lion is delicate. pewdrop, for what are we anions >o manyV And now cover Mr. Spent- r I want to talk." As Powdrop moved towards me. he took his seat on a sofa and crossed his less. Pharaoh was looking at Helena, stnilir.? an Insolent smile. "I'm afraid it's clear," lie drawled, "that yon didn't expect me so soon" II* sighed. "That's boon the misfortune o? s?t many people I've known. Some l them are still living. You see. a car came hy. and its owner gave me a lift. To be perfectly frank, lie stir rendered the wheel to liewdrop with t?ut a word. You know, I can't help feeling you ought to have thought ol that.'* "I agree." said Helena, shortly. "That was a bad mistake." "Rttf the only one." said Pharaoh. "Indeed, if I may say so. I'm much impressed. Mr. Silencer's quite a good chauffeur?I'm sure >f that, hill only a brain in a thousand would have thought of abducting the Count." Helena stared. "Are you being humorous?" "No," said Pharaoh quietly. "I'm simply giving you the answer to a simple addition sum. As it's very short, I'll do it over again. . . . You left the castle as I was approaching the bridge. In fact, I was able to cross it while Hubert?the faithful Hubert?was clos ins the wicket, before be reentered the lodge. That's why lie didn't see me. Rut that's by the way. . . . Well, 1 found your departure astounding. I mean, on the face of it, once you had gained the castle, to deliberately leave it was the act of a fool. Rut you are no fool, I.ady Helena. ... I was still considering this paradox, when I found the postern ajar. I confess that helped me a lot?In more ways than one. And the moment 1 heard that the Count of Yorlck was missing, the sum came out." He uncrossed his legs and leaned forward. "Let me put some cards on the table. I want you to see that, if for no other reason, because you have scruples you are weighted clean out of this race. You see, I am not so embarrassed?I never am. Now take tonight. Placed as you were, once I was back In the castle, nothing this side of hell would have got me out Yet the Count would have disappeared. Now there's a little problem?which I will resolve. I assume he was drunk? forgive me, but he usually is by ten. Well, they say blood's thicker than water, but I never found it so. I should have dropped him gently into the moat. . . . Perhaps you think I'm binding. Let me tell you what happened tonight. I wanted a car?badly, and I took the first that came by. Well, that was against the law. By taking that car I ofTended the law and order?two inconvenient gods. They therefore had to be sidetracked. . . . What is left of that car Is lying on its side In a gully, it's still burning?with the man It belonged to Inside." This recital was dreadful enough, but Pharaoh lent It a horror that made my blood run cold. irsday, April 16, 1936. s SIC ) WNT Service. % ?m???? "Are you seeking to frighten us?" Helena said. Pharaoh sat hack. "No." lie said, smiling. "Only to open your eyes." He glanced at his watch. "Dear, dear, a quarter to two. It's far too late to discuss my mission tonight. If you'll i promise ine one or two things?well, I daresay your room is ready?" he raised his eyes to the ceiling "?and (he room a hove yours." "You insolent swine!" I roared. "If you think?'' The sentence ended in a manner which I should like to forget. I yelped ! with pain, leaped from my seat on the j table and swung about, smarting and furious, to face Hewdrop's leveled pistol some three feet away. The Jew had pricked my buttock with the blade of his knife. I hesitated, trembling with rage and desperately weighing the chances of an immediate attack. I'ite upon use I they dared not. Helena's arm was about my shoul- 1 ders, and her cool, slim hand on my : wrist. "Not that way. my darling. I beg you. Let me play *he hand." "I entirely agree." said Pharaoh. "You're much too mutton-listed. But you mustn't become abusive. That's really all Hew drop meant." "All right." I said tlilekl.v. "You play it. I'll manage to hide my time." I>ut that was all. "Wliat tortus." sahl Helena, quietly, "do you suppestT* "Vour word that you will do nothing before midday. That at that hour you two will be here, to take up the same positions you now lay down That you will give no orders and make no sort of statement whieli might correct the impression that I am your guest. In a word. 1 desire your parole?the parole of you both.** "I Rive it." said Helena, quietly. "And Mr. Spencer?" said Phnraott P.efore 1 could speak? "I pledge his word," said Ileieu<i. "That's pood onouph." said Pharaoh. I I Allow me to wish you pood nipht." ' lie bowed and turned to the door, j "Come. IVwdrop." he said. ? Half an hour had pone by, and I was sittinp. broodlnp. on the side of my bed. I was clail In the Count's pajamas and was wearing his dressinp-pown. I had cleansed myself in the bathroom and staunched my wound. This, of course, | was nothing, hut because it was deep, it had bled a deal more freely than I had supposed. 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