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With a pasp, Lorelei leaped to her
feet and fled from the room.
CHAPTER VI.
Lorelei did not secure another word
Hlone with the dresser until the middle
of the second act, by w hich time Mm.
Croft was her own colorless, work
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yon," she Informed Lorelei. ".Mr. Mel
cher has lieen coining here for n limit
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that hlin and her is ufter his money
millions of It. Mister Jim cull tell you
everything "Mrs. Croft broke off her
mmitlve suddenly, and Miss Lynn her
self burst Into the room, pouting from
n Hvlft run up the stairs.
"Qulclt, Croft 1 Don't be nil thumbs
now." She tossed a sealed letter upon
her table, rapidly unhooked her dress,
Meppc.! out of It, and then seated her
self, extending her feet for a change
of slippers. She took the moment to
open and readier note.
Lorelei looked up from her sewing
at a little cry of rage from Lllas. Miss
Lynn had torn the message Into lilts
and flung It from her; her eyes were
blazing.
"The Idiot!" she cried, furiously, ris
ing so abruptly as almost to upset Mrs. '
Croft. ' !
"What Is it?" I
"I must telephone quirk! I must''
or I.orel-1, dear, will you do me a
favor? l!un down to tte door and tele
phone for me? I won't be off again
till the curtain, and that will lie too
late." Lorelei rose obediently. "That's
a dear. Call Tony the llnrber's place
I I've forgotten the number any
how, you can find it, and ask for Mai,
Tell him It's off; ho can't come."
"Who can't come? Mux?"
"No. Just say, 'Lllas sends word
that It's off; he can't come.' He'll un-
gi ilerstund. There's my cue now. I'll
i do as much for you." Lllas was oft"
with a rush, and Lorelei hastened
after her, speculating vaguely as to
the cause of all this anxiety. As Lo-:
''ridel hurried down the passageway a
i man In evening dress turned, and she
recognized Robert Wharton.
"You are sent from heaven!" he
crjed, at siKht of her. "I enter out of
the night mid unburden my heart to
this argus-c.ved watchman, and, lo!
you come flying In answer to my wish.
Quick service, Judge. In appreciation
of your telepathy I present you with
; some lumbago cure." He tossed a
j lunik note to ltegaii, who snutched It
eagerly on the Uy.
Lorelei forestalled further words.
1 'Tlcase I must telephone. I go on
: In a minute."
I 'Tally I'llncess, last night I wns a
goldllsli; tonight I am an enchanted
! lover "
I "Walt; I'm In a hurry." She
thumbed the telephone book swiftly In
search of her number, but young
Wharton was not to be silenced.
"Tell him It's (ill off," he command
ed. "Vou can't go; I won't let you.
rromlsi'." lie laid n hand upon th
telephone and eyed her gravely."
"Don't be silly. I'm telephoning for
someone else."
"Thai's exactly what we can't per
mit. The 'someone else" Is here I'm
It."
"I slapped you lust night; I promise
to do It again," Lorelei told hliu,
sharply.
"Something whispered that you did,
and all day long I have been angry;
hut tonight I come with another pur
pose. Out Mile Is a chariot with ninetj
horses French rating champing at
the throttle. We are going uway from
here."
"You're drunk again, Mr. Wharton?"
He glanced at the clock over He
gun's head and shook his head lu ne
gation. "It's only ten-twenty. In two
hours from now "
. "Give me that 'phone."
'Tromlse to tell him it's all off."
She smiled. "All right. I'll nae
those very words.
Wharton tesltated. "I trust yottr
j in T.oms to tell nun ne euu i
come." she said, holding out her bund
j ( 'ice the instrument was hers she
iisclllated the hook with nervous fin-.
! ger, staring doubtfully at the cause of
her delay. Wharton, as on the evening
before, carried his intoxication with an
ulr. He was steady on his feet, Im
j maculate In dress, punctilious in de
i ineunor: only his roving, reckless eye
betrayed his unnatural exhilaration.
The Judge hud enjoyed the scene.
He chuckled; he clicked his loose front
teem like castanets. Hob turned at
the sound and regarded hliu with be
nignant Interest, Ms attention riveted
upon the old man's dental lntlrinlty.
"You're quite a comedian," llcgan
Wheezed.
"Click 'em again," said Mob. pleas
antly. "Wonderful! Age has Its com
pensations. Play 'Home, Sweet Home'
when you get 'em tuned up. Or per
haps they are for sale?"
Lorelei secured her number and was
surprised to recognize her brother's
voice. She made herself known, to
Jim's equal amazement, and then In
quired ;
"Is Max there?'
"Sure. He's outside in the automo
bile." "Call him, please."
"What do you want of him? Ilow'd
you know I was here?"
"Sever mind. Call htm quickly."
At last Melcher's voice came over
the wire, and Lorelei recited the mes-
; eage. There wns a moment of silence.
' then Rhe expluined how she cunie to
; be talking instead of Lllas.
He thanked her, and she heard him
muttering as he hung up. She turned
to find her nnnoyer nodding with sat
isfaction.
I "Splendid! I thank you; my father
thanks you; my fumlly thanks you.
Now where would you like to dine?"
"How can a person get rid of you?"
She inquired stlflly.
"I'm sure I don't know It Isn't be
ing done. Itut I'll try to think. Wear
your prettiest gown, won't you? for
I Intend to enrage all the other fel
lows." She turned with a shrug of mingled
annoyance and amusement, and he
I called after her:
I "The Judge's teeth will entertain
me till you come. I'll be waiting."
Miss Lynn, as she dressed after the
performance, was still lu an evil tem
per; but she thanked her roommate for
aiding her; then, as If some explana
tion were due,- she added, "That note
was from Jarvts."
"You puzzle me, Lllas," Lorelei told
her, slowly. "I don't think you cure
for him nt all."
Lllas laughed. "Why do you think
that? I adore him, but we hud un en
gagement and he broke It. Men are
all Bclfish; the bigger they are the
more selfish they become. They never
do anything you don't inuke them."
"He can't sacrifice his business for
yon."
"Sacrifice! It's women who sacri
fice themselves. D'you suppose any of
those men we met last night would
Bill
strong and the mighty.
through robbery, and they're In the
habit of taking whatever they want.
They made their money out of the
blood nnd suffering of thousands of
poor people. That's what It Is blood
money."
"Is that why you're planning to
blackmail It out of him?"
Lllas paused in her dressing nnd
turned slowly, brows lifted. Her
dark eyes met the blue ones unwaver
ingly. "Hlackraall? What are you talking
about?" Mrs. Croft went pale, and
retired swiftly but noiselessly into the
lavatory, closing the door behind her.
"What did Max tell you over the
'phone?" asked Lllas, sharply.
"Nothing."
"Then where did you get that?
From Jim?"
"Jim's pretty bad, I Imagine, but
be keeps his badness to himself. No.
I've overheard you and Mux tulklng."
"Nonsense. We've never mentioned
such a thing. The Idea Is absurd. I
get mad at Jurvis he's enough to
madden anybody perhaps I'm Jealous,
but blackmail! Why. you're out of
your head."
Lorelei delayed her toilet purposely,
and finally dismissed Croft. When
quiet had finally descended she opened
her door cautiously and peered out.
Itobert Wharton sat on the top step
of the stairway near at hand, but his
head rested against the wall, mid he
slept. Iteside hliu were bis high hat.
his gloves nnd his stick. As Lorelei,
with skirts carefully gathered, llploed
past him she saw suspended upon his
gleaming white shirt bosom what at
first glance resembled ft foreign deco
ration of some sort, but proved to be
Mr. Ilegan's false teeth. They were
suspended by a ribbon that had onco
done duty In the costume of a cory
phee; they rose and fell to the young
muu's gentle breathing.
I)relel telephoned to Merkle on the
following day, and about the close of
the show that night his card was
brought up to her dressing room. A
moment later Hubert Wharton's fol
lowed, together with a tremendous box
of long-stemmed roses. She went down
trifle apprehensively, for by this
time the current tales of Bob's drunkm
freaks had given tier cause to thluk
somewhat seriously, and she feared un
unpleasant encounter. More than ouv
she bad witnessed quarrels In the hV
leyway behind the Circuit, where pes
tiferous youths of Wharton's caliber
were frequent visitors.
But Mr. Merkle relieved her mind by
saying, "I sent Bob away on a pre
text, although be swore you bad an
"I'm glad you did. I lert Dim asleep
outside my dressing room last night,
and I almost hjped he'd caught pneu
monia." Beside the curb a heavy touriug car
was purring, and Into this Merkl
helped his companion. "I'm not up on
the etiquette of this sort of thing," he
explained, "but I presume the proper
procedure Is sujiper. Where shull it
be Sherry's?"
Lorelei laughed. "You are lnexpe-
1 rlenced. The Johns never eat on Fifth
avenue, the lights are too dim. But
j why supper? You can't eat."
"A Welsh rabbit would be the death
of me; lobsters are polsou," he con
fessed; "but I've read that chorus
girls are omnivorous animals and seek
their prey at midnight."
"Most of them would prefer bread
and milk: auyhow, I would. But I'm
not hungry, so let's ride we can talk
better, uud you're not the Bort of mnn
to be seen lu public with one of Berg
man's show-girls."
The banker acquiesced with alacrity.
To his driver he said, 'Take the Long
Island road."
The machine glided Into noiseless
motion.
"Why do you choose the Long Island
road?" asked Lorelei.
"It's pleasant," resHinded Merkle.
"I ride nearly every night, and I like
the country. You see, I cuu't sleep
unless I'm In motion. I get most of
my rest In a car; there's something
atsmt the movement that soothes me."
"How funny!"
"Peculiar, parhaps, but scarcely hu
morous. I'd be dead or Insane with
out an automobile. I keep four
Frnjieh cars lu my garage, all specially
built as to spring suspension and up
holstery, and I spend nearly every
night In one or the other of them. So
long as I'm moving fast I niuuage to
snatch a miserable sort of repose, but
the Instant we go slow I wake up. I
used to sleep nt twenty miles an hour;
now I cnu't relax under thirty.
Forty Is flue sixty means dreamless
peace."
"It does. Indeed, if one happens to
have a blowout," laughed the girl.
The car was now darting through
unfrequented side streets, where the
asphalt lay In the shadows like dark
pools. I'p the approach to the Queens
borough bridge It swept, and took the
long Incline like a soaring bird. Black
well's Island slipped under them, un
inkv, bottomless pit of despair. The
breath of the overheated city changed
as by magic, and the thin faced suf
ferer nt Lorelei's side drank It In ea
gerly. Even lu the dim flush of the
passing Illuminations she noted how
tired nnd worn he wus, uud a sudden
pity smote her.
"Won't you pretend I'm not here,
and drive Just ns you always do?
won't mind," she said.
"Mv dear, it's late. You'll need to
go home."
"No no."
"Really?" His eagerness was genu
ine. "Won't your people worry?"
Her answer was a short, mirthless
laugh that made him glance at her cu
riously. "They know I'm perfectly
safe. It's the other way round: a man
of your standing takes chances by be
ing alone with a woman of mine."
"Which reminds me of Miss Lynn
nnd Mr. Ilummnn. You've decided to
accept my offer?"
"No. I can't be ft hired spy."
"You said over the 'phone that you
had learned something."
"I have. I believe there Is an effort
on foot to get some of Mr. Iluunr.on's
money dishonestly. I have a reason
for wishing to prevent It."
"I knew I wasn't mistaken In you,"
smiled Merkle.
"()h. don't attribute my nctlons to
any high moral motives! I'm getting
Per-
llh Mr.
They got rich: ii. ,..,,,,. nnd 1 don't Imagiue he ac
quired all of his tremendous fortune
In a perfectly honorable way. Besides,
he's a married man."
"It Isn't alone JttrvlB or his family
or their money that Is concerned."
Merkle said, gravely. "Oreat financial
Institutions sometimes rest on founda
tions as slight as one man's person
alityone man's reputation for moral
Integrity. A breath of suspicion of
any sort at the wrong tfme may bring
on a crash Involving Innocent people.
"Iliunnion at this moment carries a
tremendous top-heavy burden of re
sponsibilities; his death would be no
more disastrous than a scandal that
would tend to destroy public confi
dence In him as a man."
"Doesn't he know that himself?"
"Perhaps. Itut his Infatuation over
took him at an age when a man Is a
fool. Young men lire always objects
of suspicion In the financial world, foi
their emotions are unruly; but when
old men fall In love they nre superbly
heedless of the consequences. I prom
ised to tell you something nlwut Jar
vis, and I will, since you spoke of his
married life. From the time he could
walk he never knew anything, nevet
heard anything except steel. He be
came a rolling-mill superintendent al
most before ho was of age. They say
he never did less than two men's work,
and often more; but he could make
others work, too, and there lay the se
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tonnage record for years.
"When the corporation was formed
he played a big part lu the deul and
(ot a big xll. c .f Uie ploflls. lid
went Into other things than steel, and
he prospered. He neer fulled at any
thing. Jaivls had no vices and but
one hobby- at least his vices were lieu
t.'nl, for he had never taken time to
acquire the po-l'he kind. Ills bobby
, iis Napoleon Bonaparte. He reud ev
erything there whs to read about Na
poleon; he studied bis life and pat
terned his own on similar lines. Do
I bore you, Miss Kulght?"
"No; go on. I'm tremendously in
terested." "Well, naturally, ITummon began to
consider himself another Napoleon,
and his accomplishments were In a
way quite as womlerfo.1. He even con-
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