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Hfr vyte wire Bled upou llaui . uiou. lint tier outfiitDK arms were jresaid r.nuliiat the Miippurt at tier back I an If ulie tvit Uersclf crowlnir weak, i "Vuu did It ouieif. I warned you." 1 Th Dinn merely remained motion i traa. atarlug. Hut there waa atituutblug I atioi kliiK In the puru ly kIh that held tilui I and Died his fm-e In that dlHtortad i Bold of apeei'hleaa amazement. Finally I be atlrred; one tiuud crept limlde hit ' walHtciiut. then came away red: he turned, walked to a clmlr. aud half fell upon It. Then he aaw I.orelet'a 1 face, aud her aKonlied queMtluu tuok ahape uut of the whirling rhaa of bis i uilml "Wliere'a ItobT' lie aald, faliitly. i "Cull him, pleaae." j "You're hurt. I'll telephone for a ; doctor: there' one In the houae, aud and the police, tun." I.inclel voiced : her tlrat Impulse, then shrilly appealed ' to l.llus to do aoiiielhliie. Hut l.llas re mained (letrltled lu her attitude yf re ! treat: froui the pallor that waa whlteu . tiitC h'r cheeka now It might have been alie who waa in (lunger of deuth. ' Don't telephoue," aald llummou, hiiMklly. "You must do just as I nay, uudi'istatid? This mustn't net out, do It Report Echoed Loudly. juu hear? I'm not hurt I'm all right, but fetch Hob. lkm't let hlui (hi! a doctor, either uutl! 1 net home. Now hurry p'ease." I. oielet rushed to the outside door, restrululuif with difficulty a wild lin tulse to run screaming through the hall. With skirts gathered hUh aud breath sobbing In her throat, the girl fled up the stair to her own door, w here ahe clung, riugiug the bell frantically. She could hear Hob's her husband's Voice Inside, raised lu the best of hu nwT. Kvidciiily he was telephoning. "Yes. Two hours ae. I tell you. With book, bell and candle." Jim's footsteps sounded, his hand opened the door, then his arm new out to his sister's support as ahe staggered In. "Sis! What" be cried at sight of her. "Something dreadful." Hob coutinued his cheerful eolloquy cer the wire. "Say! Here she Is now. We'll Piped a marble clock with gilt eupids from you. Merkle Want to say hello?" He lurched aside from th telephone as Lorelei snatched th re ceiver from his hand. "Mr. Merkle." she cried. "Hello! Yes. Is that you?" rain Merkle's steady Tolce. "Oome quick quick." "What's wrong? be demanded, wlrh a sharp change of tmie "IIs Bob J" "No. no. It's Mr. Hammou. He'a downstairs with Lilas. aud he'a hurt abot. I I'm frightened." She turned to And Hob and Jlin atar lng at her. time." she gasped. "I think he'a dying." She led the way awlftly, and they followed. CHAPTER XV. Merkle found bis chauffeur Just Clos ing the garage do.ir. and three uiluutea later his car was sweeping westward through tile pnlk i-ke llic id.jW cf some flvln bird. The vagueness, the brevity of the inesHage that had com ui -it i.i to him out of the iiinlit made It terrll alarming Jarvls Hatuumu's flnain Interests were In uo condition to with stand a shock: for a long liuie many of tbein had been under Are. He bad committed his .. att-s to a program of commercial -Man'ou. "ever too se rm ev cure even under favorable condition. tttaM.1 nia e. morciiTer. which had pro- treuicndniia assault from rival ateel manufacturers. Now. with Ham ilton himself stricken at tin crisis of the struggle, there was no telling what result might follow. But Merkle's apprehensions were by no means purely selliKh. Hammou and he bad been friends for many years; they aba red a niutn&l respect and af fection, and. sitlninch Merkle was emi nently practical and unemotional, he prayed now as best he could that Hammon might not be grievously la-Jur4. m m t .iatW3 As the machine drew up to the Kle gaucla. Jimmy Knight leaped to the running board and aald hurriedly: "Seud your driver away." Merkle did as he was directed, realis ing his worst fears When be aud Jim stood aluue on the walk h Inquired weukly. "Is be dead?" Jim shook bis head, and Merkle saw that b waa deeply ugltated. "No. Hut he'a got a bullet lu his cheat." Together the uieu entered the build in; aud at the first ring were admitted to Apartment No. 1 by Lorelei herself. She led them straight lulu the library. 1'erliaps a quarter of an hour had elapsed since the shooting, but Jarvla llauimou atlll aat lu the big chair. He was bleu thing quietly. Hob Whai'tuu stood beside him. "John!" The Ironmaster smiled pal lidly as his friend came and knelt be side him. "You got her quickly." "Are you badly hurt, Jarvls?" "The thing Is lu here somewhere." Hammou took his baud away from his breast, aud Merkle aaw that the fingers w ere bloody. "Can you get me out of here quietly?" John Merkle rose to bis full height, his lips writhed back from hi teeth. Harshly he Inquired: "Where la that woman?" "She's back yonder In her room," Bob told Mm. "She's 111." Merkle turned, but, reading his In tent, Hammou checked him, crying In a strong voire: "None of that, John. I did It myself. It was an accident" "I don't believe It." Mammon's eyes met those of his ac cuser; the two stared at each other tteadily for a moment. The other occupants of the room had listened breathlessly; now Lorelei stirred and Merkle read more than mere bewilderment In her face. He opened bis lips, but the wounded man did not wait for him to speak. "You must believe me!" be said, ear nestly. "It's the truth, and I wou't have l.llas Involved we've been a great deal to each other. Tonight I accused her wrongfully. It was all my fault I'm to blame for everything." There w as a pause. "Now get me out of here as quietly and quickly as you cnu. I'm really not hurt much. Come, come! There's nobody home except Orson and some of the kitchen help, and Orson Is all right the wouieu are gone, you know. He'll get a doctor. It's a bad business, of course, but I've thought It all out, and you must do ex actly as 1 s.iy." T he effort of this long speech to!d on the sufferer. Sweat beaded hla face: nevertheless, his jaws remained tlrmly set; his glance was purposeful, his big hands were gripped tightly over the arms of the (hair, 'there was something su perb, something terrible about bis un changing grlmuess. "Is )our car outside, John?" be asked Merkle shook bis bead. He was thluklng swiftly. "I wouldu't dare rick that, auyhow. The driver Is a uew muu " "!et a cab," Jim offered. In a panic, "The cab driver would be sure to" "I'll drive." Hob volunteered. "I'm drunk, but I've done It before when I was drunker. It's an old trick of mine -sort of a Joke, see? Give me some money a cabby'll do uuythlug for money at this time o' night." Merkle eyed the speaker In momen tary doubt tbeu handed him a roll of bank-notes. "It's a serious business. Bob. but Jarvls can't stny here. There's ! somebody else to consider besides us j and Miss Lynn. I'm thinking about Mrs. Hamilton and the girls." He fol ' lowed Hob to the door and let hlui out, I stepped awlftly down the ball, then, without knocking, opened the door to Lilas Lynn's bedroom aud entered. I. Mas was busied at her dressing. At hla entrance she uttered a frightened cry and a silver spoon slipped from her nerveless fingers. Merkle saw a little i open Ik)I, a glass of water, the cap of i a pearl-nnd gold fountain pen, but took scant notice of them, being too deeply I stirred and too much surprised at ber ' appearance. She was no longer the Ti- 1 ; ; DU Yeu Shoot Hlmr Grimly. H Aakwd tal dashing girl he had known, but a palUd, cringing wreck of a woman Sh shrank back at tight of him, bat ttna uulnUUlgtbl word and cow lng as if expecting a blow. "Did you shoot him?" ha asked, grimly. Shivering, choklmx speechless, Llla tared at him. A repetition of hi ques tion brought no reply. Seizing ber roughly, h ahook her, muttering savagely: "If I were sure, by God, I'd etrangl you!" She remained limp; ber expression less stare did not change. Merkle beard a atlr behind him and found Jimmy Knight's blanched fac peering in at him. Even fright cou not entirely rob the younger man' fea tures of their sly tuqulsltlvenes. "Mr. llamtnou's calling you," Bald Jim, then blinked at the wretchedly disheveled woman. "Here!" Merkle beckoned him with a jerk of bis head. This girl must get away from here. She'll ruin everything lu her condition. Try to put her In some kind of ahape while Lorelei packs ber bag. We had better get her out of th couutry If we can." Jim's quick eyes took In the articles on the dressing table. "Ha! Dope," he exclulmed. "She's a coker she'i tilled herself up. But, say you don't really think she did It, do you?" "1 dou't know what to think. If Just as bad, either way. Hammon' wife aud daughters must never know. Now, quick. See what you can do with her." Merkle returned to the library, sent Lorelei tu to her brother's assistance, tbeu scanned bis friend's face anx iously. Hut Hammon hud not moved; the Kweut still stood upon bis lips and forehead, his Jaws were still set Ilk stoue. Several months before, Bob Whar ton, during one of his hilarious mo ments, bad conceived the brilliant no tion of hiring a four-wheeler and driv ing a couvlviul party of friends from place to place. The BUccess of his ex ploit bad been so gratifying that he had repeated the performance, but he was In a fur different mood now as he left the Kleganclu. The shock of Lorelei' announcement, the sight of hi stricken friend, hud sobered Mm considerably, yet he was not himself by any means. At one moment be saw and reasoned clearly, at the next hi Intoxication benumbed his senses and distorted his mental vision. For once In his life he wished himself sober. Broadway, that pulsating artery of New York life, was still flowing a thin stream of truffle despite the lateness of the hour, and bob's mind had be come clearer by the time be reached It. Several taxlcaba whirled past, both north and south bound, but he knew better than to hire them, so he waited aa patiently a he could while those billows of intoxication continued to ebb and flow through hla brain, robbing him of that careful Judgment which be fought to retulu. At last the clop-clop-clop of a horse' hoofs Bounded close by, and an un shaven mnn in an ancient high bat steered a four-wheeler to the curb, barking, "Keb, keb!" Bob lurched forward and laid a band upon the driver's kuee. "Very man I'm lookln' for." The hiccup that fol lowed w as by uo means Intentional. "Vos, sir. Where to, sir?" But Bob shook bis bead vigorously and waved a comprehensive gesture toward the west. "Uot a party of my own back youder everybody soused but me understand? I'm the only sober one, so I'm golu' to drtv 'etn home, see? How much?" "How much for what?" demanded the cabman. "For the cabone hour. I'll bring It back." Nothing except Bob's personal ap pearance prevented the driver from whipping up without more ado. The night was old and these jokers some times pay well, the man reflected, "How'd I kuow you'd bring It back?" he Inquired. "Matter of honor with me. I'll be back tn uo time. Will ten dollars be right? I'll make It fifteen, and you can leud me your coat and hnt. We'll exchange bare to, or no Joke. Is It a go':" The offer was tempting, but the driver caunlly demanded Wharton' name aud address before committing himself. The card that Bob handed hi in put au end to the parley; he wheeled into the side street and re moved bis long, nickel-buttoned coat and his battered tile, taking Bob's broadcloth and well-blocked hat in re turn "First one o these I ever had on," he chuckled. "If you alu't back I'll take these glad rags to Charley Voice' hotel, eh?" Hlght! The Charlevoix. But I'll be back." Boh drove away with a parting flourish of his whip. The elevator waa In Its place, the ball-man dozing. When Wharton en tered the Elegancla and rang th bell of Lilas Lynn' apartment. Once he bad gained admittance little time was wasted. He and Merkle helped Ham won to his feet, then each took an arm; hut the exertion told, and Jarvls hung between them like a drunken man, a gray look of death upon hi face. "Watch ont for the door-man," Jim my Knight cautioned for the twentieth time. "Make him think you've got a touse." "Aren't yon coming along?" aaked Bob. But Jim recoiled. "Me? No. I'll stay and help LUsa make ber get- w " Merkle nodded agreement. "Don't let her get out of your ight, either, un derstand? There's a ship sailing In the morning. See that he' aboard.'' Jarvls Hammon (poke. "I want you all to know that I'm entirely to blame and that I did tbl myself. Lilas la a good girl." The word came labori ously, but bis heavy brow were drawn down, hi Jaw waa square. "I was clumsy. I might have killed her. But she's all Huht, and I'll be all right, too, when I get a doctor. Now put that pistol In my pocket, John. Do a I aay. There! Now I'm ready." Bob Wharton mounted the box and drove to Central Park Wert. At Btxry aeventh street he wheeled Into th sunken causeway that links the East and West aide. Once In the abadowa, Merkle leaned from the door, crying softly, "Faster! Faster!" Bob whipped ep, tb bom cuter, Continued Next Week
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