'ZOU1J - ____ CJO&EJPM-"* NigSSJS^- ifWU ?C4\teM*f*WC4L* SYNOPSIS. Mad" Dan Maitland, on reaching his ,Nm\\ ^ orh bachelor club, nu t an attrai tl\** young woman at the door Janitor • Hagan assured him no one had been wit titn that day. Dan discovered a wont- j nn’a finger prints In dust on his .leak, along with a letter from his attorney Maitland dined with Bantu rinati. his at torney Dan set out for Greenfields, to ; get his family jewels. During his walk to the i ountry seat, he met the young woman In gray, whom he had seen leav ing his bachelors' r lub. Her auto had ■ iken down H« fixed it B> a t ts< "lost" him. Maitland, on reaching home, surprised ladv in gray, » nu king the safe i containing Ids gems. She. apparently, 1 t"ok him for a well-known crook. Daniel ! Anisty Hulf-hypnotized. Maitland opened hi? safe, took therefrom the Jewels, and I gave them to her, first forming a part nership in crime. The real Dan Anisty, nought by polh e of the world, appeared •n the sanu- mission. Maitland overcame him He met the girl outside the house and they sped on to New York in her au to. H• had the j’ wels and she promised to meet him that day. Maitland t*M-eived a "Mr Snailli," Introducing himself as a ! detective To shield the girl in gray, Maitland, about to show him the Jew els. supposedl> lost, was felled by a blow from "Snalth's" cane. The latter proved to he \nisJv himself and he secured the gems. Anisty, who was Maitland's dou ble. masqueraded as the latter. The criminal kept Maitland's engagement with the girl In gray. Anisty feared for the safety of the gems. CHAPTER VII.—Continued. He nodded, eyes to hers, fascinated, with an odd commingling of fear and hope and satisfied self-love, “Now I am unconnected with the affair. No ore knows that I had any hand in it. Besides, no one knows me—that I— steal." Her tone fell lower. "The po lice have never heard of me. Dan!” "I—believe—” "I could get away," she interrupted; “and then, if they stopped you—" "You're right, by the powers!" He Fit tick the table smartly with his first. "You do that and we can carry this through. Why, lacking the jewels, I am Maitland—I am even wearing Mait land's clothes!" he boasted. "I went to his apartments this morning and saw to that, because it suited my pur pose to be Maitland for a day or two.” "Then—?" Her gaze questioned his. “Waiter!" cried Anisty. And. when the man was deferential at his elbow: "Call a cal), at once, please." "Certainly, sir." The rest of the corps of servants were ai the other end of the big room. Anisty made certain that they were not watching, then stealthily passed the canvas hag to the girl. She bent her head, bestowing it in her hand-bag. "You have made me . . . happy. Dan." come tremulously from beneath the hat brim. Whatever doubts may have assailed him when it was too late, by that re mark were effaced, silenced, Who could mistrust her sincerity? "Then when and where may I see you again?" lie demanded. "The same place." It was a bold move; but she was s.anding; the waiter was back, an nouncing the cal) in waiting, and he dared not protest. Yet his pat riposte commanded her admiration. • No. Too risky. If they are watch ing here, they may be there, too." He shook his head decidedly. The flicker o' doubt was again extinguished; for undoubtedly Maitland had escorted her home that morning; her reference had been to that place. "Somewhere else," h« insisted, confident that she was playing fair. Slie appeared to tnmK tor an in stant. then, fumbling In her pocket book, extracted a typical feminine pencil stub—Its business end looking as though it had been gnawed by a vindictive rat—and scribbled hastily on the back of a menu card: "Mrs, McCabe. 205 West One Hun dred and Eighteenth street. Top floor. Ring three times." 1 shall be there at seven," she told him. "You won't fail me?” "Not if 1'ni still at liberty," he laughed. And the waiter smiled at discretion, a far-away and unobtrusive smile that could by no possibility give offense; at the same time it was calculated to convey the impression that, in the opinion of one humble person, at least, Mr, Maitland was a merry wag. "Good-by . - Dan!" Aunty held her fingers in his hard palm for an instant, rising from his chair. ■Good-by, my dear," he said, clurn ally. He watched her disappear, eyes humid, temples throbbing. "By the powers!" lie cried. "lint she's worth it!" Perhaps his meaning ^as vague, even to himself. He resumed his seat mechanically and sat for a time taring dreamily into vacancy, blunt fingers drumming on the cloth • No." he declared at length. "No; Im safe enough ... in her hands,” Once secure from the public gaze, the cirl crowded back into a corner of !bc cab. as though trying to efface her s'if Her e> es closed almost auio maticallv; the curve of laughing lips became a doleful droop; a crinkle ap peared between the arched brows; waves of burning orimgon flooded her face and throat. in her lap both hands lay clenched into tmy fists—clenched so tightly 'hat It hurt, numbing her fingers—a phys ical pain that, somehow, helped her to endure the paroxysms of shame. That sue should have stooped so low! Presently the lingers relaxed, anti her whole frame relaxed iti sympathy. The black squall had passed over; but now wore the once tranquil waters ; ruffled and angry. Then languor gripped her like an enemy; -he lay listless in its hold, sick and faint with disgust of self. This was her all-sufficient punish ment; to have lion" '"..at had done, to he about to do wha! !’. ot :i t mpiated. For she hr-! sc he. hand to the plow; there runs now be no | (1; if wing back, however ha :'u! might; prove her task. i 4 **l Want You to Keep Your Mouth Shut.” The voice of the cabby dropping through the trap, roused her. "This Is tile Martha Washington, ma'am.” Mechanically she descended from tlie hansom and paid her fare; then, sum moning tip all her strength and reso lution, passed into the lobby of the hotel and paused at the telephone switchboard. CHAPTER VIII. Dance of the Hours. Four p. m. The old clock in a corner of the study chimed resonantly and with de liberation; four double strokes; and while yet the'deep-throated music was dying into silence the telephone bell shrieked impertinently. Maitland bit savagely on the gag and knotted his brows, trying to bear it. The effect was that of a coarse file rasped across raw quivering nerves. And he lay helpless, able to do no more toward endurance than to dig nails deep into his palms. Again and again the fiendish clamor shattered the echoes. Blinding flashes of agony danced down the white-hot wires strung through his head, taut from temple to temple. WOuiCI MU' in; i ju i in uturi t*uu never be satisfied that ho could get no answer? Evidently not; the racket continued mercilessly, short series of r-brill calls alternating with imperative mils prolonged until one thought that tlie tortured metal sounding-cups would crack. Thought! nay. prayed that either such would be the case, or else that one s head might at once merci fully be rent asunder. That anguish so exquisite should be the means of releasing him from his bonds seemed u refinement of irony- Yet Maitland was aware, be tween spasms, that help was on the way. The telephone instrument, for obvious convenience. had been equipped with an extension bell which , rang simultaneously in O’Hagan’s quarters. When Maitland was not at home the janitor-valet, so warned, would answer the calls. And now, in the still intervals, the heavy thud of unhurried feet could be heard upon the staircase. O’Hagan was coming to answer; and taking his time about it. it seemed an age before *the rattle of pass-key in latch announced him; and another ere. all unconscious of tlie figure supine on the divan against the further study wall, the old man shuf fled to the instrument, lifted receiver from the1 hook, and applied it to his car. “Well, well0'' he demanded with that impatience characteristic of the illit erate lor modern methods of communi cation. “Pwhat the divvle ails ye?” “Rayspicts to ye. ma'am, and 'tis sorry I am I didn't know ’twas a leddy." “He's not.” “Wan o’clock, there or thereabouts.” “Faith, and he didn't say." “Pwhat name will I be fellin’ him?” "Kape ut to yersilf, thin. ’Tis none of me business." If ye do. I'll n*'t answer. Sure, am I to be climbin' two flights av sthairs tv ry foive minits—" "Good-by yersilf," hanging up the re ceiver. “And the divvle fly away wid ye." grumbled O'Hagan. As he turned away from the instru ment Maitland managed to produce a sound, something between a mean and a strangled cough. The old man whirled on his heel. "Pwbat's thot?' The next instan* he was bending over Maitland, peering into the fnc^ drawn and disfigured by the gag. “The saints presarve us! And who the divvle are ye at all? Pwhy don’t ye spake?" Maitland turned purple; and emitted a furious snort. ' Misther Maitland, he all that's strange! Is ut mad I am? Or how did ye get bark here and into this fix, sor, and me swapin’ the halls and polishin' ihe brasses fernist the front dure iv'ry minute since ye wint out?” Indignation struggling for the upper hand with mystification in the Irish man’s brain, he grumbled and sv. ore; yet busied his fingers. In a trice the binding gag was loosed, and ropes and straps cast free from swollen wrists and ankles. And, with the assistance of a kindly arm behind his shoulders, Maitland sat up, grinning with the pain of renewing circulation in his limbs. ’ VVId these two oles mesilf saw ye lave three hours gone, sor, and I o' if cl swear no sowl had intered this house since thin. Pwhat docs ut all mane, be all thot’s holy?” ‘ It means,” panting, “brandy and soda, O’Hagan, and be quick.” Maitland attempted to rise, but his legs gave under him, and he sank hack with a stilled oath, resigning him s -If to wait the return of normal con ditions. As for his head, it was threat ening to split at any moment, the tight wires twanging infernally between his temples; while the corners of his month were cracked and sore from the pressure of the gag. All of which totted up a considerable debit against Mr. Anlsty’s account. For Maitland, despite his suffering, had found time to figure it out to his personal satisfaction—or dissatisfac tion. if you prefer—in the interval be tween his return to consciousness and the arrival of O’Hagan. It was simple enough to deduce from the knowledge in his possession that the burglar, hav ing contrived his escape through the disobedience of Higgins, should have engineered this complete revenge for ’he indignity Maitland had put upon him. How he had divined the fact of the jewels remaining in their owner’s pos session was less clear; and yet it. was reasonable, after all. to presume that Maitland should prefer to hold his own. Possibly Anisty had seen the girl sli]) the canvas bag into Maitland's pocket while the latter was kneeling and binding his captive. However that was. there was no denying that he had trailed the treasure to its hid ing place, unerringly; and succeeded in taking possession of it with consum mate skill and audacity. When Mait land came to think of it. he recalled distinctly the trend of the burglar's Inquisition in the character of “Mr. Snaitli,” which had all been calculated to discover the location of the jewels. And. when he did recall this fact, and how easily he had been duped, Mait land could have ground his teeth In melodramatic rage—but for the cir cumstance that when first it occurred to him, such a feat was a physical im possibility, and even when ungagged the operation would have been painful to an extreme. Sipping the grateful drink which O'Hagan presently brought him. the young man pondered the case; with no pleasure in the prospect he fore saw. If Higgins had actually com municated the fact of Anisty's escape t > the police, the entire affair was likely t ) come out in the papers—-all of it, that is. that he could not suppress. But even figuring that he could silence Higgins and O'Hagan—no difficult task -—though he might be somewhat late with Higgins—the most discreet imag inable explanation of his extraordinary conduct would make him the laughing stock of his circle of friends, to say nothing of a city that had been ac customed to speak of him as "Mad Maitland'' for many a day. Unless— Ah, he had it! He could pretend »fo long as it suited his purpose, at all events), to have been the man caught and lpft hound in Higgins’ care. Simple enough. The knocking over of the butler would be ascribed to a nat ural ebullition of indignation, the sub sequent flight to a hare-brained notion of running down the thief. And yet even that explanation had its difficul ties. How was he to account for the fact that he had failed to communi cate with the police- knowing that his treasure had been ravished? It was till very involved. Mr. Mait land returned the glass to O'Hagan and. cradling his head in his hands, racked his brains in vain for a satis* factory tale to tell. There were so man1 things to be taken into consid eiP.tion. There wav. the girl in gray. Not that lie had forgotten her for an ir.rtant; his fury raged but the higher at the thought that Anisty's interfer ence had prevented his (Maitland's) keeping the engagement. Doubtless the girl had waited, then gone away in anger, believing that the man in whom she had placed faith had proved himself unworthy But that telephone call? ••O'Hagiin,’’ demanded the haggard and distraught young man, “who was that on the wire just now?” Being a thoroughly trained servant, O’Hagan had waited that question in silence, a-quiver with impatience though he was. Now, his tongue un leashed. his words fairly stumbled on one another's heels In his anxiety to get them out in the least possible time. “Sure, an' 'twas a leddy, sor, be the v'iee av her, askin’ were ye in. and mesilf havin' seen ye go out no longer ago thin wan o'clock and yerailf savin’ not a worrud about cornin’ back at all a* all, pwlmt was 1 to be tellin’ her, aven if ye wore lyin’ there on the die van all unbeknownest to me, which the same mesilf can not—” "Help!” pleaded the young man feebly, smiling. "One thing at a time, please, O'Hagan. Answer me one ques tion: Did she give a name?” “She did not. sor, though mesilf—•" “There, there! Wait a bit. I want to think." Of course she had given no name; it wouldn’t be like her. What was he thinking of, anyway? It could not have been the gray girl; for she knew him only as Anisty. she could never have thought him himself, Maitland. But what other woman of his acquain tance did not believe him to be out of town? With a hopeless gesture, Maitland gave it up. conceding the mystery too deep for him. his intellect too feeble t<) grapple with all its infinite ramifica tions. The counsel he had given O'Hagan seemed most, appropriate to his present needs: One thing at a time. And obviously the first thing that lay to his hand was the silencing of O'Hagan. Maitland rallied his wits to the task. "O'Hagan," said he. “this man, Snaith, who was here this afternoon, called himself a detective. As soon as we were alone he rapped me over the head with a loaded cane, and, I sus pect. went through tie flat stealing everything he could lay hands on Hand me my cigarette case, please.” “ Tis gone, sor—'tis not on the desk, at laste, pwhere I saw m last.” "Ah! You see? Now for reasons of my own, which I won't enter into. 1 don't want the affair to get out and be come public. You understand? 1 want you to keep your mouth shut, until I give you permissU n to open It.” (TO BE CONTENTED.) 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