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CHAPTER XXXII'.
'After the first passionate outburst
of scorn Lord Littimer looked at
his visitor quietly. There was some-
thing almost amusing in the idea,
that Boll should • attempt such a
Wok' upon him, And the listener
Was thoroughly enjoying the scone
now. There was quite an element
of the farcical about it. •In the
brilliant light sho could see Litti-
Mer's darkbitter faze and the help-
less amazement on, the strong fee -
tures of Hatherly Bell, And, mean-
while, the man who had brought the
impossible situation about was calm,
1,y sleeping after his strenuous exer-
tions.
Chris smiled to herself as she
thought out her brilliant coup„ It
looked to her nothing less than a
etrolce of genius, two strokes in fact,
as will be seen presently. Before
many hours were over Henson's pos-
ition in. the house would be serious-
ly- weakened. Pe had done a, clever
ehing, but Chris: saw her way to
cleverer one still.
Meativehile the two men were re-
gar.ding one another. suspeelously. On
a round. Chippendale table the offend-
ing Rembrandt lay between them.
"I confess," Bell said, at length;
PI confess that I am utterly taken
by surprise. And yet I need not be
so astonished when I come to think
said. "And I am going to prove
it,"
Littimer dropped into a chair and
gave way • to silent laughter. His
mood had ()hanged utterly. He loung-
ed there, a cynical, amused •man of
the world again.
"Upon my word, I am vastly
obliged to you for your comedy," he
Sacl 1 hope your salary as lead-
ing lady in Dell's company is a
handsome one, Miss Lee."
"Lot us hope that it. is more hand-
some than your marrners, my lord,"
Chris said. tartly. "I beg to re-
mark tha.t I have never seen Dr.
13011 before. Oh, yes, I have been
listening to your conversation, be-
cause I expected something of the
kind. The Rembrandt was stolen,
some thne before Dr. Bell arrived
here, and in due course I shall show
you the thief. Lord Littimer, I im-
plore you to be silent and discreet
in this matter. Have a little pa,
tience. Quite by accident 1 have
made an important discovery, but
this is hardly the place to .cliscues it;
13efore daylight I hope to be able to
prove beyond question that you have
greatly wronged Dr. , 13e11."
"I 'shall be glad to be colivincerd Of
it," Littimer said, sincerely. "But
why this secrecyt" •
'Secrecy is absolutely necessary
for the conviction of the thief."
Bell looked eagerly at the speaker.
of the amazing miming and audacity "I have not tbe remotest notion
who
of my antagonist. Fe has more this young lady is," be said,
foresight than rayself. Lard Litti- "but I am greatly obliged to her."
mer, will you be so kind as to re-
peat your last observation over
again?"
• "I will emphasize it, if you like,"
Littimer replied. "For some deep
purpose of your own, you desired to
make friends with me again. You
tell me you are in a position to
clear your character. Very foolishly
I consent to see you. You come
here with a roll of paper in your
possessiou purporting to be a second
copy of my famous print. All the
time you knew it to be mine—mine,
stolen an hour or two ago and pass-
ed instantly to you. Could audacity
go farther? And then you ask me
to believe that you came down from
town witli a second engraving in
sour possession."
"As 1 hope to be saved, I swear
itl" Bell cried.
"Of course you do. A man with
your temerity would swear anything.
Credulous as I may be, I am, not
credulous enough to believe that my
picture would be stolen at the very
time that you found yours."
"Abstracted by ray enemy on pur-
pose to land me in this mess."
"Pediculous," Littimer cried.
"Pshaw, I am a fool to stand here
arguing; I am a fool to let you stay
in the house. Why, I don't believe
you could bring a solitary witness
to prove that yonder picture was
yours/'
"You are mistaken, my lord. I
could bring several."
"Credible witnesses? Witnesses
whose characters would bear investi-
gation?"
"I fancy so," Bell said, quietly.
"Two nights ago, for instance, I
showed the very picture Tying before
''My secretary, Miss Lee," letti-
mer murmured; 'an American from
Boston, and evidently a great deal
cleverer than I gave her credit for.
which is saying a great deal. Miss
Lee, if you know azything. I implore
you to speak."
"Not here," Chris said firmly.
"Stone wails have ears. I tell you
the Rembrandt was stolen just be-
fore Dr. Bell method the house. Also
I tell you it is imperative that no-
body but ourselves must know the
fact for the present. You trust me,
Lorh Latimer?"
"I trust you as implicitly as I do
anybody."
Chris smiled at the diplomatic re-
sponse. She approached the panel
of the wall on which the Rembrandt
had been fastened. She indicated
the .long steel stays which had been
clamped on to the iron frame. "Look
at them," she eaid. "R. was my
suggestion that the stays should be
attalhed to the frame to prevent
anything like this robbery. I made
the stays secure myself. And what
happened to justify my prudence?
Why, the very sante night somebody
came here after the picture."
"Henson!" Littimer cried. "Ali!
But he could have crone openly."
"It is not in the nature of the
man to do things openly," Chris
went on. "I know more about the
man than you Imagine, but that you
are to keep to yourself. He comes
here in the dead of the night and he
gets into tbe house through an up -
stair window. A man of his bulk,
if you please! And he comes here
hot -footed aod breathless at a time
when common prudence should have
kept him in bed. Why? Because he
you to a lady of your aequeentance, knows that Dr. Bell has the other
Ileiss Enid Henson. I couldn't have Rembrandt and will come to prove
had your picture two nigbts • ago, it, and because he knoes that if he
could I? And Miss Henson was can steal the Littimer Rembrandt ho
graciously pleased to observe that I can precipitate the very impasse that
had been made the vietim of a via he has brought about, But he could
conspiracy." not steal the picture because it was
"
"Seely do you insult me by men- fast.
tioning that name?" Littimer said,
hoarsely. His face was very pale,
and sombre anger smouldered in bis
eyes. "Tell me you showed the
thing to my wife next"
• "I did," said Bell, coolly. "Lady
Littimer was in the room at the
time."
Something like a groan escaped
from • Littimer's pallid lips. The
smouldering light in his eyes flashed
into flame. He advanced upon Bell
with a quivering, uplifted arm.
Chris slipped swiftly out of the shade
ani. stood between the two men.
"You are a • very • clever young
lady," Littimer said, drily. "You
will tell me next that you expected
Ronson to try this thing on."
"I did," Chris said, coolly. "I
had a telegram to warn me so."
Littimer smiled. All this mystery
and cleverness was after his own
heart. De lighted his cigarette and
tendered his case in the friendliest
possible manner to Bell.
"Go on," he said. "I am deeply
interested."
"I prefer not to go into details,"
Chris resumed. "All I ask you to
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You could melte it smeller, blet
you couldn't make it bigger" Lati-
mer said. "Bell whop I have sulfa
eiently recovered 11 make a humble
and abject apology to you. And
now, wise woman from the West,
what is the next not in the pier,"
CTVAPTEIt XXXIV.,
Chris smiled with the air of • one
who le perfectly setisfied with her
work. ••
"For the present I fancy WO have
done eneugh," elm sted, "I want to
go to bed now, and I want you both
to (lathe same. Also 1 shall be glad
if you will come down in the morn-
ing as if nothing had happened. Tell
Reginald Henson casually that you
have been convinced that you have
done Dr. Bell a grave injustice, and
give no kind of particulars. And
please treat Mr. Henson in. the frame
fashion as before, There is only one
other. thing.'!
"Name it, and it is yoUrs," Litti-
naer cried.
cut the margin :off that
print, or at any rate turn the mar-
gin downfit it into the fiame, and
hang it up as if nothing had hap-
pened."
Latimer looked, at Chris with
puzzled expression for a moment,
and then his features relaxed into a
tatpelike grin.
"Capital," he, said. "I quite un-
derstand what you mean, And eI
must • be there to sec eh?—yes.
I must be there to see. I would
not miss it for strawberry leaves!"
• The thing was done and the picture
restored to its place. • Bell drew
Chris aside for a moment. •,
• 'Do you rise early in the mom-
itig'r he nekoci, mearangle.
''Always," Chris replied demurely.
"I find the terrace char/rang before
breakfast. Good -night."
Was 'down betimes' despite • the
fact that it had been daylight before
he was in bed. • Along 'the terrace
looking over the cliffs Chris was al-
ready walking, a great chaster of
red and yellow roses in her hand.
She looked as fresh and bright as if
when you have heard my etory. I she and excitement' wore strangers.
have admitted to you that I know ' All the same she seemed to avoid
when elenson was comieg, and why Bell's eyes.
ain I interested? 13ecaucs it hap- "Isn't it lovely here?" sho exclaim -
pens that Reginald Henson has ed. And thee() roses with the dew
greatly injured someone I cared for still upon them. Well, Da Bell;
deeply. Well, I fastened up the pic- have you made fresh discoveries?"
ture—he came. He sneaked in like "I have discovered that Newer) is
the thief that he was because his going to take his breakfast in bed,"
accomplice and tool had failed to' 13011 said, gravely. "Also that he
save him the trouble. Lord Litti- • requires a valet at half -past ten. At
mer, I will not pain you by saying that time I hope to be in the corri-
who Henson's accomplice was." dor with Lord Littimer and your-
Littimer nodded gloomily.. • self. Also I have made a further
"Not that I blame that accom-
plice; he could not help himself. Ah,
when the whole truth comes to be
told, what a black business it will
be, Well, exenson came to steal the
picture and I caught him in the act.
If you had seen his fat, greasy,
crestfallen facet Then he pretended
that it was all done for a jest and
as a warning to Lord Littimer. And
Lord Littimer, the most cynical of
men, allowed it to passe'
"I couldn't see what he had to
gatn," Latimer pleaded. "1 dost,
now, as a matter of fact."
•"Neither will you for the present,"
said Chris. "Still, you will be so
good as to asurne the same hospital-
ity and courtesy towards Henson as i
you extend at present."
"I dare say I can manage it," saidi
Littinier, cynically. "1, used to be
a society mau once."
"Henson did not deoeive me for a
moment," Chris, went on. "He was
bound to have the picture, and, be-
ing baffled one way, he tried an-
other. Look here, Lord Littimer.
Let me assume for a moment that
Dr. Bell came down hero to steal
your picture,' get rid of the frame,
and palm off your own engraving for
another. Now, in the name of com-
mon bens°, let me ask you a single
•question. Could Dr. Bell have pos-
sibly known that the frame of the
Rembrandt was securely fasterred to
the wall and that 1 had attached it
quite recently? And could he in the
short time at his disposal have pro-
cured the necessary tools to cut
away the stays? Again, Dr, Dell
can prove, suppose, exactly what
time ho left London to -clay. No, we
must look faxther for the thief."
• '"There is something else also wo
have to look for," said Dr. Bell.
"And that is the frame. You say
heavy. The thief would discard the
frame and roll up the print."
"That is a brilliant suggestion,"
said Chris, eagerly. "Mid if we
only had the frame I could sot Lord
Littitner`s doubts at rest entirely.
I happen to know that the real thief
came and went by the cliff under the
terrace. If the frame was thrown
into the gorse, there it—"
• "Might stay for ages," Littimer
exclaimed, "By Jove, I'm just in
the mood to carry this business a
stage or two farther before I go to
bed. Bell, there are two or •three
cycle -lamps in the gunroom. You
mud to be a pretty fearless climber.
What 'do you say to a hunt round
for an hour or two whilst the house
is quiet?"
Bell assented eagerly. Chris wait-
ed with what patience she could
command till daylight began to
show faintly and redly in the east.
Then sho heard the sound of voices
outside, and Littimer and Bell stag-
gered in carrying the frame between
them.
"Got it," Lietiraer eeclaimed, with
the triumphant exultation of a
•schoolboy who was seecessfully loot-
ed a rare bird's-nest. "Wo found
it half -Way down the cliff,hidden
behind a patch of saraphire. And it
doesn't seem to be any the worse
for the adventure. Now, Is Wise-
acre, seeing that we have the frame,
pet -haps you will fulfil your promise
of convincing me, mice and for all,
that yonder Dembraralt menet pos-
sibly belong to me."
• "/ am going to do so," Chris
estid, quietly. "You told me you
• had to cut the margin of your print
by an inch or so round to fit that
ceraintold frame. So far as I can
see, the print before you is quite in -
tad.• Now, if it is too large for
the franie--"
Littimer 'nodded eagerly, Dell fitt-
ed the,clisigy paper to the back of the
• frame and smiled. There was an
inch or more to spare all round. No-
body spoke fora' Moment.
discovery."
"And what is that Dr. Bell?"
"That you and I have met before
—once before when I attended you in
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a kind .of official capacity, and when
I behaved in a distinctly discredita-
ble professional manner. Dr. Welker
was present. Dr. Walker seems to
have been eingularly shortsighted.."
Tho roses -fell from,- Chris's' hands
• 'on to the path, leer face had grown.
very pale indeed; there was a fright-
ened, appealing look in her eyes.
"Dr. Bell." she gasped, "do you
suppose that anybody else knows—
Henson, for instance? And I eneig-
ined that I had utterly deceived
hinit"
Bell smiled merellinelY.
"I don't think you need have the
slightest anxiety oriethat seem," he
said. "You see, Venison. is comfor-
tably assured that you are dead turd
buried, - Whereas I know all aboutIt,
lt,• Fortunately for me, I became
mieed up in this strange; beelnese on,
behalf of 'mere' feiend, David' "Steel;
indeed; but for Steel should'. pro-
bably have giVen you away to 'our
friend Walker.''
•• "'But surely you guessed that --L--"
"Not for the Moment. . Yoe see,
it was only a • few minutes before
that a flood of interesting light had
been let in upon Henson's character
by your sister to me, and my first
idea was that Henson was poisoning
you for some purpose of his own.
Subsequently Steel told me all about
that side of the story on our way
back to Brighton." ,
"But how did you penetrate • my
disguise?"
"My dear young lady, I have not
penetrated your disguise. Your dis-
guise is perfect—so quaint and dar-
t ingly original—and would deceive
even Henson's eyes. I guessed who
you were directly I found that you
were taking a philanthropic interest
in our friend. It came to The master was explaining the
•
1116 by a kind of intuition, •the meaning of the ' word "recuperate."
knook that stood mein
such gookl stead In my professional Pluck is the stepfather of success.
days. When you said. that .you had
been warned of Henson's coming by ,
telegram I was' -certain.''
"Then perhaps you guessed that
.Enid sent me 'the telegram?"
"That was obvious., Also it was
obvious that Henson brought, Frank
Littimer along."
"Ole ho did. It was Frank's misty
Mon to steal the picture. I con-
fronted him with a revolver and
locked him in aneeof the bedrooms.
It• took all my courage and good
resolutions to prevent me from be-
treying myself to the poor feilow."
•'"Rather cruel of you, wasn't it?"
"-leen, yes. But I wanted to make
the exposure as complete as possible.
When the time comes to strip Regin-
ald Henson of his pretensions and
flog tine lam the-eel:ally,. the •inere
evidence we can pile up the better.
But Frank is not bad; he is merely
weak and utterly in the power of
that man. If we -can only broak.the
bands, Frank will be a povrerful fac-
tor en our side." • • '• '
• "I dare say. But how was the
Rerabrarelt stolen? Latimer's, I .
mean."
"It was worked through an accom-
plice," Chris explained. "It had to
bo done before you arrived. And
there was no better time then, night
for the operation. I guessed that
when Henson drew the fact from sue
that I liked the terrace after dinner.
By a bit of good luck I found the
accomplice and himself together in
the day; in fact, I forced Reginald'a
hand so that he had to introduce ma
to the man,"
"In which case you would know
him again?"
• (To be Continued.)
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