Nonsense!" With that cry, the princess threw herself between the man she loved and the officer of the law. "This is my friend, Mr. Philip Hair. He answered any cries for help and in simple self-defense was obliged to kill this burglar!"
"We'll see about that." The policeman jerked the shade off the reading lamp and let its light flood the countenance of the dead man. Then with an exclamation of surprise, he dropped to his knees beside the body and made closer examination.
"You're right," he announced, looking up to Julia. "Your friend's sure I killed a burglar and a good one, too! This guy's Gentleman George, the English yegg!"
"That being so," Julia replied, "you may arrest him, confederate, this woman."
But when they looked around for Victorine Savatx, she was no longer in the library. Nor could they find her in any part of the house.
(To Be Continued.)
CHILDREN OF WAR ZONE
PSYCHOLOGICAL RIDDLE
They Play Where Shell Breaks Out Any Point, I'Merly Obliged to Soliler and Scenes About Them. 