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Quietly the watcher entered through the , alert and tense He

flew to the desk, found the envelope, steamed it open at the kettle,

extracted the sealed envelope and Colonel Hare's note He sed his plans coer; he would use a lure instead With his ear strained for

sounds, he wrote and substituted a note This houri of Sa'adi would

not pause to note the difference in writing; the vitalness of the

subject would enchain her thoughts It was all accomplished in the

space of a few

twilight

They were shipping a lion to San Francisco, and the roaring and

confusion were all very satisfactory to the trespasser

Midnight From afar came the mellow notes of the bells in the ancient

Spanish mission The old year was dead, the new year was born,

carrying with it the unchanging sound of happiness and ood and evil

"The packet!" cried Winnie

Kathlyn recognized in that call that Winnie was only a child All the

responsibility lay upon her shoulders She ripped the cover from the

packet and read the note

"Father"

"Oh, Kit, Kit!"

"Hush, Winnie! Ipaper?