The Vestibule Limited Mystery — page 66: what you’re looking at

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THE VESTIBULE LIMITED MYSTERY. 57 the worst. At any rate give me your word that you will not tell even her how you escaped this terrible fate.” | | “What excuse can I give?” “State that you took an overdose of the sleeping potion, show the empty vial in evidence, and they will believe that you threw off the stuff, thus making a failure of their plans.” “Ah! I see; that I was very sick in the night.” “Hxactly. In return for what 1 have done for you will you promise me not to say a word of what has happened, even to her?” “JT promise.” It is about as much asIcan get from the man; his infatuation for Evangeline clings closer than anything I have ever seen. The best that I have been able to do is to temporarily save his life, and cause him to believe there is a clique formed against him. What result this will have in the future I am utterly unable to say. Robert Hammond empties the vial in the wash- basin before leaving me, and I rejoice to see the last of the deadly fluid thus destroyed. No doubt they may be able to get more, but we have defeated the villains in the first round, and if the young man does not inadvertently betray us, may be able to finally worst them. The Hammond million is still safe. How long it will remain so depends a great deal upon the kindness of fortune; as long as the young man continues to be infatuated with the pretty - adventuress, and believes in her innocence, we can- not crush the conspiraey against him, of which she is the corner-stone. He goes to his berth to retire, Eomicboo cS iGO