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PAGE TEN ER ---- -- The Black Menace ARTHUR B l-4 REEVE (<4 _CHAPTER 10, The Kidnapping. Breshkaya approached us with a very beautiful woman whom she wanted us to meet. 'Mrs. James," she introduced, although I knew that it was a false name and, I am sure that she knew the same of "Mr. Harper" and 'Mr. Gray." Who was she? I wondered. At once she seemed to be very interest- ed in Kennedy, but Breshkaya was alert on the instant, and contrived that Mrs, James should fall to my escort as we sauntered in toward a beautifully paneled lounge and din- ing room. I do not think I was quite as attentive to Mrs, James as I might have been, for I had seen just enough to convince me that Breshkaya, now that Thorne was gone, was actually "vamping"" Craig. Nor'did I relish it, as they waited until Mrs. James and I had chosen a table, then moved on and around an angle in the little alcove where I could not see them, and even could scarcely hear them, "You seem worried," observed my companion, with' a forced gaiety. "Perhaps," 1 hazarded. "It has been a hard day and I cannot put the Exchange out of my head. Let us for- get it." I laughed. "The Exchange?" she inquired shooting at me a glance which I could not interpret. Did she really know who I was and that I was posing? Or was she in- terested, lest for some reason, I might recognize her? 1 passed the query off as easily as 1 could, finding that she was not dis- posed toward confidences. Nor did it take me long to note that she, too, was quite interested in the couple around the angle. Gradually it dawned on me that she knew Ken- nedy, at least knew who he was. 1 tried to lead the conversation, but she refused to be led. 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Before I could pursue the inquiry as to who she reallly, was, she had excused herself, and: almost ran from the room. to rejoin a party at a game of bridge which she had left. I sauntered over to Kennedy. He was leaning forward over the table, pouring some story into the ear of Breshkaya, He did not see me, but I watched him, wondering whether he thought he was getting away with anything with this world-wise young person? : It seemed to me that we had gone far enough for one night and, be- sides, there were ringing in my ears the last words of "Mrs. James"-- "get him away as soon as you can," "Sorry," I interrupted, affecting the accept which I heard all about me, as I broke in om them, 'But really, Harper, I must gat back to the city tonight, or rather this morn- ing." bf I could see that secretly Breshkaya was furious at me, but Kennedy rath- er welcomed the interruption. "I don't know how we're going to manage it," he considered. 'Can we get a taxicab out here at this late hour?" 'We can get anything," returned Beshkaya, finding that it was useless to urge us to stay. "I'll have Henry telephone for something that will get you back to the city, if you must go." She smiled archly at Kennedy and laid her hand coaxingly on his, "Really I'm afraid I must, he decid- ed, pressing the little hand which she "|allowed to linger with an invitation. "Some other time we'll have to come out again when we can make a night of it." She smiled again through a pretty pout, but Kennedy now insisted, and a momerft later the stiff butler was telephoning to some local garage, which I had no doubt was like the one we had visited, for a car, It seemed to be an uncommonly long time before there was any re- sponse, and it was fully an hour be- fore we heard the sound of a motor outside. As we left the place we were ac- companied to the door by Breshkaya and Mme. Rene who bowed us out politely, Our cab had stepped not in front of the door, but farther up, near the end of the house where the coach light was and the waiting cars. We started over toward it in the shadows. Suddenly we were confronted by a man in a heavy coat, who reeled at us, as though drunk. It was appar- ently one of the chauffeurs. The fellow was so extremely insolent that Kennedy could do nothing else than push him roughly aside. Instantly the man turned on him, and from the shadows whence he had emerged, there rushed out two more--before I knew it we were the center of a brawl. But the method of attack had been quite sufficient to put us on guard in time. Both Kennedy and I had our automatics ready. At the same time a man who had just pulled in in a car dashed over toward us, though by this time we had cowed the highbinders who had evidently pulled off their attack pre- maturely. "Kennedy!" exclaimed a voice, ' I peered through the dimness. It was Ravenal who had come to the rescue, though a bit late. "I missed you all day," he ex- plained, '"then thought of the Crystal Palace. There they told me you had gone with Breshkaya, so I came out. What's the matter? Didn't they want you to go away?" Kennedy glanced at the house. Even in spite of the altercation in the yard no one inside seemed to have heard it, at least no one paid any at- tention, "I'll take you back," offered Ravenal. "I came out only to be sure that there wasn't any trouble," Kennedy strode over to the car that had been waiting but it kK was driverless. Evidently the chauffeur bad been ome of the attackers. The attack had been premature, or else they had been surprised to find us armed. Kennedy was for tracing out the chauffeur, who had started the at- tack, but I leaned over and whisper- ed the parting wordso f Mrs. James. He considered a moment, then turn- ed to Ravenal. "I think I will take your offer," he decided. The young detective seemed quite flattered. "Got here just in the nick of time," he murmured, as he started his engine, and we.swung out of the shadowy grounds, without any fur- ther trouble. "It looks as thaugh some one knew you were here, but didn't want anything to happen in the house." Kennedy said nothing. Our ride back to the city with Ravenal was uneventful and at that hour of the night we were able to make great time over the deserted roads. When we had crossed the bridge, instead of making Ravenal drive us all the way uptown, Ken- nedy thanked him and we climbed down into the subway, which whisk- ed us up quicker than we could have been driven. It was late, and though we had not accomplished much by our trip out to the House of Mystery, still we were tired. - To our surprise, however; as we ap- proached our apartment, we could see a light burned there. At first we were inclined to approach it with caution, but on inquiry from the hall- boy we learned that Jack Speed was J there and seemingly very wor- r We hurried up and, sure enough, there was the young man frantically excited. "Clare has disappeared while you were away," he announced as we en- tered. "I've exhausted every means I know of to trace her--and not a clue." It was startling news and it left us quite up in the air as to what to do. As nearly as we could make out from Speed a stranger had come to Clare's apartment very: late. in- the night with a message that Jack him- self was out at the House of Mys- tery at Heaton Hills, with Bresh- kaya. The message itself was signed with the name "Minna Oakleigh," | Kennedy listened puzzled. '"'As a matter of» fact ,we were out there with her," he considered. "Who is Minna Oakleigh?" "That's the strange part of it," plied 'Speed; "Minna Oakleigh 1s Jim Oakleigh"s wife. 1 happen to know that she is down at Palm Beach, although I think she's expect ed home soon, Jim's a fine chap, I don't see why his wife ghould know anything about this, or mix in ft. But thew," he recollected, '"'there's nd telling where the slimy trail of this Black Menace may extend, I hope it isn't true, about Minna." Somehow I felt that it was true, at least to a certain extent, and 1 could not help connecting Mrs. Oak- leigh with my friend "Mrs. James" out at the House of Mystery. 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