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"Where can I see Bella up his hat

"He would go straight to your rooone?"

"Purposely I did not," Laverick replied "I had better try and find him, perhaps"

"It is not necessary," she announced "No wonder that you feel yourself to have wandered into the Arabian Nights, Mr Laverick There are two sets of spies who follow you everywhere--two sets that I know of There may be another"

"You think that Bellamy will find o back to the hotel and wait"

She hurried him away, but at the door she detained him for a moment

"Mr Laverick," she said, looking at hi that you are an honest ain

"You are very kind, Mademoiselle," he declared simply

Laverick, as he entered the reception hall at the Milan Hotel, noticed aconfidentially to the clerk in charge The latter recognized Laverick with obvious relief, and at once directed his questioner's attention to him Kahn turned swiftly around and without atowards Laverick with the apparent intention of accosting hiarbed, tall and fair, with every appearance of being a lanced at Laverick carelessly as he passed, but, as though changing his original purpose, made no atteave vent to a little excla over the counter He approached Laverick hastily

"Do you know that gentle out, sir?" he asked

"I never saw him before in my life," Laverick answered "Why?"

"Is this your handwriting, sir?" the er the half sheet of note-paper which he had been carrying

Laverick read quickly,-To the Cashier at the Milan Hotel,--Deliver to bearer document deposited with you STEPHEN LAVERICK

"It is not," he declared proery Good God! You don't mean to say that you parted with my property to--"

The cashier stopped his breathless question

"I haven't parted with anything, sir," he said "I was just wondering what to do when you caery, but I didn't like the look of it, so, sir"

They hurried outside The ht The cashier summoned the head porter