as it not?'

'No doubt of that; and it was also a scheme to entrap him.'

'But--how did they do it? How did they lure him to that bridge--those
two women?'

I could not suppress a smile.

'Can you not guess? It must be only a guess on my part, you know, but
I fancy that in her talk with him that afternoon the brunette led him
to think that you would not be unwilling to see him. I particularly
noted that the woman with her was of about your height, and that she
wore a hat much like the one worn by you on the day I first saw you.
Now that I recall their manoeuvres of last night, I remember that
the hat almost concealed her face, and that they kept in the shadow.'

She did not follow up the subject, but after a moment said:

'Do--do you think I might be allowed to see him if I went with auntie
to the hospital? I mean now--to-day! Could you not say that I--that we
were--that we knew him?'

'It is quite important that you should do so,' I declared
unblushingly. 'You are the only one who can identify him; and now if I
am to tell Miss Ross all these things----'

'Pardon me,' she broke in, 'if it will not matter, I--I would rather
tell Aunt Ann; at least, about Mr. Lossing.'

I arose hastily. 'In that case I will leave it to you willingly, and
if you will come with your aunt, say at two o'clock, I will meet you
at any place you may choose, and take you to the hospital; or would
you rather go alone?'

'Oh, no, no!' she exclaimed. 'We shall be glad of your escort. Indeed,
I should fear to venture else.'

CHAPTER XVIII.

'IF YOU'LL FIND ONE, I'LL FIND THE OTHER.'

It was through the boy Bill that we learned finally how the brunette
and her companions made their escape from Wooded Island after the
attack upon the guard.

I found the lad waiting upon my return from Washington Avenue, and
full of the excitement of his story.

He had struck upon her trail not long after she had parted from the
guard, it would seem. He had been watching upon Midway Plaisance until
thoroughly weary, when he caught sight of her going east, and followed
her to the Turkish bazaar as before. This time she did not retire
behind the curtains, much to his relief, but she spoke a few words to
the 'tired-looking woman' behind the bedecked sales-table, and then
left as she came, going straight to the entrance upon Midway which
opened upon Madison Avenue, as on a former occasion, and from thence,
as before, past Miss Jenrys' rooms, and