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Updated: June 24, 2025
A few minutes later the woman left in her car, so rapidly driven that no one would recognize her. It was early in the afternoon that Aunt Josephine was sitting on the veranda, when an automobile drove up and a very stylishly gowned and bonnetted woman stepped out. "Good afternoon," she greeted Aunt Josephine ingratiatingly as she approached the house. "I am Madame Larenz of New York and Paris.
They walked off and I could not help scowling at the visitor. On toward the house Elaine and Madame Larenz proceeded and around it to the front porch where Aunt Josephine was standing. "Just think, Auntie," cried Elaine, "real Paris gowns down here without the trouble of going to the city and cheaply, too." Aunt Josephine was only mildly interested, but that did not seem to worry Madame Larenz.
Outside, the naturalist had come through the shrubbery and had been looking in at the library window, watching every move of Madame Larenz as she wrote. As she went out, he paused just a second to look about. Then he drew a long knife from his pocket, forced the window catch, and quickly climbed into the room. Directly to the desk he went and hurriedly ran over the papers on it.
It was only a few minutes after she had completed arranging her small stock so that it looked quite impressive, that Madame Larenz heard a knock at the door and recognized Del Mar's secret code. She opened the door and he strode in. "I got your note," he said briefly, coming directly to business and telling her just what he wanted done. "Let me see," he concluded, glancing at his watch.
Del Mar and Madame Larenz were still talking in low tones when they heard a light tap on the door. "There she is, now," whispered Larenz. "All right. Let her in," answered Del Mar, leaping quietly to a closet. "I'll hide here until I get the signal. Do just as I told you."
He watched her closely, noting the number of the car, then turned and followed it. Madame Larenz drew up, a second time, before Del Mar's. As she got out and entered, the naturalist, having quickened his pace, came up and watched her go in. Then, after taking in the situation for a moment, he made his way around the side of the bungalow. "Is Mr.
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