Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-08-06


Yes. # belongs TO Wild Nan.
10 Wild Mani repeated Warren, with q
start and deep scowl. That girl again.
es, Wild Nan again. The mystery ia
explained. It was she who hurled the rock.
am sure OF It
He spoke lightly, almost oitk sigh Of
relief. as II ne attached no more than pass
inc importance to the insane freak OF the
wanderef as he judged her appearance on
the scene.
Warren's face, however, betrayed sus-
picious anxiety.
And Edith he asked.
You see she has gone,
Does not that alarm your
Lesne 1acea MN Win calm counte-
nance
VIZ a39yy tdoulu 1T he asked, bluntly.
She may reveal all.
She does not dare to.
/ Why?"
Her mother.
/ She knows your wife is not her mother. =
She will not betray US, at least while all
her future is involved in the half explained
mystery of the case.
| And he-my the stranger her husband. \
| Etammered Warren.
Leslie pointed to the trail Of blood lead
| ing to the hallway.
He has endeaTored to escape, he said.
We must follow him up and finish him \
/ Warren shuddered at the cold -blooded
| proposition OF his accomplice. A cold
! chill traversed his frame as he followed
Leslie, who, lantern IN hand. bent half way
/ over to keep track OF the trail OF blood lead
| ing through the hallway.
! It led down the broken stone steps along
the road off toward the quarry and there
ended.
/ At the very edge OF steep precipice they
| stopped They could trace the blood stains
on the crushed grass, as if some heavy
! body had dragged itself away from the old
| works. It ended at the quarry blast, where
| the body Of the messenger, Arnitape. had
| been thrown.
/ Leslie swunr the lantern over the dark
abvss bnt its 1avg failed to illnm;ne tha
cayernous deT,tbs below. Warren his face
| shocked despite his callous. evil heart. was
white and mute.
/ at ends here" said Leslie. an ATTEMPT
inc, 70 e asca,,a percy Sherwood has Toat b;e
tl- a+s5,,,s - 1852 =
: aG,,d
aTbs-e ;s b,,t ono co,,,sa ~ action
aWbat9s p y : - -. = = =, = -'S's-S-
aTo refnrn home to nursne tha perc;va,
| fortune.
aYou forget the girl,
aNo. I Know her too well. If she has
! not a1raof ~ f3ed to NV pifa sha will Soo,,
r, her te,ror she viii 5er a,ax, b,,t
~ lii ,e.,,,,, ~
: "a aand;f .i1e s'.I ~ A 5aas ,sat9n
ave We rnnst Il ia saelS tkG, her
Tbera was nurdernus olaa,n II tba
schemer's ewes.
aSeek her he continued awith tha as-
surance of suecess. Once AGAIN n onr
nower t,, she must we'd Won Or de m
Warre1, r1 started At t6e - suoossfon q M ~ more
crime. he was no novice at its Dursu-
ance. but this mans cool villainy. nefred II
execution by reckless determination. ap-
palled him.
Before tomorrow night, resumed Les
! lie. Il shall give up nv home. What bet
! ter could We ask than this situation of
affairsY The messenger dead Sherwood
| lvino foo in wonder nit ana Edith con-
vinced of his faithlessness Tbera Il N
/ witness to our deeds: all obstacles are
cleared away
.sWild Nan?n
ssIs q witless creature who should not be
| considered. Unless Edith Leslie reveals
/ all. we are safe: and with the morninr lioht
we must seek and find her If she does moi
return to nv home. AZ 10 the oId hao Won r1,,,
said Won could trust her. -'e' :
II can. replied Warren. ebut if these
bodies are found.
Leslie started.
"a lucky suggestion > he said, swait.
He left the side of his companion ab-
ruptlv and was gone SO LONG that Warren
/ began to grow nervous. He uttered siob
/ of relief as Leslie returned CARVING. in al
| dition to the lantern. a conicaI iron Shell.
what is that?s he asked in Is some n,e'ssr sur-
prise.
That, replied Leslie. as be placed his
heavy burden on the ground as carefully "a
| fbonob If was 4 treasure .swiJl be the
means of destroying the last evidence n
| onr cr;,nes-a ilvnars,;;ta carf7;d,a
Warren's heart ~ stood IL III Iis m, mouth al he
discovered the purnose Of his accomplice.
/ There was something SO cool and deyilisl
in the manner Of Leslie that he shuddered
| despite himself.
leslie added 4 fnsa "a tba shall ana
going to the edge Of the bit. lit It ana al
| lowed t to roll down the siantina side 81
| lie chasn. \ I'm -, 2 n a
/ aTn Eve n,in1,fes he sai7 a. ha 1istanad