The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-08-27
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1u-tne-EQuuo pubic mouse Wnef~44A -
escaped sounds OF such reFelry
night as b INDUCED n b the British
WOrklngman 10 hours Of ease. AZ tae
curb IN front Of the house q entertaie-
msnf, detected animals dro0ping -
tween their shafts. two hansoms STOOD
IN waiting until such time &c the leris
Of their destlnics should zee az 70 cal
" forth and lnaict themselves upon g
cab hungry populaca. As KiFkwood
turned q third vehicle rumbled ~ out
Of the news.
For between bis curiosity about ano
his concern for the girl be was belhg
led back TO No. by the nose, as e
were. hardly willingly ct best. Pro
fOundly stupehed By the contemplation
Of his own temerity. be yet returned
unfaltering. lie who had for 80 Ions
plumed himself upon bis strict super
vision OF bis personal affairs and equal
" steadfast uncOngciOusness Of -
neighbor's business now found himself
In the very act OF pushing In where b
was not wanted. Us be had been adj
vised IN well nigh as many words.
He turned up Frognall street With
the manner Of one out for a leisurely
evening stroll simultaneously from
the farther corner another pedestrian
debOuched into the thOroughfare-a
mere moving shadow az that distance.
brother to blacker shadows that skulk.
ed In the fenced areas and unllveiy
entries OF that poorly lighted block.
The hush was something beyond be-
lief when one remembered the near
ness OF blatant TOttenham Court road
KlFkwOOd conceived a wholly sense
less curiosity about the other wayfar
or. The man was walking rapidly.
heels ringing With uncouth lOudness.
cane tapping the iagging az hrief o.
teFvals. Both sounds ceased abruptly
as their cause turned 10 beneath one
Of the porticOes In the emphatic and
unnatural quiet that followed Kirk
wood, stepping more lightly. faDcio0
that another shadow followed the 6rst
noiselessly and With furtive stealth.
Could II be No. 0 into which they
had passed. The Americans heart
beat a llvelIer tempo az the suggestion
IL II had not been No. 9--he was aflu
too far away 20 tell-It was cer
one Of the dwellings adjacent there.
unto. The improbable possibility tbuf
why improbablell that the girI was
being Joined by her father or b.
friends annoyed him with Illogical In
tenslty
Approaching No. o with laggard feet.
be manufactured desire to light 3
cigarette as a cover for bis design were
be spled upon by unsupported eyes
Cane under arm. hands cupped 20
shield a vesta's fame. he stoppe9Rii.
rectly before the porflco. turning Die
eyes aSkance to the Swallowed door
way. aud made discovery sufficiently
startling to hold him spellbound ard
incidentally TO scorch his gloves before
be Thought TO drop the match
The door Of No. stood njnr. q black
Interval al inch or 10 In width show.
Ing between IT'S edge and the Jamb.
Suspicion and alarm set his wits
a-tingle More distinctly be recalled
the jarring bang, accompanied by the
metallic click Of the latch. when the
girl had shut herself in-and him Out
Now, some person or persons had for
lowed her. neglecting the most obvloas
precaution Of householder And
whyf Why but because the lnfrudesa
did not wish the sound Of closing 10 g.
audible 90 her--Or those withlnf
He reminded himself that q was az
none Of his affair. decidef TO pass en-
end 80 his way In peace and. I'm
gulsively swinging abUul. marched
straight away Tor the Enclosed door
"'Old ard. guvnerf'
kirkwOOd haltpd ON the CRY, fallrr.
ing In INDIGESTION should be take fh
plunge OF withdraw syuchronousle
be was conscious that a man's figure
bad detached Itself from the shadows
beneath the nearest portico and was
drawing nearer. With every lndicafion
OF haste 90 Intercept him.
Ere now. gunner. yeF mykiu'
misJyke You doB'l live ere"
How DO ron known demand
KirkwoOd crisply. tightening bis ell1
On his stick.
Was this the second shadow D.
seemed 90 see-the ropfedprafe 81
who had entered 40. .. senffr
interruptlonf n 90. iae
low lacked dlarrpffon- fhuurh hIa