Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-12-30
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/ A Mystery Romance
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Ry WILLIAM HAMILTON /;
OSBORNE
coVyrisht. 1909. BY Dedd. Mead q Co !
CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER III.
a sort of dass Challoner was
.ssmbIing toward the door when
the telephone bell rang. Instantly
-orsed all the deyiltry and cum
.hat had oozed from him the mo-
before. Selling the receiver. he.
Pe sas, i silently against his ear.
F.HeroT began the voice AZ inc 0'ner
cs.,loner did not answer.
.%s that You, Lettyr' the voice went
cballoner did not answer.
"a the woman stepped forward.
PEI aded the receiver 10 her, at the
Emo fine placing his left hand over
r. mouthpiece, and said;
: uarrrayes. Tell him to come
r.. will your
she shook her head. /.
ps,n the voice at the other end Of
wire sounded, but she could not
- for the thickness Of Challo-
asS hand lay between her and com
gSa was becoming I'M
uoh,e-retting on her nerves. There
sas nothing to do but to comply with
I-,sh. and upon her eyes suddenly
Is,s,ng to his he released the mouth
On Sanding on guard the while she
NM Cballoner drove her-literally
.ove ber-into a far corner OF the
Us.ov let him comel Wen see" be
vo,s,med, holding a revolver In his
Nss hand. and as he stood there
lining her as a tiger does a dgresi
VS. with n certain sense Of graft
,0tion that be noted written across
? :. face the altogether new sensation
,oor. terror and therefore respec
tor him. ,-o-n,,an
tbe hand that could no longe
uaDt out banknotes TO her or sig
tSoo,,s was a hand that held life am
lootb within its grasp. Lefty Low
os,,zed this, too, as she stood Their
Fored trembling, listening, watchin
H. door. Suddenly there fiashe
through her mind a way out OF IN
.itrotion. and, smiling, she said lightly
ooh. pshaw, Lawrence, the heavy
III your line! Comet Suppose W
have something to drink"
And without waiting for him to al
.rnr she crossed the room and pres
a tba hutton there. Somewhat sheel
INV Challoner slipped the revolv'
Nsct into his pocket and dropped I'M
! chair. while she ordered the maj
i fptcb some Bengal--a cordial. a di
gled delight that had come down
ber from a period SO remote that q
memory Of man runneth not to u
contrary. =
In his merry lifetime Hiram z
rsr Love had possessed gallons OF
II had come TO him in the night FRO
M mysterious east. in the teeth
NM revenue guns. Lefty took her pla
beside a small table, and presently
silver topped, cut glass decanter "
IN her hand.
chaIloner drank-drank. He fore
Bargrayes, forgot everything but I
face Of Lefty Love, a kiss that
wanted but that somehow he cor
M ost an u~tsarance n d thick vol
a monetary hand to hand strugl
not with Hargraves, but with b
then somehow she eluded him, and
was left alone-alone in the darkn'
that the Bengal had cast upon him.
But in all this there was no HI
graves.
.
Anew hours later when he awoke
vas still sitting at the table, but
vas alone. He rose hastily, even ste
Nv, and secured the other rooms. Th
vas no one there. He looked for
Bengal, but that, too, had disappear
AN Of a sudden the jewels that W
On her dressing table-jewels that
bad given her-caught his attenti
and for the moment the temptat
vas strong to take them for the m
ey that was in them. But even his {
wits soon recognized the folly of 81
a proceeding. since it was for her t
be needed the money, and somew
reluctantly he put them back in Il
case, muttering to himself as he
the house.
! Lefty must believe in me. TIL
are bound soon to come my way"
Soon be was back at Cradlebaug
wandering about looking for Pen
can. Finally be saw him coming
" one Of the rooms and hailed
. with.
"Hargraves showed up yetT
The unwholesome looking fac3o
! shook his head. At tine same tint
noted that Challoner was in a di
eat mood than when he had ia
With him earlier in the evening. I
fean wondered as be turned az
y y eut, then, It was not given to hir