The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-31
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81 RED MOUSE
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WILLIAM
HAMILTON
OSBORNE


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Then Challoner drove her literAlIy
drove her--into Tar corner Of IL
room.
.Now let him come. Wen see" ~ 3
exclaimed. holding . revolver IN hls
right hand, and as he stood thers
watching her as tiger does tigrese
1t was with a certain sense Of graft
hcation that he noted .wfitten Acf0eo
her face the altogether new sensaft0n
Of fear, terror and therefore respect
for him.
And he rejoiced IN the knowiedgo
that the hanti thnt could NO Longer
count out banknotes to her or siGn
checks was q hand that held life ana
death within its grasp. Lefty Low
realized this. too. as she stood there
cowed, trembling. listening, watching
the door. Suddenly there nashetk
through her mind a way out Of tn
situation. and. smiling. she said iightlys
.-Oh, pshaw. Lawrence. the heavy -
not your line. Come. Suppose ~
have something to drink"
And, without waiting for him to m.
swer. she crossed the room and press
ed the button there. Somewhat shcar
ishly Chalioner slipped the revolver
back into his pocket and dropped into
a chair, while she ordered the maid
to fetch some Bengal--a cordial, dis
titled delight that had come down ~
her from q period 50 remote that the
memory Of man rlnneth not to tn
contrary.
In his merry lifetime Hiram Ed
gar Love had possessed gallons Of Il.
It had come to him In the night from
the mysterious east, In the teeth of
the revenue guns. Lefty took her place
beside small table. rnd presently a
silver topped. cut glass decanter wa
In her hand.
Challoner drank-drank. He forgot
| Hargraves. forgot everything but the
| face OF Lefty Love. kiss that he
| wanted, but that somehow he could
| not get. an utteranee In thick voice.
| momentary hand to hand strugEie
| not with g1arRraves, but with herr
then somehow she eiuded him, and ~
was left alone--alone In the dArkness
that the Bengal had cast upon him.
| But in all this there was no Har.
graves.
|
A few hours later when he awoke ~
was still sitting at the table, but he
| was alone. He rose hastily. even stead
fly, and secured the other roonA Thero
was no one there. He looked Tor the
/ Bengal. bur that. too, had disappeared.
/ All Of sudden the jewels that were
on her dressing tabieJewels that ~
had given her--caught his attention,
and for the moment the tenptatl0n
was strong to take them Tor the nnOu-
/ ey that was In them. But even hi own
wits soon recognized the folly Of such
a proceeding, since 1t was for her thee
he needed the money. and sosnswiA&
reluctantly he put them back in thslr
! case, muttering to himself AZ be tefk
| the house. 49,
Lefty must believe In me. Things
are bound soon to come my way
| Soon he was back at Cradlebaugh'ss
wandering about looking for Pemma-
can, Finally he saw him coming out
OF one OF the rooms and hailed HIN
with:
"Harrraves showed up yetf''
The unwholesome looking factoeum
shook his head. At the same tina -
noted that Challoner was N ~ df&oes
ent mood than when ne had Anineo
with him earlier In the evening. p.
mican wondered az be turned aNay1
but, then. II was not given 70 Mn T.
know that Chsiioner's experiences -
night had served unnecessarily ~
strengthen a desperate purpcses IT,
that the JOY that had been GhAHeMe
ibis by rights" m he told hinlea1t-
had been wrested away from him. ~
he was satisfied that Hargravat -
sence from Cradlebaugh's meant TIT
he was with Lefty Love. But httis ~
little the agony Of jealousy wAs e..
coming pieasnrable sensation. -
sion that diseased him. He would wAne
days, weeks, months. II necessary a.
Hargraves, II
A day rolled around. Night 49,
at Cradlebaugh's. and ChalloneE Ii
at his post OF observation waitin9. j.
was past midnight when C0iena -
graves analiy appeared. 0haEsns
summoning all the suavity Of manmN
that be possessed. called out:
colonel Hargraves.'
Hargraves turned. and, sfain8 Gla1s
Toner. self congratula.ory snalnu
broke over his large. round fece - T.
answered: II
.Why. hello, Challoner!''
The momentary gieam o. ninln1
| did not escape the other, md 8 -
CURED supreme effort u fcFce -
the blood that was rushing To- ~ t1
. pie. Nh
II want word with y0a oo1onl
And with 4 wave Of the haa,d, e0
A-will that suit your
Colonel Hargrave6 hesitated fn4
moment. He shrugged his shouldo
Finally ne Haid s8 M
''Oh. very we'll"
Pemmican followed with decanea
Possibly be realized that tha air 49,
charged with elsctricity. n nv eye
Il Pemmican Mas u charge q dg1
haugh's. II was fsr rsmmieA1 T. -
I i ara q sknow sss 4 e ~