The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-05
LORD GOES ADVENTURING

there nilcxibly in spite Of Birncs'
strusg lcs-stood there until the rear
door banged and Lord Wex- Burton
knew the girl VAS safe outside Then
the light IL lis Lordship's hand wink,d
out ana he lcapcd FAR 10 one side. into
the room. Fell Il sudden tense Silence
between the Two men there III the dark.
ness. then came Il mighty crashing Of
glass as a front window WAS smashed.
Another second, ana through the open
ing in the window Lord WcX- Burton
saw the girl bound across tie front
yard. and leap into the waiting automo-
bile lie pokcd his head through the
opening.
Home. Wi!ineham," he sang out.
non, DOZEN heart beats later,
Birncs flashed his own electric lirht
me sound OF the autunobile had grown
,nint IN the distance, aud there before
MN stood Lord Wcx-Buiton in cor
n"r with both hands raised high above
his head, and Blood streaming down his
arms lie Had smashed that front wiii-
dow with Ills bare hnnds-Cranc lay
unconscious in the hall
THEY were as day ana night, these
Golcnt. ncrvclcss. tawny OF hair and
baked 10 a russell hlic by the African
sun; and Franklin Barton Stokes. ply
sically 4 wcallin- dark. nervous, r.
l!tapic. liitilid OF face and lnncd with
the worries Of tho great financial gam.
he played daily steven Birnes Who haa
Drought about the meeting OF the two
men IN Lord WEEK Buttons APARTMENTS
glanced from one to the other. ana
waited. With him was Frank Crane
his assistant teiidcrly nursing a Bump
on his head He had hi, tho wall one
tremendous whack when Lord Way-
Burton tripod him
l}irnes had had his say while the
Young Englishman bound his laccrated
hands in lint. ana now Barton STOKES
was staring a Ills Lor,lship, irving to
determine what manner Of man this xa s
ne had 10 deal With His I.ordship
iidnlt waste any time Specializing as to
me manner Of man he had 10 deal
stone Was 70 marry She had spoIs,n
81 y as a sacrifice. By love. it was all
Of that,
Finally Lord Wcx- Burton broke the
silence ~ TAPPING q bell Chambers
Please send Curtis in with some ci-
garettcs" Ills I-or,!Ship directed
mere was an unLrokcn silence until
curtis appeared. To each IN turn he
oHer"d cis:sete on a small silver
he came 10 Ills I-ordship.
.>3nc OF you smoke cigarettes" in
CURED Lord Wrx Burton curclesslv.
"Druccd bad habit, know" and IL,
itS!!'tu one. So!nc cigars. Curtis"
Nor did cigars ;.;,mtnl to Barton
stokes There was a shade Of annoy
ahcc, Impotence even. III his cur, re-
lusai, and he drumincd nervously on the
arms OF his chair rs Birnes and Crane
lighted up. Curtis vanished noiSclcsslv. |
And now. remarked His I.ortshp
chcerily. well have !. cosy little chat
about black Pearls and things, ch,
WHAT
we may as Well understand each
other first as last AIr.--Mr--' Bar
tom stokes began tcrscly.
Wayne" the young man supplied
Robert Hclinsbrokc Wayne"
we don't know what you had 10 do
with the Disappearance OF the neck :
lace. the financicr explained holly, but
we do know it was III your possession
yesterday: we do know that YOU 'phoncd
TO me in the afternoon and agreed ia
cal or the police il the necklace was
returned: we do know that You 'phoned
me last night and told me I would iind
the necklace in that vacant house; We