The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-07-06
CHAPTER vii.

Miss Thorne and Not Miss Thorne.
From pleasant. wide.open bay-win.
! dow Of her apartments on the second
floor, Miss Thorne looked out upon
the avenue with inscrutable eyes. Be-
hind the closely drawn shutters of an.
other baywindow, farther down the
avenue, on the corner, she knew
man named Hastings was hiding; she
knew that for an hour or more he had
been watching her as she wrote. In
the other direction, In n house near
the corner. another man named Blair
was similarly ensconced. and he. too,
had been watching as she wrote. There
should be a third man. Johnson. Miss
Thorne curiously studied the face Of
each passer-by, seeking therein some
thing to remember.
She sat at the little mahogany desk
and note with the ink yet wet upon
II lay face up before her. It was ad.
dressed to Signor Pietro Petrozinni In
the district prison. and read.
My Dear Friend:
81 have been waiting to write yon
with the hope that could report
Senor Alvarez out of danger, but his
condition. | regret to say. remains un.
changed. Shall send an attorney to
you? Would you like book of any
kind? Or some dellcacy sent in from
restaurant? Can | be of any service
to you in any way? If can please
drop me a line.
Sincerely,
ISABEL TIIORNE."
At last she rose and standing in the
window read the note over folded it,
placed ii in an envelope and sealed IL
A maid came In answer to Eer ring.
and there at the window, under tho
watchful eyes of Blair and Hastings
and. perhaps, Johnson-she handed
the note to the maid with instructions
to mail it Immediately Two minutes
later she saw the maid 60 out along
the avenue to a post-box on the cor
ner
Then she drew back into the shad
ow Of the room, slipped on dark-col
ored wrap, and, standing awoy from
the window, safe beyond the reach OF
prying eyes, waited patiently for tho
postman. He appeared about five
o'clock and simultaneously another
man turned the corner near the post
box and spoke to him. Then, togeth'
er, they disappeared from view around
the corner
80 that's Johnson, is it?" unused
Miss Thorne, and she smiled a little.
Mr.. Grimm certainly pays me the
compliment of having me carefully
watched"
few minutes later she dropped
into the seat at the desk again. Tho
dark wrap had been thrown aside and
Hastings and Blair from their hiding
places could see her distinctly. After
while they saw her rise quickly, as
an automobile turned into the avenue,
and lean toward the window eagerly
looking out The car came to a stand
still in front of the legation, and NJ.
Cadwallader, an under secretary OF the
British embassy, who was alone in the
car, raised his cap She nodded and
smiled, then disappeared In the shad-
ows Of the room again
Mr.. Cadwalader went to the door.
spoke to the servant there, then re-
turned and busted hlmself about the
car. Hastings and Blair watched in
tently both the door and the window
for long time; finally closely veil.
ed and mutfled figure appeared at the
bay-window, and waved a gloved hand
at Mr., Cadwallader, who again lifted
his cap. A minute later the yelled
woman came out Of the front door,
shook hands with Mr.. Cadwallader.
and got in the car. lie also climbed
in, and the car moved slowly away.
(TO EE CONTINUED)