The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1914-12-26

Lucille l,ua d bout her wildly. sne
lneit her tini llSis against the window.
tli~n stopped AZ the utter futility of t.
She looked down. and her eyes stared
wiir Into il,ayr OF pedestrian upon
the -tlrwalk II was the captain OF
the Shlp who had been her friend. She
ws,rd her hnnd. knowing from his ex-
preston thai he recognized her. that
tr iad been hunting her. He made n
mutton us nf writing. and she nodded
swiftly. then dartcd toward the little
dressing table.
And there she sat. dumb with misery.
In the delight OF seeing n friends face
NJ the psychological moment when her
despair. her misery. her desperation.
WIS at lis height. she had not thought
u simple thlns ike "A pencil. pen. ink.
paper. might he necessary. In despair
Lucille looked about her. Paper she
had. She tore the blank strip off the
top OF the newspaper page. tore II so
that the headline regarding Lieutenant
Gibson appeared beneath IL. She star
ed helpiessly In the mirror, her teeth
fastened viclously In her lower lip. so
viriously that when she withdrew
them tiny drop OF red blood appeared
upon the delicate skin. II only she had
pencil or pen, something TO write
with
''le blood drop fell upon the paper.
~ aiming 1t. Lucille gasped delight
ay Her hand seized pin from the
writing table and dabbled at the blot
II hnd dried up. Nerving herself sne
lightly jabbed the pin into the ball OF
her thumb. feverishly writing upon
the blank paper How painful Il was!
How swiftly the blood dried. Hut she
must-she must
Prisoner Of Loubeque- uere-Help
Read head
shs swayed slightly. She could en-
aIlge the torture no longer. II was
suIiictent He could piece together
What be read. what she had told him
aboard the ship. But how to reach
him with the fragmentary strip of
paperi Tearing the necklace from
about her throat she detached a Jewel
swiftly and wrapped the strip OF pa
per about It. In one leap she had
reached the window. The captain was
still there.
For 4 moment Lucille hesitated. She
must break the window pane. Swiftly
she took a slipper from her foot. drew
back aud brought the tiny heel crash
Ing against the glass. At the sound
Of smashing glass she heard rustling
without her door. The captain looked
up at her. and simultaneously she
nlliped the round missile toward him,
watched him engerly as he stopped TO
pick II up and then thrust II hurriedly
In bis pocket. passing on. She saw
the butler, slip hurriedly
out OF the door and take after him
Then a slight creaking. MS OF rusty
hinges, and she stared about her In
mute horror. She was moving down
md walls were advancing forward.
She was moving down and the room
was moving with her.
Came little groan, trcmor run
ming through the walls OF tho room.
Looking up she could see solid steel |
walls passing into place where the
room she was In had been Merely a
aegean elevator hnd been the bou.
ioir where she was captive. The
machinery stopped working abruptly
She peered over the edge Of the room.
'or she was merely sinnding on Hat
surface so far ms one side Waa con.
'ened TO her ears came the insist
mt ringing OF bell. A huddled, black
mass showed almost beneath her
crouching upon the door she leaned
'ver and gingeriy CROPPED at It with
Ter nngers. drawing them shnrply back
s they encountered human flesh.
For just second she FILTERED before
nvestignting her discovery. I.oubeque
Dust nnYe come from her room In this
ashton. II might be that IN some way
.oubeque had fallen and injured the
10 stoop down. take the
'apers from his pocket aud hide them
'etween the crnck OF the noor OF the
Ooul aud the bottom or the elevator
vas the work OF nn instant
AZ the room glIded gently into place
Without 80 much as a treinor sue leap
d down and lifted the grooming mans
'ead 10 her lap. She had come barely
a time. for the SPY was struggling
eobiy 70 got 20 his feet. He smiled
uefnlly as he lighted match aud
canned the features OF bis Communion,