Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-08-02

II hair. break thIHE ile tt3upri the
/ hail % would lc wasting time 90
send fur th, police. Tbry would on
! Is puter about frutlos.ly The
Black Hundred knew hoW io arrange
these abduGions
How had they succeeded .u doing
IT, SO one had entered the house
that DAY without h- being present
! Thorc had been nu telephone call M.
had not heard tlo gist ol nor amy
/ letters ho had not first glanced over
/ How had they done Co., suddenly
/ into h.s mird flashed th, remem.
! hrance uf tine ruudlchlht under Flor
enCos door ID, night before III al
dozen hounds be- was in her room,
searching drawers. paper boxes has
kets lie found nothing ilr pee.
turned 600 despair tu Susan who. dur
ius all thia turmoil bad sat as o.
frozen in her chair
"Speaki" hc giDd. "For God
sake say something thiuN some
thing Those devils ARE likely to-.
torture her. hurt her" lie leaned
against the walt h. head ON his
arm
when hi, turned apau hp uls
calm n, walked with bent head
toward the door opened 10 and stood
upon on" threshold for e pt,r
Across the street shadow
stirred. bui Jones did not sr, H. l'ie.
gaze was attracted by 1m.ihiur
which rhonp dimly white ON lhr walk
inst beyond the steps ilc ran 60 u
4 rrumpled letter upaddrc. 81 tie.
carried l hack 10 The hous' smooth
ed 10 out and read iis contents Flor
once IN her haste had dropped the
better
ilc cluichod az hi. bat pu' IL on
and rah 10 Susan
Here" be- cried. holding on an
automatic % anyone come. Va
You don't know. shoot Don't ASK
questions shot
"rm afraid" She breathod with
difficulty
Afraid" 10" roarcd ~ her Ne
put The weapon ln her hand II slip.
ped and thudded 10 the floor tie
stopped for 10 and slammed II into
her Zap You love your lite aud
honor Yuull know how to shoot
when the time comes Now. attend
10 me- n I'm not back here hy 10
O'Clock. turn this note over Go thr pu
lice 10 you cant do that then Goi
help ms an" And with that be- ran
from the house
Susan eyed the revolver With
growing terror. For what had slr'
I..f o Ia. all a f.I
lows assassination. robbery thieves
and kidnappcr.' She wanted a.
shrek hut bier throat WIS a dry as
paper GilgDrly SHE touched The pi-.
tol The cold steel sent thru of
fear over her he hadn't told her
how 10 shoot a.
Two blocks down the street up uu
alley was the garage wherein llar-
rrcavc bad been wont 10 Keep hIs
ear Toward this Jones ran with IN"
uecl oi % track athlete There
might be- a half dozen taNicab. about
but bee would not run the risk of en-
ragiua any one of them The Black
Hundred was capable of anticipn'iue
his every movement
The shadow across the street stood
undecided. A. luueth hc concluded
To give Jones ten minutes iu which
10 return II he did not return with
la that time. the watcher would go
mp to the drug store ana telephone
for Instructions
Hul Jones did not come back
Where's Howard be- Demanded
Hello. Jones' what's mp"
Howard get that car uui al
once
"Out She comes Wait until 0 rIt"
her radiator bucket of water Gee.
whispered Howard. whom Haur'IFu
often used I bis chauffeur "rO' uu
To- bis uibs' First time ever Saw
him awake. { wonder what doing
You never know What back of those
mummy faced walters. AZ
right, Jones
The chauffeur Jumped into the car
aud Jones TOOK the seat beside him
"Wher. tor
Number ~ and ihc rest
of It trailed away smothored lu the
violent thunder ot the big siNs en-
gines
During the cars flight several pc.
licemen hailed &c without success
Down this street. up that. round tins
corner. fifty miles an hour and all
the while Jones shouted Faster.
faster"
Within twelve minutes from the
time IL left the garage the ear stop
ped opposite 10 30 Is Grove street
and Jones got out
"Wat here. Howard u several
men come rushing out. or ! don ap-
pear within ten minutes. fire your
gun couple OF times for the police.
don't want them 20 we can manage
without They'd only hungle
IAN right. Mr. Jones. said the
chauffeur tie had. in the past quar-
ter OF an hour acquired deep ana
lasting respect for The butler chap.
lie was regular fellow. for an his
brass buttons.
As Jones reached the curb, Flor
enre came forth a. % ou invisible
wings Jones caught her by the arm.
she uunF him aside with a sirengih
be had NOT dreamed vas Boo her slim
body
.Floronce am Jones'"
She stopped. recognized him. an
without q a1rd ran across the stree.
10 the automobile and climbed INTO
tho tauueau Jones followed imin'-
diatcly
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