The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-12-24
...d Far away he discovered a
10 lo s,,r. taxicab. The child was

AVin0llue
gone. ..,se Susan was answering
- .sIephone. talking incoherentiy.
u. .wIho is it," Jones whispered MS
~. white and dry.
.rhe princess. began susan.
-. took the receiver from her
roughly. :. 40"
.This is Olga Perison is Florence
thsre!" s,o hos inst stenn.d
moment. Shall tell her
Out ~, YOU when she returns?"
70 u v.. nlease. want her and Su-
- and Mr.. Norton to come to tea
tomorrow. Good.by"
'o. 1nres hung up the receiver, sank
chair near by and buried his
,.ce IN his hands.
' .vhst ie TT" cried Susan. terrified
:. the magazines of his face.
.she's gone! My God. those
--stches have got her! They've got
her!" s :.
- Her father! She was actually
sp .ha way to her father. whom she
ia always loved in dreams. yet never
seen.
..t,.ctiye place, but when she ar
100 she was too highly keyed to
80 note of It's sordidness. She was
s..h.r ont Of breath when she reached
~. door of the third fiat. She knocked
xr,dly The door was instantly
5000 by a man who wore q black
~ She would have turned then
~ there and flown but for the swift
.ss1rre she had of well-dressed man
- table. He lay with his head upon
Ri arms.
aTsther!" she whispered.
rhe man raised his careworn face,
- very well done that only the closest
scrutiny would have betrayed the
,.sta Of the theater. He arose and
ssS.tsred toward her with out
st,ssehed arms. But the moment they.
cIosed about her Florence experienced
: peculiar shiver.
.My child" murmured the broken
MN. "They caught me when was
,hout to come to you. have given
m the fight" A sob choked him.
what was It? wondered the child,
bsr heart burning with the misery Of
the thought that she was sad instead
~ clad. Over his shoulder she sent
: glance about the room. There was
sofs, table, some chairs and an
enormous clock, the face of which was
denied and the hands hopelessly tan
sled. Why, at such q moment. she
should note such details disturbed
her. Then she CHANGED to look into
the cracked mirror. In II she saw
several faces, all masked. These men
we're peering at her through the half.
closed door behind her.
sYou must return home and bring
me the money" went on the wretch
who dared to perpetrate such q mock
cry. 1T is all that stands between
me and death"
Then she knew! The insistent daily
warnings came home to her. She I'M
derstood now. She had deliberately
walked into the spiders net. But In
stead Of terror an extraordinary calm
fell upon her.
very well, father, will go ani
get It." Gently she released herself
from those horrible arms.
wait, my child, till see II they
will let you go. They may wish z
hold you as hostage"
When he was gone she tried thu
doors. They were locked. Then sh'
crossed over to the window and looket
out. A leap from there would kill her
She turned her gaze toward the lamp
wondering.
The false father returned. defect
eddy.
1T Is as I said. They insist upol
sending some one. Write down tn
directions l gave to you. l am YER
weak"
Write down the directions yourself
father; you know them better tina
l." Since she saw no escape, she wa
determined to keep up the tragic iarc
no longer.
II am not your father"
so l see," she replied, still VIII
the amazing calm.
Braine, In the other room, shook al
head savagely. Father and daugntei
the same steel in the nerves. Coui
they bend her? Would they brea
her? He did not wish to injure ne
bodily, but a million was always
million, and there was revenge wnic
was worth more to him than 20
money itself. He listened. motionin
to the others to be silent.
write the directions" dominance
the scoundrel, who discarded tn
broken man style.
II know Of no hidden money.
Then your father dies this nien
Grange put a whistle to his lip
Sign, write!"
II refused"
"Once more. The moment ! DO
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