Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-08-23
CHAPTER VII
The Miles 81 "a Woman

/ dts three OF whom were Killed
J a Inn followed " you're sailor
YOU know what kind of a lull !
mean. bmc-black clouds down the
southwest horizon. the water crink
u.s.. the boums W1hhlIng suddenly
! % series of accidents began to hap
pen 10 Norton a. first bee did not
give the matter much thought The
/ safe which teIl almost az his feet
land crashed through the sidewalk
merely induced him Go believe Dec
/ VA. lucky At another time an an
/ tumobilc came mr.ously around a'
| corner uhil. Dee Was crossing the
street. and ouly amaziug ABILITY saw
cd him from bodily hurt The ear
! was ont of SIGHT ahon be- though To
recall The number
Then came the JOLT in the SUBJ
/ way only O. desperate grab by one
of the guards saved him from being
crushed 20 death Even then he
thought nothing But when new
/ box oi cigarettes arrived aud he
tried one aud found BE- strangely per
fumrd. and upon further auJl' sis
! found 10 10 contain Jgyaursr mar.
/ ,utir slow bat sure death ne bee
/ came wide awake enough. They
II we're after him tie began lu walk
/ carefully 90 keep BOO public places az
! often a- be- possibly could
lIe was not really rfraid of death
! but be- did abhor the though, OF It's
coming up from behind. Except Tor
Il the cigarettes they were all acct
dents be- could no, have proved
anything before q jury of his init
Il mate friends
he never entered an elevator with
l ont scruplous care lie never pass
Il ed under coverings over tho side
I walks where construction was going
on sun. careful as he was death
\ confronted him once more II "a.
Il his habit to have his coffee and
Il rolls b. rarely ate anything NOR"
II for his breakfast set down uui idr
II his door every morning The cot.
\ fee being in q silver thermos bottle
II kent its heat Tor hours When ne
TOOK the stopper ont aud poured
forth cup % looked oddly black,
discolorcd II Is quite probable That
had there been NO series OF acct
dents" he would have drank q cup
and died ia mortal agony u con
lsinrd olcu,Oridc of mercury
Very quietly h. 4et about 80 make
Il inquiries This was really becoming
serious. In the kitchens down.
Stair nothing could be- learned Th"
maid had set 'he thermos bottle BE-.
|. fore fhc door 900 1890 Norton hsd
opened the door 90 l.3u three hour.
after The outlook was not thr
cheerlulest lle knew perfectly we'll
Nhv all these things happened h'
had iuterlcred with tbo plaa. col the
.roundrrls who we're making "yer'
possible move to liduap Florrnr"
Harercrte
one afternoon hr paid FLORENCE 10
\ visit or course Do, told her nothing
I They had become secretly engaged
Il the day after be- had rescued her
from the auto bandits They were
secretly engaged because Florence
wanted % So For once Jones tus-
pectrd nothing why should he w."
had trouble enough AS q matter
of fact Norton was afraid OF Jones
he was afraid of him iu the same
sense as boy is afraid a. police
man.
But ON this day. when M" time
came. Doe aCcostel the butler anu
drew him into the pantry
Jones. they are after me nov
.You7 Explain
Norton briefly recouutcd the dr.
| Iberatc attempts against Dis l'e
You -ee. I'm not liar enough 'o
ay that im not worried am
| deyuishly worried I'm NOT worth
lany ransom I'm Boo the way ana
th,y seem determined 90 put m" oh'
of d."
TO ans other man ! would say
travel But to you I say when you
leave your rooms don't gu where ypu
! first thought you would that is.
some usual haunt They Will b" rt-
eryVherp. near your restaurnnis.
your clubs YOUR office. You're %
mthodical Young man. become o..
ratio Keep away from her" for AZ
least three day but always call me-
up hy telephone sometime during The
day Neyor under any circumstance
unless & send for sou. come here at
] NNaNN 'NN|H ''NI| ...aNN .ff'"
! the house during tte day. hui u.s."
are proVling around after DARK
/ Tho, might have Instructions to
shoot You on sight ] can't spare
SOU just a. present SIR norton
You've been q godsend and t b.
seems that sometimes did not trust
you fully b. was because ] did NOT
care to drag sou iu too deep
Deep Norton thought of Flor
enc. and smiled Iuvarily Could
tantboit boz Boo deeper than he va7t
ono. DO aaa Ou fhe go OF hi- tongue
Co comics. h.s love for FLORENCE. but
N the gravity off Jones cuuuieuance
\ vas au obstacle f0 such 20 move u
ldId not invite t
To be- sure. Jones had uo real au-
'hority 90 say what Fl0rense should
or should not do with her heart still
from an points OF view. 10 vas better
10 keep the affair under the rose tiil
there came more propitious hour
la which fo make the disclosure
Love. Boz the midst of all these
alarms sharp desperate roc les on
ono .ida. millions on the other. ana
vet fosa could enter The scene -ernn.