The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-12-08


known. The bell rang and shortly
after that John Storm himself was
ushered into the room. Hassam Ali
nodded codly, but the girl sprang to
greet her lover. The young man smil-
ed down at her. He made no effort
to hide the alteration in his eyes.
"Hows the case going?" she asked.
Pretty well. | think l shall win
out against Bienreither."
He hates you"
No doubt of it. He'd like nothing
better than to stick a knife in my
back"
Hassam Ais eyes narrowed. An
idea had come to him.
Mr.. Keene," said Storm suddenly,
Il know | have my way to make, but
l assure you that | can give Zudora
all the material comforts she has
| known"
"You :"
Eyes; l want Zuroa for my wife"
''It is impossible" replied Hassam
Ali.
"Impossible!" echoed the two young
people.
| Absolutely" with growing GOODNESS.
| I'm the first place, I am Zudora's
! Suol ullll SIlt Is Il therefore
| do not propose that she shall throw
| herself away on an ordinary lawyer"
Sir" said Storm, II do not like the
tone you use"
Indeed! Young man, I am not only
her guardian but l am also her flesh
and blood uncle; and do not propose
that she shall bungle future by mar
riage to you
| lot ND nI%
dora thought hard for a moment, and
concluded it might be wise to say
nothing to her lover until she had
this fortune under her hand
What if / promise never to marry
any one else?" she said
Hassam Ali shrugged. Come, come;
be sensible. Until you both get over
this foolish idea, / must request that
Mr.. Storm cease calling here
Very well, sir" said Storm angrily.
But | warn you that | shall see Zu-
] dora outside as often as she is kind
enough to permit me. Good EVENING""
Storm sent Zudora a reassuring smile
as he left the room.
Certainly he would not have smiled
had he seen Hassam Ali's mind at that
moment.
what in the world have you against
John?" cried Zudora bewilderedly.
Il do not propose to see you support
a fortune hunter,R rather lamely.
That's nonsense" she declared
with spirit. John tells the truth
when he says he is able to take care
of me-"
still l forbid it; and legally it is
my right"
But l love him. I would not trade
him for the greatest prince in Chris
tendon And if | cannot marry him,
III marry no one"
We'll, WELL" said Hassam Ali, ap-
parently relenting; eff you take such
a stand I'll compromise. She gazed
at him eagerly.
Solve my next twenty cases and
: you can marry him; fail in any single
case and you must renounce him."
Zudora agreed instantly, even joy.
ously. For a long time she had beer
siezed with the desire to play the de-
tective; and her uncle had often ad
mitted that her powers of logical de
: duction were remarkable in woman
: who, philosophers claimed was with
out the faculty of sustained reason
! ing
+ is it bargain?" with all the con
! fidence of youth
1T is. If you're willing to risk tht
I danger for the sake of man lik,
2 Storm, why, the choice is yours"
Then he left her.
There was little love lost between
: Storm and Bienreith They had clash
4 ed dozen times during the past year
and once or twice they had almos
come to blows. One the last day the,
came together in the courtroom, jus
before the noon recess. Bienreitl
threw discretion to the winds and hur
J led low epithet at his rival, WHIT
swiftly retaliated by striking the Ger
: man across the face with the brief h,
held in his hand
tremendous confusion ensued ant
} from her scat in the gallery Tudor;
! viewed the scene with alarm. Thi
: man Bienreith was an athletic bully
A He had been in America but a few
g years and he still held to the German
view regarding blow in the face
: He hastily scrubbed a note which h,
showed toward Storm. The latter reat
: it, shrugged his shoulders and nodded
5 in the affirmative. All might have
1 gone well but for the fact that an en-
tGI pllo 1GpU1JcI lUullu LuG ulSCdTuEl
note and made great scoop for hi.
paper. Bienreith had challenged Storm
4 to a duel and the latter knew nothing
about swords and was a very indiffer
ent pistol shot.
: And Hassam Ali found a way to dis
pose of John Storm
: And Zudora thought she had found
2 a way to save him. She found him il
the cellar, bravely trying to hit BULBS
eye target. 1t would have been laugh
: able under any other circumstance H,
/ was not to be swerved however Ant
3 when she threatened him with thu
: police, he laughed. He knew the pc
3 lice of old; they would refuse to tax.
the affair seriously. Storm laid dow1
: his revolver and took drink of water
Then he picked up the revolver ant
, began pegging away. Unobserved, sht
: drugged the drinking water. There
would be no duel that night Again
5 she pleaded, but Storm was firm. Sht
2 pretended to give up, and departed
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