The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-06-17

"Try-let yourself go-forget this
room, forget time" urged the gypsy.
d &
Craig looked from my glove to the
face of Inez.
.sWhere is Mr.. Jameson?" he de-
manded sternly.
him defantly.
"You do know" contradicted Craig,
forcing her to accompany him and
leading her into her back room.
AS they entered her boudoir, Ken
nedy saw my foot protruding from the
blanket she had thrown over me. He
pulled it off.
WELL" he exclaimed, starting back,
I'll be"
His exclamation was cut short by
the ringing of the telephone bell.
Inez took a step toward it.
"None Of that" interrupted Ken
nedy. stopping her. "You keep quiet.
I'll answer it. Hello!"
1t seemed that, perhaps half an hour
after he had dispatched the messenger
to Inez, WI decided to call her up to
see whether everything was going as
he had planned. He had asked for her
number. AS the operator gave him
the call, he heard a mans voice an
swering.
Instantly he was all suspicion. He
waited to hear no more, but quickly
hung up the receiver. So it happened
that Kennedy got no answer.
"You have a remarkable face" Ken
nedy remarked at length. your COM
posture is wonderful. But, young lady,
I believe that was your Chinese friend,
WI Fang At any rate I am going to
try to find out. Do you think you can
locate that call?" he asked when he
finally got the operator.
mo, 1 can't locate it exactly" came
back the reply minute later from the
girl at the telephone exchange. "But
it came from Chinatown-somewh
on Pell street, I think"
Kennedy thanked her, hung up the
receiver and faced Inez. He was just
in time to prevent her destroying Wu's
| message. There was the crumpled
note. He took it and read it.
Kennedy looked up quickly from the
ominous message to the inscrutable
|
note, his mind worked rapidly. Quite
| apparently it was Elaine against whom
| the new peril was directed. But what
was it that could blind her? He
thought g. moment. Could it be ra-
dunn?
Craig seized the telephone and
called the Dodge house.
|
| Some minutes passed after Elaine
had bound the handkerchief over her
eyes, She sat opposite the gypsy, but
try as she would, she could see no
| vision that she did not herself conjure
up.
"Mr. Kennedy on the telephone" an
nounced Jennings.
"Will you answer it, auntie?" asked
Elaine Tell him I'll call him up in
a few minutes"
Aunt Josephine followed Jennings
out and went down the hall to the Ii
brary, where she picked up the re
ceiver which Jennings had left. 49,
ooh, Mrs. Dodge, is that you?" Craig
asked anxi$9sly. where is Elaine?''
"She's in the conservatory. There's
gypsy here. They're sitting there
like a couple of ninnies waiting for a
vision Of
Good heavens" interrupted Craig
mot with a handkerchief over her
eyes, is she? Yes? Quick-tell her to
rip it off -quick-quick!"
Aunt Josephine knew Craig too well
to stop to ask why. In great excite
ment she dropped the telephone and
almost ran from the library. AS she
entered the conservatory she could
hear the low droning voice of the gyp
sy. She had pulled the bandage from
her own eyes and was watching Elaine
keenly.
The gypsy was on her feet in an in
slant with an air Of sneering triumph
"You-you criminal" cried Aunt
, Joshephine. Help! Jennings, help!
,
, In the apartment of Inez, Kennedy
was now endeavoring to get Aunt 10
t sephine on the telephone again. But
neither he nor the central could seem
! to get any answer from the Dodge
r house.
Meanwhile I was slowly recovering
! consciousness and had managed to get
!. on my feet. Dazed though still was
/ l could see that Kennedy had discov
cred something terrible, in order tt
/ have had to neglect me so long.
: He was working the receiver up an6
: down frantically now. Finally he hung
e it up. By the expression on his face
I gathered that, whatever it was, ht
d feared the worst. His face wr1nkle(
q in thought, he gazed, perplexed, frs
l. at 1nez, cold and defiant, then towar6
me. He seemed greatly surprised tt
l. see that I was myself again so soon
after being laid out fiat.
t walter" he asked earnestly, "dt
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