The Raymer enterprise., 1915-10-14
DO you See anything" she asked.

"Try-let yourself go-forget this
room, forget time" urged the gypsy.
Craig looked from my glove to the
face of Inez.
Where is Mr.. jameson ne de.
manded sternly.
Il don't know" she replied, facing
him defiantly.
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 1t on.
Well" he exclaimed, starting back,
I'll be"
His exclamation was cut short by
the ringing Of the telephone bell.
lnez took step toward 1t.
None OF that" interrupted Ken.
nedy, stopping her you keep quiet.
I'll answer 1t. Hello"
1t seemed that, perhaps half an hour
after he had dispatched the messenger
to lnez, WI decided to call her up TO
see whether everything was going as
he had planned. He had asked for her
number. AS tie 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 1t happened
that Kennedy got no answer.
You have remarkable face" Ken.
nedy remarked at length. Your com.
posnre is wonderful. But, young lady.
believe that was your Chinese friend
WI Fang. At any rate / ap going to
try to find out DO you think you can
locate that CALI" he asked when he
finally got the operator.
No, ! can't locate 1t exactly" came
back the reply minute later from the
girl at the telephone exchange. But
1t came from Chinatown-somewhere
on Pell street. | think"
Kennedy thanked her, hung up the
receiver and faced Inez. He was Just
In time to prevent her destroying Wus
message. There was the crumpled
note. He took 1t and read 1t.
Kennedy looked up quickly from the
ominous message to the inscrutable
lace OF lnez. As he considered the
note, his mind worked rapidly. Quite
apparently it was Elaine against whom
the new peril was directed. But what
was 1t that could blind her? He
thought q moment. Could 1t be ra.
dium?
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.
MIR. Kennedy on the telephone" an.
nouneed Jennings,
"Will you answer II, 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 H..
brary. where she picked up the re.
ceiver which Jennings had left,
oh, Mrs. Dodge is that you?" Craig
ASKED anxiously. Where is Elaine?'
She's in the conservatory. There's
a gypsy here. They're sitting there
Ike a couple of ninnies waiting for a
vision Of"
Good heavens" interrupted Craig.
not with a handkerchief over her
eyes, is she' Yes? Quick-tell her to
rip 1t of yourself-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.
stant with an air Of sneering triumph
"fou-you criminal" cried Aunt
Joshephine. Help Jennings hpIp,"
In the apartment of Inez, Kennedy
was now endeavoring to get Aunt Jo-
sephine on the telephone again. But
neither he nor the central could seem
to get any answer from the Dodge
house.
Meanwhile was slowly recovering
consciousness and had managed to get
on my feet. Dazed though | still was,
! could see that Kennedy had dscoy.
cred something terrible. In order to
have had to neglect me so long.
He was working the receiver up and
down frantically now. Finally he hung
1t up. By the expression on his face
gathered that. whatever it was. he
feared the worst. His face wrinkled
In thought. he ga2ed. perplexed, first
at lnez, cold and defiant, then toward
me. He seemed greatly surprised to
see that ! was myself again sn soon