The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-08-26

DO you see snything1" she asked.
mot yet" returned Elaine.
"Try-let yourself go-forget this
room. forget time" urged the gypsy.
Craig looked from my glove TO the
face OF lnez.
Where is Mr.. Jameson" he de.
maDded sternly.
Il don't know" she replied, facing
him d~eiantly.
You do know" contradicted Craig,
forcing her to accompany him and
leading her into her back room.
rs they entered her boudoir, Ken.
nedy saw my foot protruding from the
blanket she had thrown over me. lie
pulled Il OF.
Welt" he exclaimed. starting back,
III be-"
His exclamation was Gu. short by
the ringing OF the telephone bell
lnez took n step toward II.
More OF that" interrupted Ken.
nedy, stopping her. You keep quiet.
III answer Il. Hello!"
II seemed that, perhaps half an hour
after he had dispatched the messenger
TO lnez. WI decided TO call her up to
se whether everything was going AZ
he had planned. lie had asked for her
number. As the operator gave him
the call, he heard n mans voice an.
swering.
Instantly he wa all suspicion. lie
waited to hear M more, but quickly
hung up tho receiver. so II happened
that Kennedy got no answer.
You have a remarkable face" Ken.
nedy remarked at length. your com.
posture is wonderful. But. young lady
| believe that was your Chinese friend.
WI Fang. Al any rate ! am going 10
try TO find out. DO you think o can
locate that CALI" he asked when he
finally got the operator.
No. can't locate II exactly" came
back the reply a minute later from the
girl at the telephone exchange. But
It came from Chinatown-somewhere
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 II and read Il.
Kennedy looked up quickly from the
ominous message to the inscrutable
face OF lnez. As he considered the
note. his mind worked rapidly. Quite
apparently II was Elaine against whom
the new peril was directed. But what
was II that could blind her? He
thought a 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.
mir. Kennedy on the telephone" an.
nounced Jennings.
"Wil! you answer II. auntie7" asked
Elaine. Tell him I'll call him up In
a few minutes"
Aunt Josephine followed Jennings
out and ven down the nall TO the II.
brary. whe- she picked up the re.
ceiver which Jennings had left.
"Oh, Mrs, Dodge, is that YOU" Craig
asked anxlously. Where is Elaine?'
She's In the conservatory. There's
a gypsy here. They're sitting there
like n 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 II of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES"
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.
sly. She had pulled the bandage from
her eyes and was watching Elaine
keenly.
The gypsy vas 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 e~ndeavoring to get Aunt 10.
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 { o get
on my feet. Dazed though ! still was.
could see that Kennedy had discov.
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
II up. BY the expression on his face
gathered that. whatever It was, he
feared the worst. His face wrinkled
In thought, he gazed, perplexed, first
at lnez, cold and defiant, then toward
me. He seemed greatly surprised 70
see that Waa myself again an sonn