Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-11

She thanked him. and together they
entered the elevator and were lifted to
their floor. In the hallway Ruth grave
" shook hands and said Good night.
John tried TO hold her little hind long
er than WAS needful. but she shook
her head and slipped away to her own
room. just down a short hall. he
watched her open the door and turned
TO 80 to his own room when a thought
struck him. and he called gently.
Ruth
you called me-" she said, with evident
nervousness. After all. it's ridiculous
IL early TO 20 to bed. Let's so for a
ride some more"
They went out through Golden Gate
park and after brief stop on the
bright beach came back into town by
way OF the Preside.
Ruth was now quieted, and as they
got out at the hotel she sighed hap
PLY.
THAT was beautiful. John" she said.
AT the desk the clerk handed John a
note addressed in a Grabbed hand. he
tore 1t open. glanced at the contents
and turned 10 Ruth.
odd Tom Kane got here tonight"
he exclaimed. He came while we
were out and left this note for me-"
Ruth's face lit up wonderfully
Where is he; Where is he?" she de
nanded. II want to see him"
At her door be left her with a hasty
IN be right in as soon as Tom comes
Ruth"
"All right" she called back. and
opened her door as he opened his own.
She paused on the threshold at the
sight within. A tall man in a light
mask was delving into the desk and
rummaging among her papers and be
longings. At the sight of her he quick
ly thrust bundle Of papers into his
pocket and slipped toward the open
window. Then Ruth understood and
screamed for help.
John Dorr heard that call and in
three bounds was in her room. She
pointed to the open window, gasping;
That way! The thief. He stole the
deeds.'
Without s word Dorr leaped to the
window. 1t opened on a fire escape
He peered down. No one He looked
pp. A slight figure was mounting
qickly and silently toward the roof.
y Within another instant. John had
swung himself out on the ladder and
was climbing rapidly after the un-
known housebreaker. He paid no at
tention 70 Ruth's agonized cry after
him: John! John! Don't so after
him. He'll hurt your
Helplessly she peered out Of the win.
down and saw the two figures going
swiftly up toward the crest of the
building. The seconds seemed hours
rs she watched. Then she saw John
stumble and catch himself. That de
clded her. She picked up her skirts
and stepped out on the platform her
self. Then she gingerly swung her.
self out on the iron ladder and com.
menced to climb upward. She saw the
thief reach the cornice and crawl over
then John. She struggled on up sob.
hing'S, bruising her tender hands on
the rusty rods. Once or twice she
stopped and called: John! john"
There was no answer.
Then she realized that there was an
.her on the ladder below her. She
nearly lost her grip and fell. Surely
/ must be some accomplice of the
thief. She fastened her way up the
adder. not daring TO look down again
At last she gained the cornice. where
lie ladder bent suddenly outward and
she must perforce almost hang sus
pended by her hands. But she man
aged to surmount this difficulty and
stumbled forward on the roof of the
hotel
At first glance she saw no one. The
roof was huge. broken here and there
by skyIights and chimneys and air
shafts. The shadows cast by the moon
isy dark and strange across the tarry
gravel.
John, John she called softly
Then again. in terror. she cried shrilly
John. Oh. john"
At that moment the figure of the
masked man slipped from behind one
Of the chimneys and made for the fire
escape. She realized that he was es
Gaping. Where was John: She wav.
sred. Could he be killed? She cried
again. John"
She stood directly In the way of the