Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1915-08-04

u'aiAe' she had thrown ever ne ile
Iu be-
rus exclamation vas cut short ~
,Ne ringing 90 thr Telephone hsl.
ipet tuok sirp toward it
None 90 NaL" Intercepted Ken.
heaS sinpfiag hnr Noa Aeon saiei.
NJ answer 70 Hsnofe
% seemed that perhaps half an hour
after Do had dispatched ihe msssens.f
20 inet. Wa decided 10 call her up a.
ere WHISTLER ever thing was ralue 81
he had planned lo had ASKED or hsr
number AZ the operator save him
ihe cay. De heard uaus voice az
HprrIur.
INSTANTLY ho was an suspicion lie
walled to heaf ua more. tut quickly
hung 20 the receiver So 90 haprausd
tAai hfnnc1g Fot ro aaaatr.
hoH have remarkable facr Ken.
nety rtmarked az icnrlh Your com.
posture Do WONDERFUL rut soaug ha,.
believe that was your chinese friead
Wa Pans 40 ans rate aia golus Go
iry Co. tud out ~ sou ihnA seu can
locate thar calif" o. asked when ho
finally gnt iho operator
So. ! can't locate % oracuy.H caune
bact ihr rtp1 muate later fron tho
Sirl at The telephone exchange 'Hat
h ramo from Chinaioeu aomsa horo
GA fcN street. 2 think
Kennedy thanked ter, hung up ne
receiver aut faced mrt ge WAS inai
uros -'-T0 nha thc crgmpicd
nnfp lir took 30 and rood o.
Kennedy hooked up Qalrkit from thr
umlnnus meaaafo Go he mseruiahia
face nf lnrt AZ ho considered ho
note hla miud worked rapidly quite
apparently q, Ras E'aino against whom
the new peril was directed rut vhat
Was it that could blind herr lle
Thought a moment Gould &C Dc ~
d.umg
cp.g sriEcd tho telephone and
called the Dodge house
Sore minutes passed after Elaine
had bound tho handkerchief over her
eyes. She sac opposite the rSpsY. but
tr a. She would. SHE could see un
vision that she did NOT horself conluro
up
"Mr keaueay ON iho telephone" az.
ncpncei Jennings
VIII yan answer o. auniio7" asked
Elalne "Toll him an call him UP On
O few minutes
Aunt Josephine followed Jennings
ont and went down thc ball To the d.
hrnry whore she picked up tho r.
cciver which Jennings bad ieft
"Oh. Mrs Dodge s. that youg" Gratis
asked auNiously Where is Elaine
she's in tho conservatory There's
a gypsy here They're sitting thor
like a couple OF niunies waiting for D
vision of
Good heavens" interrupted CrsiE
mot with @ handkerchief otrr hcl
eyes IS shc7 Yce7 Quick tell her "a
rip 20 IN yourself quick quick
Aunt Josephine knew Crair roo vol
20 stop TO ask why IN great excite
ment ahc dropped the telephone asa,
almost au from The library AZ sh'
entered the conservatory she coul,
hear ihe iou drunlng voice 81 lhe EYp
ay she had pulled che buudae, from
hcr oan eyes and vas wetohlnF Elain'
keeniy
The gypsy was on her fret in on IN
slant with an air Of aueoriug triumph
you you criminal" criod Auu
JoEhephlne. "holp' Jennings holp'
IN the apartment % inez. Keunedl
WIS nov ondeatoriug TO rot Aunt Jo
sephlue on the telephone again bu
neither ho nor The central could seen
90 gst any answer from the podgl
house
Meanwhile ! was slowly recovering
consciousness and had managed 90 Fe
on ms feet Dared though J silil VAS
couid SEQ that Kennedy had discQg
cred something terrible. IN order q
have had 90 neglect me 90 long
TIE vas working the receiver no and
down frantcally nos Finally be hum
Il up ny ne expression on bis fac
gathered that. whatever it WAS D.
feared the worst Sis face wrinkle
Ia thought. hc razed. perplered, Orr
al lnsg. cold and defiant ihen tOH arr
me. tie seemed sreatiy surprised q
see that J was myself agaio 90 uoof
after being laid out Fat
walter he asked earnestly. a
Won think you could watch this g.i
nnWf"
'why-yes-i can do H." ] reptile
reassurnrlT
~Than take this gun" be directed
boat iei hsr touch a thing and kee
your eye peeled ali the tiwe She's
togrh customer ! want you. as 500
as you feel able. 20 take her over Z
TIE laboratory and Nait"
nodded and be dashed out
why, auutle. what's the maitcrl
asked Elaine. wondering al the su'
danness With which the banEage ha
bsen torn from her eyca What Do
il an meant"
@You-yoa criminai'~ repeated kur
Josephine accufineiy al the eYpsl
then turning 30 Elaine. WAY. Graz
called % and warned me- not 20 iet d
put anything over your eyes. dion