Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-05-06

IKE mat rcr my part l dlnn't seem ~
care much about what might happen TO
me. But she did She moved like light
ming. with not a wasted movement. In a
second she had ready a long strip OF
white cloth torn from her petticoat
which she bound around my arm above
the wound The half OF my walking
stick. which was lying broken beside me-
was seized by her and thrust through
the bandage 10 serve as lever in the tour
niQuet Ii seemed TO me two seconds
from the time first saw her until the
jumping blood flow ceased. II may pos
sbly have been as much as six seconds
1 suppose. Not one more. l swear. And
she stayed by me till | was safe in the
ambulance She saved my life
But there's more than that to IT, Oh
infinitely more. Nobody will ever see
this book. 50 ] may ~ well get what re-
lief | can by putting my confession in
writing. For the matter OF that I've made
the confession already when wrote II
in capitals and underlined: The One Oiri
That's the truth of the matter Seems
funny-that little girl never said word
10 In my life and unN saw for few
seconds .lusi the same she pumped
right into my heart as no woman ever
did before or Will again. She stays by
me I'm memory. When I shut my eyes
see neIs every me OF if'l face. the llBnt
in her eyes ies, she's the one woman
for me- that girl. Anybody might think
it foolish OF me 10 love girl OF whom
| know nothing But the fact is / know
all about her Her face has taught me
all I need TO know-her eyes tell me
things. wonderful things. beautiful things
things l had never dreamed.
Just the beauty of her would be enoug
TO excuse any man for adoring her Why
h. Il.
sand times lovelier. so dainty in its lines.
SO delicate h its colorine 50 pure in its
expression And those glorious eyes. deep
blue. Ike the sky when it's buestl But
after all. beautiful as her face was. II
was "A deeper beauty that went 10 my
heart in the first glance at her. that has
burned in my heart ever since. will burn
there while my heart beats. | know IL
was the soul OF her that called to my
soul Did she know that her soul called
TO mine there in those few moments OF
our meeting? Did she know? Oh. she
must have known
There. I've rhapsodized enough on pa
per though III keep II up in my thoughts
whenever | think OF her. which is pretty
close 10 all the time And TO think that
don't even know her name. All my own
seeking and that of the sleuths employ
ed. fruitless But somewhere somehow.
That was the end OF the passage
The Master Mind sat erect and cast
the book from him with hoarse cry
OF triumph His eyes glittered in saw
age delight: his lips bent 10 knocking
smile in which was remorseless cruel.
~. After "a moment he lifted his gaze
to the pencil sketch OF girl. which.
set within an oval frame of gold. hung
on the wall above the desk. The pic.
ture was in truth rather crudely done
Nevertheless there showed in IL. de
spite the clumSineSs OF the craftsman
ship. definite suggestion OF feminine
loneliness which was inexpressibly al
Turing Even Andrew recognized the
tender potence OF the spell exercised
by this unknown girl. but he resisted
its softening sway: houted 1t with his
hate for the man that loved her He
nodded toward the picture with a
malevolent grin.
so Wainwright couldn't find you
he muttered. well. I can And you.
my lady. shall be my pawn in the
game"
The implacable man had venorlous
CLEAN In his eyes as these thoughts
ran through his brain lie hsA go
derfu capacity for using other people
for his own purposes. and be was de
termined 10 demonstrate IL thoroughly
The Master Mind took measures at
once to make good his boast. With
a. ID. U,t.
vr-ht's apartment to the order II
which he had found IT, Then, his work
there accomplished. he left the place
and boarded the fastest train for Chi
cago On his arrival in that city he
devoted himself AT once to his quest
for the mysterious maiden With a
few notifications OF his personal APP
pearance he undertook In person a
painstaking minute search throughout
The neighborhoOd where had occurred
the automobile accident In an adj
jacent side street OF none too savory
a character he at last came on a street
urchin who had been present at the
time OF the accident and who. more
over, possessed some information that
might serve as a clew to the identity
Of the ministering girl OF that occa-
sion. The boy had seen her at other
times, both before and after the acci-
dent, in a quiet and respectable neigh
borhood a few blocks further down the
street. He cheerfully guided Andrew
to the vicinity.
The Master Mind was hugely elated
by this initial success. A garrulous
woman, who took a frank interest In
all her neighbors. welcomed his ques-
lions and answered them with the pos
tive information he sought She had
long known the girl by sight She had
heard Of what had happened at the
time OF the automobile accident AS
the girls home was only four houses
away from her own, she had had no
difficulty In learning the name-Marga-
ret Flint
But she's gone from here now" the
woman concluded; been gone for three
months. You see, II was this way.
she explained: Her father was pretty