The Ordway new era., 1915-09-10

Not yet" returned Elaine. wv
"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" he 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 it OF.
"Well!" he exclaimed, starting back,
I'll be"
His exclamation was cut short by
the ringing OF the telephone bell.
Inez took a step toward it.
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 Inez. WI decided to call her up to
see whether everything was going as
he had planned. He had asked for her
number. AS the 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
posure is wonderful. But, young lady,
believe that was your Chinese friend,
WI Fang. At any rate am going to
locate that CALI" he asked when he
finally got the operator.
mo. can't locate 1t exactly" cam,
back the reply minute later from the
girl at the telephone exchange. But
it came from Chinatown-somewhe
on Pell street, l 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 it and read it.
Kennedy looked up quickly from the
ominous message to the inscrutable
face of 1nez. AS he considered the
note, his mind worked rapidly. Quite
apparently 1t 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.
"Mr. Kennedy on the telephone" an
nounced Jennings.
will you answer 1t, auntie" asked
Elaine. Tell him Ill call him up in
a few minutes"
Aunt Josephine followed Jennings
out and went down the hall to the IL
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
like a 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 it off yourself-quick-q
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.
"You-you criminal" cried Aunt
Joshephine. Help! Jennings. help"
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 l was slowly recovering
consciousness and had managed to get
on my feet. DaZed though I 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 hing
1t 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 Inez, cold and defiant. then toward
me. He seemed greatly surprised to
see that was myself again SO soon,
after being laid out fiat.
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