The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-01-14

''N ''NNSS' @p' NsNl - lI'NO EldnltS
SHOULD not urge you to try your hand
nj something that ILLS you with terror
fon are shaking now us you taxi"
but It's not fear. uncle; its the utter
incredlhlity ut the thing"
ION my word I've no solution to Of
Ter. except that the heat of your hand
might have acted upon some chemical
In the cardboard"
''rhst's absurd. But I'm going to
stick to H. Hut for the little blister on
ny palm | could easily believe that !
bad bssp dres ming"
Shs retired to her boudoir. and Has
san, All went forth into the night
The following day Zudora sought
Storm Would he 90 with her; He
certainly would. despite appearances
The word rather amused her She
was serensly indifferent ~ to what
Der nsighbors said or thought OF her
The general run Of them eyed her sus
picisusly. perhaps Just because she
Possessed beauty and attractivaness.
Ii was only Idle people who gossiped;
busy persons always minded their own
business. At any rate. the place was
such short taunt out of town that
they could return each evening.
As John knew little or nothing about
| chemistry, 1t was beyond his power to
reason out the problem Of the burning
photograph. The two were on the way
to the old house when the second
| phenomenon occurred
"Zudora. your hat!'
"What's the matter with it?"
ITS on firer'
Storm tore the hat from her head
| and threw It on the ground. stamping
| on It.
"I'll be tinker damned" he explod
ed. How did that hnppen1 wasn't
smoking. and even then spark could
not have set fire to hat like that
Ny dear girl, my advice Is little OLD
New York on the next train. pho
! togrnph starts burning In your hand.
your hat flames up on your head
There's some devlrnent going on that
| neither like nor understand. Who
are these old men?"
Zudora shook her head dazedly. She
had paid $50 for that hat. she thought
with grim humOr.
Let us go back home" he urged.
mo, John. | intend to find out what
all these strange things mean. You
can 20 back If you wish"
Hang It, I'm thinking OF your
81 know that, John. But ! do not
want any failures to my credit due to
lack of spirit. I'm going to see what
this means. have an idea that
shall never find any diamond"
I'm glad you think that" he replied
MY dear girl. some one Is aiming nj
you, perhaps some friend of that chem
list Craig or whatever his name was
TO tell You the truth. 1t is for that sort
of reason that | did not want you to
90 into this detective business. There's
always some one hiding around the
corner with reprisal. But you are de-
termined to 20 to the end of this?'
Absolutely determined"
81 might kidnap you"
IF you had kidnapped me months ago,
jobs. ! should have been a happy wo-
man." she said sadly. But now it's
too late. I've got to go on. just got to-
| am sorry that cannot explain any
more to you You've got to trust me
wholly"
II do, girl. only ! worry for your
safety. In n game like this woman
Is given no more chance than man.
and she Is handicapped because she is II
woman. She can't fight like II mnn
u I,.'S IN
clothes on her Interfere with her free
dom of action All right hut there's
one thing that's got To be settled here
and now"
And what Is that?" still eying the
nat.
That ! shall always be In on YOU
rnses. somewhere in the background
where | can hear you cali when you
need me"
81 shall be glad of that, John"
III you'd only marry me and settle
tEe whole busincsS!''
81 will some day. Surprising that
we now make that call We started Oul
10 make"
The two old collectors admitted IN
dora and Storm, nnd they began imme
.hinicly 10 ply her with questions. mnny
of which seemed odd TO Storm. No.
InGom ahmirt"1 that rs vet ~ne had
uUi picked Uu' HuA y,r0 ..ad she
.,,n O" i'l., n".N-rur-f %u Had she
Shawn lhr utru'n"upn lu any one YETI
Sd. nH'l upl SHuWu b. 10 Il living suul
And out oi The CORNER ~ her eye she