The Dolores star., 1915-10-08

Toeafher the bufler and the 1nr
dener dragged n an
sThant you" sa,d Elaine endssvor.
ine Ia nav the farmer
enc NO rn,,.n ba demurrea o.. ha
clucked ID NJ. hor,e.
We waved 10 the ola fe,,ow A. he
started 10 drive avsv he Reached
down into the haskell and drew ont
some yellow b.ryest annie. One at
4 time he tossed them 10 M "A ba INN.
bered OF.
@TruIy rural" remarked . voice. he
hind ua.
II was De; Mar ali logged nm and
carrying n masazine IN MA hand
We chatted . moment then Elaine
started to 70 into the house with Aunt
Josephine. with Del Mar followed.
Az she went Elaine took a bite OF
the apple. To her SUNRISE n senarated
neatly into tvo hollow halves Che
looked inside. There was a note.
Carefully she unfolded n and read
lake the other. a va. not wri,,sn hu,
printed In pencil.
Be careful 10 unp.ek NJ, xour trunk.
yourself. Destroy thIs note. AFrlend.
What did these mysterious warnings
mean, she asked herself in amazement.
Somehow no far thew had worked out
all right. She tore up the note and
threw the pieces away.
ri.,,a u,a,,. ~, ~, h, 80
followed. Del Mar. however. dropped
Just a bit behind and. as he came to
the place where Elaine had thrown the
pieces of paper. dropped his magazine.
lie stopped to pick il up and gathered
the pieces then retained =.
II hone you,li excusS me" said
Elaine brightly. "We'ye lust arrived
and / hayen,t a thing unnacked"
Del Mar bowed and Elaine left us.
Aunt Josephine followed shortly. Del
Mar and / sat down at a table. Al he
talked he placed the magazine in h,s
lap beneath the table. on his knees. I
could not see. but he was in reality
secretly putting together the torn note
which the farmer had thrown to
Elaine.
Finally he managed to At all the
pieces. A glance down was enough.
But his face BETRAYED nothing. still
under the fable he swent the n,ecea
into his pocket ana rose.
"IIl drop in when YOU are more set.
tied" he excused himself. strolling
leisurely out again.
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Up in the bedroom Elaine's maid,
Marie, had been unpacking.
well, what do you know about
that?" she exclaimed as Jennings and
Patrick came dragging in the banged
up trunk.
Every queer" remarked jennings,
detailing the little he had seen, while
Patrick left. ~ s
The entrance Of Elaine put an end
to the interesting gossip and Marie
started to open the trunk. =
mo. Marie, said Elaine. IN I'M
pack them myself. You can put the
things away later. You and Jennings
may go"
Quickly she took the things out Of
the battered trunk. Then she started
on the other trunk, which was like it
but not marked. She threw out a
couple Of garments, then paused, star
tied. no.
There was the lost torpedo-where
.Bertholdi had stuck 1t in her haste!
Elaine picked 1t up and looked at it in
wonder, as 1t recalled all those last
days before Kennedy was lost.
Finally she decided to lock it up
in the bureau drawer and tell me. Not
only did she lock the drawer, but, as
she left her room. she took the key of
the door from the lock inside and
locked it outside.
s
Del Mar did not 20 far from the
house. however. He scarcely reached
the edge of the grounds where he was
sure he was not observed when he
placed his fingers to his lips and whis-
tied. An instant later two of his men
appeared from behind a hedge.