The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-09
she has found ~" ne exclaimed In
wonder following Elaine.

SIlt mas lNlllb " wv 'ANldlIltu In
wonder. following Elaine.
Outside. on the lawn, Del Mars men
had been looking about, but had dis.
covered nothing. They paused q mo.
mont to speak
Look OUT whispered one OF th,r
There's someone coming
They dropped down in the shadow.
There in the light OF the street lamps
was the fussy old gentleman coming
across the lawn. lie stole up 10 the
door OF the conservatory and looked
through De Mars men crawled a few
feet closer. The little old man On.
tered the conservatory and leoked
about again stealthily. The two men
follo",ed him IN noiselessly and
watched as he bent over the palm pot
from which the dog had dug up the
torpedo. He looked at the hole curl.
onsly. Just then he heard sounds be.
hind him and sprang to his feet
Hands up" ordered one of the men.
covering him with n gun.
The little old man threw up his
hands, raising his cane still in hio
right hand. The mar with the gun
took d step closer. AS he did go the
little old man brought down his canc
with n quick blow and knocked the
gun ont of his hand. The second man
seized the cane. The cid mar jcrkod
the cane back and was standing there
with a thin. tough steel napier. II was
a sword care. Del Mars man held the
sheath.
As tho man attacked with tho
sheath IN" little old man parted. sent
II flying from his grasp and wounded
him Tho wounded man sank down.
while the little old man ran OF
through the palms, followed by the
other OF Del Mars men.
Around the hall he ran and back
into tn" conservatory, where he
picked up n heavy chair and threw II
through the glass, dropping himself
behind a convenient hidIns. place near
by. Del Mars man. close after him.
installing the crash of glass for the
escape Of the man he was pursuing.
went on through the broken exit.
Then the little old man doubled on
his tracks and made for the front of
the house.
With Aunt Josephine ! had remained
In the library.
What's that?" | exclaimed at the
first sounds. "a nght?"
Together We rushed for the con-
~servatory.
The fight, followed so quickly by the
crash OF glass. also alarmed Elaine
and Del Mar in the hallway and they
hurried toward the library. which we
had just left. by another door.
As they entered they saw n little
old gentleman rushing In from the
conservatory and locking the door be.
hind him. He whirled about, and ne
and Del Mar recognized each other n
once. They drew guns together. but
the little old man fired first.
His bullet struck the wall back of
Del Mar and a cloud of vapor was In.
stantly formed, envcloping Del Mar
come. while Elaine sank moro srou,y
The little old man ran forworI ~
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