Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1915-09-12

fhhfta 'fNfANN AN@hfN
oui thinking Cor ~ wRs mui half
as'uop. attacked ,hat thing. ANA a. he
vonld naro said himself mado a
uonkry of ar
iiseotefiae nov that his victim had
been Professor SiiilNer who had only
come probably to fetch magazine
or something of that safi. Freddie VISA
IN mortal terror u would have com.
ilred h'm gyoaily could he have
known that Professor 8uiincr was
equally frightened
Ono thinr was sure. Freddie mustn't
Do discovered ga sue morning No he
made hia way forward % his own
quaftcra his teeth knocking together
F-tn fear 90 Professor etnuur. but
rncouut0rinr nothing moro dangerous
than q nuubcr OF negro pouora sound
asleep.
rhe next morning Predecessor srl.
liter recovered tho leather rase which
Dr. mng.Hod 10 contain what waa now
hia ono remaining ,nr 90 extra
Flassus. ana without oQun,hs Il allppod
1, into bis waistroai pocket
Tho glssauH themselves were. OF
courae IN the fcrrota possession.
throughout the day be keeps his ears
open 40 the hope That y inward would
BE- offered ior their return Mono waa.
aud pfoaaaily. IA hia usual happy 20.
lucky way. Dc bad forgotten on about
thnm.
Through tho nlFht. now standing by
the hour GA Hidiugs now ne water
tanks nov crawling forward. mo
Hnnn-ahfo train bad covered ihe few
Miles which separated its last stop
'50m tho chi0i c'iy of Tie north woods.
which was go Fae tke nuiah OF Crlca.
tiua upstate" campaign
an cnnfFcuc tramp walking the ilos
could hove covered the distance lu
about quarter 0f tbo time
loss than midway between ibo lnat
Htop 81 fho snow ahlie train end ma
chief yify 0f The nnrth woods was
Tommys Oh stamping ground Aud
the cave in which gelusils bad boon
brought up
Tommy travelling through The nifht
az irfi un a nifycla. alaur iho thea.
and Then on foot knowing nuN thut
There was cave 60 be- found. and
about where ~ iook Tor a. had dia.
covered the entrance thereto. just ~
dawn. nud bad penetrated deep enough
90 discover certain traces Of human
hnhitniiou and deceit
81 These last he selected a tar
nished metal star that had once ahnna
uko Eoid and rut a IN bic pocket
Fuihcr into The labyvlnihlne sys.
tenn ri caverns be- dared NOT penetrate.
fgr fear Of being lost. bot sought a
hotel Tor rest The fost turned into
the same kind ~ Fost that fallen
tree enjoys He slepi ikea lor On
his nawop hef nad was aroused lato
IN me afternoon BY q SQUAD - voices,
Tho partitions n TIE aiflo north
woods hotel were az thin pine boards.
The occupant az room No oould
hear nlo gnoringa % ihe occupant 81
10. O. four rueaa away MARI Hack.
stone had ihe next room o. TommyE.
aud % This room came Mrs Guns
dorf with The hand she dared not
show alf her story ~ murder done Is
the night
10 Tommy q eid not matter who
had murdered Cciosiia. 6hn paa dead
Iie latened 81 q Kind ~ trance ~ the
story - the killing lie heard Mrs
nanadqrf reserting the pearl necklace,
and he overheard . Yioleut atfuFrie
Ia Which Mary Blackstone pfeventod
Nfs. Esnsd0rf from killing hertgn,
and Fot iba knifn away from her,
ana s uuie later b. hesfa MARY ssy.
Ing FfAko thiA ats o1iiy q quarter N
q srain- Yolii ficen And f0rzsi
Iaep ~ iets his room snd burst
opsn ne door 81 theirs. ana 10 p v0ics
~ veak win passion and horfor that
u c0uld hardly hs heart h. whispered
10 ihem ne things ttsas they Wefe--
srd va gone.
A nonfnt latter 30 was running a.
fuii speed toward iho Fa1ro4e station.
had 4 Few minVtes later tbs feo won
~. ln "a aaionthlle rhich Mary has
comrlaneeares. ~ege feelns ~ they
imagined. for tLvir lives