The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-09-09

do you see anything" she asked.
Not yet" returned Elaine.
"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
handed sternly
Il don't know" she replied facing
him dehantly
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 1t 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 It Hello"
II SttIifu JIdt, pei nAjS udli an IlDHl
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 mans voice an
| sWering.
Instantly he was all suspicion He
waited to hear no more. but quickly
hung up the receiver. So it happened
that Kennedy got no answer
You have a remarkable face Ken
nedy remarked at length Your com
posture is wonderful But. young lady.
| believe that was your Chinese friend,
WI Fang At any rate | am going to
try To find out. Do you think you can
locate that CALI" he asked when h.
finally got the operator.
No. | cant locate 1t exactly. came
back the reply a minute later from the
girl at the telephone exchange. But
it came from Chinatown-somewhere
on Pell street. think"
Kennedy thanked her, iuits 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 1t.
Kennedy looked up quickly from the
ominous message to the iuscrutable
face of Inez AS he considered the
note. his mind worked rapidly Quite
apparently it was Elaine against whom
the new peril was directed. But what
was 1t that could blind her He
thought a moment Could it be ra-
dunn?
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 eonjure
up.
Mr. Kennedy on the telephone" an
nouneed Jennings
Will you answer it. auntie9" asked
Elaine Tel him I'll call him up in
a few minutes
Aunt Josephine followed jennings
out and went down the hall to the IT.
hrary. where she picked up the re
eeiver which Jennings had left
oh. Mrs Dodge Is that YOU" Craig
asked anxiously Where is Elaine
She's in the conservatory There's
gypsy here They're sitting there
Ike a couple of nnnies waiting for a
vision Of"
Good heavens interrupted Craig
not With a handkerchief over her
eyes. is she? Yes Quick-tcll her to
rip 1t eff -quick-quick g"
Aunt Josephine knew Craig too Well
to stop to ask why In great excite
almost ran from the library As she
entered the conservatory she could
hear the low droniug voice OF the eyp
sy She had pulled the handase from
her own eyes and was watching Elaine
keenly
The gypsy was on her feet in an in
slant with an air Of sneering triumph
You YOU criminal" cried Aunt
Joshephine Help Jennings. help,
In the apartment OF Inez, Kennedy
was now endeayorinG to get Aunt 10
sephine on the telephone again But
neither he nor the central could seem
| to get any answer from the Dodge
| house.
Meanwhile | was slowly recovering
consciousness and had managed To get
on my feet, Dazed though 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 hung
1t up, BY the expression on his face
| gathered that. whatever it Was. he
feared tho worst His face wriukled
in thought, he gazed. PerpleXed. first
at lnez, cold and defiant. then toward
me. He seemed greatly surprised to