The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-07

book. Break silence and--wel my
ancestors were OF the spanish inqui-
comes hrst Next. get that packet
care not by what means-and bring
IL to me at the time and place ! shall
hereafter .ie-4sHa'e--No~- Ia To-
night. you uDderstand--tonight
That night Welcher. fully dressed,
and TOSSING fn Bis restless bed, heard
the tap-tap OF pebbles on his window
Startled. he rose and pcered without
The sky Was cloudless and the moon
hree-quartcrs-by its rays he saw
taree croucbing hgures-shaaows ~
the night. One OF these ngures held
up white hand. Welcher responded
with "a silent signal, and then drew
back into his room. He drew from his
pocket a pint flask and drank deep
lie smoked a cigarette. taking quick.
swift. strong pufYs and inhaling deep.
iy--he needed strength. He waited
until the tingiing OF the first drink
had entered his system and then 10
took another and another Then he
rejoiced. for he was reckless now.
reckless as to consequences. tie III
another cigarette and tossed the
lighted match far from him and he
| tiptoed from the room. Softly and 10
I NJ rtuckfuE fert. nv rrrrt xfrug .f1~
| narrow second story hallway. ~ last
he stood In front OF Annette's door.
The door was closed. welcher turn
ed the handle softly. noiselessly. and
IL yielded TO his pressure. The door
was not locked. undev mis- silent
steady pressure. II opened on a crack
from within he heard Annette Voice
IA dream voice-"Neal-Neal
IL startled him. He stood there 81
lent for an instant Then he real
TO him--he had become sober. too
sober. TO do the trick He felt IN his
pocket for the flask i, was not
there. He had left II In his room
Il - NJ Il - sa-fE
to his room. opened the door and
| reached for the bottle.
\ Then with choking, insrticuiate
1 cry. he turned and dartsd down The
stairs. out OF the house and up the
road
His room was a living furnace OF
| red hsnes--the hastily tossed lighted
match had done its work
| Outside. Ponto and Hernandex WOE
derirg. gave chase Welcher. with
fear at his heels. sped on and on.
CHATTER XVI.
Peril
Annette woke. choking smoke
poured into her room. she realized
at once that the house was burning.
! she heard the nearby cracking of
| fiames--she saw the nearby glare Of
/ fame. Without the village IRE gong
clanEec-she heard the shouts OF
volunteers coming down the road.
She ran 10 Mrs Hardins room.
The door was locked, smoke was
creeping from underneath the door.
Observation-Disclosures Hardin" cried An
ne;te. There was no response In a
frenzy Annette rushed back TO her
room. seized a chair and returned to
the locked door. With a sudden twist
above her shoulders and brought II
crashing against the door. A volume
OF smoke poured out. Regardless OF
IL. Annette rushed in. dragged Meals
motber-funconscious as she was
from thu bed, cut OF the room and
.JceH Tasped Annette. -Joev
wcich7r=-nes m t7vrr--- ----m-ss
Not tnterposed distant neigh
Dor. hes not in there saw him
In the village. running for help"
During the confusion. three shad-
owy figures. returning as from
crouched beneath bushes in the rear
OF the house. unnoticed and unseen.
One of these mel, turned TO an
other. "Ponto." cried Hernandez in q
low voice what OF the packet
what OF Lost isle,-the fool WEIGH
sr. BY this time we might have had
Annette. seated on the ground.
With Mrs. M HARM. .dn head in her lap
Her glance roved from the flames TO
the crowd OF tostiing peopie-and
from them back TO the flames again.
Then suddenly her heart rose TO her
throat Psering at her from the mid
die Of . dense mass Of shrubbery,
there was q face--a face with star
Ing eyes matted hair. and unkempt
She had seen that face before
and on that very roai--ft had once
stricken terror to her heart This
time however. IL had a far stranger
effect upon her. No sooner had she
IL
tenance than. unaccouutably. she re-
mennbered something--ths yellow
packet
my fathers fortune-my father.
rendered her charge to a neighboriy
woman close at hand and struggled
10 her feet She reached her room in
comparative safety save for the chok-
INF IN her throat, Once there. sh:
herself from head TO foot---thsn with
dripping hair and clothes she FELT for
and found her hiding place. she
| grCped for the packet ton que of
n. and the glass cracked and zen
! tinkltne to the ground below. Then
she greped again
I've GOT it-sct H." she cried IN
packet safely In her breast There
was . SUDDEN crash. she hung open
her room door. The staircase, eaten
through with Name as it's top moor
| ingn had fallen In The hallway wac
alive with flame. She spr&ng 10 her
window--no thoroughfar-the whole
now ablase. Obeyfng some instinct
Annette threw herself face DOWNWARD
Lon TIA 6onf.---Ther air thers M ain :
gulariy sweet and cool
'Domebody vim come she told Ns--
sslf, "some6ody win come
without the word passed that AnS
nette had rushed into the house-wss
inside now A huge figure leaped
into the crowd. parting II right
and IeN and bounded into the door
! way Of the hosse whimpering With
through the living room. and entered
the hall--hnding the staircase mass
Of ruin. He leaped and clutched the
landing up above. Some instinct led
him 20 Annette's room. He saw and
found hsr--ciutched her unconscious
form in his huge arms and iesped
with her 20 the floor beneath and.
unseen. lsid her unconscious FORM
down at the feet Of Mrs. Hardin. Then
h1n - hwV0nA and nnyerORnfxa HE