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

book. Break silence and--well, my
ancestors were of the spanish inqui-
-alfinn- my Young friend sllen q.
s.s. 1 ag ), m Ssn ssi that Pf Slns
u TO me ut the time and place ! shalt
hereafter designate. Now go. To-
night. you ACCOMPLISHMENTS
That night. Weicher. fully dressed
and tossing in his restless bed. heard
the tap-tap OF pebbles on his window
Startled, ne rose and peered without,
The sky was cioudless and the moon
three Quarters-by it's rays he saw
"a, ,ssee er9uee, ns 1s Sues ssaass he'd
up a white hand. Welcher responded
with n silent signal and then drew
back into his room. He drew from hts
pocket a pint TASK. and drank deep
swift strong puhs and inhsiinE deep:
iy--hs needed strength. He waited
until the tinglinE OF the nrst drink
had entered his system and then ne
r rsSa sa0' for he was Reckless Cow
reckless as to consequences He 1T
another cigarette and tossed the
lighted match far from him and he
tiptoed from the room Softly and in
narrow second story hallway. A, Iast
he stood In front of Annette's door.
The door was closed. welcher turn.
cd the handle softly. noiselessly. and
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was not locked. under mis- silent.
steady pressure. 81 opened on a crack
inch wfde--more. Then suddenly.
from within he heard Annette's voice
- dream veioe--Neal--Nest
len, for an Instant Then ne real:
ised that som ething mad happened
to him--he had become sober, too
sober. TO do the trick He felt In his
sSs.1 E f.. s sss n .s. Il Ii: roo a1i
stseithiiy he sropsd his way back
reach I'd for the bottle.
Then with q choking. inarticuiats
cry he turned and darted down the
stairs. out OF the house and UP the
road
His room was a living furnace OF
red fames-ths hastily tossed lighted
outside. Ponto and Hernandes won
derirg. gave chase. Welcher. with
fear Mt his heels. sped on and on.
CHATTER XVI.
Peril
poured into her room She realized
II once that the house was burning.
She heard the nearby cracking OF
iames--she saw the nearby glare or
heard the shouts OF
volunteers coming down the road
She ran to Mrs. Hardin's room.
rhe door was locked; smoke was
Keeping from underneath the door
,stts. There was no response In a
rensy Annette rushed back to her
Dom, seised a chair and returned to
he locked door. With sudden twist |
{ her 1.-THE body she raised the chair |
rashing against the door. volume |
{ smoke poured out Regardless OF |
Annette rushed In. dragged Meals |
othSr--unconscious ns she was
ron the 6sd: cut OF the room and
sJcsy, sasped Annette. Joey
In there We must
No. lnterposed a distant neigh
me s vi,. not Iv IN snsre 70, ia. him
During the confusion. three shad-
NY figures. returning rs from q
base. crept through the smoke and
rouched beneath bushes In the rear
One Of these men turned TO an
'ther. ~Ponto.- cried Hernandex In q
ow voice. what Of the packet
what Of Lost Isle s--she fool WEIGH
q, BY this time we might have had
Annette. seated on the ground.
Nth ArU HnYdfn.s head In her ZAP
PATCHED the scene as In Q dream
Her glance roved from the flames TO
ns et sS.% S g G 70 In. ..:n
Then suddenly her heart rose to her
hroAt. PeeF4ns at her from the MID
lie OF . dense mass OF shruooery.
here was Q face--a face with star
ns eyes matted hair. and unkempt
She had seen that face before
md on that very roat--it had once |
Btricken terror to her heart This |
lime, however. II had a far strange
caught sigh, OF this uncanny coun !
tenance than. unaccountabiy. she re- 1
something-the yellow
'Ny fathers fortune-my father.
she cried she sur
rendered her charge 10 a neIghboriy |
woman close At hand and struggled
20 her feet She reached her room In
eempar,sivs safety save for the chok-
seised q water pitcher and drenehed
herself from head 20 foot--then with
gripping hair and clothes she felt for
and found her hiding place. she
name swept the window. She shut
r. en6 the glass cracked and fen
linking 20 the ground below. Then
she gropsd again
graduation. and ihrus. the yeiio~
packet safely In her breas. There
wa . sudden crash she flung open
her room door. The staircase, eaten
thr0ngh with flame As It's top moor
in9u HAD fallen In The hallway wac
alive With fame. She HpYsng TO hsr
Wfndow-ao thoroughfars--ths whole
now abiase. ONeyfng some instinct
Annette threw herself face downward
,t e. See :S:.. me me q: seo there was sin
yogaSoody vim ooms." she told her :
0ol1, soo0o6ody WIN come
WlsAout the word passed that An
Into The crowd. parting II right
a0l lol4 anA bounded into the door
way Of the house. whimpering With
leaR. eho Brute ran hither.. thithsr
sss IS .ss sh .ss :sS :ss ..::
% ruin. He 1e6ped and clutchsd the
landing ~ above Some instinct led
Mn q. Anasttes r2om. He saw and