The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-08-26

Hol eApecteu 10 get IN NJ III, Out tnis
seemed easy.
The maid brought me a chair. and
took II. | did not notice. however.
that she was careful to place II In n
particular spot with the back to the
wall.
! laid my hat and gloves on the
table. AS | did so. n glove must
have dropped on the floor In an incon.
spicuous place by the leg OF the table.
sat down while the maid left me
for a momen TO call her mistress. In
my best detective manner | gazed
about the room. endeavoring to ex.
tract some clue. was about TO TX.
anime the room more closely when I
heard omeone coming and restrained
my interest In the surroundings. IneZ
entered. and I rose.
Won't you sit down." she asked.
with exaggerated p~oliteness. For
what am I indebted to you for this
yisit?"
Well" I replied. perhaps you re.
call the last time we met"
Incz stood by the table. listening
to me. | thought a bit m%ockingly. A
| spoke her hand moved 10 the edge
OF the table. Suddenly. before I knew
II. the -oom swan before my eyes and
all waJ b~iackness,
Inez had moved her hand over and
had pressed a secret knob. A bar In
the wall Just beside my head had
sprung out. striking me n terrific blow
and knocking me out.
The maid. who had run In. and Inez
lifted me up, unconscious. and car
ried me into the back room.
II was scarcely Ave minutes after
that Kennedy came 10 the entrance to
the apartment. There he noted the
mark which ! had made. He had Just
decided 10 20 In. when he heard n
noise. II was Cissy. arrayed in all her
glory. going out. with a parting word
OF instruction from Inez. He drew
back into the angle OF the hall.
was SIN unconscious. and Inez
was standing over me when she heard
the tinkle OF the bell.
Craig unconsciously took the very
chair in which | had been sitting and
sat down nonchalantly. a she saw
him, she had given n little gasp.
As Craig watched her keenly, how.
ever. he vas able 10 discover that.
underneath her calm exterior. she was
very nervous and excited.
"Well?" demanded Kennedy with an
cnlgmatical smile. You didn't expect
to see me again-so soon. did YOU"
Inez seemed 10 b. overcome for the
moment. She rose and moved over
TO the table.
Wait a minute" interrupted Ken.
nedy. Come back and sit down. /
have something 20 say TO you
Nervously her hand gripped the
table and moved along toward the
secret knob.
Kennedy notice Il, but he mad not
moved his chair from the position in
which II had been placed for me. At
that moment, though. his eye fell on
my glove. which | had inadvertently
dropped on the loor. He reached down
and picked II up. As he did so the
bar in the wall few out. just missing
his head as he bent over.
Seeing hat her scheme had failed.
lnez made a dash for the door. Ken.
nedy sprang to his feet and seized her,
Elaine. OF her return from the lab
cratory. had gone TO the conservatory
VI tho Dodge house, and there was
b%usying herself pruning the rose
bushes.
Once she happened 10 glance up at
the end nearest the street. She could
see a strollIng gypsy going by. and
the gypsy, apparently, had spied her
through the open window.
Good afternoon. mistress" greeted
the gypsy coming up TO the fence,
Wouldn't you like to have me read
your ~fortune1"
Elaine was lonesome. She looked
the gypsy over. and the picturesque
ness OF the woman appealed TO her.
Laughingly. she consented, and the
gypsy entered.
The gypsy took Elaine's hand and
looked at II carefully. You are in
danger from a powerful Oriental Grim.
inai," announced the gypsy at last.
Elaine was. to say the least. I'm.
pressed.
He is a very dangerous man" went
on the gypsy.
And that Is not ALL" the gypsy hint.
ed. In darkness I could make you
see the vision OF your prosecutor and
his den"
She nodded knowingly at Elaine. and
at the same time from a fold OF her
dress drew out the lead case. managed
to open II and took out the handker.
chief. Above the table she twisted II
into a fiat band.
Let me show you" she said. hand.
Ing the handkerchief to Elaine. Tile
that over your eyes"
Elaine was sitting with her own
handkerchief In her hand. but she
turned quickly. When she faced the
gypsy again she had a bandage fiat
over her eyes.
Nov, mistress. try--let yourself