Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-22

1t was that l was holding In my hand.
for ne had seen the plan Immediately.
Cant we drive you back" asked
Elaine, quite forgetting our fears Of Del
Mar In the ugly pred.cament IN winch no
just had been. We've had trouble. but /
guess we can get you back"
Thank you" he said, forcing a smile.
Il think anything would be an improve
ment on my ride here, and I'm sure you
can do more than you claim"
He climbed up and sat on the floor OF
the roadster. his feet outside, and we
drove off. At last We pulled up at Dodge
.hall again.
Wont you como ing" asked Elaine
as We got out.
Thank you. believe / Will for a few
minutes" consented Del Mar. conceaIing
his real esgerness TO follow me. Il m
all shaken up"
AS we entered the living room, | was
thinking aoout the map. / opened a table
drawer. hastily took the plan from my
1ocket and locked It in the drawer.
-.laine, meanwhile. was standing with
Jel Mar, who was talking, but In reality
.atching me closely.
A smile of satisfaction seemed to fit
over his face as he saw what had done
and now know where the paper was.
1 turned TO him. How are you now P"
l asked
oh, I'm much better-aIl right" he
answered Then he looked at his watch
I've very important appointment II
you'll excuse me, I'll walk over TO my
place. Thank you again, Miss Dodge
ever so kindly"
He bowen low and was gone.
Down the road past where we had
turned, before a pretty little Single
house. the taxicab chauffeur stopped
One OF the bullets had taken effect on
him and his shoulder was bleeding. But
the worst as he seemed to think OF H.
was that another shot had given him a
fat tire.
He jumped out and looked up the road
whence he had come. No one was follow
ing. STILL. he was worried. He went
around TO look at the tire. But he was
TOO weak now from loss OF blood. Il had
been nerve and reserve force that had
! carried him through. Now that the
strain was off, he felt the reaction to
the full.
Just then the doctor and his driver
whom tina valet had already summoned &c
del Mars, came speeding down the road
me DOCTOR saw the cnauIteur fad in a
half faint, stopped his car and ran &c
hlm- The chauffeur had kept up as Ions
as he could. lie had now sunk down be-
side his machine in the road
a moment later they picked him vi
and carried him INTO the house There
was no acting about the hurts now. In
the house they laid the man down on a
couch and the doctor maze hasty ex.
animation
How is he2" asked one OF the kind
Samaritans.
I The wound Is not dangerous" replied
the physician, but he's lost lot Of bloOd
, lie cannot DO moved Tor some time yet.
We talked about nothing eise at Dodge
Hall after dressing for dinner but thC
strange events over at Del Mars and
what had followed. The more l thought
about II, the more 1t seemed TO me that
We would never be left over nisht IN
peaceful possession OF the plan which
both Elaine and L decided ought on the
follow.us uay DC sen, 10 washington.
Accordingly l cudgeled my brain for
some method OF protecting both ourselves
and II. The only thing / could think
OF was a scheme once adopted by Ken
nedy In another case. How / Ion sed
for him. But had TO do my best alone.
had small quick shutter camera
that had belonged to Craig, and Just "a
We wee about 10 retire, b brought II into
the living room with a package 1 had had
sent up from the village.
ftNNhas -
Elaine cuHously.
i assumed an air OF mystery, but did
not say, Tor l was not sure but that even
now someone was eavesdropping. IL
was not late, but the country air made
uB all Sleepy. and Aunt Josephine, look-
ing at the caocK. soon Announced that she
was sOing 20 relire.
She had no sooner said good night than
Elaine began again 10 question me. But
had determined not 10 tell her what /
was doing, for n my imitation Of Ken
nedy failed, l knew that she would laugh
a. me.
"Oh, very WELL" she saind finally In
pique, then, II you're ging TO be so secret
about it, you can sit up alone-there!
She flouneed OFF 10 bed. Sure as I
could be az last that I was alone. !
opened the package. There were the
tools that 1 had ordered. a coil Of wire
and some dry cells. Then / went 10 the
table. unlocked the drawer and put the
plan in my pocket. had determined
that whether the idea worked or not,
no one was 10 get the plan except by
overcoming me.
Although J. was no expert at wiring. !