Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-10-29

do you see anything" she asked.
mot 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-
manded sternly
Il don't know" she replied. facing
him dehantly.
You do know" contradicted Craig,
forcing her to accompany him and
i 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 It OF.
Well" he exclaimed, starting back,
'I'll be-"
His exclamation was cut short by
the ringing OF the telephone bell.
lnez took a step toward II.
None of that" interrupted Ken.
nedy, stopping her. You keep quiet.
I'll answer II. Hello!"
II seemed that, perhaps half an hour
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 a mans voice an
| swering.
Instantly he was all suspicion. He
| IN k,.N t.IrI
hung up the receiver. So 1t happened
that Kennedy got no answer.
You have 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 he
finally got the operator.
No, | can't locate IL exactly" came
back the reply a minute later from the
girl at the telephone exchange. But
1t came from Chinatown--somew
on Pell street, think"
Kennedy thanked her, hung 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 1t and read 1t.
Kennedy looked up quickly from the
ominous message to the inscrutable
face OF Inez. AS he considered the
note, his mind worked rapidly. Quite
apparently 1t was Elaine against whom
the new peril was directed. But what
was it that could blind her? He
thought a moment. Could 1t be ra.
| dium?
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 conjure
up.
"Mr. Kennedy on the telephone" an
nounced Jennings.
"Will you answer 1t, auntie?" asked
Elaine. Tell him I'll call him I'D In
a few minutes"
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out and went down the hall to the Ii
brary. where she picked up the re
ceiver which Jennings had left.
"Oh, Mrs. Dodge, is that your" Crais
asked anxiously. where is Elaine? p
She's in the conservatory. There's
a gypsy here. They're sitting there
like a couple of ninnies waiting for Q
vision Of"
Good heavens" interrupted Craig
mot with a handkerchief over hel
eyes, is she? Yes? Quick-tell her tc
rip It off yourself-quick-q
Aunt Josephine knew Craig too vel
to stop to ask why. In great excite
ment she dropped the telephone ant
almost ran from the library. AS she
entered the conservatory she coulC
hear the low droning voice of the gyp
sy. She had pulled the bandage 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, helpn
In the apartment of Inez, Kennedy
was now endeavoring 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 1t was, he
feared the worst. His face wrinkled
in thought, he gazed, perplexed, first
at lnez, cold and defiant, then toward
me. He seemed greatly surprised to
see that l was myself again so soon
after being laid out fiat.
Walter" he asked earnestly, "do
you think you could watch this girl