Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1915-09-02


ing 70 w. re faFaasr
no. to mits BE- demurred a. BE-
siscs~t - Biz horaes
80 wissee 70 the old fellow. A. be-
started 10 drive he4y. b. reached
down into iae basket and drse ost
some ysllop harvest apples Oae az
uns D. fosrrd q I'm - VI ~ b. lsm.
barred on
Truly rural. remarked voice b.
hind a.
y ras rei War. 80 tegsed w and
carving a magazlee ir hia haae
We cheftsa moment. then Elaine
started n ~ Into tAe house slih Aunt
Josephine With ncl Aaf follower
A. ihe sent Eiaiu> took Il hlfe ~
ne Npple To Esr sarprisc "a separated
neatly into fuo hoii9T k4isea She
looked iHalan There vac rotc
Carefully she unfolded BE- and rtaf
iiko tAf others b Faa not written hui
printed 10 pcucll
90 careful sc sresck sii y5sr trunks
yourself. Destroy ihis nets A Friend
What did THESE nysieFiCus sauiuga
mean. she asked herself ln amnEement
somshcs % iar they had ssrked out
al nEa;. she tore up the noie and
threw nhe pieces away
Elaine weEi ialo Tho house and ~
followed hei Mar howeysr. dropped
isat q Va behind SID. az he came to
me place where Eiaihe had thrown ,he
pieces " paper. dropped bis Margarine
lie agooped io pick Il up and gathered
ihe plecef iben feloined gs.
hape youll excuse ma" aald
hls'ne hsightiy we've just afufed
and haven't q thing unparked"
Del Maf bowed and Emire left or
Aunt Josephine followed shortly uel
Mar aud ] eat DOVE at - table AZ be-
talked le placed tho magazine iu hls
LAP beneath The Table. on his kucoa
eauii NOR 500. bat BE VAS lea reality
aFcfeiiy puiiias together the torn soto
which the farmer had thfoeu 10
Elaine.
Finally he managed % ~ an ihr
pieces a glance down aas enough.
1874 his face hstragtd nothing atu
ahdsf the table he swept the piscts
Into NE pocket and rose
I'm drop IN when you srv more So.
died. he excused himaglg. etFullae
leiapssiy oui again
10 10 tee bsdroom Fialnes maid.
NariF, had been uuparksaE
Well What do yee know about
thatf ahn exclaimed Rn Jennings aud
Patrick came afesging in the hsuscd.
~ ''safis,
Very qaecr~ remarked JENNINGS
detailing the lltie hs had seon While
Int9ek les.
The entrance 81 Elaine pa. en end
70 the iniereallug saasip aud Marie
started "a open iEc 'mph
no MEfie. said Eiaine "In un.
pack them myself You can pui thc
THINGS away later You and Jennings
may Eo
Quickly ahe took the things out az
The battered tfuuk Then she started
% me other trunk which was ike 81
but nri marked She threw cui Il
coaple os garments then paused. star
lied.
There Was tho lost torpedo. where
h1ftholii had stuck il in her haste
hlaiae picked ii w and looked AZ II in
wonder. 40 u reFalied all these las,
days before kchuedy Was lost
hnally She decided 90 lock n w
IN the bureau drawer and ten me. No,
culy ana she lock the drawer. but. hs
abe left her room. she took the key 81
tho door from she losg inside and
locked il outside.
Del Mar ald not 90 Gar from the
house, however. lie scarcely reached
tho cdee - the grounds hcre be was
sure he Vaa not observed when ho
placed his uagefs te hls lips and wits.
lied An instant later two q his men
appeared from behlad a hedge.
Yen must SET into hrs room.~ ho
ordered "fhas torpedo IL IN her lug
gaze somewhere. after all"
" the rear % the house lho two
esaissarles % Dol Mar stole out % thu
shelter " seine bushoa and stood Gov
q moment looking. Elaines windows
werc high above them. too hish to
reach.
Wen have 20 use tho Dutch house.
mats methods" decldvd che.
Together they went around The
house toward the laundry Il VAS
onls a few minates later tina, they re
turned No ono was about Quickly
one Il them TOOK en his coat Areaaa
hih ~al>s ~ had woaed cell II rope
pcfsiy ne hrxAn 10 climb trce whose
upper branches Tell ever the ro.sf. Cat.
Ike hls managed 10 reach the reef
Tie nsasac hss way along the ridge POLE
70 a ehimneY which Was directly back
~ and IN line With Klames windows
Thea BIO uneailcd The rope and
made che end fast 90 TIE chin.
nes, Letting the ether end fall leeo
down The nAf. he carefully lowered
himseR ,wer the edgc. Thus Il was (
rsH .tisAsA,t % get inta Elaines roou
b ste9nng On The window sill and
SANG Through the open window
The man spFAn rapid search n
s1e room. tsrnsug rp and paving ~
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