The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-10-30

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~Do you see anyeh1Aef' she asked.
Not yeti returned Elaine.
n "Try-let yourself go-forgot this
room, forget time." urged the gypsy.
/ Craig looked from my glove to the
face of Ines.
Where Il Mr.. Jameson," he de-
manded stefnly.
h Il don't know" she replied. facing
him deflantly. 4.
"You do know" contradicted Craig.
forcing her to accompany him and
leading her into her back room.
A they entered her boudoir, Ken
nedy saw my foot protruding from the
blanket she had thrown over me. He
pulled It on.
"welll" he exclaimed. starting back.
"I1l be-
His exclamation was cut short BY
the ringing OF the telephone bell.
Inex took Z step toward It.
None of that" interrupted Ken
nedy, stopping her. "You keep quiet.
I'll answer II. Hellol"
It 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 mans voice an
swering.
Instantly he was all suspicion. He
waited to hear no more. but quickly
hung up the receiver. So 1t happened
that Kennedy got NO answer.
you have . remarkable face" Ken
nedy remarked at length. "Your COM
posure is wonderful. But. young lady,
! believe that was your Chinese friend.
Wu Fang. At any rate ! am going to
try to find out Do you think you can
locate that calf" he asked when he
finally got the operator.
mo. cant locate It exactly" came
back the reply q minute later from the
girl at the telephone exchange. But
It came from Chinatown--somewhere
on Pm street. think"
Kennedy thanked her. hung up the
receiver and faced Inex. He was Just
in time to prevent her destroying wu's
message. There was the crumpled
note. He took It ana read II.
Kennedy looked up quickly from the
ominous message to the inscrutable
face OF Inez. Az he considered the
note. his mind worked rapidly. Quite
apparently It was Elaine against whom
the new peril was directed. But what
was It that could blind her? He
thought q moment. Could 1t be ra-
dium?
Craig seized the telephone and
called the Dodge house.
s's
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 conture
up.
"Mr. Kennedy on the telephone" an
nounced jennings.
"Will you answer 1t. auntief" asked
Elaine. "Tell him I'll call him up In
a few minutes"
Aunt Josephine followed Jennings
out and went down the hall to the IL
brary. where she picked up the, re-
ceiver which Jennings had left.
"oh, Mrs. Dodge. is that you?" Craig
asked anxiously. where is Elafne?"
"She's in the conservatory. There's
q gypsy here. They're sitting there
like couple of ninnies waiting for q
vision Of"
Good heavens" interrupted Craig.
mot with handkerchief over her
eyes, is she? Yes? Quick-tell her to
RIP It OF yourself -quick-QuickI"
Aunt Josephine knew Craig too well
to stop to ask why. In great excite
ment she dropped the telephone and
almost ran from the library. Al she
entered the conservatory she could
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-
stapt with an air Of sneering triumph.
"You--you criminal!" cried Aunt
Joshephine. "Helpl Jennings, helpi'
In the apartment OF Inez. Kennedy
was now endeavoring to get Aunt Jo-
sephino on the telephone again. But
neither no 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.
I 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
Il up. BY the expression on his face
gathered that. whatever Is was. he
feared the worst. His face wrinkled
in thought. he gaxed. perplexed. first
at Inez. cold and defiant, then toward
ma. He seemed greatly surprised to