Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-24

i DO you see anything!" she asked.
Not yet" returned Elaine.
Try-let yourself go-forget thi
room. forget time." urged the gypsy.
Craig looked from my glove to tn,
face of Inez.
Where is Mr.. Jameson" he de
manded sternly.
Il don't know" she replied. facin,
him defiantly.
You do know" contradicted Craig
forcing her to accompany him ant
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 1t.
None of that" interrupted Ken
nedy. stopping her. You keep quiet
I'll answer 1t. Hello!"
1t 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
waited 10 hear no more, but quickly
hung up the receiver. So it 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
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, l can't locate It exactly" came
back the reply minute later from the
girl at the telephone exchange. But
1t came from Chinatown-somewhere
on Pell street, I think"
Kennedy thanked her, hung up the
receiver and faced Inez. He was lust
In time to prevent her destroying Wu's
message. There was the crumpled
note. He took 1t and read it.
Kennedy looked up quickly from the
ominous message to the inscrutatle
race OF lnez. AS he considered the
note. his mind worked RAPIDLY. Quite
apparently 1t was Elaine against whom
the new peril was directed. But what
was 1t that could blind her? He
thought a moment. Could it be "a
dunn?
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.
MI. Kennedy on the telephone" an
nounced Jennings.
VIII you answer 1t, auntie?" asked
Elaine. Tell him I'll call Kim up in
few minutes"
Aunt Josephine followed Jennings
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" Craig
asked anxiously. Where is Elaine?"
She's in the conservatory. There's
gypsy here. They're sitting there |
like couple Of ninnies waiting for a
vision Of"
Good heavens" interrupted Craig, /
mot with a handkerchief over her
eyes. is she? Yes? Quick-tell her to |
rip 1t on yourself quick-quick!"
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. AS she
entered the conservatory she could
hear the low droning voice of the gyp-
BY. 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
Ioshephine. Help! Jennings, help"
o
In the apartment of Inez, Kennedy
vas now endeavoring to get Aunt Jo-
'ephine on the telephone again. But
leither he nor the central could seem
n cot INV ouoUor Fror. A. n-l
louise.
Meanwhile was slowly recovering
and had managed to get
n my feet. Dazed dough / still was.
could see that Kennedy had discov-
red something terrible, in order to ,
ave had to neglect me so long.
He was working the receiver up and ,
own frantically now. Finally he hung ,
up. By the expression on his face
gathered that, whatever it was, he ,
cared the worst. His face wrinkled ,
, thought. he gazed. perplexed. first !,
t Inez, cold and defiant, then toward
,e. He seemed greatly surprised to ,
ee that was myself again SO soon,
fter being laid out fiat.
Walter" he asked earnestly, do /;
on think you could watch this girl :
owl" .
"Why-yes-I can do it," replied \
h
Then take this gum" he directed.
Don't let her touch thing-and keep y
our eye peeled all the time. She's a 4