Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1915-09-18

operations sboat here. ccns % Get
iDto the boat
nv coma reason best kBcwn 70
htnsssAf tbs batafsiiat seems<to have
loSt AL interest in his spsctfnsns arc
% have = sudden curiosity about ~
Mar - Affairs. A. the motor boat spen
%. be came si0sly and carioosiy cut
% hie hiding place And gssAd nHesfS
al Dei Mar
No sooner had Del Mars .boAk Koi
a little distance ost intQ NE hArsof
,hau the nASar-isat hurfisd dosn 'he
DDdge dock, Tbara ves uea hlalnes
orn fast little ransbost tie Jumped
into Il aad started thu snssns follos
ies qusskis 10 Del MeFs sshe
I.ook. called the emiaeary 10 w
Mar, spying the Dpess bo4i eith me
naturalist 10 A. skimnia. rapidy all
o. them. .t
Del Mar strained bis eyes haet
through h.s sass at the pursuins boat
But the nstursilss. ~ spite OF Ms
smoked eiaasas. Sssmsd Dot - hsss
impaired bis eyestsht b his studiea
lie. caught the sllnI Of the spn % uss
lens At Del Mare eye and droppeh
down into the bottom ~ hls a. Q bosi,
where he was az least safe from scrs.
tiny. u his boat we're not
Del Mar lowered cts sinss That's
the DODGE boat be sara thJughifully
= don't Ike she looks o. that ieliow
Give her more speed
tss Mar had not goss Iona before
Elaine DECIDED 10 fsks q ride herself
She ordered her heFse afoand from
the stables while abe donned Der Dssi
httle ridins habit A few minutes
later. a. he Ereom held the hoFsss shs
moun,ed and rode s~As. choosias the
road b. which bad soma. sSpeetlns
10 meet me on the retain from tsSn.
She wa gAAopisg saonE ~ sood
CLIP ghen svddonly hef horse shied At
somofhink .r
"whoa iiosteF. pacinsd ElAlna
hsS - vas u, 20 aas. hasssr still
reared 40.
Why. What IL the nattssr- shs
Asked. What do you seef'
SAs looked doWE a. the ground.
There ~ss q hgoi " bloed In ihs dual.
Buster waa one ~ those horses 10
~hom ihe night VI blood Ia iarriiyins.
Elaine psalled up beside the rond.
There. was a, revolver lying Ia the
Eraaa She dlsmountsd And picssd h
10. No nooner bad she looked At u
than she disccFsred the Initials w.
j." carved on the butt
Walter Jameson she exclaimed.
realizing suddenly that u was mine
~its been fired. too"
Hor eye fell again on the blood
spots Blood and footprints into
the brush" sha saapod 10 horr0g. FOL
loWing the tnaiI What could have
happened 10 Walter
With tho revolver. Elaine follow ed
whore the bushes we're uemDled down
until ahe CANA 10 tho place where
had been oound rhsfs she spied
some pieces OF paper lying on ths
ground aud picked them up
She put them together They we're
pieces " thu envelope OF the lette'
which ws had decided to send to Wash
ington
Which way did they take himf'
she asked, l0ossss all about bat dis
covering no sr@ih
she was plainly at a loss VIA
course 10 pursue.
7 "whst would crAis DOR she asks'
herself
Finding no answer. she stood think
ing a moment. slowly tearing tho en
velope 10 pieces. n she were 10 81
anything AZ all. Il aus, be done Quiok
~ suddenly an idea seemed 20 occu
TO her shs threw the pieces OF pape
into the cir aRd let them blow away
Il Vas unso,uttillc dsteclioa. perhaps
bat the wind actually took them A1'
carried them IN the direction w whiel
the men had forced me to walk, ATTIC
they had robbed ME OF the letter
That's ~" cried Elaine to hersoll
TN follow that direction"
Means hila. tho msn bad haElsd m
OF Along a trAn taAt led To tho FOO
OF clir Then the.lrsll wound 10 al
cua We climbed Il until ne reache
the top.
There IN the rock Mas g rude stall
way drew hack. but one maa ate'
gun and the other proceeded m
down Alon9 tha steep stone step
cut 10 the face 81 the rock they force
me.
Below. in rift In the very wall 9
thu elin. Was a cave IN which alread
were two more of Del Mara men, tali
ins In low tonss. IN the dim Ash..
A No made our Way down til
breakaeek staisway. the, foremost Q
my capsoss. stenpad on lasss. nA
rock Al he did SO. Il gave way shshi
\ ~ uader his foot
A light IN the cave flashed up. u
der the rock SAs u secret eiectri
connection which opsrstsd lang.
Someone conainx." uiut,ered n
two meu. on suArd Instantly.
Il was a somesAas preoasseas foe
ING as re descended and tor the ~,
msnt was more concerned for m
safety from fall than anything clal
once my foot did sllp aud shower {