Putnam patriot., 1915-07-30

them. But there was one girl. I'll under line that, l guess. I'll write it: The One Cti Well, when she saw the blood squirting out in jets that were sending me to Kingdom come in hurry. she didn't scream or faint or even run Anyhow, she didn't run away, for l have mem- orY of seeing her dartng toward me. 1 heard little cry from her. pitiful kind of cry I wondered why she cried out like that. For my part l didn't seem to care much about what might happen 10 me. But she did. She moved like light ning. with not wasted movement. In a second she had ready a ioug strip Of white cloth torn from her petticoat which she bound around my arm above the wound The half of my walking stick which was lHing broken beside me was seized by her and thrust through the bandage to serve as lever in the tour niquet II seemed to me two seconds from the time l first saw her until the jumping blood flow ceased. It may pos siblv have been as much as six seconds. l suppose Not one more. swear. And she stayed by me till l was safe in the ambulance. She saved my life
 But there's more than that to it. Oh. infinitely more. Nobody will ever see this book, SD l may as well get what re- lief l can by putting my confession in writing. For the matter Of that I've made the confession already 1 wrote 1t in capitals and underlined: The One Girl That's the truth of the matter Seems funny-that little girl 1 never said word to in my life and only saw for a few seconds Just the same. she pumped right into my heart as no woman ever did before or will again. She stays by me in memory. When l shut my eyes see her every line of her face, the light in her eyes. Yes, she's the one woman for me. that girl. Anybody might think il foolish of me to love a girl of whom I know nothing. But the fact is I know all about her Her face has taught me all need 10 know-her eyes tell me things. wonderful things, beautiful things things l had never dreamed
 Just the beauty of her would be enough to excuse any man for adoring her Why. her face was Ike a flower, only a thou sand times iovclier so dainty in its lines SD delicate iu its eoorine. so pure in its expression. And those glorious eyes, deep blue like the sky When it's bluest! But after ali beautiful as her face was, it was deeper beauty that went to my heart in the first glance at her, that has bHncd in my heart ever siuce will burn there while my heart beats 1 know. It was the soul of her that called to my sogi iiid sine Nnow that her soul called 70 mine there in those few moments of our meeting2 Did she know? Oh she must have known
 There I've rhapsodized enough on pa- per, though Fiji keep il up in my thoughts whenever 1 think of her which is pretty close to all the time And to think that l don't even know her name. All my own seeking and that of the sleuths l employ ed, frultless But somewhere. somehow. I'll find her. I must That's destiny.
 That was the end of the passage. The Master Mind sat erect and cast the book from him with hoarse cry of triumph. His eyes glittered in say age delight: his lips bent to mOcking smile in which was renorseless cruel ty. After a moment he lifted his gaze 10 the pencil sketch of a girl, which. set within an oval frame of gold. hung on the wall above the desk. The pie ture was in truth rather crudely done. Nevertheless there showed in it. de spite the clumsiness of the craftsman ship. a definite suggestion of feminine lnveliness which was inexpressibly al- turing Even Andrew recognized the tender potence of the spell exercised by this unknown girl but he resisted Its softening sway: houted il with his hate for the man that loved her He nodded toward the picture with malegoleHt -fiH
 "so Waiawneht couldn't find your he muttered Well l cam And you. ny lady. shaH be ruy pawu in tue game
 The inipiacable man bad venomous gleam iu his eres as fhese thoughts ran through his hrin He had a won derful capacity for using other people for his own purposes and lie was de termined t. demonstrate it thoroughly.
 The Master Mind took measures at once to make good his boast. With serupulOus fidelity he restored Vain 1rights apartment to the order in wldch he had found II. Then, his work there accomplished, he left the place and boards the fastest train for Chi eago. On his arrival in that city he