The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-06-03
FOURTEENTH EPISODE
The Unmasking.

A strange mood Of happiness. ae I'M
reasoning as Il was inexnicable,
seemed to have taken possession Of
Margery Golden. A less timorous light
shone from the depths Of her pool
brown eyes AT all times OF tho day.
too, she could be heard singing about
the house.
This wavward bitheness OF spirit
was something more than a puzzle to
her heavy.browed father. who found
little in the situation Immediately con.
fronting him TO cause him any undue
lghtness Of heart. For that situation
had Unexpectedly taken on the form
OF defeat.
After all Jules Legars campaign for
the possession OF that pregnant scrap
OF parchment which carried the key
TO the secret OF the lost treasure Of
Windward island. the longfought for
document had suddenly disappeared
from The Golden vault. And all evil
denoe pointed to the fact that it was
The Laughing Mask who had stolen
the chart and cipher code from the
safe.
Golden was in the midst OF his
second conference with the russell
faced Captain Bracket OF the head
quarters staff. when a telephone call
came for that official The talk over
the wire was one.sided Then with
great deliberation the Official hung
up the receiver and swung about TO
Enoch Golden.
well, we've got your Laughing
Mask for you"
You've got him. repeated Golden.
"Our man Walcott located him iby
trailing his chauffeur. And before
nightfall We can have him rounded
up"
Where was he found
Just where you'd least expect 4
man OF that character to be found
He's hiding in a cave IN the Hudson
Palisades. not ten miles from where
were sitting at the moment just sbova
Colemans village And the fact he 8
ducked TO a Malina like that bears
out what we'vo always claimed, that
he's as big a crook as this Iron Cla@
himself. For honest mon don't craW
into river csyesl"
Golden was about to reply in the al.
irmatiye to this self-obylous statement
when he was interrupted by the en-
trance of his daughter.
But suppo6ing our fugitive" said
the serene-eyed girl as she smiled
down on the somewhat startled police
captain. had enemies who seemed al
the moment stronger than he was and
at the same time found himself in pos
session OF something which it was es-
sentisl that he should guard Nouldn I
II seem natural for him 10 20 where
he'd be least likely to be found
The russet-fsced captain biukod
stolidly up at her.
When an honest man has some.
thing Il seems dangerous to hold he
goes 10 the police for protection. When
a crook has made a haul. and is shaky
about losing his swag. he beats il to
his Malina. to his fence, the same as
your friend the Laughing MASK has
done And the sooner We get the
wheels moving and root that masked
ground hog out Of his dugout the bet
teri"
I'm ready" announced Enoch Col
den.
With gasp OF sudden resolution
Margery rang the bell called for her
roadster. and struggled into her hat
and coat. as she ran down the sand
stone steps to the street.
She sped OF through the city at =
rate that was an open and obvious
violation Of all the speed laws. She
laughed rebelliously az. once free OF
the congested ferry traffic. she swung
lightly past the car in which she be
held her own astounded father decor
ously seated. giving him her dust a.
she mounted to the crest Of the Jersey
hills and struck the road leading north
ward along the wide-bosomed river.
Then as she swung past still an
osaer hurrying car the smile sudden
ly died from her face. For she felt
sure that enc OF the faces in that car