The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-03-21


man. whose arm went out to the stoo7
ing shoulder so close 90 him And
that Unexpectedly intimate touch ap-
pareutly. vas too much FOR the al
ready unneVed man al the desk iog
with a gesture oddly poignant he M
ed his hand and pressed il against his
closed eyes. as though in an eaoft 90
shut away aclualities which were too
dark 10 be endured
Manley. as hc did 50. slipped a hand
In under the lapel OF the older mans
coat. lifted a wallet lightly from iis
pocket. and stood upright again
Then. with a shrug that was almost
one OF pity as he looked down at the
stan silent millionaire. he turned
away and slipped ont ot the room
The departing woman had already
passed through the street door before
he could osertakc her She stopped
wondcrlaely at his call 20 her
"Mr Golden. madam, seems 10 have
changed has mind Here are foW
hundred dollars from him. which may
be- OF material assistance To You In thli
matter you spoke ot
ManleN. who had taken the roil oi
bills from the wallet was quite sul
emu faced as he handed Tue money 10
the equally solemn laced Woman Vet
the shadow OF a smile PLAYED about
his l.ps as No watched the austera
figure IN black disappear from sight
Then he turned back 10 the library
There ho found Golden pacing back
and forth. padding groteaquely Shout
from pocket To pocket
"Maniry, my Wallets gone was
the huanclers Wy.
Was there any money IA it, In.
quired tho secretary
What d you suppose ia keep In
to- was the impatient demand Tai
cum poRdor2 OF course there was
money in lt-~oyer four hundred dol
lars IN rrcenhacksl"
Manley shook his head IN mock sor'
row
This. sir looks like very grave
carelossnos8'
m looks like very grave thicyofy to
me. snapped the older man.
The Emissary In Oak.
Midway between that portion OF New
York harbor known as the pner bay,
and the open reaches OF the sea that
wash up the sands Of Manhattan
beach. lies district that might be iit'
tingly denominated as No Mans land.
one of the least sayory hablta'
tons adorning that fringe OF a city a
fotsam was the ruinous boathouse OF
a certain oyster Joe.
And Oyster Joe, tho river pirate
looked the part. The unsteadiness OF
his still muscular limbs, the looseness
Of his swollen lips. the unkemptnesi
Of his entire surroundings, all united
10 proclaim him a lover of the cup that
can cheer and at the same time nchri
ate. This fact. indeed, was further
evidenced by the oarnestness viii
which Oy.ter Joe, himself making his
way into the sail lott, lifted wort
tarpauIn aside aud studied q row oI
cognac casks.
SO intent was his study Of this
wealth Of joy to be that he saw anf
heard nothing Of slender.bodlet
stranger who quietly approached bI.
abode. entered it, and stared studious
~ about. What made this intrude
even moro mysterious was the fac
that across the upper part OF bis fac
he wore narrow band OF yellow cloth
The movements Of this myatefiou
stranger were marked by eelefi5
When his Investigations, Ia fact wer
!. suddenly interrupted by sound whicl
| grew louder along the narrow roa'
winding inland through the eaiu
marshes be crept to the door pcere'
out and prepared himself for prom
sed Intruder For approaching Oya
ter Joes boalhouse be could plaiul
make out a twohorse wagon driven D.
a slattern- -shouldefed and White beard
ed man Of about sixty.
The masked intruder crcpt bacl
through tho boathouse. entered th
sail loft and steathily approached th
!, still musng figure Of oyster joe y
j a moment be had the old pirate boun
4 and gagged.
Then. hearing the wagon vheels a
i most al the door. tho stranger dragge
Il his inert captive to a nearby bean
A lashed him TO It and over him thrc'
the tarpaullu from the cOgnae casks.
Slipping back to the outer room
III the MASKED stranger drew his feyolyo
A and stood close m beside the shado'
Of the door calmly waiting for th
Il man who had already alighted froI
the wagon
From the mouth behind the whit
Il whlskers came a squeak, Ike th
1l squeak Vl idi hfHlNi H'ih''''ii'
as the strangers revolver was thrui
Unexpectedly into his startled old fac
n Before be could quite recover frof
d that initial shock Of surprise a stran
3 Of rope was around hIs wrists and b
J. was being backed unceremoniOusl
0 away into the sail loft
g There, gagged and triced to a bean
IS he kept company with his rollingeye
and equally mys;ifed confrere, Oy
3 ter Joe. There he sat blinking abol
X him as the masked stranger brisk