Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-04-11

girl rushed up TO her and caught Mary
close to her breast.
you DEAR she exclaimed. in tear
full gratitude. You dear. GU spIen-
did old dear! 1t was wonderful OF
you! Wonderful! oh, there aren't
any words to thank you! l never
dreamed it was you, until l saw that
miserable coat stuck in the garage
door. Why, you might haze Gt =.
rested and all sorts of tie rible things!
"fhere, there" soothed Mary. Its
all right! It's all right, honey! I'd
do a million times more'n that for
my little girl, any day in the whole ,o..
year. Just you forget all about what
] did. It's what I'm here for"
Forget it?" cried June. Never as
/ long as l live. oh, Mary, you werey
So"
eff YOU want to pay me for it, put
i'm Mary you can do it by keeping out
of such horrid messes another time On
dearie, promise me you won't DO such
things any more. Promise Mary you
won't. Whenever you get to FEELING one
of those fearful Red Circle fits comins
on YOU Just run and tell me. And III
lock YOU up till it's all over"
The girls eyes narrowed. The back
of her right hand began to throb:
s'Pm so tiredr' she murmured, land
Tn SO faint, with all this fright and
danger. It's given me sick headache
I'm going to bed. Tell mother, won
YOU? And say I don't want any dinner
sent up TO me. I want TO go TO sleep
and not be disturbed till tomorrow
morning.
Fyluding the worried old woman's
/ torrent of suggestions as to arc
matte spirits of ammonia and as m
/ pirin and hot water bags, June fin II
| ally escaped to her own bedroom. *
/ Turning the key in the door, she ER
went to the long French window, B
drew down the blinds, and then ad-
vanced toward the chair whereon IL
| Law her packages. Her face was az
grave and was set in lines of calm
/ determination that aged and k5
strengthened the young features 3
| On her hand-back blazed and throb- ~
| bed the red circle, lurid and pull "a
sating against the white flesh
| Chief Allen still sat in his pri- "
vate office, clearing UP some odds i:s
and ends of the days official rou- Es
tine before going to his club for III
! q belated dinner Night had fallen, n
/ but broad streak of moonlight lay IN
athwart the window sill.
His secretary came in from the hi
other office. 3
young fellow outside there,
chief" he announced. wants to
see you. He's q dummy. Not
deaf; but he's dumb. Here's a note
/ he scrubbed for you. He's from
Mr. Lamar
The chief took the slip of pa
per his secretary had rendered, and
read the three written lines it con-
tanned.
Il am dumb. Cannot talk, but
can hear. 1 must see the chief of
| police. Mr.. Lamar sent me-"
| "Oh, all right. All right grunt-
ell the chief. Il suppose I'll get
my dinner some time between now
and Christmas, if l have luck. Bring
him in
The secretary vanished, reappear-
| ing in a moment with a young man
| in tow.
The visitor was quietly dressed
and wore on his head u golf cap,
which it evidently did not occur to
| him to remove in the august pres
ence of the chief. He also carried
under one arm croOk-handled Nal
| acCa cane.
/ The newcomer was somewhat
| short of stature, for a full-grown
| man. His face was round and
| youthful looking. His delicately
nodded hands were gloved
well, sir" said the chief, none
90 graciously, what can 1 do for
you? What does Mr.. Lamar want?"
Unbidden, the caller seated
himself gracefully in chair
beside the chiefs desk and
drew from his pocket u little