The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
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the Shutof, TO which he was paying az
tention with monkey-wrench and oil
| can. that you were quite mistaken
when you ridiculed the idea of the In
ternational Underworld, Unlimited
Of course, if you hadn't laughed,
shouldn't feel quite as much respect
for you as | do; in fact, the chances
are you'd be in handcuffs-or cell in
the Sante-this very minute. But, alb
surd as it sounded-and was-the I'm
derworld' project was a pet hobby of
Bannon' been the brains of a
| gang of criminals in New York for
many years. He was a bit touched on
the subject. A monomaniac, if you
ask me. And his enthusiasm won De
Morbihan and Popinot overland me!
he took wonderful fancy to me,
Bannon did: / really was appointed
| flrst lieutenant in Greggs' stead.
Nothing he wouldn't tell me. | even
got him to tell me about you-why he
was so uncommon vindictive. Do you
wish to know?"
IF you please"
1T seems Bannon was the chap who
kidnapped and abandoned you at Troy
| ons. Your mother had been his wife.
but left him for cause-divorced him
and married again in England. You
were the child of her second marriage.
| Bannon managed to ruin your father
drove him into bankruptcy and to sui
cide-and the shock Of that, coupled
with your
mother But even that wasn't enough
| Tor Bannon; and when he found you'd
| grown up to be the Lone Wolf, he
signed your death warrant then and
there. Only you declined to be exc
| cuted. Your family name"
Forgive me-" Lanyard interposed
hastily; but l don't care to know my
family name. If have no parents liv
ing, I've no kin who would welcome
| my return. And if | had prefer to
prove myself before | hunt them up
Some day, perhaps, l may apply to you
for more information. But for the
present, I'm content-and grateful
81 think" said Wertheimer, restor
ing the oil can to its place in the tool
sonal feeling for you is one of grow
ing esteem, if you'll permit me to say
So You've most of the makings of
man. Will you shake hands-with
copper's nark?"
He gave Lanyard's hand firm and
friendly grasp and turned to the girl
"Good-by, Miss Shannon. I'm truly
grateful for the assistance you gave US.
Without you we'd have been sadly
handicapped. And now it's good-by
and good luck. | hope you may be
| happy. I'm sure you can't go far with
out coming across a highrOad or vii
| lage; but-for reasons not unConnected
with my professional pursuits pre-
fer to remain in ignorance Of the way
you go"
Releasing her hand, he stepped back,
saluted the lovers with smile and
gay gesture, and clambered briskly to
the pilots seat of the biplane.
When firmly established, he turned
the switch Of the starting mechanism,
The heavy, distinctive hum of the
great motor filled that isolated hollow
III Iu6 bCWuS With d oOuuu llhS TIC
purring of a dynamo.
With a final wave OF his hand, Vert
heimer grasped the starting lever.
It's brool deepening, the Parrott
stirred shot forward abruptly. In two
seconds it was fifty yards distant, it's
silhouette already blurred, it's wheels
lifting from the rim of the hollow
Then lightly it rose and scared,
parted the mists, vanished.
For some time Lanyard and Lucy
Shannon remained motionless, cling
ing together, hand in hand, their faces
upturned, as if expecting it's reappear-
ance, listening to the drone that pres
emily dwindled to mere thread of
sound and died out altogether in the
obscurity above them.
Then, turning, they faced each
other smiling uncertainty, smile that
said $50 all that is finished! Or. per-
haps, we have dreamed it,"
Suddenly, with a low cry, the girl
gave herself to Lanyard's arms; and
as this happened the mists parted and
bright sunlight flooded the hollow in
the Downs.
After a little, taking her lips away,
the girl rested her head on his Shout
der and sighed a little sigh, a soft
sigh of content
"If we hurry" she said then, cts
possible that we may win to London
yet, before it's too late"
"Too late"
ITO get a special license-or what
ever it is one must get before one may
marry in haste in England. Don't you
know"
He shook his head, laughed, and
caught her more closely to him.
NO he confessed; Il don't know.
I haven't had much experience. But
we can ask a policeman. Who's
afraid?"
THE END.