The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-07-11

"fA'fAA h'Fh AANAtf ass fffhs' .
a folded SQUARE Of note paper.
Il had almost forgotten TO give this
to sou" he sald extending the paper
70 the wondering girl Il found II
fastened on the thorn bush near the
erea boNldcr on Seven oaks MN. II
is addressed 90 you and think Il must
be from the Laughing MASK. for he
has been seen around there a number
Of times"
As Margery hastily glanced at The
penciled note she saw that Dayy wus
right in his conjecture. and he re-
gained much that he had lost ia her
affections as She realized what a
struggle 1t must have cost him TO act
as message bearer for his masked
rival.
TN trouble you to hand over that
letter, Miss Golden demanded Cap-
tain Braekett 10 Authoritative tones
rs be stepped from his place Of eou-
ceament I've Ind my doubts about
your wnniin 20 land that maskcd
criminal In the cell where ne belongs
ever since you stecrod us wrong the
time he made his last getaway, an
perhaps this htllc dockylapnt viii help
throw some Hight on The subject"
His beefy paw suddenly shot out
and firmly clutched her slender wrist.
But the resisting girl found timely
ally In the person of David Muuley.
who perceived that for reasons Of her
own Margery did not wish to surrcn.
der the note, and, with n quick move
incnt snntched that object of conten-
ton from her fingers aud stuffed 1t in
his pocket
The bclllscrcnt captaIn now nd
Yunccd threaieningly upon the new
factor Of This unexpected resistance TO
the majesty OF the law
Gone across with that paper. young
man" he beloved furiously "or I'll
show YOU what II means 10 Interfere
with an officer ncrformin his duty"
Then as the calm faccd Davy tx.
hibilcd no indications OF complying
with this demand, the iratc policeman
attempted to decide tile issue by physi
cal force Roughly throwing a pin.
ionins arm about the defiant Manley.
he made a vigorous effort to extract
the much.coveted paper from hts prs
oner's pocket
As the struggling figures nirashed
aud trainpe1 over the orderly flower
beds Enoch Golden and two Of Cap.
tain Hrackett's men, who had heard
the sounds Of The unequal combat
came hurrylng upon the scene The
sight Of these enemy rc-enforce.
mcnts rcted upon the nearly ey.
haustcd Dayy Ike a rowellcd spur
upon the TANKS Of faded horse.
With a supreme effort. he wrenched
loose from the grasp Of his heavy.
handed captor nnd dnrtcd across the
stretch Of velvet lawn toward the
spacious oounuyh0use with the de
termincd officers close at his heels
Up the steps and through the open
door he scurrlcd, and. ginning the
gunroom at the end OF the hall
slammed and boted the heavy door
Of that sanctuary IN the very fnce Of
his pursuers.
"Don't be foolish, Davy," called out
Golden sharply 'you are milking n
grave mistake In resisting the law and
you w,ll have TO suffer the consequen.
ces unless you open this door imme.
diate,y.'
As though IN compliance with this
stern warning the key grated In
the lock and the door swung slowly
inward With n quick rush the be
sleglng forces catapulted into the
sunroom, only TO find 1t apparently
empty Then, with a gasp Of amazed
CONSERVATION they heheld figure
which silently emerged from the
space between the swung.back door
and the wall For that figure wore
an enshroudinr mask of yellow
eambrc aud grlpped In one hand
heavy calibcr revolver, which va
vered In dseoncertlng fashion over
that startled group.
II think Davy mus, be well beyond
recall by this time" he said az he
slowly backed toward The door "and
| will now leave you to your own de-
vices
As he spoke the last word he
stepped into the hallway, and with
almost simultaneous movements
pulled the door shut aftcr him e1d
locked II from the outside. Then
came a camor Of wrathful voices ~
the Gagged detectives, snarting under
the ndgn'ties to which they had been
subjected, hurled themselves Ia un-
ayailing fury against that sout Oh
.t-nciion which barred their pursuit Of
The boldly impudcnt maskcr.
But with the exception of a fair
haired girl waiting anxlously in the
rose garden there was no ono In
sight about the weIl-kept grounds.
As in response to her eager Inquiries,
her father told hcr Of their humlliat-
ing encounter with the masked inter
loper, who had miracnlously taken the
place of the harred Manley, Mar
gerry became conscious of the openly
suspicious gaze Of the rusact.faced po-