Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-11
Silver i V e
Sandals
, A Detective Story of Mys-
J terry, Love and Adventure.
By Clinton H. Stagg
Continued From Yesterday
Copyright. w. j. Watt & Co..
International News Service.

iouiid II WhStS sou nav Vs. '~ff>N
1t - at the home of your aunt. You
tried to catch the bird. but something
had frightened 1t. probably the drug
ging and hypnotizing OF my secretary
You got feather = only feather.
"Oh, DON'T Don't!" There was
pleading in her voice.
She was weakening.
sit down. he commanded. and she
obeyed him like a child. You can
see my secretary. helpless, can't your
he resumed pitilessly Another! You
knew that the waiter whose recon-
mendations were stolen, who was hyp-
Noticed so that even his voice ana
manner and talk were those or the
typical New Yorker your aunt has
learned so well in her years of asso-
citation, was the first one to make
possible your game. You didn't ex-
pect another"
He heard the springs of the couch
creak as her hands gripped the edge
you heard? ?" she whispered.
He shook his head. MY secretary
told me. / had just finished the fight
for his mind before you came in. From
the snatches his brain retained l saw
the whole picture, the grim room
with its dusty black hangings, the
drug -dazed man. Silver Sandals, the
flying crow. Then your escape, the
bloodstains your hands left on the
rail-"
You are trying to frighten met"
she exclaimed, in sudden, vehement
defiance. She was fighting again
You are guessing. You found the
feather in the hotel suite! l know
it,"
Certainly" The admission was
grave. But the feather that brought
you here l picked up from the chess
board on my desk before l went to
the hotel tonight. l said that Nc
Mann did not find the feather. because
he did not know where to look for it
Until the moment l showed it to him
it was in my pocket. The whole pur-
pose of it was to tell some one that
| had the crow. l knew some one
would try to get it. The finding OF
the hair was luck when l pretended
TO look for the feather. But / knew
it would suggest to the mind of some
one the possibility of sending you
here. How it got there l don't know
You know nothing" she accused.
Cotton lifted the cigarette to his lips
May l smoke?" he asked. She
she almost snapped an affirmative
He lighted the cigarette carefully,
slowly. There was a curious express
sion of respect on his face. Never be-
fore had he met a person who fought
so long and so gamely. A half dozen
times he had trapped her; twice he
had brought her to her knees. But
she recovered each time, fighting gasp
ingly. but fighting, fighting every in
slant.
You were frightened last night"
he declared. Something made you
hurry from the house of Silver San
dals before YOU could catch the crow.
But you left George Nelson behind.
He, with his poor, befoggled brain,
was to bring Rameses." He paused,
but there was no sound to tell him
whether or not the mention of the
crows name had scored. The dis
trict attorney frightened him away to
some prepared rendezvous. And 1 got
the crow, the one missing piece in the
mosaic"
80 you have got it?" There was
triumph in the cry. peculiar sort OF
triumph.
Yes" His voice vas almost pity
ing as he went on. THE night OF
your fathers death you saw the man.
ager of the restaurant speak to me
didn't you? You didn't know who
was then. but when you saw me fee
of the dead mans wrists sudden fright
at the unconsidered possibility caused
YOU to snap the wineglass. That To-
Gated absolutely the second source OF
the incense odor which my keen nos.
trils detected on the clothes of the
dead man. You saw me go back tC
my secretary. You knew that he was
following you. In the Waldorf YOU
and the some one with you telephon.
ed the alarm to Silver Sandals. You
were waiting for him. Probably there
was some trickery to impress him
with the truth of very strange thing
a thing that / have been working tc
prove despite the unexpected turns OF
the case. But Sydney showed thai
he did not believe, and that frightened
Silver Sandals. She made him another
pawn. MY blindness. and mental visu.
aliZation it has made necessary, en-.
abled me to see that when / found
my secretary at police headquarters
That changed the whole game. 1t be,
came a game for bloodi'
Blood" she repeated. and agar
there was the peculiar note of triumph
pistol pointed straight at YOU
hearth" she snapped
His head inclined slowly. "Yol
don't realize how keen my ears are,
he said. with just sthe faintest o.
smiles. 1--WE been very Interested,
listening for several seconds. The
hammer snapped a thread in tn,
pOChtt iiHlI6 WHci II caught.
Where is the crow" she demand
ed. He heard her rise. take a steI
toward him, then another.
MY boy put him to bed" the blint
man announced calmly. "All after
noon he had been listening to him ant
taking notes of the crows words"
Where are the notes?" Her voice
was steady and hard. She was very
close to him. He felt the muzzle o.
the pistol as she held it against hi.
chest.
Here they are" He picked then
up from the desk behind him and helC
them tantalizingIy before her for al
instant before he held them higf
above her reach.
"Give them to me. At once!" TIL,
commands came almost hissingly.
The thin lips of the blind mar
tightened, even the blind eyes seemed
to grow colder as they looked dowr
at her face.
you shall have them" he saic
grimly. when l have talked to you
husband, Mrs. Bracken"
CHAPTER XIV