The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1916-06-03
FIFTH EPISODE
THE INTERVENTION OF TITO

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David Manley was not altogether
proud OF his days work. AS he sat
tied Sand bound on the rough brick
floor beneath the Owls Nest that once
flppant-minded young man even ac-
knowledged that things looked rather
bad for him. lie had been made a
prisoner The iron claw OF Legar had
reached suddenly out and closed about
him.
hut David Manley did not altogether
give up AS he lay there, sore in body,
but even more battered in mind, he
still spasmodically struggled with the
cords that held him hand and foot.
The solitude OF that unsavory den
did not add to his comfort. The mere
fact that Legar could see fit to leave
prisoner thus unguarded impressed
the prisoner with the fact that his one
armed enemy was only too well as
sured OF his power And the more
Manley thought OF Legar and his meth
DDS the more that sinister figure seems
to bewilder him He knew that Legar
was the unrelenting and eternal enemy
OF Enoch Golden. just as he had been
the enemy OF Golden's daughter Mar
CORY
The thought OF Margory directed
Manley's mind back to the earlier
events Of that strange day He recalled
his long talk with that quiet-eyed girl
in the quiet-toned shadows OF the
Golden library. II had been the first
talk between them into which the per-
sona note had entered. He had en-
joyed that talk, for he had felt, as II
progressed, that the girl had begun TO
realize he was her friend that he want
ed to be her friend.
But the quietness of the Golden
homo had proved to be nothing moro
than a lull which precedes the sud
den storm. For, five minutes after he
had left the smiling girl. the Golden
butler. with terror I'm his eyes, had
come running 10 him saying there was
a stranger in the house, stranger
who had been seen lurking about the
halls and had promptly disappeared
at the sight OF one of the servants.
SO Marley. forgetting everything else
had promptly joined in the search for
that mysterious intruder. And his hrst
thought, after doing so. had been for
Margory Golden
llurryng to the library TO make sure
OF her safety, he had found her seated
at her fathers desk, quietly talking
over the telephone. And there had
been little i'm that scene not suggestive
OF tranquility For blinking placidly
down from it's perch beside her had
stood Tito. Margory Golden's newly
acquired parrot, for which Manley MINI
self mad small love. This feeling was
based. not so much on the malevolent
alr OF wisdom surrounding that green
bodied flcher of human phrases, as on
tho somewhat disturbing trick, taught
Il by some earlier master. OF seeking
out gas Jets and turning them on the
moment IL was freed from its chain.
Yet as IL had stood close beside the
girl so busily talking over the tele-
phone il had seemed as companionably
innocent as canary. And IL had
turned TO blink sagely at Manley as the
girl, apparently unconscious OF ms
presence. had crossed 90 the mahogany
faced vault set in the library wall and
proceeded TO open its ponderous door.
Thfs had startled Manley not little'
Cor the combination OF that vault was
secret jealously guarded by Golden
secret unknown TO Manley himself.
II was not until she stood with the
massive door swung open that Manley
had confronted her. But she showed
no embarrassment at his sudden inter
ruption.
"My father has just phoned from
Philadelphia" she explained There
are certain papers he must have Tor
his conference with the Regent Trust
!. company tomorrow.
- But when did you find out how TO
ySsen that door," had been Manley's
inquiry.
Two minutes ago. over the tele-
phone" had been the girls reply.
Then the sooner that door is shut
and locked again the better" he had
warned her
Why she had asked, for the first
Time conscious OF his excitement.
Because there's an unknown man
hfing somewhere In this house, and
hbaven only knows what he's after
In times like these"
Even as he had spoken Manley had
aetected an unnatural fullness about
NE portiore draping the side door to