The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-02

half OF that pretty face Of his burned
20 d crisp youll do what / tell you
10 90. DO you understand III scar
him worse than was SCARED. II you
try any tricks with me IA this!"
"sTn-@in what e'' demanded the
white faced girl.
in exactly on@-half hour I want
you 20 walk pa@t sho soldiers monu-
r0ent and hand nae a paper. That
paper is somewhere Ia your father
vault. 1T ia oae~halt Of O. code list
and chart. on a square OF yellow
manila. Do you understand #
But how am to know this paper r.
asked the terrified girl, fencing for
time.
IT'S chart, a map, ons-hais OF the
map OF Windward Island. Fer old
Golden wasn't such fool as he
SCENE and again the venomous
laugh sounded low over the wire. If
your tathSr lad get hoid OK nay half 81
thar map little earlier In the game
he wouldn't have needed 70 dig for
ten years through that sand looking
for his precious TREASURED Now It's
nay change, aud / want that paper
And unless you want your secretary
60 come home q rather unplea sant
thing 10 look az. you're going to have
that map In nay hands In half an hour.
50 tell me quick what your answer
Is. DO l get lt?''
"But--but ii may not be hare. par
rted the giri
It's thers ali right And 7 want
your answer. and 1 want 1t quick
VIA you bring Ii 2"
lea. Ill oEing Il. /" she at last said
over the wire, Then abe sat motion
less. with her hands gripping tho desk
Give rae police headquarters. she
called cut as she caught up this re~
celver The next minute sha wAa ak
planning 60 the desk OFFICIAL at Center
street tho news oE Le6ars latest
threat and ths need OF forestalilnS It,
Shs found il at last, In a package OF
faded dsods and eapSr@ 10 do with
Windwmra island. and while ona
glance at IL persuaded her that IL
was indeed = chart OF the island. the
Gaeg tAat 10 represented eKfy efse- hAsf
oe this island tenaea-to eonvinca Der
that I.egar bad apoken the truth
she crossed 40 khe rosewood daSk
Confronting her, with a slightly ira
umphant SMILE GA his dUSp~ SCARED
face. stood fagar himself
4 An intrudtng. | knew ne began
la hls suAveiy AcAduiatsd s0nens bat
there was = possibility, you ses. o1
yaur friends In anlsorm intersupsinE
our meeting beside the soldiers mon
umenti"
rhs girFa anSara. 40 ans edSed away
along shs daak. closed determsnedly
90 tha scrap Of manila paper atill
held Ia her hand.
uea movement was arrested ey the
glngtns ~ ina telephone bell eloss De
slide hsg. AS sha stood wAtchiuA Ls-
Rar that call was repeated asatn and
again.
Answer that phaaet'' ne sudaaniy
commanded
Why he @hcnia agApg hax IL ~ al
she oould GOA understand
The naxt meaent great lsaa
soamad 10 llGt sAs$lgienlf groan has
hAart. and rcn@w ~d wave 0s an4
daetty swept through heg body. foF
kha voice that spoke 70 hex over She
wire VAS ths triumphant veaee ~
Mmnlay himself MAniey aeclAEana
that he waa free said that ne would
hurry hack "a n@4 40 EAst as wheels
would carry hsns.
Who spoke then - ersea Lager. hls
face elaudea by faevo which appAr.
entity vas ma UNEXPECTED ana FROM hAs
stanapoamt Hnt she wine ~ hepe naw
slnasaE through the sirts sssas naAds
her more eEx gsy. more ready % fAes
aMaE with hts ewn @eaR0sa Instead
IL answering him hes hand naeveA ani
fo Gha bell n0tton. far wsth tae rtns-
GAK ag that bell, shs felt. would sure
~ eoEna help And once tire atty ~
mAnllia WAS hack ln the vault and
the dspor Hooked. aha Cow had little &