The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-06-24

ten years through that sand. looking
for his precious treasure! Now it's
i my chance. and l want that paper.
And unless you want your secretary
to come home rather unpleasant
thing to look at, you're going to have
that map in my hands in half an hour
So tell me quick, what your answer is
Do l get it?''
For one moment the girl sat silent
breathing quick through parted lips.
YES. I1l bring IT," she at last said
over the wire. Then she sat motion
less, with her hands gripping tho desk
edge for several minutes. When she
moved It was with the Quickness Of a
sudden and clear-cut decision.
Give me police headquarters," she
called out as she caught UP the re-
ceiver. The next minute she was ex!
planning to the desk official at Center
| street the news of Legar's latest
threat and the need Of forestalIing it.
Then, after another interval OF studi-
Gus. thought, she crossed to the vault
and began a hurried search for the
document which Legar had described
as being stored away there. l
She found it at last. In a package of
faded deeds and papers to do with
Windward island, and while one
glance at it persuaded her that 1t was
indeed chart of the island. the fact
that 1t represented only one-half of
this island tended to convince her that
Legar had spoken the TRUTH
But she had no time to deliberate
over: that discovery, for her next
move, she felt. should be to call the
servants and warn them against any
midnight intrusions.
She crossed to the rosewood desk to
carry out this plan, and her finger
was even extended to press the bell
button when a sudden soft move
| ment at her shoulder caused her to
swing sharply about.
Confronting her, with a slightly tri-
umphant smile on his deep-scarred
face, stood Legar himself Ill, y
V'T am intruding. l know" he began
in his suavely calculated zones, but
there was possibility, you see, of
your friends in uniform interrupting
our meeting beside tho Soldiers mon
lument!" FN .tl is Ef-
The girls fingers, as she edged
! away along the desk, closed determin-
eddy on the scrap Of MANILA paper
still held in her hand. The vault door.
she saw. was also still open. But that
was not the thought troubling her.
The vague fear at the back of her
! mind was whether or not she was too
late to save Dave Manley from the
danger threatening him. And she
edged Still farther away. of 7ti
Her movement was arrested by the
| ringing of the telephone bell close be-
/ side her. 4..y s.iftt
Answer that phone," he suddenly
| commanded. ,.t,
The next moment a great load
seemed to lift suddenly from her
heart, and q renewed wave of audacity
swept through her body, for the voice
bthat spoke to her over the wire was
1.-THE triumphant voice of Manley him.
| self. Manley declaring that he was
free and that he would hurry back, as
fast as wheels could carry him. III
| "who spoke thenT cried Legst. his
face clouded py , NOTE which gppar,
! emily was an Unexpected one from his
/ standpoint But the wine of hope now
/ singing through the girls veins made
her more crafty, nore.readyy to face
Legar with his owl weapois. In1tesd
| OF answering him her hahd moved out
| to the bell button, foo with ths sritg
| ing OF that bell, she felt, would surely
| come help. And once thes SLIP Of nia.
1 nilla was back in the vault, and the
door locked, she now had littleto fear
l from Legar. So when she fell back,
| as he sprang forward to strike her
hand from the bell, she saw that her
retreat lay in the direction OF the
vault door.
Her pursuer, however. was In no
! mood for equivocation. He seemed
4 suddenly to, foresee her intention. For
without warning he leaped towards
I hers a. On aplmsl lssps for tts prey;
And with one sweep of his manned
arm the iron hook at fta end was
! shared deep in the fqidsl q. hsrt cloth.
ing.
"Glye-ne that mapi.,-- he said, In
voice husky with Blind and unreason-
Marsof Golden. hoxsvsr. Mad NJ
inteutiod Of diving HIM th8 map "a
question. she fought -against HIM
With al the strength at her command.
knowing that any moment now would
bring the needed help.
But Legar, with his hand on her
throat, hurled her back sgafnst the
theavy vault door. shook her - . ter
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