Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-09
Continued from previous ISSUE

fore Jemima could either understand
the nature of mis- ailment or investi.
gate the contents of his gunnysack. a
second and even more violent irrup
ton took place Legar and his men
dragged the quaking and gasping Ras.
tus TO his feet showed him into a chair,
and snatched up the gunnysack. From
II they took out the loudly-protesting
green parrot and wonderingly ex
amined il.
Where did you get that parrot?"
was the quick demand of the man who
wore an iron hook where hand ought
to be Rastus merely wheezed and
shook in the legs and showed the
whites of his eyes. II was indeed,
several minutes before he was so
much as awakened TO the fact that he
was not in the grip of the law. But
once convinced of that fact, he became
: yoluble enough in his protestations to
oblige the white genTmen" with any
information they desired. He even led
those white gentlemen back to the
neighborhood of Hannah's chicken
COOP
eoveries that they thereupon paid
scant attention to Rastus himself,
who took advantage of that diversion
to disappear.
There were certain phases OF that
hurried pursuit. however, which had
not entirely escaped the attention OF
a circumspect stranger who had mo-
tored casually about the quiet streets
of Cedarton earlier in the evening.
Aunt Jemima Watson, in fact, had
scarcely recovered from the shock
consequent upon the sudden invasion
Of her cottage when she discovered
herself confronted by still another
stranger. And the fact that this
stranger wore a yellow mask did not
add to her immediate peace of mind.
"All want to know. my good wom-
an. is where those men are taking
your husband"
"Dey's takin' him back L whar he
done got dat bird explained the ne
gress. The stranger started for the
door Then he stopped, dead short,
For lying overlooked on the floor,
close beside a battered water bucket,
he caught sight of a familiar-looking
oblong of yellow paper. In another
moment he had possession Of it.
Where did that paper come from?'
he demanded For he knew that it
was the long-sought Golden chart
which he held in his hand.
Dat done come from NAH offus
s,yaanin,s F." evnIained tho other. But
nah Rostus allows il bain't even wuff
q green tradin, stamp,"
oYour Rastus NAV be right" was
the Strangers quiet reply. But it's
worth this much to me" And Aunt
Jemima found q tcn-dollar bill thrust
into her ast0nishcd mink palm. THAT
is yours. my good woman, if you do
Just one thing and do it quickly. I
want YOU to 20 tr tte sheriffs. wake
him ND. and get lin, 10 the house
where that woman called Hannah
works. Tel him ~ get there i'm a
hurry. and 10 bripa rfs men. or therell
be murder done in AIS village before
the sun rises
The man In the yellow mask waited
for nothing more a minute later he
was off Tlu.inr rhadovlile throrob
the darkness coa,I.,yIil,e ton no an.
PREACHED nm tvy-,oxyared bungaIov, in
which three women we're quietly plav-
ing preference" in the light OF a
green-shaded reading lamp. But the
| man in the mask, preferring to leave
that peaceful game undisturbed, stole
quietly in through the back Of the
house. locked himself in a small room
above stairs. and there adroitly but
quickly made a facsimile of the man
Before that man could be completed
though strange events were already
TRANSMITTING directly beneath where he
/ sat. For Margery Golden. glancing up
from her game, stared idly into the
| old fashioned mirror of bevel plate
| facing her from the opposite wall.
| And peering in at the window reflect
| cd in that mirror she saw a bearded
| face scanned with an unrnistatahla
soar
! Cho s;d -. .ouo ,,o,,s -.
! firs+ ;r,r,,rsa bod ,ro,,,,,,ad h,,+ .ha
| SAT- staring down at her cards twin {,
| 10 study ont the dilemma which con.
! fronted her For the face she had
seen was Legar's