The Washington times., 1916-07-16

position II any one found you asleep
again. said Myra, touching his Shout
der kindly.
oh. thank you. miss" and the tired
young operator rubbed his eyes. I'm
Alden smiled sympathetlcally.
I'm tell you how to make an alarm
clock. Hold that tin pan in your hand
When you get drowsy and nod. And II
Ko1 ,o 70 to sleep ,sp you Sodr viii wake up when
serious tone In his voice.
The operator looked at him incredu.
! lousy. laughed. and then promised to
Try II: he had six more hours Of duty
III you go to sleep again I'll haunt
Alden and Myra rode on then. little
knowing what had happened at the
home OF the old woman
When they reached Myra's home
Alden dlsmounted to help her down
They had been gone perhaps a couple OF
Il must feed my pigeons again be.
fore / let the groom take the horse, g
she said; She hunted up some crushed
| corn and began to feed the birds once
more. as Alden watched her with an ad-
why, look what this pigeon has or
Its foot!" exclaimed Myra. in surprise
as she picked up one which had lit or
1t carried finely written note at.
tached TO one of its legs. with small
| silver wire.
She must be a witch! Look what
| she said!"
Alden read the missive incredulously
II was scrawled over a tiny drawing Of
an ola woman; with witch's hat. rid
IF You want more of the Witch,
| ointment come tonight" II said.
You remain home tonight" cautioned
Alden imperiousiy.
I'm do just as / please. sir-you ar,
becoming dictator. and l don't Liz,
house In hun. with her pretty head w
In the air. Alden waited for a farewell
anc then larghingly mounted his hors.
To go home.
On the road he passed Arthur varney
driving his, now automobile. The tive
men barely nodded. AS soon as Alder
Vas out of sight Varney drove into the
portico steps. Myrp was changing tt
her dinner gown and Mrs. Maynard
! spoke about the curious message on the
foot Of the pigeon. Varney dismissed
Maynard left him alone for d few min
utes. He caught up the telephone re-
tearsbot
Hello. Is this you, MASTER" he whis
tanned. "Ou- man caught one Of he,
pigeons and see 1t has returned with
| a queer message"
Good. Varney. That was from me
Take her to the Witch's house. UP In
| the Pine Woods when she asks TO 20 Ia
| night. We Will get her there. Do no
| bGtray your tTust!'
And he hung UP the receiver. Varne,
did not know that two of the Black Or
| der had sprung out OF the woods aftel
Myra's departure from the old woman,
house, and forced her to tell about tn,
! eminent. but was more terrified thar
ever of the Masters cunning.
! After dinner that night, Mrs. Maynart
! retired early, leaving Varney and Myrs
| together.
The girl then told Of her desire to Wis
| 1t the old woman's place once more Ht
| tried oddly enough. &c dissuade her. bu
suddenly over her shoulder In the refiec
| ton OF the window, he seemed to see
vision of the High Master. with tn,
thumbs upturned on either side of tn,
evil face. He weakened and agreed I,
take her In his machine.
They sped out along the road, at My
ia's direction. until after half an hourt
| ride they found the clearing.
| Myra dismounted with agility from tn,
| throbbnS car. AZ she did so Varne,
slipped revolver into the girls hand
"You may need this" he muttercd
| and forced her to slir II into the poke
OF her automobile coat. Then he trem
hled at his own treachery to the Blacl
| Order.
rho girl hurried toward the door o
the little house. A dim light. shon
through a window. As she knocke,
four masked men sprung from the road
-nde upon Narnsy Ana pretended y