Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-29

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fell on his knees and seemed to he
listening for the combination"
] took the girls hand i'm an cffor. TO
comfort her. Hut II was Jimmy. whose
quiet air OF command seemed to helm
hef most lie bade her tell her story
IN every detail. and promised that We
would not fail TO help her, as we had
helped so many before her.
So Jane Hamlin went on and told us
now hravcly her lover had crcpt out
.of hiding. seized the gun which the
Intruder had laid down when he at
tempted 10 open the safe. and with il
captured the burglar. Then the girl
hah switched on ;he lights and. follow
ing her lovers orders, had hurried to
the telephone TO call the police
When finally she returned from sum-
inoninH AN officer she had II quick
glimpse of Boyd struggling in the
arms of his powerful cx-caplivc, who
Hal now turned captor and ilunl the
young lover to the floor Then he
himself escaped through the window.
aud When the policeman arrived there
was nothing for him 10 do but ask a
Few questions and take his departure
Was Mr.. Goyd badly hurt?" asked
Jimmy.
The girl turned and looked at him,
win queer effort to focus her mind
Why do YOU ask that: No. he wasn't
badly hurt" The policeman said il
was funny Il blow like tina; didn.,
leave any mark. After he was gone
Clayton began insisting again that
should show him what was in the safe
lie seemed more determined than ever
and said il didn't trust him /, wus
because didn't love hin,.
1T ended up in u quarrel lie hur-
ricd away in the most violent anger
OH. | did"': know what TO do. | was
:" unhappy-and :hcn. nj last. |
though, of writing I" YOU. Miss Fair
fan.
so that's Your story" said Jimmy.
thong htfully.
NO: there's more. though I'm not at
all sure il has anything to do with
what I've told You That night ! was
visited ny my fathers spirit, You
don't think I'm insane. do your Really
| saw i;-I saw my fathers ghost"
A Jane lIamiin told her story terror
2ripp"d her and shook her into "a
trembling semblancc of her own young
beauty.
Long after had fallen into n
troubled sleep awokc suddenly
thought | heard :; strange sound. and
al once remembered the man who
had tried TO break into ;hat safe OF
poisoned gas. Perhaps he had come
back Strangely enough, wasn't at
all afraid q: him.
- lii u candle and hurried down to
tin. library. There. standing in front
of tile safe, where had pa; the screen
again before going TO bed. was fig
urc-n long. indistinct figure in trail
ing white robes and with :. face winter
than anythin& have ever seen be-
sore.
at WAS my fathcI'--my father. tell
YOU He stepped out OF the shadow
and held out his arms To me. loved
my father. but had a Sudden horror
.kc Ia inn a, Il
only light In the room was the silver
OF the moonlight lie looked more
Shasily than ever. and then in "a voice
that was so cold and strange it chilled
ne. he whispered: Give my secret to
the man YOU love
II must have fallen in u faint then
.Nttcr while woke mp again. be-
gan TO doubt. I'm not a morbid girl
not even Il very ina ginativc one. and
Yet ! could swear that saw my faith
crs rhos, ana heard his voice bidtiin.
me give 10 my love" The secret he
mad ordered me to Keep from Tie whole
world
II dare not fail the father love.
And Yet his letter told me to destroy
the internal machine. How am to
know which is hi wish: How am /
70 know wha; owe the dead and what
! must DO for the livingr"
jimmy and looked AT each other
ia "ma@emcnt. THAI there were Gcs-
pcrate forces ~ work. We both knew
thai they wished 10 impel the girl he
fore us 20 some course OF action which
would lit into their own evil purposes,
we knew. too. Rut why? What were
their plans?
The frs, step toward h.ipfulncss
was 20 calm The excited Girl before
nc, and so even while | assured he,
thai f.i; II had all been II dream. !
offered to spend the night with her.
Gratitude and RELIEF warmed her into
semhlancc OF the girlish lovclincs.
linmlin. so the girl To whom we bads
"au revoir' was not the lifclcss. fright
ened creature OF half all hour before.
Jimmy did queer thing when we
sot out onto Madison Avenue He
walked UP the block 80 If hc were
searching for something. Presently
We cam" 20 an empty house. lie stood
+ ia 'front.' If ILL., LOOKING. back ami count
'us The houses hrtW.cu /; and Jnn.
iinmiin'S house Of torro, Then ne
turned 10 me. smiling co!npiacently-
;h' Jimmy grin in full force.
And then. Maybe size did see y
ghost. said James BARTON
What Jimmy did after LET: him had
. grave bearing OF tn" affair OF the
House OF iiamlm--and the mystery OF
IN" disappearance OF r:elhunc Svcr-
drup's band oc anarchia,s
'>'N' az ''it Ii - piitt. Jimmy n.tU
y healthy. sane man. impaticncc with
the idea OF a chost--and in ;he second
place he had a detective instinct whici,
mad" hin always want to know WHY
so after he had disposed OF me Inc
studied the bloch OF budding red
houscs--un,i hc discovered an empty
one
Aha: Watson. nave IT," said I've.
And incn he crcct down to the base
incni entrance uudc. The steps OF tina,
vacant house which la! jWst a few
doors "wHy from .ianc Hamiit's gloomy
home. The houses In this h"ck wcr,
all cot after the Same architectural
pattern They had high stoops Eng
fish Easements and grim fo,r-stor,
fronts terminating is na, roofs win
high faCadcs.
Jimmy discovered that the hascn.cu,
do"r 10 which hc had :" siyly crcp, va.
locked. lie decided /" tam anIa;cu,
hnrslar. And with knife blade "a,
his sole tool he lnaiia.;cd 20 force tn,
lock Presently hc- found himself i,
It damp. gloomy cement room amcIlinu
Of dust and decay.
There was nothing here which iusti.
n"d his suspicions. l;jIt up IN N. kit.
chen Of the empty unusc la, ,h,,.. D.,