The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-11-23
FIFTEENTH lNSTALLMENT

Il am Miss Burke" said cleo. ad.
dressing the driver OF the closed tax.
ieab which she found standing Mt the
curb In front Of her hotel 'Is this
the cnr Lieutenant Hope sent for me?'
"Yes'm." replied the man. short,
thickset fellow. whose features were
sfrectunlly concealed by the up,urned
collar OF his coat, a pair OF goggles
and yisored cnp which was pulled
down over his face. "He said | was
to drive you to the Clnf house and
he'd meet you there"
The most direct route TO the Clifr
house leads through Golden Gate park.
Instead OF keeping to the main thor.
oughfare. however. the driver, when
well into the park, turned down one
OF the innumernbc branch drives,
which. owing to the greater intervals
between It's lamps, was comparatively
dark. and brought his vehicle to an
abrupt halt In the dense shadow OF
nm Immense llyeoak. The car had
barely stopped before the door was
nung open. n man sprnng inside.
revolver was pushed into Cleo's face
and a hoarse voice warned her. mot
q sound, Miss Burke, II you value your
life" Almost simultaneously the
driver threw open the other'door, and
In an instant the terrified gin was Sc
eurciy bound and gagged. The man
with the revolver took the seat beside
her and drew down the curtains. and
10 deftiy and methodicnlly had the
conspirntors done their work. within
scarcely more time than II hns taken
20 tell II. the car was speeding In the
direction whence II came.
When the car finally stopped. the
man beside her threw open the door,
and. aided by the driver, removed
tho Eng and united the cords with
which she was bound. but the circu-
lafion had been checked no long that
her limbs refused to support her and
her captors had to assist her to the
ground There was no moon, but by
tbs faint light Of the stars she made
out that they had stopped In the
shadow Of n low. windowiess building,
evidently q storehouse Of some sort.
Mt the end Of long and disused pier,
THIS much she had time to see be-
fUre her cnptors, unlocking the door
pushed her inside. The feeble light OF
the lantern revealed the evil. cruel
faces OF Mahlln and Satsuma.
II wns Mahlln who broke the silence.
I'VE have brought you here In or
der to ask you some questions, Miss
Burke
"Whnt-what IL II that you want TO
known she asked, her voice trembling
In spite OF her effort TO control 1t.
Il want to know he said, advanc-
ing until his face was within a few
inches OF her and fixing her with his
stccly eyes what you have done with
the book on metallurgyr
II don't know what you
mean" sho stammcred.
YES you do" snarled Mahlln. "You
know the book ! mean-the one that
doctor handed you In the restaurant at
Sandsboro, before the earthquake"
-Oh. that book" said Cleo, obvious
~ surprised. "But there was nothing
In ito formula" mean.
mo matter about tho formula"
said Mahlln roughly. "Where is the
book now7 Who has TT"
IL suppose Lieutenant Hope has IT,"
sho answered. AT least he brought
IL back with him from Sandstone,
though | haven't seen It since"
t.II a,
manded Mahlln, SELLING her by the
shoulder and staring at her 80 closely
that she quailed.
"Of course, I'm telling you the
truth" she asserted with spirit.
Il am going to find out If you are"
God help you II you have lied to me,
young woman. II you have you'll wish
that you had never been born"
"Come along, Satsuma," he called
10 the Japanese. 1--WE must be get
ting back to town."
When Hope, returning to the hotel
with Johnstone, learned from the clerk
that Cleo had left an hour before, so
frantic was the young officer with
anxiety aud grief that for a time the
lawyer fearSd for his sanity. Bitterly
Hope approached himself.
BOS, despite his grief, he neglected
aOtIing which might lead to Cleo's
rescue He promptly communicated
NTH the police and within an hour n
score of plaiD-cloihes men were scour.
Ing the city.
"We're doing everything in our pow
er, Mr. Hope" the chief OF police as.
Eursd him, 81 have tifty men work.
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