Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-07-06

But one point at issue is at leas
| the safety of your daughter" contend
ed Manley, remembering only too wei
the events of the immediate past.
And that, young man, is RESPONSE
bility which still rests on my owl
shoulders" was Golden's curt retort al
the new footman stepped into the
room in answer to his summons. "Tel
Miss Margery to come here at once"
AS Margery quietly stepped into the
room Golden stared at her for a mo
ment and then sank back into his
chair.
What is the Spotted Warning?" he
suddenly demanded.
The girl, with her troubled eyes bent
on the grim-lined face Of her father,
did not speak at once.
1.-THE Spotted Warning?' she re-
peated, in a little more than a whis-
per.
Yes, what is that supposed to
mean"
1T is a warning of DEATH" was the
girls quietly enunciated reply Man
ley could detect the tremor that sped
through her body. And it means that
you have been hearing from Legar
again!"
But what does Legar mean by 2"
asked Manley. why should he use
such phrase?"
ut is a warning that comes to the
person who is about to die. 1t is a
message of warning, spotted black. 1t
is the last word they send. And have
heard them say it has never failed
never once!"
But the indomitable old fighter at
the desk was once more on his feet.
THAT Sicilian black-magic stuff
can't intimidate me-" he Numbered
out.
He turned to his daughter. Until
this Calabrian brigand farce is played
out, I'm going to send you into the.
country"
But where are you sending me?"
asked the girl.
I'm going to send you out to your
Aunt Agatha's on Long Island!" was
his curt response as he swung about
to his secretary. And while Mar
gerys getting her things together,
Marley, you send Train, the chauf-
feur, here to me for his instructions.
Manley, promptly crossing to the
door, was startled to find the figure of
the new footman standing close beside
it as it was swung open.
Ten minutes later, when Manley re-
turned to the library with Train at his
heels, he found Enoch Golden staring |
down at sheet of paper lying on his
desk. At the center Of this paper
stood large black blot.
ITS the Spotted Warning" said
Golden, his heavy face furrowed with
a trouble deeper than he was willing
to admit. "But how, In Gods name,
did it get here?"
Manley, after staring at the strange
y-spotted sheet, stared even more in
.ently at the ceiling directly above the
point where the paper lay on the desk
.op. A momentary look Of satisfac-
ion fitted across his face as Golden
urned to him with crisp command
o precede Margery to Cedarton and
here explain both the reasons for her
yisit and the precautions to be exer-
Used during that visit.
"And as for you, Train continued
he grim-eyed old millionaire, turning
O his chauffeur, II want you to take
ny daughter out to Cedarton as quick
y as your car and the speed laws will
ct you carry her. There are special
easons for this, remember. And from
he moment you leave this house, don't
ct anything or anybody stop YOU"
Thirty minutes later Margery Cold
n, surrounded by her bags, sat back
n the swaying automobile, puzzled
yer this new and unexpected turn
n the tide of events. And as mile by
lille swan by beneath the hurrying
heels, the keen-eyed man in the driv {
1g seat found load lifted from mis-
WIN shoulders. s
Yet at the next turn in the road his J
ght-heartedness suddenly departed g
-om that keen-eyed driver. For as he s
box this turn and speeded up along s
dustless stretch of open highway, 6
e saw figure run out to the middle |
nthe road 1t was not the fact that I
lis figure stood directly in his path | q
1at most disturbed him. 1t was the b
iscovery, as he drew down on 1t, i
lat this figure wore yellow band Of 1
10Th across the eyes, with a moon
1aped apron falling almost to the end v
the nose, that brought the redoubt- 4
BILE Trains heart suddenly up in his s
Iouth. But even while that figure a
,mained stubbornly and directly in r.
Is path, motioning for him to stop, h
3 remembered his orders. Instead Of :.
ackening his speed, in fact, he in 2
'eased it, increased 1t to the limit 8
the engines power And he would n
rely have ridden down that would
9 interceptor had not the latter, at
lie last moment leaped quickly aside.
Margery Golden, as he did so, half O
,se in her seat, for she, too, had a
aught sight of that mysteriously- \