The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-11-11

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For one moment The girl sat silent.
breathing quick through parted Iils.
Yes. I'll bring il. She at last said
over tn" wire. Then she sat motion
less, with her hands gripping The Gr-n
edge for several minutes. Whom She
moved it was with tho guiohlvss IF d
sudden and cl"ar-cut decision.
Give me police headquarters" sue
called out as she caught NJ tn" re-
C"iyer The next minute she WAS "N-
planning to the desk official at Center
street the news Of Lcgar's latest
threat and the need Of forcs,aiiiuE IT,.
Then, after another interval of stU!l-
Gus thought, she crossed TO the vault
and began hurried search for the
document which Legar had described
as being stored away there.
She found it at last, in a package Of
faded deeds and papers to do with
Windward island, and while one
glance at it persuaded her that it was
indeed u chart Of the island, the fact
that it represented only oue-half Of
this island tended to convince her that
Legar had spoken the truth.
But she had no time To deliberate
over that discovery. for her next
move, she felt. should be to call the
servants and warn them against any
midnight intrusiOns. with probably
Wilson himself posted as an armed
guard until the police arrived.
She crossed to the rosewood desk to
carry out this plan, and her finger
was even extended to press the bell
button when a sudden soft move
ment at her shoulder caused her 10
swing sharply about.
Confronting her, with a slightly tri-
umphant smile on his deep-scarred
face, stood Legar himself.
IL am intruding. | know" he began
in his suavely acidulated tones, but
there was a possibility, you see. of
your friends in uniform interrupting
our meeting beside the Soldiers mon
ument."
The girls fingers. as she edged
away along the desk. closed determin-
eddy on the scrap of MANILA paper
still held in her hand. The vault door,
she saw, was also still open. But that
was not the thought troubling her.
The vague fear at the back of her
mind was whether or not she was too
late to save Dave Manley from the
danger threatening MIN. And she
edged still farther away.
Her movement was arrested by the
ringing Of the telephone bell close be-
side her. AS she stood watching Lee
gar that call was repeated, again and
again
Answer that phone!" he suddenly
commanded.
The next moment a gseat load
seemed to lift suddenly from her
heart, and a renewed wave of audacity
swept through her body, for the voice
that spoke to her over the wire was
the triumphant voice OF Manley him
self. Manley declaring that he was
free and that he would hurry back as
fast as wheels could carry him.
who spoke them" cried Legar, his
face clouded by a move which appar
emily was an unexpected one from his
standpoint But the wine OF hope now
singing through the girls veins made
her more crafty, more ready to face
Legar with his own weapons. Instead
of answering him her hand moved out
TO the bell button, for with the ring
ing of that bell, she felt. would surely
come help. And once the slip OF ma
nilla was back in the vault, and tho
door locked, she now had little to feal
from Legar. SO when she fell back
as he sprang forward to strike hel
hand from the bell, she saw that hel
retreat lay in the direction OF the
vault door
Her pursuer. however. was in nj
mood for equivocation. He seemed
suddenly to foresee her intention Fol
without warning he leaped towards
her, as an animal leaps for its prey
And with one sweep of his manned
arm the iron hook at its end wa:
shared deep in the folds of her cloth
ing.
Give me that map" he said. in
voice husky with blind and unreason
ing rage.
Margory Golden, however, had n
intention OF giving him the map il
question. She fought against him
with all the strength at her command
knowing that any moment now woult
bring the needed help.
But Legar. with his hand on he
throat, hurled her back against tn
heavy vault door, shook her as a tel
rier shakes a rat, snatched the yelloy
sheet from her fingers, flung her STAG
gering into the nav of the open vault
and with throaty and beastlike CT
of triumph swung the great steel doc
shut, even as the partly-dressed Wi
son ran gaping in through the librar
door. Yet Legar took time to thrOv
back the tumbler lever and spin tn
dial before turning to confront tina
wide-eyed servant Then, hearin
other approaching steps, he dow
through the second door. scurried Xix
pelted hound through shadow
rooms. slipped eel-like through
quickly opened window and escape
to the street.
There he ran for a rk-bodiad ca
standing in the deep tree shadow
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