The Washington times., 1916-09-10
of the Series of Sunday Times Stories BEATRICE FAIRFAX

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sortuns,e for o.,,isrd and bis coun,.r.
fulnss. ia him 10 hide both h,s nyison-
ara in ~. .sma nlsce Do sfter ba had
Knocked John senseIess. he carried h,s
s second victim tnro9en me e. s',a,nn a pshnel: panel
Jean was i'm prisoned'
He dro,ned bis mnconscious burden "A
the fooy with Indifference Al treat A.
n he were mereiv csstins a 'los of wood
aside, locked the door behind him and
connssrs CJ OF dnn ne Gthn,s sGI nu sny % .ien ~
rscognition ~ tba naInits ling ~irl who
had iumned 10 her feet WITH a cry at
nrst Siimpse Of the burden he was car.
A Jr.c for w.t.r
n obc lot "ster'
taIlard had shown certain humane
ness In his treatment OF his prisoner In
that he had given Jean food and water.
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"Ater' ana began her eirorts 10 reVNe
nsr or. beloved. s ,..,
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h,. o.. -. .ss.r..
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ana stared AT her with thst ouser look
unbelieving people sometimes show
when waking from inconsistencies
m9ment later inc iovers .ounI
whm., n.I,,.ra rs.nbsd ~. co,,rt.rfsit-
ers' den he switched Off the light in the
little room where he had left his prison
ers. He meant to make them utterly
ne,pIess WINE ne was oeeio'ns upo"
Now when Jimmy left me and crept
to the cellar he found some strange
plotting going on there. The very first
thing he heard was Gaillard's voice
calling to his men in fearsome words:
20 to the pen"
A second later Gailiard. followed by
his three fellow conspirators, crossed
the room very quietly and stood listen
ing at the door.
Then suddenly he cautiously opened
the door an inch and looked through.
threatsn,naIy and MiIea and A pretty
i iisbt.Ssired girl Who Jimmy guessed
~ once was the missing Jean, we're
covering away from It.
A Sinister Plot.
r,. ,,r,n,v ..,y IN. co,nterf,,,ers
Inen JIMMY saw e -. go.
making certain preparations whinh iait-
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,car,hE snps OF pspe, ,n'' h.t
,chs'nn a"u oioppnt m" ",.s ,o
Jimmy knew that that simple proceed
ing had very sinister portent--evident-
iy they were going to draw lots--ond
,ho Iosor would he amounted tn ID
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such dangerous information to disserni-
,,,e
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s;nnis Ssna"d he % cou;a hsrSIv None 70
nsnage Ih .ne s Iour 1esperaTUys' is,i hsir 5r 20
mmsen ne mm,nur&en & q mfle H ?SpIaa.
~ ,,Ia nssinss ,,r 1o", ss, hrU,. ',,iS
a. .;.nd Nu, ,non IN" your Ssn, snd nc; iins a
s.amo ,. upon your ieet ana act IKE =
'',Th. Th.r. , .,n.,. y,or.,, wh.,
r,,n,,, ,or. ,.a, h', ;iios I,,,,riteH M
ewss b.d e,,mns.J hir, i,'si,inn n fTe
biackness Of he room bewsrd' He
named emotion pass over Miies' face,
and then he dismissed Il hoDeiessly.
PLAYING IL alone" p peainst four men
with murder In their hearts WASN'T any
chnTgc.. shhing less SIS, % fham taxing desrersde ad
" inrcnuousness OF countenance and
, IN spite Of the cheerful grin which
snp'y couioh Keep away from MS
Now he re,chcd throneh The cr.ch In
the doorway and pressed The electric
switch. .
=, IN one second GaiIiard realized thai
;ip his gun to aim n and jimmy made
his plans to fight It out alone.
But In another second John Miles put
ms own plans into action. He leaped
across the room with panther-like
speed; the gun IN Gaillard's hand fell
70 tne rioor with a crash. and the
ceounterieiters re-enforcements sprang
forward Al that point Mr.. Barton en-
tered the fray and the lights switched
on asain on scene such as had never
/ oerpre Witnessed
Ihere were men rolling about on the
Iloor' sp,tting and snarling like Wild
catsi All the animal instinct OF hu-
fiEht. ''' ~ '"' '''s !"
when ! crept down the dark and
narrow stairway In search OF Jimmy
heu expected almost anything sinister
| this prin,itive ro;,1h ana t,'I,hss etS, ~
with human bodies thuddjnS ovsy
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