The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-02-24

| While Boyle was seeking TO get ia
cobs out of the burning shack, sht
was speeding along the sand toward
the rock where she had left Lamar
and Mary.
Gordon. too, had profited nightly
by her delay. From the rocks he
made his way to the highroad that
led from Surfton to the city. An auto
truck, city-bound, chugged past. just
as he reached the road. With a 1.-THE
spring, he swung himself up to q
| precarlous seat at its tailboard.
AS she ran, June looked backward.
The shack was pillar of flame.
Presently, as she rounded the point,
she dropped to sedate walk. Mary
and Lamar were coming forward frons
the rock, to meet her. She forced her
labored breathing into some sort of
regularity and answered the eager
question in their eyes by calling out
to them:
Il was too late He had gotten
away. But I saw the detectives going
toward the shack. It seemed to be on
hre-Or-or something"
"A fire." echoed Lamar, looking
toward the smudge of smoke that be-
gan to crawl upward over the jutting
shoulder of the point. 'T should say
SO. And, look how everyone is run
ming! Let's go to see it,"
Lamar reached the scene of the
blaze to find a crowd already there.
The fire shared public attention with
two men, one of whom held the others
head on his knee.
Max shouldered his way through the
group that hemmed in these two.
Boyle looked up and recognized him.
Hes coming round, all right, Mr..
Lamar" he said. Smoke was too
much for him. Gee, but we had one |
queer time in that shack"
In the shack?" repeated Lamar.
You surely never went into that blaz- |
ing howell to look for your MANI"
1--WE sure did," responded Boyle.
Only it wasn't blazing then. We bust
in the door and started for an inner
door. And then a woman's hand stuck
out through the opening and-it had
4 lighted lamp. Threw the lamp at us
and"
"A woman?" questioned the amazed
lamar. "A woman-threw a lamp at
7ou?"
1T was woman, all right" insisted
Boyle. mo man ever had such a little
White hand. Besides"
Besides" gasped Jacobs feebly,
the hand had Red Circle on the
ack"
mol" gasped Lamar, dumfounded,
1credulous. mo! 1t couldn't have
cen! Not"
1T was, though" declared Boyle.
We both saw it. We"
Miss Travis!" broke in Lamar, as .
g caught sight Of June, who had Just
ONE up. do you hear this? These b
ZEN say a woman was in that shack
lat she threw lamp at them-that
lere was a Red Circle on her hand" Z
NO. real1y?" exclaimed June. "a q
the Red Circle-?"
She checked herself abruptly. La
ar's gaze was fixed on her own right q
and, carelessly displayed to his view. 81
er guilty glance fell to the back of b
n hand. 1t was snowy, velvety, al
apely. No sign of the Red Circle W
'Can-can you explain it?" she fall
red. Can you explain how wom- W
- with the Red Circle - could 10
ve-?"
NO he said brusquely, as he fought 81
shake off feeling of strange mis- th
lst that encompassed him. mo, I
Mt. IL can't!" ed
Then, with an effort, changing the m
bject, he went on: m
. My letter from Chief Allen begs me
come back to town and consult with IA
n on the Gordon case. l must catch De
noon train, if can. Good-by." M
Abruptly he turned away, ignoring pi
girls pretty gesture of farewell. GU
IL
ars. Travis came down to the beach, No
noont1de, in her car. On the front op
1t, beside the chauffeur, rode Yama. IL.
g tonneau was half filled with ham,
5 and baskets. MI
rom the table bowlder they had 81
'sen for their luncheon board ear VI
IN the morning June and Mary 'n'
we'd to Mrs. Travis az
Here" directed June, az the Jan a..
ne piodding up, here is the rock. ~,
ma. Spread the lunch there, and
the car cushions on those rows of 49,
mes to each side. Call US when ~
ire ready. And be ready as soon -.
you can. I'm starved Mrs. Travis 80 49,.
ats to see where the fire was this az
rning. We will be back in five min ~
$. Try to have everything on the TO- n
lie by that time" ~.
he three women strolled away. -
anna, as they left him, set to work r.
will to get the luncheon ready 49,
hin the brief five minutes allotted