Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-12-23

II ala clad you have come back to
me- she said softly.
An amused smile lowered about Raw
engar's face. I'm glad you are glad.
little one" he answered lightly.
It'll warrant you won't leave again
In hurry" cried the woman In fury.
which was accentuated by Ravengar's
knocking bow. She pressed her bell.
Two attendants entered promptly.
Lock him in the strong ROOM" she
announced.
They frisked Ravengar hurriedly for
weapons. but found nothing. Then.
selling him, one by either arm, they
hurried him toward the door.
The strong room was in the hallway
outside Bianca's boudoir. In this room
were stored Bianca's stolen goods I'M
| til they could be disposed Of. AS her
plumber was considerable, it was a
large room. 1t was built into the WALL
and was, to all appearance, one with
1t, so that its discovery on the part OF
anyone who did not suspect it's exis-
tence would be practically impossible.
But the wooden exterior Of the door
was lined with a steel jacket, the walls
We're of steel, and the ceiling also.
There was, in short, no possibility for
anyone, securely shut In it, to escape.
"This time I've got you" soiloquized
Blanca as the men went upstairs with
their prisoner.
Meanwhile Ravengar accompanied
his captors quietly to the door of the
strong room. They thrust him inside.
II guess this will hold him." said
one to the other, leisurely turning the
knob to the proper combination.
"If 1t won't, there's nothing WILL"
answered the other.
They locked the door and went back
to announce to Blanca the fulfillment
of their mission.
Upstairs Leontine found herself u
prisoner In an ordinary bedroom. 1t
was preferable being here to being q
prisoner of Sebastian.
She loathed him, and she would new.
er set eyes on hm again. save at the
moment when she could wiring the
secret from him. And more and more
she was coming to believe that In
Ravengar lay the key to the mystery.
He had come back, he had been in
Biuncas house when she was brought
thppa Ia +n aiJ IN
consciously she spoke his name.
"At your service, Leontine," an
sWered the well-known voice; and
Ravengar stepped out from behind the
curtains that hung before the win.
dow.
BE brave and all will come out
WELL" he said. 1.-THE play is nearly
ended. may have to leave you alone
again, but never fear. The memory OF
Jerry will support you in every dan.
ger"
Suddenly the door opened On the
threshold stood Blanca. AS she caught
sight of Ravengar her eyes blazed with
passion, and her voice shook as she
asked:
what are you doing here? How
did you get here?'
Ravengar made his courtly hooking
bow, and replied: "My dear lady, to
be here is the only reason why | re-
turned to your hospitable house"
Blanca turned to her men, who were
behind her. Take him away" she
cried, stamping furiously.
They seized Rayengar and ran him
down the stairs toward the strong
room again, Blanca following, pouring
out her wrath and fury against them.
How did he get aWay?" she cried.
1--WE locked him In"
You are lying. There is no way of
getting out of the strong room if the
combination is set properly"
one of the men turned upon her.
Say, madame, guess you know there
amt no locks can hold him." he re-
torted.
Ravengar, meanwhile, thrust into
the dark room, leaned back smiling
against the wall. His mockery made
Blanca almost frantic
You are pack Of fools ~ she cried.
'Pll set the combination this time"
And, samming the heavy door, she
adjusted her lock and clicked it. She
,allgd her men to her room.
See that there is no further trouble
With that woman upstairs" she said
significantly. Make clean job of it,
md, when you are through, you can
AIRY her out of the old waterway
ate"
Without conjunction the two men