The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1916-08-05
FOURTEENTH EPISODE
The Unmasking.

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strange mood OF happiness, as UNI
reasoning as IL was inexplicable,
Seemed to have taken possession OF
Margery Golden. A less timorous light
shone from the depths OF her pool
brown eyes AT all times or the day.
too, she could be heard singing about
the house. @ Nf
This hayward blitheness OF spirit
was something more than a puzzle TO
her heavy-browed father, who found
little in the situation Immediately con-
fronting him to cause him any undue
iightness or heart. For that situation
had Unexpectedly taken on the form
OF defeat.
After all Jules Legars campaign for
the possession OF that pregnant scrap
OF parchment which carried the key
to the secret OF the lost treasure OF
Windward island, the long-foughtfor
document had suddenly disappeared
from the Golden vault. And all evil
dence pointed TO the fact that n was
the Laughing Mask who had stolen
the chart and cipher code from the
safe
Golden was In the midst of his
second conference with the russell
faced Captain Brackett OF the head
- quarters staff. when a telephone call
came for that official. The talk over
the wire was one-sided. Then with
great elaboration the Official hung
up the receiver and swung about to
Enoch Golden.
.'weH. we've got your Laughing
Mask for you"
You've got him?" repeated Golden.
our man Walcott located him by
trailing his chauffeur And before
nightfall we can have him rounded
up"
Where was he foundg
lust where you'd least expect q
man or that character TO be found,
He's hiding In ave In the Hudson
Palisades. not ten miles from where
we're sittiAg at the moment, Just above
Coleman's village. And the TACT hes
ducked TO a Malina like that bears
out what we've always claimed, that
he's as big a crook as this Iron Claw
himself. For honest men don't crawl
into river cavesl'
Golden was about to reply In the al
firmative TO this self-obvious statement
when he was interrupted by the en-
trance OF his daughter.
But supposing our fugitive" said
the sereneeyed girl as she smiled
down on the somewhat startled police
captain, had enemies who seemed at
= the moment stronger than he was and
Mt the same time found himself In pos
session OF something which II was es-
sential that he should guard? Wouldn't
Il seem natural for him to no where
he'd be least likely to be foundg'
The russet.faced captain blinked
stolidly up at her.
when an honest man has some
Khing itlseems dangerous TO hold, ne
goes to the police for protection, When
a crook has made haul. and 10 snaky
about losing his swag, he beats II TO
his MaIina, to his fence, the same as
your friend the Laughing Mask has
donel And the sooner we get the
wheels moving and root that masked
grounding out OF his dugout the bet
teri"
a:Sl I'm ready announcer - ~
With a gasp OF sudden resolution
Margery rang the bell, called for her
ROAD AR. and struggled into her hat
and Sbat, as she ran down the sand
stone steps TO the street.
She sped on through the city at q
rate that was an open and obvious
violation OF all the speed laws. She
laughed rebelliously as. once free or
the congested ferry traffic. she swung
lightly past the car m which she be-
helaher own astounded father decor
ouely seated. giving him her dust ms
slh mounted to the crest OF the Jersey
hills and struck the road leading north
ward along the wide-bosomed river.
Then as she swung past still an
other hurrying car the smile sudden
ly died from her face. For she felt
sure that one OF the faces in that car