Bisbee daily review., 1916-10-01


 But one point at issue is at least the safety of your daughter" contend ed Manley, remembering only too well ! the events of the immediate past
 And that, young man, is a responsi pility which still rests on my own shoulders" was Golden's curt retort as the new footman stepped into the room in answer to his summons. Tell Miss Margery to come here at once"
 As Margery quietly stepped into the room Golden stared at her for a mo . ment and then sank back into his chair.
 | What is the Spotted Warning?" he suddenly demanded.
 The girl, with her troubled eyes bent on the grim-lined face of her father, did not speak at once.
 "The Spotted Warning?" she re- peated, in a little more than a whis- per.
 Yes, what is that supposed to mean?"
 Tt is a warning of death was the girls quietly enunciated reply. Man ley could detect the tremor that sped through her body. And it means that you have been hearing from Legar again."
 But what does Legar mean by it?" asked Manley "Why should he use such a phrase?"
 Tt is a warning that comes to the l. 1hA 44 din If iC message of warning, spotted black. It is the last word they send. And have ] heard them say it has never failed never oncei" But the indomitable old fighter at the desk was once more on his feet That Sicilian black-magic stuff can't intimidate me- he thundered out.
 He turned to his daughter. Until this Calabrian brigand farce is played out, I'm going to send you into the country"
 But where are you sending meT asked the girl.
 I'm going to send you out to your Aunt Agatha's on Long Island! was his curt response as he swung about to his secretary. And while Mar gery's getting her things together, Manley, you send Train, the chauf- feur, here to me for his instructions.
 Manley, promptly crossing to the door. was startled to find the figure Of the new footman standing close beside 1t as 1t was swung open.
 Ten minutes later, when Manley re- turned to the library with Train at his heels, he found Enoch Golden staring down at a sheet of paper lying on his desk. At the center of this paper stood large black blot.
 Its the Spotted Warning said Golden, his heavy face furrowed with a trouble deeper than he was willing to admit But how, in Gods name, did it get here?"
 Manley, after staring at the strange ly-spotted sheet, stared even more in tently at the ceiling directly above the point where the paper lay on the desk top. A momentary look of satisfac- ton fitted across his face as Golden turned to him with a crisp command to precede Margery to Cedarton and there explain both the reasons for her visit and the precautions to be exer- cised during that visit.
 And as for you, Train continued the grim-eyed old millionaire, turning to his chauffeur, 'I want you to take my daughter out to Cedarton as quick iv as your car and the speed laws will let you carry her. There are special reasons for this. remember. And from inc moment you leave this house, don't let anything or anybody stop you.
 Thirty minutes later Margery Gold- eI. surrounded by her bags, sat back in the swaying automobile, puzzled over this new and unexpected turn in the tide of events. And as mile Dy mile swan by beneath the hurrying wheels, the keen-eyed man in the driv- ing seat found load lifted from ms own shoulders.
 Yet at the next turn in the road his liCht-heartedness suddenly departed HUH lidl Ai f~i- ACi N-a -.N took this turn ana speeded up along a dustless stretch of open highway. he saw a figure run out to the middle ot the road It was not the fact that this figure stood directly in his path that most disturbed him. 1t was the discovery, as he drew down on 10, that fhis figure wore yellow band of cloth across the eyes. with a moon shaped apron falling almost to the end of the nose, that brought the redoubt- able Train heart suddenly dp in his mouth. But even while that figurL remained stubDornly and directly II. ms path, motioning for him to stop. he remembered his orders. Instead 0. slackening his speed. in fact. he iri creased it. increased it to the iimIe of the engine power. And he would surely nave ridden down tbat would be mterceptor had not the latter, af the iast moment. leaped quickly asidc.
 Nargery Golden, as he did so, hali rose n her seat, for she too. hat caught sight of that mysteriousis shdloWcd iace.
 But hat was the Laughing Mask sire cried aloud in wonder as Cnes