The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-02-12

mo, I'm not
Look at your hand" said Mary
.tersely.
Startled. June obeyed. The Red
Circle giared back at her with malevo.
lent intensity. Just for . second her
face clouded. Then tho same. queer.
mischievous smile returned.
We'll, what OF NT' she challenged.
You know Mary answered. sim.
ply. Come into the house with me
before you get into n trouble, dear"
Il don't want to-"
Please. I'm 30 worried, pot"
oh. all right. Only don't look %
distressed"
Upstairs, Juno entered her room and
ran TO the window. The organ grind.
or had moved OF Of sight. A strange.
sickeninG sensation came over her
rs she thought Of him aud his treat.
ment Of the monkey.
On a little table near the window
a small pair Of scissors caught the
sun and reflected the light, so that
II dazsled the eyes. June caught sight
OF them. She picked them IN quickly
and slipped them. ALMOST %involuntsrily
into the pocket OF her dress. Then
she reached for a small sport hat that
was ly!nS on n chair and ran out OF
the room. closing the door behind her.
On the sand. leaning against a pile,
under tho pier, sat the Italian organ
grinder sound asleep-his old. bat.
taIAA nr0nn eSatnaA ,.x A..fl. ks,.
The monkey. sitting on hts lap. pulled
restlessiy at HIS coat
The man walked stupidity for the
fraction Of q second. cuned the mon.
Key over the head. forced him down
on hts lap again and went back to
sleep.
Tune crept around. under the pier.
keeping well behind him until she
made sure that he was really asleep
not shammine. Very cautiously
she dropped to her knees and crawied
toward the organ.
With remarkable rapidly she un
buckled the broad. tough strap that
was attached TO II and got on her
feet. Then h listened to the ltal
ians loud breathing. before she
moved forward quietly until she
stood directly behind the pile against
which he was leaning.
There was no feer on her face
Only caution and a certain cunning
bcldness. Stealthily. she slipped the
strap around the sleeping mans body
drawing II back behind the pile. She
put the eyelet end through the buckle
but did not fasten II. Then sle put
the scissors on the sand beside her.
Having proceeded so far success
fully. she thought for an instant, try
Ing to determine what her next move
would be. Picking up the scissors
she slipped her right hand around the
pile and started TO cut tho monkey
rope. close to the Italians hand. The
monkey. sensing that q deliverer had
comc. laid his little face against he's
hand. softly.
June pushed him back gently. The
scissors were dull. The rope wa
tough. The effort to cut Il brought
the blood to her hand. Slowly. the
Italian blinked his eyes and opened
them.
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.,,ony yo,n. hsna -,a,d,r- .,,,,.r
ing canon. HsIeconsc,ous he
shuddered inwsrdly. In his night
mare. someone VAS vortins out 9
yendet,a-succes.fuiiv Ui. ava,
closed Tho n, tho dream
xas ton m,,ch sor him hovever n,
onened mem asain This tina all he
could ree was A rins Of scarlet-au
omen Of eternal b,oodshed
s,rr,d Nth .,..r r.. moa. . h.,,
attempt 10 All erect. ON the ,nstan,
June pu,,ed he s,rap ,irb, with no,
Ieft hand. buckle N. seized the mon
nav with the rirht and sped on down
the beach. the cut rope trailing be
J hind ber
On the edge of the sand. an ole
woman IN blsck sbastlv male and net
ri6ed with fear. watched her 20.
STRAINED 40 the pile. the Italian
was Kicking up an awful row.
In the distance. Juno ran into IN,