The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1916-07-20

| Helen and Seagrue. In the garden.
Ward and Adams, watching intently.
saw his silhouetted figure on the low
cred curtain.
And Storms trifing act OF hospital
| ity was to prove his salvation and
Seagrue's undoing. Having seen that
the punch bowl was nearly empty he
excused himself and stepped into the
next room to summon a maid to refill
| it, The door of this room-a break
| fast room-opening on the garden.
stood. for the evening. ajar. The
maid. reaching up on the sideboard for
napkin, when Storm spoke to her.
let it fall from her hand as she turned.
The white square OF linen, partly I'M
folded. futtered to the ground.
Where she stood. the maid could
not be seen from Wards hiding place
in the garden. Only the figure OF
Storm beside her was visible and the
highwayman mistook his figure for
Seagrue's. When the napkin tluttered
to the floor. Ward. mstaking it for the
handkerchief. watched intently the
two silhouetted figures in the con-
servatory.
Seagrue, at Helen's side. rose to
his feet. Two shots rang through the
night air. Seagrue. stricken, clutched
his heart. With a CHASTITY expression
he looked at Helen. And as she
screamed he clutched at his heart
again and fell headlong to the floor.
Helen's frantic cries brought
crowd to the conservatory doors.
Storm, nearest at hand, held back the
others and entered the room first. He
turned. lifted Seagrue from the floor
and asked for doctor. Helen. half
hysterical. told where the shots had
come and Storm. followed by her. ran
out into the garden.
The murderers had made good their
escape. Hurrying TO where their ma
chine was hidden. they jumped into It
and started at breakncck speed for
Oceanside. 1t was Spikes keen ear
that detected the faint lum OF their
motor. They're making thei" getaway
in car" he cried. II we are to get
them. we've got to work quick
Communicating the first car parked
In the driveway and accompanied by
Helen and storm, Spike drove rapidly
down the highway after the fleeing
taxicab. No lights were visible on Il.
but some moonlight made II possible
to follow the murderers accurately.
Below the bridge at Signal. the high.
way, turning sharply, crossed the rail.
road. II Is a bell crossing and the sig
nails were ringing for the Oceanside
express when Ward and Adams. look.
ing behind at the headlights OF Spikes
car. saw they were hotly pursued.
They opened fire with their revolvers
on the pursuing car. but Helen, Storm
and Spike. keeping under cover as
best they could, did not slacken speed.
Tho criminals thus pressed saw there
was chance to put the railroad
! crossing between them and their pur-
suers. The express was close upon
them, but desperate men cannot be
| chooscrs. Ward took a chance. Crowd
ing his machine to the limit, he tried
for the crossing ahead OF the train.
The engineer seeing n collision un-
avoidable. checked his train heavily.
1t was too late. The engine was al.
most on the tayicab and the next in.
slant the pilot, striking It squarely In
the middle. threw the heavy limousine
NIFTY feet In the air. When Helen,
Storm and Spike reached the spot. tho
engineer was backing down to hives.
tigate the catastrophe.
Lanterns and scarchlIghts were
brought into play where the moon left
the landscape In shadow. Adams
body was found In borrow pit. The
shock had killed him. Ward, alng
against tree. lay at the foot OF Il,
mutlla'ed beyond recognition.
In uelen's conservatory doctor
bent over scagruc. bu, tho wre,ched
victim Of his own criminal In,cn, lay
quito dead
Tho sun rose happily after the
events OF that tragic night, II rose
nowhere on two people more gra,e-
ful Tor their escape from assasaIna.
ton than Helen and Storm. Within
the following week tho guests OF tina,
| night. had they been gifted with VI.
sion. might have seen Spike sca,cd.
book in hand. IN tho garden, reading
an account Of n marriage ceremony.
In It, surrounded BY her friends and
given away by her foster uncls. Anos>
Rh'nelander. Helen had become The
wife OF George Storm.
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