The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-01-05

lighted with tho interest his word
evoked An ON tho back of hi,
hand they was a big red ring. like (
was painted there"
The Red Circle!" muttered La
mar, and Just then he found tho RIM
of the %trapdoor.
Then he paused, as II in thought
Presently he tool out one of his card,
aud scrubbed or IL Need Aid. Fol
low Boy"
Take this card to the first police
man YOU can ind" he said. Lead
him hero, and then go somewhere and
have an ice cream cono dcbauch
Hurry now! Chase"
As Spudsy scampered on on his mis-.
sion Max Lamar drew his revolver
and stepped down through the trap.
door into the passage beyond.
Along that same passageway. not
five minutes carter, Circle Jim Bor.
den had propelled his drunken son.
Through what seemed 20 Ted a mile
Of underground wanderings. they sped
At last. Jim had pushed upward. An.
other trapdoor had yielded to the push.
and the fnther and son had crawled
out of the passage into a poorly fur.
nished aud illlighted room.
4 bedroom adjoined this first dusty
apartment. These rooms had for
years been Jim Pordcn's unsupported
hiding place.
Jim partly led. partly carried him
into the adjoining bedroom and threw
him heavily upon the cot. which. with
n chair, formed the rooms sole fur.
nishing. Ted took scant note Of his
surroundings and was soon In n drunk
en- sleep.
Jim. spent with his run. collapsed
upon tho rickety chair beside the cot
and looked down In gloomy disgust
upon his snoring son.
The last OF the B~ordens'" he
mused. I'VE two. NV son andiI |
hoped was fool enough TO hope
hack there In that hell OF a living
tomb-that Ted might redeem Us.
That he nigh, prove to be the saliva.
ton OF our name And nova thief
The cheapest. mcancst. lowest type OF
thief There's no hope The sooner
the liordens go. the sooner a menace
To society will be done away with. We
must go: he and !"
With fingers that did not tremhle.
he turned IN the SOLITARY gas Jet:
then. with n last ooh at the sleep.
ing boy. he left the room. closing the
door behind him.
He will never know" muttered
nordcn. as he came out into the other
room "FIo will die in his sleep Gas
Is mcrcifully painless. And now it's
my turn My own-turn A quick.
or death and less easy 90 bear than"
lie checked himself the big shout
dcrs tensing head thrust forward.
eyes allght For. almost under his
feet. he heard n muNncd sound Of some.
n stumbling in tho dark
Borden understood Ills secret hid.
inr place had been discovered
Noiselessly, he slipped 10 tho tran
door. and stood crouching and alert
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II was lifted from below.
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