Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-30

Saturday matinee and night.
Continued from previous issue.)
The thin-armed girl with the thick
bodied revolver then crept back to.
wards the cellar. She had reached the
top of the stairs when she saw a dark
figure slowly emerge from the gloom
Then q gasp of surprise broke from
her lips, for she saw it was the one
armed workman from the Applewaithe
factory. And the next moment she re-
membered that this was the same man
who had tried TO rob her father of his
work. And she no longer hesitated.
Get out o. this house," she COM
manded. And get out quick, or I'll
put hole clean through youl"
For moment Legar stared round.
eyed at the apparition confronting
him.
Now, my girl, mean no harm for
you here" he tried to argue, as he felt
for the door behind him.
You mean harm for me father
and that's enough for mel Get out O.
here, and go while the COINS good!"
Listen to me-" persisted Legar as
he backed through the door, you're
doing your father more harm, at this
very moment, than l could ever do
him"
IN take me chance on that" was
her retort.
But you're losing your chance.
you're"
Legar did not complete that sen.
tence. Instead, he leaped suddenly to
wards the girl with the firearm, for
he had noticed her dress sleeve catch
in the screen-door hook. This had re-
suited in the momentary DETECTION OF
that ever-menacing revolver barrel
and Legar's long fingers had encom-
passed that weapon before she could
level it again. With a quick turn or
two he had twisted it out of her hand.
Then he caught her by the shoulder
and swung her fiercely about.
Now, my girl, I'm going to tell you
thing or two" said the man with the
revolver, STOPPING closer to her in the
moonlight. you think I'm an enemy
OF your fathers. But you're wrong.
All am is treasury agent And I've
been wondering if you know how many
years it means for a man who gets
caught in a twenty thousand-dollar
dope-smuggling COUP"
Legar turned and nodded pregnantly
toward the cellar where he knew
O'Mara to be.
You've nothin' on me father," pro-
tested the now terrified girl.
Nothing beyond the fact, of course,
that he's carrying Kaisow wood away
from the Applewaithe factory. And
why he's doing that you know as well
as / dol"
A sob suddenly shook the meager
body of the white-faced girl.
For Gawd's sake, mister, gather me
In if you want to-! Take me, but don't
send me father up, He's a good man
at heart, and wouldn't so much as
harm a fly! You can kill me if you
want to, but don't be hard on me ia
theri"
Legar stood thoughtfully regarding
her.
Il don't want to kill you, my girl.
want to help you. And if you're willing
to take turn at helping me, in a
move or two, l believe / could stnl
make this thing come out all right"
You'll let me father OFF," she de-
manded.
eyes"
Then tell me what I'm to do"
you remember that young lady at
the works this morning, who nearly
got drawn into the machinery"
"The skirt with the starry eyes?
Sure!"
We'll, 1 want to meet that young
lady, in secret"
And where do / come in?"
Il want you to go to her house and
ask her to come to the sluiceroom of
the factory tomorrow night"
Il can see that millionaire dame
losin' her beauty sleep to beat it out
to a dye dump like thisi"
Then it's up to you to take her
there" was Legar's retort.
But amt no miracle worker!"
Legar drew back.
"Then our bargain is to fall
through" he demanded, with a head
movement towards the cellar door.
But howm l goin' to make her
Gomez" inquired the distressed girl
Legar drew out the gold locket which
he had picked up from the factory
floor
This dropped from her throat when
you tore her cape free this morning.
Take that to her. Tell her you'd found
It after she left She'll feel sorry for
you In fact, you've got to make her
feel sorry for you. You'd better try a
faint, when you're talking to her, and
tell her you haven't eaten for couple
of days. She'll try to give you money
But you must tell her that your moth
er is worse off than you are"
But s'posin' she won't swallow that
sob stuff"
It's up to you to make her And
the best way to get her out here is to
persuade her to fill a basket of food
and wine and bring it back with her
in her own car. She knows you belong
to the factory settlement here, and
she won't be suspicious. You do your
work right, and you'll have her here
Tomorrow night "