The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-22


tightly bound feet and elbows as .
means of locomotion, through the con-
Meeting door and gradually arrived at
the omen window. BY ingenuity OIL eI-
fort he raised his body to positioh
where he could sit upon the window
sill. His hand struck against a piece
OF glass that remained undisturpeu' ~
the low corner of the sash, and AZ
though his fingers were painfully cut,
the incident gave him an idea thal
worked eventually to his release anu
freedom Of action.
/ By Saving" the strands against the
| sharp edge Of the broken glass, Luhu
| soon cut the rope that bound MS
hands. In a twinkling he had released
his feet from their lashings, and was
out of the window in another instant.
The girl, meanwhile, had run to the
gate. The report of Chockro's revolv-
err had warned her Of her continued
danger, and when she almost stumbled
over the body of the gardener the ter
rifying sight completely unneryed her.
She shrieked at the top of her voice
and, turning abruptly, ran toward the
dense wood that surrounded the house
and grounds.
Fate played strange prank with
the girl, for as she ran wildly among
the trees, Peg felt the symptoms OF the
affiictlon she had inherited. Inc
strange spell began to overcome her,
and under it's influence she ran on I'M
til she stumbled and fell.
Chockro and his pal, from their hid
ing place among the trees, heard the
girl scream, and running in the d.
rection from which the piercing
shricks seemed to come, they caught
sight Of the circus girl as she ran
among the. trees. Young Lund also
heard Peg shrek, and, he, too made
haste to investigate.
Lund ran to the front gate and saw
the body of the gardener as it lay upon
the ground.
Suspecting Chockro to be response
BILE, and believing also that Peg was
in the near vicinity, presumably at the
mercy of the Hindu, young Lund ran
around the house and back and forth
among the shrubbery and hedges in
the hope of catching sight of the girl.
Utterly nonplused, the young doc
tor stood still and looked about him
helplessly. In that instant there came
| family to his ears Pegs cries as she
ran wildly through the woods. Lund
| bounded away, guided only by Pegs
shrieks, that came to him from vary
ing directions as the girl dashed on
ward.
But Chockro and his fellow thug
also took their bearings from Pegs
cries, and being nearer her, were able
to catch glimpses of her as she fled
among the trees. Under the strange
spell, the girl screamed and ran.
Finally, in her mad fight, Peg
reached the edge of the woods. Be
fore her was wide stretch of level
ground that ended at the top Of a
steep precipice. Far out before her
spread the waters of the ocean.
While these stirring events were
transpiring, there was a motley pro-
cession of circus people hurrying along
the country road, following the direc-
ton young Lund had taken In his
chase after the Hindu and his prey.
Old Flip, half mad with apprehension
and suffering intense pain from his in
jured foot, hobbled over the ground
as fast as he could aided by crutch.
The group broke into separate
searching parties and scurried through
the grounds. One of the clowns dis
covered the shattered window, and
climbing through, was Mortified to see
fresh blood streaking the window cas-
ing. The ropes that young Lund had
sawed" from his hands were living
upon the floor.
Family to the ears of one of the
searching party came Pegs screams.
Hurrying to report the incident, the
circus folks were called together. Again
Pegs screams came to their ears. and
liking the general direction from
which the sound arose, the crowd Of
show folk dashed OF through the
woods, eager to solve the mystery
which seemed to surround them.
Unaware that help was SO near. the
sadly beset circus girl was at that mo-
ment In the gravest danger. During
her flight through the woods, the at-
tack OF her strange malady had passed
away, and when Peg fell to the ground
near the edge of the cliff the shock
brought her to complete sensibility.
She was dazed for an instant as she
raised her body to a sitting position
upon the ground.
The sound of hurrying footsteps. as
Chockro and his man crunched rho. d.,
twlgs under their shoes, attracted
Pegs attention. When she loolsad
around and saw the Hindu rushing ia
ward her, the terror of her position ol-
most made her faint. But she rose.
lutely controlled herself and faead az