The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-04-01
FIFTH EPISODE
THE INTERVENTION OF TITO

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David Manley was not altogether
proud OF his days work AS he sat
tied and bound on the rough brick
floor beneath the Owls Nest that once
fiippant young man even ac.
knosledged that things looked rather
bad for him. lie had been made a
prisoner The iron claw of Legar had
reached suddenly out and closed about
him.
But David Manley did not altogether
give up. As he lay there, sore In body,
but even more battered in mind, he
still spasmodically struggled with the
cords that held him hand and foot
The solitude OF that unsayory den
did not add to his comfort The mere
fact that Legar could see fit to leave a
prisoner thus unguarded impressed
the prisoner with the fact that his one
armed enemy was only too well as
sured of his power And the more
Manley thought OF legar and his meth
DDS the more that sinister figure seems
TO bewllder him He knew that Legar
was the unrelenting and eternal enemy
OF Enoch Golden. just as no had been
the enemy OF Goldens daughter Mar
CORY
The thought of Margory directed
Manleys mind back to the earlier
events OF that strange day lie recalled
his long talk with that quiet-eyed girl
IN the quiet-toned shadows Of the
Golden library II had been the first
talk between them into which the per
sonal note had entered. He had en-
joycd that talk. for he had felt, as II
progressed, that the girl had begun to
realize he was her friend. that he want
ed to be her friend.
But the quietness of the Golden
home had proved to be nothing moro
than lull which precedes the sud
den storm For five minutes after he
had left the smiling girl, the Golden
butler, with terror in his eyes, had
come running TO him saying there was
@ stranger in the house, a stranger
who had been seen lurking about the
halls and had promptly disappeared
at the sight OF one OF the servants.
So Maney. forgetting everything else,
had promptly joined in the search for
that mysterious intruder And his first
thought after doing so. had been for
Margory Golden.
Hurrg gng to the library to make sure
OF her safety. he had found her seated
at her fathers desk. quietly talking
over the telephone. And there had
been little in that scene not suggestive
OF tranquility. For blinking placidly
down from its perch beside her had
stood Tito, Margory Goden'a newly
acquired parrot, for which Manley HIM
self had small love. This feeling was
based, not so much on the malevolent
air Of wisdom surrounding that green
bodied filcher OF human phrases, as on
the somewhat disturbing trick, taught
Il by some earlier master OF seeking
out gas Jets and turning them on the
moment 1t was freed from its chain.
Yet as 1t had stood close beside the
girl so busily talking over the tele-
phone II had seemed as eompaniouably
innocent as a canary. And It had
turned to blink sagely at Manley as the
girl, apparently unconscious OF his
presepce. had crossed to the mahogany
faced vault set in the library wall and
proceeded to open its poneerous door.
This had startled Manley not a little,
for the combination Of that vault was
a secret jealousy guarded by Golden.
a secret unknown to Manley himself.
II was not until she stood with the
massive door swung open that Manley
had confronted her But she showed
no embarrassment at his sudden inter-
ruption.
MY father has just phoned frem
Philadelphia" she explained. There
are certain papers he must have for
his conference with the Regent Trust
company tomorrow"
"But when did you find out how TO
open that door," had been Manley 8
inquiry.
Two minutes ago. over the tele-
phone had beea the girls reply.
Then the sooner that door is shut
and locked again the better he had
warned her.
Why she had asked, for the first
time conscious OF his excitement
Because there's an unknown man
hiding somewhere in this house, and
heaven only knows what he's after.
IN times like these"
Even as he had spoken Manley had
Detected an unnatural fullness about
the portiere draping the side door to