Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-07-20

: of the practical. For when the m,
r sons and ironworkers who were con
1 pleting the installation of the me-
: Golden vault returned from their mid
day meal far-from-attractive strange
stole into the house a: their heels
) And when David Marley happened t.
catch sight of this stranger deep IL
, talk with Count Da Espares, h.
promptly jumped to the conclusion
that he had at last discovered some
thing on which to concentrate all his
earlier Scotch-mists of suspicion.
For Da Espares' visitor unmistak
ably bore the earmarks of the un
kempt denizen of the hotpoint and
the Bowery saloon.
What is this man doing here" he
asked as he confronted the intruder.
This man is here at my request.
And the happiness of this house de-
| Ponds much on his visit" was Da Es-
pares' retort.
What has crook like Red Egan
got to do with the happiness of this
house, scoffed the irate Manley.
tool of Legar's into this room?"
But still Da Espares remained out
wardly calm.
Pardon" he replied. But this
man you call Red Egan is no longer
a crook and no longer a tool of Le-
gar'sl"
Then what is he doing here?" !
That, monsieur, concerns mostly
the young lady for whom have sentl"
The soft-spoken foreigner swung
about as Margery Golden stepped a
little wonderingly into the room.
This, Miss Golden,s said Da Es-
pares, rs the man Of whom I spoke
to YOU AS your friend here protests,
this man has been tool Of Legar's.l
But he has tired OF being the servl
ant of 80 evil man, He now seeks |
to have the state extend its pardon
to him, And as price for this par.
don he is willing to deliver into our
hands Jules Legar,"
But what is the plan2" asked the
girl, with touch of Impotence.
Da Espares, with upthrust shout
1ers, looked from the one to the other,
1t is plan which we had thought {
t wise to keep a secret. he suavely
explained.
Mr. Manloy has earned the right
o be included in any secrets which
nay involve the capture of Legar,"
1argery Golden quietly assured the
aintly smiling count, who bowed in
cquiescence> And realizing the note
Z authority In that reply, he outlined
he plan In as few words as possible.
That plan, with Red Egan as their
was not complicated one,
his renegade from Legar's gang was
D go to his old-time chief and report
nat Margery Golden might be found
such and such spot, at such and
lch time She would be alone, And
Legar and his men, waiting there,
would seem simple enough matter
} recapture the girl. But that cap,
ire would never be effected, For a
luad Of police would be held there,
hiding, and when the moment ar
we'd, they would promptly surround
sgar and his men and put them
here they belonged.
Tn other words, monsieur, what we
oppose to do is to set a trap, and
len this Iron Claw is about to gather a
his prey, he himself will be gath ;,
ed In ;,
You propose to set trap" repeat q
the incredulous Marley, "and you a
70 calmly propose to take this un- a.
otected young girl and use her as 9,
) bait for that trap!" y,
On the contrary, monsieur, she will A.
be unprotected. Many duly APP
nted officers of the law will be a,
re, And, as / have already ex- re-
ined to her, l also will be there. tr
d Miss Golden, think, knows that ID,
Iould readily give UP my life for the ri
Ie Of keeping her from harm!" m
Is that the way you feel about it ?" m
handed Manley, swinging about to br
slightly frowning girl th
Count Da Espares and l will carry te
this plan, and we will carry It ra
, / hope, quite as successfully as tn
may carry out still other plans. tn
In the counts hands / shall al els
rs feel that l am fully protectedl".
avid Manley, thus dismissed, had of
dubious satisfaction of knowing tie
he had once more made a mess bill
things. RI.
ct he did not remain altogether In me
We. He watched his chance and for
9tly installed dictaphone in the clu
m, attaching the transmitter-disk bri
the underside of the desk ledge clio
ire Da Espares did most of his talk las
and running his well-hidden wires as
m through the floor to a linen gil
let, which the ever-dependable Will Go,
threw open for him. There Man. Gus
made the discovery that police TIE
dquarters had actually been COM "
heated with and that the feint for a '
ar's capture, however its end, was Els,
nded to carry every sign of sim "
ty. ter,
efore another hour slipped by, how ono