Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-06-23
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SYNOPSIS nth -NsrAIIMENT

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SYNOPSIS nth -SsTALLMENT.
June Travis. cursed With the rel circle
bfrthShst., = impctls,l % benevolent crime
~ Detective Lamsrs office she meets
Attorney Gordon. fugitive who has comic
10 throw himself on Lamsr's mercy.
After much PERSIA sion. Gordon tells June
q his persecution and the trumpet M
charges NJ enlightenment against him. rs
counsel for the Farvell corporation. he r.
f1sevj In legally Swindle their employees
ont ~ cooperative profits snd threatening
60 expose them. they ruined him
1smar's secretary tries "a gain admit
Sance 10 his emrdCyer's office anf finding
that IL Is locked. smaSheS & corner Of tn
caaquc plate glass. June not wishing him
from ISmsr:s AZ srS s-sters I'm I.', Serre
ssrys hand 70 the inside dor knob.
June refuses 70 lst Go3lon give himself
through another door. From a taxica5
thcv Sc lamar AMI Fsrweu. and June
wishing % get further information IL POS
sible. leavcS GorIcn in the raSicab 70
await her return Joining Lamar sud the
criminal TsrveIl. she goes with them TO
Al the oPpcrtuup tine. June senIs Lamar
and FarWef 20 wild goose chase after
an iu'asineEy thief and liTins their al
which would have proven G0rdOns undoing.
ErptvfrE FsruelFs oPen safe u bundle
Of bsnkncteS. she awaits their return and
then departs.
CNES lazy steed was startled
into a wild plunge by 4 welt
~ from the riding crop across his
flank. And the race was on.
The girl was far lighter than the man
who pursued her And she was a prac-
ticed rider But her horse. a snowy
mount and well-gaited. was not a racer.
Despite the difference in weights. the
policeman gained ground
The pursuer was scarce a quarter
block behind In another few minutes.
at most. he would overhaul her. There
was also the danger that some other
mounted officer. coming from opposite
direction. might cut off her retreat
To her right only a block away. ran
the park If she could gain that in
safety. she might perhaps be able TO
give her pursusr the slip. somewhere in
its winding bride path. She heard the
man shout.
Halt: In the name OF the law" and
again. Halt. or I'll fire.
She laughed fiercely in reply: her
nerves athriII.with the intoxication of
the chase And. wheeling with danger
Gus sharpness. she turned TO the right,
into the street that led TO the park
The policeman was too sane to make
the turn with the same mad speed
and she gained a few yards by the
perilous ruse-
But, as she dashed into the park. she
heard him close behind. So near did
he press that she dared not risk a fall
by guiding her mount sideways into any
OF the bride paths they Numbered past
A quarter mile farther on she could
see the Outstretched bay ahead at her
knee The bay crept farther and far
Their ahead.
And now blue arm shot forth, as the
policeman snatched al her bride June,
driven on By an impulse amazingly
foreign 10 her gentle nature. whirJed
about In the saddle. and with her riding
crop she slashed the officer full athwart
his red face
With all her might she smote. The
blow from the crop caught the police
man fairly across the eyes, half blind
ing him.
A second and a third blow slashed
stingingly upon the face he vainly
sought TO shield with his appraised right
arm
Under the hot pain and surprise OF the
assault he iurched in his saddle; un-
consciously jerking his 5ridIe-hand TO
one side. At the gesture, his bridle-
wise horse veered suddenly TO the right.
The rider. unprepared for this light
ning-quick shift of his mounts stride,
lost his seat and was pitched headlong
into the driveway: where he lay half
stunned
On raced June. unpursued- CHANGING
back she saw the PROSTATE man move
a little: as though trying TO get TO
his feet. A sigh Of relief escaped her
lips at learning ne was not dead Slack
ening speed. she turned into bypath:
and thence made her way by a circuitous
route TO the park entrance nearest her
home
As she rode. reaction set in She
looked back at the events of the past
hour as at the deeds of some stranger
deeds whose very momery now filled
her with horror
She realized that her horse was a-reek
with lather and sweat. To avoid in
quiry. she rode TO the stable by a back
way. dismounted there and left the horse
with q wondering groom
Then. on foot. she turned her steps
towards the Travis house-where Fate
crouched waiting for her Decidedly,
this was a day of shocks.
Max Lamar had done little sleeping
and much heartsick thinking. during the
past twenty-four hours. And now, at
last. he had nerved himself TO make the
test he had pIanned-the test which,. he
believed. would prove TO him, once and
for all. June's guilt or innocence
With shrinking heart. but with firm
step. ne approached the Travis house.
And at the same moment. Yama. the
Jap butler. was privily conveying "Smil-
ing sam" Eagan's late breakfast to the
attic Mary had arranged the breakfast
tray. with an almost uncomfortable
yearning to put strychnia or powdered
glass into the food.
She remembered Sans demand for "a
flask or the Stuff That Killed Father"
And. dreadinE TO iisobey. she put on the
breakfast tray a bottle Of light wine
the nearest approach 10 Sans coveted
whisky which the house just then con-
tanned.
hope every drop OF It strangles him
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