The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-03-06

was no answer. She became quite ex
cited about it-and persisted sud
denly Il bored voice broke in
Number. please
You cut me on, June answered
sharply.
What number were you talkin.
tor"
i don't know. They called me
II can locate the party. III cal
o again. Hang up please
'Oh bother"
June put the received back on tn,
hook and turned e. Gordon.
Tho reason I'm so put out and irri
tated about 1t. she explained. is be
cause / thought IL sounded like my
nurses voice. II was 80 like here
as though she were terribly fright
enedl II couldn't have been. though
she added meditatiyely She didn't
know ! was coming here-l didn't o
her 10. And she hadn't any reason &C
call up Mr. Lamar In fact | know
shed avoid him. suppose Il was
only my imagination
AZ the Travis house Mary shrsns
away from the telephone and covered
h,r face with her hands. IA terror
June al Lamar Office why And
secretly. too Horrors were piling up
It lad been u Wild, unreasoEine fear
that drrw her 10 tho 'ete phono &c
o.umunicate with Lamar A sense OF
desperation and complete helpless
ness. She knew. ~ o 3s IA, cen
trad repeated the number after her
that she had done a foolish thing And
'h,n june had answered!
Mary crcpt to the foot OF the stair
way leading up 20 the atIic and liz
tened she thought she heard a slow
measured breathing. Then the sopnd
n something heavy heiHg dragged over
The floor made her fy 10 her own room
In instant terror.
There. sitting erect and tense IN the
comfortable old chair where she was
accustomed to take her afternoon nap.
she went over the happenings of the
past hour.
Hour Had II been only an hour
- "a AAA'A'AAbAN " EAlIbN' AnhA ~
much disaster could accumulate In
sixty short minutes She looked at the
little silver boudoir clock. one OF
Juno's gifts. Just an hour since. she
had looked from the window TO see
fama coming up the walk. carrying
his suitcase
only an hour since he had put the
nrtH IN sI. tVuus ,nvgl aud huul.t
her the key to June's big trunk Mary
licked on the dreadful vents in q sor,
Of morbid tabulation tho events that
had followed
When she had gon into June's room
to get the rest OF the ~unpacking I'm
ishod Wanna had followed her closely.
His face must have been unna,urally
rhastly at the time. She had not no.
ticed until atterward, when is pallor
was hldeous
Then the trunk! A slight difficulty
IN opening Il, on account Of tho key
sticking the lid flying up suddenly.
aud a squat ugly, grinning face, with
cracked lips parted over ugly snags
OF teeth, showed close to her ownl
"'N " 'hhfHN NV l'l'ANApl w
tho mirror over the bureau OF her
rpuip ltrro were blue hollows around
her eyes and a pinched, starved look
chung about her nostrils
Smiling sans threat rang In her
ears.
Thought you'd shake mo. Ell? Well.
you've got to hide mo now, or by -
Nh
she had hidden him - aided ny
Nama the coward who had made this
tearsomo situation possible Together
they had urged Sam up the steps into
Inc attic. lie had gone, snarline at
them, mounting gutter oatns and dire
threats. Just before he had closed the
attic door he had lourishcd a knife
with a menacing gesture. II was an
lndclible warning TO Mary, as she sat
alone, recalling the scene.
suddenly with IA smotherod scream,
the old Jumped 10 her feet and
caught at the edge OF the bureau 10
keep from falling Upstairs from the
attic there was "A crash that shook the
walls OF the room, then a stiiicd
moan
CEND OF TENTH INSTALLMEiIr !