East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-12-04
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had refused 70 explain 70 her.
She was a little late, SO she hurried
into the building and started rapidly
upstairs, without noticing the car at
the curb, or the goggled and liveried
chauffeur who stood beside It
Harold Stanley-waiting for pre-
arranged signal to join Clayto1-was
staring up at the studio windows. lie
did not see Florence so In until sho
had passed into the building and was
starting upstairs.
Thus II dawned on him that her
presence would be a most decided
detriment TO Clayton. and that, on
seeing Bob, she would assuredly mis-
take him for La Rue So. leaving the
car, Harold ran upstairs TO catch up
with Florence, II possible, before she
should reach the studio and to per-
suade her not to so in there.
He was not able to Overtake her
until just as she had reached the top
floor. Then, out Of breath from his
long upstairs run, he caught her by
the arm, pantingly calling her name
as he did so.
Whirling around at the touch, Flor
ence saw beside her a man who she
did not at all recognize In such a dis
guise. Crying out in fear, she
wrenched herself free and ran down
the hall to the studio door.
Without stopping to knock for ad-
nlittance, she flung open the door
and burst into the studio.
With another scream on beholding
La Rue, she shrank back into the
doorway again and all but collided
with Harold Stanley, who sprang
past her into the studio.
Stanley waited not the fraction OF
an instant. Taking in the whole sit
uation as his eye swept the room, he
launched himself at La Rue.
But his mad haste marred his
judgment. La Rue, with a snarI,
sprang forward to the battle like q
cornered rat.
Stanley's fist whizzed past Pierre's
head, and La Rue, before Harold
could recover his balance, had leaped
across the threshold and out into the
hallway.
Climbing the ladder as nimbly as q
scared cat, La Rue Shoved open the
scuttle, wriggled through-barely
eluding Stanley's grasp at his legs
and slammed the scuttle in his pur-
suer's face.
Harold paused only to draw his re-
volver $50 thatpLa Rue might not
attack him at an advantage from
above), then threw open the seuttle
and bounded to the roof.
The moments delay had given
Pierre the time he so sorely needed.
His man on the roof across the mar
row court was alertly on the lockout.
! At a signal from the escaping Pierrs
he tossed him rope-end.
La Rue swiftly and securely usd
the end to a jutting iron bar in thu
parapet's masonry. Tanner had al
> ready fastened the ropes other end
: to a chimney of the house across the
l court.
As Stanley reached the parapet La
5 Rue was already crossing the taut
rope, hand over hand, tc the opposite
roof.
Harold leveled his pistol, took de-
liberate aim at La Rue-Wno was not
l six feet away from hiu-and fred
: The shot took no effect. again STAN
ley fired, and again and again; more
0 quickly now, but with deadly accu-
racy Of aim.
d There was no chance. apparently,
3 of missing, at such riSieulously short
9 range. Yet Pierre CONTINUED his leis-
urely hand-over-hand process along
s the rope toward the opposite roof.
o Not one Of the six heayy-calibel
shots hit him. He turned and grinnet
6 amusedly back over his shoulder al
y the marksman.
A thrill Of something like super.
n stitious terror tingled through Stan
y ley as he saw his failure to hit tbs
! easy target.
4 The man is a devill" he mutteret
bewildered to himself. Bullets cam
hurt him"
A wholesome indignation surged
into his brain, dispelling the mo.
= mentary awe. He sprang to the iroK
u bar and tugged at the Knot Ia Ru,
had tied.
d But La Rue had fastened 1t tot
a cunningly, for all his haste, TO permit
g Harold TO unite It soon enough FOL
a the purpose he had in mind. Stanie,
L whipped out his pocket-knife and
n drove its keen edge into the rope,
strands.
n III hot iead can't XIII him wall try
?. cold steel!" growled Stanley 70 him
% self as he hacked feverishly at the
y rope.
La Rue was barely half way aeros.
ie the chasmlike court. II Harold coulC
l sever the rope before Pierre SHOULD
u reach the safety of the farther roof
: the man must DO hurled against tn,
g side wall Of the opposite mouse.
-e And such an impact would certainl,
" cause him to loose MS precarious holt
on the roof ard tumble to the flag
le stones a hundred feet below.
d La Rue saw his own danger. An,
=. he redoubled his cautious speed Il
II get across. before the rope shoul,
L part. With one last effort, Harol,
" sawed through one OF the TWO 70
naming strands
y With a sharp crack the strant
~ broke. la Rue's body was whirio,
downward, clinging frantically TO thi
ID rope
re Like the end Of a heavy pendulum
~ swung and with O whlzzing speed
J. In another instant It seemed his body
* must strike with terrific force agains
oh the farther houses wall Then
p 1t was not the solid wall his bod
smote against, but against one o
D. the windows set in that WALL And
ig straight through the window-carTy
nj ing glass and sash with him, he wa
s. hurled.
70 Stanley saw him crash 70 the fi0ol
Of a room, gather himself up painting