The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-03-02

The automatic was flung from nel
hand and went gathering along INC
hardwood floor. ~
Then in a twinkling the whole situ-
alton was transformed
She heard roar as from a WIN
beast. A huge form plunged past nes
and a mans screams were mlhsleu
with Mrs. Davenant's. She realized all
at once that that lady's frantlc GU
deayors were now purposeful' tha'
they voiced definite appeal.
Stanley Stanley! Oh, my Goo
save him!" ,u
Luckily the electric torch was sun
in Helen's other apron pocket. f'or
the moment she was free. Slmulcane
ously she whipped out the torch ana
snatched I'D the trailing, impeding
length of skirt. The latter she tucked
in her belt, and flashed the white ray
of her torch upon the scene.
And a strange one it was that met
her eyes-Mrs Sloan covering upon
the floor in a huddled heap; Mrs. Dave
nant. almost mad with fear, eHnglng
wildly to the doorjamb and shatterlng
the night with her screams. AND
ward or two farther along man.
pinned against the wall in a croucning
attitude, was struggling desperately
with Boris.
The enormous brute, all the Instincts
of his jungle ancestry rampant nau
leaped true through the darkness, HIS
fangs were closed upon the mans
throat in a death grip.
Without hesitation she sprang LOT.
ward, secured firm grasp upon Borls
collar and pulled and jerked with all
her strength. The dogs wind was
shut off. In a moment she was drag
ging him, struggling and straining
with deadly purpose to return to the
attack, along the floor With her free
hand she opened the first door and
contrived to shove him in and close
it again.
The man lay painting and spent upon
the floor. Helen roughly abused Mrs.
Sloan irto a semblance of activity. and
between them he was removed to
bed where the girl dressed his LAGER
ated throat.
In the stress and excitement Of the
moment the secret was revealed.
Years before, when the lady who
was now Mrs. Davenant was an unso-
phisticated schoolgirl, Stanley Hall
| had persuaded her into clandestine
marriage. A month later he disap-
peared, carrying the secret with him;
for the heartbroken parents, realizing
that the affair was not public property,
| took no steps to have the ceremony
annulled. Time passed, and informa-
ton came to the family that Stanley
! Hall was dead. The daughter, now
matured to full womanhood. met and
was won by Mr. Davenant, and the
wretched girl-romanee was RELOCATED
to the dead past
But Stanley Hall was not dead. The
woman's second marriage gave the
scoundrel his opportunity to prosecute
a systemized course of blackmail, and
it was when greed overcame caution
that he worked his own undoing.
With Mrs. Sloan's connivance and aid
he would surreptitiously enter the
| house and browbeat and bully Mrs.
Davenant into supplying his Unsuitable
demands. She lived in a constant
state of terror. II was fear of discov-
cry by her husband that impelled her
to isolate herself AZ Lambeth
Not satisfied with obtaining every
cent that the woman could lay her
/ hands upon, the rapacious Hall took
to raising the cheques provided by
Davenant for household expslses-a
detail which he confessed 10 Felix
Hazard some weeks later
The Davenants arrived at Z fun and
happy understanding, and in the tu-
ture Hall wiz never again be abls TO
modest their happiness.
Copyright. zs1s. by W G. ChapmanO