The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-14

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This dropped from her throat when
you tore her cape free this morning.
Take that to her. Tell her you'd found
It after she left. She'll feel sorry for
you. In fact, you've got to make her
feel sorry for you. You'd better try q
faint, when you're talking to her, and
tell her you haven't eaten for q couple
OF days. She'll try to give you money.
But you must tell her that your moth.
or ia worse of than You are"
f"But s'posin' she won't swallow that
sob stutf?" &
ITS up to you to make her. And
the best way to get her out here is to
persuade her to All q basket OF food
and wine and bring 1t back with her
In her own car. She knows you belong
10 the factory settlement here. and
she won't be suspicious. You do your
work right, and you'll have her here
tomorrow night"
The youthful eyes which life had al
ready left hard studied the sinister
figure in the moonlight.
"And when / get her out to that
sluiceroom. what're you goin' to do
with herr"
The one.armed man laughed quietly.
That's something strictly between
her and me-" was his calmly enunci-
ated reply as he stepped slowly back
and disappeared through the shrub
berry beside the O'Mara cottage.
The girl stood staring after him
without moving. So intently did she
look after that vanishing figure that
she did not observe q second figure,
even more mysterious than the first,
as It slipped out Of the shadows and
stepped quietly up beside her.
She turned with q start and stared
up at tho stranger confronting her.
And It did not add to her peace Of
mind to discover that this stranger
wore . mask over his face.
what d. you want here?" was her
brusque demand.
I'm looking for q young girl who
happens to be in trouble" was the
quietly spoken reply.
Then I guess you'll have to keep
on travelin'," announced Peggy as she
swung up the broken steps with as
sumed nonchalance, strobe in through
the door, and shut it after her. She
stood there for several minutes before
venturing to move. Then she silently
reopened tho door and stared out, to
make sure that her visitor had taken
his departure. Instead Of catching
sight OF tho masked figure, however,
she was q little startled to see the
one-armed man push his way in
through tho bushes and once more
creep to the door where she stood.
What did that man want?" quick
ly demanded the newcomer.
II didn't wait to ask him." was the
girls retort.
mo. ! guess this isn't time for
waiting" ruminated tho other aloud.
And for that reason we'll have to
speed up that bargain of ours, and put
the thing through tonight"
Tonight" echoed the girl in q whis.
per Of alarm.
do you want to save your father?"
"IIl bring err" she announced with
grim determination. "Ill bring her,
even though l have to throw . string
O. Ats to start her on the way!"
The Drums Of Death.
It was not until Margery Golden
was seated in the suede-upholstered
landaulet that she found time to ques.
ton the expediency OF her midnight
mission. Yet as she looked at the un.
happy and hollow-eyed girl at her side
she felt sure that her journey, odd as
It had at first seemed to her, could not
be altogether a mistake. The girl was
honest, Of that there could be no ques-
ton. for she had Journeyed many long
miles to restore trivial bit Of jewelry
to its owner. She had also refused to
accept money. She had even seemed
unwilling. after Margery had packed
largo motor hamper with Jelly and
milk and potted meats. to have that
luxurious young lady venture so far
a.field at such an hour of the night.
But Margery felt that 1t was a case
where the loss of time might possibly
mean the loss Of life, and she was
glad, as they went humming out past
the thinning lights Of the city's re-
hottest suburbs, that she had not hest.
tated to do what she could to repay
her debt to the daughter Of Dan
O'Mara.
why are we stopping at the Apple.
waithe works." she asked as the car
drew up beside the unlighted roadside.
because me mothers here for the
night" explained the wistful-eyed girl
as she clambered down from the car,
grateful for the gloom that already
surrounded her. you see, ma'am, they
put US out O. the house this mornin'!
So pop got the Waterman here to let
me mother sleep in one O. the. base
ment rooms"
"Will your father be here?" inquired
the somewhat bewildered young wom-
an at her heels.
II can get i'm, ma'am," explained
the girl as she put down the hamper.
III you'll Just step in through that
door,"
But who'll take me to where your