Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-06-29
FIFTH EPISODE
THE INTERVENTION OF TITO


David Manley was not altogethe
proud of his days work. AS he sa
tied and bound on the rough brio
floor beneath the Owls Nest that one
f1ippant-minded young man even &C
knowledged that things looked rattle
bad for him. He had been made ,
prisoner The iron claw of Legar hat
reached suddenly out and closed abou
him.
But David Manley did not altogether
give up. AS he lay there, sore in body
but even more battered in mind, he
still spasmodically struggled with the
cords that held him hand and foot.
The solitude of that unsavory der
did not add to his comfort The mere
fact that Legar could see fit to leave q
prisoner thus unguarded impressed
the prisoner with the fact that his one
armed enemy was only too well as
sured of his power. And the more
Manley thought of Legar and his meth.
DDS the more that sinister figure seems
to bewilder him. He knew that Legar
was the unrelenting and eternal enemy
Of Enoch Golden, just as he had been
the enemy of Golden's daughter Mar
CORY.
The thought of Margory directed
Manley's mind back to the earlier
events of that strange day. He recalled
his long talk with that quiet-eyed girl
In the quiet-toned shadows of the
Golden library. 1t had been the first
talk between them into which the per-
sonal note had entered. He had en-
joyed that talk, for he had felt, as 1t
progressed. that the girl had begun to
realize he was her friend, that he want
ed to be her friend.
But the quietness of the Golden
home had proved to be nothing more
than a 1ull which precedes the sud
den storm For, five minutes after he
had left the smiling girl, the Golden
butler, with terror in his eyes, had
come running to him saying there was
p stranger in the house, stranger
who had been seen lurking about the
halls and had promptly disappeared
at the sight Of one Of the servants.
So Manley, forgetting everything else,
had promptly joined in the search for
that mysterious intruder. And his first
thought, after doing SO, had been for
Aargory Golden.
Hurrying to the library to make sure
Of her safety, he had found her seated
1t her fathers desk. quietly talking
over the telephone And there had
been little in that scene not suggestive
Of tranquility. For blinking placidly
down from its perch beside her had
stood Tito, Margory Golden's newly
acquired parrot, for which Manley him.
self had small love. This feeling was
based, not SO much on the malevolent
lir OF wisdom surrounding that green
bodied filcher Of human phrases, as on
the somewhat disturbing trick. taught |
It by some earlier master, of seeking |
put gas jets and turning them on the
1t was freed from its chain.
Yet as It had stood close beside the
girl 80 busily talking over the tele-
phone 1t had seemed as companionably
as canary. And 1t had
.urned to blink sagely at Marley as the
yiri, apparently unconscious Of his
presence. had crossed to the mahogany
laced vault set in the library wall and
proceeded to open It's ponderous door.
This had startled Manley not little,
yor the cqnbination Of that vault was
J secret jealously guarded by Golden,
! secret unknown to Marley himself.
{ was not until she stood with the
massive door swung open that Marley
lad confronted her But she showed
10 embarrassment at His sudden inter-
upton.
my father has just phoned from
she explained There
ire certain papers he must have for
lis conference with the Regent Trust
company tomorrow"
But when did you find out how to
pen that door, had been Manleys
inquiry.
1.-TWO minutes ago, over the tele-
,hone, = had been the girls reply.
%Then the sooner that door is shut
nd locked again the better" he had
vsxpsd her.
AWhy7" she had asked, for the first
Tine conscious Of his excitement.
because there's an unknown man
Ifding somewhere In this house, and
'saven only knows what he's sitter,
!, ksvssan 1fka fhaaat0
Even ~ he had spoken Manley had
stscted an unnatural fullness about
- portisre draping the side door to