The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-09-09

Il was too late He had gotten |
away. Rur saw the detectives going |
toward the shack. II seemed 10 be on /
tre-or-or something"
a fire." echoed Lamar looking /
toward the smudge Of smoke that be ,
gan 10 crawl upward over the 1uttlrg
shoulder Of the point. 4 should say
SO. And. look how everyone is run
ming, Lots go 10 see it,"
He was of. at last trot. a,hru
with I'll" mystic impulse thai forever
sends m" human race hurry,uE 90 W..
ness a ire. june made as though T.
follow but Mary detained Lar.
"pcarf.," waited the o,! woman Iu
trembling ,agrlu..s. Don't c1 il
Don't do -. precious, Let well
e.ough alone Come bou.. Come
with Mary. And tell m, What r.a.y
happened could SEQ yoa were wing
To- him. Tell
I'm going 70 that G-s," insisted
June. shaking ,n the lovingly l.t....
Ing grasp "f worm com. along. a..
tell YOU an.u. Il .n our .,:.r.-
beat I'D Narg.. r.,.as She, hurried ln
Lamar.s wake. TN, nurse. trs.rt,1y.
irr.-urutr. ran ALONGSIDE. plying h.-
With yr,,.s,s AMI confused question
taes
Lamar reached the sc.r, OF -.
blaze ta nrl a crowd already there
The H.. shared public attention with
two men. one of whom held the others
head ON his knee
Max should.rrI his way through the
group that h. mined in th,s. ,v5
Bowie looked mn and recognized him.
lies coming round. all r..,. ..~.
/ Lamar" h. said "Smol. too
much for him Gee. but ... u..
queer time in that shack"
! "Iu IN. shack" r,n.sr... Lamar.
You surely never went int. ...r nlaz-
We sure did," rcsrouG.e Holl"
Only it wasn't blazing then. We bust
! in the door and started for IAN inner
/ door And then womau's hand stuck
out through the opening aud-it had
a lighted lamp. Threw the lamp at Us
| and"
A woman" questioned tho amazed
| Lamar. "A woman-thrcw lamp ut
you?"
1T was a woman. all right" insisted
Boyle. no man ever had such little
white hand. Resides"
! "RcsIdcs." Casuod Jacobs fa,hly.
the hand had Red circle on the
| back"
NO" gaspcd Lamar. dumroundad.
| incrcdulous. 40, Il couldn't have
been, Not"
1T was though" declared Bowie
We both saw II. We"
Miss Travis" broke in Lamar, as
he caught sight Of Juno who had Just
come up. DO YOU hear this? These
men say woman was in that shack
that she threw lamp at thom-that
there was a Red Circle on her hand"
40 rcaIIvo" exclaimed June. "A
! woman with the Red Circle"
She cho,-rd herself abrup,Iy. La
mars gaze vas fixed on her own right
hand carcI.sslv disnIavad IN his Wow
Her guilty glance fell TO the back Of
her hand. II was snowy. velvctv.
| ShappIy No SiCn of the Rcd Circle
was visible on its smooth surface.
"Cau-Can you explain it, she fall
tered. can you explain how wom-
an with the Red Circle - could
have"
No" he said brusqUely, as he fought
to shake off a feeling of strange mis-
trust that enCompasscd him. NO, |
cant. Il can't
Then, with an effort. changing the
subject. he went on:
My letter from Chief Allen begs me
to come back to town and consult with
him on the Gordon case. | must catch
the noon train. If | can. GoOd-by."
Abruptly he turned away, ignoring
the girls pretty gesture Of farewell,
and strobe off alone. muttering as he
went;
Il can't understand It at all. But,
II | had third loot Id KICK myself
Tor being cur enough to doubt her
lot one second. she s-she the most
glorious glri God ever made. And
and yet
Mrs. Travis came down to the beach
at noOntide, in her car. On the front
seat. beside the chauffeur. rode Yama
The tonneau was half filled with ham