Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-30

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with Inc. or y,Mll re sorry! 10 you
Lcsir7 or don't you believe what I'm
telling you?"
lie flourishcd n hand, palm outward.
before her face. In The palm she saw
the hilt OF n knife whose long. shining
blade was half-hiddcn In the cuff.
IF you want a taste Of that"
She found her voice and cried out.
disappearing. the fellow bent over and
picked her bodily out Of the chair.
His strength was extraordinary. She
was helpless In his arms.
Parr had just recovered the bracelet
from n waiter when he heard Patria's
cry In the lobby.
He dashed through the doors. TO find
the place empty Of all but -four or five
liveried men.
where's the lady who was waiting
for me?" he demanded Of the nenres
man.
Gone of with her manager" the
other grlnned. 'They had some sort
of a roy and he picked her mp and"
"You fool" Parr cried. "That lady
has no managerl She Is Miss Chan
ning-ratrin Claiming"
"G'nrn." was the reply. ashes
Elaine. the dancer. and the mans
Jules Edouard. her manager. Yor bet
ter keep out of this. she's his girl, and
he's a hard man"
But Parr was already running down
The corridor. II led him out upon an
empty roof beneath the stairs.
The faintcst echo Of n call for help
drew him to the head Of the %fire-eScape.
How he got down hat fire-escape. he
knew. When he reached the bot
tom. II was 10 find the paved court
destitute Of any trace Of the kidnaper
and his prey. He dashed round II In
frenzy. trying door after door. One
yielded. disclosing a long and tunnel
like passage between two buildings. At
4 venture he ran down this. Coming
out at the far end. he saw the base
ment door 10 n d~ilapidated Forty-first
street residence closing. and threw his
weight against II. with the added mo
mentum Of n short run. full-tiIt.
Entering a basement hall. he saw be-
fore him n flight " stairs leading 10
the first floor. At the top Of these he
paused 70 listen. From some indeter-
inmate point In the upper stories he
heard a sound Of heavy pounding. He
took the stairs TO the third story three
at n stride.
The sound Of lammering came from
behind n closed door ut the back OF
the hallway. But that door was not
locked: Parr thrust 1t open and dis
covered Patria's prosecutor standing
over an old trunk against one wall OF
what was evidently used ms a store
room for discarded articles Of furni-
lure md the like. or Patria there was
n sign. But the drunknrd seem
ed possessed with the notion that sh,
had hidden In that trunk, which he was
lnsanely endeavoring TO break open.
In n bound Parr was at grips Will
the man. who turned Just In time to es
cape being taken at a disadvantage.
A struggle ensued that demanded
every ounce OF PARIS strength and De
termination. every atom Of his wi
and win. The fellow fought with tn,
power and fury of n demented thing
and presently contrivcd 10 trip Par.
backwards across the trunk. The cap
tain was up again almost as qulckl,
rs he had hsen thrown-but only Il
see his man throwing himself acros
the room toward a knife which. Par
saw for the first time. lay on the foe.
close by some rolled-up rugs.
In n trice Parr was upon his back,
and the contest was renewed.
AT the momen Of final extremity.
when the captain was on the point of
giving up and trying Il find something
wherewith 70 defend himself before II
was too late, n of the rugs became
amazingly animate. 1t rolled like
a live thing across the floor. unrolling
as IL came. From II Patria emerged.
a creature of cat-likc grace and quick
ness. Her hand closed upon the knife
Ia the nick Of time.
The man lcaped 10 his feet as Parr
released him. But now the disadvan-
tage was his. Parr closed In. raining
blows upon him. IIc sought vainly 10
guard against them until one caught
the point ~ his jaw. his head jcrkcd
sharply back. and he fell like n dis
rardcd ~marionette, clcanly knocked
out.
ASSASSINS.
Dawn, n formless sheen of gray.
tremblcd in the skies when Captain
Parr sought his bed.
He spent hours after leaving Patria
nj her hotel In the care Of Mrs. Adalr
(whoSe agitation seemed natural
enough). in cross-examining the chauf-
feur Of the kidnaper's car. and with
plain-clothcs men searching n cheap
Forty-scventh street hotel for two
guests who were not there.
The sum Of his Investigations was "a
follows: On the words Of half n dozen
crcditable witnesses the woman who
danced nightly under the name Of
"AIademoisclle Elaine" was strikingly
like Miss I'atria Claiming. The wom-
an had n dancing partner known as
Monsieur Edouard." The two resided
nj the same theatrical hotel. Recent