The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-08-11
BY
ARTHUR B.
REEVE

In. I'm the beu-boy na,s-,
/ dlsconcerting reply an "es his
- mean the other one -.-,,-
in ~ nazarding. the one Who =, ION
/ III Ihe day time" WIN IS here
There aim: amt 1T no other boy. ma.sr
Couid you deliver NOT.
ga room In New YorLr ,ohle az
~ upled Constance, str,li.o2' Iow
/ 'Ae iron seemed hot ''''A'ng while
me ne boy turned around
somatbtIIlSs- 'usy occupation Of 5 9pI,E
tin ~ useless that would a,iri+
- lie quietly shu4 tL eIlSlt
knob. va" MS hand suI on tbe
.,o 20 you want to know Witt.
she in?.' he asked. "'len room
PaITrr,'aa..' 1'ce opened her handbag A.
she bss suppressed little s,roa.s
tbing 9 "a expected the ivorv-bsr az
a trea s,Ir,. appear Instead there No
- e%Sury note Of a size 49, wa
7 ne white part Of the bow ' a,.. cause
- beyond all the Jaws of or'tt 70 OK
hand. S''0' pressing 1t into his
-. F!orty-two-down the hail $780,.
ed urn urn. on the other side" u,6i iUun'
ns'ar, ~ And for GODS san.
III In. uon tell nobody toIs ,.o',
MS Shuffe down the han Las GU
! ~ ceased before two ,'- ,..l1 scarce
~,5,a!'IIn'iy creeping in the ornost.o eI'
Ion looking eagerly at the r,,,-,,h, W.
INSTANCE had stoppe5 sb~,,s.,.
NJ I, ne ,uTn. Through q transo,,,
,,ai,,,-0 OF the rooms they could ~.
.,yyo,I OUT could see no light.
rruff ,.ote paCk then" Rrowled
71It-l voice Your family viii -.
oeHeNe that you came arsir , NeNe'
NJ al LustRarten's against 49, 90,
w ny. the voice tainted a bs-st, -, W ~
'"ey knew the truth. thew vv1,,t'i
Sn-i1 you from the door, instead ~ W
ierlng reward. VA Oh
mere was a moment OF silence TIL
Woman's voice, strangely far1,1t,.
10 constance. spoke '''''
| The truth" She o,-oIo,-.., o..
ne Knew IL was a case Of n et-,
- good time, liked prert,- clo+I,,.
t'Vs IN an automobile, theatars
,ri-, bright lights. night ufa
/ IN romantic disposition n,
Whom all that was reprease5 80 - '''
He knew IT," she repeated -. noI me
| lo"e 10 an almost hysterical n{tcb ..,a,
.t1 on made me love him because -.
rouiu give them all to me Ard -,
logan 70 show the strain Of tho
pace they all show II more than tho
out lemon" 4uee1eo
AS she listened. Constance un6a-
stood it all now. II wos =
m Y
| Iorence Gibbons a piece Of uroDert,.
d ming to be traded in. bartered E+bot
was the idea Discover her-vas. ~
hFSt 10 thrust her into the life ~ she
would not go into It herself-anvthIng
W uIscredlt her testimony beforehand
ton of one man.
We'll shouted the other voice man
aclngIy' do you want TO know tho
ruin Haven't you read Il often
enough? Instead of hoping YOU viii
return they pray that you are dead,
he Missed the words out. then added
! Ahey prefer to think that YOU are
! dead. Why-damn itI-they turn 70
that belief for comfort"
Constance had seized Mrs. paIuer
! by the arm. and. acting in concert
| they threw both their weights against
the thin wooden door
/ 1t yielded with q crash
| Inside the room was dark.
Indistinctly Constance could rruara
! out two figures. one standing. tho 9th
! er seated in a deep rocker
A suppressed exclamation Of Eur-
PRISE was followed by hasty lunge
OF the standing figure toward her.
Constance reached quickly into her
handbag and drew out the little ivory
| handled pistol
mans face.
Choking. sputtering. the man groped
/ a minute. blindly. then fell on the
floor and franticaIy tried to rise
again and call out.
The words seemed to stick in his
throat.
"You-you shot him?" gasped a
/ W oman's voice which Constance now
knew was Florence's.
with the New German Secret serv-
ice gun" answered Constance oujetIy
keeping it leveled to COW any assist
ance that might be brought. 1T blinde
and stupefies without kllling-a bul-
( letless revolver intended to check and
render harmless the criminal instead
or manning him. The cartridges con
/ tain several chemicals that combine
/ when they are exploded and form
! vapor which blinds a man and puts
him out. No one wants to Kill such
/ person a this
! She reached over and switched on
/ the lights.
! The man on the floor was Drum
mOnd himself
You will tell your real employer.
/ f-