The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-29

lou WILL as soon As can tell you.
But now please do as ask"
AS you wish, my dear girl"
Profoundly perplexed, yet never for
an instant suspecting the cause Of this
singular request, Donald strobe OF
briskly toward the shore.
Alone with the fear Of death, Patria
steeled herself against the worst.
The man Edouard broke through the
covert in murderous haste. Patria
threw herself in his way without q
thought Of hesitation. With an oath
he struck down her imploring hands.
But she would not be denied; her arms
clipped him; she exerted all her
strength to hold him.
Let 60, you jade!" he rasped
hoarsely. LET me go! l promised to
get him, and I will, so help me-"
mo. Edouard. please-no! Listen
to me. You are mistaken"
''You lie! Get out Of my way before
you get hurt"
"Edouard, please-please listen! /
will do anything you wish-I will go
back to New York-anywhere you
say"
The man hesitated. looking down
strangely at her.
"You promise that?"
''Then give me kiss to prove :"
Instantly she offered her lips to his.
He frightened an arm round her. low
cred his head. She seized the pistol,
planted an elbow against his chest
with wicked force. fought wildly to
break away and disarm him.
What followed was so blurred with
fear, desperation. panic-stricken strug-
glings. that she retained no clear I'm.
Outstanding of the affair.
She knew only that it eliminated in
the explosion of the pistol. She saw
Ed0uard reel back, catching wildly at
the air, and fall. She stared incredu-
ously at her hands that held the weap-
on. Instinctively she fed that place
like q hunted thing.
BAL MAsoUE.
Parr, alaHned by the pistol shot, ran
back toward the glade to meet midway
and receive in his arms the wellnieh
demented girl.
It was many minutes before he sue.
ceeded in gaining q disconnected &C.
count Of what had come Of Patria's In
fatuated attempt to sacrifice herself.
"And then" she walled. 1.-THE pistol
went of in my hands. and he fell
dead. dead! murdered him!"
On the echo Of that cry both heard
the sound Of drumming hoofs dead.
ened by the forest mould.
"Deady Donald doubted. "Oh. !
fancy not. Either Edouard has already
recovered sufficiently to steal my horse,
or he had confederate to do me that
service. Come and see."
The glade. when they again entered
1t, was empty. Both Elaine's manager
and Donald's cob had vanished. There
remained only the echo Of flying hoofs
to testify that either had been there.
"How he managed to trail me here
without my knowledge is what mysti.
1es me-" Parr complained when. some
time later. the two sat together be-
fore the little bungalow. HE could
hardly have done it unassisted. see
Huroki's hand In this; the mana Is
shrewder than credited him with be-
ing-and that's saying lot"
"And what can we dO?"
There's only one thing to do now.
Every hours delay now means added
danger-for II HurOki doesn't know it,
already, he'll learn quickly enough now
from Edouard that you still live; and
he won't waste much time before he
tries to rectify that fatal flaw in his
calculations. We've simply got to beat
him to It,"
"And how
Tonight there's to be a bal masque
at the Claiming cottage. II we lie low
till nightfall-I won't leave you again
I'VE can take advantage Of this
fancy, quite effectively"
Rapidly and clearly he outlined
plan Of operations.
Publicity we must avoid II posi-.
BILE, both for your sake and for the
sake Of the work you have yet to do -
executrix Of the Claiming Defense
Fund" he concluded. III we can Qui.
city put the fear Of God into the heart
Of Maine and send her back to town.
and ct the same time persuade Huroh
and Company It's far more comfortable
70 leave the country than stay to face
charges Of criminal conspiracy-I
think we may call 1t 4 good days work
an4 let it 60 ct that, without banker.
Ing for more spectacular revenge"
It was nearly eleven when Parr
brought the canoe to the beach where
On Patria had landed the previous
night. The girl, again in bathing suit
and beach cloak-the only things Pa
tria had been able to muster from her
wardrobe in the way Of cos
tune jumped out lightly and lent
Donald q hand he didn't need to carry
The canoe well up out Of reach Of the
tide. z
At the top Of the cliff they paused