American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-13

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before her face. In the palm she saw
the hilt Of a knife whose long, shining
blade was h%alf-hidden 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 a waiter when he heard Patria's
cry in the lobby.
He dashed through the doors, to find
the place empty of all but four OF five
liveried men.
"Where's the lady who was waiting
for me2' he demanded Of the nearest
man.
Gone of with her manager" the
other grinned. They had some sort
of a row and he picked her up and"
you fool e" Parr cried. THAT lady
has no manager. She is Miss Chan
ning-Patria Claiming"
"G'arnr' was the reply. ashes
Elaine. the dancer, and the mans
Jules Edouard, her manager. You bet
ter keep out of this, she's his girl, and
he's q hard man"
But Parr was already running down
the corridor. It led him out upon an
empty roof beneath the stairs.
The faintest echo of a call for help
drew him to the head Of the hre-escape.
How he got down that fre-escape. he
never knew. When he reached the bot
tom, 1t was to find the paved court
destitute of any trace of the kidnaper
and his prey. He dashed round 1t In
frenzy, trying door after door. One
yielded, disclosing a long and tunnel
like passage between two buildings. At
"a venture he ran down this. Coming
ont at the far end, he saw the base
ment door to a d|ilapidated Forty-irst
street residence closing, and threw his
weight against #, with the added mo-
mentum of a short run, f~ull-tilt.
Entering q basement hall. ne saw be
fore him "a flight of stairs leading to
the first floor. At the top Of these he
paused to 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 a stride.
The sound of hammering came from
behind a closed door at the back Of
the hallway. But that door was not
locked Parr thrust It open and dis
covered Patria's prosecutor standing
Over an old trunk against one wall Of
what was evidently used as a store
room for discarded articles Of furni-
tnre and the like. OF Patria there was
eve a sign. But the drunkard SEEM
ed possessed with the notion that she
had hidden in that trunk, which he was
insaneiy endeavOring to break open.
In n bound Parr was at grips with
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 hts wi
and will. The fellow fought with tbs
power and fury Of a demented thing
and presently contrived to trip Parl
backwards across the trunk. The cap
tain was up again almost as quickly
as he had been thrOwn-but only t.
see his man throwing himself across
the room toward a knife which, Par
saw for the first time. lay or the iOOl
close by some rOlled-up rugs
In a trice Parr was upon his back
and the contest was renewed.
4 At the moment Of final extremity
when the captain was on the point o.
giving up and trying to find something
wherewith to defend himself before 1
was too late. one of the rugs becami
amazingly animate. It rolled lik.
a live thing across the floor, ~unrOllini
as it came. From it Patria emerged
a creature of cat-ltke grace and quick
ness. Her hand closed upon the knit,
in the nick Of time.
The man leaped to his feet as Par
!, released him. But now the dlsadvan
"a tage was his. Parr closed in, rainin.
- blows upon him. He sought valnly {
NJ guard against them until one caugh
the point Of his jaw, his head jerke
- sharply back. and he fell like a di;
m carded m~arionette, Clearly knocke
70 out.
AssAsslNs.
1e Dawn. a formless sheen of gra!
f. trembled in the skies when Capital
Parr sought his bed.
ID He spent hours after leaving Patri
or at her hotel In the care Of Mrs. Ada
(whOse agitation seemed natur,
~enough), in crOss-examining the chau
% feur OF the ~kidnaper's car, and wit
I'd plain-clOthes men searching a chea
ct FOrty-seventh street hotel for tW
he guests who were not there.
50, The sum Of his Investigations was
to follows: On the words Of half a dozt
ed creditable witnesses the wOnan WI
danced nightly under the name
X ''MademOiselle Elaine" was striking
ss- like Miss Patria Claiming. The wOT
". an had a dancing partner known
m Monsieur Edouard." The two reside