Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-05
CHAPTER VI.
More Myatery.

R%W MfA. Ntreens we nehku III III |
distlnc! murmur Of voices. the
,orud Of twigs being broken, then alb
solute silence.
"shT Kent whispered. "As we are
rot armed, we must creep UP as close
nd ,ye can. then when the son Of a gun
uipes ne or we can spring on him he
fore ne can wing Us. DO you get mel"
admitted that his plan was good.
aTbeu on your knees and BE- care
ful" he commanded. We crept through 7
mud puddles without noticing them.
Tnen I heard the sound of a safety |
match being scratched unsuccessfuIly |
AGAINST box. When it finally lighted !
what would be revealed
A Jagged circle Of yellow light dick
erad n moment while I crouched ready
n, sprinc. then burned DINNER and
,ror out The silence was unbroken
upHl the light disappeared, then
.poup's Laugh rang out loud and clear,
followed q moment later by a hys-
terlcsl giggle which l recognized as
Lucile's.
while ] scuttled away as hastily as
nossible in order to be out Of range be-
fore he could light another match, l
heard him say in childish falsetto,
nOpe-two-three for Monty!
did not hear what else he had to
of-ar because ] got out of earshotS as
Eoon as possible A few hundred
5afds On the trail back to the house
Kent Joined me. We proceeded Indian
fashion silently for awhile.
Finally he ruminated: tits surs
queer how forgot about her and him
being on the island II 1t hadn't been
Sor them we was doing fine. 1 sun
pose Wen have to 90 back to the house
and begin all over again"
NO more footprints / insisted
hastily. wen just hunt as plain anna
teur hunters aQd cut out the detective
stuff"
Kent was vlsibly crestfallen.
Suddenly the mufied report Of gun
reached our ears.
They've found her" said Ken
without enthusiasm. 'Let's 60 back
hesltated. hated TO face LuciI
after the ridiculous scene of shor
time before. Finally assentec
When we reached the house no on
was in sight
Probably upstairs putting the oil
dame to bed, Kent said.
went up, raped on Mrs Green
door and entered. There was no Sig
of her. Puzzled, I went downstairs.
Nobody there" announced
Kent
Just at that moment There was
sound outside, and 7 looked out to 81
Lucille and Bopp arriving.
well" sighed Lucille, where
mother3'
''vhere did Won put herr" I cou
tered.
rtgo exclaimed Lucille, 81 havei
seen her"
Haven't seen herr" Kent interle
cd. "Then who fred the revolVerf
Didn't your" interposed Bopp.
"No"
who ala, then2" with sudden
prehension.
| Kent picked UP the gun from
| table and broke it. SIX loaded
tridgcs dropped out.
"This cannon amt been fred
l said. shifting the barrel
Il We looked al one another W
L frightened eyes What unseen 10
/ was playing pranks on us? First
i disappearance Of Mrs. Green, then
/ revolver shot coming out Of the a
II Il seemed too much TO account for
natural means.
When the telephone bell rang
Il nerves. all on paper edge, gave
united leap. answered the SUNNI
Hello I said.
This "a the telegraph operator
L Fair View" said masculine ',
II "Have you got party at your p
mined n. Blainey or something's
tbat3'
yes: I am Mr.. Blainoy'
Probably It's for you, then. We
"a rush message for n. Blainey W
we can't deliver 10 you on aceoun
the storm. Are you expecting
thius2'
Yes. assented; 81 am always
ting kilograms. Read 1t to me
the telephone"
81 can't do that I don't know
Youn have to get Mr.. Green or OF
his family to take the message
you"
Very well Hold the Wire
quested, putting my hand over
mouthpiece. Lucille, viii You
this telegram It's for me, but
say they'll have 10 read 1t TO
member Of the family because
don't know me-
Lucille took the receiver, picked
pencil hanging by string 70 the
phone and wrote down the teie
on scratch pad on the wall a
operator read it over the wire.
Il was done. without scommeni
handed II 70 me.
il read as follows:
n Blansy-Coning to you NJ lAs'
rive today. Have marriage license