Bisbee daily review., 1917-04-01
''You promise that?"

. AAN AAr-AAANAA''Nt tAAA aAA tA AthAAA Ah'AF APW cred his head. She seized the pistol, planted an elbow against his chest with wicked force, fought wildly to brenk away and diSarm him.
 What followed was so blurred with fear, desperation, panic-stricken strug glings, that she retained no clear un- derstanding of the affair.
 She knew only that 1t eliminated in the explosion of the pistol. She saw EdOuard reel back, catching wildly at the air. and fall. She stared incredu- ously at her hands that held the weap- on. Instinctively she fled that place like hunted thing.
 BAL MAsoUE.
 Parr, alarmed by the pistol shot, ran back toward the glade to meet midway and receive in his arms the wellnigh Gemented girl.
 It was many minutes before he sue ceedel in gaining a disconnected ac- count of what had come of Patria's in- fatuated attempt to sacrifice herself.
 And then.' she walled. ''the pistol went off in my hands. and he fell dead, dead, l murdered him."
 On the echo of that cry both heard the sound of drumming hoOfs dead ened by the forest mould.
 "Dead?" Donald doubted. "Oh. l fancy not Either Edouard has already recovered sufficiently to steal my horse. Or he had q confederate to do me that service. Come and sec"
 The glade. when they again entered it, 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.
 'IIow he managed to trail me here without my knowledge is what nysti- iieS me- Parr complained when. some time later, the two sat together be- fore the little bungalow. He could hardly have done it unassisted. I see Huroki's hand in this; the man is shrewder than I credited him with be- ing-and that's saying a lot" And what can we dO?" There's only one thing to do now. Every hours delay now means added danger-for if 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 hiIa to it''
 "And how"
 r Tonight there's 10 be a bal masque at the Charming cottage. If We lie low ill nishtfall-I won't leave you again We cun take advantage of this masquerade. fancy, quite effectively"
 Rapidly and clearly he outlined plan of operations.
 Publicity We must avCid if pOSsi- ble. both for your sake and for the sake of the work you have yet to do as executrix of the Charming Defense Fund" he concluded. If we can qui- etly put the fear of God into the heart of Elaine and send her back to town, and at the same tiine persuade Huroki and Company it's far more comfortable to leave the country than stay to face charges of criminal conspiracy-I thilk we lhaycall it good days work and ter it go at 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-tle Orly things Pa tria had been able to muster from Ter bungalow wardrobe in the-way of cos tume-jumped out lightly ana lent Donald hand he didn't need to carry the canoe well up out of reach of the tide.
 At the top of tho cliff they paused only to adjust their masks; there was no need for further discussion of plans already definitely formulated.
 Viewed from q little distance, the scene on the lawns was distractingly interesting As Parr had foretold, so it had fallen out. all Newport-alI that social colony which makes Newport what it stands for in the comprehen- sion of the wOrld-had foregathered on the lawn of the Charming cottage in brilliant costumes and gayeSt Spir- its.
 But Patra and Captain Purr did not finger. Their time was too precious.
 Entering the house by a side door little used, they separated immediate iy, Parr s;roi.i;.- n0nchaIan;ly to pre- arranged point If aSsigaauon with his I>siS!uutS, ratria slipping quietly up- stairs tC her dressing room.
 She threw 'ren the door and cn "g'l without cryrwuuy. cuuragruGSly prepared t- Iu ,lIat she had ,7mc to i 'o, Int at "i,-c disappointed and 8 .it relieved to find tlc room tcuanjcC 1 nly hy au ;,frii~hcd uaii.
 ''i wish to see Mss Charnin..~ ia ria dcuHadcj.
 ''Iiadam will find her on the lawn. hc maid replied cyciuS this Sjran= IaS, ,u.radcr with considerable suSfs | fen. She has just descended Co dan, cr her guests"
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