The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30

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to the wall, her face CHASTITY beneath .
the rouge.
Dropping her beach wrap, Patria I'M
covered her pistol.
"Be good enough" she said c"ldly,
"to let me have that costume You are
wearing. ! give you this chance of cs-
cape, but warn you not to waste time.
The police will be here in ten min
utes.'
Dumb in despair. Elaine began TO
tumble with the fastenings of her at
tire.
The door was tried; from the hall
way the voice of the maid became
audible:
Miss Claiming, do you need me-"
"Not in the least" Patria replied.
"Go away and don't come back for half
an hour"
! Patria moved across the room and
picked MP the costume out of which
/ Elaiu" had Just stepped, Spanish
| dancers dress.
/ But il was far from easy 10 manage
| the change and pistol ut on" and the
same time. ON sudden decision Patria
unlocked the door.
"Pur that beach COAX over your I'M
dcrthings," she ordered Elaine, land
I GO"
SUhmiSSiycly. Elaine picked up the
/ cloak and went To- the door. Patria
crossed To ch"val glass on the far
side of the room. on the way putting
her pistol on Il LITTLE table in tn" re-
cess of the window. \ moment later,
while hooking up the dress before the
glass. she saw Elaine fling the door
open and dart toward the table.
Patria moved, but Elaine had moved
too quickly for her. Her hand closed
upon the pistol.
simultaneously a mans hand was
thrust in between the window draper
les. holding Il revolver. This last was
discharged with what, in that small
space, seemed deafcning defamation.
Without as much as Il sigh Elaine fell.
She was dead before she lay ut rest.
ThoughtlesS of danger. Patria
reached the window in time To see Il
man leave the foot Of Il ladder whose
topmOSt rung rested on the window
sill. and scurry of in desperate haste.
As she turned back she heard soy
cral people hurrying down the cnrri-
dor. talking with more or less animal
ton. The suave accents of Baron lla-
roki were diStinguishable.
At her feet the pistol gliStencd
temptinGly; the rays it reflected struck
fire from Patria's brain. Hastily she
picked it up.
Followed by Fanny Adair and Juan
de Lima, Baron IIuroki unceremOniouS-
ly entered the room.
"The maid said she was afraid YOU
were in some sort of trouble" he be-
gan, and checked in stupcfaction. star
ing down at the body of the dancer.
"Shut that door," Patria brusquely
told De Lima.
: What does it mean" Mrs. Adair
whimpered.
With a hint Of contempt Patria
looked from face To face.
Mean" she said. ut means that
Patria Claiming is accounted for al
. last. Somebody had To do it-and you
! men bungled every time You tried it
i Now I've done my part; it remains fol
YOU to cover this UP. I'm going back
: to my guests before they miss me-
She left the three staring, dumb
founded, aghaSt.
e In the lower hallway she enCOun
+ tered Parr. drew him aside, told hin
g what she had done.
"But why? To what cnd?" HI
n stammcrcd.
y "AS long as they think me Elaine
and therefore are sure that Patria il
o dead am inside their councils Sh'
explained. Il shall become intimate
with all their schemcs-and diSCIoS,
/ to you all l find OUT
#
In the din gray twilight Of dawn tn
d body of EdOuard was found at the foo
L Of the cliffs. II was sUrniscd that
It blinded by rcmorsc and driuk-in tn
haste of his flight, he had stumbled
A over the brink to his death.
l. The discovery furnished Baron Hu
4 roki and his circle with way out o
their dilemma. The story they CAV
V. out was to the effect hat Edouard ha
g. shot Elaine in a fit Of Jealous rage, an
re then killed himself.
(END OF SIXTH EPISODE)