The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-06
"lt's the Lady That Promised Me $500
for Risking Me Loife for Her!"

burst into the back entrance and was
staggering up the sInoke-filled stair
way.
He reached the laboratory door and
set his shoulder against it. Once
twice-at the third lunge the solid mass
splintered at the hinges and half
opened. A cloud of smoke shot through
with fiery streaks, rushed out. Through
it Ravengar dimly made out the con-
scious form of Leontine.
He reached across the ruins of the
door. picked her up in his arms, and
staggered down the stairway again.
The flames. released by the fall of the
door. and blown inward by the draft
from the open window, seemed all
about him. They leaped at him like
living things, but-he went on, shield
ing Leontine In his arms, and carrying
her as If she were no heavier than u
child.
AS the fire engines dashed up to
the front entrance and began playing
upon the flames, which threatened the
entire building. Ravengar made his
way out ut the back, where the crowd
was smaller. He rushed with his
precious burden across the street md
entered the yard of the German wOm-
IN whose son had found the pellets.
"GiSe me some water!" he said
breathlessly.
Mr.. Patrick Mcclure came bustling
up, but Ravengar, not knowing him,
impatiently ordered him away.
"Sure. it's the lady that promised me
foive hundred dollars for risiing me
loife for her." he said.
The water was brought, and, per-
haps at the touch of this on her fore
head. perhaps at Pat McGuire's voice.
Leontine opened her eyes and smiled.
Then she stretched out her arms to
| Ravengar. And he overcome with hap
piness, dropped on his knees beside
her.
She remembered; and there was no
| need of further explanations. Their
happiness was too intense. Each had
believed the other dead.
DEAREST" whispered Leontine into
his ear.
Sebastian took the cloak and the
| pellets" said Ravengar in low voice.
And he has the journal. too" an
swered Leontine. "But what does that
matter when have you?"
You love me?" asked .Ravengar in
credulously.
"Yes," she acknowledged. "DO you
remember long ago when you sought
my love, and I told you that it was
Jerry's, my dead lovers, of years gone
by? Since then I have come to feel
that in some way can love you with
| out profnning that love I promised
Jerry to keep for him, dead or alive.
forever. I have come to feel that it
is what Jerry himself would wish,
| could he but knOw-that 1 should love
You. 1t is rs If some message had
come to me from him in his grave, or
rather in his heaven, telling me that
in returning your love do no wrong"
She paused and looked at him earn
estly, then laid her hand upon his
arm.
''Ravengar," she said, "once, when I
asked you your name, you told me that
you were my shielding shadow. Now
tell me who you are. Ravengar, and
why you shield me so."
She hung. breathlessly upon his an
| swer. Ravengar turned to her.
"Leontine," he said, "I will tell you
Mt Inst who am. am"
Suddenly he ceased speaking. He
was looking toward window of
tenement house across the street. At
the window he had seen Sebastian,
staring at him. the invisible cloak con-
cealing NIL but the face. Sebastian
had seen them.
LeOntine, watching him with won
der, was surprised when Ravengar
suddenly released her and dashed at
full speed across the street.
(END OF THIRTEENTH EPISODEl