The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-16

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He fiourished hand. palm outward, a
before her face. In the palm she saw
the bilt of a knife whose long, shining
blade was half-hidden in the cuff. II
eff Won want a taste of that" o
She found her voice and cried out :
EIasphemng. the fellow bent over ana
picLcd her bodily out of the chair.
His strength was extraordinary. She
was helpless in his arms.
Parr had just recovered the bracelet
from n waiter when he heard Patrlas
q 80 the lobby.
ne dashed through the doors to 1hd
the place empty of all but four Ut hNe
! liveried men.
"Where's the lady who was waiting
Gov rrep- no demanded of the nearest
man.
"Gone off with her manager, the
other grinned. "They had some sort
of a row and he picked her up and
"You fool" Parr cried. THAT lazy
has no manager. She is MISS Oilan-
ning-Patria Channing"
"G'arn," was the reply. "Shes
Elaine. the dancer. and the man
Jules Edouard, her manager. You pet
ter keep out of this, she's his girl anu
he's hard man"
But Parr was already running down
the corridor. 1t led him out upon an
emptv roof beneath the stairs.
The faintest echo of call for heip
drew him to the head of the fire-eScape.
How he got down that fire-escape' he
never knew. When he reached the DOT
tom. II was to find the paved court
destitute of any trace of the kidnaper
and his prey. He dashed round II IN
FRENZY. irving door after door. one
- yielded, disclosing long ana tuhhei-
like passage between two buildings. AL
a venture he ran down this. Coming
:, out at the far end, he saw the base
ment door to a dilapidated Forty-hrst
{ street residence closing. and threw MS
u weight against it, with the added mo-
v mentum of u short run. full-tilt.
lie Entering basement hall, he saw be-
" fore him a flight of stairs leading 10
81 the first floor. At the top of these he
III paused to listen. From some indeter'
= inmate point in the upper stories ne
heard sound of heavy pounding. lie
took the stairs to the third story three
at a stride.
The sound of hammering came from
behind a closed door at the back o.
the hallway. But that door was no
locked; Parr thrust it open and dis
covered Patria's prosecutor STANDING
over an old trunk against one wall o
what was evidently used as store
room for discarded articles of furnl
ture and the like. OF Patria there wa
never a sign. But the drunkard seem
ed possessed with the notion that sh
had hidden in that trunk. which he wa
insanely endeavoring to break open.
In one bound Parr was at grips wit
the man, who turned just In time to e
cape being taken at disadvantage.
A struggle ensued that demande
every ounce of PARIS strength and d
termination, every atom of his W
and will. The fellow fought with Il
power and fury of demented thin
and presently cOntrived to trip Pa
backwards across the trunk. The ca
tain was up again almost as quick
81 as he had been thrOwn-but only
ri see his man throwing himself aero
III the room toward a knife which, Pa
saw for the first time, lay on the NO
close by some rolled-up rugs.
In a trice Parr was upon his bat
and the contest was renewed.
At the moment of final extremi
"A when the captain was on the point
M8l giving up and trying to find somethl
ISL wherewith to defend himself before
'sa was too Tate, one of the rugs beca
- amazingly animate. 1t rolled L
a live thing across the floor. unroll
Z as II came. From 1t Patria emery
Z n creature Of cat-like grace and qui
ness. Her hand closed upon the kr
in the nick Of time.
The man leaped to his feet as P
Z " released him. But now the disadv
girl! tage was his. Parr closed in, rain
he blows upon him. He sought vainl!
lrt- guard against them until one eau
[hout the point Of his jaw, his head jer
sharply back, and he fell like
farf' carded marionette, cleanly knoc
out.
same ASSASSlNS.
Dawn, a formless sheen Sf g
40 az trembled in the skies when Cap
Parr sought his bed.
.o,a He spent hours after leaving Pa
!, or at her hotel in the care of Mrs. A
our (whose agitation seemed nat
enough), in cross-examining the oh
~ On feur of the kidnaper's car, and
,uo5 plain-clothes men searching CT
SGT Forty-seventh street hotel for
: .ho guests who were not there.
nIe.s. The sum of his Investigations wa
-. .o-I follows: On the words Of half d.
'S,aS crcdiSahle witnesses the woman
20 danced nightly under the name
"Mademoiselle Elaine'-was strlki
like Miss Fatria Claiming. fne
- nm had q dancing partner know
49, 80, "Monsieur Edouard." The two res
= - Mt the same theatrical hotel. Re-
=, a. Nv Edouard had been drinking re
- .hor too much, and Elaine had broken
hin, because of that fact. He had