The Elbert County tribune., 1918-02-01


and Madam Gaillard came in with such
haste and violence that Jean staggered
to her knees and almost fell headlong
into the room beyond.
Madam Gaillard paid no attention to
the girl, but hurried across the room
and out of the door through which she
had first brought Jean as a prisoner.
OF course 1 didn't know it, but
as 1 went creeping down the stair
way leading from the inn, was I'M
dergoing emotions similar to those
which little while before had been
torturing little Jean Moore.
In the meantime Madam Gaillard
proceeded back to her bungalow via
the secret panel in the wall. On the
steps of her cottage stood John Miles.
She approached him politely and
asked what he wanted, but for all his
queries as to Jean Moore she had moth
ing but patient smile and shake
of her head. AT last young Miles
shouted angrily, 'If you don't produce
her at once I'll go for the police"
Madam Gaillard made deprecating
gesture and fell back step or two,
as if in alright. John turned angrily
toward the door. 1t was clear to him
that he would have to go for the po-
lice. Suddenly a heavy fist brought
itself with crashing impact against
the base of his skull. he fell to the
ground senseless. His assailant nom
chalantly tore at the fastenings of her
dress and let 1t fall to the ground. A
second later a wig followed the dress
and Madam Gaillard stood revealed-a
man. He seized Miles in his arms and
strobe off down the hall.
1t was well for us and extremely IN
fortunate for Gaillard and his coun-
terfeiters that certain lack of re-
sourcefulness led him to hide both his
prisoners in the same place. So, after
he had knocked John senseless, he
carried his second victim through the
sliding panel, down the stairs and into
the room where Jean was imprisoned.
Gaillard had shown a certain hui
maneness in his treatment of his pris-
oner in that he had given Jean food
and water. Now she found instant
use for that water, and began her eff
forts to revive her beloved.
She dropped to the floor, took John
Miles head in her lap and moistened
his face. In a few moments her eff
forts were rewarded. Miles opened
his eyes and stared at her with that
queer look unbelieving people some
times show when waking from uncon-
sciousness-perhaps he thought he was
seeing vision-that Jean was an an
gel greeting him on his arrival in
heaven.
The ''angel' bent her head and her
lips met his. Then John knew that
he was still on earth, and that the
woman he loved was restored to him
somehow by miracle.
A moment later the lovers found
themselves in complete darkness, for
when Gaillard reached the counter
feiters den he switched Off the light
In the little room where he had left
his prisoners. He meant to make them
utterly helpless while he was deciding
upon their doom.
His first move was to turn to the
proprietor angrily and order him back
to his place. That was how Jimmy
and got our prisoner.
Now when Jimmy left me and crept
to the cellar he found some strange
plotting going on there. The very first
thing he heard was Gaillard's voice
calling to his men in fearsome words
'If they get out of here alive we all
go to the PEN"
A second later Gaillard, followed by
his three fellow conspirators. crossed