The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-24
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What the Persons at the Inn Decided
to Do with Madge.
7 SHALL always he proud that ! ut
tered no outcry when | felt the
thrust on the needle deep into the
flesh OF my arm, and thus was able
successfully 10 deceive Nine. Hoier and
her associates had read somewhere
that such test II applied to real
morphia s,upor would result only IN
movement OF the arm, that there would
be no outcry and the memory OF the
statement flashed across my brain as
il is said memories come 10 a drown
ing person.
OF course | wasn't able 10 control
win,c, but ! managed TO continue the
movement so that It appeared TO be a
drowsy withdrawal Of the arm. Secure
IN the belief that there was no physl-
clan or nurse prc,cnt-a conviction !
dcdhccd from ihe fact that no one had
lifted my eyclds and peered at the pu
pills, the first test Of genuine morphla
Stupor-l even ycnlured an indiStinct
murmur OF let me alone" as ! moved
my head slightly and began to breathe
still more Ncrtorously
She, doped all right" affirmed the
same voice that had advised the needle
test. ! had no reason for my con
lecture. but was sure that the voice be
longcd to the ferret faced youth who
had shown his notebook containing my
description-as belieyed-to his
neighbor after ] entered the dining
room
What shall we do with her." 1t was
woman's voice that put the question
A deep voice rolled out cultural
sentence, which | gathered to be Ger
man version Of the old proyerb, Dead
men tell no tales.
A Cold -Blooded Discussion.
"No, nor Mime. Hofer almost
Shrieked. 81 will not have that She
lives down Cresthaven way in Mar
win, think She will be missed We
shall all hang Besides, | do not like
all this killing business"
"You arc a mllkSop Sophie" another
woman said contemptuouSly What is
the life Of baby face like this when il
lnterieres with what we are doing for
the fatherland'"
" may he a mlksop. but I am not
Schwcne butcher" Mime. Hofcr an
Swered angrlly mixing German and
English in her excitement and tell
you | will have no murder"
WHO'S talking about murder"
.,,ar1.I l.. ...L..t I L
longed 10 the ferret-faocd man 1--WE
know this danes in the secret service,
and the man who wrote out the des-
cription which put me wise to her is
mighty anxious to have a little inter
view with her again | don't know what
the row is but he's been watching for
her for some time, says he has a nice
little score to settle with her"
turned faint with horror. almost for
getting my heavy breathing in the ter
ror Of knowing that my fears were true,
that the man with the SCARED hand was
still nursing his vengeance against me
But tho ferret-faced maH was talking
again, and | put down my terror with
the grim determination TO act my part
as worthily as could. How | kept up
my pretense OF Stupor, and at the same
time missed no necessary word OF the
dialogue, is a mystery 10 me. For
tunately. the ferret-faced youth--or the
voice which ! believed to be his-after
his first sentence or two, used English
and as he appeared to be the leader and
principal speaker, my task was not
so hard as il all the conversation had
been in German
"Tie Her Up Well"
we don't have to hurt her at all"
went on the voice. speaking, or rather
numbering English Just toss her into
one Of your upstairs rooms, Sophie, and
let her wait here until we all get
safely away I'll tip off the guy that's
so interested in her Just where she is,
and after that we don't know nothin
See 1t amt none OF our business what
he does"
you forget" the deep voice which
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