Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-10
The Mystery of the Red Flame

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While this was going through my
mind there came n timid knock at the
office door and the giri was hhnouhceu'
Her appearance was pitlaOie IN ine SA :,
trcmc. she was dusty ana ulsneyelct.
and her tear stained lace was ehous'
/ to melt the heart OF the Sterhest OH
cial. II was evident that She must pe
! handled gently ana that was thc my "
| procedure upon when imrneolateIy
determined. baIc ner TO W scuteu. %
pattcd her on the back ana asked what
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on, Mr.. Garland sue cTicn eA
cltcdly, We got something We go.
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Inere. thcre' S"'u'
Goh rN'ltc EourSoh' 20 "he"" anu
teII me anything you WISH
She glanced up with a half hunted
aud half defiant look on her face Her
gaze fell on Bromley Barnes.
/ IL won't tell you nothin' while that
mans in the room. What I've got to
say is for you alone
Before | could say word Barnes
arose with smile and, reaching for
his hat left the office. 1t was charac-
tcriStic of the man. He realized the
possibilities of the expected interview
and he was not going to risk spelling
the thing through any foolish notions
of official procedure
When the door closed the girl seemed
on the verge of collapse But she pulled
herself together with AN effort.
"Mr. Garland. I've been IL terrible
bad woman. | was tempted TO do
something wrong and done it. Please
spy Won don't blame mo. please saw
that :, - ~ ''' " '''"', '"'
r.,.
MADE some soothing response to
TINS cAtarordlharS demand. ana she
continued
My trouble began the dny that
awful diamond came to the housc-or
leastwise the dny thought it came TO
the house. That very night | got word
that INV Young man had lost his money
gamblin' and that we cnuldn't yet mar
ripd. 1t hurt me something awful. but
| tried hard to forget if and to think
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Colorn Syhnrton 'ihs a,"J suI' .L tSn 'it nisai
olon'i l'u,,on HaoNru that diaihoho
10 SouHe p'1IPI' me minute l ser my
, eyes Oh ~ l says TO myself give
my sou! TO h"Fr that diamond.
Z was t'IrIui" lmInE 10 say even II
SourS"it' WASH 1t!
1T was.
- W oil pplllDn holm tbInkin' ahn,,
1t. all night, and | went out into tn
garden an dld my best to get it Of
my mlnd. But the more l tried tn
harder | thought. Just then IL maj
III gray sun came up an hande
nv H. Ie'I"t "iI'n ne says was 1or MIS-
buta
t0rn,ntn mhat was Hartley GIa@ier,' in
, ''i IP'T"'
I uo, KNOW hothih ABOUT III
II" i,''n,I; W;.. a.. h ! hnoM lS lIlat l gave
10 MISS iora an Whrh she read 1t Sh
Tol as MnI'H as the SheetS on her BED
couluh Keep my eyes on hcr TO
lhe rest OF the hignt. l Went to m
! tEom put / coulIh go TO sleep 10
, ,Hlnhi4 W mat Hlam4hd ana the Ter
rloIe look on MISS Dora face. !
must nave oeen after midnight wne
a l came oqt OF my room ana locke
oDvn oo'no tne im'tHe IN Sii%rE l"nuln near
some some one IN the llyin room an l creI
down thnt TO thH ,,;, second nd story and l see
| tlaI ~ N"H % Mss l'o'a t4kih soinethli
out t Gt tne Sale' AN knew It We
inc uia'ilonu an II mace me snake Ilt
u ;t iGnt' IN An ulch L seen you thel
so"rim COW GOWN AZ ner an i run paS
~ ~! l"oi,l' NOV that "hat 81
done was none OF my business but
tpuluiI reSt. an h9out an hour aft'
.n@t i looked ,;; out OF my wihaoW al a.
n seen man clinnln down ths Iattl'
:. work from the corner or Miss Dora
II Iooin' nu M"eI ne sot 10 Ihe srouI
o l seen II was the man with the gra
n SUIT
d | gaspcd, but when Amy would ha'
paused | told her to go ahead with h
o story,
o Mhat could poor girl do!' 81
k t%ht!nucd' ,Ginf aot wa was sure ;n ne was as
It tni9l. SO / got an o.d pistol y % Ke'
l. .i!H miiIpr ny pl''oW ana snot at MN Wh
e Ia.I, MirI Hlsnn ta anu M TSct'g!ileLt p tt cou
Is m"J 'nt" ron |tJm Jn ~" thn rorde L' n E tpo
}, "os Niiss Doro ,it, bor bo;r %n" 'lo,,, ,''p
Ie Irnssin, gown on aRd wringin' pm' u IL
hands enough to hreok your heart 8
is started when she seen me an near
u tainted. But when she found o.
Le who it was she said:
t. I" Amy. did you see man IN {
d garden"
g " Yes, miss said, 4 shot at hi
II from my window.