The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-08-10

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~ outraged piuptIuly and shattered
hI'h rs
$50 that's 'hEsUr ~ woman you
rry' m.I Wlullc between his tprth
ltr stood ih,rr .rwur. with %
-DHnIug rsr. my uulImpIumIalusIy
intimate uftIrr.
"IIIlI,sIrkaw hrHrd back 100
him Iut utf only mGIy him Iuuk
more tragic llu ever That hum
urlrw golrmuIfg uf hia. bon fact was
apur 200 th, NHuk .uf my audtD'y
would you mind coming tu my
room win ut'. asked. with 49,
qu.,l HuUr as could command
Ils answer was both drulHIyc and
explosive.
",u' boo shouted. IIkn tho good
|lIi'p Joseph Boo ptIIhIHa fHti no was
'Arr you afraid '' ! wOrkiugIy do.
. mludrl
prefer people who Keep tp their
own ruuwa' b., said lu uu Altogether
uuuuduIuird tome OF ur8ru But Uo.
zorro / had Uwr tb r,iYIt tu chat
challenge Ferries door swung open
and THAT nlyrry haired old officer
. stepped out into the hail
iuu bone hrtdod young cub" !
. heard the older man H.uwIy luiOnv
/ l' 10" younger lu Np.c" NJ steel.
/ cold rage which / scarcely thought
/ him capable Of ! simply gathered
/ up my futnd skirts and srurrIcd
/ down tho han toward Uy own door
] was Htlil pink ana urIDkIy win
/ an atiorgluw ~ anger as | uururthrl
/ "A coll NJ insulated VIII" from one ui
/ tho locked drawers NJ nay bureau
/ trunk ana also took uui tho nickel
/ pliers which Ia used while Install
| inE my dichphour circuits So
| slipped out along me- hnll toward
| the hack ~ the wing and tlptucd
| down the second stairway 90 iN
/ farther end. Id decided 90 rr-wlrc
| my contact mat iu the study where
the wail.satc was. hut This time
| ! Intended to conceal that mat uu
| der rug. across the doorway no
| that my bedside huzzrr would an
nounce tho entrance or any pruwler
/ into that room.
liut this wasn't as cnFy as IA At
| first imagined The house, In the
| fIrat place was huge one The
| darkness, In the second place, In
| torfered with my freedom of move
mcnt And from the gloom of any
| door | remembered. an enemy might
! confront mo. So n was only after
a great deal NJ circlinE about. and
barking my shins on furniture cor
ners. and pattinR along cool walls
ana carved woodwork, that ! made
my way 90 the room that held the
hidden strong box. | stood at the
| door ot That room, listening inicnuy
| Tor several minutes before ! even
ycntured 10 step into a. Then. find-
| Ing myself confronted by absolute
silence, | crept inside and swung
/ the door shut A moment later u
switched on tho light
Then discovered something
| which brought me up with start
| II prompted my right hand 10 slip
] In under my klmuno cape at the
same time that my body instInctivcly
/ sought shelter by crouching low he.
| hind the heavy Florentne reading
/ table beside which ] had stood. For
| instead OF seeing a panel ~ carved
mahogany where the wall-snfe faced
mo. / saw something quite differ
ont II was an oddly constructed
littlo canopy NJ blankets covering
the entire front OF tho safe screen
Running a. were two insulated wires
which twinod along the base OF the
book shelves thanking the room
| They had been concealed as far as
| could judge. with the housc-circuit
in some obscure corner OF tho study
And | at once undcrstood that an
| expert safe breaker was preparing
or had prepared, 10 drill through
the dlal-fHcc, insert charge oil
soup and deinnatc sufficiently
powerful explosive 20 Crumplc up
the inner lock
| had my automatic In my hand