El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-04
4 Serial OF East and West.
By Virginia Terhune
Van de Water.
The PLotterS
Elizabeth, After Talk With Her Brother Receives
Visit From Talak, the Farmland

Continued from Wednesday.
CHAPTER Tx.

lax may be willing to repeat later to
you what he tells me"
Wade shook his head skeptically.
"Perhaps-but not probable. He may
have sense enough to fear for his own
safety"
But" the girl looked up startled.
they would not execute a man like
that. would theyg"
NO" her brother assured her. The
utmost they would do with a de-
fective Of his type would be to put
him in an asylum-which Is where he
ought TO be- He is not safe at large
at least the community is not safe
That has been proved by what might
have resulted in an attack upon you,
and by his shooting his employer"
Only One Idea
''9e seems 10 have room in his head
for but one idea" Elizabeth unused.
That gives me hope that I may be
able to make him confess to you. But
l VIII wait and see You viii be sure
to stay right within call. Douglas2"
heart
Surely. dear" reassuringIy. And
now that we have our plans, let US
haey our supper. Miller viii be here
by 1890"
The pair ate little. vet talked so
naturally that the hOuseworlzer from
Midland decided that Miss Wade was
getting on so we'll that a maids serV-
ices would not be needed much longer.
Silence fell upon brother and sister
as they returned TO the veranda a half
hour later.
Here Mr.. Miller Joined them. and.
after listening to Douglas Wade's
theory. admitted that it sounded
plausible.
yet" he said. u wonder where the
fellow got the pistol One chamber OF
the revolver on Amos's table was
empty The Pole couldn't have hid
den himself in the room, could hep
That is what puzzles me" Wade
Acknowledged The only. place he
could have concealed himself is under
the table Yet how could he enter
the room2 Ny sister SAYS that Butler
and Chaplin went in there as soon as
Butler and she returned from their
walk. And they left the Pole down
the house"
Gould we have run around the 9th
er way and climbed into the Window"
Miller oueried-
u think it's too high from the
Wade objected. Suppose we 20
around to that side Of the house and
see how high the sill IS"
Elizabeth started as IL to accom-
pany them, but her brother demurred
gently.
wait here. dear girl: don't exert
yourself We viii be right back" he
said
He remained away longer than he
had intended to. and when he came
back his manner was so excited that
his sister asked quickly. What Is it2
What have you found2'
Not Too Hopeful.
Don't let yourself get agitated." he
warned in a low voice. And don't
get too hopeful We have found an
other chain in the link Of evidence
that will prove Buffers innocence, I
hope. Yet we must not count too
surely on the strength of IT,"
What Is it2' she whispered
We were looking at the window Of
the little room when We say a fresh
cut on the woodwork Of the frame
7 turned my electric torch unon II.
It IS a groove DlouEhed IN the wood
work by a bullet fired from outside
the house. That bullet" he added
softly. "is the one by which Amos
Chaplin met his death. There. dear,
keep calmw as his sister caught his
hand in hers II promised to tell you
the truth. so 7 am keeping nothing
back. Now. II we can make the Pole
confess where he got his pistol and
what he did with It afterward. we may
have some good news for John Butler
in a day OF two
Il guess We won't have to wait as