The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-11-05


aura of les sickly flame Stella Dono
van saw the face of man with long
unkempt beard and feverish eyes that
stared at her as though she were an
apparition.
As her eyes became more accus-
toned TO the light she saw that the
stranger was a man of approximately
thirty, of good robust health. His hair
was sandy of color and thin. and his
| beard which was of the same hue, had
evidently gone untrimmed for days,
| perhaps weeks; yet for all of his UNI
kempt appearance, for all the strange
ness of his presence there. he was
gentleman. that was plain. And as
she scrutinized him Miss Donovan
thought she beheld mild similarity in
the contour of the mans head. the
shape Of his face. the lines of his body
| to the man who several weeks be-
fore, she had seen lying dead upon the
/ floor of his rooms in the Waldron
apartments.
my God" he cried in high voice,
IL thought ] was seeing things. You
are really woman-and aliveT"
Miss Donovan hesitated moment
| before she answered. wondering
whether 10 tell him of her narrow es-
cape This she decided to do
"Alive. but only by luck" she said
in q friendly voice, and then recounted
the insults of Cateras, her struggle
with him, and capture of his cartridge
! belt and revolver. and how finally she
had left him bound and gagged in the
adjoining cell. The man listened at
tentively, though his mind seemed
slow to grasp details.
But" he insisted unable 10 clear
his brain. "why are you here? Surely
you are not one of this gang of out
| 'awsT
| 81 am n prisoner. That is true of
you also, is it notf"
Eyes. II am prisoner, although
do not in the least know why. When
/! did you Gomez
| Not more than two hours ago. Two
men brought me across the desert from
Haskell"
81 do not know how I came. was
on the platform of an observation car
the last / remember" his utterance
slow. as though his mind struggled
with vague memory. talking with
gentleman whom l had met on the
train. There-there must have been
an accident, l think. for I never knew
anything more until woke up here"
| do you recall the name Of the
man you were conversing with on the
1 observation carr
He pressed his hand against his fore
head. a wrinkle appearing straight be
tween his eyes.
"Fve tried to remember that" he
admitted regretfully. but 1t doesn't
quite come to me-"
| "Was 1t BeatonT'
| "Yes. Why, how strange! OF course,
he was Edward Beaton Of New York.
He told me he was a broker. Why,
how did you known"
1T is not so strange" she said at
last. "for your disappearance is indi-
rectly the occasion Of my being here
also. believe l can even call you by
name. You are Mr.. Cavendish?"
/ YES" he admitted, his hands grip
ping the back Of the bench nervously,
his eyes filed with amazement. But
but / do not know you"
'For the best of reasons" she an
swered smilingly, advancing and ex-
tending her hand-"because we have
never met before. / am Stella Dono-
| yo
strange disappearance about a month
ago aroused considerable interest, and
CHANGED to be detailed on the case
Ny Investigations led me to visit Has
kell, where unfortunately my mission
became known to those who were re-
sponsible for your Imprisonment here
SO. to keep me quiet, I was also alb
Quoted and brought TO this place"
"You-you mean 1t was not an acci-
dent--that i was brought here pur-
| poselyT
Exactly; you were trailed froIn
New York by gang Of thieves having
confederates in this country. / am I'M
| able to give you all the details; bur
] this>fnan Beaton, whom you met on the
train, is a notorious gunman and
gambler. His being on the same train
with you was a part of a well-lald
plan, and I have no doubt but what he
deliberately slugged you while you
two were alone on the observation
platform"
"But-but," he stammered, "what
was his object7 Why did those people
scheme to get rhe?"
"As told you, Mr.. Cavendish, 1 do
not know all the details, but l think
these men-one Of whom Is a lawyer
planned to gain possession of your for
tune, possibly by means Of a forged
will; and. In order to accomplish this,
II was necessary to get you out of the
way. II either Of us can escape from
this place we shall be in time 70 foil
them completely"