The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-03-06

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you ever been ia PRISON.
mo" said Harry.
"iIavc you committed crime In the
pastT''
AS the law counts II. no"
lie looked the governor steadily In
the eyes aa he spoke. and the other.
a keen Judge Of men. felt strange
inclination 20 believe. Bnt there was
nothing that could save Harry now'
some mites beyond tn. nkiyt Of the
city. on the dusty highway stood
vast wall of stone. built four SQUARE.
Fronting the road was great barred
gate. This opened on a marrow.
paved court at one side. who@r door
was marked with the word War
dem
Before this door the next after.
noon Harry SEWER stood with a
sheriff. well. warden said the
sheriff. tive hrougfa you another
boarder Here's his papers"
The other examined the documents
can right he said briefly. and mo
toned the new arrival TO enter.
When Harry emerged h. wore
trousers and jacket with horizontal
stripes Of black and yeliowish gray
the badg. OF tho convict And. IN
tho upper office. a trlts,y. who acted
as clerk. WA. filing In on an lndssed
card tn. physical measurements
which. with the number no wore on
leather strap about hIs upper arm.
constituted the formula by which
hereafter was TO be known the man
who had once bern Harry Sewer.
In the center OF tho great walled
space reared a circular structure Of
brick. Ills conductor led Harry TO n
compartment on the lower tier and
unlocked an iron door. This ta
yours. 2ss." he said.
Harry entered For a moment nc
did not ses that another figure, In the
Same dingy stripes. sat ON the edE.
OF the narrow bunk
Tho occupant rose slowly and
stared hard AZ the newcomer. Then
ho uttered a howl Of evil msrth and
recognition.
Smoke Of the devlf- he shouted.
IF II Amt the younKs,~r me and
fowler had behind the portiary' Iio.
ho' saw BY the papers they'd nab.
bed you. And tn think the Eeezer
swore II was you that plugged him.
They didn't get me-nut that time
ia bo out atlli II ! hadn't tried TO
lift reticuIe on n street car. II was
my record that did IL for rpe then.
Wen. we're pals. now. old horae'"
Paddy the Brick Harry sickcned
at this added twis; Of fate.
Echo. meantime. had become 80
frnil in health that her father. fear.
Ing she was going into a decline, had
sent her to Europe In care OF a fam.
ny friend. Mrs. Spotiswoode.
As the days had gone by and
Harry had not returned. worry over
what she had seen In his office out.
weighed her fear Of being discov.
cred ns the woman who had been in
cralg's library the night Of the shoot.
ing. For the newspapers had made
much OF the mysterious woman In
the case" whom Craig had sworn he
did not know. Craig himself had
never recovered either memory or
speech. The wound in his head had
resulted In a partial paralysis. which.
SO rumor had IL, was incurablc.
Echo sat. one perfect afternoon.
on the terrace Of the Hotel Splendid
In Nice.
The past months had been packed
with new sights and sounds. There
had been the ocean passage.
leisurely motor trip thru England.
shopping and theatre going in Paris
viera. From the first day at sea,
Echo, with all her power. had strivon
to thrust pain and apprehension from
her mind and amid new and varying
scenes she had partially succeeded.
But. tho the acute strain and
distress the pitcous terror. had dun.
cd, her heart ached always with its
burden. Across the faireat scenes
the ghosts, uncalled. would thrust
themselves. and In her brain a mock.
ing voice would whisper:
Even II Harry comes back you
can never tell him. For II you told
him the truth, would he believe your
The letters for which you made that
visit, even IL you could show them,
are ashes now. And even II he be.
iieved In tho necessity that drove you
to win them from Craig. what might
he imagine had been the price? You
know what the world would think
he would think tho same thing. You
were in craig's house. alone. that
midnight--and you win never dare
tell him. Can you say 70 him: ut
was ] who was. In Cameron Craigs
library. l wac the snystrrlons woman
the police were searching for--I.
whom you lovedr' ffsljffli3t
The sneering voices were whisper
Ing In her ear tonight. There wcIled