The Harrison times., 1920-03-06
CHAPTER ll.-Continued.

Aph hiiSAl' Jul N'u Nbu L lOu " III
accompany me to the bank; you will
stand at my elbow while | cash it,;
you will then enter a mOtorcar with
me and drive to some deserted spot
outside Chicago; you will leave the
auto, and thus give me chance to
escape. All this while | shall have
the dynamite; one false move and I'll
blow US to kingdom come. Your life
is worth ten thousand dollars, | take
it. Mines not. Do l make myself
clcar%"
Excessively. And now for the
check Without moving his head
from the back of the chair Otis pro.
duced a private check book and a
fountain pen, and feeling the way
with his fingers, filed out a check
for ten thousand dollars. "What
namc?" he asked.
Make it payable to bearer"
every we'll"
"Fatherw
A pair of porHeres at the rear Of
the room were held far apart, and in
the aperture stood a girl. Without
turning-his back was toward her
Fltzhugh knew who she was. He had
heard her voice before. AS she spoke
his uplifred hands dropped swiftly
and concealed the newspaper package
beneath his coat, Then he turned,
and, even as he knew he would, looked
into the pansy-blue eyes of the girl
with the Titan hair.
There was q dramatic tableau. Ftz-
hugh, every nerve and muscle tense,
stood looking at the girl. Otis, who
had not moved, watched him The
girl looked from one to the other in
quiringly. She seemed 70 know intu-
itivoly that something very unusual
had occurred,
Otis was first 20 speak
"Will You excuse us, Kathleen? This
gentleman and nave a little business
to transact
II did not intend TO interrupt, fa-
thor. l thought you were alone"
She went out, closing the portieres
behind her. Otis wrote bearer" on
the check, shipped it from the book
and stood up. He held out the check
without saying a word,
Fl&hugh took the slip of paper
studied it renectlyely. There was no
questioning its genuineneSs. 1t called
for ten thousand dollars, and the call
was rs authoritative rs govern
mcnt bond. Suddenly he drew
deep breath, folded the check, and de-
HberGtely tore it twice across. He
dropped the pieces on the table,
picked up his hat, and without a fur
tier word walled from the room,
In The hell he found Kathleen Otis.
"The is not the first time" said he
In his best dramatic manner you
have saved me from myself l thought
I'd tell YOU"
SIZE stepped back, looking at him
cuaousIN "I-TR afraid | Cont un-
Gers,ond YOU / don't think even
know ycu'
"h# hardly possible"
"Nylmt were you doing in thcre|
She interrupted, 81 know something
was wrong. and" She broke off,
auL with impuISive courage fairly
shot "a question at him. "Were YOU try
ing 60 hlackmoil my f0rherT
some people might have called it
something worse" he replied easily;
aud he was thinking "She'S heaud-
beautiful This must be the sort
men go crazy over, The sort men do
things for"
"}vhot were You doiug?" she in
sisted,
"Why so iuquisltiyc?" he couutered.
She looked annoyed. "W-would you
mind telling me your name| she
asked, and dug her nails into her
palms upon feeling her cheeks burn
ing
lie asked pointedly: "Can you recall
tho dirtleSt young man' YOU ever SawT
She hit her lip and stepped back
FROM him. She was scarlet TO her
temples, "Ycs-yeS, ! remember You
now. You are the one gave u dollar
TO yesterday, believe you said your
name was Fit2-Fitz something or
othcr?'
"Filzhugh,"
"Oh. yeS-Daniel Ftzhugh re.
member perfectly now"
"I'm glad you do
Then he became aware that Syming
ton Otis was standing in the doorway
Of the library. At sight Of the man
whom he half believed u dangerous