Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-11-19

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On the top landing Inez paused to
peer over the rail. That's him." she
painted, nodding.
Leonora Joined her. At The bottom
of the gloomy, deep well of the stair
case the fore-shortened figure OF a
man was visible, his upturned face
mere blur Of flesh color. But some
thing individual in the pose caught
Leonoras eye and prodded what she
took for some memory half erased.
That's no dick" she declared Inn
pulsively.
"IIow dyou know2".
81 don't know, but somehow I do.
Seems like | must've seen him some
where's before"
well, If he aln't no pussyfooter,
what for's he followin' us7"
81 don't know" Leonora repeated
vaguely, maybe I'm wrong :"
She was not as the Self knew that
journeyed with her, though she did
not suspect It's company.
An iron ladder rose to trap door
through which they crawled out upon
the roof.
Here the blackness was oppressive,
relieved only by n dull reflection OF
the city's glow on the low-hung canopy
OF cloud; and the tempest had unhln-
dered sweep. Time and again vicious
blasts all hut carried the two women
off their feet. Rain driving In vast
sheets half blinded them and rendered
their passage OF the roofs doubly
perilous. They slipped, stumbled.
blundered bruised their bodies against
unseen obstacles, their shlns upon low
copings dividing house from house
tfor the roofs were fortunately all on
leveD and more than once by the
narrowest of margins escaped pitch
ing headlong TO death at the bottom OF
some dark airshaft.
Leonora soon lost all sense OF recl-
onlng and was beginning 10 wonder
how Inez could hold on so confidently
when the latter stopped, knelt, and be-
gan to tug at the heavy hatch of an
other trap door. Leonora assisting,
between them they threw Il back, de-
scended second iron ladder into
hallway indlstinghlshably unlike that
which they had just left. But Inez
seemed 10 recognize II instantly.
"It's all right" she whispered harsh.
ly. pausing hslf way down the ladder
when Eeonora stood on the landing
below. The door on the left, at the
back. You know the high sign I'll
be shutting this trap. Look sharp
before somebody lamps u.s."
She climbed back n couple of rungs
10 wrestle with the hatch. while Leo !
nora turning to the door designated, !
saluted It's panels with the peculiar
rap which alone would be acknowl.I
edged by Red.
For some time she waited. hearing
no sounds from the far side of the
door, hearing indeed nothing other
than the buster Of the storm and Inez
petulantly matchmaking the clumsy
and obstinate hatch. Presently the
thing fell into place with crash and
the girl turned, looking to see Inez
drop to the landing and surprised that
she did not, but with a surprise mol
sooner conceived than smsthered I'm M
greater. For the door swung open
suddenly, and voice she knew, for
whose accents she had hungered
ceaseessy for days on end-neither
Reds voice nor Leo's-crled In amaze
ment:
'Teonora !"
And looking up into the face Of the
man Mario, the girl uttered n broken
cr' of wonder and gladness. She did
not understand how this thing had
come about. that she should find here
the man she loved where she had
thought TO find that other whom she
feared with fenr so profound that 1t
was twin with hatred. But II didn't
matter; In the stunning Joy of that
surprise, nothing seemed to matter ex-
cept that chance had led her Mt last
TO Mario, in spite of all her struggles
10 keep away from him, TO deny love
and self lest she entangle him as well
In the tolls of her misfortunes.
She went as naturally to his arms
as child In trouble to the arms of
Its father: lncz, Red, Leo, the police
ACCOMPLISHMENTS In the happi-
ness OF that meeting.
Gently drawing her across the
threshold, Mario shut the door be-
tween them and the world.