The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1921-02-17


toned to the light she saw that IN,
Ni"an=Hr was man of approNimat2l,
thirty, Of good robust health. His hal.
Va" sandy Of color and thin, end =
"t; Il which was uf the same h,c.
"N gently gone untrimmcd for -
p"!hlpS weeks; yet for all Of a.
|' : Hi ?Ept ar"nce, for all tie slr;:
h"", Of his presence there. Ec W..
Gentleman. that WAS plain. Ara
-" Sorutinized him Miss Dorsv.
thought she beheld mild similarity T.
IA" contour of the mans head. IN.
i!an" of his face. the lines of his bG},
20 the man who several weeks
'or" she had seen lying dead urrn =,
h"cr Of his rooms in The V-l'!?,.
fuiartments.
My God!" he cried in u h;..l ,
"i--i thought I was sccfng things !.
"r' reilly Il woman--and aliyC?"
- Si Donovan hcSitatCG u rlc,a,
before she answered, wpn.iri..r
VIII. i':Cr To tell him of her barrow
cape. This she decided to DO.
Alive, bit only by luck" size g..
III . friendly voice, and then raccv!,:.
The insults of Catcras, her s'ru....
Wi'h him, and capture Of his cartrid:..
belt and revolver, and how finally $
h&d left him bound and gagged i'm T.,
adjoining cell. The man listened ~.
tentively, though his mind scem;c
slow to grasp d calls.
"But," he iniSted, unable to ClC,1
his brain, "why gre you here? Sure.
you are not one Of this gang IF out.
laws?"
Il Il prisonev. That is true nf
you also, is it rot?'
Yes II am prisoner, ulthuu.u
, do not in the least know why. wh>f
dill YOU Gomez"
Not more than two hours az, Ti>.n
men brought me across the dcsc,: rro;:.
Haskell"
II do not know how I came. ! was
on the platform OF an observation ca.
the last | remember" his uttcra',,
slow. as though his mind strug,ylc,i
with vague memory. talking with Il
gentleman whom had met on the
'rain. Therc-thcrp must have pcpu
an accident, | think, fer never k,.aW
anything more until woke up here"
"po you recall the name Of t.,
man you were convcrSing with on IT,,
observation carr"
He pressed his hand against his fore.
head, a wrinkle appearing STRAIGHT b..
tween his eyes.
i've tried to remember that l.,
admitted rcgretfully, but it Gopsm'.
quit" come to me-"
"WaS ii Bcaton?'
"Ics. Why. how strange. OF cours,
he was Edward Hcaton Of New Yuri.
He told me he WAS broker. Why.
how did YOU knowi'
ut is moi 50 strange" she SAIL =,
last. "for your disappearance is i...;.
rectly the occasion of my being here
also. L belirv" ] can even cal, vDu hy
name. You are Mr.. Cavcndi>h?"
Yes" he admitted. his hands gr.n-
ping the back Of the bench nprvouSIv
his eyes filled with amazcment. But
but l do not know YOU"
"FOr the best o. reasons" she an-
swered smilingly, advancing and ex-
tending her hand-"bccauSe we have
never met before. | am Stella Dono-
van, newspaper woman. Your
strange disappearance about month
ago aroused considerable interest. and
/ CHANGED to be detailed on the case.
My investigations led me to visit Has
kell, where unfortunately my mission
became known to those who were re-
SponS!ble for your Imprisonment here.
so, to keep me quiet. | was also alb
Quoted and brought to this place"
"fou-you mean it was not an acct
dcnt-that | was brought here pur-
pOsely?"
"ENactly; you were trailcd from
New York by n gang Of thieves having
c"nfederates in this country. am un-
able to give YOU all the dc.ailS: but
this man Beaton. whom YOU met on the
tram, is II notorious gunman ANA
gambler. His being on the same train
with you was n part of well-laid
plan. and / have no doubt but what he
deliberately slugged you while you
two were alone on the observation
PLATFORM"
"But-but." he stammercd, what
was his object? Why did those people
scheme to get me:'
"As l told YOU, Mr.. Cavendish, do
not know all the details, but | think
these mcn--One of whom is n lawyer
planned to gain possession of your for
tune, possibly by means of Il forged
VIII; and, in order to accomplish this,
1t was necessary to get YOU out of the
way. If either of us can escape from
this place we shall be i'm time to foil
them completely"
He sank down on the bench and
buried his face in his hands. thorough
ly unnerved. Tho girl looked at him
moment In slcncc thcn touched his
shoulder.
Look here. Mr.. CavcndiSh." she said
firmly, there is no use losing your
nerve. Surely there must he some way
of getting out of here. For one, l am
going to try"
Miss Donovan" he said with gray
ity. "wC are in the hands of desperate