The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-07-18
TWELVE.
The Midnight visit

Dapper Bni 10 tho lat,cr's quarters In
the fiat across the hail. her FIRST
thought was 20 mako a dash fer Il
With thu necklacc. she wouidH rstdrn
Il to Chang La. and then gev reia-
forcements TO rescue her lover.
Hut a careful examination showed
her that Silva. had taken no chancns.
There was 10 back door to the pttce.
no fire escape. aud OF course he had
locked tho front door and taken the
kes with him.
AS Tor his statement that hia pal
WIS waiting oft front. she dtd not
doubt II for "A minute. In faet. took
Ink through the lace curtains Of the
window. she thpuEht she could see
tho man IN the shadow Of the door
way across the street
n was no usc, Escape MS en-
tircly cut of. and when Mol coal
ixcd thia she acted like any other
woman under the circumstances. She
laid her hcnd on her outflung arnis
aud wcpt bitter Tears.
Peace aud Happiness ltnd been 80
near. Now they seemed gone for-
ever
But after a time. when she heard
no SOUND from the adjoining apart
mcny she gathered courage, After
I ANN NNNNN nAN 80 ~
denying that Ibis wits wrcv mpi'.
than a match Tor Black Mlks's low
order of cumming. rerhnpa no vna
EVEN now WORKING 90 sumo plan of
Escape.
Mol dried hcr eyes and. being oi
IN intensely practical nature, siin
made up her mind 10 get what res,
shs coutl. for she argued she would
need all her wits to help hi;u.
-. aI. n.aaaf Ant. Nl. FA.ws ffaRa
Rnd slipping into her night thing
she orept into bed, first making SUI
that her loaded revolver was undel
her pillow Worn out with hcl
h~nxictles' M emotions. SHE Above,
herself to fall into "a half doze, SIN
wan partly awakened by a stealthl
sound. but looking up at the win
dow shade. she saw u being draw
,n and puffed "a by the night breeze
ana accounted for The nolsd In TIL
way.
Nevertheless. to make sure. ah,
bet the shade ron ur quite 10 the tor
and then listened also; h took he
revolver and went out int thu hnil
Finally. as all was quiet. she decided
Il really was the window. and sh
slipped back under the covers. stil
holding her revolver tightly, Aue
all, her lover had lbs loaded gun. hni
To- 1 ~ AANNAA NNNN q ANNNNNA ~ -
told herself proudly. with thi
thought In mind, she allowed horsol
To relax, aud fell into a sleep NOR
profound than the one before.
rs soon as he was quite sure tina
all wRS safe. Black Mike once nor
pushed the door open. fixing the latcI
No he could make "a quick escape. III
Portuguese blood showed itself IN
his swift and noiselpss movement
FAa "a. aaHl. 7. go. .IWa nom Na.Ha
lilo equal the cat like tread OF the LAT
Fl, In. The sixth scusc. which made I'm
"A power In the underworld, told hii
that NJ could safely venture into IA
4 bedroom. Sc h felt quite sure IA
necklace vas hidden there. .this wa
naturally his first move. and 50 b
found himself looking down at Mo
as she lay flushed in sleep.
She had dozcd OF thinking % Bil
u as she lay there, relaxed and with
little smile on her lips. she looked d
r much more beautiful than the ganp
r. stcr had ever seen her, h the bloc
began 10 hammer in his veins, az
the thought came 10 him b a pc
d haps here was the finest Jewel Of al
And Moit woke suddenly Co I'M
him bonding over tho bed, with b
eyes burning into hers
y But Black Mike wns not called a
Nina 81 lilNNAifMN lhf NNNIllNl
Quick ps the mu,c cement ut h"t ur
which held thu r0ucy,l'd revolver.
a. far quicker wtu th" iron grip
/, which he Imprisoned both her hfud
Mol was not "a weak Wumau The
" was "A terrific struggle during viii,
n thtv fought Ike tiger around ~
a. room. IL Mol had only h"eu able
CREAM Tor help 10 uall M tu h
lower even 10 irc her rcVuly,ri y
I HIH aH.L #FaH..#HN.- HHN.a HNH nHNHNHs
tu call iu the police and ruin the
All.
with a moan at anguish. she II
silva twist mtrcilrssly the right hHi
mat held th" revolver aud TIE
tOiernhlc pnin forced her ~ Get 3
The gun went spiuning 10 the lu'
o. where silva put his fuuut ~ b win
! hc gathered both her almost lui
vn ylud wrists into the Erp ui Huv
in his huge paws.
b. "Gucss wcll mako SURE a. N
first" h. griuurd.a licking bus lipH TEL
Ell i""riug at her tenor stricken face.
,.. Picking up the weapon with ii
an hund. whtt" iu hvid her wrisiV wi
IL, the other. hc dragged hrr toward
shallow wlrdruh" for 'lutlt"s WIFI
AL. stood In the corner Giving ha
a. extra twist To- keep hrt quiet hr TIA
l, tho loaded gun fu the bottom cot :
,luwi. luckrd the duor with his o.
hand aud put the key iu his peck
"Now Md. ln show yuh Just h0
~, much Of n booh suh ar''' n' o
" claimed aud Jerking her c.UHo 10 10
he nrutaus pressed his thick d
a. down upon hers
"F SIN closed her eyes and prayed q
iut death
~ iivr prayer was answered. bat
'n uult' In the way lnC asked hsll|
awakened with a scuso ct hutrI
a. danger weighing him down IKE
mountain The cold light of da
was creeping into Do room "a
81 BLACK Mike was not thutri.
In an the Years az his after u
he never forgot the terrible fear VIII
.dy swept over MN then fear mixed W
.sr agony 40 sharp be- hardly .,ul
% breathe. II seemed ugus before
reached Muils tlat an rt"ruit, hri'
rld hD HprHur Ia her bedroom duur ID
lDNollrd his guu ut silva
10 tie heard hin uvu VOICE, hua
a like that OF u Wild hunsi hurting
rpithtt of the viluHt slumt ut Nj
Then 10 hts Hmn1cment hc heard
t.s va laughing and silva was not o.
ling up his hands,