Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-07-27
(Continued from our last issue)

Selling a seryiette, he wrapped i
about his injured arm. Don't put
ter about with that stuff like al
asst"
very good, sir"
When his was accomplished
Miles sought Scottie and found tn
latter chuckling to himself.
whats the joke? Did you SCI
Miss Hawks armed for conquest ?"
II did not!' Scottie still smiled
broadly. I'm thinking of the marcf
l the young people have stolen or
their families. Dick brought thu
girl back as he promised but shes
not Miss Patricia any more; they
I bundled old Higgs on the running
! board and made for the minister
Y house before they left Freedale and
it is young Mrs. Kemp who has
come home"
I I'm glad of It," Miles said after
a pause.
/ the drive from the gate" he con
| fipued. Hes a sick man and no
1 mistake!"
I The scientist was walking more
steadily than when he had left the
I house but slowly, and he paused
every few steps to rest.
Excuse me, sir, but may l help
you" Miles asked as he hurried for
! ward. 81 saw you coming and l
! thought that you might perhaps feel
q little weak STILL"
Miles became aware of the ex-
1 treme inward agitation of the man.
Roger leaned his weight heavily
upon the younger man, VINO couid
feel the thin fingers closing about
his elbow like hands of steel. The
A --s--At-A .-o~ao-AI htc nc \ pInln O.
strength to negotiate the steps of
the veranda and Hobart Drake him
self opened the front door.
.What is this?" he exclaimed as
he FASTENED to support his brother
on the other side.
sHobart!" With unexpected vigor
the weak man thrust them aside
with a sweeping gesture of his long
/ arms and stood erect. Hobart, |
have found out who it is! ! Know
know the-the nemesis"
His voice had thickened oddly
and the last word ended in a chok-
ing cry as he wavered and then
suddenly pitched forward on his
face.
Miss brakes startled exclamation
from the staircase was lost in Ho-
bart's sharp command:
Don't try to lift him, William;
turn him over-Great heavens! He
has had a stroke!"
The body turned rigidly beneath
their hands and Roger Drake lay
staring wildly up at the ceiling. the
left side Of his face twisted into a
hideously %grotesque mask, the arm
crooked and leg drawn up in a man
ner there could be no mistaking.
Miss Drake swept down to kneel
NJ A-~tl1 It~o k,,t Avdvapv brushed her
roughly aside and descended in
reckless leaps.
SIS it paralysis, Hobart? Shall l
}. sphone the doctor? Can he speak?'
! His rudy face had paled and his
! voice was grave and shaken.
3 "The doctor. by all means. as
" quickly as you a get him here."
: Hobart responded.
= For an hour all was excitement
: while the stricken man was carried
Z to his room and placed in bed. Car
ter admitted the physician and the
{ detective was able to catch snatches
j OF his phrases.
in these cases, nothing Pos
4 sibly in q day or so, possibly in ten,
unless, of course, another stroke
\ only absolute quiet and-look in
again tonight"
Hobart had established himself as
nurse and although Miss Drake de-
/ INJURED, she was for once overruled
and only permitted to take his place
while her brother descended to
4 snatch a hasty bite in the dining
u room. Miles lowered about in the
! hall just outside the sick room. be-
] set with the question which haunted
! his mind.
While he pondered, Miss Drake
i appeared suddenly in the doorway
! and seeing him, b~eckoned.
"William, I must go downstairs
4 for a moment. Will you come in
and sit beside Mr.. Roger?"
N Secretly thanking his lucky stars
g that he had been at hand, Miles en-
u tered and seated himself beside the
u still form outstretched upon the bed
Il The instant Miss brakes footstep:
n had died away the detective ben
q forward:
~ "Mr. Roger!" He spoke in a low
y compelling tone. II am here to hell
n you. If you realize what l am say
Ing close your right eye!"
III A wave OF exultation swept owe
Ri him. The eye-lid quivered and slow
81 ly, 1~utteringly, it closed!
NJ "Good!-Now, sir, / can't taxi
your message to your brother TO
81 YOU, the thing you were about t
tell him when you were overcome
4 but do you want to see him? Can n
NJ guess the name you were trying t
speak?"
Miles waited but the eye stare,
Ia unblinkingly, although a spreading
M moisture had come into it and tn
III pupil seemed to enlarge and darker
81. with the effort expression.
III rs there something you think
a do?"
The eye closed. more quickly thi'
NJ time.
do you want anything? Is it il
y this room?"
The lid remained open but the
n eye itself moved toward the right al
though striving to see through tn,
blank wall beside which the bee
IS had been placed.
Beyond the wall was the locked
door behind which lay the relics Of
the past in the impotent guardian
& ship of the woman centuries dead.
You mean your storeroom. dom
you, sir?-You know that your be.
Il longings in here have been search
ed?-Do you know also that tht
lock of your storeroom has beer
tempered with?"
Miles drew a deep breath for a
each question the eye had winket
rapidly and an eager CLINT had sho
across its dulled expanse.
III 1.-THE room has been ransacked
sir. Did you know that?"
III The eye widened and into it cam,
Ia look Of such utter despair tina
Miles obeyed a sudden impulse.
found a new key in the loci
and the door swinging open. TIL,
4only thing that hasn't been touche,
is that long box that looks like