Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1922-02-01

HW t8e s1t1S HsUSsseht AssE N1sSs
whiie-fses3 End alone In ,is~ giare.
slsn a. suddeniy WAS sxais :sti h,
dnrxne~s.
Her kne- failed her nn,s. ~ ssss
ssnk hack si,on ths hammock There
was ne aout, sb~as II. A thsst had
discovered hes h~ips@ssness. SD hsd
slso heated sbe .htrs roIi Of hlfss
10 her bag s,eaithiiy. Jet vnwlstsk-
atty, came the sossnd Of 1sne ssse
moving pp tie rDagt, stair. She could
distinctly bear the rnafhed breathing.
the pauses made n II 10 listen
~Whn ix ihefey she cried, her saee
shaking. Silence answered. Thee.
presently. On again came the shBfnsag
across the boards, nearer. nearer. II
there were etiy 4 Esirnmer q ilghs-
that she might flnd q way to escspe.
To wait in the darkness xss unlxzar-
able. s~
From the ampaItheate- cane the
song OF a hundred sinkers W-hs. use
to call for help II help were needed;
A heavy body brushed the sSreez2-
door at ber rerr side. Desperately
Cynthia arose snd grup%d alnng the
railing. At the front was pillar, a
round. veran6a pillar II s.se could
fnd this, clasp her arms about IL and
side re the ground. She wouid TIT.
An instant she stood dangerously suS-
pended upcn the NARROW outer ledge.
One h!gh-hee'e5 white slipper fe,t its
way, then Cynthia slipped afely and
brestllessly 10 tie ground
Swift as her own desoens the ugats
Aared ON again. ana she found h@r-
into the hewsldened face Of nlan
cr"uched afon the lower step
by Jnve!" mu,tere3 the ran.
~Y0a-you coward" burst out rvn-
.hla.
Whether II was the srtt3enness nf
her downward flight or the Ut3expecf-
Ell proximity of .he burglar which
changed Cynthia's fright 10 inGigna-
ti@n. she could not tell. hu, she
STAMPED her white shoe On the ground
snd faced the shrinking yAunr IDS 2.
You knew I was here aloae and u.3-
projected" she accused, "and So yo1
thought
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