Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-27
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tablishment in the suburbs All
What do you suppose it means?'
! asked as l hoped lightly to the
ground again beside Kennedy. "Can
this be the origin OF the Matchmaking
by he Black Menace? ;"
At least we had an explanation of
the nature of this mansion of mys-
terry. ,# ,a =:
Kennedy cautioned silence. In a.
instant I realized why. Some n had
passed out through the long French
doors to the porch above us. ~
From where we were crouching we
could not see the faces and, indeed,
even IT we could have seen, I doubt
whether we should have been able
to make them out in the darkness.
But at least we could hear the voices,
and very distinctly. ~
No More Like That.
There were two of them, a man and
a woman.
"I don't want any more jobs like
that" continued the man.. as though
he were carrying on a conversation
that had started inside.
What did you have to do?" asked
the woman. ,
Both Kennedy and 1 strained our
airs to recognize the voices. I had
hoped that the woman might be
Breshkaya, but it did not seem to be,
unless she were able to disguise her
voice.
81 had to be very careful" returned
the man, 'smeared the stuff all over
the paper-wore gloves and a mask
to do it-then I sealed the thing In
opens that-well, it'll be all over"
..n mnats ,tn ~ askea me e wom
us,e Il all" h
She uttered a, little cry. Well. for
| Gods Axe. don't carry It around me.
Throw it away"
There was a. swish, of silken skirt
40 thn,,rh she drew away from him.
h man laughed. perhaps a bit ner-
vouslv. A mornent Later 1 heard
something fall in the grass seyeral
feet away from us.
.sThere-does that satisfy your"
There was no answer and it was evil
dent that the woman had retreated
from him into the house again.
~ what tha strange com
versa m mieht nm mean. .What was
his terrible thing of which the WON
an was-sn afmid1 AZ first r had
thought It might be something ex-
pi9 awe, e y ca = ia. a Il n, nq c~,,d
| mt hava hean that.
'Kannedv was nnt on the lawn in a
moment. searching ii. the grass gin
reriv r. hannanei to have been frnm
IA. shadow ~ q thick Norway manie
lthe+ the soma ~ the object landing
had nonoa ma ce,,+fr,,a,v Crate heran
fiaetS ne .ro,snd his nncket search-
iieht' T eaxed about. to make sure
tha+ - ,pa nuea ,yotchinr =
A'. $50.
A Corked Vial.
At last the liRht fell on something
that glittered. Instead Of picking It
up directly, he, whipped his handker-
chief from his pocket and with It be.
tween his thumb and forefinger,
lpicked up the thing.
AS he held It carefully away from
him. I saw, that It was a little corked
vial. some of the contents was in It
yet and fortunately it had fallen in
such way that it was unbroken.
With the utmost care he wrapped
the thing In his pocket handkerchief
and slowed It away in.his breast peck
, Ell. safely.
Il 8 then from the rear OF the
house there came an outcry.
..James!-Francois - Help! Help!
II think there's someone out ON the
Ilawn!" @fai4s tstE4G I'D
There could be no advantage in
coming out into the open at this stage
OF the game. Our success depended
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