The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-03-04
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.l.ircd No. Martha first entrance.
tuu ud thai sleep would not return
tu Uur. She sat up upon one elbow
and called. Laurel, softly, but.
receiving no reply. decided that
.I, would permit her cousin to
.leep undisturbcd.
rely Laurel was lying In a pc
.Hiur'N uncomfortable p1siiicn'
Tier head was hanging 10 Ear over.
HuI could Il be that % was cold
There wus a peculiar blush tingc
ru The flesh of her arm.
aoircciy knowing what prompt
od tho quick. hoif-suffocating sen
slt.ou OF alarm which caught her
I" the throat Fay throw herself
u Of bed and approached that
% figure
Iier work In She devastated re-
Uns Of France had brought her
lri1 contact with death in 30 many
.Iuicnt. hidrous forms that one
lance @ufficod to tell her the truth.
With % wordloss cry Of horror she
Tipped unconscious TO the floor.
What is the matter, Martini
flc rhyician asked. 'Frnnk tells
Wc that Miss Laurel Is dead
Yes. Doctor She is lying there
IHsi as though Fho were asleep. un-
Nl YOU get d glimpse OF her face!
IT, al hlue-lllsc and horrible
Has Mrs. Tudor been nwikol-
.i bocR she know i'
7 didn't darci WIN YOU come
rn now. DIRE
The doctor nodded and followed
.lr riri upstairs tu that silent room,
With the mnitouloss figure upon the
beet aud the scnHclcHs one heslt"
Hello. what have We here Miss
luy must have been told. Help
wr litt her Martha. H. there q
porr bedroom ncrus the hull:'
ier. right uoNt door 60 the ono
Hnor Mr. Wilbur used Co occupy.
49, Tho unconscious form was
borne from the tho doctor
'rut over the body lying on the
bed.
tie strai rhicned. and there was a
H.0ulinr hard clint ln the dircrt
glze which Dee bent upon the SER
want.
H. it the usual thing for Mics
Laurel and her cousin 10 sleep to-
rrthcr2 They alwuys share the
umr ROOM
Yes. Since Miss FayH return
lrom France they have occupied
fhIs MI together. just as they al
ways aid whom they were little
girit
DO they always sleep with the
windows closed like thls1'
No. wido open. / ciosed thcm
myself when I brought the choco-
late IN this morning because tue
rain was beating In frightully
You are sure Of that. Martha
You are positive that the windows
were wide open an night
Positive! Martha gazed at him
| Tor % moment In astonishmcnt. and
lfhcn approached the ncnrest OF The
Window. SEE. the carpet and
curtains nre SIN snppinr wet doe
tor What has happened TO Miss
i%nuralf'
sH, Be- dead Martha and has
been for some hours think
will rp uow ana have a look 90 Miss
Pay
Fay hud rcraiucd consciousness
aud wua seated upon the side pf
fhr bed wrapped In "a drtssiug
gown Hcr hands were elaspod
tightly together and she was star
ing straight before her ns though
scnrcoly conscious Of ths presence
of Barry and The sheriff. who how
cred in the doorway
The latter turned Co the physi-
clan.
Anything suspicious about II.
dortpr' Anything In my line Of
work"
Yes That peculiar BLUSH
tinao which has suffuscd the entire
mrfatc of the skin. We find that
usually In cases OF nsphy Nation. az
hypothesis mRnifcstly Impossible IL
this instance. since there vas No
Illuminating Or coal gas In the room
the windows were wide open, and
the other occupant Miss Fay. here
accms 10 have been quite unnffoct'
cd"
Doctor Green drew n chair ~
20 tho bedside and possessed him.
SELF ~ one OF Fays cold, ~listlos'
hands
My dear. whnt can Won tell m,
Of thls2 Did anything disburb yot
Turing tho night2'
Nothing n M quite late
nearly morning whom the dance
broke mp and the guests left. lie
ing IN mourning, you know, ! al,
not appear. but the lights ant
music and general hustle kept ma
awake. and when laurel came up
stairs We had quite "a long talk
she WINS in the very best Of honltl
and spirits doctor; in fact. ! re
member that she said she hai
never been 80 happy before in nj
/, hcr llfel Has Aunt Clara beer
toidt'
"No. aud ~ must be done I'M
mcdlntolv. Do you feel stronI
enough To- 70 10 herr
Fay hesitnfed. but only FOR a mo
mcnt. Then the OLD indomitabl
r spirit came TO her rescue.
~ VIII go. Doctor Green
Tho riri went slowly down IN
. hnll ntsl opened her aunt door
why. i'ay, how yuu stnrtle
met b. anything the matter; ]
4 Laurel me-
- - L. nunAla lrnrn