San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-31
Begin Here Today.

| ROBERT hedmayneAroamlng at large
is suspected Of the murder of Michae
Pendean, husband to Roberts niece
Jenny. Mark Brendon. criminal in
vestigator. has charge of the case.
! Jenny goes to live with her uncle
Bendigo Redmayne. Robert appears
in the neighborhood and sends word to
| Bendigo to come alone to his hiding
| place. Giuseppe Doria. who works for
Bendigo, takes his master to the meet.
ing place. When Doria returns to the
nearby cave he finds that both men
have disappeared.
Jenny marries Doria and they go TO
live in Italy. where Jenny's uncle, Al
bert Redmayne. lives. Peter Cams,
famous American detective, assists
Brendon in the investigations. Robert
meets Brendon and shoots at him.
Cams suspects Doria and his wife of
treachery. Now go on with the story.
II cannot stop here" he said when
she had gone. This is no life for a
man. Jenny will probably remain
with her uncle. She is fed up, as you
say, with me. l am very unfortunate.
Marco, for j have not in the least de-
served to lose her affection"
He departed and Brendon Joined Al
bert Redmayne, to find the old man
had grown uneasy and fearful.
Il am not happy, Brendon," he said.
There is coming into my mind n cloud
"A premonition that very dreadful dis
asters are going to happen to those
love. When does Cams return"
eSnnn nftnr hoy.ly DaI,
Perhaps about 8 o'clock we may ex-
pect him. Be patient little longer"
1T has not happened to me to feel
as l do today" answered the book
lover. "a sense OF i'll darkens my
mind-a suspicion of finality, and
Jenny shares it. Something is amiss.
She has a presentiment that Il is So"
Jenny presently Joined them and all
entered the dining room together,
where tea was served.
They sat long and the shadows were
frightening before the old man re-
turned to his apartments. Then Giu-
seppe lit one of his Tuscan cigars, took
his hat and left the house.
''At last" whispered Jenny, her face
lighting in relief. HE will be gone
for a good two hours now and we can
talk"
Not here. then" Mark answered.
LET us go into the garden. Then l
can see when the man comes back"
Presently Ernesto came and turned
OH an electric bulb that hung over the
scrolled iron work of the outer gate.
Then they were alone again, and the
woman threw off all shadow Of reserve
and restraint.
Thank God, you can listen at last"
she said. then poured out n flood of
entreaties. He was swept from every
mental hold, drowned in the torrent Of
her petitions, baffled and bewildered at
one moment, filled with joy in the
next.
For an hour she spoke and detailed
all she had been called upon to en-
dure.
Brendon listened with a rapture
that was almost incredulous; for she
loved him at last and desired nothing
better than to come to him and forget
the double tragedy that had ruined her
young life.
She was in his arms no.. and he
sought to soothe her, sustain her and
bring her mind TO regard a future
wherein peace, happiness and content
might still be her portion. Another
hour passed, the fireflies danced over
their heads; sweet scents stole through
the garden; lights twinkled from the
house; on the lake in the silence that
now fell between them thev heard the
gentle thud of a steamer propeller.
Still Doria did not return and as a
church clock struck the hour Jenny
rose.
She left him to seek Assunta; and
he. hearing the steamer and guessing
that Peter was at hand, fastened to
the house. Silence seemed to fill it,
and. as he lifted his voice and called
TO Albert Redmayne, the noise on the
water ceased. No answer reached
Mark. and from the library he pro-
ceeded to the adjoining bedroom. 1t
was empty and he FASTENED out upon
the veranda above the lake. But still
the book lover did not appear. A long,