Shoshone journal., 1923-09-28
CHAPTER Xxx
LettIe on the Firing Line.

cbild would have formed 1t. Hel
-,onIcIons were red-hot, but only {
cbIld of ten-second impulsiveness
vould have acted upon them. There
was great deal Of infiammable mate
,al in her nature, and no one could
tell what chance spark might set II
off. The evidence that had required
TO her, under the stress Of Mrs. Pen
fields suffering, was slight, even un-
reliable but her imagination had In
vested 1t with integrity.
From Mrs. Sanders Hving-room
window she had caught the merest
glimpse of a man with child in his
arms, hurrying out of The Custard
Cup. Looking from a lighted room
into the deepening twilight, she had
seen neither clearly and had not
thought of recognizing the man or the
child. But when she had found that
Thad was missing. she had jumped
/ to the congenial conclusion that she
/ had seen Frank Bosley carrying Thad
away. Way Frank Bosley7 Chiefly
because Lettie disliked him, distrust-
ed him, and because In build he was
not unlike the man she had seen. The
fact that Frank Bosley could have no
possible interest in kidnapping a Gus
tard Cup child, did not occur to dis
turb her conviction. True to the i'm
pulssveness which was the keynote of
her nature, she had jumped to a con-
clusi0n.
II was several blocks to the Eve
ridge street house, but Lettie covered
them rapidly. There was no light in
any window, but she rang the bell.
"Pll begin decent" she thought to her
self. She was sure that queer people
came here and somehow she didn't
expect them to do anything so mild
as to respond to bell. Giving them
the chance was her way of discharg-
ing her formal duty.
There was no answer. Lettie set her
teeth and proceeded to business
~Thad's in there" she thought stead
Ny, "and I'm going to have him."
Quietly she circled the two-story
nouse. 1t had high basement.
Ihere was basement window toward
the vacant lot, but it was fastened.
Immediately she reflected that If she
got into the basement, she would
probably want to get upstairs and |
might find herself locked away from |
the main floor She knew that the |
kew 20 ho hasa
ment side. The windows on the first |
noor were all closed-except one on |
the other side from the vacant lot,
PROBABLY the bathroom window. That
was raised few inches. 1t was very
narrow, but so was Lettie Mentally
she pounced on that window.
she called upon her wide experience
IN prowling to help her. In the back
yard she found an old box; in other
oack yards she found other boxes.
She borrowed four of different sizes,
ana with every intention of. returning
tnem. No one knew better than Let
lie now Important a piece of personal
property an old wooden box may be;
ana In spite of her acquisitive ten
uencies, she had rigid respect for
prior claims.
She placed the boxes on end, by way
'i making them reach Then through
required agility and with the help Of
iaila that had once fastened vine to
ne wall, she climbed within range Of
ne ledge, pushed up the window
T'iy' squeezed her thin body through.
"ung downward with her wiry hands
rasplng the sill, and touched her feet
the floor.
She was inside. With the exuber-
nee OF ignorance, she felt that her
uest was nearly accomplished. She
'retcned out her hands TIL she dis
0'ered the door: then went through
INTO inky blackness. She groped
'ohg the wall. tried door. found II
'ehea; tried another, found II also
'eAeo; tried third. The knob
siued. She turned II carefully and
'Aeo INTO room In which a gas Jet
'hso' woman was sitting by a
''s d rich woman. She WAS count
Z hef money and putting the green
~ INTO different piles. There was
'1pping papsf on the table, ball Of
lp STICK OF red wax.
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