San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-22
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INV
Sallie Peck, employe OF the Fair
Deaf Five & Ten. guarreis with her
policeman sweetheart. Michael Curtis.
That night Sallic goes into the yard
to take down Il washin. for Ma Brcn-
nan, with whom Sallie lives. A crash
shakes the earth and something strikes
Sallie blow on the head.
When she regains consciousness. the
girl finds herself in strange surround
ings. A French maid calls her Alva
Copeland and Madame Copeland. a
tall, richly gowned woman, claims her
as her step-daughter.
Sallie discovers that she has fallen
into the hands of crooks and is being
substituted for the real Alva Cope
land.
A man-servant takes Sallic to the
home of a gang of DIAMOND thieves. be-
cause he thinks she is member of
the gang. Michael Curtis and Cap
tain Trevor bring the police to the
Copeland house. Now 90 on with the
story.
"She chided me for breaking in on
her and then wanted to know whaf
was going on and where her daugh-
ter-in-law was. She's Tartar" he
whistletl softly.
THAT must be Mrs. Stanton Cone
land" the captain replied. III get
the doe TO go up and give her scmc-
thing to quiet her until We can send
nurses in for her and her own physi-
cian."
The doctor says there is very lit
tie time left" Trevor. had risen and
stepped back to whisper urgently to
Mike. For Gods sake. find ont
what she can tell us of the Ferret
and if she knows anything of that
gang .t
A bit of bright color tingcd
Therescs cheeks and her black eyes
were brilliant but blush shadows
were gathering about her lips and q
tell-talc dampncss beaded her brow.
"Who killed Sloat. Thcrese? Was
it Qualtcrs:' Mike bent over her
once more. What has become OF the
.irl you had here, the one you call
Bess:" 80
A spasm of pain crossed the wom-
ans face.
1T was Fitch. For long have i
known him even before we went
abroad to bring mademOisellc home.
He is young. handsome. he make love
to me and though ! am old and ugly
II respond. He desires that ] get
for him q position herc-he is foot
man of the best families--and. last
week | recommend him to madame. He
is installed here when we arrive home
from the wreck and almost as soon as
that girl comes to her senses again i
see there is something between them !.
They look. they whisper together here
in the hall. and then while watch he
slip note under her door,
The doctor had come from the
bath room with a glass in his hand
and Thercse slipped from il weakly and
rested for moment with closed
eyes but when they opcned they
flashed fire and her voice rang out
strongly.
Il think then I shall go mad. He
deceive me. this Fitch. / decide that
l shall discover how much he de-
eeive me, and where he goes for an
hour so late each. night. when h.
says it is TO gamble. to play the card
| Saturday-MOn Dieu. was it only last
} night ?-I follow him. A sedan waits
( for him around tine corner-figure for
| yourself. sedan for footman and
am in despair but taxi comes and
still | follow. Doctor. it is So cold :
"You followed where's Trevor dc
mandcd hoarsely as Mike laid his coat
gently over her.
"a long. long way through many
streets / do not know" The ligh
was slowly fading from her eyes am
her voice had weakened once moro
AT last we come to great parl
where there is course of the gol
and beyond rows of small. new
houses scattered about and one great
old one of brown stone which stand
by itself. 1t is there Fitch enter
and | have not long>to wait. for il
ten. twenty minutes he comes iron
that house This time there is n
sedan and he walks while my taxi fol
lows once more. but we lose him. |
4 is 10 great matter for suddenly tn
park ends and I am in the city one
more near an entrance of the subwa
but where | do not know. | am tired
/ have learned nothing and ] tell m
| chauffpur that We return here WHO