The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-06-25
SYNOPSIS

EYersby's sister, becomes infatuated
With Peter, but he Is Interested onl!
Fhom he has had only a glimpse
Nurtel urges him to forget her, warn
lng him that If she (Brena( should like
AIM he Is In danger OF vanishing
like the others"
Peter gets a message from Brena. ask:
Ing him to meet her. He does so, and
TIE meeting resplts IN the formation
Of a strong bond OF friendship.
CHAPTER IV.-After a few days
eompanionship the feeling between Pc
ser apd Brena ripens into love. He
fssses that she is married and that her
husband has vanished"
gut Of the ordinary Daughter Of .
Greek father and an Irish mother. her
ehildhqod and youth had been a strange
tioal,. had been forced to leave his ma
tive land because of revolutionary az
nltations. and his death. following
Arena practically penniless, at Dallas,
Texas: She secures work, and at her
boarding place meets Jim Hennepin.
fooSnelinesss :" she nS' becomes in anu a manner IA
attached to him. Jim tells her he has
had a call" and is going away. He
EIBGS n6T TO meet MIN IN 6I. Louis.
Brena goes to that city.
CHAPTER VI.-Brena returns to
Dallas alone. Compton Parmalee, Hem
nepin's employer, middle-aged n
wealthy, visits her, seeking news of
Jim, who has disappeared. Parmalee
tells Brena Hennepin's intentions to-
ward her were dishonorable, which she
had suspected.
CHAPTER VII.-Some months later
P9rmalea NAL aS Rrenq an offer of mar
riage, admitting that he seeks only her
companionship, and promising her free
dom. After reflection, she accepts the
offer. They are married. At the rail-
road station, Immediately following the
ceremony, Parmalee is seized with ap-
parently uncomfortable fear. In ex-
PLANTATION he accuses Brena of being in
some way the cause Of his feeling.
CHAPTER Wilton their wedding
journey Brena shows her husband a
scrap of paper Hennepin had given her.
On It is a figure which Parmalee tells
her Is the "Kuk-ul-can," symbol of the
Mayas. He appears perturbed.
CHAPTER IX.-The Parmalees settle
and fits of fear increase, but he refuses
to tell Brena the cause Of his uneasi-
ness. one night. in the darkness, he
fires a shot at his reflection in a pic
ture, telling Brena he thought it was a
burglar. She realizes he is the victim
of some secret, overwhelming fear.
CHAPTER X.-Unable to purchase a
painting of Brena, by q famous artist,
Parmalee shows irritation amounting
almost to madness. She is convinced
now that he fears recognition either of
her or himself, but can learn nothing
from him. He begins to drink heavily.
After q visit to his lawyer, Lanfrew,
Parmalee disappears, leaving no word
of explanation. That was three years
before Peter and Brena meet.
CHAPTER XI-Brena gives Peter
the paper with the mysterious symbol.
Against her protestations and warn
tngs of danger he declares he will go
to America and solve the mystery.
CHAPTER XII-on the voyage De-
wolfe analyses Brena's story without
finding any key to it's solution, but he
retains faith In her truthfulness.
CHAPTER xIII.-At the Parmalee
home Peter finds among the missing
mans papers a bill for an old book de-
scribing explorations in the "Mescalero
desert for which Parmalee had paid
$4,000. Astonished at the amount, he
searches and fnds the book. discover
ing that three pages are missing. Led
another cop of the same book. with
the same pages missing. Peter has a
feeling that somehow he is on the right
track. He receives a cable from Brena
urging him to give up the quest, and
announcing she is on her way to
America.
CHAPTER XIv.-Peter takes steps
to secure a perfect copy of the mutt
lated books.
CHAPTER xv,-obtaining the per-
feet COPY 9eWolfe finds the missing
a deserted city in the New Mexican
desert. He is confident now he is on
the right track. Brena arrives at New
missed her.
CHAPTER xvI.-Brena expresses alb
ject fear that Peter, like the other two
men, will disappear. She learns his
destination is Rremlin Wells, Texas.
the eve of setting out on a trip by auto
into the desert. He tells her only that
he has a theory, and she insists on
accompanying him or the Journey.
through trackless sand is unsventfui.
scribed in the old volume. Arriving
there, in a heap Of charred bones, Peter
finds articles which Brena recognizes
CHAPTER ,xv11I.-This Is Peters
version of the tragedy: Parmaiee,
blackmailed by Hsnnepin, and the cap
italist conceived the idea of Turing him
into the desert, on the trail of an
die. That had been Jim's Call" and
Parmalee succeeded in his design. The
fear that Hennepin might have escapsd
and would have his revenge Rad
haunted Parmalee through the years.
CHAPTER XIX.-Driven by his fears
Parmalee had determined to see for
himself II his victim had died where
he had left him.. In a powerful car he
made the journey to the old city, nnd-
ing Hennepin's bones. Seeking to del
stroy them utterly by burning, he lost
his supply of gasoline, and persisted as
as had Hsnnepin. His skele-
Is In his car. The mystery cleared,
Peter and Brena turn their faces to the
east, and to happinssa.