New Britain herald., 1927-03-19

os Roger Brooks, owner and pub
 !ls1ar e. She CatawUa Ciry Inn,
 and nine G<.e- ne~spa pers, Ha
 hldaapel, and III a few days re
 tsase4, uLaafIe1. Her father r.
 doubles his staja.n5 attacks on pol Hicians os tas Rtng and leaders C
 the Underworld. l te~ aays lat4l Brooks himself disappears. DonaiC | keene. literary editor Of he Times
 learns Una: Eroohs newspaper stocl
 Is being manipulated He suspects
 John N. Walden, qsoNia.ut lawyer
 ot Deng involved !u plot tc
 greek 'he Brooks organization. Ted
 ly Farrell, reporter and Soh Sister 1 accomranlas Don in a search tor 1 Brooks. Don is 1o44te. and fo-ce ! 70 remain eutOmbad for 5I hours IT
 q sUb-ce!iar Teddy with him. Tho i Sob Sis'er effects tte!r rescue and i 'aey ars taken 70 q hospital, where 7 Teddy soon reco"ors, but Don -e- ! mains iii with pneumonia. Bill 1 Caa.teld, ely editor. and Dinny { Morrison, young reporter in love
 with Teddy. meet at Diaua's hom- and as they prepare 70 visit the hos pItal, Roger Brooks suddenly reap pears. On inc way 10 the hospital Ee tells the story ot his abduction. NOW GO ON.
 CHAPTER MI
 Don had been in the hospital six days. Al dawn or the seventh Jay his nurse left his bedside with q i cheerful face. Her patient had smiled square!y into her eyes when sllc had come 10 attend 10 hlrn a moment before. His eyes werr clear and bright, his breathing easy.
 To her professional pleasant greeting he had even attempted to respond with good morning" His voice vas pitifully weak.
 IL was not unti the eighth day, however. that Bill Garfield and Dinny. visiting him, felt that Don could uitn safety De told the story Of his rescue. But even then. when Don heard il, his pulse vent u2 alarmirglE and a great "ondermant cortorte1 his face.
 Teddy visited him later on that eighth day. Dinny and Bill had told her there was no doubt no" about Don's recovery.
 She approached his bedside al most shyly. l. was unnoce essary for her 10 speak and she couldn't have done so had she tried. Not right then. Her heart and soul were too full of grata fulneSs for his recov- ery-too full Of the infinite love for this man which the brave lit- tie spirit still believed she had kept secret
 The old smile. swaetly woman- like. lighted the sick mans face upon her entrance And there was a new, deeper shade Of tender ness in his voice when he spoke 10 her.
 Bill and Dinny told me about f, Teddy girl. I hardly know what 10 say. It's difficult 10 thank you in words for what you did. l have tn same feeling I ina zine must grip tn hearts of vast audience in q thcatar reviewing a wonder ful drama. a thousand spectators too deeply touched by the per formance to applaud. So I must give your brave act the silent 7, tributa.'
 Dons voice broke, H. took his Irotege's tremulous hands in his own and carried them to his lips. 1 There was nothing theatrical nor affected in the action. Ii was just | the spilling over of his pent-up 1 emotions. His eyes were blurred | with unshed tears.
 Both were too overcome with . feeling to speak for many seconds l The scene in the sub-ccllar spun i about cilaotically in the girls brain. l Now, in aftermath, the episode came back 10 her with a viSidness ! that was startling. She comforted !. herself with the thought that Don lad been unconscious when she i had made her wild declarations Of l
 Don, too, was revolving in his mind roco!lectious of those hours ! Of horror. But some ineNplicablc ! power made them both hesitate for | q time 10 speak of it. Each felt ! separately that new bond had i been created between them | Al the same time each vas uncon- | scious of the others feelings.
 Teddy attributed this feeling 10 | her own hopeless love. Don to his 1 secret knowledge of her revelation ! Of that love. H. had been sick and { half crazel down there in the damp . cellar Of Rlno's fruit store. uucon- ! sctous Of his surroundings. Just i