The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-08-12
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from the mar VINO calico nimsel
Emerson.
But she had reckoned wltnou nei
most, for on the very V OF their de
parture, this man turned up al then
hotel and began TO exercise his ol'
hypnotic influence over Patr1't
Creswold- Wilmington
He managed to get Pat away
from me. . . | had no idea Wher'
he was. J.. | was ike a wild crea
ture. All | knew was that ne ha'
come TO England. And then sudder
ly Julian Emerson broke this silen"'
He told me | should hnd my nusban
in an old house near Paxton Con
mon. and II | wanted TO see hlf
alive. | must go there at oncel @
course | rushed there and found Pa
not dying, but lying in a runke
stupor incapable of recognizing m
or acting like a normal indivldr
And then Emerson told me that III"
was the house where Lady Eve!EI
had lived. a house which had passe'
TO her son when she died. 1t was n
own house as / was Patrick's wit
but Emerson kept me a kind o
prisoner there. And then one nor
:ng, Mr. Shannon, when l woke vi
| found that he had disappeared n
PAT mad disappeared with himl An
there was no one in the house Ell
cepJ a native ervan and a strang'
sort of - who had evidentl!
oeen a gentleman, but who was
either n who took dope or who
1rank-a man called Carter"
This mar was kind enough in hie
way" Pauline went on, 'but he was
Of no use a he, too, was
drugged He would lie inert in g
chair for hours at a time. Then
Emerson came back and told me thai
if | wanted Pal to be cured I must
do all he required And he
made me come out to Yorkshire-to
this old house which he said he had
just oought-with Pats money, ]
suppose! furniture and all-and that
| was to take care of a sick man
whom he was going TO bring here.
And he threatened hat II | failed to
do all that he wanted. he would help
Pat to Kill himself and so :"
She broke down and burst into a
flood Of passionate weeping.
And Noel shannon let her weep
He walked to and fro in the hall
thinking very deeply Suddenly he
stood still.
aTUA4 - Fhnr1 4n chic hnr1GnDp Ha
CURLY
With a voice broken with weeping
she told him that there was only
herself, MIR. Emerson. the maid ard
the old Frenchman who did the
cooking.
We'll, we're ali going to clear OUT
of mere right away" said Shanncr
briskly. when MIR. Emerson ar
rives tonight, If he comes. he viii
find an empty house, Oh. yes! l can
do it. . l can do it, l am stay
ing at Danes Gate with Mrs. North
wood. We must get Mr.. Emerson to
her house and get you there. too.
before there is AM possibility Of
Emerson meeting you"
6uL my SlepIdIHeI is so III . .
If you go upstairs and see him, Mr.
you will see how Ill he La
And then"
Now" said Noel Shannon, take
courage in both hands. Mrs.
.reswold. Just go back to the old
days when you were such a brick
. when you did such wonderful
driving through shot and shell
and winclng. I've let you have
your cry out, now I want you as an
able helper. / cannot do everything
by myself you must do your
He patted her ON the shoulders.
and then said:
Now III telephone through to
Danes Gate and get them to send a
big car-Mra. Northwood has sew.
eral-immediately. end then I'll 90
upstairs with you and see this poor
invalid.
NEXT CHAPTERS The exodms
"The Moat."