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Show ' jnA Y: NOVEMBER 6, 1926 AMumcAN Fomv citizi:x SATURDAY, NOVEMBER f, 192( fe L in fte - . B Elizabeth (Jordan THE STORY departiir on her honeymoon "T " i.-...v.r "Laurie." euoceie- C5(TOTHT caru&rr WNU Sarvlce lywrl.ht l.ut gomewhat Inclined jWnMl. wunuui -. M g luruvi.ww. ' theatrical and Jacob Epeteln, to "keep an mjm v rER II. wno ip Etiinounclns hla Intention of rest- Meklns "adventure." From tttdow In New York he sees the UctlM Of a Di'ftUUIUl Biri ""- . the house opposite. EB III. Devon learns rrom Orator boy in me sin e houm " reflection he eees her with nwlTtr and fears aha means to oft iatclde. ne Dreana inw uw nent and, winning ner cpnuaince, ! I- I V. Vim tliAnvk hMI aer 10 iUTltll win. uiw, , warns him of "danger." HPTER IV Perceptibly agitated tie arrival of a man In the itttraat. she mutters that ha has ,nd her.; Learning that she Is atrrled and tbe man has no claim ter, Laurie, Incensed, aocosts the CHAPTER v. Accusing the man of ujiif Miss Mayo. Derrtn warns ta end hla espionage. The atrang- politely carcaitlo, bnt from htm rlt learns the rlrl's first nam is Lrii She tells him her persecutor j Herbert Ransoms Shaw. ;CHPTER VI. To Louisa Ordway, b bmlW sister-in-law, and firm W, Laurie admits he is "Interested" DerU, not revealing ner laennij. (ULf i A. L rii-yvtii iiiuiuni ua b to meet Mrs. Ordway, and (wht vetoes Laurie's suggestion of ySjttt to the police to proteot her new. CIA PT E R VIII. With Rodney It, young Devon calls on Mrs. ay again, but only Rodney Is Imitted to the sick-roam. His visit ireestlbly cheers tha Invalid. CBAPTER IX. Laurie " has Doris trie to plnre a brlght-hued scarf ler window, which he can see from tn; as a signal she needs help. KMtlng Shaw. Devon, at his Invl-tloB, Invl-tloB, accompanies him to his roome. led he meets another man, Shaw's pottery." Shaw demands that vie atop Interfering in Miss Mayo's fairs, and Devon's determined re Mil results In a general flatlo mlxup, krbg which Laurie Is chloroformed. CHAPTER X Continued. raiitT the one.' "Tomi all 1 know Is. he moved In Irtedsys ago, and he moved out two wri go. What he did between m I don't know, but be paid (or room for a month In advance, so Jitody'i mournln' his loss." Did he say why he wtl rolrii. or "Mvll a word did he say. . He was i hurry, that lad. Be had a fane t three men with him, and they had Place enmtv In ten mlnnlea! 1 t'em a hand, an' he gave me a dol- ',ind th.v the Inst I saw of him."' i.ni!Vn taught struck the watch- fan. "vi Klskfil v "In Hi.. Tlie u;i: "YfTj'rc rw" f." i 'A i:s. s , IImv . i I..IV, "'BcMly btiile I '-sari,. Sped th. Ck K an ""on. Wr, ioie u:is joii all the time?" imprest. ir " : n nodded, understand- y lit".- for. iat sort of I'm tio teetotaler : ! mi nrgtiinentatlvely. a while U all rls;oX tn stop. Put" i! -.1 liiit?" Interrupted i- Mm of this i homily, in! Iiiindy?" f dlsrppeard Into n und returned with n I it -rand hot It Isl" b 'd the newcomer, s 'T. 'he hnt nnd pnt It on being too small for I at a rakish angle. Do 'ank note Into his own tinn(!ed4bera to his com-ii'oepted com-ii'oepted them without "'nut Ion. ' Rvlrianrl hrlo'f igh i.i4 " . : i 'ij in me Donaing nan 7 "Th'rf Kansome Shaw had ac-JJ1 ac-JJ1 It. watchman to anrprlses. hn'i 'a '' Klln,l,8e of th maD 8 "Tied aWay showed him, with ei- emoifnry and the swift slmul- ttT USe f ,wo w,,-tralned bands, nit the i!k hat on hla head and "J" ' Mjf pocket Iroart "r'vt- He w"9 not of,en m, ' . nt thu l'"or. and even In hln L Wlr,"',M"l to discover , ",,re "hroad so eafly Tn fpret. nc TheMrvt aeemed Ml il on' K"'U' h"',,en,nr: toiactorle lea g"?" "ml of brtBk' teppln liat i w"men, reprenentlng types ' wom ordinarily eatch the , ttt K. ..... i '" ll Mnf iiiu lam '41. neither thought nor Hi. x. Prlva " rU was M,e' "nd n,x "4 i P'V "' own roow Nth 'lIlI'lMLcjotMnt .Ohvlonsly. he could not present hlmselr toTtorls In the sketchy ensemble he presented present-ed now ; or could he? He decided that he could, and must To remain In hts present stae of suspense a moment longer than he need do was unthinkable. unthink-able. In a surprlfdnirly short time he was In the studio hnlldlnj?, facing the man Sam had called Henry, a yawning Jilght elevator man who regarded him and his questions with n pessimism partly due to 1h-laek of sleep and fatigue. These combined Influences led him to making short work of getting get-ting rid of this unkempt and unseasonable unseason-able caller. . "No, snh," he said. "Miss Mayo don receive no callers at dls yere hour. No, sah, Snm don' come on tell eight o'clock. No, snh, I cnjn't take no messages to no Indies what ain't out dey beds ylt I got to perteck dese yere folks, I has," he ended austerely. The caller peeled a bill from his ever-ready roll, and the face of the building's guardian angel changed and softened. "P'haps I could Jes knock on Miss Mayo's do'," he suggested after a thought-filled Interval. "That's all I want," agreed Laurie.. "Knock at her door and ask her If Mr. Devon may call at nine and take her out to breakfnst. Tell her he has something very Important to say to her." Taas, sah." The guardian was all humility. He accepted the bill, and almost simultaneously simul-taneously the elevator rose out of sight The Interval before Its return was surprisingly short, but too long for the nerves of the caller. Laurie, pacing the lower hall, filled It with apprehensions and visions which drove the blood from his heart He could have embraced nenry when the latter appeared, wearing an expansively reassuring re-assuring grin. "Miss Mayo she say, Taas.' he briefly reported. Under the force of the nervous reaction re-action he experienced, Laurie actually actual-ly caught the man's arm. "She's there T" he Jerked out "You're sure of It?" "Taas, sah." Henry spoke soothingly. sooth-ingly. By this time he had made a diagnosis of the caller's condition which agreed with that of the night-watchman night-watchman Laurie had Just Interviewed. Inter-viewed. "She ay, Taa,'" he repeated. "1 done say what yon tor me, and she aay. Tell de genman. Taas,' Jes like flat" "All right" Laurie nodded and strode off. For the first time he was breathing naturally and freely. She was there. She was safe. In a little more than an hour he would see her. 'In the meantime his urgent needs were a bath and change of clothing. As soon as he was dressed he Would go back to the studio building and keep watch In the corridors until she was ready. Then, after breakfast, h would personally conduct her to the security of Louise Ordway's home. Louise need not see her, If, she did not feel up to It but she would sure; ly give her asylunt after hearing Laurie's Lau-rie's experiences of the night That was his plan. It seemed a good one. lie did not admit even to himself that under the air of sangfroid sang-froid he wore as a garment every Instinct In-stinct In him was crying out for the sound of Doris' voice. Also, as he hurried along, he was conscious that a definite change was taking place In his attitude toward Herbert Ransome Shaw. Slowly, reluctantly, but fully, he had now accepted the fact that "Bertie" represented a force that must be reckoned with. He Inserted the latch-key Into the door of his apartment with an Inward prayer that Bangs would not be visible, vis-ible, and for a moment he hoped It had been granted. But when .he entered en-tered their common dresslng'-room he found his chum there, In the last stages of his usual careful toilet He greeted Laurie without surprise, or comment In the detached, absent manner man-ner he had assumed of late, and Laurie Lau-rie hurried Into the bathroom and turned on the hot water, glad of the excuse to escape even a tete-a-tete. That fee ting of Bangs' added Ck final notes to the ratnor symphony life was playing for him this morning. As he lay back In the hot water, relaxing relax-ing hla stilt, bruised body, the thought came that possibly he and Rodney were really approaching the final breaking point. Bangs was not ordinarily or-dinarily a patient chap. He was too Impetuous and high-strung for that. But he had been wonderfully patient with this friend of his heart. If It were true that the friendship was dying dy-ing under the strain put upon It, and Laurie knew how possible this was. and how swift and Intense were Bangs' reactions, life henceforth, however how-ever full It inlaTht be, would luck an element that had been singularly vital what future tin ys would be without "lings exuhernnt personality to fill them with work .and color; ,but. he could not picture them; and as the effort merely added to the gloom that enveloped him he abandoned It and again gnve himself up to thoughts of Doris. As he hurried Into his clothes a strong temptation came to him to tell Bangs the whole story. Then Bangs would understand everything, and he, Laurie, would have the benefit of Rodney's advice and help In untying Doris' tangle. . Doris I Again she swam into the foreground of his consciousness with a vividness that made his senses tingle. He was sitting on a low chair, lacing his shoes, and his Angers shook Doris Was Not There, but Her Win-dow Win-dow Was, and Hanging From Its Center Was Something Bright That Caught His Eye and Instantaneous Recognition. as be finished the task. He dressed with almost frantic haste, urged on by a fear that, despite hlB efforts, was shaping Itself Into a mental panic. Then, hair-brushes In hand, he faced his familiar mirror, and recoiled with an exclamation. Doris was not there, but her window win-dow was, and hanging from Its center catch was something bright that caught his eye and Instantaneous recognition. rec-ognition. It was a small Roman scarf, with a narrow, vlvld stripe. CHAPTER XI Doris Takes Journey Within five minutes he was In the studio building across the square, frantically punching the elevator bell. Outwardly he showed no signs of the anxiety that racked him. but presented present-ed to Sam, when that appreciative youth stopped his elevator at . the ground floor, the sartorial perfection which Sam always vastly admired and anmerlmes dreamed of Imitating. But for such perfection Sam had no eyes todsv. At this early hour It was not much more than half-past eight he had hronsht down only two passengers, and no cine but Laurie was waiting for the upward Journey. When the two tenants of the building had walked far enough toward Its front entrance to be out of earshot, Sam grasped Laurie's arm and almost dragged him1 Into the car. As he did so. he hissed four words: , "She gone, MIsf Devon I" "Gone! Where? WhenT Laurie had not expected this... 'He realized now that he should have done so. His failure to take In the possibility possi-bility of her going was part of his Infernal In-fernal optimism, of his Inability even now tg take her situation at Its face value. Sam was answering his questions ques-tions : "'Bout eight, Jes' after nenry went and I come on." An aut'moblle stop In front de do, an' dat man wld de eyes he come in. I try stop him fum takln' de car. but he push me on one fide an' order me up. like he was Wilson hlsself. So I took him to de top flo But when we got dere an he went to Miss Mayo's do', I Jes' kep' de car right dere an watch him." "Good boy. What happened?" "ne knock an' nuffln happen. Den he call out 'Doris.' Doris. Jes like dat an' she come an' talk tohlm; but she didn't oppn de do'." "Could you hear what else he saldT "No, sah. After dat he whisper to her, hlssln' like a snake." Laurie set his teeth. Even Sam f eh the ophidian In Shaw. "Go on," he ordered. "Den I reckon Miss Mayo she put on a coat, an' dat man wait I fought h was gwlae leave, an' I sbo' was glad. But he stood dere, waltln' an' grinnln' nuff to split his haid." Laurie recognised the grin. "Bott two-three sslnutes she coma out" Sam went on. "She had a big fur coat an' a veil on. She look aw ful pale, an' when dey got In de el'va-tor el'va-tor she dldn' say a word. Dey wasV nobody else In de car, an' It seem Ink I couldn't let her go off nohow, without with-out sayln' somethln'. So I say, Ton gwlne away; Miss Mayo?' De man he look at nie mighty cold an' hard, au" he only nod." "Didn't she speak at allT "No. sah. She ain't say a word. She Jes' stood stiff an' still, an' he took her out to de car. an" dey bofe It a limousine, a got In." "Was carT "Yuan. ah." . "closed "Did the man himself drive It?" . "No, snh. He sat Inside wld Mis Mayo. The man what drove It was younger." I "What did he look like?" t "I couldn't see much o' him. He J had a Mg cont on. an' a cap. But his hair wns ynllnh." " j ' Laurie 'recognized the secretary. - j "Wh!-li way did they go?" "Kiist." They wore standing on the top landing by this time, and Laurie Strode forward. y "I'll take a look around her rooms. Perhaps she left some message." Sam accompanied him. and though he had not desired this continued companionship, Laurie found a certain cer-tain solace In It. In his humble way this hlnck boy was Doris' friend. He was doing his small part now to help her. If, as he evidently suspected, there wns something sinister In her departure. i Entering the familiar studio. Laurie j looked nround It with a pang. Unlike ; the quarters of Shaw, it remained un- i changed. The room, facing north as It did. looked a little cold In the early j light, but It was still stamped with the j Impress of its former occupant. Tho flowers he had given her only yesterday yes-terday hung their heads In mod est welcome, and half a dozen j eye-flashes revealed half n dozen 1 homely little detnlls that were full of renssurnnce. Here, open and face down on the reading-table, was a book she n)Ight.haveJroppedthat minute. There was the long mirror befnniAhloh she brushed her wonderful wonder-ful hair and, yes, the silver-backed brushes with which she brushed It. On the writing-table were a pencil and torn sheet of paper, as If she had j Just dashed off a hurried note. In short, everything In the room suggested that the owner, whose presence pres-ence still hung about ltptnlght return at any Instant And yet, there In the window, where ho had hnlf Jokingly told her to place It hung the brilliant symbol of danger which he himself hnd selected. He walked over and took It from the latch. In doing this, he discovered discov-ered thnt Only half the scarf hung there, and that one end was Jagged, as If roughly and hastily cut off. He put the scarf Into his pocket As he did so, his pulses leaped. Tinned to Its folds was a bit of paper, so small and soft that even the Inquisitive Inquisi-tive eye of Sam, following hla every motion, failed to detect It Laurie turned to the black boy. "We'd better get out of here," he suggested, trying, to speak carelessly end leading the way as he spoke. "Miss Mayo may be back at any moment." mo-ment." Sam's eyes bulged till they rivaled Shaw's. "Yon don' tlnk she goner he stammered. stam-mered. "Why should we think she has goner' Laurie tried to grin at him. "Perhaps she's merely taking an automobile au-tomobile ride, or an early train for a day In the country. Certainly nothing here looks as If she had gone away for good. People usually pack, don't theyr Bam dropped bis eyes, His face, human till now, took on Its familiar, gphlnxllke look. He followed "MIsf Devon" Into the elevator In silence, and started the car on Its downward Journey. But as bis passenger was about to depart with a nod, Sam presented pre-sented him with a reflection to take away with him. "She dldn' look lak no lady what was goln' on no excu'slon," he muttered, mut-tered, darkly. Laurie rushed back to his rooms with pounding heart and on the way opened and read at a glance his first note from Doris. It was written in pencil, seemingly on a scrap of paper pa-per torn from the pad he had seen on her desk. "Long Island, I think. An old house, on the Sound, somewhere near Sea Cliff. Remember your promise. No police." That was all there was to It There was no address, no signature, no date, the writing, though hurried, was clear,' beautiful, and full of character. In his rooms, he telephoned the garage1 for his car. and read and reread the little note. .Then, still holding It In his hand, he thonpht It over. Two things were horribly clear. Shaw's "plan" hnd matured. He hnd taken Doris away. And this wns the staggering phase of the episode she seemed to have gone willingly. At least she had made no protest, though a mere word, even a look of appeal from her, would have enlisted Sam's help, and no doubt stopped the whole proceeding. Why hadn't she uttered that word? The answer to this, too, seemed fairly clear. Doris had become be-come a fatalist. , She had ceased to hide or fight She was letting things go "his way," as she had declared she would da Down that dark avenue, ahe had called "bis way" Laurie dared not even fiance. His mind was too busy making Its agile, twists In and out of the tangle. Granting, then, that she had gone dcggfdly to meet the ultimate ul-timate Issue of the experience, whatever what-ever that might 1k she had neverthe less appealed to him. Laurie, for help. Why? And why did she know approximately approx-imately where she was' to be taken?" Why? Why? Why? Again mid agnln the question had recurred lo him, and this time It dug Itself In. Deaplte his love for hor (and he fully . realized that this war what It was), despite his ow'n experience of the night before, he hnd UTirdly been able to accept the fact thnV'e was, nyist be. In actual physical dancer. When, now, the breath of this real Iks-tlon Iks-tlon blew over him. It. checked his heartbeats and chilled his veg 2'jl. TMDCn '1 si i i 1 1 . ,- r bit v-vuauL&. . : a w vwwwa.as iii KOH SALKr-l'ulleis. Tvleproim 7. -HI American Fork liany Jerlinj. ... I . ll-ii-it In ihe iicM !iit.itii Kotii"t! mi ." hi hln, alert, watrhful. and sn -pl' loi. ad-j Vou' UK I' ' Furnished modern dressed him like an Inner volee. aparIm.l!t. "Km.v V A.laroaon. ti'J ,"Shaw will threaten," this volee , , ' ,.,, said. "lie will light, and he Wl. even I NlH,h ' - "-'U chlorfonn. I5ui when It comes to a i. a . v i . , . i . i . Kiinwi own, m tr.p neeo 01 iieiinjio, , , . ... . . J-or Sv.i e. Healed. 1 lOUcni. ailtl until anion or liny kiihi. ne Minpiv won't be there, lie Is venomous, he'd like to bite. "it he has no faii.'s. and he knows It." The vision of Shaw's face, when he hnd choked him durlni: the stniL'Ule of last nlt'ht, n rirJn recurred to Laurie, Lau-rie, lie knew now the meaning of the look in those projecting eyes, It was fear. Though he. had carried of the rest of the Interview wllli entire assurance, during that flu'ht the creature crea-ture had been terror-stricken. "He'll 1 live reason for fear the next time I get hold of him," Laurie reflected, reflect-ed, grimly. P.ut that fear was of hinv not ttf-Dorl. VVluit -might, nut Doris be undergoing, even now? He went to the Utile safe In the wall of his bedroom, and took from it all the ready money he found there. Oh, If only Itodney Were at home! Itut Mr. Itangs had gone out, the hall man said. He also Informed Mr. Devon thnt his car wns at the door. The need of consulting Rodney Increased In-creased In urgency ns the dllllcultles multiplied. Laurie telephoned to Bangs' favorite restaurant, to F.p-stein's F.p-stein's office, to Sonyn's hotel. At-the restaurant he was suavely assured that Mr. Bangs was not In the place. At the ofllce the voice of an Injured office boy Informed him thnt there wasn't never nobody there till half-past half-past nine. Over the hotel wire Sonya's colorful tones held enough surprise to remind Laurie that he could hardly hope that even Rodney's budding romance ro-mance would drive him to the side of the lady so early In the morning. He hung up the receiver with a groan of disgust, and busied himself packing a small bag and selecting a grentcont for his Journey. Also, he went to a drawer and took out the little nlstol he had tnken away from Doris Tn the tragic moment of their first meeting. Holding It In his hand, he hesitated. hesitat-ed. Heretofore, throughout his short but varied life, young Devon had depended de-pended upon his well trained fists to protect him from the violence of others. oth-ers. But when those others were the kind who went In for chloroform and this time there wag Doris to think of. 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PARKER, Secretary. American Fork, Utah. First Publication October 30, 1926. Last Publication November 20, 1926. It$ Reward The wnges of sin now depends somewhat on how much the confession confes-sion magazines are paying. Memphis New-s-Sclmltar. He Made tha Run of Twenty-Two Miles in Something Under Thirty Minutes. and there wen.' flnkes of snow In thi air. As be sped through the- gray at mosphere, the familiar little towns n knew seemed to come forward U meet him. like rapidly projected pic tures on a screen. Flushing, Bayslda. Little Neck, Manhasset Roslyn, Glen bead, one by on they floated past H made the run of twenty-two miles li something under thirty minutes, to th severe disapproval of several' police men, who shoutei urgent tnvltattoni to hlra to slow down. One of then was so persistent that Laurie prepare to obey; but Just as. the heavy nan at! the law was about to fall. Its rep resi ntiitl' recognised young Devon, and waved hlui im with a forgiving grlii. This was not the llrst fTlne Laurie Lau-rie had "burned up" that stretch of roadway. At the Sea Cliff station he slowed up; then, on a sudden Impulse, stopped his car at the platform with shurp precision nnd entered the liny waiting room. From the ticket window win-dow u pretty girl looked out on him with the expression of sudden interest feminine eyes usually took on when this young man was directly In their line of vision. With uncovered curly head deferentially bent, he addressed ber. Had she happened to notice a dark limousine go by an hour or so before, say around half past eight or nine o'clock? The girl shook her head. She had not come" on duly until nine, and even If such a car had passed she would hardly have observed It owing to the frequency of the phenomenon phe-nomenon nnd her own exacting responsibilities. re-sponsibilities. Laurie admitted that these responsibilities respon-sibilities would claim all the attention of any mind. But wns there any one around who might Imve seen the car, any one, say, who made a specialty of lounging on the platform and watching watch-ing the pulsations of the town's lifo In this Its th.-ohliThg center? No. the girl explained, there were no station loafers around now. The summer U 'tha time for thetn. (To Be Continued) |