| Show ED D lIy WS I Ij r tl 4 lIY l cc I w te l p y 1 c CO 0 r 14 l MT sits l t tt T rae M HIL AI y COI Cn A ly ay INC Mn MET BEGIN HERE TOD TODY Y n Robert nobert roaming at large Is suspected of ot the mUI ot of Michael hu husband to Robert s a niece Jenny Mark 1 lark Bren- Bren Brendon Brendon don don criminal Investigator has charge chargo of the th case Jenny goes toca to live with Ith her uncle Bendigo Robert Roberl ap- ap appears appears ap appears pears In the n neighborhood and sends word to Bendigo to como come alone to hl hi his hiding place Doria who works work for tor takes hi hl master to the meeting m place When ihen Doria Dorl returns to the nearby rave cave he rinds finds that boh men have disappeared Jeran Jenn marries Doria and n 1 they go to live lite In Italy where Jennys Jenny's uncle Albert II 11 eS cc Peter Ganns Ganne famous tamo American Americal de- de de detective e assists Brendon In the In- In v In-v Robert meets mets Brn- Brn Brndon don Brin-don don and shoots shoot at him hint Gatins sus- sus suspects sus suspects poets Doria and his wife of ot trach- trach tr ach- ach eI ow Ov GO O ov wi-ru wi Tire TIm STORY I cannot atop stop here 10 n s said when she had gone gon This Is la no nolito life lito for tor a man Jenny will pro ably remain with her uncle She Sho Sh Is s fed up as you sa with Ith me ma I am air ery unfortunate Marco for tor or I have h ve not In the lent least deserved to lose Jose her affection He Ho departed and Brendon joined Albert to find th the old man had grown crown uneasy an and tearful I am not happy Brendon ho he said There Is earning Into my mind a a cloud cloud a on n that ery cry dreadful disasters arc going to happen to thoe tho I 10 love iota e When does Gann Ganns return 1 Soon after dark Mr Perhaps about nine o'clock we e ray May expect him Be patient a IL little longer It has not happened to ra mo me to feel as a I t do today the book 10 lover loser r A sen sense sene e of ot ill UI dar darl ens my mInd mInd-a mind a suspicion of at finality and Jenny shares It Something Is amiss Sh She has a presentiment that It Is so o Jenny presently Joined them and andall andall andall all entered the th dining room to- to together together to-fether to gether where whre tea was served ser They Th y sat long lone and the th si al s were lengthening before the old man returned to his apartments Th Then n Giuseppe lit one on of ot his hi cigars took his hat and I left laft tt the house At last whispered Jenny her taco face lighting In relief He will be gone for a good two to hours now and we can talk Not here her then Mol Mci I 1 In an- answered n s sered ered Let Lt us go eo Into thu gar gar- garden gar den Bar den Then I can an see when the man comes back Presently Ernesto came and turned on an electric bulb that hung over the scrolled Iron ot of the outer gate tate Then ther thea- were werA alone again arain and the woman oman threw oft ott all shadow of ot reser reserve e ani re- re restraint re restraint Thank God you can at atla la last t she sh said then poured ot 01 t a flood of ot entreaties He was swept from every mental hold dro drowned ned nedI In the th torrent of ot her petitions I baffled and bewildered at one on mo- mo moment moment mo ment tilled filled with Joy In the th next neAt For an hour she sh spoke and do- do d tailed all she had bad been called upon to endure Brndon rendon listened with a rapture that was almost for Cor torsh sho loved him at last and t i nothIng than to come corn to 10 him and forget torget the tho th double tragedy that had ruined her oung life lite She Sh was wa in his arms arm now and aid lie he ought to soothe her sustain her herand herand herand and brIng brine her mind to regard IL ft future hert h peace happiness and content might still till be hot hoi por por- portion por- por portion portion tion Another hour passed p d the fireflies danced over their sweet sweat scents stole stol through h the th gar gar- garden garden den ar-den den lights twinkled d tron the house on th the lake In the silence ll that now fell tell between them they heard the tho gentle thud i of a i I I noti tr's TS propeller Still Doria did not i return and as a church clock truck struck I ithe tI e hour Jenny rose She left len him to seek sk As Assunta unta I and he h hearing the steamer and guessing that Peter was ut at hand I I hastened to the th house e seemed to till fill It It and as he ho lifted I his vole olce oice and end called to Albert Alber Red lied Red I the th noise on the water ceas ceased d No answer reached rached and from the th library he be li proceeded to the adjoining bedroom It was as empty and he h hastened out t upon the veranda eranda above the th lake la But sill still I the th book lover did not nut ap- ap appear ap appear pear ear A lone Ion black blaek vessel teasel essel wih Ih all out had a yards yard front from the th Villa YUIll and now a 0 put boat-put oft off from the craft of the th lake lak police polle and paddled to the steps below blow Brendon Peter Petr with four toUt men landed and Brendon spoke lIe He could r gi h e no details detail howe hower tr r and ond Jenny furnished them While she shand and Mark sat In the th garden In log tile the th front door and front gate thetA to the th housa there had come coma a a message by boat fur Mr 1 Assunta told them how bow an un Itoh- Itoh ItalIan Ital Italian ian had reached the th steps In lu a 0 from how he be h ha hat had i her bel and d broken the evil no newe that SIgnor FoUl po fl was as fallen alien n dl ly ly Iy ili and how he lie ae i t entreaties otles to hIs hi friend friends to see eel him him without delay tt declared that her ber tl lied had been ben gone rone ion for tor or an all hour bour If It not longer group roup command lid and he Issued his dIrections directions directions swiftly lie He H cast on one look at atMark atMark atMark Mark which the th detective never forgot but t none non saw aw It save Bren Brendon don himself Then he h spoke Row this boat back tl t the steamer Brendon he h said latil al 1 and tell them to take tak you acro cro to toPo Po Poggi tl I a quick at as t may be b If It Red Red Red-Mayn I Maya Mayn is I there tare leave lav him there I and return But bC's he not there th re I hes he's h it lit tl e the th bottom ottom of at the tho lak lake II I Then Than Peter Pt r turned to the rest and bade bad them tb m all alt with Jenny J so ae c company cOrr him to the th d room Supper had been laid here herbut but the th apartment was What ha has happened ex explained Peter Is l thi this Dorl Dorl Doria ha has used the OnlY certain c means mn of getting Al- Al Albert Albert Al bert out of at t this house houe and his hi wife hu ha aided ald him to ti the th lest bet of hr ber h r power ower bY arresting the th att attention of ot my col- col earu col-earu whom I left lert Id II chirr charge How she h tin did It T I can easily guess cues Jenny Jennys Jenny's horrified ties eus flamed At t thim him and her fact face t ce grew rosy How little you kno 4 cried This I Is cruel infamous Hr Hav Have I tL JL t suffered d enough e urh 1 I I 1 I I The Th HilliN Meant Ilean for tor or Michael Pen Pen- pen dean Struck Down Ills HI iii Itc rc H I am n wrong wrone rong Ill I'll be the first to c cn n it maam ma'am he answered But t t f tam fam am not wrong What has 1 happened 1 means muns that your will ho bo back to supper That's Thais but butten butten butten ten minutes minute to watt wait Assunta reo re- return re return turn to the kitchen Ernesto hide hidei i In the and lock the Iron irongate at Irate gate a as ac soon as Doria has passed through It It Silence fell r ll and In five minutes Com came the chink ot of o the th Iron gat gate and the footfall ot of o a k man without Dont was singing hi his H He cam came straight Into the room stared about him at the assembled as men then fixed hi hl e eles es upon his wife What that Is this h he cried In amazement Games up and youve you've lot lost 10 1 an- an an s Ginns Youre a great crook And your own o vanity sall Is all that's beat iou ou He HI turned quickly to the chief of or police who showed sho InglI a it warrant and spoke Cog Ing- Enz lI iIIi h Michael he h said you you are aN arrest arrested ai rested l llor lor for the murder ot of o Rob nob- nobert Robert ert and Bendigo Bendio Red Bed Red Red-mayne mayne And add Albert growled Genoa Ganns He lie leaped aide Ide a with am agility ni as he spoke for the culprit had seized the th weapon nea nearest ret his hand and hurleda hurled burled a bt-avy bt salt cellar from Irom the table at P Peters Peter's read head cad The Tho mass of glass crashed Into an oLd od Italian mirror behind Garns and at the th moment when all ill eyes ely the sound Jenny J s a husband dashed for Cor th the door Like lightning lie he turned and was over the threshold fore 1 b fore n a I hand band and could be lifted to stop atop him tut Lut one on In the room had watched and now he raised his re- re r This TIIs young des offIcer officer des tined future had fame fame had neter ne taken his eyes eye oft off Doria and now he ha fired tired He H VT was VIS quick but an- an another another an another other had teen quicker had l seen Ills his purpose and anticipated his ac- ac ac action tion T The e bullet meant for tor Michael struck down his wife for tor Jenny had leaped Into the tn doorway and stopped It Sh She tell without e a a sound where where- whereupon where upon upon the tho turned turn d Instantly his flight ran run to her knelt and lifted her to his breast Heas He Ito was as harmless no now but he lie em- em em bracci a dead deau dea woman and the tho th blood frota hr her mouth as a ho he b her covered his lips tips He made mad no fur tUt- the tut-the- the tight fight fi ht and d knowing that she shwas was deed dead carried her ber to a laid her down then th n turned and sll etched his arms tea for the handcuffs handcuff A moment later latr Mark Brendon entered d from front the th house hour Al- Al Albert Al Albert Poggi sent no message and bert has haa ha not been seen sen seena at he said aali CHAPTER X The of ot Polar P k Gann Canoe Two men traveled together torether In tho train do de lure lux from Milan to Calais Gann Oll-nn vote Tare a black bank band up n the tb sleeve of his hi left Jett arm his con companion pan Ion carried the marks ot of mourning In hl his face tace It seemed that Bren Brendon on had Increased In age ase his looked haggard h tf vole olce was a older ln young young- younger cr er man who bo appeared to though jus mInd was far tar away a ay and his thoughts tho bloodIng upon a grays a pause and a long isile 1 the 1111 train sped through th darkness of o the tbd tu nel nell l POter H the th steps by which ho he had been bren to solve the th riddle of the th I T west went first to an I Ide de o od be oral day l to learning all possible oa ILle particulars of ot the th Pen Pen Pen-d dMn deni nn family ly On examining ancestry as ai a 0 preliminary ary to finding out ever ver thIng te IP ie- ie J emb of ot himself I at onCe roads mad a II hIghly tant dIs- dIs dIscover dis discovery cover covery Joseph Michael J s stathel tathel wee Often otten In Italy on hl his t 1 tor for the th firm and he an Italian woman She dhe lived d with her husband at rea- rea rca sanc en unc an and bore bor him one son eon and anda anda anda a daughter who died In la infancy The lady seems eem to have hav given rhen caus cause for tor II a cortin amount of or scandal tot her Latin temperament and was w s did dia not commend them them- them lh os to the th rather austere auster and ana circle In which bet het hue hUI- hut band bud band and nd hI hl mOHd Michael was wa devoted to his hi 11 and accompanied her ber B r frequently to Italy On Oh One on en of ot these the tb se OccasIOns occasion when hen a boy of ot Seventeen or OF Olgh- Olgh l teen h-teen teen ho lie met with MI accident t tO tObi thi hi bi head but bull I 1 could glenn glean lean no par par- particulars particulars par particular of ot its It nature When WhiCh at last lut act Mt Mrs died In Ital 1511 It l leI her husband attended th lie tun funeral ral at Naples and returned to Ian England Immediately afterward with Ith his hi on sOne on The Th boy was sub uIl tl u apprenticed ap r to a dentist having pr l a wish to follow follo profession J la In O Our Monda Monday Issue Is uc |
