Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 194, Decatur, Adams County, 17 August 1926 — Page 3

FT r ■•-■.’V' • ■■■ > ini Ji Tfie GIRL in the MIRROR Elizabeth Jordan ® w WNU S.rvlo.

THE STORY CHAPTER L—Barbara D.von’. w~»Jrtcd d«p»rtur« on h.r bon./mov--41”, h ,. brother "Laurl., •uccmibut .om.wbat tnclln.d !“ wfdneM without her ...training Ht» theatrical aaaoclatea, S and J ‘ cob E”?* 0 - ‘o ‘ n w * °" blm - CHAPTER IL — LaurlK who ’• fl0 T" *• , IJJk Announcing hl. Intention of rw7n« A.-.d .eeXins ' .dv.ntur.." From lif window in New York h. ..e. th. iJe’ion of . beautiful girl In a mlrW r in tb. bou». oppo.lt*. chapter in.—Devon learn, from ft,“levator boy In the girl', hous. ® . her nam. Is Mayo. Again In th. ?‘ror< reflection he »ee. her with • revolver and fear, .he meins to Limit .ulclde. H. break. Into her •eertment and. winning her confidence, kduce. her to lunch with him, though ji, warn, blm of "danger.” CHAPTER IV— P.rc.ptlbly agitated the arrival of a man In the ■Mtturant, ehe mutter, that b.’ ha. found her" Learning that .he I. unmarried and the man ha. no claim en her. Laurl., Incen.ed, acco.t. th. itrtnf.r. CHAPTER V.—Accusing the man of annoying Mia. Mayo, Devon warn, him to end hl. eeplonag*. The .tranger Is politely .arcastlc, but from him Laurie learn, the Kiri', fir.t name la porle. Sh. tells him her pera.outor IS Herbert Ransome Shaw. CHAPTER VI.—To Lout.. Ordway, fcls invalid »lster-ln*law, and firm friend, Laurie admits he la “Intereated" |o Doria not revealing her Identity. CHAPTER VlT.—Dori, re.olntely de.llr.es to meet Mrs. Ordway, and sternly vetoes Laurie', .ugge.tloa of applying to th. pollc. to protect her from Shaw CHAPTER XI Dori* Take* a Journey Within five minutes he was in the Btudlo building across the square, ft-antically punching the elevator bell. Outwardly he showed no signs of the anxiety that racked him, but pnHseated to Sam. when that appreciative youth .topped his elevator at the pound floor, the sartorial perfection which Sam always vastly admired and sometimes dreamed of Imitating. But for such perfection Sam had no eyes today. At this early hour —ft was not much more than half-past eight—he had brought down only two passengers, end no one hut Laurie was waiting for the upward Journey. When the two tenants o r the building had waited for ■ zh toward its front uHev arm aou ’ dragged him Into the car. As he did so. he hissed four words: “She gone. Mist’ Devon!" “Gone! Where? When?” Laurie had not expected this. He realized now that he should have dons so. His failure to take' In the possibility of her going was part of his Infernal optimism, of hfs Inability even now to take her situation at Its face value. Sam was answering his questions : “'Bout eight, Jes’ after Henry went and I come on. An atit'mnblle stop In front de do', an’ dat man wld de eyes become In. I try stop him sum fakin’ de car. but he push me on one side an' order me up. like he was Wilson bfsself. So I took him to de top flo'. Rut when we got dere an’ he went to Miss Mayo’s do', I les' kep' de car right dere an’ watch him.” “Good boy. What happened?” "He knock an’ nullin’ happen. Don be call out, ’Doris. Doris.’ Jes’ like dat. an' she come an’ talk to him; but she didn't open de do'.” “Could you hear what else he snld?' “bo. sah. After dat ho whisper to ber. hisshr a snake.” Laurie set his teeth. Even Sam felt the ophidian In Shaw. "Go on," he ordered. “Den I reckon Miss Mayo she put on a coat, an’ dat man wait. I t’ought he was gwlne leave, an’ I sho’ was glad. Rut he stood dere, waitin’ an' grlnnln’ nuff to split his hafd.” Laurie recognized the grin. Bout two-three minutes she come Sam wont on. "She had a big fur coat an’ a veil on. She look awful pale, an' when dey got In de el’vator she dldn' sny n word. Dey was’n' nobody else in de car, an’ it seem Ink I couldn’t let her go off nohow, without sayin’ somethin'. So I say. ‘You B'rine away, Miss Mayo?’ De man he ' lM ’k at me mighty cold an’ hard, an’ a, "‘ ft nly nod.” “Didn’t she speak at a!!?' “No, sah. She ain't say a word., R he jes- s t oo( i gtl(T nn - Kt ill, an - he took her out to de car, an’ dey bofe «»t In.” “"’as it a limousine, a closed car?" “ Taaß ' sah -” ‘Did the man himself drive It?" M sob. He set inside wid_ Miss

Mayo. The tuun what drove Tt *»< younger.” "What did he look like?” "I couldn’t see much o’ him. He had a big coat on, an’ a cap. But his hair was yallah.” Laurie recqgnlzed the secretary. “Which way did they go?” “East.” They were standing on the top landing by this time, and Laurie strode forward. •'l'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 solace In It. In his humble way this black boj' was Doris’ friend. He was doing his small part now to help her, If, as he evidently suspected, there was something sinister In her departure. Entering the familiar studio, Laurie looked around It with a pang. Unlike the quarters of Shaw, ft remained unchanged. The room, facing north as It did. looked a little cold in the early light, but It was still stamped with the Impress of Its former occupant. The flowers he had given her only yesterday hung their heads In modest welcome, and half a dozen eye-flashes revealed half a dozen | honudy little details that were Dill of reassurance. Here, open and i face down on the reading-table, was a book she might have dropped that minute. There was the long mirror before which she brushed her wonderful hair and, yes, the silver-backed brushes with which she brushed It. On the writing-table were a pencil and a torn sheet of paper, as If she had. Just dashed off a hurried note. In snort, everything In the room suggested that the owner, whose presence still hung about fr, might return at any Instant. And yet, there in the window, where he had half jokingly told her to place It, hung the brilliant symbol of danger which lie himself lind. selected. He walked over and took ft from the latch. In doing this, he dtscov- I ered that 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, hfs pulses leaped. Pinned , to Its folds wits a bit of paper, so small and soft that even the inqufsl- [ five eye of Sam, following his every ; motion, failed to detect it. Laurie , turned to the black boy. "We'd better get out of here,” he »— *■ " to careless'v "Miss Mayo may be back at ar moment.” Sam's eyes bulged till they rivaled Shaw's. “You don’ t’lnk she gone?” ha stain-1 mered. "Why should wo think she has gone?” Lnurie tried to grin at him. "Perhaps she's merely taking an automobile ride, or an early train for a day In the country. Certainly nothing here looks as if she had gorae away for good. People usually pack, don’t they?” | Sam dropped his eyes. His face, human till now, took on its familiar, sphlnxliko look. He followed “Mist’ | Devon” Into the elevator In silence, I and started the car on its downward journey. But as his passenger was about to depart with a nod, Sam presented him with a reflection to take away with him. “She dldn' look Ink no lady what was goin' on no excu’sion,” he muttered, darkly. I.nurie rushed back to his rooms with pounding heart and on the way opened and road at a glance his first note from Doris. It was written In pencil, seemingly on a scrap of pa-1 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 wns 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 garage for his car, and read and reread the little note. Then, still holding it In his hand, he thought It over. Two things were horribly clear. Shaw's “plan” had matured. He had taken Doris away. And—this was 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 a fatalist She had ceased to ( hide or fight. She was letting things j go “his way.” as she had declared she

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Cjtilu du.' ' •— — ——” Down that dark avenue she bad called “his way” Laurie dared not even glance. His mind was too busy making its agile twists in and out of the tangle. Granting, then, that she had gone doggedly to meet the ultimate Issue of the erperteuce, whatever that might be. she had nevertheless appealed to blm, Laurie, for help. Why? And why did she know approximately where she was to be taken?” ; Why? Why? Why? Again and again the question bad recurred to 1 him, and this time It dug itself In. j Despite his love for her (and he . fully realized that this was what ft : was), despite his own experience of j the night before, he had hardly been able to accept the fact that she was, must be, In actual physical danger. When, now, the breath of this realization blew over him. It checked hie heart beats and chilled his very soul. In the next Instant something in blm, alert, watchful, and suspicious, addressed him like an tuner voice. "Sbuw will threaten,” this voice said. "He will fight, and he will even chlorform. But when It comes to n '"Showdown, to the need of definite, ' final action of any kind, he simply won't be thiye. He Is venomous, he'd like to bite, but he has no fangs, and he knows it.” The vision of Shaw's face, when he I Mid choked him during the struggle of last night, again recurred to lau-! rte. He knew nod the meaning of the look In those projecting eyes. It I was fear. Though he had carried off . the rest of the Interview with entire assurance, during that fight the crea- | ture had been terror-stricken. “He'll have reason for fear the next time I get hold of him"," Laurie reflected. grimly. But that fear was of him, not of Doris. What might not Doris be undergoing, even now? He went to the little safe in the wall of his bedroom, and took from it all the ready money he found there. Oh, If only Rodney were at home! Rut Mr. Bangs had gone out, the hall man said. He also Informed Mr. Devon that tils cfix was at the door.. (TO BE CONTINUED) 0 GENEVA NEWS Mrs. Garth Herbst and baby and Mrs. George Manns and little son spent Thursday afternoon at the Portland fair. Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Odle and Mr. and Mrs. Ernst Mahonney spent Suday in Muncie, attending a family reunion. Mrs. Rachel Burdg went to Berne. Thursday afternoon, wheie she spent some time visiting at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Zerg’.e. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene/Volgert, of Ihttsburgh. Pa. are visiting here at the homes of C. F. Greene and families, I. Jesse Hutton and family returned to their home in Detioit, Mich.. Monday. after spending a week at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M E. Hutton. and also visiting at Mrs. Hutton’s | parental home in Pejtnville. | Mis. Sophia Mattax, daughter. La | j vone,-and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mattax motored to Muncie Sunday, where they | were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. H A. Lynch Miss J. mis. Englebr'Cht, of RlchS Si, ■!—Ill ( Catherine Anderson the lat ter part of last week. | Miss Mary Blackburn who had been ' visiting here at the heme of her uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. Chag. Shepherd, left last Thursday afternoon for Fort Wayne and other cities north. Miss Blackburn's home is in Fayetteville. Ark. Thorval and Fern Lavone, children of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Mattax, of Pendelton, are visiting here at the home of their grandmolher. Mrs. Sophia .Mat tax, this week. i Quaker Oats ! "stands by" you through the morning i That’s why millions start their days in this way TO feel right through the morning, you must have well-balanced, 1 complete food at breakfast. At most other meals — that is, at luncheon and at dinner—you usually get that kind of food. But at breakfast the great dietary mistake is most often made—a hurried meal, often badly chosen. . Thus Quaker Oats, containing 16% | protein, food’s great tissue builder; 58% carbohydrate, its great energy element, plus all-imoortant vitamines and the "bulk ’ that makej laxatives seldom needed, is the dietetic urge of the world today. It is food that "stands by” you through the morning. Food that should start every breakfast in your home. Quick Quaker cooks in 3 to 5 minutes. That’s faster than plain toast. Don’t deny yourself the natural stimulation this rich food offers, I

AUCTION SALE SO FORDS SO Will be sold to the highest bidder. One at a Time, Regardless of Price! • Almost any style of Ford will be offered at Auction. The price has been taken off now. Come and them for whatever you wan tto give for them at AUCTION. These cars * are on display at the Adams County Auto Co. .(Used Car Show Room) now and will be demonstrated to anyone calling at the garage before the auction, Thursday afternoon, August 19, 1926. * < COME IN AND LOOK THEM OVER. DEALERS ESPECIALLY INVITED. THURS., AUG. 19 1 Day Only—at the Lot of Burton Nibli<|;, formerly known as Ahr Field —1 Day Only The Adams County Auto Co., authorized Ford dealers, have decided to dispose of all their ! second hand cars which they have taken in trade for new ones. Practically all of these | cars have been painted and renewed, and are guaranteed to be in good running condition. I Positively every car will go to the highest bidder. I This is a Bona Fide Auction Sale n . . ... - - — — x -- - — --'■■■■■ I Every Car you see on the street is a used car—why not own one? Every car guaranteed. Buy a car for business or pleasure, at Your Own Price. 1%4T0 sums of SSO and under cash; above that amount I I* 10 per cent cash; balance in monthly payments. M * Adams County Auto Co. I Sale conducted by W. K. STONE DECATUR. INDIANA

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