Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 197, Decatur, Adams County, 20 August 1926 — Page 5

I I 'The GIRL in the MIRROR I Elizabeth (Jordan S ■ * WNU Servtoo

I the story I CHAPTER I-Harbara D.von’i w.aI J7»nd departure on her honeymoon I Lree her brother "Laurla," •uoc..I 1i Zi.vwrlght but loraewhat Inofln.fi I “ 1 wSdn.ee. without her I indnence Hie theatrical aaaoolat.s, I kodnTr Bang, end Jaoob Ep.t.ln, I CHAPTER IL — Laurie, who la I wealthy, refuse* to settle down to I work announcing hie Intention of restI Ins and ee.klng ■adventure.’ From I bi, window In New York he sees the I Mdectlon of a beautiful girl in a mlr- | yer In the house opposite. I CHAPTER HI. —Devon learns from I the elevator boy In the glrl’a house I that her name ia«Mayo. Again tn the I mirror', reflection—he sees her with I . revolver and fears she means to I commit suicide. He breaks Into her I asartment and. winning her confidence. I Indue*, her to lunch with him, though I .h» warns him of "danger." CHAPTER IV.-Perceptibly agitated hy the arrival of a man tn the restaurant, she mutters that he has “found her." Learning that she Is snmarrfed and the man has no claim *n her, Laurie, Incensed, accosts the Stranger. CHAPTER V.—Accusing the man of gs-oylng Miss Mayo, Devon warns tlm to end his espionage. The stranger Is politely sarcastic, but from him Laurie learns the girl's first name Is Deri. She tells him her persecutor I. Herbert Ransome Shaw. CHAPTER VI.—To Loutse Ordway, Invalid sister-in-law, and firm friend, Laurie admits he Is "Interested" to Dorie, not revealing her Identity. CHAPTER Vll.—Doris resolutely destines to meet Mrs. Ordway, and Sternly vetoes Laurie's suggestion of applying to the police to protect her from Shaw. - did in tfit'ce garments, Laurie took s few preliminary shuffles around the garage, while the owner, watching him. slapped his thigh tn approval. So great was his Interest in the "act.” indeed, that when the impersotiator left the garage and started off. Burke showed a strong desire to follow him and see the finish of the performance, a desire that recalled for a fleeting Instant the determineißjiersonatity of the young gentlemah hidden under the tramp disguise. At the last moment before leaving. Laurie took from his pocket the tiny revolver he had brought with him, and holding ft In his palm, studied it In silence. Should he take it, or snouidn’t he? He dropped it among the discarded heap of clothes, and picked up Is o c 8 smalt screw .'river, which he put into hts ragged pocket That particular tool looked as If it might be useful. -v i_ T . ~.w" the countrv road, with ets of the borrowed reefer. he Ioo’.?d about with assurance. He believed that in this Bnexnected guise, he could meet even Shaw and get away with it; but he meant to be very careful and take no unnecessary chances. He cut across half a dozen fields, climbed half a dozen fences, was fiercely barked at by a dozen dogs, more or less, and finally reaching the grounds of the house in the cedars, approached it from the rear In exactly the half-sheakifig, half-cocky manner in which the average tramp would have drawn near a shuttered house from one of Whose chimneys smoke was rising. It was a manner that nicely blended the hope of a handout with the fear of a rebuff. Once he fancied he saw something moving among the trees. He ducked back and remained quiet for some time. Then, reassured by ihe continued silence, he emerged, sauntered to the back entrance, and after a brief preliminary study of the shuttered windows, assailed the door with a pair of grimy knuckles. He had expected a long delay, possibly no response at all. But the door opened as promptly as If some one had been standing there awaiting tils signal, and on its threshold a for-bidding-looking woman, haglike as to hair and features but cleanly dressed, stood regarding Mm with strong disapproval. In the kitehen range back of her a coal fire was burning. A tea--kettle bubbled domestically on its top, end cheek by jowl with this a bigbelHed coffee-pot exhaled a delicious aroma. The entire tableau was so different from anything Laurie had expected that for an instant he stared at the woman, speechless and almost openmouthed. Then the smell of the cos fee gave him his cue. He suddenly remembered that he had eaten nothing that day, and the fact gave a thrill of sincerity to the professional whine in which he made his request. “Say, lady.” he begged urgently, ‘Tm down an’ out Gimme a cup o’ oawfee, will ygh?" z Her impulse, he saw clearly, had been to elose the door in his face Already her hand was automatically responding to But he whipped off

his dirty cap and, afiTverfng on tKe <TooTatop, looked at her with Laurie's eyes, whose beauty no amount of disguise could wholly conceal. There was real appeal In' them now. Much, indeed i almost everything, depended on what this creafwfie would do in the next minute. She hesitated. ”1 ain’t had a mouthful since yesterday,” croaked the visitor, pleadingly and truthfully. "Well, wait there a minute. I’ll bring you a cup of coffee.” She turned from the door and started to close It, evidently expecting tiiin to remain outside, hut he promptly followed her in, and her face, hardening into quick anger, softened a little ns she saw him cowering over the big hot stove and warming hfs dirty hands. In silence she filled a a cup with coffee, cut n thick slice from a loaf of bread, buttered ft, and set the collation on the kitchen table. "Hurry up and eat that,” she muttered, "and then clear out If any one saw you hdre, I’d get into trouble.” Laurie grunted acquiescence and wolfed the food. He.had not eat down, and now. as he ate, his black eyes swept the room while he planned

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I.') 1 His Hostess, Having Turned Hey , Him. He Crept Behind Her. k. a ‘ .-■*•«** : Bti fbiVu w—»»* back of the stove were several dun-’ towels. They gave him his first suggestion. His second came when he observed that*his hostess, evidently reassured by his haste, had turned her back tr> Idm. and, bending a little, was examining the oven. Noiselessly setting down the cup and the bread, lie crept behind her, and, seizing her , in one powerful arm, covered her month with his free hand. He could not wholly stifle the smothered shriek she gave. For the next moment he had his hands full. Despite her wrinkles and her gray hair, she was a strong woman, and she fought with a violence and a false strength due to overwhelming fury and terror. It was so difficult to control her without hurting bee that all his strength was taxed. But at last he brought her slowly down Into a chair under the row of dishtowels, and seizing two of these useful articles, as well as the cord that held them, securely bound and gagg'tl her. As he did so he dropped his role and looked soberly into her furious eyes. , “Look here,” he told her. “I’m not going to hurt you; be sure of that. But I’ve got something to say, and I want you to stop struggling and listen to It." Under his quiet tones some of the frenzy died out of the eyes staring up at hhn. “I'm here to get Miss Mayo,” he went on. “She’s in the house, isn’t she? If she is, nod.” There was a long moment of hesitation. At last the head nodded. “Is there any one else in the house?’ The head shook negatively. “Is there no one here but you and Miss Mayo?” Laurie could hardly take In this good luck, but again the head shook negatively. , “Where is she? Upstairs?” The head nodded. He stepped back from the bound figure. “All right,” he said cheerfully. “Now I’m going to unbind you and let you take me up to her. As a precaution, I shall leave the bandage on your mouth and hands. But, being a sensible woman, of course you realize that you have absolutely nothing to fear, unless you give us trouble. If , jou try to do that I ehail have_£o j

lock you ]nld a closet for k feiv hours.” As he spoke he wn* unfastening the cord. "Lead on.” he Invited, buoyantly. There wai an instant when he thought the struggle with her would begin all over. He saw her draw herself together a* if to spring. But she was evidently exhausted by her previous contest. She was also subdued. She rose heavily, and, taking her time to It, slowly led the way out of tile kitchen and along a ball to the front of tlie house. “No tricks, remember," warned Laurie, keeping close behind her. “Play fair, and I’ll give you a year’! salary when I take Miss Mayo out of this.” She turned now and looked at him. and there was venom In the glance. Violently and negatively, she shook her head. “Don't you want the money?" he interrupted, deeply interested In this phenomenon. “I’m glad to have met you,” he politely added. "Tou're an unexpected and a brand-new type to me,” She whs walking forward again, with no sign now that she heafid his voice. Reaching a wide colonial staircase that led to the second floor, she started the ascent, but so slowly that the young man behind her uttered another warning. “No tricks, remember," he repeated, cheerfully. "I'm afraid ytm're planning to start something. I believe you’re capably »f falling backward, and bowling me over like a ten-pin. But don't you do It. A dark, musty closet Is no place for a kind-hearted, sensible woman to spend twenty-four hours In.” She Ignored that, too, but now she moved more quickly, and her companion, close at her heels, found himself In an upper hall, approaching a door at the front of the house. Before this door his gnldp now planted herself, with much of the effect of a cornerstone settling Into place. Keeping a careful eye on her, be stretched out a long arm and tapped at the panel. There was no answer. He tapped again. Still no answer. He glanced at the enforcedly silent woman beside him, and something in her eyes, a gleam of triumph or sardonic amusement, or both, was tinder to his hot spirit. "Have you led me to the wrong door?” he asked. He spoke very quietly, but the tone impressed the woman. The gleam faded from her eyes. Hastily she shook her head. “If you have —" He nodded at her thoughtfully. Then he raised his voice. “Doris," he called. "Doris!" He heard a movement Inside the room, an odd little cry, half exelamaatlon, half sob, and hurried steps approaching. The next minute her voice came to him, In breathless words, with a tremor running through them. "Is it you?” she gasped. "Oh, is it you’” "Yes, open the door." "I can't. It's locked.” He stared at the unyielding wood before him. “You mean they’ve locked you In?" "Yes, of course.” It would be, of course. £,aurie reflected. That was Shaw's melodramatic method. “We’ll change all that, in a minute." He stepped back from the door. “What are you going to do?" The volc» inside was miafOHß (TO BE COSiTImTkDI

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