Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 201, Decatur, Adams County, 25 August 1926 — Page 3

”, * -*' l " The GIRL in the MIRROR Elizabeth (Jordan ® r WNU Service

SB . c7sbrugi‘’J Us shoulders. ■!, tu of course But If ■ J interfere when we’re getting ■ s ,;:eJ. sure.? you'll let me ruck them Rs oileep. won t you?’ ■ «L did not move, but gave hint a H . k tbut made him thoughtful. 14 ■ sn-M. -'deloug look, frightened ■ watchful He remembered that ■ Zer twice before (he had given S • nffin" r ’i""' rT ' an ■f’Tnrmir ■ Z that bud happened, this glance ■ hbletl l‘‘m. It was not thus that the ■ fotniß be h ted should look at him. ■ Suddealt !•' heard her gasp, and the ■ I€l t instant the silence of the room R| re broken ly another voice, a voice ■ (fcvhcefr n-ge with a snarl run- ■ jtg through It. RR “So you're here, are you. It jerked. ■ ZBj u-d. I'm sb k of you and of your ■ fc-d Interference R| Ee turned. Shaw was standing Just ■ •tilde the door. But be was not the R| geek, familiar, torpid figure of recent ■ He seemed mad clean ■ through. tighting mad. His Jaws were ■ let; his sleek bead and heavy slioul- ■ ears were thrust forward as if he were ■ ready to spring, and his protulterant ■ erei had lost their haze and held a R| jew and unpleasant light. R| But. angry though he appeared, Iler- ■ bert Ransome Shaw was taking no R| dunces In this encounter with his tinR| desired guest. Behind him shone the ■ now smug countenance of the blond ■ secretary. ami on each side he was ■ linked by another man. Powerful ■ fellows these two seemed, evidently i Italian laborers, gazing at the scene I intoaprehemllngly, but reuift- for any fork their master set them. In stu | jefiction Laurie stared at the tab | lean, while eight eyes unwinkingly mred back at him. Then he nodded. “Well, Bertie.” he said pleasantly, ' "ytrdre outdoing yourself in the size et this delegation. Four to one. Quite some odds." His voice changed. “You Kntemptible coward! Why- don't yon take on itlone? Have you got Jour chloroform cone?” The complexion of Shaw, red With eold, darkened to an apoplectic purple, f , Ton'll soon find out what we've lot," he barked, “and what's coming w you. Now, are you going to put up 1 fight against four, or will you go | Jfuletly?'’ “I think.” said Laurie thoughtfully, *Td rather go quietly. But Just where fc it Tm going?" “You'll soon know.” Shaw was car'Jtfig a cofl of rone. light but strong, fad Dow he tossed it to one of the Itnl- ' Im. * . “Tie him up," he cwtiy ordered, w V ♦***.« *■ _ Step. ‘Tut, tut I I wouldn’t advise ttst. I really wouldn't. It would be of those rash acts you read about” Something In his voice checked the forward stride of the Italian with the rope. He hesitated, glancing at Shaw. With a gesture, the latter ordered the two men through the door. “Walt just outside,” he directed. Re turned to Laurie. “Out you go I” he ordered brusquely. Laurie hesitated, glancing nt Doris, hut he could not meet her eyh. At the window, with her back to the room, she stared out at the storm. Even In that moment her attitude stunned him Also, he felt an unconquerable aver slon to anything in the nature of a struggle before her. Perhaps, once outside the room, he could take on those together or in turn. Without another word, he crossed the threshold Into the hall. Before hint hurried the two Italians. Behind him crowded Shaw and the secretary. Ho walked forward six strides. Then, the side railing of the stairway rose beside him, he saw his opportunity. He struck out right and left with al! bls strength, flooring one of the Italians and sending the second helpless against the wall. In the next instant be had leaped over the slender rail of the stairway, landed half-way down the stairs, and made a Jump for the front door. As he had expected, the door was locked. Shaw, if he had entered that w »y, had not been too hurried to atfood to this little detail. Laurie bad lost time to brace his back against it wl)en the four men were upon him. If he could have taken them on one one he could have snapped their hecks in turn, and he would have done bb without compunction. As it was, With four leaping at him slmultaneously, he called on all his reserve •trength, his skill In boxing, and the •trategy of his football days. Bls first blow sent the blond secretaty to the floor, whore he lay motionJ® 88 - After that It was hard to distofulsh where blows fell. What D«von wanted and was striving to teach was the throat of Shaw, but the “Wery thing eluded him. Be fought on with hands and feet,

even drawing, against these odds, on the savate he hud learned In Paris. Blood flowed from his lose, his ear und his lip. Show's face was bleeding, too. and soon one of the Italians had Joined the meek young secretary In his slumbers on the floor. Then Lnurle felt his head agonizingly twisted backward, heard the creak of a rusty bolt, and, In the next Instant, was hurled headlong through the suddenly opened door, to the snow-covered veranda. As he pulled hlm«elf up, crouching for a return spring, Shaw, disheveled and breathless on the threshold, jerkily addressed him. “Try it again if you like, you young devil," he panted, “but remember one thing: the next time you won't get off so easily.” . The door slammed, and again the holt shot into place. Laurie listened. No sound whatever came from, the Inner hall. The old house was again apparently dead, after its moments of fierce life. He slowly descended the steps, and. bracing himself against the nearest tree, stared at the house, still gasping from the effects of the struggle. He was out of It. but he had left Doris behind. The fact sickened him. So did the ignominy of his departure. He was not even to be followed. His absence was all the gang desired. His impulse was to force the door and again face the fotr of them. But he realized that he could accomplish nothing against such odds, and certainly, ns a prisoner in the house, trussed up with Shaw’s infernal rope, he would be of no use to either Doris or himself. He decided to return to the garage and get his car and the weapon he had left there. Then. If the four still wanted to fight, he would show them something that might take the spirit out of them. Having arrived at this sane conclusion, he turned away from the silent house, and. Ijatless and coatless ns he was. hurriedly made his way through the heavy snow-drifts toward the public road. <TO BE CONTIWVEDk ———o Kendallville Girl In Play at the Majestic A new play by Frederic and Fanny ‘Hatton, produced hy Richard Herndon, is announced as the attraction at the Majestic theatre. Fort Wayne, rcr two pe’fr-vmances commencing Thursday night, this week. The title of the plav is “Treat 'Em Rough.” - ... cept of handling women until he suffers an emotional cataclysm which entirely changes his viewpoint. The locale of the new Hatton play is an Italian quarter of the East Side, NewYork. and its characters are of that nationality, in the main, altho Tony Barudi, the young hero of the story was born in America of Italian parents, and Nora O’Hara the girl who twists his philosophy of life into kinks and curls, is as Irish as her name implies. Tony is the adopted son of Tom Salvatore, an Italian whose great love for the world and his fine justice make him the court of appeals for every one in trouble throughout the section in which he lives. He is tlie one human being who has tlie real love and respect of his adopted son. for Tony treats the rest of the world with scorn. George Gaul will impersonate Tony and Genevieve Tobin will portray she character of Nofa O'Hara. Surrounding them is an exceptionally fine company of players with William

Gene Stratton-Porter A little story ot the life, work and ideals of “The Bird Woman” Sold by Librarian. Decatur. Indiana Wildflower Woods, Rome City, Ind. and by agents along Limberlost Trail Price SI.OO The proceeds of which will be applied on the Gene Stratton-Porter Memorial Fund. This book is now out of print. It cannot be supplied by the publishers.

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Ricciardi playing Tom Salvtore. Walter Connely, Thomas MacLarnie. Marguerite Forrest. Helen Sinnott. Nedda Harrigan. Lois Shore the popular little Kendallville girl last seen here in "Lulu Bett," John. Shanks, Charles Palazzi. James Manning, George Torrence, Myrtle Miller, Helen Landis, May Hopkins, Jack Rigo and Robert Dye in the cast. "Treat ’Em Rough" is the first play of the Hattons to be presented in these parts for three years, the distinguished playwrights having yield-

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, ■ ed during the period to the serin • j voice of the movies. While on the . | Pacific Coast writing original plays • I for the films, doing continuities and i j titling others, Mr. and Mrs. Hatton . have wrtten two new plays for the , speaking stage, of which "Treat ’Efti - Rough” is the first to be presented • ihere. Allan Dinehart, whose fine , direction did so much for the bril- ■ liant success of “Applesauce," the i Barry Conners comedy in which he - has been appearing for the past two - years, and “The Patsy,” another Con-

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