Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 283, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 April 1924 — Page 8

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BEGIN HERE TODAY. .Saifif* Peek, employe ol the Fair Deal Five & Ten. quarrels with htr policeman sweetheart. Michael Curtis. That night Salhe gro?d into ttie yard to tai;< down a washing for Ma Brennan, with whom Sail e Jives. A crash shakes the earth and something: strikes Sal lie a blow on the head. When she regins consciousness, the girl finds herself in strange surroundings. A French maid calls her Alva Copeland and Madame Copeiand. a tall, richly gowned woman, claims her as hrr as her step-daughter. Sallie discovers that sty* has fallen into the hands of eroks and that she is being substituted for the real Aha Copeland. A man -servant falls in love with Salj*** and war" ; her that the Copelands, having become suspicious of her. mean to iKUson her. He offers to rescue her by taking tier secretly from the house. NOW GO ON WITH THK STORY I . • LONE, Saljie smiled grimly to lytY | herself as she poured the soup l- I and coffee down the handbasin in the bathroom, secreted the larger portion of solid food and messed the rest about with her fork, tshe was in a negligee brushing her hair when Therese came once more and noticed the quick gleam which came into the woman’s eyes as she darted a glance at the trap. “Here is the traveling costume. - .'lees. \on will put on the robe now! There are many hours yet but it is .well to be prepared.” “Thanks. ” Sallie observed laconi ’ally. “You needn't help me; 1 can manage alone.” "Very well, Mees.” Therese picked up the tray. “I was to say that all the necessary luggage would be in the a r. I —l wish you a safe journey. Mees!” The slight hesitation betrayed that Therese was not as hardened as she seemed and Saljie forced herself to eply nonchalantly, but when the voman at length disappeared a feeing of panic seized her. Could she depend on Fitch after all? Would ie be able to get her safely out of he house with all the odds against !>im? Forcing back her futile fears Salic put on the brown traveling gown which showed signs of previous wear tnd laid the cape, gloves and toque :hat had accompanied it # upon a chair. She had no means of knowing how -oon the drug which she had supposedly taken in her food was expected to effect her, but at 10 o’clock she threw herself drowsi.y across her •>ed conscious that prying eyes might ;>e upon her through the keyhole. Eleven o’cjock came and then mid-

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night and Sallie was leginning to despair when she heard cat-like footsteps outside the door, muffled qgths and stuffings and then a liinp, sliding sound ending in a soft thud which turned her faint and sit k for a moment. Springing up she pushed *the toque hastily down upon her heart, flung the cape about her and turned to the door just as it opened noiselessly and Fitch appeared. “Good girl. Bess! Come on now and not a sound! Had to give that fellow a nasty crack and when they did him they'll let*'ell loose!” Mechanically Sallie seized the pistol Fitch thiust into her hand, gave one glance at the figure sprawled face downward upon the floor a nout the head of which in the dull glow of the hall lamp a dark stain was already spreading, and then fled after her rescuer down the stairs. It was evident that the struggle in SALLIE SEIZED THE PISTOL FITCH THRI’ST TOWARD HER the hall had not been heard, for the house* was as decorously still as though it were not planned to carry an unconscious girl out within the hour to horrors as yet unknown They reached the lower floor and the tradesmen’s entrance unchecked and Sallie felt a little sob well up in her throat as the cool night air beat upon her face. Still at Fitch's heels she ran across, the court, through a door in a wall, down an alley and over another wall by means of small ladders already placed there. A second passageway, an open door of Iron grill, and to her amazement the girl found herself upon a side street, broad and deserted save for themselves. Her companion gripped her arm and hurried her on relentlessly when Sallie, panting, would have cried out the truth to him, but as they turned the corner and the headlights of a car approaching slowly up the street came into view she managed to wrench herself free. “Fitch, listen, you must listen or you'll get into trouble with your chief! Let me go and I'll give you this string of pearls! I only let you think I was this Diamond Bess' so that you'd help me get away from those terrible .people, but I'm not!” she sobbed breathlessly. “I don’t know anything about her except what I read in the paper. I saw those diamonds —I” “My Gawd!” He seized her again m a grasp which made her cry out with pain. “Still trying to double cross, are you? I thought you'd be on the level with a pal had done

ah much for you as what I have. Bess, but you're like all the rest! That was Sloat himself that I croaked outside your door there—croaked, do you hear, and I’ll go to the chair for it if I’m caught! They was goin’ to take you to a private horspital that doctor has out in the country and do you in! I heard the whole thing and in three days at most the papers would have had the death of Miss Copeland from injuries got in that wreck. Bli'me me I wish I'd let ’em take you!' “You must —you must believe me!" Sallie wailed. “I'll believe you all right when the chief's through with you!' Fitch responded venomously. 'And me gettin’ soft on you. Here's the car. Now you come along and come along quiet, or I'll give you a rap on the conk, woman or no, so help ine!’ Sallie had forgotten her pistol, but now she raised it desperately just as the sedan rolled up to the crub and its lights were extinguished. With a contemptuous laugh Fitch twisted her wrist and the pistol fell to the sidewalk. “Here, Bill.” He spoke Into the opened door of the sedan. “It’s Bess all right, but shes’ tryin’ to do us dirt and make a getaway! Toss her in and gag her if she peeps. Wait till I find this gat and we’ll be off!” As the car rolled on Sallie cowered in her corner, realizing the futility of further struggle. Her sense reeled and she felt that consciousness was leaving her bfft she clenched her* hands and bit deeper into her lower lip. fighting with all her strength to keep command ofherself. To what sort of awful den were they taking her? What would their fearsome i leader do to her when he found out j the mistake, if his gang did not hesi- ! tate at murder. Sloat—! A shudder shook her from head to foot and she shrank still further into | her corner. Fitch beside her and : Bill in front were grimly silent and ; the stol and. bulky man at the wheel had not even turned his head. It appeared to the terrified girl that they drove for countless turning corners which she could judge by the lurch and swerve of the car and although she dreaded unspeakably their journey's end the suspense became unbearable. At last, just as she felt her selfcontrol slipping from her, the car stopped with a jerk and the fellow called "Bill ’ opened the door and got out. "T!i nk she'll give any .rouble, T.-ed?'' he asked. ' Cyme on, Bess, no bluffing now! No. she'll go quiet: she's all in!" In pitiful obedience SalLe had striven to rise but her knees gave way 1 beneath her and she was only d.mly

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aware that they were h,alf-carrying her up a flight of stone steps. Then a door opened and closed andr she felt the warmth of a house and smelled the odor of fragrant tobacco. A partial strength returned to her, i partial clearing of her brain and she found herself standing alone in a comfortably furnished library facing a shrunken, bald old man who sat hunched over his desk glaring at her w.th cold, bright Uliy- eyes. Dimly she heard his high, thin voice: "This girl is not ‘Diamond Bess’!”

OUR BOARDING HOUSE—By AHERN

THE OLD HOME TOWN—By STANLEY

CHAPTER X The Tliird Girl On the previous Saturday morning when Trevor and Michael Curtis reached New York the dawn had not yet come, but they drove straight to police headquarters where Mike, after presenting his credentials, was irnmed ately closetedVvith the acting head of the Bureau of Missing Persons. From t|ence within the hour an alarm was sent out over the city for a certain young iady with black hair

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who wore a blue serge suit and a blue hat, and carried a large tan traveling bag; she was believed to have arrived by way of tube or ferry about four o'clock on the previous Tuesday afternoon and to have been well supplied with money r . The description was meager, but authentic word went out to the press that a little publicity would not come amiss, with a hint of possible sensational developments and Mike left the bureau to find Trevor restlessly pacing the corridor.

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“Got that off your chest, old scout?” the latter asked, adding at Mike’s nod: “Odd thing happened just now. Fellow going along the hall with a sheaf of triple photographs like enlarged passports pasted on cards dropped one and I made some sort of an exclamation, I couldn’t help it. He looked at me pretty sharp and I explained that l‘d seen the man in the photograph only lately but I ct uldn't recall where. He went on about his business but I’ll be hanged If two seconds later he didn’t come

OUT OUR WAY—By WILLIAMS

FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS—By BLOSSER

back and ask me to step into the Detective Bureau and there a grizzled old boy behind a desk gave me the grilling of my life, but I couldn't tell him any more. It seems the man in the photograph goes under the name of 'Fred the Ferret' and he is supposed to belong to the same gang as that woman who’s been in the papers so much lately in connection with a big jewel robbery—‘Diamond’ some-body-or other, they cal! her.” “ ‘Diamond Bess’?” Mike glanced at him quickly. “Did you know, Treaor,

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that there’s a possibility she was on the Gotham Arrow, too We haven't been able to get any trace of her, though." “That's a coincidence!” Trevor stared back for a moment. “Wonder where I could have seen that fellow ‘Fred’? V\Mll. come on to my room for a shave and a shower and then after breakfast we'll separate for the da\ r , as we arranged. Maybe we ll have news for each other tonight." (Continued in Our Next Issue)

—By TAYLOR