The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 15, 1917, Page SIX, Image 6
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NOVELIZED FROM THE EHOTON
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COTYtlOMT, IflA
SYNOPSIS. |
Adventurous Jerry Carson embarks
la search of hidden treasure with the
promise of l.eontlne Wulcott to be his'
wife on his return. Her father favors I
Sebastian Navarre. Jerry's ship is burn- j
d, he Is reported lost. Jerry suddenly '
turns up to confront charges of the Nuvarres
against him. in a struggle for a
forged paper Dlcgo Navarre Is killed and
Jsrry is convicted of the murder. He escapes,
and finds the treasure and a wonderful
chemical pellet. Lcontine Is forced
to marry Sebastian. On the honeymoon,
he attacks her in a rage. Suddenly he Is
confronted by a welul apparition. Ravengar
forces a confession from Ixmie, |
Sebastian attempts to get It. An earth
quake occurs; in the excitement, Red
Finn steals the confession and flees. He
appears In New York as Romanoff and
enlists the uid of Madame Blanca. :
Ijeontine confronts her husband in the I
gambling house. Romanoff attempts to ;
kidnap Sebastian and Leontine. but Rav- j
engar appeal s to thwart him. Blanca and '
her thugs arc puzzled by Ravcngnr's re- !
peated escapes and returns to bis cellar i
vnmik. i/w'iiiiiivt vuiiltvilifi iu livvuilljiaiiy '
Hamilton on a balloon ascension. Sebastian
drugs llarnllton and arranges to have
Leontine set adrift in tbo balloon. Th"
balloon burst into llamo and Leontine
finds that her companion is Ravengar.
They uro rescued, but Ono-Ijanip Louie
rejK?rts that they perished in a hurricane, j
Sebastian arranges to marry Blattca.
ljouie prevents it to save himself and is
thrown to death by Sebastian who
changes his marriage plans. lie sees
Leontine alive and well. Later Sebastian
has Leontine kidnaped. Ravengar delivers
Leontino from the hands of her
enemies, but Bianca's thugs capture him.
Blanca hesitates to kill him as she is I
passionately in love with him. By maintaining
that 1 pontine is insane, Sebastian
again gains possesion of her. Havciigar.
after a terrific batt.a, rescues her, but the 1
mystic mantle which renders tItem invisible,
Is stolen. Bianca's thugs corner Reven
gar ami Leontine in a shack. Bianca
defends Ravcngar. lie escapes and recovers
tlie invisible mantle. Out of revenge
the thugs dynamite the shack. Ravcngar
offers Sebastian his freedom in exchange
for the confession: as the police
arrive Sebastian escapes. Ravcngar takes
Leontine to his iaboruiory U? explain *.
mystic pellet. Sebastian steals the pellets,
and the mantle.
THIRTEENTH EPISODE
\ The Hidden Menace.
As Leontine knelt there Ravengar
disnrmenrori. ....
_ , ^ ...
He was gone In a moment, before ;
her eyes, and before the eyes of the
group of doctors and hospital assist- ,
ants who had run up to the scene of i
^ She rose To her feet with a cry. The
-hospital staff stared ubout them in
amazeUfent. \
"Where is he?" cried everyone.
"He is gone!" cried Leontine. "He
has been kidnaped. Come to the po- 1
lice station. We can do nothing more (
now. I know?"- I
^^fc-She br^kq ?# What could she say?
r could she explain the matter in
carry conviction? ~j
They followed her to the police sta- ,
tlon, and there the difficulty was intensified.
The police listened to her
story in incredulous surprise, until
Leontine, realizing the futility of what
she was trying to say, became silent.
She had caught the looks that were
Interchanged, looks suggestive and
hinting as to her condition of iniud.
She decided to go to Ravengar's
laboratory. There as Just the chance
that he had escaped and made his
way there. Sebastian could not have
carried him away bodily. Ravengar
had been regaining consciousness even
in the moment or two during which
Leontine had knelt at his side on the
il/tAI* A^ til A 1* An*\S 4 1
A1UU1 Ui llir llll.
She ordered a taxicab and drove toward
tho laboratory.
Meanwhile a 111 tie scone was taking
place in the street In front of the
building. Mr. Patrick McOuire, who
had nothing in particular to do, was
watching some street urchins quarreling
over a find which they had picked
up in the street. It was, in fact, nothing
else than the bottle of pellets.
One of them, a hoy of seven or eight
years, had pounced upon it and picked
It up. He looked very greedy eyes ht
the dark bean-like objects, apparently
chocolate-coated, which lay in his
hands.
He was about to convey one of them
to his mouth when an older boy
"Revenger Saves Leontine From the
Burning Laboratory.
matched the bottle and pellets from
thtm.
As the elder boy held the bottle
^tantall singly aloft, the little fellow
isqti&red his fists for the fray. He
{leaped at him, and In a moment the
|two boys were at it, hammer and
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iNTIER," "MAID OF THE FOREST,"
HE NORTH." ETC
JkY SIJUAi or THI SAMf NAMI
. RR EASED tY PATM
n hmu ruiiw
*uo to it, fellers 1" said Mr. Mc- ^
Quire, watching tlieiu with an amiable
grin.
The little fellow was a good fighter.
They rolled over and over in the mud,
hammering each other for all they
were worth. A policeman strolled
along and, quickening his leisurely
pace, came up to them.
"Get out of that!" he said.
The hoys, terrified by the law, disappeared
promptly, leaving the bottle
of pellets lying in the road. Mr. McGuire
strolled forward and appropriated
the spoils of war. He looked
at the bottle and at the loose pellets,
which, coated with dust, appeared like
chocolate-coated beans. Then he walked
a few .yards to a house in the rear of
the laboratory, where some women
were hanging up clothes.
"lley, Mrs. Spielburger, see what
that kid of yours was trying to eat!"
he said.
At that moment Leontine suddenly
appeared on the scene.
"(live me that bottle," she cried. "It's
mine, I lost it and 1 have been looking
for it. It contains a rare medicine.
1 will give yon tifty dollars for it."
Pat eyed her in astonishment. "Did
yonse luom that, lady?" he demanded.
"Yes."
Pat placed the bottle in Leontinc's
hands. At that moment an extraordinary
tiling happened.
Two hands, apparently materialized
out of the air, closed over Leontine's
and attempted to wrest the bottle
from her. Leontine screamed and
fought for it. Siie looked up into two
eyes?nothing but eyes. They were
Sebastian's.
The German woman, her neighbor,
and Pat McGuire watched the struggle
in consternation, too terrified to
scream. Leontine's hands were slowly
opening under the pressure of Sebastian's.
She let life bottle fall.
Patrick McGuire darted forward and
I '
picked il up. As lie stood with his
hand clenched tighl about it tlie hands j
in the air began to close about his
wrists. p.
PjU \vrenched himself free, stooped
dow iij find {ticked Up a wash-stick that
was lying in the yard. Still holding
the bottle tightly in his left hand, with
his right ho began striking about In
every direction* There was the sound (
of the stick descending upon a skull, '
and a distinct arrest of its movement
through the air, which would have
sounded comical under other circuni- j
stances, ?j>T'Kni~ ~T?
In a few moments Pat stood, the i
stick still brandished in nil attitude
of defiance, clutching the bottle of pellets
victoriously in his hand. lJut Phe ,
hands of the spirit laid disappeared, j
Pat, with a bow, handed tlie bottle
to Leontine.
"Keep it for mo," she said. "Guard
it in a safe place until I am ready for
it, and I will pay you live hundred
dollars instead id' iifiy."
"Foivo hundred, is il ?" cried Pat.
"Sure, lady, for foive hundred dollars
I'll tight all tlie ghosts in Christendom."
I
"I'll come for it soon."
"Sure, and I'll go with you, lady,"!
answered Pat.
It occurred to Leontine at that moment
that she did not know whore to
go. To return to Sebaslinn's house,
even though he would never dare to
go back, was Impossible. She decided
upon a hotel lot* women, located in an
inconspicuous part of the city.
"You can see me to the subway. '
*\
then, she said.
I'at started off at Iter side in the at- j
titude of a protector. It was not a
long walk, but it required passing
through a shun region and over a high
railroad bridge.
Under lite bridge ran the river, and j
along the river hank was the railroad.
At the approach to the bridge was a
tool house, used by a construction
gang. Against the wall an iron crow- ,
bar was leaning. Suddenly Loontine j
screamed and caught Put by the arm. ;
Unseen hands iiad silently picked tip
the crowbar aud poised it on high. At!
that instant it was descending with
fearful force toward the Irishman's
head.
Leontlne tried to pull Pat back. But
Pat, who seemed to miss nothing, started
forward with wonderful agility,
and the bar passed within an inch of
his skull and shoulders and thudded
upon the ground. Next moment Pat
had leaped at his assailant.
They fought nil over the bridge sidewalk,
gradually being carried further
and further toward the middle of the
bridge, so that now they were tighting
over the river beueath. Pat struggled
with all his power, but he was no,
match for his antagonist. He was
thrmvn av?i? lha
?? ? V*TM Vf V* 4i?v K/t 1V4?U|
The Irishman went under Immediately.
Then, as Leontine leaned over the'
rail, sick with horror, she perceived a
rowboat with two men In it approach-;
log the spot rapidly.
But before It reached the spot Pat's'
head appeared above the waves. He
tjxshok*? 4d0u
nooded briskly, nod his arm went out
in the movement of a swimmer. Put
had survived his fall, and in a minute
he wss being hauled into the boat.
Leontine began running along the
bridge at the top of her speed. She
reached the further end, and, a minute
or two later, was standing upon
the wharf, toward which the rowboat
was making its way, conveying Pat"You
ore not hurt?" cried Leontine.
'*1 guess it'll take more than a ghost
to put Patrick McGutre out of business,"
answered the dripping Irishman
with a grin.
"And the bottle?the bottle?"
Sure, miss, I lost it in the water,"
answered Pat in abject contrition.
Leontine was downcast. "Well,
never mind. The shadow didn't get
It," she answered.
She gave Patrick her card. "I shall
send you a check as soon I get home,"
she said. "Five hundred dollars, because
you did your best and risked
your life for me."
"Sure, and that wasn't nothing,"
answered Pat cheerfully. "I'd foight
that ghost again, any time, just for
the look in your bright eyes, lady."
Leontine had not reflected on one
thing. A bottle will float. If she had
waited?if Pat had waited. But that
was just where they failed in the moment
of success.
Slowly the bottle traveled upon the
lapping waves. It was making toward
the pier, half submerged, but easily
resting in the water. Nobody seemed
to notice it?and yet one person noticed
it.
For, as it came to rest against the
support of the pier nearest to the
wharf, a pair of hands, wholly detached
from any arm, came forward
mm picueu i no dot no out or the water.
' ; ,
*******
Sebastian laid picked Ravongnr up ,
l)odily and hurried out of the hospital
with him, the mantle securely enwrapping
the pair of them. With a great
effort he placed him in a tnxieah
which was standing outside. Reaving i
him covered, he went to the chauffeur
with instructions to take him to a
certain place where he knew he could 5
find rest and a breathing space. '
It was the upper floor of a garage '
on a small estate near the city, which 1
he owned under an assumed name. !
Upon this estate, in a cottage about
a Quarter of a mile from the garage, i
connected with it by wire, he had a '
chauffeur and caretaker and his wife. ',1
They knew Sebastian only by his!
alias. | 1
Leontine had discovered the existence
of this place, much to Sebastian's i
regret. i
Sebastian dismissed the taxieab, and <
the chauffeur drove away, quite ignorant
that he had conveyed more tluui 1
"* nv'
"Give Me That Bo
ried hfin up the stairs to the room (
above the garage. Then he hound him
hand and foot and stood gazing at him
triumphantly. ,
At last he had his enemy i? his
power. And he meant to make full
use of Ilia J i?mvo;\
Kilt ho could not remain there to 1
exact his vengeance. He must follow .
up Leontine. lie administered a pow-. '
erful Soutli American drug, which j
would prolong the period of Raven- '
gar's unconsciousness for a definite 1
time. Then, leaving Ravengar bound,
he hurried downstairs, opened the.
door, locked it behind him, and went ,
off iu search of his wife.
It was a novel experience for Sebastian,
stalking through the city j
streets wrapped in invisibility.
lie did not find Leontine at the j
hospital. But lie met her at the back 1
of the laboratory, with the results a I- \
ready indicated. lie fought with Mr.
Patrick McCluire, receiving some stun-l
ning blows from the wash-stick, he
threw him bodily over the bridge, only ;
to see him rescued by the rowboat's
occupants. And, finally, he found the
bottle of pellets floating against the
support of the bridge.
He had achieved his purpose. Trl-.
umphantly he hastened back to the
garage.
He found Ravengar Just awakened
from the effects of the drug. He atood
over him and surveyed hint, hla eyes
blazing witli triumph.
"I've got yon," he Haiti. "I guess
you're pretty helpless now. What arc
you going to do about it?"
"It looks to me as If It's up to you,
Senor Navarre," responded Haven gar.
"It's not up to me, it's up to you,"
answered Sebastian. "What's the use
kU>, OOIWiY, 1, 0.
one person to the garage. Sebastian
had meanwhile removed Ravengar,
who was still half conscious. He carthe
other, from his position upon the
floor.
"I guess you'll tell me all right/'
sulci Sebastian, with a threatening gesture.
"The gume'8 up. Isn't it? I've
got you, and I've got your cloak. And
I've got your pellets. What more is
there to get, except your life?"
Itavengar smiled again. "Go ahead,"
he answered.
"I'm not a murderer, except when I
have to be. I don't care if you're living
or dead. What I wunt Is to know
the secret of these pellets? What's
the use of ihom? I heard you tulklng
to my wife In your laboratQry, but I
didn't get what you said about the pellets,
except thut they're black. Well,
I know they're black. Any fool can
see thut. But wbut um I going to do
with them?"
"Eat them," suggested Ravengar.
"They won't hurt you. All they'll do
will he to make you black inside, and
you're that already, friend."
Sebastian scowled again. It was
humiliating to he taunted by a man .
whose life was at his mercy.
"See here," lie said. "I'll give you |
your life if you'll tell me what the j
pellets are for. Why shouldn't you j
and I go into partnership? We are
the only people who know the secret.
There ought to be a fortune in it. If
it's my wife that's in the way, take
her. I'm through with lior."
"No, you cur! I'll tell you nothing."
;
Sebastian trlaivd nt liim* nrwi !?>???
there came to him the saving thought.
"1 guess you don't have to," he
grinned. "Ilow about that journalV"
llavengar's face turned while. II
was Sebastian's master-stroke.
"It's all in there. I'm going to get
It and ilnd out all about the pellets.
And then I'll come back and decide
what to do with you."
lie kicked lluvengar savagely and
went out again.
* * * * *
Leontine, having lost the pellets, as
she thought finally, in the waters of
Ihe river, was in despair. Ravengar
was gone, the cloak was in Sebastian's
possession; never had her hopes
seemed at a lower ebb.
IUit one thing remained?the journal.
With that she might happen up>11
some clue. She made her way
iack to the laboratory.
Everything was just as she left it.
Sebastian hud not been there.
At that moment she made another
mistake. She omitted to lock herself
11. Rut she was thinking of nothing
?xeept the journul. ? ,
She hurried to the safe, knelt down
iu front of it. and had speedily set
jHRn
H9fl0t?9Bfltt nK RHUMMHH ftlR^^^u ' '/W^ojwj o,J"' ?22 ?
ttle," She Cried.
nt inese pellet.sT Come, you rimy.as |
well tell the truth."
"I never tell anything but the truth,"
said ltnvengar.
"That's sense," said Sebastian.
"When I tell anything," continued
the combination. She took out the
lournal, which ltnvengar had replaced
there before his hurried exit.
Suddenly, as she began to read, she
became conscious that she was not
alone. She looked back. The rooth
was apparently empty.
Smothering her fears, she read:
"To all whom it may l>e known:
"I, Joseph Dexter, scientist, have
discovered here 011 the ledge of Itifvengar
two/treasures. One is of gold,
the other of far greater value. The
first I found?it is that of Sir Henry
Morgan, buccaneer; the second I have
made. Here iu my dead hand?for I
a in dying?it may he found. It is three
black pellets. To the finder they mean
[rower beyond the wildest dream of
man. They are?"
Leontine started. This time she
knew her Instinct had not deceived
her. She looked back?Into the face
of Sebastiau. He had thrown off his
cloak and stood confronting her, *
mocking sneer upon his face.
hfl I V A f Itn f f i\ IIIA ** V*A atl/l ikll%r?kMA
uitc if in i iu i?iVf jiu oatUf nufuuir
lug.
"you shall not have It!"
"Oho it to me!"
She run from him, but he followed
her, caught her at the door, and wrested
the journal from her hand, In spite
of her furious struggles.
She snatched it back and rushed
toward the safe, thrust It Inside, and
tried to slam the door. But the ponderous
mass of steel moved slbwly,
and Sebastian grasped the journal
i win . , n?mwmmmi?
II
agtun. As XebntTnV tried ones again
to grapple with him he flung her to
the floor. She fell full length, striking
her head against the corner of the
safe, and lay there stunned.
Sebastian glafttoed about him. This
time he meant to finish with Leonttne.
The room was Uttered with opened
packing cases, stuffed with straw and |
excelsior. The furniture was of the j
mission style, all slats and slabs of >
bard oak. Sebastian gathered chairs
and tables together In the middle of
the laboratory, heaping about them exeelslor
from the cukor. He made a
pile of the stuff half as high as the
ceiling, carrying armful after armful
from the boxes.
Then he looked at Leontlne. She
was regaining consciousness. Her Hps
moved. Struck with a sudden curiosity,
Sebastian went toward her. She
uttered one word:
"Rnvengar !*'
Furiously he struck a match and applied
it to the piled up straw and wood
shavings. Hie pluce was ablaze In an
Instant.
Sebastian strode from the room,
locked the door on the outside, and
put the key in his pocket. Wrapped
in his invisible mantle, be descended
the stairs. ;
*******
Ravengar, lying bound within the
garage, hardly felt the savage kiek
that Sebastian gave him. He was not
thinking at all of his own danger, but
of Leotitine. She must have witnessed
his mysterious disappearance at the
hospital; she would be searching t'01*
him ; she would go hack to the laboratory
and meet her husband there.
He must save her. And, as soon as
Sebastian hud taken Ids departure, he
fought desperately to free himself
from his bunds. Hut it was in vain.
Suddenly he stopped struggling and
looked about him. Somehow there
111 u:-1 in- a means or escape. He had
been in worse positions than this, and
had got out of them.
On one side of the room he perceived
two wires, evidently those of an
oloetrie hell connected with the house
of the estate on which the garage
st o? )d.
Itnvengar began working his way,
wornilike, along the floor, lie had to
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ill ry lMt\ rv <1 I ni ? n m ? %> mvtov. nn n.-? ci
meditun for self-propulsion. In time
he reached the wires, sore and dusty.
He raised Ids feet in the air, reclining
on Ids hack upon the floor.
His feet, tied together, were thus exactly
opposite the two wires. With
about three inches of freedom at the
ankles, Itavongar began to move them
up and down alternately, pressing back
the wires against the wooden beam he'd
nd tlmm, He worked in this way for
ten minutes. I
Now an observer might have detected
what he was doing. lie was
trying to rub off the protective covering
of the wires. At lust the strands
of copper wire were visible. Then,
with a last effort Itavengar pressed
his feet together, bringing the two
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wiii-js nun dufci ciMiuiei aim musing
n short circuit.
lie kept them thus for porhaips
half a minute !>efore falling back exhausted.
Ami a half-minute peal of
an electric hell would throw consternatf
on or an per into the heart of the
most independent janitor or watchman
anywhere.
It worked In this case. Half a mile
distant Sebastian's chauffeur was seated
beside his wife, smoking, wlfen the
bell rang.
"Them hoys have gotten into the garage
again !" exclaimed the good woman.
"I'd give 'em a taste of the stick,
Henry."
Ilenry put down his paper, thrust
on his cap, and sallied forth to wreak
justice upon tlie youthful malefactors.
By the time he reached the garage
he was hot with indignation. There
was nobody below, lie rushed upstairs,
to encounter Ruvengar lying
upon the floor, bound.
"What?!" he begun.
"Your mistress is in danger," said ,
Ravengar. "I have been attacked und
bound here. Don't wait to ask any
questions, but unfasten me and get
the car at once."
The chauffeur took out his knife and
cut Ravengar's bonds. Ravengar strug- j
gieu pumiuuy to Ms feet.
"Who?7" the chauffeur began.
"(jet the car out. I'll tuke you.
there," answered Ravengur.
They hurried down the stairs together.
In a few minutes the ear started.
It whirled out of the estate and
began to thread the city streets.
"do faster," cried Ravengur in the
chauffeur's car. "Her life Is in peril.
I'll give you five hundred dollars If we;
are tlfere hi tlfne to save her. And if |
any cop tries to stop you, drive over
him!"
*******
Leontine awoke to find the laboratory
filled with smoke. At first she
did not know where she was.
Then, in a flash, she remembered.1
She was in Itavengar's workshop, and
Sebastian had come and seized the
precious journal. Rut,how long ago?
Dizzily she tried to find the door,
but the place was filled with whirl[
lng, choking smoke clouds, and in the
center was a broad tongue of fianie,
already spreading along beneath the
celling, catching at the rafters, and
sending out a shower of sparks. Under
the window she heard excited
cries.
Leontine groped her way to the wlnJy...
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gathering, watching the smoke clouds
pouring forth. A cluster of men, seeing
her, cried to her to wait, to stay
there, thit the engines were coming.
But Leontine did not understand
what they were saying. The window
was so high above the ground that
a imp would bo to certain UeatK. However,
Its position enabled her to remember
where the door was. She
ran buck through the room, skirting
the blazing Are, which was now extending
shoots of flame In- every direction.
They licked at her dress hungrily,
but she won clear and found the
door.
It was locked. Leontlne tore at the
handle fruitlessly. She remembered
that she had not locked It behind her.
Then her husband had set the fire and
locked her In, to murder her.
Her anger at his vlleness revived
her fainting body. She hammered at
the door, she flung her flats against tt
with all her might. It was In vain.
She could.no more open It than If It
had been made of steel.
In despair she sank down In front
of It. She could hardly breathe now,
and life seemed ebbing away. She
thought of Ravengar, of Jerry, and i
the personalities of ^he two men
seemed to blend anu Intermingle In ) '
her consciousness. Then she felt her- I
self slipping out of life. \ J
Suddenly she heard feet on the
stairs. Outside the vast crowd was
watching a man?Ravengar?who had
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Mr! - . ft* Mh^8 '
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"It's the Lady That Promised Me $500
for Risking Me Loife for Herl"
hurst Into the hack entrance and was
staggering up the smoke-tilled stairway.
i
lie reached the laboratory door and '
set his shoulder against It. Once? !
twice?at the third lunge the solid mass J
splintered at the hinges and half
opened. A cloud of smoke shot through
wit tl fllH'V ut ri>!ll.'U rtiulwwl /-.lit n^lin^llnrl. i
...... ... . ^ mva ? ttumf ? iioiivu wul? XlliUll^ll "
It llavengar dimly made out the con- '
scions form of Leontine.
He readied across the ruins of the i
door, picked her up in his arms, antPi
slavered down the stairway again. ]
The flames, released by the fall of the
(hair, and blown Inward by the draft
frotu the open window, seemed uk*
about hi in. They leaped at him like ,
living tilings, hut. he went on, shield-:ing
Leontine in his arms, and carrying):
her as if she were no heavier than tF*
cliild.
As the fire engines dashed up t<><
the front entrance and began playing!
upon the flames, which threatened the
entire building, Knvengar made ids
way out at the hack, where the crowd 9
was smaller. lie rushed with Ids 9
precious burden across tlie street and 9
entered the yard of the German worn
an whose son had found the pellets. 9
"Give me some water!" he saidjfl
breathlessly. 9
Mr. Patrick McGtiire came hustling J
up, but Havengar, not knowing hini,*9
Impatiently ordered him away. 9
"Sure, It's the lady that promised me 9
foive httndred dollars for risking nifj9
loife for her," he said. ?9
The water was brought, and, per9
haps at the touch of this on her fore-^H
head, perhaps at Pat McGwire's voice ffl
Leontine opened her eyes and smiled >9
Then she stretched out her arms t(J9
Itavengar. And he, overcome with hap 9
plness, dropped on his knees besldtjl
She remembered; and there was n? '9
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happiness was too Intense. Each hn< fM
believed the other dead. |j
"Dearest!" whispered Leontli^e intjll
his ear. 'U
"Sebastian took the cloak and vtf fl
pellets," said Ravengar In a low vole*' fl
"And he has the .lournnl, too," * IJ
swered Leontine. "But what does tl#%^
matter when I have you?"
"You love me?" usked Ravengar lifll
credulously. ? m
"Yesr" she acknowledged. "Do yor
remember long ago when you sougR
my love, and I told you that It wf?jl
Jerry's, my dead lover's, of years
by? Since then I have come to fettll
that In some way I can love you witD V
out profaning that love I promise, J
Jerry to keep for him, dead or ally-\ W
forever. I have come to feel that V
Is what Jerry himself would wis1'jj
couia he t>ut know?that I should Ioa m
you. It Is as if some message ha' J
come to me from him in his grave, < H
rather in his heaven, telling me thr J
In returning your love I <lo no wrong 4m
She paused and looked at him ear
eetly, then laid her hand upon h JH
arm. jl
i "Ravengar " she said, "once, wh?P S