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DEAD ARF.‘i,”A Ti-iRlL.Lli‘EG DETECTIVE STGFQY, "&EX'i""r‘.. ‘EEK
VOL. XXXIV, NO. 22.
CHICAGO, ILL., SATURi)AY,'JU1N']E .,
1906.
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CHAPTER I. ’
THE COMING-OF THE SERPENT.
What ociock is Miriam?"
"It is Just eight. iaiher."
“And the date'’''
"The 17th or Avrilf‘ ,
The quesziuner zeii hack in the aeep chair
he occupied in II hanrisonie chamber nna
dreamily closed i1 0 es.
Dent over him. and. arisi-
imprinting ii kiss on his brow, Went in the
window, and, parting the heavy curtains,
gazed out into the mg L
lads i srars nciiitiiiated over snn
Francisco. ey were mirrored
buildings that beauiiiied
yihich today is the pity or the world.
n XAKJW
aiiihoiv of "Robespicrrc,
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M zwjism Sahcmzaeg;
or. THE CRACK OF DOOM.
By T. C. HARBAUGH.
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(mug and passionate in their bezlmin ,
Ilrinm Richmond “as 4 belle wherever she
moved.
How eagerly her faiher watched her from
is chair. Perhaps he recalled the death
I his Wife. who had left Miriam. his aniY
child. a babe. to his keeping. and how he
or
had promised Alive [0 Watch aver
her with
loving care that should never ii ne.
ii e h done it.
e had een hI‘l" grow to stately woman-
h as pure in the lilies that nod by the
iimpld siream. le R 1: 'en era
education, hail kuilrded er his 9 would
his oun snul Ironi coniainlnaiion, and
he had been more than rlwarded
The tilled 0! nliwr innds had come to Woo
this fair girl, the Lwide 0! '1-‘rises:
iheir adoration at hor lee. but she had rc-
ruserl ihem nil.
Donald RIL-hmoiivl may hiu-e “'orld(>rL'<1 1!
Mll'ium hurl com-lnriod not lo we She was
ears of her young “'0 .
. and perhiips she
u-mixed to be “heart whole and fancy free"
awhile longer.
pnriiaiing hlm yr smne uiies. nn.i he
Miriam did not know her iaihers circum-
stiarires.
Afier standing for some iime ei Ilie win-
dow, ihe girl lurnrd iiway and crossed lhe
TOOH1.
"You need not play for me, child." sail!
Richmond. iimeiing s glance at his d.luizh-
-1 am expecting n miier. e was in be
He is a time tardy. I see."
inm rose and opened me door.
gaimz to bed. girl?"
"No. only to my oom.
Wllh this Miriam swept from Ihe room.
leaving her parent alone there.
The moment he door Jarred on me mnn‘s
ears he re. won: over to E. desk that
occupied one cornrr or the luxurious apart-
m2 t. His face hnil grown pa r and the
lines-it was a hzlndsion-ie counienanckwcre
teniaely d! wn.
"That he should rnmol" he hissed through
clenched teeth. “Timl th man should. at
1 men, dnr en d rid d.
not ea no. I a re not close the pn“L‘I5 of
this house against m i t id sin!
5:‘
there Is Miriam. I might
untold at my comniand but for [his rllnn.
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VVhy didn't tho arrow 01 old Cochise finish
him that Eh the mount in? VVhY
wasn't he su com that limevwe
He lh ew himiwit upon a chair at the
desk and jerked It open.
,As did so he started. for the clear
tones of the bell reverberated through ma
house. and he tunied toward the door lead-
hail.
"At last!" he said, In undertones and
closed the desk.
here were f<m(stops in lhe hall. and then
the door a Ric moncl. slitlng like a.
man in a ream. heard all 1 I He kncW.
mat so 2 e had entered the ii us
0 .
waii‘hed so in-
and is man appeilrcil on iha
h look of recogniiion, swim
and fleeting. boivvz-on me in‘ en.
"Come in." iniii Donald Rlchivionil -
The risimr Paine forward. a sinister iunlie
on his Iii-oudly hnnamme lace and ii y con.
cealed triumph in me aepihs or his nu-ei
STE)’ eyes.
These orbs were fastened upon nich-
rnond.
lie reached out his hand, Vlhiih Rich.
rriond took, and the brief clasp hid nothing
of genuine (l'il'H(i."hiD in I
"I am :1 to are Vou," said the miller.
“You're looklnx well, Richmond."
"Am Then I am better (hrln I level,"
with A little Rmiie. "You haven't brim I
the city long '
"No," and fhe Fvrnker was evidently ly-
ing, hough he hlid Woilderful power
concealing his omuiione. "You goi my
message?"
"Yes." .
couldn't Rot here on [he hour, but
'belier lane lhlin nevrr,‘ you know."
2 L'h:li.r heal‘ Richmond and
crossed his legs. l
e was younger man the orcupani or the
house on Van (‘SE Avenue.
ere was at lens! ien years between
them In favor of Ciidd Selden.
irhmona seemed to iapse inio silence,
for he watched his visitor CIOFEIY. Wailing
tor him to open up on me maizer which in
knew in his heart had brought him to the
house that night.
e quire alone, eh?" said Sc-lden.
“In ihis part 01 the house, at lease," was
the reply. "zillrlnm is at h me-"
"Ah!" '
"She is up stulrs in her OWI1 rooms. We
are alone here,“ and Richmond waited
3 sin.
Ciidd Selden. snort. man otthe world and
merciless as h grey eyes showed, Ieiuled
back in his chair and for a moment studied
the face beiore him.
He seemed be gloating over the
triumph in prospect. I .
Ie W15 erp l'l
watching the dove or the rabbit Wi(hilI us’
"By ihe way." said he," I haven‘t even
Miss iiiiriam lately." , -
No‘! It is not necessary to call her
dow
“Not now. at least.‘ v
Selden seemed to laugh within hiinsrii.
"What is It yau Want?" as >2 mid,
. n desperate man.
“There is ime i .g R man always wnnrs
-a. woman," was the reply, and ihe words
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