Evening Star Newspaper, July 23, 1930, Page 12

Ask No Questions By Beldon Duff Copyright, 1030, by Nerth AmeTican Newspaper Alliance. e (Continued From Yesterday's Star.) TY-SEVENTH INSTALLMENT. ] EAREST, what have they H done to you?” His voice i was fierce but, by some ’ process known only to lovers, at the same time tender. { 'The girl Jet herself relax, feeling a i sudden sense of protection and with it lassitude. David's lips brushed her hair. He had picked her up and was striding ' back through the passage, his one thought that he had found her. Tun- {nels, darkness, a mob waiting to lynch him—these were the merest incidentals. r ‘The girl was alive, in his arms. Noth- {!ing else in the world mattered. Out of this hole. Back to the use.” Her body stiffened in . his grasp. We ean't leave (hem Turn avid strode on. ‘To Cranson? Not a chancel” “But, David, dear"—she knew the Pight note to strike—“he's in trouble. ‘When he blew up the tunnel the walls caved in on her. She's there, pinned idown, crushed maybe—suffering. Think Annassa relaxed. Her head sank once more against the protecting shoulder. “I don't know who she is or what. Just Dr. Cranson’s woman. But she's » lia human being; and she needd our laumeflng something _about not ‘wanting to help any one who belonged ike that, David turned ‘and began to retrace his steps. After i@ moment, “I have no light. I-low can we find t,hem"‘ Annassa murmured that the docter had a light. at the earth, ou say it was Cranson who ‘up the tunnel? What was the xdeu?" “To cut off pursuit. You see, when ‘he knocked the candles off ‘the mantel- Dlzce with the poker I was ‘he nearest to him, so I hung on, to his coat tails. {"That's how I came to know about the ‘trap door in'the clothes closet. You know that clothes closet in the back of the hall. Well, it seems there is & flight of stairs, just like the regu- 1ar flight, leading to the cellar. They're iside by side with only a thin board Pmuon between.” uggling closer, ‘Cranson tried to ahnke me off, but I hung-on tight. We went through the icellar and into the tunnel. He seemed | to think that I'd known about it all :along, that all the others knew_ about ' it, too. Maybe I said they did. I don't _know. I was scared to let him think they . wouldn't be able to find me.” She was conscious the arms around her had tightened convulsively. “How idid you find me?” | _ The explanation was not given then, | because at that moment they rounded ‘woman . Closer, they spied an end of black ! cloth sticking out of the piled earth— up, in what looked like . And to make that te the more h“tly. ll'om its thumb and forefinger 'a glittering string of sapphires —t.he lure that hnd hastened the de- it here,” commanded David, as her feet. “Tl;lil him by the shoulders. “Let m i all he said as he took the slab o{ lhlle 'Ith which the other had been Cranson looked up, a palli “lnl stare in his small black e'vu “She’s in there,” he mumbled. *Ji . _ Thirty years ago out, but I can’t seem to do sensl.n that a physical Strength greater th.sn his own had come to the trapped creature's aid, he moved to one side and dropping on both| knees, X‘lhed clasped hands above his | d. “‘Ye have taken away my gods 'hlch I have made. And what have I . I have sinned and per- verred that "which is right and it fl&ed me not . . . but Thou art . our fathers trusted Thee . . and Thou didst deliver them.’ " “The voice quavered and bmke # ‘Bring this, Thy servant, out of the D Taise her, even as Thou rlJ.uet Lazarus from the tomb. . ‘The sound of many !ut npg;moch through the tunnel cut sgonized prayers and supplications. David turned. Sweat poured down his face and down his chest, oiling the flesh until it looke?l like bronze. “Whoever this is,” he said, “I'm glad they're coming. I can't do it alone.” | Annassa started. The light from | Cranson‘’s lantern fell full on the| bronzed chest and she saw the spot| which Abby had mistaken for blood. | It was a birthmark—a :puel:ln;:urpl; ng-necked bottle. mute confirmation fiumg EFORE P.E} She'd leu mm clawing | | to dig the of the horse doctor’s story. Let the modern school of medicine scoff if it would at the idea of marking a child before birth. David Renny had come into the world scarred in mind and scarred in his mother’s tragic experience. For with the first look at the bnme-shlped mark suspicion had crystallized in rtainty. There could be no doubt bm. unc the woman I under the monument of rock was David's mother. Ann longed to go to him, to put her arms about him and offer words of comfort and consolation. It was the appearance of Seth Toby followed by & queue of men which de- terred her. There was a moment of silence while the tragedy in the tunnel spoke for itself. Then Toby, coming forward, % stooped and touched the motionless nd, B “Dead,” he uid quietly. “Been dead some_tim a backward jerk of his head h- mdxcuted the kneeling Cranson; and one of the men he had brought with hm from Danbury step- ped into the circle of lamplight. There was a of steel, a and the veterinary found himself hand- cuffed. Oddly enough, he made no protest, nor did he wait to be dra to his feet. Rising with the benumi expression of one suddenly aroused from sleep, he went with his captor, away through the tunnel. One or two of the men cleared their throats and turned to follow; but David intervened. “Your're not going to leave,” he pointed to the pile of earth, “his woman there?” Toby shook his head. “My helpers will see that the body is e ed and properly taken care of. But ’ll have to shore up the roof of the tunnel first; | 615 15th St. Next to Keith's ROUND TRIP Excursions JULY 26-27 8]2 to CINCINNATI OAKLEY EAST NORWOOD Lv. Washington, Saturday, 4:33 P. M. Returning Sun- day, Lv. Cincinnati 6:40 P. M., East Norwood 7:04 P. M., Oakley 7:07 P. M. - Tickets Good in Coaches Only JULY 27 and AUGUST 10 $4 » ATLANTIC CITY Lv. Washington 6:15 A. M. Returning Lv. Atlantic City, 7:00 P. M., Philadelphia, 9:10 P. M. same day. $5 NEW YORK Lv. Washington 12 Midnight Saturday. Returning Lv. New York, West 23d St., 5:47 P. M., Liberty St., 6:00 P. M. 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