A League of Three: Boy's Detective Stratagems — page 69: what you’re looking at

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A LEAGUE OF THREE. 67 “¥ am here to aid you.” “Let me see your face.” * 6nd you will not ery out?” a | “T will not.” h Maudie slid the mask cf ius lantern and let the light flash ) | toward the bed, on which the speaker, as he had aiready ay + discerned, must lie. is suspicion was justified. He | beheld a ftir-faced girl who had partly risen and was rest- ing her head on her elbow. Her long hair hung disheveled — down upon her shoulders, her large blue eyes were sunken faz back in her head, and her whole appearance indicated a terrible wasting away. Madie gazed, and his heart stood Ui: stills but it was not Addie on whom he looked, and this oa, discovery afiorded him great relief, for as he had stood ° there before his lantern had made the revelation he ex- pected to see the face of Addie, despite the fact that he had not recognized her voice. “Who are you?” demanded the girl, for the female was but a girl, “J am your friend.” “| cannot see your face. Come close to me; let me look upon your face. It isa long time since I gazed upon the face of a friend.” — “You shall gaze upon my face at your leisure later on. Let me ask you afew questions. Who are you? What Ace are you doing here?” A “Can I be sure that I am speaking to a friend ?” al “Yes, you are speaking to a friend; and one who will a dare anything to serve you.” 1 i “Tam an orphan; I am a prisoner here.” ig “Who imprisoned you?” + * “A man who is one of the worst villains in the world. | te He stole me away from my home and he has kept me a prisoner hers.” ' “And what is his purpose?”