The Argosy, October 1906 — page 155: what you’re looking at

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ad “Max, 2s “Certainly he will, ee Sep aes “ Here's. some more copy the doctor turned in: a eee ~~ : ETS is stated on good acne that Fe during the last few hours Abijah Cul- aS “ly’s” condition has taken a turn for the worse. It is not thought possible. that he can survive more than Ewenty-lour hours.” | Rose was See almost to the point af <2 -_ tears. a SS 7 One of the articles se clates that if _ Cully dies the mark of the bullet may be condition has taken. _worse. It is an “invitation for Pasco to get out of the country.” = _ “ Which he will ¢ =e Eee I am very_ much mistaken,” added Max. —__ Without stopping to oe on. er. bat, 2 3 | few minutes she was Sack” ; 2 Le The” doctor is not in an explanatory a _ mood,” & ‘she pe? = 1 that ede we So aidn't want to eae ae that was our lookout.” a = = ee We'll have to run the stuff in this are __week’s paper,” said Max _ helplessly ; ee. ““there’s no. getting around it.” —_-“That’s the way it looks to me,” re- Z turned Rose, aking § she Copy and | going = | Ly ‘on ‘his cot that night, = = - revolving in his mind the events of the _ day, his inability to make “anything of the doctor’s. plan worried and oppressed him. How benefit was to come to Lee - Marvin by placing Max’s theory in the hands of Pasco ‘was a i that baf- ee - fled solution. oo = Ag the sleepless hours wore on, ~Max’s Soix reeled with it. In order to divert ; 8 Hus shoug is fo more profitable channels, he was on the point of getting =p and - doing some writing. = ee as” she 3 es about to carry. out z | “The = sound: resembled the stealthy raising of a window-sash, Rising at once ee crept to. the copy- in the: Tt artition. and peered through 5 vcould judge, ‘it was ee no moon, _ but intently. Seen ‘satisfied, he struck | —— found and Lee’s innocence proved,” said Ss : ‘she, “and the other states that Cully’ S- - aside an old Tug that lay in front of the ee desk and went down on his‘knees. = = woe he gous = | act. that if he tried to escape his body would ~weapon of his own would De followed | in Ee Uffice- window (he. are figure = a man could be seen, climbing into the = — sanctum. = = = Max —made no outcry. Scarcely eS; breathing, he continued to watch. See ‘On gaining entrance to the room the intruder straightened erect and listened a match. | se The man was no one Max had —— . seen before. He had a low forehead, a retreating chin, and other marks that se = stamped him as a degenerate. SE ee His attention was centered upon the : floor. His eyes were engaged with its dimensions, and presently he kicked With the aid of a second match he. made a closer examination af the floor. — = a A. moment later he had lifted a section of one of the boards, plunged his hand into the opening and drawn out a paper. oe The moment had come for Max to: — He had no firearm. of any descrip-— = tion.— = ‘In lieu of such a weapon he caught = up a shooting-stick, stepped to the door and softly opened it. ; Te The burglar, a flickering match in his — 7 hand, was intent upon an examination — of the document just secured. “Make a move,” called Max <a = bringing the shooting- -stick on a line with — = his eyes, “and I’ll put a bullet into = ~The man flung himself back with a or gasp. The match dropped, but before < the flame died out in darkness he. caught ee a gleam of the steel in Max’s hand. == “Don’t shoot!” he begged. “I ain't Ss takin’ anythin’ that’s valuable to you.” 4 = CHAPTER XV. —— i rt A CALL TO ACTION. ay S | ! (a) ‘ Max and the intruder moved about = like shadows in the gloom ‘of the office. — = In his own mind the intruder was sure = = a make a large target in the window; he was equally sure that, since the editor had the “ drop,” any attempt to draw a with: regrets. = “ Strike another. ‘match, e? <— ae ee } 1 %