A Daughter of Delilah — page 203: what you’re looking at

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194 A FATHER’S THREAT. ‘Tf possible, see me at Twenty-third street to-day. I have a surprise for you. HAWLEY.”’ ‘‘And I have news for you, my boy!’’ Edgar muttered. He returned the crumpled telegram to his pocket, put on his hat, and left the office. A hundred steps through the street, and he hailed a cab that was just passing the corner, sprang in, and ordered the driver totake him to Hawley’s address in Twenty-third street. Arrived there, he dismissed the cabman and ran up the stairs to his friend’s apartments, two steps at a time. ‘‘Well,’’ greeted Hawley, feverishly, “‘I have news at last. The detective has turned up!”’ ‘“Hawkley?”’ “Yes, poor devil! Come here before daybreak this morn- ing, about half dead. It seems that he was waylaid by St. Leonards, sand-bagged, and left to die in a cellar. He ulti- mately freed himself, after nearly three days of helpless- ness, and is now on the war-path for vengeance! But for this move on the part of the man who has so cleverly im- personated Lord St. Leonards the enemy would have been safely under lock and key. We havea desperate crew to deal with, but you know how much my fate depends upon their capture. ’’ ‘‘I suppose that you have no clew?”’ asked Edgar. ‘The whole lot have vanished as completely as though swallowed up by an earthquake. Oh, if they should get away after all, and I am tried for the murder of poor Stimson !’’ ‘“We must hope for the best. It seems to me that the world is suddenly turning topsy-turvy,’’ Edgar replied. ‘*No time must be lost, old man.’’ CORMIE KOOKS (E(0)