Hour of Enchantment / A Mystery Story for Girls

then came bang up against a problem with no certain answer. Should she leave the car at the two hundred foot level, t

e level she darted from the car. At once she cau

ed knife. He made no mistake about that. Imitating a monkey, a spider and a snake all in one, he managed by curious contor

place was

all! He'll be electrocuted!" came from the crowd as men fough

ed this long-eared one must have been, he unfolded his large yellow silk umbrella; then, apparently all un

ar to wishing she had stuck to her resol

quick-witted guard had stopped it i

ife in his belt balanced himself with his yellow umbrella and proceeded

they pointed him out. Ten thousand, twenty, fifty, per

l about. "Is this one more feature, a grand surprise in this th

nd. What did the man mean to do? Did h

y walk was over the solid earth. Beneath him was the gasping multitude. Jammed together in one solid m

out for a promenade, he moved along the cables that, being a

nce spoke without meaning to do so.

ed feet?" som

s a third of the way to the place above the lagoo

ow

mething was happening. Th

s some one, I shall never forgive myself. A knife!" She all but said it

ed his poise. He was t

a low prayer escaped her lips. "He-he m

did this astounding

l ever know. Be that as it may, just as he reached a spot abov

with a movement that seemed half a leap,

opened them at once to find

markable!"

er side volunteered. "It's made fo

ar as she could tell, the man had entertain

ownward. With his fall checked by the umbrella, he

ed to ask the question. "Why, then," she

nto shadows that lay above

ng upon the water. If he came

A man with such a trick as that in his bag must have others. He need only come up alongsid

amended, as she surveyed

s for a s

er to the joyous ex

half hour of shooting through space, she bumped squarely into

"I have found him, the litt

the k

ill ha

out it," Je

the story. "And when he dropped," she ended

not?" Jean

ot. We shall see him ag

he want that three-bladed

I am sure of it. Perhaps something quite terrible. I saw it in his eyes. He'

lorence, you m

shall have the knife. It b

e agreed, "w

of purchase, a long, low auction house blue with

. Who'll make

s bidding against her for that che

e men dragging the pro

ll mean?" she

sighed, "we

t struck her

re were other things in tha

g at her. "Why did you not tell me? I

Oh,

our room at this very moment, those lit

exclaimed. "