Huntington North High School - Modulus Yearbook (Huntington, IN)

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I still she continued to watch and was soon rewarded for her vigilance j by the sudden appearance of Hadley from behind the giant oak. He hurried to the hut and soon returned to the place from which he , had emerged, carrying with him some food. j With that the mystery deepened and Patty deliberately got down from I her look-out and carefully replaced the furnishings of the room, then threw herself upon the cot, falling asleep from utter weariness. i S ' The next morning when she awakened, the sun was already high in the ' ? sky. Tiptoeing silently to the door she paused and listened, then softly pushed it. It gave way! Patty Jane cast a hurried and anxious look about the room, then, emboldened by its reassuring sight she closed the door to her room. Cautiously she crept to the door of the other chamber. Holding her ' • pistol in her hand, she pulled the door open. The vile fumes of a strong ' alcoholic drink enveloped and nearly suffocated her. ! The two men were lying upon the floor in a drunken stupor. Disdain- ' ■ fully she regarded them, then quickly stooped and feeling in the taller one ' s pockets she rejoiced in finding a small number of keys on a ring. She immediately withdrew and in her turn locked her captors in their room. Patty Jane, proud of her good-luck had one other great desire. This was to solve the mystery of the great oak. ! Dashing excitedly from the hut she quickly made her way toward the spot. The tree was immense! On the side, which had been hidden from view the day before, she had discovered that it was hollow. Maybe they kept some papers hidden there! Peering nervously inside she was astonished to see that someone had dug through it. A rope ladder hung inside. Quickly she let it down and descended. She soon came to the bot- 1 torn and found another surprise awaiting her. A tunnel gaped before , her, dark and uninviting. She could not see ahead but crept along on her , hands and feet, groping blindly onward. Finally, as she rounded a bend she stumbled over a huddled figure. It was some lighter here, and she noticed that she was in a sort of rudely constructed underground shanty. Patty Jane! cried Don, as he sprang to his feet and gathered his I darling in his arms. I Don dear! she murmured brokenly. How Why Oh, dear, I what does this mean? ) Don shrugged his shoulders after a foolish fashion, then began, I , was coming to see you, and as you know it is quite a way, so I stopped , and left the highway to take a short cut. Well, during the storm I came I upon the hut. No one was there and I found this book as I prowled about. I It is Jordan ' s diary and in it, please excuse me if I hurt you, but I think j you ' d like to know, an account is given of wrecking some cars, at the time 1 of your father ' s and mother ' s death. He paused and held her a little j closer, and her head dropped down upon his breast. I He was wonderfully handsome. His head was bent, his black hair I forming a striking contrast beside her golden head and in his dark eyes (Continued on Page 120)

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