European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 08, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse The cruel faced Man Donly whipped front his pocket ,.,. Conclusion. P was not More than ten minutes be fore Ellen realized that the car was not headed for the club. At the rate key were driving they would have been the Busy downtown area and sheild have heard the sound of traffic. Instead they seemed to be headed Way from downtown and purposely. Living streets on which there were als for the car kept up its steady ice. There was no conversation betwee two men in the front seat and their could get no idea from them where of were her Luminous dialled wrist itch she knew that they already had driving lot Twenty five minutes became frightened As the car led up. Y was forty five minutes from the they had left Tark s apartment re the car finally Slid to a Stop and grateful that the wild ride had finally come to . When themen got out of the car maybe she would have a Chance ".to, stretch her cramped Back door of the car was Sud Denly Flung open and a flashlight blinded the girl temporarily As it shone into her might As Well get up off your Knees miss it was Tark speaking from the front seat. He did t even turn around. You might As Well have mad yourself comfortable because we knew Vou were there All the time.". " Ellen pulled herself into the backseat and massaged her Knees which were numb. She was Able to see again now and glanced toward the Side of Theca. The Driver was still standing there and As he lighted a cig Aret she saw Hewan t Tark s regular chauffeur. Instead he was. The Man she had seen when she went to Call on Darlene seller the cruel faced Man with the scar. Speak up. Miss fair Tark urged. Haven t you anything to say Why Don t you ask How we knew you were hiding Back there Well 111 Tell you anyway. Eddie Here saw you get in. And told me. If you knew me better you a know that i never leave the car was talking in a tone she never had heard him . His voice was harsh now with a frightening under. Tone. Who set you on me anyway Tark demanded. Was it that imitation detective Leo Hammond no one the girl answered truth fully. It it was my own idea. I thought if i hid in the car i might learn come Tark said. You might As Well Tell the truth about this Busi Ness. It was Hammond who told you to follow me was t it he does t know anything about it Ellen insisted and then realized that she had made a mistake. Why. Had t she pretended that Leo and his me knew All about what she was doing hinted that they probably had trailed the car to this lonely spot then Tark might have been frightened and put Herout in the Road and she would have had a Chance. Celd May i 1mi Eddie drag her out a re where i can see her Tark ordered. The Man reached in and grasped Ellen by one.,Arm and half pulled her from the car until she was standing beside the front. Door directly facing the fat Man. Now Young lady i be had enough of. Your foolishness he , although she was trembling kept her lips tightly closed. All right Eddie you know what to. Do Tark commanded _ the cruel faced Man suddenly whip r Ped a knife from his pocket pres sed a Button and a Sharp Blade flashed out. He seized Ellen s right wrist with his other hand and twisted Heram Back of her. The girl cried out in agony. Then the thug put the Edge of the knife against her. Cheek while a watched Tark won t be Over quickly the big Man growled. First hell Start on you face your Beautiful Lovely face. Finally if you still refuse to talk it will be your Throat but i warn you it will take quite a time before he gets that far not til your face is ribbons. Now will you talk yes yes the girl gasped. Make. Him Stop and i la at a signal from Tark. Eddie re leased her but stood close at her Side his knife., still in his hand. All right what made you suspect me what mistake did i make the card the card in the misspelled the word recovery just As you did in your note to mrs. is this card Tark demanded., i left it Home for Leo. He is to Call. For it there/1 a you re not lying if you Are ill i swear that s the truth ". All right Eddie take her away and make if fast. We be got to get that card and destroy it before Hammond gets his hands on Eddie grasped the girl roughly by the Arm and started through a clump of you re thinking of. Lettin out a. Yelp save it he counselled gruffly they s nobody within Miles o Here nobody la help -. " --., they emerged on another Foad %.a. Hard dirt Road and came to a deserted filling station. He forced the girl to turnaround and she Felt one _ of his feet. Stretch out and then she heard the muffled sound of machinery. Eddie whirled her around again. And she looked Down and saw. A steel floor under what appeared to be an Oil rack sliding away leaving a dark. Opening -. F get Down there he ordered roughly and gave her a stumbled Down a flight of Cement Steps and heard the steel Jrolf above her sliding Back into place Ellen was in Complete darkness As the sliding door above her slipped Bac Kinto place. The stairway was Steep and narrow. Frantically she fumbled in he purse on the Chance that she might find a match but there was none. Carefully she descended the Cement Steps As far As they went and found Small space at the Bottom. She Felt around the Wall in front of her and found what appeared to be ahead door. Listening closely she thought she heard the faint sound of voices. She screamed As loudly As. She could and was rewarded Only by an answering Echo. After a time she decided that there were two voices in the room next door. She fumbled about the door but. Could find nothing that seemed like a handle she slipped off her shoe Sand Pou Delpas hard As. She could. Against the door with her her signals were an swered. This then was where Tark for she continued to think of Laramie. 1 by that name had imprisoned Olivia. Who her companion was she did know although after a time she decided it must be Darlene Heller. s Man Pritchard had said the taxi in which Darlene Rode away fro her apartment had let her out on a lonely Road out in the country. The girl most Likely had been lured thereby Eddie by a Promise to see secret hiding place must have been built for some time by Tark. In preparation for the time Wien he would Kidnap Olivia. What he intended doing with her now that he had her she could t imagine. Nor could she. Guess at what her own Fate would Hesse had stumbled onto this place through her own foolishness and she continued on a def 22 19
