Richmond Planet

the trail their feet had made in the soft sand.
When he reached the place they had been, he felt around over the ground for her pocketbook.
Failing to find it, he got down on his hands and knees and covered every inch of sand within a radius of five feet of where they had been.
His search in vain, he paused to think.
He remembered now that she had brought no pocketbook. She must have forgotten that.
He arose from the sand, brushed himself off, and started back toward the boulevard.
When he was within twenty-five feet of the street, he looked for Lyla.
His pulses leaped.
She was just being dragged into an automobile.
He shouted hoarsely, then began running madly toward the vehicle.
Just as he came close enough to see it clearly, it plunged away from the curb and went speeding down the street.
Rod's heart sank.
Was Lyla, his beloved Lyla, in the hands of Wolf, the snarling beast?
END OF CHAPTER FOUR