Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-03-16

Seers there seems no possibility. The
enemy has triumphed He will, under the
will extorted from Berenice, hold the en-
tire visible estate of Paul st. Cyr, but
these bonds shall not be hs!"
He clutched them more firmly in his
hand, raised them above his head. and
rushed towards the flaming gas-jet as he
spoke.
The face at the transom had ceased
smiling now, and a look of vexatlous
rage had settled upon it,
As. in desperation and dispair, Co'e
Winters sprang forward to carry his i'm
nulsiye resolution into instant execution,
Almon Sears leaped lightly to the noor'
Ting a-ling-ling.
With the bonds of such enormous value
almost within the reach OF the seemingly
expectant fame, our hero started and
looked about. -,
Upon the bed sat Hylund, stolid and
immovable.
Ting -a-ling- a-ling.
4 glance in another direction revealed
the cause of the noise that bad so startled
him.
TJpor The wall nea- the window was
telephone, the little metallic hammer Oh
which was sill vibrating above the So
norous bell.
Throwing the package again upon the
table, the young man sprang toward tne
wonderful instrument which is capaoie
of making the human voice anninlla'e
distance.
aHello!" cried he, as he seized and ap-
piled to his ear the trumpet whose ONCE
it is to multiply, until audible to the hu-
man ear, the faint, vibratory SOUNDS Oh
the telephone proper.
"Hellol" came in almost ins ant re-
sponse "Is thatth Lake Street Station
They've made mistake, tnougnI
Cole, "and connec ed with Hylahos pri-
vate instrument. ,x.
ment had telephone system OF It's own
connecting the police stations, street tele'
phone boxes, and quarters of detectives
with the central station in the City Hall
as that the Lake Street Stat1onf re-
pented the voice through the telephone
"Yes. responded Cole, who fe't that II
n little prevarication was ever admlssipl'
IL was upon an occasion like this: III
did not expect to learn anything OF I'm,
nortance but feared that tn TACT tna'
some one had been speaking through INT
U private telephone of the dement, oetec
4 tive might become known If he corrected
tbe mistake, and raid be ordered.
l. Write down an order.
O AL right"
Instruct the men as fast as they re
port at the different boxes TO look 10
o Almon Sears, whose description has beer
pnblished in connection with the st. Cy.
murder He's want as one OF tn
principals in that job. Got thatf
Yes"
"All right"
"Hellol Hello"
What is it2" ..
Q sIs there good case against SearSf
clear as daylight; straight as a gun
barrel!"
ANY one squealedf"
Yes"
, "Who?"
martin Bloom. He's given the Who'll
thing away; and besides, Max Morris ma
Just been pinched.
HAS he confessed?"
mo but we've got him dead to rights
The whole three will swingl
And the one we've been after-CoI
Wini ers?' o,, ~
He's innocent as a babe. OIL Or
thing more Take it down"
GAIL right.
"Tell the men to look for Detectl'
Mat Hyland He's at large and IN
e insane condition.
d, Il know where he is.
al "Where?"
IL at his room in the South Dlylslo
ne Send officers there from the Cottai
Grove Avenue Station.
q, How do you know thot?
NO "a friend Of his saw him go up the
r not long ago"
'Is ALI right.
n. with a look of triumph on his ia
nd Cole Winters stepped back from the
g. stIument through which he had just I
9's ceived such welcome intelligence
ed Thank heaven!" he cried
W. Then he thought of Berenice, lost
es, him forever. and, covering his face vi
OF his hands. sank down upon the bed
e., side Hyland. -,
ad For some time the two men, both
clouded. the one in the mind, the otf
n in the heart, sat silent, llstless.
DO, Suddenly our hero was aroused fr'
his his mournful soliloquy by q rapping up
vas the door.
Tn an instant he had unlocked a
'oi thrown it open.
:, AS he expected, he was confronted
al mau in tne uniform of a police ofic
an behind whom stood another IN the g
'N1 of citizen. a. =,
,o1 oi coated individual.
20 10 There"
no. AS Cole turned and pointed toward
. detective the hindmost man sprang 1
Oh ward and seized him by the arm.
Before the young man could exert
foobIe strength in the way of resistal
he heard snap and saw and felt T
ing If bandcuffs close upon his wrists.
"Duped Fool that l am! cried I
3uI Winters, in accents OF despair.
hat Tho man who had placed the gy
re- rnon his wrists was Martin Bloom, WI
ana he now recognized the seeming po
ca of4;car as Almon Sears, his mortal enel
pon o'iieoi "'
and CHAPTER XXI.
A GREAT SURPRISE.
's?" Right Oh both points, sneered
bnrly burglar. as he pushed our 1
rndelv back. You're a fool, and yo'
tnls been duped.
lie "Cole Winters is es innocent as bal
dis laughed Sears.
ion, and Martin Blooms given the wi
pom sron owav~ added that individual, j
res ING in the laughter.
@ at As for Cole, he said nothing. HIS
sternation and disgust we're too grea
ind. admit of his making eny reply 10
we'd taunts and ieers hurled at him by
'een heartless twain. -,
NOR @Tbouoht YOU we're talking with pc
beadouarters. did you?" asked Sc
wed when he had endeavored In vain 10
ame tain a word from Hyland, who SAT un'