The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-09


You, Lannon. keep a watchful eye at the
street door. Yonder fellow is a shifty
dog. and his visit last night may have
deeper import than we now suspect. At
the first sign of danger-the signal Then
report TO me at once. Away with you,
and wait my call"
There was not a word of protest, not a
look of inquisitive wonderment as to the
fate of the captive. To a man they. troop
ed quickly away through the dark pas
sage mentioned, and. as the sound of the
last footstep died away to silence, Felix
Boyd felt sure that he was absolutely
alone with the greatest knave on earth,
and that bitterest foe that mortal man
ever had.
He had been disarme5. however, and
the door by which he had entered now
was securely locked and barred; yet Boyd
still reared motionless against the wall,
smiled scOrnfully. and remarked:
81 have an idea that shall do as have
done before, Scanlon. and escape or cor
ner you. despite all these precautions on
your part.
Scanlons narrow eyes reverted to his
with look of sinister contempt.
Danish any such idea" he replied. with
vicious elaboration. THE day Is past
from me or to corner me. A man, already
standing in the shadow of the gallows.
where you have placed me, would prefer
instant death to the arrest you threaten
The means are here. at my hand. You
doubt IL. eh?'
Il smile because I do not believe you.
Do I not know your"
"Faugh! You do but think So"
DO you see this key?" the knave curt
iy interrupted. pointing to one of the
switch KEYS fixed to the table. ''One turn
of this would instantly cause an eXplO-
sion that would rupture these walls about
us and send US both to kingdom come.
knowing you as 7 do. Felix Boyd. at the
first sign of a raid by the police. l will
throw the switch, and end us in COM
nv
BOYD shrugged his shoulders Indifferent
ly. yet there was that in the ruffian 5
eyes and voice which told that he had
spoken the truth at least once in his life.
There will be no police raid, Scanlon,
Boyd CURLY rejoined.
A sheer again clIred the miscreant 5
lips. and his eyes lighted with evil sat
isfactiOn.
obviously. then your crafty investiga-
tons have not yet met with complete
success said he.
That's about the size of II, Scanlon,
Boyd coolly- admitted
Yet you last night held conference
with Detective Coleman.
All. you are informed Of it, then
Past experiences have taught me 10
watch him. as well as you, Felix Boyd.
Yes, no doubt.
1T is fortunate in this case that / have
done so" continued Scanlon with the air
of one who took pride in having worsted
his nearer, and now found pleasure in
haunting him with disclosure of his own
crafty methods.
work Mr.. Felix Boyd he went on,
."since we first discovered you on the La
grange building, studying the wire we
then promptly removed. You have blind
ed me for weeks with your mastery as
sumption of a Jew pedler. but you be-
trayed this when you permitted Coleman
to accOst you Yesterday on the street.
"Ah, | see | was right. said Boyd
grimly biting his lips. Yet / was not TO
blame as YOU imagine.
Scanlon engaged in a semi-derisive
laugh, mockery of anything like mirth,
however. and he now drew forward in his
chair to ask with insolent irony:
Have you not then, with all your skill
been able to discover my present de-
Signs?'
Observing the taunting spirit that now
| inspired the exultant rascal, Boyd caught
| at a straw, in the hope of learning the
truth. and answered, with .trenchant sar-
casm:
NO. not yet; but the time will come
Or. possibly. you now will have the SUI
preme audacity to enlighten me"
Scanlon laughed aloud-a laugh that
would have sent q shudder through man
| of less nerve than his nearer
"Audacity!" he cried derisiyely. why
Felix BOYD, that you will leave this place
alive. You are not less sure of ii, now
| that I have you securely in my power
| than if at this moment you were laid six
feet beneath the sod. 1 will as surely
! XIII you
"A truce to threats. scanIon," BOYD
curtIv interrupted. Words never yet
alarmed me. II your secret designs"
They will remain secret, despite al
| that you now can accomplish declared
| Scanlon. with a malignant sneer. DO
| you wonder if what they consist? That
! you may know the utter contempt | fee
| for YOU, nv absolute assurance that YOU
| cannot now escape me or the death
shall inflict, / will proceed to inform
/ you"
BETTER not take that risk
| the disclosures
The hazard may prove TO be your OWL
undoing.'
the pointed retort. You shall know the
truth, that YOU may also konw how alb
solutely ! defy you
ION your own head be it. then"
Scanloh laughed again. and drew for
ward in his chair. Only a man with
murder in his heart man already sure
of the death of his heaTer. would have
done what he. in q spirit of malignant de
fiance, now was doing. With CLEAN OF
villainous pride in his evil eyes, with his
cold. hard voice imbued with malicious
asperity he boldly declared
THE project now enga ging me. Felix
all my accomplishments of the past.
take pride in the fact that. were the truth
to become known. it would rank as the
crime of the century. No less a brain
than mine could have devised It; no less
! 3 man than / could have executed it.
| The mark of my present designs. Felix
Boyd, is the great Amulet copper mine al
Lake Superior"
BOyds countenance did not change by
so much as a shadow-an indifference
that acted like a spur upon the miscreant
opposite.
with the help of many confederates. -
he quickly went on-''men possessed OF
money. daring and discretion--I have sold
Amulet stock short against the present
high market value to the tune of fifty
thousand shares, of which I or my confed-
crates hold the borrowed securities. Dc
you realize, Mr.. Felix Boyd. what a droI
of forty points would mean to me and
mine?"
About two million dollars. figured off.
hand" Boyd CURLY answered. But tC
| shake Amulet forty points is no puerilt
talk
Scanlon's evil eyes tvinkIed with ma.
| lignant pride.
TT can be done-will be done botE
suddenly and swiftly" he declared "a
will go even so far as to tell you by
what means. Within another week while
the market is at it's highest, Michigan