The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-17

receive US like this II she had not made a
plan for our destruction which only she
could devise. 1t is impossible TO ten
what may happen. That 1t will be ter
rible encounter and that it will need
all our strength and presence OF mlho Is
certain. for we are now about TO enter
the very sanctuary OF her nendlSh arts
and appliances / Will go 1lrSt. Inc IhO-
ment I see her l shall cover her and II
she stirs will shoot her dead on the spot
He turned the handle of the door ana
we slipped silently into the laboratory.
1t was like entering furnace. Inc neat
was sitting. A single incandeScent DUR
ner shed a subdued light over the place,
revealing the outline of the stone roof ana
dim recesses in the walls. At the farther
end stood Madame. AS We entered, she
turned slowly and faced US, her face was
quiet, her lips closed; her eyes alone ex-
pressed emotion.
Hands up. or | fire. rang out from
| Ford. who stepped forward and immedl-
ately covered her with his revolver
| She instantly obeved, raising bOth her
| arms; her eyes now met mine, ana tile
! faintest of smiles played around her hps
| The next instant, as If wrenched from
/ his grasp by some unseen power, the
/ weapon leapt from Ford's hands and
| dashed itself with terrific force against
! the poles of an enormous electro-magnet
| beside him. Every loose piece or IRON
| started and sprang toward it with a deaf
| ening crash. Madame must have MADE
the current by pressing a key on the tioor
/ with her foot. For moment We STOOD
/ rooted to the spot. thunderstruck by the
sudden and unforeseen method by which
| we had been disarmed.
| Nine Koluchy still continued to gaze
at us. but now her smiles grew broader,
and soon it rang out In a scornful laugh.
1T is my turn to dictate terms, she
! said, in steady, even voice. Advance
one step toward me- and we die together.
Norman Head, this is your supposed hour
| of victory, but know that you will never
take me- either alive or dead
As she spoke her hand moved TO a
small lever on the bench beside her. she
| drew herself up to her full, majestic
height and stood rigid a figure carved
i'm marble. ] glanced at Ford; his lips
| were firmly compressed. drops of sweat
cleaned upon his face, he began to
breathe quickly through extended nOstrils
then, with a sudden spring he bounded
forward. and simultaneously there leapi
up, straight before our eyes, what seemed
like one huge sheet of white flame. Sc
fearfuliy bright and dazzling was 1t thai
it struck US like a blow, and Tyler ano
fell We were blinded by a heat thai
seemed to scar our very eyeballS. Inc
| next moment all was darkness.
| When 1 came to myself a cool draugh
of air was blowing upon my face. an6
Tyler's voice sounded in my ears. rose
! staggering. Before my eyes there stil
seemed to dance a thousand sparks an1
whirIing wheels Of fire. The servants
were running about wildly. and one o
| the men had brought lamp from Iii'
haIl-it lit up the wild and haggard fact
. of my companion.
I'VE dare not go back" he whispered
pointing to the laboratory door, trem
, bling and almost gibbering as he die
! | so.
But what has happened?" ] said.
| I made a rush towards the laboratory
Two of the men held me back forcibly.
, Its not safe. sir" one of them said
, "the room within is a furnace. You woul'
! / die If Won entered.
! BY main force I was kept from rushin;
to nv own destruction,
1t was an hour later when we entered
: Even then the heat was almost past bear
, ing Slowly and cautiously Tyler and
! approached the spot where we had las
seen Nine. Koluchy. Upon the stone flag
! lay the body of the detective, so terribi
burnt as to be almost unrecognizable, an
= few yards farther was the mouth of
2 big hole. from which still radiated fterc
. heat BY degrees it cooled sufficient
! to allow us to examine it. 1t was abou
. J eight feet deep and circular in shape
From it's walls jutted fnnumerable jet:
. Their use was evident to me at once. 70
2 upon the floor beside us stood an enoI
= nous iron cylinder. such as are used fC