The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-16

TACT that DIR. Markay had reported a
case of smallpox in that house so as to
quarantine it. made it practically GER
tain that DR.. Markay was the man in
the black mask, and that his victims
were Miss Ryerson and her father.
While Whiting and Curtis waited
for the tunnel to be cleared they
prowled about the ruins, and in one
part sthey came upon a woman's shoe.
THAT belonged to Beatricel" cried
Curtis, excitedly. "I cannot be mis-
taken. 1t has two small gold buckles
on it. I was with her the day she
bought Them
Parts of the shoe had been scorched
by the flames, but the buckles were
intact. This made it certain that the
police We're now on the trail of the
missing Ryersons n that there was
a tremendous sensation back of the
matter. It was not long before THE
EVENING STAR was out on the
street with an extra telling of the kid
mapping of the multi-milionaire and his
beautiful daughter by one of Newark's
most noted physicians, and that Ryer-
son stood revealed as the possessor of
the famous crown jewels of Mexico.
The section of the will was printed,
and the pape was not on the street a
half hour before hundreds of persons,
losing sight of the fact of the kid
mapping, were securing the whole city
of Newark in scare of the secret
loose paving stone from which q
church steeple could be seen with a
field glass. Men n women bought
papers, read the remarkable revelations
In the will, hurried home and procured
i~eld-glasses and Joined the hordes in
the quest for the $500 0 900 in Jewels.
Many persons neglected their business
affairs and could be seen throwing
their weight on every flagstone on the
sidewalk. As there were many loose
flagstones, it was nothing uncommon
to see q half dozen or more persons
about a single loose stone, trying to
spy a church steeple from that van
tage. Newark went wild in the search
for the hidden treasure, and the fact
that the multi-millionaire insurance
magnate and his beautiful daughter
had been kidnapped and were being
drugged n tortured was almost for
gotten. The quest for riches dimmed
the search for the hapless victims.
All Fong stood sentinel at the cur
tanned window of the opium den, ready
to give the alarm when danger should
appear. He saw the victims taken from
the tunnel, and smiled joyously.
DIR. Markay and Felix Marston, the
hurglar-business man, old classmates
and friends for many years, realized
that they were on an equal fortune, and
they agreed with each other to join for
tunes.
Markay sent Marston out on a secret
errand, to arrange for their escape by
dark from the den, which in a few
hours must fall into the hands of the
police. While he was one Markay re-
vived Miss Ryerson and as she opened
her eyes he said:
"Now, you must not become excited.
[ win not harm you now But you
must take some nourishment. Other
wise you will die"
There was no reply and a Chinese
servant brought in a tray of Oriental
dishes. Miss Beatrice refused to ouch
the solid food, but she drank a cup of
tea, refusing to look at her captor.
The servant brought a pair of soft
slippers for the young woman's bare
feet and filled the teapot again. DR..
Markay ate ra%venously.
After two cups of tea Miss Ryer-
son said:
why don't you kill me? I am SO
tired" She lay back on the couch and
went off into another sound sleep.
"She is now so exhausted that she
will sleep soundly and naturally for a
long time" said the doctor to Mag,
who was gratefully slipping tea to re-
lieve the frightful headache the liquor
had produced. The doctor sent the
servant out to a drug store for a
powerful drug which later he admins
tered to the still sleeping Ryerson.
"That will prolong his sleep for ten or
twelve hours, and as he has had no
exertion it will also provide sufficient
food for him"
When Marston returned he brought
with him the evening paper, which
told of the sensational disclosures, and
when. he saw his own name mentioned
Markay threw up his hands and ex-
claimed:
IT'S all over. This is my only
chance now. L must get these jewels
at any price now and flee from the
country"
The two co~nspirators now discussed
the case, as twilight was coming on,
the doctor telling Marston as much
about the crown jewels of Mexico as
he knew. 1t was enough to make the
daylight business man and nighttime
! burglar open his eyes in establishment.
Here was sufficient wealth to satisfy
even their abnormal lust.
But in the mind of Marston there
was a secret thought He felt that he
should not be a party to this awful
crime, tina he should rescue he mill
lionaire, and his daughter from his old
friend who now stood revealed as an
arch-fend. But he wisely kept that
traitorous thought to himself-anyway,
there was $40, 100000!
There was a commotion at the cur
tanned window an hou after dark. All
Fong was apparently excited. Going
over to Marston he whispered that the
police had cleared the obstruction in
the tunnel and that they were prepar-
ing TO come. The door at this end Of
the tunnel would withstand them only
a short time.
The criminals prepared to flee with
Mr.. Ryerson and his daughter. When
the first knock of the police came on the
} door leading from the basement den
, into the tunnel the order was given to
move. Markay picked up Ryerson,
Marston took Miss Beatrice and Mag
| was trailing down the rear, when there
was a sudden halt in the vestibule lead
ing to the street. There stood little
Laura Browning. the abused orphan
2 who had been neglected by Mag and
who had first fold the notice