New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
My Lady of Mystery
C0gaEaeI from 2zy2 :

held the revolver as he advanced on the
masked man threatenlngly
Not TOO close now warned the intruder
with a sudden hardening OF the pleasant voice
A. I said. might as we'll do this pleasantly
because Il must be done. pleasantly or other
wise Believe me. | have no desire To 1n1urc
YOU still less DO | intend that YOU shall lnJure
me and Il would be needless for either OF Us
to make a personal matter OF It want oIgnor
Petrozinni' You VIII release hint That's ali
THE warden paused dazed. incredulous, be
fore the audacitv OF it. the while he studied
two calm eyes that peered at him through the
Sits OF the mask And II | don't release
HIM" he demanded at last fiercely.
Then I shall take him, the reply
Steps have been taken to make it impossible
for YOU to give alarm the stranger went
on " The very men upon whom you most de
pended have been bought and even # they
were within sound OF Your voice now they
wouldn't respond One of Your assistants
who has been here for wears unloaded the re-
volyer IN the desk there, and less than an hour
ago cut the prison alarm wire | personally
cut the police alarm outside the building -.
YOU see
As yet there was no weapon in sight, save
the unloaded revolver in the warden hand
At no time had the strangers voice been raised
his tone was perfectly normal one
Besides Yourself there are only five other
men employed here that are now awake. the
masked man continued pleasantly these
are the four turnkeys and the outer guard
They have all been bought the turnkeyS AZ
five thousand dollars each. and the outer guard
at seven thousand The receipt of tins money
Is conditional upon the release OF Slgnor
Petrozinni therefore it Is to their interest L.
aid me as against YOU / am telling You all
this frankly. TO make YOU see how futile any
resistance would be
But who-who is this Signor Petrozinni
that such powerful interests should be brought
to bear in his behalf demanded the bewil-
derei warden
He Is a man that can command 4 vast
tortune.-a fortune greater than that Of all
our milllonaires conlbined.-dn Senor Alvarez
Is at the point OF death That, | think. makes
It clear Now, il you'll sit down. please
Sit down beloved the warden. and std
denly ne was seized by violent maddenins
rage He took one step forward and raised the
empty revolver to strike
The masked man moved slightly to one side.
and his ,icnched FIST caught the warden on the
point Of the chm The prison official went
down without & sound and Law still inert help
\ moment later the door leading into the
corridor ot the prison opened. and PctrpZ1nnI
accompanied by one Of the turnkcyS, entered
the warden office The masked man glancei
round 1T them. and with a motion OF his heat
Indicated the door leading 10 the street They
passed through. closing the door quietly behind
them
For = little time the intruder stood staring
down at the still body. then he went To the
telephone and called up police headquarters
There has been q Jail delivery at the prison
he said III an answer to the Hello ot the
desk sergeant at the other end of the wire
Better send some OF your men up q .nvest--
gate
Who IS that came tie answering que
ton
The stranger placed the receiver on the h'pl,
stripped OF his black mask. dropped It On the
floor beside the motionlcSs warden and went
out It was Mr. Grimm
a T fifteen minutes OF midnight. when Nv
\ Lady Of Mystery followed by Petrozinui
entered the sitting room of her apartments
from the street and turned up the light she
found Mr. Grimm already there He rose
At sight OF him Miss Thorne
face went deathlv white and Petroziuni turned
quickly toward the door as II 10 60 ont again
90 | would advise that YOU stay, Your High
ness. sdii Mr. Grimm coldly. PetrozinuI
paused. amazed You will merely subject
Yourself T. the humiliation of arrest II YOU at
teruut ID leave The house guarded iX