The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-22

man we were expecting ellenteu 49, -, IN |
tbe shoulder. Il am u police oticcl;
Me- Me- I1ipSy" he said as Oscar wheeled
around and faced him. o9 your you u''Imd moi
nero DIR Halifax, has warned you no
IN ao into that house. | repeat ms W.
ing. There is danger in walt ior you ,r,o
For answer. Digpy thrust hls hard 'd.d a. /, |
bis nocket, produced a note and hanued !"
Read Res that. Halifax" he said. 'snd you you
VIII see why | cannot refuse 10 0"Se'
| the house. .,,,a and
reaa '1Te In the the moonlight. Come to me.
am suffering and in danger MGRiTL." pH nSi -
"You are mad. Digby." l said. hA'
note is forgery" ho said
"AI the same ] am going, n wani
rrispjy 'and alone, too. l don VIII
any outside interference In what prom
Ises to be a family affair. ,,on" saId
"Since you are determined, tnoh; -,,,hie
Frogt, remember that In case OF trouone
we will be here to help you UT r iti,ei ,
more. ! may as we'll tell you that - ,SooL SoLL
are not out of the house by o ci9Gh @
we shall enter II and make sure ''ht on
Digby merely nodded and walked aulGGRz lGn
ly up the drive. We watched MN irs r.s
the bell. The door was opened py VA
negro servant and he entered Frost aha i
I settled down TO our long walt WIN % VI
best patience could summon LOT tnT
| II o'clock sounded from the Hteepic on a
distant church. then half,past. o,,nc ne
house remained wrapped In silence, oI Cuo
Frost whispered TO me. and we listerou
attcnt,yely. II certainly seemed TO me
as though q duh. muffled sound. as OF
| poundlng or hammering. was falnty audI
hle but whether II came from inc hVu"s
or not, 1t was Impossible to tell. ~
Quarter 10 twelve the one remaining WIN
dow with a light In " became suddcn!y
dark still there was no sign OF Digpy
Midnight chimed and the remaining mo-
poents went by In intense anxiety: AS ,he
deep boom OF ] o'clock was heara 'he III
spector laid his hand on my arm. ,,,srerod
Come along, Doctor he whispered.
IJe whlst]ed low ms ne spoke, and rustic
In the bushes around us told mat fros, ,
assistants were on the ,l aieri, = ~ &C. Shirr
of the front door bell within, as the IN :
spector pressed the button; In less 1, tlIne 2
shoot shoot back. The door. was flung open;
electric lights sprang into a glare, and
nv eyes fell on Mrs. Seattle.
Dr. Halifax, she said coolly, May
Inquire why am so honored?,, ,,o ,,d
J Frost strodc forward and laid his hano
II am a police officer. madam. he ssid
grimly and demand to know where MT.
oscar Digby Is. He entered here at
quarter past 10 tonight. From that mo,
ment tho house has been surronndeo
and closely watched. He must there-
fore. be here" .,
sponded Mrs, Seattle defiantly.
An adjoining door opened, and Senoi
Merello made his appearance She iookeN
up at him and smiled. then said care
essiy:
Gentlemen, this is my brother seno'
Merelo.''
:.Once again, Mrs, Seattle" broke II
Disby?"
"He is not here" she said, angrily
You can look for yourselves.
VERY WELL" said Frost, calmly. The,
: you madam. this gentleman, and al
,,rI
= find him"
e Mrs. Seattle eyed the inspector vindic
; lively. but made no reply. The peratio,1n
- which followed were conducted RAPIDLY
:, The establishment, consisting OF Mrs
70 Seattle. her brother. two Spanish men
=. servants, two maids, one OF Spanish eN
= !, the door to us, were summoned an
,rss placed In the charge OF one OF Frost
u - detectives. Muriel Seattle was nowher
t. 7, to be seen. Then we began 70. search in
= house In the basement the large celia
N N which had attracted Mrs Seattle
- ~ pleased surprise. had now been rite
III II was evidently used for the manufac
s, ture OF chemicals on large scale; y
30 the latest chemical and electrical AZ
\ paratus were to be found there, as we
- as several large machines, the purpose
=, =. Of which were not evident, one III par
OF ticular / specially noticed. 1t was
sc big tank with complicated eQuipmeT
M for the manufacture Of LIQUID air in lare
e quantities. l fingered here quite Will,
y and suddenly a nldeouS DoSSlDluly pre-
lie sented Itself TO my mind. Just thel
cr however. | remembered Muriel an
rs turned TO Join Frost In his search wor
n dering IL any harm had come TO the giI
c. Our search in the upper regions ws
of equally unsuccessful. We were just goir
cr downstairs again when Frost drew III
* attention to a door which we had not "
opened. Ii was locked but we burst
ne open. Within, we found a girl crouchir
nd beside the bed. She turned. saw m
ad face. and suddenly chung TO me. 1t We
p Muriei.
tx Have you found him: is he safe?'' 81
As asked
lit II do not know. my dear I replie
Ut trying to soothe her. we are lookir
p for him"
n did he come to the house? I ha'
been locked In here all day and heavi
IL drugGed."
"He came in. We are searching f
lr him. and hope to find him"
THAT YOU Will never do" she erie
ed and fell fainting on the floor.
is We placed her on the bed. Fro
to produced brandy and gave her a te
ST. drops She came to In couple OF mil
utes and began TO moan feebly. Aft
lie a little while she became calm al
n. finally fell into a deep slumber. The
We left her and hastened back 10 Il
a laboratory, intent on irving an eXpcr
mcnt which had occurred to me on II
l last visit there.
Meanwhile Frost and his men had n
on been idle. Convinced that Digby
he Digbys dead body was CONCEALED SOM