The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-05-29

you MUST KEEP AWAY FROM MEL" SAID
HE HARSLiLY.
one of the men knows where he was.
Look here" He led them into an in
ner vault. and here were row upon
row of iron drawers filed with green
backs neatly bound In packages, with
the amounts marked on the outside.
At the end of the vault were rows of
drawers filed with gold In coin and
ingots.
Money! said Breed gloating over
the contents as he opened and closed
these drawers. Money! said he. and
he rubbed his lean old hands together,
while his eyes began to CLEAN. mot
all these receptacles are filled. though.
When / had these vaults built calcu-
lated how much money there was in
the United States and built in enough
drawers to hold it,"
There was something so sinister in
the way he said this that even Phillip,
himself seething with enormous am
billions. was startled.
Lillian plucked Phillip by the sleeve
and drew him outside the vault.
"He always likes to be alone when
he Is down here" she whispered
Phillip stopped I'm the second passage
to examine with interest the heavy
hanging of the door Lillian drew
quito near him and slipped her hand
within his arm. He could feel the
warmth of that hand instantly. He
was afraid of this girl, afraid of him
self The thrill she gave him was not
like that which he had shared with
Elsie. With Elsie it was love; with
this girl-he drew slightly away.
Suppose anything should happen to
Mr.. Breed?" ne asked. what would
become of this vault? j presume its
combinations are written in some safe
placer"
"They are not written anywhere"
she told him. "There Is only one person
in all the world besides my grand
father who knows how TO get in here,
and that person is myself. OF course l
would not tell 1t, would IY
He looked down at her. He half
bent forward, seized with n mad i'm
pulse TO take her in his arms. He was
ashamed of that impulse.
"You must keep away from me!'
said he harshly. "There are things l
want to do-big thingsp'
The girl laughed lightly. well con-
tent for the time. but shrill chuckle
startled them both and made them
turn hastily. Old Henry Breed stood
in the door of the vault, rubbing his
hands softly together.
Good said he. GOOD. Phillip, my
boy! knew you were about &C. You
keep as strong as that and | will make
you anything you want to be-any-
thingp
Out in the library they found the
gaunt wireless operator. whose eyes
seemed to have the peculiar catlikc
property of shining in the darkness.
The operator was just turning on the
lights, and flash of lightning out
lined him as he reached up to press
the hanging bulb.
IL have wireless for you, sir" he
said to Mr.. Breed. The old man took
the yellow slip and drew under the
chandelier Presently he turned to
Phillip triumphantly:
"The board of governors Of the New
York Stock Exchange. after having sus-
pended the exchange for a week In n
vain attempt to straighten out their
middle, have just called 4 meeting Of
the members, and the only 70, TO at.
tend were four of the five witt whom
you did business. The seats Of all the
others are for sale, and there are no
buyers. The Stock Exchange" and his
voice rose to shrill and tremulous
Shrek. ''is wiped out of existencei
There is no Stock Exchanger'
At very early hour the next
morning, IN his bedroom near the top
OF the house, the gaunt wireless oper-
ator was upon his knees before his
open trunk. his long fingers slowly
turning the knob of n combination
lock. 1t was mounted upon n plain
iron plate and was now temporarily
ciamped upon the front edge of the
trunk to keep II in its normal vertical
position. Blagg, as he turned the knob,
kept his eyes carefully averted from
IL, but he listened most intently. Pres
emily his acute fingers caught the faint
est perceptible shade Of difference as
quickly as, II not quicker than. his
ears, for they stopped rigidly upon the
instant. Blagg now looked at the dial.
then consulted n small card which he
held In his left hand. and look of In
tense satisfaction. amounting almost to
fierceness, flashed into his beady eyes.
The last number of the involved COM
bination had been found by the sense
OF touch and hearing alone!
Cash. he whispered. Millions Of
cash, all gathered into one placer
He changed the combination. marked
IL carefully upon his card and started
once more, with averted eyes and in.
tent ears, to turn the knob
In an Office on the second floor Phil
lip Kelvin stood over large hand
drawn map, on which every mile of
every railroad in the United States
was carefully set down in strong lines,
though In Inks Of six different colors,