El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-10
THE CASH INTRIGUE
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CONTINUED From Yesterday.)

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lings had arrived. and close behind him
trotted the detachment that had been
bivouacked nearest the gates. He
! moved down men as if they had been
| weeds. Stalwart men in khaki car
ried a Calling and planted it in the
very doorway. pouring its deadly
blight back into the hall. They set II
up next at the library door and swept
that room as bare and clear. of living
humanity as if a food had washed it
out. while the men in khaki swarmed
through the house, pursuing the follow
erS of Blagg into bloody corners and
discriminating them as if they had
been vermin. A detachment. with
Rensselaer,. and Kelvin in the lead.
stepped over the CHASTITY, huddIed heaps
in the library. hurried back through
the little room and poured down the
narrow secret stairway As they had
swept through the library Rensselaer,
haired woman in a black silk gown,
with her head upon her folded arms,
sitting at the table. but the picture was
confused with others of its riddled and
useless kind. and he hurried on ahead.
Kelvin had promised himself to be
in the Ilead as they went down the
stairway. but as he turned into the
closet entrance a huge black form
thrust itself in before him. and Sam
led the way. unarmed except for the
formidable weapons with which nature
had provided him
The greedy garnerers of Breeds
golden harvest were taken by COM
plete surprise. They turned from their.
tasks as the men in khaki streamed
in upon them. but their weapons had
been laid aside. and they had only
bags of money with which to fight.
and these were too heavy
Sam was shouting aloud. An ire
sistible demon. be clutched first one
thin throat in his mighty hands and
cracked it and threw the limp. resist
less body aside and sprang for anoth-
er. and the second man TO fall before
his savage onslaught was Ben White.
Blagg. with a mighty oath, sprang
for Kelvin. who had entered just be
hind Sam. but one of Rensselaer's
lieEtenants was quick enough TO inter
cept him. Blagg gradually bent his
aSsailant backward and in the act
managed TO draw the lieutenant's pis
tol from its holster. In place of turn
ing it upon his own antagonist be lev
eled it over the mans shoulder
straight at Kelvin.
1t was Sam who. shouting in a fe-
yer OF savage joy. saw that motion
and sprang to wreSt the pistol from
Blagg. receiving in his own breast the
three bullets that the firearm yet con-
tanned Then. his work done, he fell
heavily TO the floor. and upon his face
was fixed forever that same sardenie
grin that displayed all his snarling
yellow teeth
Kelvin. spent with his own efforts.
stood erect TO breathe for a moment.
and in that moment a needle sharp
dagger was thrust into his side. He
tottered and fell. and above him knelt
Lillian Breed. while before his eyes
she held the dagger
See" she cried. This was your
emblem of triumph, This was the sign
In which you were to conquer! This
was the instrument that twice threat
ened you and twice failed. but the
third time IL wins. Phillip. you made
but one mistake. Had you put me at
your side as your empress In this
sign" and she held the dagger poin,
upward. 1--WE would have conquered
the world. but you repudiated me. and
10 this sign you die"
4 soldier struck the dagger from her
hand and bound her arms behind her,
Us those Of Blagg had already been
bound. Rensselaer,. unscathed. looked
down upon Phillip, with tears moisten-
ing his eyes.
Take him out carefully. boys" he
said. but get him into the air quick
y"
AS they passed through the library /!
RensSelaer's eye happened to rest |
again upon that motionless, gray hair !
I'd woman at the library table, struck |
Town by his own Calling. and as he |
recognized her he turned faint and al |
most dropped his burden.
Here" he told one of his men. help |
larry him cannot"
He almost stumbled into the outer |
lir, and the men followed him with /
Kelvin. and. covering him to the |
breast with a sheet hastily snatched /
rom Breeds couch. laid the first and |
asst emperor OF America fat upon the
porch at the edge of the steps, where |
he cooling breeze might blow upon his
BROW. lie lay pale and rigid under the