The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1911-08-31

in the library, hurried back through
the little room and poured down the
narrow secret stairway. AS they had
swept through the library Rensselaer,
had caught a brief glimpse Of gray
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 lead as they went down the
stairway, but as he turned into the
closet entrance n huge black form
thrust itself i'm 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 az 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 irrc-
sistible demon, he clutched first one
thin throat in his mighty hands and
cracked II and threw the limp, resist
less body aside and sprang for anoth-
er, and the second man to fail before
his savage onslaught was Ben White.
Blagg. with n mighty oath. sprang
for Kelvin. who had entered Just be
hind Sam. bu: one of Rensselaer's
Mt to g,,N,
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 II upon his own antagonist he lev
eled II over the mans shoulder
straight Mt Kelvin.
II was Sam who. shouting in n fe-
yer of savage joy, saw that motion
and snrang to wrest the pistol from /
Blagg. receiving in his own breast the
three bullets that the firearm yet con
tained. Then. his work done. he fell
heavily TO the floor. and upon his face
was fixed forever that same sardon.c |
grin that displayed all his snarlihg
yellow teeth.
stood erect to breathe for moment.
and In that moment a needle sharp
dagger was thrust into his side. He
tottered and fell. and above him kneN
Lillian Breed. while before his eyes
she held the dagger.
"See" she cried. "This was your
emblem of triumph This was the sign
I'm xtThf xnt tt#nV 90 vi
was the instrument that twice threat
ened you and twice failed. but the
third time II wins. Phillip. you made
but one mistake. Had you put me nj
your side as your empress In this
sign" and she held the dagger point
upward 1--WE would have conquered
the world. but you re, .disted me, and
In this sign you die.'
a soldier struck the dagger from her
hand and bound her arms behind her,
ls 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
W '~e,s,, -.,s.SesN~.-.--
As they passed through the library
lensselaer's eye happened to rest
lgain upon that motionless, gray hair
I'd woman at the library table, struck
lown by his own Gatling, and as he
her lie 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
,orch at the edge of the steps, where
he cooling breeze might blow upon his
brow. He lay pale and rigid under the