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

Two men, laughing cruelty, seized
hold Of her and began dragging her to
ward the door.
But can't swimr' shrieked the girl
"That's why am having you thrown
in the lake" said Lillian coolly. 1.-The
rest of you will take note by this that
Mrs. Rensselaer, is to be protected"
She started back toward the door OF
the smaller room. The girl. struggling
against the two who had her in
charge, suddenly burst into a stream OF
vituperative profanity so vicious that
even Lillian, Injured as she was by the
past weeks experience to language of
the sort, shuddered.
81 must have your rings and your
brooch, | think, Mrs. Rensselaer," said
she, and, swiftly going behind the table,
she disengaged the diamond cluster
from Mrs. Rensseaer's throat and
stripped the rings from the unresisting
fingers. Even as she did this her mood
changed again, and she whispered, ut
is the best thing for you" Taking the
Jewels in her hand, she cried, "a gift
from aristocracy to equality and fra.
ternityw and she tossed them in the
air.
A hundred hands reached for them
as they came down, and n clamOr of
excited voices told how popular that
action had been.
"Come on" she said: I'VE have work
to do" And, followed by Blagg and
his score of picked men. she hurried
through the little rear room.
They found the closet door open and
Its rear wall pushed back, revealing
the narrow secret staircase. Single
file they hurriedly descended this, Lii
lian at the head. and turned into the
wide cemented vestibule where an
electric light was already burning.
Lillian dropped down before the COM
bination knob and turned It carefully
backward and forward several times.
II feared so." she said to Blagg, who
knelt beside her. "The combination
has been changed"
Blagg took the knob In his long, SEN
sitive fingers and, not looking at Ii,
bent his ear close to IT, while Lillian
laid her bare arm loosely across his
shoulders. He turned the knob slowly
and gently he stopped and turned II
backward, slowly and gently, and then
smiled rs he gave the ring of the door
a clutch and pulled. The door came
open.
TITS good thing that I practice
those long. long hours every night on
that sample knob in my room upstairs"
he said as he went on to the next one.
Slowly, but with remarkable skill,
he worked his way through the four
Iron doors until, with Lillian by his
side. he had thrown the last one open,
and there In the vault, with a great
pile Of gold and bills scattered thickly
about him, with his robe and crown
still on and his scepter in his hand,
stood Henry Breed.
"Cashw he cried. Cash! The
greatest. force In all the world! The
great social dynamo! The golden lever
of Archimedes Cash! Salute your
master, Cash, loyal subjects, and your
masters master, the king Of Cashv
Grandfather" said Lillian, hurry
ing to him, come with me. We want
TO put this money away and lock it
up so no one can get it. See, you
have left all the doors openw
The babble Of voices from the upper
part of the house caused him to
straighten up, and his dim old eyes
grew wide
"Hush! They are comlng' he said.
"They shan't have IT." he suddenly
screamed. "It is mine! Mine. Every
dollar of itv'
He rushed toward the door to close
1t, but he stumbled and fell upon the
floor and lay quite still.
AS soon as Henry Breed was carried
out there was room for the full score
Of men in the big vault, and Blagg call
ed them all in by name, each one as
he came forward loosing two long
brown sacks from about his middle.
"Gather up the money from the floor
first" Blagg directed, then take the
drawers Systematically, beginning at
the bottom and working up. .-
Eagerly the men began filing their
sacks, with many exclamations of ami.
NAL qualification as the silken feel of
the paper and the metallic touch of the
metal glided through their fingers.
In the house above the gentlemen
and ladies of equality and fraternity
had hunted out the stores Of food and
liquor. These dispatched, they swarm.
ed over the house like rats, seeking
what they might pilfer or destroy.
They searched with almost whining
eagerness in every nook and Granny
large enough to conceal human life.
They did not find Zelphan, but they
did find Jens, and he faced them and
fought and died standing, as he had
preferred.
Had he remained concealed for but
a few brief moments he might still
have lived, for there came suddenly
upon the big gray house new and
terrible sound, borne by swift, shad.
owy engines that swept upward along
the wide curving driveway almost
noiseless, except for rush and a