Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-15
THE WHIRL OF DEATH.
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my word for It, they are there and We
hide In them till midnight. when ev-
erybody has gone home. Why not
wait till midnight before vaulting the
wall? My good Langton. at midnight
the people leave the restaurant oppo-
site. since the law forbids them to
purchase drinks after that hour. No.
I can understand you didn't notice
the restaurant"
glanced at the clock as I put on
my hat II was half past ten. There
was Just time to reach our objective
comfortably, but none to spare. We
descended the stairs, went into the
street and took q motor omnibus for
Earls Court, where We got down.
To cross the wall was simple and
we were soon ensconced in the clump
of laurel shrubs. Earl's Court was
empty OF its throngs. and the proprie-
tors of the booths and amusement
shows were vending their tired way
homeward. After ten minutes more
We remained practically the sole in
mates of the gardens.
'Tangton," said Crewe, we've got
to find what is going to occur at that
Aerial Ride tonight / want you to
wait here for me while I go forward
and Investigate whether or not our
masquerading engineer has closed mp
his property and left. II need you
I shall blow my police whistle. Wait
half an hour; then come cautiously in
search of me-"
had no watch and the minutes
passed like hours. Once or twice
shivering there alone In the darkness
fancied / heard faint calls from the
direction of the bandstand. But the
whistle did not blow. At last, weariet
of my delay, and with cramped limb.
that demanded stretching, I set of
/ toward our objective. / passed tn,
chutes and the bandstand. The plac,
seemed wholly deserted; not even /,
Waterman was to be seen anywhere
AS drew toward the Aerial Ride
noticed a faint glow from the base
ment in which the mechanism was lo
Gated. Over my head the boats hun,
idly and emptily against the sky
D Then
An arm was round my throat, con-
pressing 1t SO that could utter n
sound. Ny head was forced back tn
the vertebrae felt on the point o
breaking; and I was staring into tn
. malignant eyes Of Shay.
!. He was quite mad, furiously and II
l coherently mad, and, as he held m
0 in his powerful grip, he babbled on
his triumph.
I've got your friend" he criet
"But you'll come first and he'll wait 1
the engine house. I'll mash you. 20
| sneaking lawyer. I'll smash you, I
crash you into plum pudding and Ia
| you down in Earl's Court Rosd. ~
! proved It," he went on, gesticulatir
wildly with one hand but never r
, leasing his strangle hold. "One NOR
n two more bodies found tomorrow ar
all London will go crazy over my 1
strument. You don't want to di
Langton? Why. you will be q mart,
to science, you will prove tho tru
Of what told the world, you will o
sist me to overcome the interes
y who have fought down my inventit
y for the benefit of the human rae
Is Come along, come along, come tc
y fully, Langton. I am going to G
q plain it to you before you go throul
"a the air"
rs was as helpless as an infant In /
- clasp. Still throttling me, he bragg
me up the fight Of wooden steps th
u led to the Aerial Ride and deposit
"a me in one of the motionless boats th
4s swung round a wooden platform. The
gibbering like a mailman and utteri
Is meaningless cries, he gagged me a
y began binding my arms and legs vi
II a coil of new cord.
q You know the principle Of Il
" fight" he said In calmer tones. ~
"A know how the centrifugal force kee
"a the boats out from the center OF
"a pole and keeps you in that boat.
~ what ride you'll have! We ne'
~ send our patrons alta speed grea