The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-11-18

further insults In my namsl A for
you"-and she turned to the young
woman who had slapped Mr.. Rensse-
laer; her eyes narrowed and grew cold
~ she confronted the girl-''take her
out and throw her in the lake." she
directed.
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, b to DO 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 stream Of
vituperative profanity SO vicious that
even Lillian. Injured as she was by the
past weeks experience to language Of
the sort. shuddered.
II 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. Rensselaer's throat and
stripped the rings from the unresisting
fingers. Even as she did this her mood
changed again. and she whispered. ut
Il the best thing for you" Taking the
Jewels In her hand. she cried. "A gift
from arist0cracy to equality and fra
ternityv and she tossed them in the
air.
A hundred hands reached for them
as they came down. and 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
die they hurriedly descended this. Lii
han 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 1t carefully
backward and forward several times.
II feared So" she said to Blagg. who
knelt beside her. 1.-THE combination
has been changed"
Blagg took the knob In his long. sen.
sitive fingers and. not looking at 1t.
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
slowly and gently, and then
smiled as he gave the ring Of the door
a clutch and pulled. The door came
open.
'Itb good thing that I practiced
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.
'Cashp he cried. "Cashl The
greatest force in all the world! The
great social dynamo! The golden lever
Of Archimedes! Cash! Salute your
Cash. loyal subjects, and your
masters master, the king Of Cashr'
Grandfather" said Lillian, hurry
Ing to him, "come with me. We want
to put this money away and lock 1t
up so no one can get It. See, you
have left all the doors open!"
The ,babble Of voices from the upper
part Of the house caused him to
Btraighten up. and his dim old eyes
grew wide.
flush! They are comingr' no said.
They shan't have itr' he suddenly
"It IN minel Mine! Every
dollar Of itr'
He rushed toward tho door to close
Il, 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 a.
be. came forward loosing two long
brown sacks from about his middle.
''Gather up the money from the door
6rst." Blagg directed, ''then take the
drawers systematically. beginning at
the bottom and working up."
Eagerly the men began filing their
sacks, with many ordinations 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
ID over the house like rats, seeking
what they might pilfsr Or destroy.
Continued next week.