Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-12

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iron doors until. with Lillian BY his
side. he had thrown the last one open.
and there IN the vault, with q great
pile Of gold and bills scattered thtck0
about him, with his robe and crown
still on and his scepter In his hand.
stood Henry Breed.
"Cash!" he cried. Cash! Tho
greatest force In all the world! Tho
great social dynamo! The golden lever
Of Archimedes! Cash! Salute your
master, Cash. loyal subjects, and your
masters master, the king Of Cash!'
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
straighten up, and his dim old eyes
grew wide.
FLUSH! They ore comine! he said.
"They shan't have it!' he suddenly
screamed. 1T is mine! Mine: Every
dollar OF itv'
He rushed toward the door to close
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floor and lay quite stu.
As soon as Henry Breed was carried
out there was room for the full score
of men In the big vault. and B1agg call
ed them all In by name. each one az
he came forward loosing two long
brown sacks from about his middle.
"Gather up the money from the door
first" Blagg directed, 'then take the
drawers systematically. beginning at
the bottom and working up"
Eagerly the men began filing their
sacks. with many EXPLANATIONS 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 dnd 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 a
| terrible sound, borne by swift shad-
owy engines that swept upward along
the wide curying driveway almost
noiseless, except for a rush and a
whir. Out Of the purring silence
they burst upon the rabble outside
with sharp rafting hailstorm Of lead
en- death.
Kelvin and bis squad Of flying Cat
ings 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 1t in the
very doorway. pouring its deadly
blight back into the hall. They set It
up next at the library door and swept
that room as bare and clear Of living
humanity as IL 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, huddled 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,
had caught 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 a huge black form
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 a. 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 dght.
and these were too heavy.
Sam was shouting aloud. An IRE
sistible demon. he clutched first ono
thin throat in his mighty hands ana
cracked 1t and threw the limp. resist
less body aside and sprang for anoth-
err. and the second man to fall before
his savage onslaught was Ben White.
Biagy. with mighty oath. sprang
for Kelvin. who had entered just be-
hind Sam. but one Of Rensselaers
lieutenants was quick enough to inter
cept him. Blagg gradually bent his
assailant backward and IN the act
managed to draw the lieutenant's pis-
toll from its holster. In place Of turn.
ing It upon his own antagonist be lev
eled It over tho mans shoulder
straight ut Kelvin.
It was Sam who. shouting In a f.
YER Of savage Joy. saw that motion
and sprang to wrest the pistol from
BlagE. receiving In his own breast the
three bullets that the drearm yet con-
tanned. Then. his WORK done. he fell
heavily to the door, and upon his face
was fixed forever that same sardonic
grin that displayed all his snarting
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