The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-12-31

q von ~ ne SITUATIONS uncle
. rac ,an veciten noted the Man
q o Or irons es attitude all ness.
one s, of tense, alert WI mess z,anu 70
+ follow his ~ 'na' granger con-
suited bis e,'age declara-
ton of all . would have
fixed tho ,;, n0 We minutes till
midnight. -
ne advanced e 'aDie' IRON
v |; everybody shrank as la lar
as the confines vast room per
: mitted, and lair hand upon the
casket. Giauci.' nee more at the
watch which III held in the other
nand, he quieutmarked:
Gentlemen, rs CONN contains
enough Will > to wipe New York
off the man 5 connected with one
Of my time.l,s, set to detonate the
explosive At lnight precisely His
'ommandinggard met Theodore van
|echten 8, she added:
No one tier than you knows how
Kelly it is work without a hitch.
In the ering quiet, The ticking, as
a cloc which he plainly heard.
tier q melent he went on:
i shalllot take the time to apollo
le for It's interruption of your fes-
fties, because "-another glance at
), watcl--"only ten minutes stands
-!een this moment 6nd midnight.
Il lug, as briefly as possible, want to
n. it clear TO you that | am re-
10 ible for the occasion that has
NJ It you together mere. With my
n ed time-lock and permanganate
+. she only metal that will with
II uLe oxyhyrc flame combined
q. toaodore Van Vechten's business
\. nd his com handing position,
" VIZ
~ n he can persuade every one
r. - untry's fin. ncial institutions
/ tbonse an Atlas safe, whether
q ;,;., il or no, the concerns in
d prosbN*s oeen d pneiloinena'
e "Yool
|. .. tlemen who are fortunate
, Theodts ''le a'o' "''oiueis D en-
+ha an Nechten, are reaping
4 von.a,, gel nothing-the in
i an, On.
men | wy isoN ~ BUSINESS aou
|, ,na - Zen out of the company,
4 thot - take long to discover
: oIaaos ne of legal redress was
> that fact. e''o va - ~
Then VIII 49,, Co. ., nj
brilliant ey4 '. ~ ~ a,n;n y
audience. ~ ", 'A " 49, o .
situation as .Ao ~ Ifa,.aS
willed it, or wv .... ~.
force.
Now, gentle ,;..,,,,,,, hovo
been robbed of .,,,a om not
seeking vengea. o.h;no
nv 'o.iustice and com
nrons.:. n",pent months in
~, ~ 'o more than once
with sli;n, po,"sN AVE nearly me;
tbot >a,, tA' Il )u must realize
exact the uttermos - "
dues, Or else not on, -, 49,,
u III, YEA" ,lackmail, cal
tho fnat - ~ "3yer you will
,o+ " :" . to enforce
n orsoroa nd you-but
og tha sd 49, vi my share
pany, and ny lainstate. -. ~.
7 bovo 49, "",'i ',''e.io of which
MI, oN''s.lS uSp2d--"
" rotnrnas ~ -, I, men gradual
and h. 49,. " '' 'eau he table
ana ne now stood with hi ,,ds =,
the back CT his chair, com N11., -
garding the speaker The Ia wy ~
met the Man of Irons inteut,,, e'e'
he added: 'N' AM
or else ! shall annihila oou,
one of you and myself" He lev, ever =!
his watch asain. GU d
You al understand. You h, IT,.
SIX minutes within which TO ma. Jus
your minds VI
me Man Of iron was not of ths.
'hat Is easily frightened-a)seuu i
would not have been the Man of ~ ~
lie was taken unawares and rend' "
Oewildered-as who would not h.
'een put he was first to recover h.
SELL Ills voice rang out with an ,
horitatlve command that the cash
10 removed. '"'h
The intruder, with one hand sin
ng lightly at an end of the handson
asket the other still holdips h
'atch' calmly interposed:
Just a moment--sf you pjease
ave only to press a trifle harder : -
Ills bit of ornament and the evil
on viii be precipitated. | trust
" your sakes; don't care so m1,b
" myself-that you will NOT