Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-01-14

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white light. w.
II tell you, Jean, you must do as |
say! II We want to get possession of
those papers and secure the mine we
must actv'
Twill you be quiet" Mrs. Darnell's
eyes blazed in angered resentment.
What were the voices saying? Ruth
sat up. listened, slipped from the bed
and tiptoed to the curtains. :'.,-
you'll do as l say or
Harry"
"Oh, come, old man. What's the
use Of all this argument?" and Drake
laid his band on Wilkerson's arm re-
strainingly. Their eyes met. Wilker-
son Gained himself.
"Oh. all right. As you say" And
he stepped to Jean and turned her
around to him.
Slam! Bang! ..
Hello, hello!'
With one rush the trio were upon
her. Mrs. Darnell seized the affrighted
girl and dragged her from the phone.
She screamed. ~, -
"Stop her yelling! Stop her" com
manded Wilkerson. '
George. for Gods sake, do some
thing" ~.
With her hand over the girls mouth,
Mrs. Darnell held her by sheer
strength. while the always cowardly
Wilkerson screamed his commands In
Il louder tone than those Of the girl had
been, , ,.~ - ~,s9. s':tt'
Her head fell back. and her body
became limp.
"She's tainted! Call a taxi at once!
We must get her out of this hotel"
In less than Eve minutes they were
shooting down the elevator. Another
quarter minute and Wilkerson, with
the unconscious form of the girl in his
arms. her face covered by the cape. of
the maid, was rushing across the lobby,
preceded by Drake. Mrs. Darnell stop
ped at the desk long enough to throw
down a twenty dollar bill. 80" "
1.-THE girl is sick, and we must hurry
her to a hospitalv" she managed to
gasp. ! -.
Before the d%umfounded clerk or the
amazed guests could stop to act they
were out of the hotel and in a taxi.
The house detective sprang from al.
most out Of nowhere and in q second
was speeding after the fleeing ones,
accompanied by another plain clothes
man. q .' FL
They sighted the first taxi as 1t
rounded the corner Of Powell and Eddy
streets. T.. r.. =
Keep that car in sight, and catch it
If you can"
The chauffeur made answer with his
foot.
As the detectives saw the course the
other car was taking they both mur-
INJURED, chinatown"
Into the realm Of the yellow mar
shot the auto.
Before a doorway Wilkerson stopped.
Rap! P%ause-rap! Rap! Pa%use-rap!
A face appeared al the door creaked
open. the face of a Chinaman, deeply
lined, the almond shaped eyes scarcely
visible through the nearly closed lids.
A signal and a whispered word from
Wilkerson.. and the door widened the
opening. and all passed through.
With a whisk it closed. p =
Around bends and corners and down
Eteps. another bend and another flight
Of. stairs. Then along a long corridor,
where scarcely a ray Of light was visi-
BILE. All the time the shutting feet Of
the little yellow man could be heard in
the advance. IL .-.a. ~.
Then a door stopped the procession.
Another series of signals. Another long
wait. The door opened with a pecu-
liar rumbling sound. They, entered q
Queerly arranged room. At first glance
it seemed very small. but as the eye
travelled around its walls its strange
shape gave one a feeling Of fearsome
apprehension. 1t was completely cyl
indrical. 81, D" Es
Wilkerson at a sign from the China
man laid Ruth on the floor and a Chi.
nese woman shufled to her at the beck
q the yellow man. Leaving her III
! the charge Of the oriental. the Others