Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-05-22


certainly was = most peculiar noise
inside that tank.
Was IL q muiIied scream!
Kennedy reached down and picked
up rock. hitting the tank with q re
sounding blow As the echo died
down. he listened again. III
Yes. there was . sound-a scream.
pffhaps4 q wonan's voice, faint. but
Gnmistakable
/ looked az his face inQuiringly.
Without a word / read In Il the con
{ irnation OF the thought that had
dashed into my mind.
Elaine Dodge was inside,
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first had come the limousine, with
its three bandits. to the spot fixed on
rs a rendezvous. Later had come the
taxicab. As il hove into sight, the
three weli-dressed crooks had drawn
reyoIyers, thinking perhaps the plan
for getting rid OF Kennedy might pos
sibly have miscarried But the taxi
cab driver and the roagh-faced fellow
had treasured them With the sign OF
the Clutching Hand, ard the revolvers
were lowered ...
As they parleyea hastily. the
roughneck and the fake chauffeur
lifted Elaine out o. the taxi. She was
bound and gagged. +. :.
well, now we've got her. what shall
we Go with herr asked one. Il.
It's got to be quick There's an
other cab" put In the driver.
The deuce with that" ... MS
The deuce with nothing" he re-
turned, That fellow Kennedy's Q
clever one lie may come to. II he
does, he went miss US. Quick, now!"
"See,d cried the third See that old
boiler down there at the edge Of the
wa1er?, Why not put her in there?
No oneu ever think to look In such
place"
With hasty expression Of approval.
the roughaeck picked Elaine up bodily.
still, struggling vainly, and together
they carried her, bound and gagged,
to the tank The opening. which was
toward the water. was small. but they
managed. roughly, to thrust her in.
A moment later and they had rolled
up huge bowlder against the small
entrance. bracing 1t so that 1t would
be impossible for her to get out from
the inside. Then they drove OF hast
fly.
Frantically Elaine managed to
loosen the gag She screamed. Her
voice, seemed to. be bound around by
thsIifon vans as she was herself she
shtlddefeh; lirtIe water was rising
had TAaehed heErG9fstland was stu
riai9g' - slowly ieef fH EEsHoliy VI. etgne a
What was thatg Silenee2 Or was
someone outside? .iii7'illliot R2ii
,ssiIs risk aiis 3nls5 StRs1nis'Hl
GoCllyslHh spitaiaf heosmeTsency,
kspHsaEs tsoE i4ntsa4 psFtloua tsituai
he lover a.' ei,d, .o tn the boiler, which
wag9 1bb 4 lsiahfp "a .thsL 4bidi} slieivihk
be2eRuahsIasa toihpistsiy htRaes96ats
terIsud imposkibis to SCI atiI5RRddess
the opening was small. DO small.r9i5a
Keapedy gazer ABBOTT ttEaptieally
and Ills eye caught the Sign on the
factorJsfiI ffayIi it5asfiiefi' s y tltff
.6NvKcBrHLENE WELDING Co :
.f!s . =. =
Some, Waiter be cried, running
up the shore,
A moment later. breathless. we
reached the doorway, It was, Of
course, locked Kennedy whipped out
his revolver and several well-direeted
shots through the keyhole smashed
the lock. We put our shoulders to It
and swung the door open, entering
the factory.
Beside a work bench stood two long
cylinders, STUDDED with bolts.
That's what I'm looking for" ex
claimed Craig. Here, Walter, take
one.ii I'll iitake the other-and the
! tubes-and-
We ran, for there was no time to
| Icsa As nearly as could estimate II,
theewater must now be slowly closing
over Elaine. So
What is, it, asked. as he Joined
up the tubes from the tanks to the
peeuliar hooSGke apparatus he car
RED 'sTG!F.
I'm oxyacetylene blowpipe," he NUT.
tered back feverishly. used for weld
ing ard cutting. too be added.
With light he touched the nozzle.
| instantly kissing, binding fame
needle made the steel under 1t mean
descent The terrific heat from one
nozzle made the steel glow. The
stream Of oxygen from the second
completely consumed the hot metal
Kennedy was actually cutting out a
huge hole In the sti1I exposed surface
OF the tank-all around. except for q
few inches. to prevent the heavy
piece from falling inward.
As Kennedy carefully bent outward
the section of the tank which he had
| clIt he quickly reached down and