The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-01-22

speckled with tobacco ash, and chem
ical stains invited attention. But his
forehead was all right, and his eyes
kindly, if keen.
"Ah, you are Miss Zudora. Your
uncle telephoned to me that you would
be here. / don't take the average run
of photographs His voice was ener-
getic. There was Teutonic burr to 1t
for all that his name was Green. But |
Zudora did not notice this at the time.
you see," he went one, "Th some |
thing of an inventor. One OF these
days I'm going to revolutionize photo
graphy Now, if you'll just sit down
| for a moment until l finish the plate
Pm working on I'll be at your ser
vice"
He returned to the darkroom. But
| he did not bother with any plates In
stead he placed his ear against tele-
phone like object and listened. Has
sam Ali was not alone, evidently, in
| the secret of the man in the room
above. A scowl crossed the face or
Green, and he muttered an oath in
German. When he came back to Iu-
dora he was smiling.
Now then, you want full length or
head?"
Just the head. / want something
unusual"
You've come to the right man,
then.
He took a piece of wood from his
flat desk. The wood was highly polish
ed. From a shelf he took down
beaker and poured some of the liquid
upon the piece of wood. Then he
took some liquid from another bottle
| hn wood
the same time holding the square in
front OF Zudoras face. Next he threw
on some dark liquid.
Behold" he said, enthusiastically.
why" she cried astounded Il
never saw anything like that"
Few have he declared. Now
come tomorrow at 3 and I'll have six
for you, on wood. steel, copper, iron
cloth and celluloid
When | can make this cheap, I'll
putt the average camera into the dust
bin"
And Zudora believed him.
Meantime the secret service was
burrowing and finding nothing; the
Starr comrany was still at logger
heads with the men and Storm was
striving with might and main to adjust
the differences; two more golfers
! had gone to the bottom mysteroussly.
: The day that Zudora came for her
photograph was to be red letter day
, among her experiences. Hassam Ali
5 had preceded her, and while she was
comforting with the photographer he
: was working to gain his ends. That
the inventor should be made the scape-
r goat was nothing to him. He saw
. nothing but untold millions in the
near distance. But unfortunately for
, his schemes he had reckoned without
Fal Green's photography.
Hassam Ali, despite the inventors
e protests had cut an aperture through
the floor so that he could see what
t was going on in the room below. AT
v favorable moment he thrust re-
volver toward the inventor
Now he whispered
d at is murder!"
y Now, or | will shoot" Hassam Al
had taken the precaution to disguise
S himself. The elevator boy would new
T" er swear that such and such a mar
o had asked directions, and the law
S would never be able to find such {
n man Hurry
e Just before this, however, Zudora
d being alone for moment, thought SHE
y
" picked up one of the beakers to learI
: if the sensitizing liquid contained eth
err, when the bottle slipped from he
: hand and crashed to the floor. Almos
instantly she saw two faces form upol
the liquid She looked up quickly i,
is time to see two heads withdraw an,
heard rattle of wood as the aper
e tures's covering fell into place.
u, What could it mean? She steppe
10 back to the wall She waited breath
:. lessly, but nothing happened. He frs
|! thought was that some one was tryin
to steal the photographers secret an
re she became determined to fruStrat
this base plan.
When HasSam Ali looked again i
n order to direct the ray of the inver
tor, Zudora was gone! She had evi
st IDENTIFY seen something! He felt a
re urgent need of getting away at once.
ID Oddly enough, she passed him j
lie the upper hall as he was making fo
Ell the elevator. So intent was she upo
a. her own quest that she gave the ma
er but passing glance
Inventors are generally careless
lg all things save that upon which thei
n thoughts are set 1t never occurred
lie the inventor of the destructive ray
lock the door after the flight of tn
I'D man who professed to be his frien
al but who was in reality the worst ent
p my he had. So Zudora had no difficu
ia ty in entering the room. She did s
We as noiselessly as a cat.
at Wha she saw confused her at frs
Ii There was the noble bay and tt
g. ships going down to the sea. But VIII
he signified all these retorts, wires, Ike.
n 4 IL L., IL
d. with all these strange things about hi
he would contemplate the robbing of n
es other mans secret. She heard Il
I'M man mutter a few words. Her hea
n missed a beat! Quietly as she h;
lily entered she stole forth. What shou
af- she do? How could she act in the ia
er. of this tremendous discovery? s.
Ter must see Storm and ask his advice.
his The inventive photographer had n
cts been inactive all this time. He ser
ed danger when he saw that wei