The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-09

-Just thea The CD0teAlng Had ~
Dsarod- He cane etoalthily tAroueA
that window. which ~ had oponod. A
naomsnt ~ hssttated. seeing Elaine
asleep. Then be tiptoed over 70 the
hsd. let ~ ray. and for . Domeat
leoked q hsf. slespinG
second later be had thrust his
hand into hin pocket and had taken out
small glass bulb With q long thin
neck That was ethyl Chloride
drug which produces = quick anestAe-
STA But it lasts only . minute or two.
That was enough A he broke the
glass neck Of the bulb-letting the
/ pieces fall on the door near the bed
No showed the thing under Elaine's
faoe. turning his own head away and
holding = handkerchief over his own
nose. The mere heat Of his hand IL
enough to cause the ethyl chloride to
spray out and overcome her instantly.
he stepe away from her moment and
replaces tho now empty vial in his
pocket
Then he took box from his pocket.
opened it. There must have been 4
syringe and = bottle Of scopolamin.
where they came from l do not know,
Dut perhaps from some hospital. /
shall have to ind that out later. He
went to Elaine. quickly jabbinr the
needle, with NO resistance from her
now. Slowly he replaced the bottle
ena tho needle in his pocket. He
could not have been in any hurry now.
Tor It takes time for the drug to
work"
Kennedy paused. Had We known 1t
the time, Michael--he eof ! sinister
lace-must have been In the hallway
that night. careful that no ono saw
MIN. 4 tap 1T the door and the
Cntchins Hard" must have bechoned
MIN. A moments parley and they sep
aFateo- Clutching Hand" going back
TO Elaine. who was now under the In
uuencs Of the second drug.
Our criminal" resumed Kennadv
theughtfully. may have shaken
Elaine. She did not answer. Then he |
may have partly revived her. She
must have been startled. 'Clutchinx |
HAND perhaps, was half crouchinK.
with = big ugly blue steel revolver
leveled full in her face.
"'One word and shoot!' he prob
ably cried. Get up!'
Trembling, she must have done 10.
Your slippers and = kimono.' he
would naturally have ordered. She
put them on mechanically. Then he
must have ordered her to 70 out OF
the door and down the stairs. Clutch.
ing Hand must have followed, and as
ne did so he would have cautiously put
3ut the lights"
we were following, spellbound, Ken
nedy's graphic reconstruction Of what
must have happened Evidently he
lad struck close to the truth. Elaine's
eyes were closed. Gently Kennedy led
Ter along Nov, Miss Dodge" he en-
Outraged, "try-try hard to recollect
ust what 1t was that happened last
'ight-everything."
AS Kennedy paused after his quick
'ecital. she seemed to tremble all over.
slowly she began to speak We stood
'westruck. Kennedy had been right!
The girl was now living over again
nose minutes that had been forgot.
en-blotted out by the drug.
And 1t was all real to her. too-ter.
IDLY real. She was speaking, plainly ,
4 terror
i zee = man-oh. such = figure
With mask. He holds . gun in my
lce-he threatens me. put on my
imono and slippers, AZ he tells me.
am In a daze. l know what / am
oing-and don't know. 70 out :
18th him. downstairs. into the library"
Elaine shuddered again 1t the recol- :
'ction. ugh! The room il dark. :,
le room where he killed my father. /.
loonlight outside streams in. This
asked man and l come In. He
witches on the lights.
Go to the safe he says, and /.
1.-THE new SAFE you know. DO n
ou know the combination? he asks
q. Yes ! reply. too frightened to i
~ no. y
Open 1t then he says, waving that ~
vful revolver closer. l do SO. Hast h
Y he rummages through it, throwing
lpers here and there. But he seems \,
ot to find what he is after and turns -
way, swearing fearfully -
Hang it! he cries at me. Where =,
Sc did your father keep papersg l \,
lint in desperation at the desk. He :,
kes one last look at the safe. shoves -
the papers he has strewn on the -
'or back again and slams the safe y,
ut. ~ ~
Now, come on he says, indicating
tn the gun that he wants me to fol- =,
v him away from the safe. At the -
SIX he repeats the search. But he ~
DIS nothing. Almost l think he Ia
out to kill me. Where else did your
her keep papers,? he Kisses fiercely.
II threatening me with the gun.
I am too frightened to speak. .sut
last ! am able to say. II don't 4.