The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1915-03-01


What qrc We To dp2' nakod hclp.
leBaly Of Kennedy. when We had r.,
Inst got him on his fcet
His head atill ringing from the force
OF tho blow or The blackjack, ,rni,
stopped down, then kneii In tho dust
~ The road. then ran ahead bit.
"hof" II Vas somewhat muddy.
(which way which way?' ho rut
tered TO himself
Thought perhaps the bl0N had NJ
feetod him aud leaned oyc Ia see
wha, he waS doing lustepl he was
studying the marks made 6y lhc Tire
ni the clntching Hand f,b.
More slowly now nn ,grrnlly wa
proceeded. for u mi6t 80 meant losing
the trail of Elaine
w" came To nnc bHr cfosHrohdH and
tho driver glnno'd II Cqig. "stop,"
he ordered
=. In Riiothor - amt he was down iu
IN" art. "Sei ~ az the rund gur fnnrkg,
THAT way he indicated. leaping
back 70 The running board
W piled back into IN. car and pro.
ec"d"d pader kenhcdy'u direction, as
fast ~ h. would permit. So Ii con.
/ ,innca. pcr'larH iug couple OF hours.
! At Inst Kennedy stopped the cab
nnd SLOWLY directed The driver Ia ve.r
Int" an open space thur looked partic.
, il"tN l"n"somo Scar II stood il onr.
Hioty brlck iactory building. rloaed.
bui not abandoned
81 looked about nj the unattrac.
tive scene. Kennedy already was down
on his knees IN the dirt again study
inr the tire tracks They were all
confused. showing that the taxicab
wc we're following had evidently
backed in and turned several times
bcfor. going ou
"sreHtcd by another Eet of tire
tracks" hc exclaimed eScitcdly.
studying closer. THAT must have
been the limousine waiting"
Labnr.pusly hr VAS following the
course of the ears IN the open spaco.
when one wgrd escaped him. Foot.
pram,'
lie wap up and on ~ moment. be.
fore wc could Imagine what he was
after Wc had Spr out OF the cab.
fnd followed him az. down "a the
very shore Of aori of co,e or bny.
hc went. There lHy . rusty, discard.
cd boiler ON the beach half sub.
merged IN the rising tide ht this
tank the footprints seemed Ia 30
rirh, down tho sand and Into the
waves. which were slowly obliterating
them kcnv cdy Ra1ed dut as II to
max" out possible boat on the hori.
zan where the cove wiacned ont
Look" cried
Further down the shore. n few feet.
! had discovered thu same prinia. go.
ing In the opposite direction. back to-
ward the place from which he had
Just come started 10 follow them
but soon found myself atone. Ken.
nedy had pnnaod beside the old boiler.
What Is IT, | asked. rctrncing my
steps
He did not answer. but seemed TO pe
listening We listened also There .
certainly was most peculiar noise
inside that tank,
Wan (, muflled scream
Kennedy reached down and picked
up rock. hitting the tank with re-
sounding blow As the echo died
down. he listened again.
. Yea. there was a sounda scream,
perhaps-a woman's voice. faint but
! looked Sat his face inquringly
Without word | read IN II the con
ilrmation of the thought that bad
flashed into my mind.
Elaine Dodge was insidei
First had come the limousine, with
It's three bandits. TO the spot fixed on
as rendezvous Later had come the
taxicab. IA II hove into sight. the
three welldressed crooks had drawn
rcvolvers, thinking perhaps the plan
for getting rid of Kennedy might pos
sibly have miscarried. But the taxi
cab driver and the roughfaced fellow :
had rcassured them with the sign OF
the Clutching Hand, aud the revolvers
were lowered
As they pareyed hastily. the
roughneck and the fake chauffeur
lifted Elaine out OF the taxi. She was
bound and gagged.
We'll. now we've got her what shall
we do with her?" asked one.
IT'S got to be quick, There's an
other cab put In the driver
THE deuce with that
Tho deuce with nothing" he re-
turned. THAT fellow Kennody's
clever one. He may come to- If he
ioes. hc won't miss us. Quick, now"
"See." cried the third, See that old
boiler down there at the edge OF the
water? Why not put her In there?
No onell ever think 70 look In such
. place"
With hasty expression of approval |