The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-04-16

We could now hear everything that
was going on in the library. Craig
was wildly excited. AS for me, | was
speechIess. Here was the vocaphone
we had installed. Il bad warned us.
But what could we nol
/ looked blankly az Kennedy. He
was equal to the emergency.
He calmly turned The switch.
Then, at the top of his lungs he
shouted Help! Help! Police! They
are strangling mel"
! looked at him in amazement. What
did he think he could do-blocks
away?
1T works both ways" ne muttered
Help! Murder! Police!"
We could hear the astonished ours
ing of the two men. Also, down the
hall, now, we could hear footsteps ap-
preaching in answer to his call for
help-Aunt Josephine. Jennings, Marie
and others, all shouting out that there
were cries in the library.
The deuce! What is it?" muttered
a gruff voice.
The man in armor!" Kissed Clutch
ing Hand.
Here they come, too, Chief"
There was parting scuf1e.
"There-take that"
"A loud metallic ringing came from
the Vocaphone
Then silence!
What had happened?
In the library, recovering from their
crock of surprise, Dan cried out to
the Clutching Hand. The deuce!
What is it,"
Then looking about, Clutching
Hand quickly took in the situation.
The man in armor!" he pointed
out.
Dan was almost dead with fright
at the weird thing.
Here they come, too, Chief" he
gasped, as, down the hall he could
hear the family shouting out that
someone was in the library.
With parting thrust, Ciutching
Hand sent Elaine reeling.
She held on to only a corner of the
papers. He had the greater part of
them. They we're torn and destroyed,
anyway.
Finally with all the venomousness
of which he was capable, Clutching
Hand rushed at the armor suit drew
back his gloved fist, and let it shoot
out squareiy in a Vicious solar plexus
blow.
"There-take that he rOared
The suit ratified furiously. out Of
it spilled the vocaphone, with a bang
on the floor.
An instant later those in the hall
rushed in But the Clutching Hand
and Dan were gone out Of the win.
dow, the criminal carrying the greater
part of the precious papers.
Some ran to Elaine, others to this
window, The ladder had been kicked
away, and the criminals were gone
Leaping into the waiting car, they had
been whisked away.
Hello! Hello! Hello" called =
voice, apparently from nowhere.
w AAflI 10 IAuLs NI1Nu IldlnVs
She had risen by this time, and wa
gazing about wondering at the strange
voice Suddenly her eye fell on this
armor scattered all over the floor.
She spied the little oak box.
"Elaine!"
Apparently the voice came from
that. Besides it had familiar rins
to her ears
"Yes-Craig!" she cried
That is my vocaphone-the little
box that hears and talks" came back
to her, Are you all right?"
"Yes-all right-thanks to the voca-
phone"
She had understood in an instant
She seized the helmet and breastplat2
to which the vocaphone still was at
tached and was holding them close to
herself.
Kennedy had been calling and hs-
tening intently over the machine, won
dering whether it had been put out of
business in some way.
ut works-yet!" he cried excitedly
to me.
"Elaine!"
"Yes, Craig" came back over tho
faithful little instrument.
"Are you all right?"
"Yes-all right"
"Thank heaven" breathed Craig
pushing me aside.
Literally he kissed that vocaphonS
as if it had been human!
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