Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-01-28

bound Haasam An stole away from an
other exit. Il had been 9 narrow
squeeze for him. VA
zudora and Storm were left alone
in the house There were evidently
no servants And now that they had
time to inspect the room closely they
drew the same concluslon-th the
house had been furnished for this spe-
cial OCCASION. Storm set himself work
ing as best he could at the stout ropes
which bound the girl Once abe was
free she could easily iiberate him It
seemed weary hours 70 them before
the cords fell from zudora's hands.
She then hunted about for knife and
found one with an edge like razor.
"Are you satisned7" John asked.
ironically
"As TO whatr =
"That my death and perhaps yours
10 wanted"
Miner
Surely. And I'm going to tell you
what's been In my mind for weeks. IN
stake my oath that that precious uncle
Of yours Is back of all thls."
my uncle. John. that is utterly Inn
possible am his flesh and blood"
II tell you he hns committed crime
Of some sort and wants Us out Of the
way before we discover t."
"And what crime could he possibly
have committed that he should want
us both cut Of the wayT"
"I'd give year OF my life to fnd
out" bitterly. Come. there's no use
lettering around here The sooner we
get back to town the better And
when We get to town wei! 20 right IN
to Cncle Hassnm Ais study ana ask
a few questions,
"John. that would he utter madness
SWELL something definite may result
from It II you will not 60 with me
III tnlk to him alone"
"And come, to blows. MS you did the
other time. and give aim a good legal
excuse 10 harm you"
I've made up my mind" doggedly,
"Then don't suppose II would do
any kOOu W VIkuc Win yOu,
Indeed. Storm did waste his time ON
Uncle Hassam. as he now called the
mystic. He saw that individual at the
head Of the stairs and rushed up.
When he arrived at the landing Has
sam Ali had disappeared as etfectually
as II he had vanished through the wall.
which, In fact though John was not
aware Of 1t. was exactly what Hassam
Ali had done. John went downstairs
again, swearing under his breath. he
was terribly angry, and when ne nnal.
ly departed he left his sweetheart In
tears.
!, There was q good vein of stubborn
ness in Storms makeup. On the way
home be determined to have a reckon!
Ing with those hoary old scamps who
were working In Hassam Ais inter.
est. At least they could satisfy his
physical needs, that Of humping their
heads together. They were the manip-
ulators Of some devil machine which
bad caused these mysterious ores. al
ways In the vicinity Ut Zudora.
I'm the morning Zudora telephoned
tO,4lRTn, that Johp ! had gone out OF
town. lnstinctively she knew Just
where he had gone. poor, foolish lover.
and so she set out after him. distract-
ed. II WIS quite reasonable that the
twins would be expecting John and
would be prepared for his reception.
She therefore made the village about
IN hour later than John and hired the
)nly taxicab she could find.
John found very queerly made ap.
,aratus back Of the house on knoll
lie had read about something Ut the
ort. perpetual ray gathered from
errific heat. something like a crystal
ocused under clear sunlight He
Onld sense II mild warmth Ms he nGar-
d tia mild warmth because the re-
ectOrs had been nlUlnrntnriiy defect
d. not focused He knew nothing @
bout the house being mined ana
pady for his advent Tie drew his re.
DIVER and begun lPpppring the IN
prnal machine He could AT least
ut II Ont Of business temporarily.
aguely ne heard the runnhIe OF mo
" and tnrned to see ZudOrn step out
I a tnxitmh He waved his hniid. ana
10 came running up the nil On the
ay up she saw something that re-
embed burning fuse on the ground.
hen The horror Of the trap dawned
pom her They were to be Iured into
IL house and blown up
(;nsping. she StanImered forth her
scOvery She caught MIN by the
md and dragged MIN down the nil
u run Nome too sOOn The earth