The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-14
The Novel Experiences Of Guy Garrick Detective

! Evidently Vesta. having gone so far
| had little conjunction about going
| farther.
Yes" she murmured.
! At once Marshall was alive to the
danger. All the stories of white
slavery, of kidnapping that he had
ever read rioted through his head. lie
felt like calling out a warning. Yet
Garrick still delayed his finger on the
! switch Marshall did not realize that
seconds seemed ages to him. All he
knew was that now that il had been
put to GarriCk face to face he WAS
playing a cool, calculating game
weaving web tInt would have II"
mcShes through which the arch
criminal might escape
y little cry came out of the ma
chine.
"what-you here" Vesta exclaimed.
apparently rising.
Yes. Vesta." said mans voice
Don't he alarmed"
But the jewels
Z. Jewels" You shall have those and
thousand others. Ncsta. Jewels"
What are jewels to me who have only
to speak the word and wait and any
jewel in the world will lie mine
There is one jewel-I-I want" he
concluded passionateIy-'you
Apparently he had approached her.
NO-nO-n she ftCOlled In horror.
IF not willingly. Ncsta. then 10y
force. !
You do not dare. All tho money |
have will he poured out by Truxtou
to get IN" back and run you down, if
you dare"
He laughed grimIy.
. Money You haven't Il penny. Your
brother owes me on stocks more than
hrs and your combined fortunes-every
of IiGfa
YOU are poor girl | am rich
man All he had belongs to me now
and more. much more. Yet all is
yours. Come
She apparently had run from him
and found the door locked
Then shall-take you"
Garrick quickly depressed the
switch.
clear as hell his voice rang out:
"Nesta-this is ,;arrick. Reach into
your haC-the pistOl-shoot-point
blank. Quick. / shall be with you in
a minute"
There was a moment of startled
surprise in the room below. then fol-
lowed a hooking laugh
"Ha, ha' | thought you'd pull some
thing like that. GarriCk. | don't know
where you are. But il makes no diff
ference. There are many ways of get
ting out of this place and at two OF
them have 4 high powered limousine.
Vesta-will so-quietly- there
were sounds OF struggle-"after the
needle
\ scream had been followed imme-
diately by the crack of a shot. ringing
out through the vOcaphOne.
\ thud of some one heavy fall
ing was followed by a CrOan. In the
instant that had interviewed between
the effects of the needle. after she
had avoided tho handkerchief, Nesta
had fired the shot.
Garrick had already picked up the
heavy suit case md was running down
the steps two at a time, Marshall
hard after him. Without waiting L"
ring the bell, he dashed the suit case
through the plate glass of the front
door, reached in and turned tn"
lock. They hurried through /" the
last barrier into the back room.
Lucille had fed.
As the light wooden door yielded
to their united shoulders. they found
that the room was full of sitting va
por.
The windows-open them-air," or
dered GarriCk.
Marshall rushed bIindIy to the win
dOws. He could see Vcsta lying across
a divan. more beautiful than ever
her form showed incrtIy through her
filmy dress. GarriCk bent over and
felt her huttering pulse. looked into
her dilatcd eyes She had evidently
been struggling blindly to the window
for air also.
As he managed to smash pane.
then manipulate the catches Marshall
saw Garrick drop on his knees beside
the girl. He had quickly opened the
heavy suit case. \ moment later. he
had taken from il 4 sort of cap. at
the end of a rubber tube. and had
fastened it carefully over her face
Pump Garrick muttered to Mar
shall, quickly showing him what to do.
He did furiousIy. GarriCk stopped
down and picked up the little ivory
handled pistol from her nerveless
grasp.
1T was that that saved her" he
exclaimed. the German secret service
chemical pistol that shoots cartridges
of gas instead of Notwithstanding.
stupefyinG on with that pulmo-
meteor. Marshall. Thank heaven came
prepared with it,
At last a feeble moan and a flut-
ter of the eyelids indicated that she
was coming out from the effects of
both the gas and the drug.
"Truxton." she moaned over and
over again. my money! Has he real
ly got it from you? Oh. Truxtou.
TruxtOn, how could yOu-how could
YOU"
There was deep cough and a
sneeze from the other side of the
room. Garrick was on the man with
both knees in an instant. \ bright
steel CLEAN followed and pair of
handouts snapped over his wrists
All this Marshall caught out of the
tail of his eye as he continued to
supply oxygen to the lovely girl be
fore him. The figure at the other end
of the room struggled in returning
consciousness with an imaginary Zoe.
Garrick had already withdrawn from
his hand a little glass syringe such
as the eudormeurs used. and from his
pocket he had taken a bundle of pa
pers in Capacious wallet
He turned up the light to look 1T
the papers.
Marshall looked at the man.
II was HarrinEtons
What does ii all mean he asked,
as GarriCk read eagerly.
Let me up. you-you-Chateau-
rouge-you French dude" Harrington
was raving in the delirium induced
by the sitting vapors OF the pistol.
II ct me up. I say. | hold your |. o.
Us too for that mortEaged estate
of yours-pay,-pay' Ha!-you can't.
You know it. Then the girl is mine
stand out of my way-where-where
am To-
Blinking. suffering. choking. ne
suddenly became aware that he was
dreaming and that the struggle was
with the steel OF the handouts not