Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-08-24

' Williamsburg Sadie. out of the silenc
of apprehension which fell over tn
J little group.
: you WILL" calmly announced L.
] gar
: mot on your life!" was the girl
3 quayering reply. I'm through wit
those people%
But you're not through with IN
yet, my girl. You're going to. take thi
note to Enoch Golden, and you're &C
ing totdo it without any risk. I'll cal
up Golden myself and tell him he'll ge
1t back, ten to one, II he makes {
1 single move against you. And besides
that, we've got him so beaten at thiI
game that he's going to cry quits thu
minute he sees we've roped in the las
of his gang, the minute / tell him II
i leave the. country on condition he
coughs up the paper!"
"And s'posin' he does weaken and
hand over that paper? Where do
get Off"
."You come back here with 1t as fast
as wheels can carry you. And II you
| move as quick as want you to move
you'll Just about get back in time to
see the finish Of your friend in the
yellow mask"
But Betsy LeMarsh's friend in the
yellow mask, for all his captivity, was
apparently preparing for that finish in
| a more active manner than was imag-
ined by his captors. For, the moment
lahe was locked in the narrow closet,
he had undertaken systematic
search OF its gloomy corners. That
search, however, was rewarded only
by the discovery of a group of insulat-
ed wires running along its outer wall.
Yet these wires he examined with not
a little care. And the examination
led him to conclude, both from the
nature of the wires and the heaviness
of the insulation about them, that they
were an integral portion of the light
ing system Of the hotel. That they
were not dead" he promptly discov-
cred by scraping away the insulation
tissue and bringing two Of the barred
wires in contact. This resulted in an
immediate hiss and spark of light.
And that gave the prisoner an idea.
/ By breaking" the current. he knew,
he could send a message needing
through all the nervous system of the
house. And at some one point, he felt
sure, that methodic play Of dot and
dash in the light bulb would arouse
suspicion and cause a search to be
instigated
1t was; in fact, in the Office Of the
hotel itself, where High-Collar Davis,
the house detective, leisurely perused
an evening paper for certain racing
returns close beside a rotund and
robinlike room clerk In red vest,
that an electric bulb just above the
register began to conduct itself in
manner that was first mysterious and
then challenging.
High-Collar Davis, looking languidly
up from his racing charts, watched
this light for several moments of 81
lence.
well, I'll be blowed" he finally
calculated.
whats wrong?" asked the room
clerk.
Instead of replying, the house de-
tective took out paper and pencil, and,
carefully watching the winking and
blinking bulb. wrote a number OF let
teTs down on his slip Of paper.
That's the first time" he solemnly
announced, 81 ever saw an electric
bulb talk Morsen
Talk Morse?" echoed the other.
Eyes, talk Morse, or never pound !
ed the brass for two years. And here's
what it has said, twice over. Help
room three-o-s even-help-help
The house detective suddenly stood 1
upright Say, who is In BOT in this
house, anyway" ~.
THAT vtrginian with his arm In a
sling!"
Then it's up to US to find out what's
going on in that rooml"
The Laughing Mask, In the mean
time, was no longer giving his atten-
ton to the wires along the closet wall.
But with his pocket knife he had al
ready removed the set screw from the
door knob of the closet door, Then,
swinging lightly up to the shelf that
stood some five feet from the floor, he
seated himself there opposite the door.
By grasping the two heavy clothes
hooks screwed into this door, and by
planting his feet firmly against the
sash on either side of 1t, he felt that
ae was not altogether at the mercy Of
his enemies.
Even as he sat there he could hear
he key turned In the lock and then
he sound Of Legar's quick oath OF ex-
as the door knob fell loose
% the floor, In response to his tug at
t. At the same time hope rose in the
,aptive's heart, for he could hear the
nuff1ed sound Of knock on the outer
ioor. And still again the prisoner In
he closet could hear Legar's oath of ,
This was followed by
he sudden impact Of the heavy wing
hair against the panels of the closet
loor. That blow, repeated again and