The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-11-11

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plainly visible. Yet Go,drn's s"cr"-
rars .nI waited uUt. the girl aah
closed and locked the vault door linen
. hat ioaprl Tor the figure behlhH
t.r .ga-.ry.
but that intruder behind the dTapery
hat apparently not been altogether
unconscious Of the danger Confronting
him lie had 1T The sam" moment
sl9rsreppod nimhly through the quick
~ opened door, throwing an approach
ing and suddenly hysteriCai housoinalu
aside rs he had swept past h"r. Inc
retoubtlbIe Wilson. who had also at
tempted to block his exit, had even
more promptly gone down, KNOCKED
flat by one fierce blow. 1t had Deeh
then. and then only, that ManIey GlS-
covered the identity OF the intruder
/ He had caught sight OF the Scarreh
face, which even an ample beard tailed
30 screen. He had seen the rlEAI
arm oi wood which ended III us SIN
lister iron hook, and all doubt as TO MS
enemy had vanished.
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intertered with Manicys pursuit Oh
that audaCIOuS intruder. II had mere
~ stceled him in his determination
To close with that enemy 10 the mousse
of Golden. And together they hau
/ come. in that stately hallway OF Iue
miliionaire's stately home ike TWO
/ cave men battling at cavern mouth.
1t had not been a pretty hght' that
/ hand-tO-hand contest between the sim
/ bodied youth and the scar-iaced eX-
/ ploiter of evil, but it had been a des-
/ perate one. As Maniey, pressing stub
hornly on, had struggled to close in
/ on his opponent, Legar had discreetly
and nimbly backed away until he
found the double house door itself
/ barring his farther retreat. There
upon he had promptly shattered the
plate-glass backing the iron grill WORK
on the hinges. and had actually swung
one of these doors open before Manley
could gather himself together and
spring bodily on his escaping enemy.
They had gone down the broad steps
together. locked arm in arm, fighting
and clawing as ferociouslv as midnight
cats in a tenement court. And Man
lev with one hand on Legar's leathery
throat would surely have won, had
not a closed car glided up to the curb
along which thew were writhing and
panting and rolling. From that car a
vellowfaced Italian known as Scoop
had taken a prompt and active part in
the encounter. He had withheld
tinaIities. however. until Manley was
uppermost. Then, with a quickly
drawn billy" he had blackjacked that
youth into utter indifference as to
Legar and mvsteriously waiting limou-
sine and all the rest of the world.
Before Manley's senses had come
back to him he and the green-feath-
cred parrot had been tossed bodily
into the closed car. and. three minutes
before the arrival of the police for
= whom the white-faced girl in the
library had so frantically telephOned
that mysterious limousine had speeded
, off into the night, carrying not only
Legar but the youth who had been sc
, presumptious as to attempt to inter
| fere with Legar's exploits. And that
youth, as he still lay a prisoner in
J Legar's subcellar beside the East river
waterfront, was even more bruised IN
, mind than in body as he blinked about
that dim!y lit chamber and realized
+. the completeness OF his defeat
/. But Nanley did not altogether give
I'D. His heart still had the residence
t of youth. He still believed in his
r star.
What fretted Manley most. however
3 was his lack OF freedom. Rolling q
l little over on his side. he studied min
: utely the rough brick floor on which
he lay. After this inspection he
wormed his way carefully from side &c
side, lying face down and trying each
row of exposed bricks with his shoe
toe, in the hope of finding one OF them
loose.
He had deliberately tested clever
rows before he found any reason fol
hope in this direction. \ chill of eX
element ran through his tired body
in fact. as he discovered one brick
) which seemed less securely embedded
in cement than were its fellows. he
worked at it patiently, laboriOusly
kicking away small particles OF plas
ter, humping it with his boot heel