Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-29
and pain twis,ins his face into mask

Iaint III was entlfSIy eScuSu bic.
Probably II gave her good deal moro
relief than amy consolation might
have offered her would have done But
no one had amy time TO n.lnistcr To her.
jimmy was busy lining his captives
against the wall and trying To keep
them both in order with two guns
since mine had come to rest In his left
hand with which the two men before
him mcrcifully didn't guess. he was
entirely unable even To pull Il trig-
ger.
Now. BEFORE Jimmy came TO No. 1865
Madison Avenue. he had called on his
friend ot the police court. and that
wise and provident sergeant had sent
two able members OF the force to guard
the house
Jane revived In time to see Clayton
Boyd and the man who sim remained
unknown to Is led away by the min
ions Of the law. A peculiar look OF
hardness had settled across her deli
cate features. She seemed unmovcd
when Boyd pleaded with her to save
him. suppose Cyrus Hamlin's daugh-
ter could not be entirely weak. What
ever suffering she had endured was
bound to bring out any latent strength
she posscsScd--or utterly to crush her
Twenty-four hours tx Il short time
Tor II girl to run gamut or emotions
Huch as she mad been compelled To en-
dur" The responsibility her father
thrust ON her young shoulders i'm leav-
ing her the Internal machine 10 d.str,,
must have walked her to so,n.thin, nr
womanhood. The lovers Quarrel with
IN" mas who wanted her to defy her
dead fathcr's wishes and the agony a.,
hndinS herself between love and ,lutv
hurt ncr, of course.
ihei came the terror OF the rhostIv
.S,'"i ana now at last the grim and
"SiI certainty that Boyd had int.nd.L
to use with dcvilish ingenuity her ,oyn
i"r her dead father in order Ia make
hr' Depart from the wishes of iL.t
dead father. ''
y" Il Peculiar reaction, she turned, ia
w. ''rcr''y the police had led from the
room the two men who had Matt,
to rob her. and she asked ne - ,a
"ouid IKE to sec the casus beln.
bE Jore. I'd like to see that iufer,,,
machine or your fathers" cried .Iin,n,x
WIN boyish enthusiasm rye alw,w.
MAD d lot or respect for IL tnrantuln OF,
l"'',esnnke when think OF the
ne" ~ dealing power the little cuss car
RES inside OF him--but an Infern,, mn,
chine-say. Miss Hamlin. | kowt,, =,
'hat ana TO you for ov.nlu. H. r,,,,a
on. girls '''e
when we reached the library whore
'"hc 'oid us her undesirable treasure
was Kept u fancicd that I saw arur,.
~ '"o SkulkinI men outlined I'm in,
WINDOW. But dismissed my idc,
/ moment later oN" ="
seemed very likely tina, was
"HS'erichl from the adventure of tho
evening. and ] did not wunt T., mil,
James burden heavier b,. ,.,,,,,,,,,ni,..,
ing my 'crrors To- her Al All rvcr,e
"nch Jane switched on the lights there
was no one to be seen
|hne hurried over To the heavy screen
Nnich vas set in front Of the SAFE ana
Wtth Jimny's assistance. she pullcd !,
30 one side
myers. she turned the comb urtI no
continuation yielded up its grin of
secrecy and the doors were throws
inside the steel wall WAS little box.
ifhe machine resembling the Dort:,hI.
/ t!pcWrlicrs one sees advertised 49,
weighing only six pounds and doiur .,ll
me work Of larger machines. rho
queer little box before me could dn
more deadly work than the l,rvc., NV.
full we'll. "'c"
ne inventors daughter leaned oye.
w GRIM niue black ho% and pointed
"u' me various part. Of its mechanism
:" US y, last she said, with a certain
grim enjoyment and pride in Nor
I i"'hcrs inventive genius III shou,d
Dress ihat third button il woulI .at
me 'i""kwork in motion-and I'm 80
".'A ,hc-haII hour from the time when
,"n'h"" II the poisoned gag would .X.
81 Inc
, % To- f'"t would he blown intn atom. ;,
| "u nave your figures down urettv
Co. S"'" jimmy. Just half AN hour
10" u to get In It's deadly wor;; >"
the girl '''e"'en
Md II carries everything within :,
h"ndr"d feet OF itself 10 kinrHon,
'',"c asked Jimmy carclcssly
~ more than life itself depended
on 'h"Sc careless questions
Yea ~ Ic
:" "scohdH OF lime and inches OF spncc
! Nl invention Ike tia, i,.N,oo tor,ihin
''-";-c" unless yp'i can control IL IN
me extent of Knowing cxnctlv hov,
rs snihI 10 act when YOU set i,
going said the girl
| Even while she w,s suc,,,;,u 49,,
our!y men entered the window. Thnv
| ''cpt upon MS 50 quietly that we had
IA" warning Of their approach I'm,
before they could overpowcr lIs Ji,nn,.
.s'ped across the room. slammed the
| uoor Of the safe with a wild revcrbcrn-
! ton and twisted the comb. Tho s.cra,
| continuation held the Internal machine
| locked Int" the wall of the house,
| '"' ;'S&hi!:.nts were maAkcd--hut
newspaper intuition told me they were
.,c"'ps,s OF ah anarchist gang Even
! the policeman who captured him b,d
! been unable To identify Eat;,un. So,
'Fup, e".~cio"cly had he Kept his in
! co2nitO.
ne men who had canturcd us turned
on jimmy with snarl and ordered
/ MN 20 open the safe again
'"h 90 H. my frenI-don't know
'hr continuation said he. airiiy
'ii* particular captor gave hi. arm,
!uick' 3Aiiitul twist after the efficient
i'cthoh OF J;ujitsu. Thri twist was
'o'iowcd by another twist of agony
W"ich crossed NJ. .;arton's face hut
Il" recovered, ant; smiled scrcnc, an
hounc!nE That hc didn't know the com
"!hhl ION ai" cou!dn't say whether or
not he'd comply If he did:
Ana thch my captor icrkc.l at nv
hand with horrible skill. which ;or-
ti'red me Jimmy struggled to lean I.
IN" rescue, but he (1r:,s hcipless {" de-
fcnd me. Again: and again The tor
turing trick was repeated fell nv
self hlanching with pain, ana won
dcrcG vaguely nov long could en-
durc
t Amd then jimmy showed thc white
feather.
You'd better open It. Mis-. IIrmlin.
tl,a,,.