The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-12-30

ment. Thus the right arm and RICH
leg were drawn steadily to the left
while her left arm and leg were pulled
TO the right
Forgetting all else save the blind de
sire for life, she uttered scream after
scream. each more piercing In its In
tensity and calculated to stir the pity
Of any man who had not heart OF
flint. All Singh was immovable. He
had deliberately condemned his niece
| TO death I'm this most loathsome and
degrading fern, and 1t was actually
| part Of his horrible project that the
sounds of her agony should strike ter
ror into the breasts Of all who heard.
| And then when the torture was be.
coming almost unbearable. when the
chains were taut and the great beams
exercised II pressure to which steel
bars. let alone wOman's delicate
happened. The motor stopped! For
some inexplicable reason the electric
current had failed!
At that instant the girl tainted. All
Singh snarled furiously at the man In
charge OF the dynamo.
IT cannot understand what has gone
wrong, o mighty oner muttered the
thug nervously. This motor seems to
be in perfect working order. I have
tested all the connections, and there is
no fault"
All Singh worked the governing
switch backward and forward. but the
dynamo did not respond.
There is temporary breakdown In
the electric supply" he growled.
"These white devils are incompetent.
even in their own scientific achieve
ments. Take that poor fool away and
let her chosen friends learn from her
own lips what It costs to defy me.
Make an occasional test of the electric
supply. When 1t returns bring her
back here, and the torture will pro-
coed"
Picking her up roughly, the men car
ried her to the cell In which Margaret
and May lay quaking. When her
friends saw the limp form stretched
on the cot they deemed her already
dead. Though their eyes were stream
ing with tears, they strove to ascertain
the nature Of her injuries and quickly
discovered the brutal marks Of iron
rings on wrists and ankles.
However, she slowly came back to
life again, awaking into a world Of
delirium and pain. At first her eyes
failed to take in her surroundings, as,
even In normal conditions, the gloom
of the place rendered all objects indis-
tinct. When she heard those well re-
membered voices and realized that she
was no longer In the torture chamber
she fancied in her innocence that All
Singh's resolution had given way.
And how had that failure of the dy-
namo been brought about?
Two people had listened to Najla's
shrieks, but with widely different feel
ings. At one door Of the torture cham
Der had stood Katisha, the odalisque,
her every feature showing malign sat
isfaction at the belief that she need no
longer fear a beautiful rival, who also
threatened to become a renegade. In
neighboring passage lurked Hong
Kong Harry, and the mans writings
betrayed the mental torture he endur.
cd at hearing the dying screams Of the
woman he loved.
At last apparently, he could endure
the strain no longer. but dashed away
like one possessed Of a devil Running
to cupboard Mt the end Of the pas
sage, he secured pair of rubber gloves
and strong wire cutting implement
left there by the men who had con-
nected the electric supply with the dy-
namo. Then he raced out to tele-
graph pole, not that nearest to the
house, but one well hidden among
trees.
Athlete that he was, Hong Kong
Harry found no difficulty in climbing
the pole. Active as a monkey, he was
now swayed by the strongest Of all
human emotions-and this degenerate
possessed a heart, though 1t was afro
phied by years of debauch and contin-
ned drug taking-the desire to save the
life Of the woman he held dear.
Climbing with incredible swiftness, he
cut wire, thus bringing about total
cessation Of the electric current.
Sliding quickly to the ground, he
raced back to the house. replaced the
gloves and pincers and hurried off to
room I'm which he knew there was
secret telephone. Making sure that he
had not been followed, he locked the
door and searched hurriedly In the tel
ephone book for number. Then he
rang up Enrol Manning.
Now, an extraordinary state Of af-
fairs existed in Manning's house. The
young diplomat had persuaded Bron-
son to go to bed. To all appearance,
nothing could be done that night either
to spread farther afield the almost
hopeless search for the three girls or
ascertain the full facts as to the death
OF Mr.. Bronson. ST., catastrophe so
cruelty described In the curt words of
cablegram from London.
Manning himself was in an extraor-
dinarily nervous state. A wearied
body craved for rest. yet an excited
brain refused to give In. but continued
its frantic efforts to solve the dreadful
problem presented by the abduction of