The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-16

trr metal There gigantic track
cranes swung bowls rf i.,ald fire f...
crao.h',s 10 mold l,ls
And there rl, l4rrt.E !.-rr Poe.
wti1or,d hg 'hr -ud.. BRIGHT E..r
~. like r,.r,I Io.'I down ...
sandy paths between ..-a a.. ....
oven and caultrou cram. TH.r. ...
ing his way blocked O.. "a g-.u. -
rouIt.vy"i Ilhwu.-s Pc. .va.s
cathkc. up INTO rh. IRON uvtNutr n'
the cable hrll-.-. with his rur-.,-
still clos. 40 his heels And r..-.
midway across that srrk,.s'.... ..
roof. that echoed with ... .r-r p
rnglI.~uu, hammer, au. .I-,.,It.
a king cauI~un a. molten s-... t."
TWO mon cam. together
There I,-a- with a.- u.,4. . ...
hooked -.uu~#r t.t. 'h.. .-.. network
above his l.at -Nr,a about .ut
faced ms ,..uy And ...-. .- -H.-
rriwv hriig, high ano,. ,nn ....'Es
crimy wurkm.r Vlu l.s. -,..r ,.~-.s
and larnos and ,au.Grur- Pr. witness
the struggle. the two ,r.u... ..a
had so long and hrtrarlr OPPOSED ra.1
other. found Themselves .a.. to '..a
for their final struggle
Yet the man in 'lr yellow MASK
seemed the cooler s..fai ~ tho two.
for as Lcgar struck suar'rc ~ his
fac" h. duckod low ON his narrow
perch and az the same moment
whippod his revolver from the side
pocket of his coat Yet L.gar. with
a movement equally prompt. kicked
viciouslv al the fingers clustered about
the gun-butt before the weapon itself
could he brought into use The next
moment that weapon fell with a hiss
and splash into the lake uf molten
metal beneath them.
Then the struggle became one Of
tendon against tendon. Of strain'ng
muscle against muscle. ~ empty
handed mortal strength pittcd against
mortal strength. There. Ike animals
Of the wild. high I'm some Amazonian
ovrie. the two strangely ontangled
figures fought and struggled and
clawcd and struck.
In - matter Of more physical
strength Legar seemed 10 have the
ADVANTAGE And what under ordinary
circumstances might have proved a
disability could now be turned 10 his
advantage For the iron claw at the
ond of his right arm. hooked securely
into the network Of steel behind him,
b,ld him there without effort and
without strain His opponent, on the
other hand found it no easy task to
make sure Of his perch above that
ovor-irtir,;Iatiug cauldron OF molten
metal His arm shook with the ten
sion iurosoG on his ovcrtaxcd mus
clos His fingers became numb with
main threatening 70 lose their pre-
bcnsila noyy.r and even AS he fought
he weakened 10 a realization that he
must change his hold
II was as no mauruvered to bring
,bout this shift of positiou that the
.,.or.,,.atcbr,,I I oc-ar abort for the mos.
trivial advantage saw his chance.
Swinging his body suddenly free from
ito footing on the narrow ledge of
,notol whore no stood he pcndulumei
,or.ards his uoucntariIy unstable CD
norant throwing his feet forward and
rn,.ard nc no did 81 with all the force
Of football pIavor kicking a double
nuut
The force Of this unlocked for i'm
NAG, vas foo much for the man in the
mask He tOttcrcd back. caught fran
,icaIIv NJ = soot-covered steel bar be
side him droppcd the full length Of its
diagonal course before he could make
SIRE Of his clutch. and came into VIC
lent collision with the heavy iron
block of a crane ladle. There. half
stunned by the blow, he fell sprawling
across a polished steel cable which
drooped foorward between the block
and it's EMMY metal pot. He tried 10
clutch that cable as he fell. but his
spced proved too great and his over
taxed fingers were too weak. AS he
fell along it's polished surface. how
ever. il offered sufficient resistance to
carry his limp body beyond the peril
of that open lake of molten metal
which. his frantic brain kept telling
him. meant death. And as he dropped
weakly from the cable loop TO a pile
of molding sand lying between a cast
ing box and an empty spill trough. a
e,Cro of ,ra,cbing mon gava uttaropro