East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-11-13

1TOm WhAN Eney SAID i #AlaMWI
they'd come there to finish ms Anl
TO ktdnap Miss Montrose. They werl
TO bring her here to the old dessge1G
house on the Durland turnpike Foaa,
know the place. One Of them wuz,
downstairs to wait for bsR
tackled the other. he had 3 halA
So I let him think he knocked M
out. Then as he bent over ms 1
got the grip I wanted. YSun And
him there, stf1l, trussed up and mees
unless some Of his friends have coma
for him. ! phoned your police station,
telling you what was up and
TT was you who phoned, An
right" admitted the n~eutenauts =
knew your voice. That's why We as4-
ed 30 quick on your tip, We WNn1
q minute behind the taxi IN gsA-
ting here But how
Then I put on the other chaps
mask and domino" finished STANLEY,
''to play the game out. That's ala
The man you want Is in
"But what in blue blazes al tAfs
young lady mean by saying Just now
that the man In the mask was Trux-
ton LAmbert,s murderer" insisted
the lieutenant Robert Clayton has
Just been arrested for
HE was arrested wrongly" broke
IN Florence. II know. For ! @aw tho
murder committedi"
"You? You did?" sputtsrsd The
lieutenant
"Krr. Stanley has asked me to be on
the lookout for the man I saw muir
dering his father" replied Florence
~And I saw his accomplice an hear
later In the street. / tracked him %
an apartment house. ! followed m-
doors to see what apartment no would
70 TO. Then some n seized me and
threw something over my head and
carried me into q room or q closet
that was dark"
I'm Vanya Tosca's hat7" ordained
the astounded Stanley. You were
there7 But"
II managed to work the cloth on
Of my head and face" continued
Florence Il was tied too fast 70
move much. But / wriggied to q lit
tie spot Of light 1t was a keyhola
/ saw Mr.. Clayton come into a room
lust ahead and hide behind a curtain
Then / saw a woman come into
the room with Truxton Lambert Tho
woman went away, presently, leaving
him alone. / tried TO cry out But
there was a gag in my mouth All a.
once Bob Clayton came doundeFing
out into the room from behind the
curtain. And a manor a woman
in a black mask and domino was
with him, clinging to Bob's throat
from behind, and strangling him.
Just as your father was strangied,
Harold Oh, it was horriblel hor-
rihle!"
'sThe Crimson stainl" exclaimed
Stanley.
She shuddered convulsively; then
forced herself to go on:
Bob seemed to be getting weaker
and weaker. He managed to pull oat
a revolver from his pocket but -ho
couldn't get the strength or eyestght
to use it. Mr.. Lambert jumped up.
and grabbed q chair. He held 1t as II
he were trying to hit the masked
man. Just then Bob collapsed IN o
heap on the foor-unconscious. Mr..
Lambert rushed at the masked nam
But the man lodged to one side and
caught up Bob's fallen revolver and
fired. / saw Mr.. Lambert drop dead.
The masked man tore Bob's collar
and tie loose and thrust the butt Of
the. revolver into his hand. Then he
disappeared. And III think / must
have tainted. For"
THAT can watt" interrupted tho
lieutenant, rousing himself to a sense
of his present duty. The rest Of
your story can wait, Miss MontroSa
You say there's a man in a mask and
a domino hiding in that closetT"
"Truxton Lambert's murderer.
Yes!"
Have him out, boysl" commanded
the lieutenant
A figure swathed in domino and
mask stood bowling on the threshold
Gentlemen" announced the masked
man airily, II beg to present myself
as the killer Of Truxton Lambert. 1
won't insult your intelligence by de-
Dying it. But-at the risk OF SEEM
ing rude, I wish TO say it win take
~cleverer men than any Of you to cap
. ture me-"
With a lightning quick gesture the
mar hurled among them q round
glass object he had held hidden In
: one hand.
The tiny bomb exploded with a force
| that shook the whole ramshackle
building and shivered every window
r pane in it. II made the men reel
drunkenly. II filed the Don with ar
: impenetrable cloud Of. sitting and
singing smoke.
o Through the smoke-reek the police
e and Harold CROPPED blindly for thell
prey; only to seize one another b.
n mistake.
d 'The door!" yelled Stanley a.
black figure darted past him in III
haze.
I" Following his cry, the police stumb
" led out into the yard. They wer
X Just in time to o the masked me
leap INTO the waiting taxi and Will
n cityward.
y The lieutenant and several Of hi
lg men sprang into the big red depart
ID mental car which had brought thef
is to the house, and gave ehasa
Swiftly they overhauled the tum
bering taxicab. AS they reached u
road that edged the elf. they we
almost upon their prey. The Lou
n tenant fred his revolver In the air.
At the shot. the tad veered sharpl
d, '1ost the road" and plunged over u
tn cliff edge into the dark water.
g. All search along the shore failed
to reveal trace OF It's chauffeur OF =
his mysterious passenger.
Tor Reluctantly Il last, the police gay
over the search until morning. a
,ut they trooped back 10 their own ca
an a bedraggied masked hgure In blac