The Washington herald., 1916-06-11

point to have the place surrounded by men from
the district attorneys ofSce-resdy for instant
action! There will be no pretence this time 2"
He took police whistle and a skeleton KEY
from drawer in his desk
IF there Is any suggestion Of dans~r DOM
wait, but blow this whistle Wen get invo the
place If we have TO break the building down p
And he looked as though he meant iti
Mona reached Madame sutro's place ahead
Of Mary so as TO be on hand when her friend A.
rived Still keeping up the deception which abe
had maintained 30 successfully abe evinoed keen
interest in the preparations TO take care of Mary
when the other put in an appearances. So clever
~ did she play her part that she managed 20
keep position in the adjoining booth when
Mary wss finally ukhered into 8 compsrtraero for
her second Treatment" Madame sutro kspt in
the background, leaving the details Of the MAJ
sage to attendant
Mona watched the attendant thr,uox , c-.,k
In the partition and saw the other step bach TO
take the prepared drug from q stand IN the rear
OF the booth Unconscious Of the substitution of
the harmless sugar. which Mons had MANAGED
while waiting Aary's appearance, the attendant
esfetully busted the supposed drug q hot
towel and held IT over Msrys face. Instsntiy
the girl IN the chair broke into q At Of violent
sneeztng, sinking back finally in q sort of r.upor
as she judged would be the case had she inhaled
the fumes OF the drug. Madame sutro stepped
softly into the room, followed BY Mona Nav
lay back against the head rest of the chair an.
parently overcome.
Instantly Madame sutro called male at
endant from the gambling house across the sIley
tha
secret pessage-away. Mona conceslipg b,rseB
behind a curtain in the corner of the room. Az
the two resppeared, the girl pressed the conceal.
spring ana stole into the Shsdowy aperture. holC.
ing her breath she made her way caution.Jy
forward. She reached the exit. and passed through
into the other house without discovery 81.
found herself in the room, where slstern had con-
Quoted her before. Making her vav through The
doorway, she entered q wide hall way r7In1i,g
the full length of the building. She saw stair.
way at her left. leading below, and remembering
the shrek she had heard on her previous visit
had ensnsted from the direction Of the basement
she picked her way down the stairs until she
reached lower hall.
At this moment she heard q low CIV from q
locked door midway before her. Dartine forward
she fumbled st the lock. as abe heard Narv',
voice from within
Z have found herr called May excitedly.
But, oh, dear, she Ia IN stupor, and 7 can't
rouse her! The scoundreis! whst hay, tb,y don.
to the poor thing7'
Mona glanced around hsr Desperately. ...ls
Ing for some method to open the door. A her
eyes fell on the stairway. abe fen back With
gasp Of disnsy. Madame sutro and tn. sts.n6-
ant were halfway down the rtAsrs-and esc.ps
~ss impossible! The same instAnt the pro
prletress Of the Beauty Psrlor. cauQHt ,isht Of
the girl, and raised her voice In . shr-If COM
msnd. "Ihere Is the girl, Sam Grab h-r wtdIe
call Dan" She dsrted back up the stairs vhne
the man, springng toward Mona caught her arm
In vise-lrke grip. As Mons rts ssered bsck the
door, behind which she hsd heard Mays voice
swung open, with the aid Of the skeleton Kew
from Carson, and Mary sprens into the hall
pulling after her the fsinting form Of . youns
woman Of about twenty, who stared sbout her
helplessly.
The attendant, Sam. srore at the sdstt, sad
raising his voice in call for reinforoelneatx.
thrust Mary back, with her companion and
caught Mona before she could reach the stair.
Two more attendants from the upper roornx Sd
PearinG at that moment, Mona was hurried down
the hall to a room at the extreme end. and heard
the door boted behind her as she wac showed
within.
1t was a moment when every second counted
With wild thought OF her police whistle, she
oarted across TO the window. Before she could
reach ii, the door behind her opened again and
Dan Slstern sprsng into the room.
You traitress!" he snsrIed. so you thought
you could put one over me I'll teach you NOT
70 try trick like that again"
Mona struggled in vain TO free herself from
ms embrace. The two staggered back and fortil
across the room, the girl lighting like Wild
cat as she saw the desperate odds against her.
table fell over with crash, and Slstern trfpped
against IL with oath At the opportunity
Mona sprang toward the window, seized heavy
water pitcher from shelf and sent il crashing
through the Panes There wss g shsttering Of
glass, and then she thrust the police whistle
70 her lips Slstern's arms caught her again and
the struggle commenced anew. But It was Of only
short duration
From above there came the sound Of q bs,-
serins ram against the outside door, sad a hosrss
command TO open in the name Of the law.
slstern threw Mona from him, and made for
the door. But he too late.
Hands up called a sharp roice, snd Casper
Carson, with two deputies at his sboulders tsced
the Boss with drawn revolver.
Where is Nary" called Mons, weakly
Here I am" And Mary Davenport. with her
hair loosened. and her eyes glistenins slipped
through the doorway, and into the Others arms
Before Mona could ask for her story, bow
ever Mary dragged her back into the hAT, and
into the room, where abe had found the unknown
gtrlprisoner Of the establishment The young wo-
man WIS lying on rude bed, with the same
vague stare IN her eyea
y have heard enough from ber 70 send Stat
ern TO the penitentiary for life r. said Mary ex-
cttedly. -Her name is helen Atnt>rD-e sseno-
grspher In Slatern's ofoe- Slstern discovered
that She had found out too much about his
methods, and that shs wss apt % be dangerous
90 he kidnapped bar bodily"
Mona whiried- Where it SlsternY she de-
manded- Casper Carson answered ths question
grtnly, ss he stepped into the room
He h on his way TO the district attorneys
othoe, with Madame sutro, and the other occu-
pants OF this den J congratulate you young
meni You have dons what I tried TO do for
months, and couldn't And now, II you are able
we will take the poor girl you have found TO your
apartment until we can discuss the situation more