Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-11

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CHAPTER vi.
Secret Service to Rescue.
I'm retreated farther behind the
velvet portieres. Somewhere on
. that first floor and probably in
the rear Of the hall there must
be telephone, and plan suddenly
had matured in bis mind. He stole
noiselessly to the other door Of the
dining room and peered again into the
Ill lit rear hall. Everything was quiet
there. The silence at the door of the
den told that Bole was still securely
bound and could not have succeeded
In removing the gag. Jim went past
the den and found another door. He
opened It and looked into kitchen
entry. He went further and found
another door. This opened into a
closet which was dark until the door
was closed again. Then an electric
light burned overhead, and Jim found
himself facing a little desk upon which
a telephone stood The number Of the
telephone was printed upon a paper
strip under the nickel guard Of the
transmitter. A Chicago city directory
was upon the desk, and Jim. laying
down Bole's revolver. opened the book.
He turned to s. D. Marlatt's name and
read the telephone number opposite
his residence address. It did not cor.
respond with that upon the instru.
ment
This residence, then, was not Mar
latt's.
Jim lifted the receiver and called the
number given In the book as Marlatt's
office. Sibert and his men could not
have visited Marlatt's Office and gone
AWAY before he got there. II they
went to the Office at all they must
lhave arrived after Marlatt and his
companion had taken Jim away. In
that case Sibert might be at the office
NOW. Jim heard the burr Of the ring
ing signal, but twice before some one
at the other end Of the wire answered.
ID was not Sibert's voice unless it was
utuch disguised.
who is thisT' Jim asked.
The voice repeated Marlatt's Office
number. II the man at the other end
was spy he was being cautious. IT
htf was one Of the secret service men
hes evidently believed that one Of Mar
latts agents must be calling. Jim
spoke quickly. us Mr.. Sibert there p
'fMr. Sibert thereY' The man at the
other end seemed not to have heard
the name.
III he Is there tell him this is James
Asshby, whom he met tonight. Tell
hi m to come to the phone. and will
prove it."
Describe Robert wendellw The
voice at the other end altered sudden
ly to sibert's.
Jim complied quickly. sibert in.
ferrupted him after an instant. "WeIl.
Ashby, what is 1t2"
Il am at -" Jim read the mum.
bier Of his telephone to Sibert. 1T is a
large, fashionable house, sibert. I do
net know what the names of the PEG.
pie are or where 1t is, but believe it
Isl not Marlatt's."
li("One of my men is now calling GEN.
{ raj on another phone to find out where
YOU are talking from. Go on" Sibert
objected.
IT went to the office from the sta
hpn."
II supposed So" Sibert commented
grimly.
II would have waited for you, but
saw light. Some one was up there.
! went in and was attacked. There
were two men. Sibert. They knocked
ME out and carried me away. They
carried away everything they wanted
from the office too. I was tied when
i came to myself, but l got loose. I'm
free in the house now, and they don't
know it." Swiftly he related what he
had seen.
Sibert gave him directions CURLY.
"We know where you are. You're
about mile north Of the river and
two blocks from the lake. We will be
there within ten minutes. If they've
guards outside, as you say, we can't
surprise those inside You are to
watch what they do with their lists
and other papers, and IL they try to de-
stroy them stop them. Take a chance.
After you hear disturbance outside
you can count upon our coming In
within thirty seconds. Understands"
II understand
The receiver at the other end was
hung up. Jim sat still. listening. Some
one was passing in the hail-a man by
the heaviness Of the tread-and then
there was silence. Nothing indicated
that any one had heard the talking at
the telephone, but Jim waited in the
closet before he opened the door. Find
ing the rear hall empty, he crossed to
the, dining room. He hid toward the
center Of the big room now, contenting
himself with listening to the voices Of
those In the salon and not trying to
see for fear himself Of being seen.
With Sibert and his men coming the
essential thing was to keep himself
free to act when the crisis came. The
work Of the men and the women in the
salon seemed to be proceeding in the
Same manner as a few minutes before.
Then the tall man. who was directing
the others, stepped into the hall. He
went directly back to the smoking
room. in which Jim had been confined.
and, trying the knob, he exclaimed.
with surprise at finding the door lock-
ed. He knocked upon it and. receiv-
ing no response, called: "Bole! Bole.