The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1916-05-13


bank Is in flames! And what. wan
TO know, sir, is the meaning OF It all?"
The telephone bell interrupted Gold
en- as he was about TO speak
Yes. this is Mr. Golden's house
Yes. Mr. Griswold is here. What's |
that?" lie leaned forward for a mo.
ment. listening Then the receiver fell
from his flaccid hand My God, Girls.
void. your building is on ire The
Union.Traders' bank is burning"
The next minute Griswold was hur-
rying from the house and leapIng into
his waiting limousine.
Golden. sitting at his desk, stared
startled and vacant-eyed before him.
Yet that young secretary who was
so foolishly accepted as feather,head-
cd was. at the time being. anything
but idle. Ten minutes after HIS talk
over the wire with Golden he was in
a taXicab speeding towards the Stein
house on Maple avenue. A block away
from that house he dismounted, saun-
Legar's confederate as a bridesmaids
delivery wagon stopped before il.
Boy" he said 10 the youthful
driver OF the wagon, that housemaid
at the door there is my steady But
we scrapped and she won't even see
me. Here's dollar II you let me hand
I'm that box OF groceries for you,"
Sure, said the boy, al he pocketed
the bill Marley, whistling bithely,
carried his armful OF parcels into the
BRIDESMAIDS entrance.
My driver says these things weren't
paid for" he coolly announced.
"Dey vass paid for. efry ding yass
paid fort" cried the German girl
Then you go and tell him that
was the others calm suggestion. And
as the belligerent-eyed maid strobe out
to the wagon. Manley slipped in
through the still open door, dropped
his parcels and Stole quickly yet
guardedly up through the silent house.
When he came to a large room, half
library and half laboratory, he stared
in wonder at the strange apparatus
which stood ON table in the center OF
this room. lie heard the sound OF APP
preaching steps. He saw door on
his right and darted through it He
realized as soon as he had done 80,
that he had committed the fatal error
OF diving into a trap.
AS he peered out through the still
partly opened door he saw that Il was
the German maid who had entered the
room. Then she crossed 10 the closet
door itself. Strengthened the edge OF
the disordered rug, closed the door
and turned the key in the lock.
A moment later. Manley. with his
ear against the panel. heard the sound
OF heavier steps Then came the even
more interesting sound OF voices
Well, wat do you say OF Oldt Stein
now maybe? You still tink he talk
foolish ven he claim dose actinic rays
in conjunction nit converging wireless
impulses couldn't maybe start leetle
combustion Won or two miles away,
eh?"
"A little combustion, STEM" said an
unknown voice, you've peddled EN-
out like gunhre all over the damned
city
Manley suddenly ducked back be
hind waterproof smelling aeridly OF
acid burns. for footsteps had app
preached the closet door and the key
was being turned in the lock
The fugitive stood close against the
wall, draped by the waterproof, as the
specialized scientist CROPPED blinkingly
about for his housecoat
"Und you. Legar II you hlease show
me on der map choost vat remains to
be done Vich buildings viii you have
wiped out, ven der viping is still goot p
Manley emerging from under cover.
saw that the old German had left the
closet door trine open So moving
cautiously forward, he peered out into
! the room Clustered about the table.
bent close over the map. he could see
Stein and Legar and two of his un-
known accompllces. Manley advanced
silently into the room. crouching low
as he went For on the table he had
already caught sight OF the blueprint
or Stems protector apparatus. So,
holding his breath. he crept closer and
still closer. He had the blueprint In
his hand, bat before he could slip
back from the table edge his presence
was detected and his retreat cut or.
He darted for the window. going
through 1t like circus rider through
paper hoop
A minute later the conspirators
were after him But Manley. rolling
through a clump OF shrubbery and
doubling rabbitlike on his pursuers.
l lodged under cover by the time he
had recovered his breath and his wits
ne slipped unobseryed from the
grounds, rounded the block and
climbed into his waiting taxicab
Police headquarters, he told the
driver
Brief as was Msnley's visit 10 police
headquarters. that call resulted IN