Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-18

Alden noticed The ornate display o; jewels
s t the hantSas and on the able I5
syi se hIs As the ,9ss rs eata
tucked the hand.b into his own ;n..de e as
POCKET The dGEtor vas Ph,''s.1
other instances.
Suddenly tho figure Of the Master stirred,
The srs bosy wss . afs u s3sa
sfiSI AdsI b ran h toward the dosrwsy ara
Master now with his weapon S''
he to nd ~ bow brain:
now"
The Master chuckled and edged toward tho
his hts body to pass through; Alden, ourc Of
not noticing the wave Of a handkerchief a. q
signal to come outside.
nF Thsrs vas s.daen sha.sr
upon the roof OF the old house from tho ledge
trying vainly to awaken the girl from mys-
terious stupor.
head with pretense of Ignorance.
II ~ suppose they are blasting somewhsra
soundT'
,,, AS he speke hc pointed toward tn. win
revolver still held ready for defense.
sss% fTs" to the vsss
through the door across the floor.
The physician realized that here indeed
was death trap: that the dam had been de-.
crates, and that drowning had t'' been 1"' the
the Master for soa h ha
The cunning horror of 1T all was plain to
Nth Ks sSse
dered in the last few seconds before death.
sed The t 9y 8,
impending food. There was no escape
ing her roughly.
Tho High Master stood regarding him with
to Of '9Sy ths fruits Sf
call it, he said.
n, Alden ss, had caught the girls limp body
at the scoundrel who exulted cold blood
It,. he snapped out.
RI, before he could pull the trigger OF tn.
to the assistance OF the demoniac plotter.
walls
AID Alden caught tho body of tho woman h.
sweet to be able to die with her. he thought
nS fnnE psnks Dpp ,s
showers SLOW Of wet plaster One beam struck his
When he looked up again the Master had
disapnSared. as though by a continuance Of
s eTna The v1s table .,o and forced MS
The swirl OF the waters caught him up
n"a es to hod sa s sso
current ~
He caught ono glimpse of the great stone
ana IT haas % how the vii
o in9 nd The. he Was emerEns from the top
confederatcs.
On, on. the mighty current dragged them.
y cold shock Of the 1ater f had 20 accom- sor
now she opened the blue eyes
THANK God. Oh. Myra Myra"
.rs THIS s., was .i all he could say and he show
Myra did not restrain him Her glance
Iss the to saha spi EGw of his
again." 100
s' Il. sese ws so ,s. mss
ter. His thumbs went up with oienched fist
sas It %a thu IN threat the aey II
continued maievolence and future dangers!
Myra they stood there s' anRle d deep af IN
whtnT Alden With muttered impreeasion.
three men promptly Disappeared A"'
They did not come to view again. although
@ss a shs the ETi began 20 pick their
70 do%h the s nTea and Ia
was near where Pnyson Alden had entered
ing for him ''''i "A''-
ing; re ou, seSt been
the surprised chauffeur 3 Alden helped
Myra into tho
No. nothing but a little accident" no re-
piled. Hustle US home now. We're cold
the road" ~
=, As they rode along Alden learned from
Myra as much as she could remember which
was precious little He told her of his own
he brought forth her handbag she opened s
within ali" '"e f-''oo IN cash
How on earth could that hav. got tht~e7-
SAFE deposit box. Aud this money!
believe that the leader OF the Black
Mag CLEANS endeavored to do some high fnanc-
ihG before he changed back to his own BODY
n telephone message to your bank will eX.
plain what happened. Did you know that
You accepted Arthur Varney'S proposal OF
marriage this morning." -
The girl looked at him with horror Than
she began to cry. ~
oh. Doctor Alden. wish this terrible man
ma succeeded. for l would rather be dead
Then she buried her face in her hands and
anxious mother at the front door forced her
10 semblance OF calm.
We must keep most OF this from poor
dear mother, for she has already had her cur
or sorrow | don't know how i can ever
S'raiG hten out this tangle. There was never
more miserable girl in the world than r"
And then she and the physician spent an
nard a logica--and untruthful-series Of
episodes TO account for their condition
Aldens heart was sad as he finally left
them He knew now that the grip Of the
BLACK order was tightening He cursed his
own stupidity for not having lshot tho scoun-
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