Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-25

! inglH The Masters face had now H.
| come disccrniblc I'm the growing i,nhty
| The evil pontift Was posed as usnai
win MS thumbs in the diabolical. horn
| IKE gesture, his face appearing ohovs
the black altar. lie lowered his h,n,
and claw-tikc fingers drew forth
! white vial, filled with some liuuid
pearinE before the anxious eyes OF ~
| gardener.
And SO YOU have obcycd me, Va,
have earned forgiveness and life"
Yes, Master But he quick t
tn" poison gnawing 1T my heart ,yar
now"
The gardeners eyes dropped bcf,r.
the piercing bite of the Masters som
Der eyes. The Master rose f,o, i
position, taking his fingers away frnn
the coveted Vial. The gardener s,on,
up. arguing, pleading with a frenzi.,
Intensity.
You fool" snarlcd the ruler OF Nv.
riilainous cult. you lie. You ar.
blundcrcr. know the truth ~
cannot have the au,lote-you mn.
meet the fate which is dccreed b.. ,he
order. Death is your portion now
The gardener cunniuviv noticed ~.
isolation Of the vial His nrr.re
closed convulsiv"ly about it. Appar.
entity yielding TO tn" Inevitable. he
droppcd ms mead and turned away.
secrcting the vial The Master and H.
leader Of ceremonies exchanged Slnics
III" left the room without intcrcodanre
once in the outer apartment. he nm.
ri"d!y left the place. Down lon.lv
lane he ran. free from the fear of ,he
brotherhood Tic ran into Arthur
Narncy, VIII" pointed an accusing fngcrM
ut him
You have failed" cried tho la,tor
an.rily. Il vii! tell the Master"
Il know failed" cried the man
cxul,anty. blu, have obtained las
autidotc,'
With the words he rulpcd down the
contents Of tho vial and ran ON varnov
started I" follow. and then changed
his mind II" Guickcncd his pace and
was soon IN TIA" company of tho Master
F"ar not. Narncy. the man viii earn
ms own reward The frs, pill he took
was harmless The contents ~ the
rial-which he stnl. from ho-waro-
well, b. VIII find Out, b"
Narncy did not understand gu, AN,
sid" Of the Maynard mansion III. "a,
dencr WAS staggering with iucr.a-,,,
weakness A!d"n was stepping dom
from tho porch t. the ground -.
pointed toward the gateway ,xc!,ed.,.
Look. her" hc comes now
AS he spoke a policeman had rrasr.d
n" man and was dragging him INTO
IN" Fat"waN Tho gardener lost con-
sSi"uSh"SS ana III" bluccoa' lifted him
bodily. bringing him up toward ~.
house" Alden rushed toward Thorn and
saw The from upon tho mans .wj,,h-
ing lips
,,'rh" man is poisoned" cried Alden
ne dr"" out hypodcr Vi from, :,
POCKET medical Gus" aud cu,Ieavorcd =,
bring tho fellow back To conscious,c
100 '!'h romeo. but h" seen.
"nahl" I" sscak At last. after a.
eral minutes Of work tho unfor,,,r
victims lips moved. and Alden lea,
"N.r MIN 20 catch every word
IN" master poisoned me You :,
ma him IN tn" nov rooms under
alden shook thu mans shoulder
Where is tho order he cried
Mrs MAYNARD ana Myra were
n'"I, VIM, NArncF VAS standing ~
!! ~ The rear of tho group
AS tn" man opened his cvcs ne
Nh'n"r walked away 20 the edge OF
porch. out Of Wow
II cannot bear ia 500 these 7oor
lows dc he told Alden later
Ms'hwhil". all efforts To restore
man wcr" unnvailur Tn" ,oliceu., n
took down the data and scn, in 4
for an ambulance. which arrived
few minutes from The nearby bra \
hospital But no scienc" could
vail arains, The deadly drag which .
eating at tho unfortuuatc's viralF
"Foor chan Hes rouer," was -
remark %: the ambulance surgeon. 'i',it
we'd better rush him down 10 tho v ID
TO see what we can do"
Dr. Alden eudeav bred 10 ease ri,A
shock to the girl and her mother. AFTER
the unforiunnt" had been borne rav
with the h!uec"at riding with hi
We'll. Il is another miscarriar nr
tho evil plans wonder what ~
viii do .l"Nt.'
Dr. Alden was destined 10 learn IN
sooner ihau ne expected.
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