The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-11

Enoch Golden Intercepted sternly
II thought l told you to guard the
safe until we returned"
Faith an / don know phwat ye
moight be talkin' about, Misther
Golden" rejoined the old man queru-
lousy, 9TH new docthure ye're was
afther sendin' to look at me hand
gave me shlapin' powdher to reiave
tn pain an said twas ye'er ordhers
to stay in me bed tn whole"
Into the faces of his startled listen
ers flashed bewildered amazement.
then came a babble OF incoherent
questioning. then, as the full sgnifi-
canoe of this astounding chicanery
beat in upon their senses, they rushed
with one accord toward the distant
manor house. AS Davy raced up the
steps and into the hall he encoun-
tered Mrs. Golden coming out of the
library door.
Where is Margory?" he gasped
I'VE haven't a second to lose. She
may be in terrible danger
she went to the gunroom about an
hour ago and l haven't seen her since.
What is it? What has happened ?"
came the startled response.
ready throwing his slender weight
against the bolted door of the gun
room and calling out words of en-
enlargement to the gentle girl he
believed was in that room. But his
frenzied efforts to force that heavy
barrier proved impotently futile, and
the others now came crowding about
him. painting like tired hounds. The
strong-armed police captain, skilled
in the raiding Of fortified poolrooms,
proved himself a man of action.
Quickly Selling a medieval battIe-ax
which ornamented the wall. he
smashed in the locked door with a
couple of well directed blows. The
men stormed across the threshold Of
the gunroom, then stopped short In
blank surprise. The windows were
shut and fastened from the inside,
the limp and sprawling Peter lay
where he had been dropped in his
tracks, but of Margory Golden and
the burlap sack there was no trace.
Cautiously peering about for some
sign OF his unseen foe. Davy caught
brief glance of swaying.
shadowy figure perched high above
him. Then with a muffied oath, that
lettering figure came avalanching
down the chimney, and landing on
the narrow ledge. gripped at Davy as
drowning man clutches a floating
bit Of wreckage.
Vainly the young secretary strove
to free himself from that deadly en-
brace, but the added weight gradu-
ally loosened his own uncertain hold.
Lurching out into space, the inter-
locked antagonists hurtled headlonS
down that dim shaft into the fireplace
Of the gunroom. To the Mortified
group which heard the INTACT Of
those falling bodies against the solid
foundation of brick and mortar 1t
seemed hopeless that either Manley
or his murderous opponent could es-
cape death. 1t was due to the fact
that Legar's picked assassin had
landed underneath. and broken the
force of Davy's fall. that the badly
shaken secretary owed his life. AS
sisted by Golden and Captain Brack-
EFT, he struggled unsteadily to his
feet. his face grotesquely smeared
and his hands torn and bleeding.
They have gone down the chimney
in the north wing" he cried out; sit
runs to the ground on the outside Of
the house. By knocking out the bricks
at the base they can make their es-
cape and take Margory with them"
He had hardly finished his words
when there was q Wild stampede out
OF the room=-a stampede led BY the
battered Davy himself. At that in
slant q volley Of staccato reports, like
those Of gattling gun going into
action. Enote the ears Of the baf1ed
pursucrs.
They've STOLEN the Mercury. cried
tho frantic millionaire. ''and II they've
stopped to put the Arrow out Of COM
mission they can show clean pair Of
heals to anything on the lake"
10 Enoch 0oidsn's 1ntenso relief.
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