Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-17

anu Win every appearances OF crazy
panic. ran limpingly' toward the scuttls
ladder that led to the roof.
With n meeting tonight at $3.50
The policeman naturally gave chase
| La Rue disappeared through the scut-R
tie just too quickly for the policeman
to seize his foot. He tried to clap
down the scuttle., but the policeman
thrust 1t aside and clambered out onto
the roof just as La Rue vaulted the
low dividing rarapet to the roof OF
the adjoining building.
Drawing his nightstick. the police
| man numbered in pursuit.
Over two roofs they raced thus.
Then Pierre stubbed his toe and fell
over a clothes-prop at the very edge
Of an air shaft The policeman
grabbed triumphantly at him.
| But the fallen and supposedly
stunned La Rue was not there when
the bluecoat's hands sought to close
upon his collar.
Instead. Pierre was behind him. And
Pierre's fingers had closed on the fat
| red throat in the finger necklace grin.
| a few seconds later the policeman
ceased his writings and his body col
| lapsed
Pierre released his hold. The blue
GOAT lurched inertly forward across
the parapet. toppled by reason of his
own weight, and fell over the edge OF
1
around in the air he crashed down
ward to the fagstones below
| Harold Stanley. oblivious of the
drama enacted overhead stood star
ing modify down into the street.
There at the curb was mis- gray
roadster his chauffeur drowsily at the
| wheel Twenty feet in front of n
was DR.. Montrose's black touring car.
Its chauffeur reading a red covered
| magazine.
Just at the moment Harold saw
man run out from the studio entrance
carving girl In his arms, shout an
order to the black cars chauffeur and
,ltt MS burden into the car itself fol-
lowing her as the chauffeur bent for
ward to press the self-starter.
This much Harold Stanley saw. and
ne waited to see more. For he
as Florence Montrose
Out of the suite he dashed. thrust
ing aside the OBTAINING Vanya and
running down the steep flights Of
stars three steps at a time.
After what seemed to him century
or more, he reached the sidewalk and
sprang Into his own gray roadster.
DO you see that black touring car
away up the street there?" he yelled
to his wondering chauffeur. Overhaul
it and I'll double your pay"
The chauffeur-a true New Yorker
needed no. further eXhortation. The
roadster shot forward at speed that
detied every traffic law ever made
In two minutes the black car was
| less than block ahead
Then 1t was that Tanner turning
Idly to look back. saw his pursuer.
He shouted to the chauffeur The
black car. in a little more than it's
own length. nearly redoubled its for
NOR speed.
The race had begun
| UPTOWN whiZZed 90
the black. Straight ahead they flew,
| for at that fearful pace there was no
chance for turning corners. There was
! infinite risk indeed of guiding the fy-
! ing cars through such ever-thinninr
traffic as they encountered
f. Again and again they barely avoid
ed collision or destruction from slower
and larger vehicles.
Again and again policemen sprang
out to stop them: then shrank back
just lin time to escape death, and
blasphcmously jotted down the racers
numbers.
Inch by inch. as the more open coun-
try was neared. the gray roadster be-
gan to creep up on the speeding black
car.
In another mile the gray car cut
down the distance between itself and
its prey far more rapidly than before.
Harold leaning far forward at his
ehauffeur's side. understood why, for
CINE begin to miss" and he knew,
bar accidents, the race was his own
The gray roadster in n few minutes
more crawled alongside the handi-
capped touring car, whose engine now
Was all but useless.
With n flying leap, as the gray car
carne up with it's quarry, Harold COW
cred the space between the running
boards of the two converging ma
chimes; landing with both feet on the
black cars running-board. and steady
ing himself by Il left-hand grip on
! one Of the seat arms, he struck fercely
at Tanner.
The latter. in recent memory OF his
battle with this sledse hammer hitter.
shrank back from the blow. Harold
| swung himself on board into the seat
on which Tanner supported the sense
| less Florence.
Before he could strike again. Tan
ner had jumped out of the rapidly
soing car. rolled over once in tile road
| side mud and then scrambled TO his
feet and set off at a dead run down an
adjoining highway.
Harold. leaning forward, swung for
the head of the black carts badly rat
tied driver. who promptly followed
Tanners example in swarming out over
the vehicles side without even the
formality of opening the door.
The car. its wheel deserted. veered
| sharply to one side. Harold lunged
| over to the seat back and jammed
down the emergency brake. The ma
chine came to sudden and Earring
| halt
Vainly, Harold sought to revive the
senseless girl At last he lifted her
tenderly from the black car and bore
her across to his own roadster
Drive to DR.. Montroses," he di-
rccted his chauffeur.
a quarter hour later Harold carried
his fragile burden up the steps of the
great Montrose house in Riverdale.
| Ills ring at the bell was answered by
Felix. the doctors crafty-faced, silent
footed valet.
Tell DIR. Montrose his daughter has
tainted" ordered Harold. Il will take
her into the library"
This is no faint" declared DR.. Nom
trose. She is in a hypnotic trance"
! "A hypnotic trance?" repeated Har-
old. incredulously. at can't be. Look
ne broke off, as Florencc's big dark
eyes slowly opened. she is coming
to her senses,''