Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-08

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He struggled uselessly to seize
he moose with his fingers and tear 1t
rom his neck till, with mouth gasping
I pen and bullying eyes shut, he crum-
Ned.
Ii Jim pushed him down on the couch
Ind swiftly searched his pockets. ind
| hg first q revolver. In another pocket
| Vas large handkerchief. Jim stuffed
J his cloth quickly, into Bole's mouth,
Ind, securing It there, he loosed the
soose about the mans neck, Bole's
Wreath returned In loud, rasping
Inores. There was no way to stop
he. snoring but to remove the gag.
i'm dared not do that, He worked
iwiftly, binding Bole as he had been
tound and, in addition, securing him
70 the couch. The man was conscious
gain, though weak and breathing
Hard. Jim delayed over him no longer.
lie switched out the light stepped to
fhe window, pulled back the shade
Ind peered out.
/ man suddenly moved out into the
moonlight as Jim was putting his
land to the window-a young, active
nan, alert and watchful Some noise
N the alley seemed to have attracted
| bis attention, for he stepped quickly
y the gate and before opening 1t drew
Y revolver and held 1t ready. Another
ban appeared from the other side of
be house and joined the first. To-
Neither they Investigated the alley,
losed the gate and withdrew to the
}Sclusion Of the shadow.
lpim moved away from the window.
opportunity to escape through the
SIuse could not be worse than the
blk Of attempting flight through that
6ndow. He felt his way to the dor
thout again turning on the light.
stood and listened there. opened
door Q crack and peered into q
ndsomsly decorated, dimly lighted
llway with polished hardwood floor
d with q rich oriental rug down the
ddle.
Enough light glowed in from the
hll to show Jim that he was In the
lining room-a large room with
Ieavy. fashionable furniture. The rug
tpon which he stepped was soft and
thick. There was another door at the
lEther end, and as Jim crept cautious
toward this he heard voices. They
|Fere the voices Of women as well as
linen, speaking in quiet, g,sarded tones.
In the air was the odor of cigarettes
land cigar smoke
A girls voice suddenly rose in
reckless, excited exclamation which
Jim could not make out but at which
Ia man laughed. Another with deep,
lheayy voice-it was not the voice Of
/ the "sir" who had visited the rear
room rebuksl the girl, and there was
! silence. Jim gained the front Of the
dining room. Velvet hangings half
covered the doorway. which opened
into front hall. Directly across this
hall was another room, lighted and
evidently much larger than the dining
room-a salon with delicate paper and
pretty gilded chandeliers and wall
lights, with graceful table and chairs
and with grand piano Of a CORE
spending style. Brocaded curtains
were drawn close over the windows,
and at the larger table near the center
of the room and also at smaller
table at the side men and women were
at work.
There was heap Of papers upon
one end Of the larger table. and "A tall
man, who stood with his back to the
door, sorted over this pile, put some
Ssheets aside and passed others along
the table. giving verbal direction
! with each. In some cases the direc-
tion was brief word or two
LIN other instances It was longer, and
Twice while Jim watched the tall man
himself bent and wrote upon the pa
Vers which he took from the pile
Jim could see as the sheets were
Held up that they already bore writ
kg. There was no possible question
the nature Of the work going on.
k1der the direction of the tall man at
Fc large table the others were pre-
bring letters Of the sort found on
hgolfs body. The papers in the pile
Ihich the tall man was sorting were
ldoubtedly just the ordinary form
ltters Of life insurance solicitation
lid the great majority of them would
kmain no more than that They
Eould be addressed to persons who
lad no connection with the plots of
he regents agents, and they would
Ie offered life insurance in the regu-
ylr manner IL they applied for it at
Ifarlatt's Office. The letters which the
hll man passed down the table un-
luestionably looked the same as the
Ithers. but they were addressed to
1pIcs, and at the tall mans direction
5rders were being written in invisible
tuid between the typewriter lines,
riders which the spies would develop
by some chemical.
Jim crouched and crept closer, for
Netting his impulse merely to attempt
Escape. II he could cause the capture
lf those In the rooms across the hall
he would have the chief of the re-
sent's spies there, together with the
lists Ut the agents and designation of
The work each was ordered to do. The
etters, between the lines Of which the
eecret instructions now were being
written, evidently had been at Mar
latt's Office when he had learned after
midnight Of Developments which made
8 imperative Tor him to issue new
riders. 80 Marlatt had gone to his
Office and directed another to meet
him there, When Jim had surprised
hem they had overpowered him md
brought him unconscious to this house.
where they had impressed the family