The Washington times., 1916-10-15

wlknWk5. onV SIX pounde <and doing
queer little box bsfors he could 1o
chine ;iga in al the ivsefid-tSsi ifR Rn.s fsi
The Fatal Third Button.
The Inventors daughter leaned over
the grin, little black box and pointed
out the various parts Of Its MECHANISM
70 IN. Al last she said. with certain
grim enjoyment ana pyids In her fathers
Inventive genius, III ! should press that
third button Il would set the oiock
work in notion-snd In essctiy one half
hour from the time whom touchsd II
the pgisoned eas wouid explode and
q e fss, wcua sss 8. c~n sa sa 6, Es hun
"reu h.vs your nsyrss d9wn pretty
for Il to. get In its. deadly vortr'
Exactly thirty minutes" repeated the
"Anu It carries everything within a
hundred feot OF itself 10 kinsdon
conner" asked Jimmy careiessiy.
,hsv But mSrs nsc than NE itself depended on
YES. father had II ali calculated out
70 seconds Of time and inches OF SPACE
An Invention like that is too terrible n
menace unless you can control II TO the
extent OF knowing exactly how It's going
girl. - T = =.
The Anarchists Enter.
Even while she wss speaking. three
bufly men entered the. window. They
crept upon Us 30 quietly that We had no
warning Of their approach. But before
they could oterpower us. Jimmy ieaped
scross the room, slammed the door OF
the safe with a wild reverberation and
twisted the comb. The secret combina-
ton held the Internal machine looked
irto the. wall OF the hoosel
paper intuition told me they were men,-
befs Of an anarchist gang. Even the
policeman who captured him had been
| vnsble 10 identify Bethune Sverdrup, %
| closely had he kept his incognito.
The men who had captured US turned
| on Jimmy with q snari and ordered hiin
| TO- open the safe again.
Can't DO Y. my friend-don't know
His particnisr csptor gave his arm
quick skiliful twist after the effiei-
ent followed OF jiu Jitsu. That twist
| was followed by another twist OF
but he Nrscoversd and sniied scrsnsly.
announcing that he didn't know the
| combination and couldn't say whether
or not he'd comply II he did!
| And then my captor jerked at my
tursd me. Jimmy struggled to leap
| to the rescue. but he was helpless to
defend nae. Again and again the tor
turing trick was repeated. L felt my
self blanchins with pain and l won
! And thsn Jimmy showed the white
4 feather! !..---, ..... .......
"You'd better open 1t. Miss Hsmlin;
We are at their mercy" said he.
| aloud my protest even while Jane Ham
lin vowed that she never would, DO
that. And now Miss Hamlin was giyen
the same kind Of treatment to which
! was beans subjected.
Again Jimmy repeated his cewsrdfy
order. The dssperadoes Who had 10 In
their power nodded pleased recoGni-
ton of his wisdom. and st the second
twist Of her arm Jane Yielded and
the steel knob TO the risht. TO the isft
and theh back again. She paused .
moment and then repeated II. The
door swung open. -.'
Jimmy Takes Human Life.
Jimmy crossed over 20 her side and
reached In to Hft out the machine OF
death and hand II to our anxious cap
tors. protested violently again. but
no one paid any attention TO me. 1it
Jimmy lifted out the internal ma
chine, held Il moment az IL In sdn1'fa-
ton and then handed II over to the
desperate. snimai-liks creatures before
US.
One of the men turned to hi, him nov, now
these women. will you promise not to
call the police" - ~.
!hss ssr.sS S' ,ny aas 'HoaSss Ss 90 5S ySS:
way-and the sooner the better, Tor In
side Of five minutes might change my
mind and summon q few copsV
and sneaked noiseiessiy out OF IL. van
LishinE into the darkness from which
they had come. With them they took
ths engine OF destruotion-and our re-
Then ! turned on Jimmy. and my
fury burst its bounds: James Barton
I never saw you act the part Of a arit::
ter before oh. I'm ashamed--ashamed."
II couldn't stand there helpless
and watch you girls being tortured We
you might have thought Of sway"
And then Jimmy ioksd at me strangely.
I loathe because Il meant the talSin &
Of human life. Tut It had to be.
pressed the third button"
} A sudden flicker OF comprehension
EMiss Beatrice. said Jamss Barton,
II have figured out who those men are
they couldn't represent anything but
Bethune Sverdrup,s band OF anarehistst
--Ine most oAHBoTOus utcuaCe " "
ganiEed society and to law and order
} The world has ever known. -.
d II have calculated correctly: they viii
hurry to their meeting place ana give
> their booty to their leader. And then
. there viii be great reJoicfnF. for these
. wolves Of society viii feel sure thai
4 they have In their hands q means to en-
able them 10 terrorise and ts DESTROY
You said thirty minutes and hundred
feet, Miss Hamlin. In twenty more
= minutes shall know that ] have beer
4 the means Of killing dozen fellow hu'
a man beings
4 buried his face IN his hands We wait
K cd In silence. was thinking TO whs
q strange paths Jane Hamlin had LED me
4 She, / suppose. was thinking OF" hei
faithless lover and how strongely sh,
J, had failed TO keep faith with her desc
3 father. and careless, happy-go-iucky
Jimmy was waiting for the clock 4
y chime I and tell him that unpreparet
J, souls had gone to eternity that bette
men might be saved. .....
We sat In silence-waitlng. waiting
And then the clock chinied ],
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