Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-04-19
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CHAPTER WILDE Morbihan meso
him and takes him before three maaks.
members Of The Pack.
CHAPTER Ix-He recognizes popino,
apache, and Wertheimer, English mobs
man. but the third. an American. is un
them. WA
CHAPTER x-On his return to his room
ne 1s attacked in tho dark, but knock
out his assailant
CHAPTER xI-He gives tho uncon
ecaous man. who proves to be the mys
x ferrous american. hypodermic to keel
tention of fastening the crime on him
end changing the appearance Of the un
conSclous American to resemble his own
starts to leave the house.
CHAPTER KILN the corridor he an.
counters Lucia Bannon. who insists on
leaving with hivr W.
CHAPTER XIII - Having no money
Lucia is obliged to take refuge with Ian
friend Of his. He locks her in q room
alone and retires to get some rest him
CHAPTER x1v-After sleep Lanyard
ends his viewpoint changed. He tell.
Lucia who he Is
Chapter xv-Mutual confessions fol-
low. She IL Lucy Shannon. not Bannon.
and has been used tool 1y
Roddy was Bannon's secretary: Both men
| are members of The Pack and out to get
| Lanyard.
CHAPTER xvr-Lanyard tells Lucy
| that he means to reform and she agrees
| to 60 with him to return the London loot
a newspaper wrapped in brick Is thrown
! through the skylight
CHAPTER xvII.-A bullet follows The
brick. The paper has an account OF the
total destruction by fire Of Troyon's.
CHAPTER xvI1I-They start out or:
| their errand Of restoration and Lanyard
silences a German spy.
CHAPTER VII - Cazalet goes VIM
Drinkw water to the library where tho mu..
der was committed shows him secrSs
passage he knew Of a. boy. ana lesds
he way through It,
CHAPTER Xx-Lanyard burglaricuslv
returns the Omber Jewels.
Kneeling, he gave the combination
knob smart preliminary twirl, then
rested shoulder against the sheet Of
painted iron, his cheek to its smooth,
cold cheek, his ear close beside the
dial and with the practiced fingers of
master locksmith and an authority
on stronghold construction, began to
manipulate the knob.
Gently, tirelessly, to and fro he twist
ed. turned, raced and checked the CON-
bination, caressing 1t, humoring 1t,
wheedling 1t, inexorably questioning
1t In the dumb language his fingers
spoke so deity. And in his ear the
click and whir and thump of shifting
wards and tumblers murmured articu-
late response in the terms of their
cryptic code.
Now and again, releasing the knob
and sitting back on his heels, he would
bend grave scrutiny to the dial, note
the position of the combination, and
with his pencil jot memoranda on the
folded sheet Of paper This happened
perhaps dozen times, spaced by In.
tervals of irregular duration.
He worked diligently, in phase Of
concentration that apparently exclud-
ed from his consciousness the near
proximity Of the girl who stood-or
rather stopped, half kneeling-less
than q pace from his shoulder. watch
ing the process with interest hardly
less keen than his own.
Yet when one faint, odd sound broke
the slumbrous silence of the salon, in
stantly he swung around and stood
erect in single movement, gaze to
the curtains.
But 1t had only been q premonitory
rumble in the inwards of a tall old
clock, about to strike, in the reception
hall. And as its sonorous chimes her
aided two deep-toned strokes Lanyard
quietly, intimately. into the
girls startled eyes and sank back be-
fore the safe.
And now his task was nearly fin
ished. Within another minute he sat
back with face aglow, uttered hushed
of satisfaction. studied his
for q space, then swiftly
and with assured movements threw
the knob and dial into the several
positions Of the combination,
grasped the lever handle, turned it
and swung the door wide
open.
Simple. eh?" he chuckled, with a
glance aside at the girls eager face,
flushed and Swallowed by
The lamps upthrown glow-"when one
knows the trick, of course! And now
IL one were not an honest mana
fortunes ours for the taking!"
A wave of his hand indicated the
:ack Of pigeonholes with which the
Now" he said. give me five min
ltes."