Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-24

to take his card up to DIR Mon,rosc
!, crash resounded from am upper floor
Harold. his nerves tan, and .i,.,,,,,
houndcJ nm ,he ,..i,,, INV .'" IS 'ns'
direction ar ,ho .o,,na. 49,. ."se -, ~. .ne
La huf siided. unseen, down the SER
wants staircase at the rear.
lnus i, was ,ha, Dr. Mon,rose strid.
ing toward the door IF The bedron,n
saw. through tho s,n,shod n.,,nI g.,
I.v hur,,.i,,., d,,,.. 49,, p ''.".'
49, ''e u'" '"e ha''"ay 'o"ara
MN 'ns'anuy' ne realized that his
secret was in danger. And anger gave
way to pitiful craftiness. Opening the
broken door and greeting the new
conner he said. hastily:
"sor,,i ,. ...,,,
,,,o,t,
,';a,.a
,.e'e AZ me Wall hoping !" wake
iorehce 'hat way MY ann was bad
ana 1t struck the door. i
pad" called :, no,r,.xod ,o,,,. v,ic.
behind him, VIA, in the world is
the matter-and what am doing I'm
here? Wen, to Roberts studio to
\ cry Of dumfounIed iov from ho,b
sprung gu, Of he'd and had wrapped
q lace negl!yee about her. Thus clad
she was advancing toward them.
"yo,, ,ro .,r,,, ,,,,," ia, H.,
old III delight You arc awake
why, OF course. I'm awake. you
silly boy" she answered. laughing.
why shouldn't be awake in broad
daylight? IN, nov hapnened n he
in bed
You have been i'll. dear" evaded
her father.
III" she repeated. why. feel Der.
fcctly we'll What nonsense. ="
NO" quietly con,radic,cd Harold
ignoring tho look M ,nna,, ~, ~
doctor flashed a, him. You have been
hypnotizcd You were lust now avail.
cncd by"
You ave right" She broke In
GOOD ~ rcmor,. rn,,-,,t,, H. 80.
that was it. remember. /, must
have been hypnotism. ! remember I,
all Au, I've read about surb ,bi,,.
too. Bu, never believed them -.
hypnotizcd lie looked deem Down
through my evos into my vcrv sori
Ana then seemed To bc roinr q,
sleep Ito"
lie echoed Harold Who
Ill don't know. had seen hin,
only once before. \ rcd glow. ius,
like bali OF fire. famed mn into bio
eyes. and
The Crimson stain cried I,arold
Tho Crimson stain, Tall ne ,ha,,
him. You mus, ,r, 10 ren.,,ho,, ~,
must"
1t II tried" sho .reu.oroa ,,,i,
ING - yon. -, ~, H""u"e.
for my rr., Si,,jng E,h ,,..s.,., 49,,
Ru, this man w,s cri.d nu, 49,, :, =
caught INC H.. IN. ehnu,dor. a,,,, -, ~.
dov., in,o M, cvos tn NV, IT,
knew Won were comir,. do,,., ~ =,
toward ,bis rnon, 49,. ., ''"
Won saw yom.d soar ~, ';""
rnr.. Ija,o,I i, ",n' ''ou ne
arI ,rbcror,, nc"
,
as,n,i.h,,nM, e.om", men I" her
-, ere '"nHu she could
u'''c'. upon winch NTH
IN, I'm" """ hcIH hef
-,
5,.J" -, w. "'En! !our tather
l;iuaa ,t Was ne VINO
-, '".c 'h'" me dining
Vm' yus' aheau or you and Bob. This
aN N"hSiihG your father. He
'"c-n's eyes We're harinS
he vanished through the cur
In
nu'' eAc'teo!E demanded Harold
ncNer to!d us Why not"'
'rieo 10. she faltercd "Oh.
n"'u ! tEieG 10. But there seemed
mrnl on my ips -
iIeaSe describe the man as closely
20" ar harold went on. turning
S"e SUI we want every detail"
NJ no protested the doctor. Not
nc - 700 "eak-too exhausted
'ne trancc-to he allowed TO talk
an? ,ohser'
o,,;' 80" iauShed FLORENCE, I'm
n .,us o' ihe sort ana III gladly
".n,' 'oe MIN tcsldcS' II may save
So, peoplc from becoming Crimson
"t''h victims. or. perhaps. now that
YOU are are so close OH the tran. the Grim
on St",h murders nave stopped. There
"aSn ncen one OF them since
since iast night, supplemented
'"Io'o'
,'"s' h'eh'' crieh FLORENCE ana her
i',ner,
CT us insisted FLORENCE while
hcr iathcr stared IN DUMB misery ut
III" spehker.
lou remember the 'uihnledo"n old
LINT mouse Jus' above the Bronx"
Went OF, StanieE. me haunted house
we used To cali II. FLORENCE. YOU and
Went there on a picnic once when
we were KIDS And you've both heard
the rulnors. OF course. that Hiram Lent
Kept big sums OF money there. be-
cause he didn't trust banks. He has
lived there alone ever since I can re-