The Raymer enterprise., 1916-12-28
Williamsburg Sadie,
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hose people!"
x.But you're not through with me
yet, my girl. You're going to take this
note to Enoch Golden. and you're 60
ing to do It without any risk. I'll cal
up Golden myself and tell him he'll gel
It back, ten to one. II he makes 9
single move against you. And besides
that, we've got him so beaten at this
game that he's going to cry quits the
minute he sees we've roped In the las,
of his gang, the minute l tell him III
leave the country on condition he
coughs up the paper!"
And s'posin' he does weaken and
hand over that paper? Where do
get off?"
"You come back here with 1t as fast
as wheels can carry you. And II you
move as quick as I want you to move
you'll Just about get back in time tc
see the finish Of your friend in the
yellow mask!'
But Betsy LeMarsh's friend in the
yellow MASK. for all his captivity. was
apparently preparing for that finish in
q more active manner than was imag.
ined by his captors. For. the moment
he was locked In the narrow closet,
he had undertaken a systematic
search Of its gloomy corners. That
search, however was rewarded only
by the discovery Of a group of insulat.
ed wires running along its outer wall.
Yet these wires he examined with not
a little care. And the examination
led him to conclude, both from the
nature OF the wires and the heaviness
Of the insulation about them. that they
were an integral portion Of the light
ing system Of the hotel. That they
were not dead" he promptly dlscov-
cred by scraping away the insulation
tissue and bringing two Ct the barred
wires In contact. This resulted in an
hiss and spark Of light.
And that gave the prisoner an idea.
By breaking" the current, he knew,
he could send a message needing
through all the nervous system OF the
house. And at some one point. he felt
sure, that methodic play of dot and
lash In the light bulb would arouse
suspicion and cause = search to be
nstigated.
II was, In fact, In the Office Of the
lotel itself. where High-Collar Davis,
he house detective. leisurely perused
IN evening paper for certain racing
eturns close beside a rotund and
obinlike room clerk in a red vest.
hat an electric bulb Just above the
egister began to conduct itself in
manner that was first mysterious and
Tn challenging.
hgh-Collar Davis, looking languidly
UP ON his racing charts. watched
.nis i-ht for several moments Of 81
Weli..1l be blowed!" he finally
clerk.
Instead ofreplyinA the house de
tectiye took out paper Md pencil, and
carefully watching the\winking ant
blinking bulb, wrote = nAuber Of let
ters down on his slip Of PAGER
That's the first time" hesolemnly
announced, II ever saw anNelectri,
pulb talk Morse!"
Talk Morse?" echoed the oth&.
Eyes, talk Morse, or never pAlnd
ed the brass for two years. And hefe'.
what It has said, twice over HelpAs
room three-o-seven-help-help!
The house detective suddenly stoo'
upright. Say. who is in 307 In thi
house, anyway"
That virginian with his arm in
sling!"
Then it's up to us to find out what
going on In that room!"
The Laughing Mask. in the near
time, was no longer giving his after
tion to the wires along the closet wal
But with his pocket knife he had a
ready removed the set screw from tn
door knob of the closet door. Ther
swinging lightly up to the shelf tina
stood some five feet from the floor, h
seated himself there opposite the dog
By grasping the two heavy cloth
hooks screwed into this door. and b
planting his feet firmly against tn
sash on either side OF 1t, he felt tha
he was not altogether at the mercy {
his enemies.
Even as he sat there he could hea
the key turned in the lock and the
the sound OF Legar's quick oath OF e.
asperation as the door knob fell loos
to the floor. in response to his tug q
It. At the same time hope rose in th
captive's heart, for he could hear tn
muffled sound of knock on the QUITE
door. And still again the prisoner !
the closet could hear Legar's oath c
evaporation. This was followed b
the sudden impact Of the heavy win
chair against the panels Of the close
door. That blow, repeated again an
yet again. was heavy enough to brea
through the wood. But that dignitar
known as High h-Collar Davis, being
gentleman not given to inactivity !
moments OF emergency. and being su
flciently persuaded Of untoward pr
ceedIngs behind the door which r.
fused to open to his knock, prompt
seized a fire AZ from its vermiliol