The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-07
IEepvrfrhtq lQIh. ~ Arthur StYtnE'
TENTH EPISODE
THE LIVING DEAD.


THE LIVING DEAD.
'M OPPOSED 10 your plan,
SIR" Enoch Golden declared
with heat and always will
HE opposed 10 1T"
David Lsrley. as he stared across
he table at he rufsec cid millionaire,
r3sd to control h.r1salt 10 patience.
But yea acknowledge that you ara
Czl-y opposed to Legar's intrusions
rto this hc1se. % having his secret
sesrts planted asca. at your elbows.
5rt wAsa I work cut a plan that
s-erx . reasonable promise OF trap
E.g Lsgar and his men. you stop the
xAcss business by declaring it's lack
&C - ctgntty.-
Dignity 10 something which de-
se-ted crc-n shis house the day Legar
f-Se ss~ced his way into It'll" was
soa6s-'s bitter retort-
-e-11ss.A' c-ted young Manfey.
Els weac&s campaign has been one of
rt..-s1at.cn. OF threats and assaults
Id reyx+sa1s- They have been try
ng TO a@ht LIS with terror. So my
crtensio7 Ia, why not give them a
icse OF their medicine- Why not
light them with their own weapons.
Ind IN doing 80. perhaps 80 them one
,etter?''
But I can only repeat my convic-
ions that your plan can't succeed"
protested the tremulous-yoiced old
lnancier.
why not leave that TO me?" cut In
roung Manley, with his first touch of
mpatience.
And you think you're going to
righten EN- away with a casket!"
I'm going TO make them believe
mat David Maniey. having departed
his life because of an attack on his
person by one Mauki. with poisoned
.rrows, Is about to be duly inferred
the Golden mausoleum. and"
But you couldn't even get a wax
igure that would fool a 5-year-old
:hild. You couldn' IT,
We already got the figure" inter-
upted Manley. And 1t strikes me as
seing an exceptionally perfect one"
But what's all this funeral business
o lead tor" demanded the old fnan-
ner.
IT leads to the fact that Legar and
Ills men will be duly Informed of NV
ieath. for want all the servants In
his house to pass before the casket
IND see me In It. And Legar's spy
VII be enc OF them. So Legar, you
nay be sure. will get the facts as soon
- they are known. He will be tipped
II a. to the day and hour of the fu-
aeraI. He will also be told that the
ortege. nay Of three carriages. is 10
proceed to tho Golden mausoleuun. and
hat Margory Golden Is TO 70 in one
" the carriages. And that lonely spot
Ftu strike him at precisely the right
spot for making a coup"
And what do We gain by that?''
Wen MI our big $50, 600 mausoleun
With thirty big policemen and round
Up the gang before Legar can even
rnell 4 rat"
But Enoch Golden remained uncon-
tnced
so II that's your idea of fun. NV
10Y. 20 as far as you like, Conduct
In your own way. But don't count
N me. air!"
David Manley, however, ala not
scnduct that strange funeral alto
gether In his own way. Carefully as
VERY detail had been planned, there
was one or two minor features which
1t the time escaped his attention.
The most inconspicuous and yet the
most vital of these was. perhaps. the
personality OF the driver Of the third
carriage In that small cortege which
vented its way so decorously from
the Golden home For under the
tunereai outfit OF this placid-eyed
driver reposed the stalwart body of
certain One-Lamp Louis. long
known among his associates as an
habttue Of the Owls Nest and an I'M
foreground agent for Jules Legar him
self
Now One-I.amp Louis gave no
promise OF either active or passive
interference with these duly appoint
ed mortuary exercises until the city
ltseif had been left we'll behind. Then,
awakening to the fact that they were
traversing a desirably sequestered
stretch Of road. he watched intently
for certain prearranged signals from
his one-arrned accomplish. Imme-
ciately after the discovery OF those
looked-for signs the spirited team
driven by One-Lamp Louis showed
unexpected yet unmistakable evil
dences Of restiveness. The girl in that
carriage of mourning. of course, had
small chance to discover that these
movements were being circuitously
created ana sustained by One-Lamp
Louis himself through artful manipu-
tatjon OF both bit and whip.
But there was a limit to what that
team OF spirited blacks would endure.
And they suddenly. TO all intents and
purposes, determined to follow their
own line OF travel at their own rate
Of speed, for. as the driver sat on the
box apparently saving on the reins.
that exasperated team plunged sud
aeniy forward, swerved across the
road. and went galloping down q tree
screamed hypath which was iittis
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