East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-10-30

the big room at the back Of Tanners
upper East side apartment. Pierre
was speaking.
This news changes everything" he
was saying. "And we must meet it
the only way 1t can be met. But it
seems Florence Montnose can describe
me too well, and she's likely to point
me out to the first policeman, II ever
she happens to meet me on the street
What's worse, she's likely to see me
when 90 to M0ntr0Be for the drug.
And then everything win 80 to smash.
We must-lose her"
''The finger bracelet7' asked Vanya
unconeernedly.
NO" refused Pierre That's too
risky, for they'll be watching her. You
say she wants Stanley to take her to
the Lent house this afternoon? Wen
save him the trouble. Take her there
yourself, Tanner. You and Phelps.
I'll give you your instructions later.
Take her there, tie her there, and have
with you one Of the cute little torpe-
does ] taught you how 20 make"
More bomb work." sputtered Tan
ner, quite without enthusiasm.
More bomb work." assented La
Rue. 1T sweeps as clean as q new
broom. 1t doesn't even leave trace
for people to get noSey about, II it's
strong enough. And ours Sre strong
enough. It'n take her out Of our way.
And it'll take the Lent house out OF
our way. The police are studying that
house too carefully today. l don't
like it. We did fairly clean job.
But we were there for an hour or
more. And we may have left traces
that they'll hlunder onto. Even the
cleverest man is apt to"
II don't like the Job" grumbled
Tanner. why don't you try the
hypnotism again?"
TOO unsafe. You saw how it
worked out this time. Hypnotism Is
like chemistry. There is always an
unknown quantity in it. The best
chemist is always liable to be blown
sky-high with his own familiar chem
icals And the best hypnotism-my-
self, II you hke-is apt to lose his
hold over his subject. Just as I've
done today. Now, there's nothing
subtle or doubtful about the right
sort Of a bomb"
Il don't like it," reiterated Tanner
sulkily.
Pierre stepped a little closer to him.
There was no change in the express
sion Of La Rue's masklike face. But
the strange crimson light began to
flame in his eyes. Tanner Shrank
back; all the bluster gone from him.
''Ob, I'll do it, all right" he NUT
tered. "But how'll we get her there?"
II told you" said La Rus, pleas
antly, that I'd give you your in
structions later"
We turned again to Vanya-
"Well try to make up today" said
he, for our bungle of yesterday at
Clayton's studio. / want you to get
Stanley there at 2 o'clock this after
noon. I'll be there at quarter past
! won't trust any outsiders to help us
out today, You say Clayton and he
always have a highball or a thimble-
ful Of cordial when Stanley cpmes 70
the studio II you're good at all you
ought to be able to put enough OF our
Slumber-drops in their drinks to have
them both safe asleep by the time
/ get there The rest will be 50 SIM
pie that even q bonehead like Tanner
could do II.
"But Mr.. Stanley won't be able TO
be at the studio this afternoon" OBJ
jsctsd VanjA He's going up TO the
Lent house and"
Perhaps / spoke 50 indistinctiy
that you didn't understand me,
purred La Rue 81 said: Get Stan.
ley there"
Vanya subsded. with murmur.
As Harold Stanley was about L
leave the Office at one-thirty. to g,
uptown IN his gray roadster. YanyS
Rosca summoned him to the tele
phone
'Tve Just come from Bob Clayton
studio" she said. worriedly, ''Rnd
don't at all like the way he look
after hls accident Of yesterday
woAt you please stop in there 70
1--WE minutes on your way uptown
!; Don't say asked you to. just To-
him you dropped in for drink an
a cigaret with him. And then loo
him over carefully, without his suE
pecting. ] think he needs q doctoi
If you tell him 50 he may send fc
| onA He won't do II for me-"
When Stanley strolled into the stu
dlo a little later. VRnya was posln
Z for the 'sDelllah" picture and Clay
/ ton was busy at his easel. ExceI
, for q patch Of plaster on the for
, head. Harold could not see that u
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