The Sentinel=record., 1917-02-04

cure such a symptom in you, my good woman. Understand right now that you must obey my orders implicitly. If you do not
 You will expose something in my life l have been trying 10 hide" in- terrupted Jane in a weary, faraway tone-"you and your Great Master and your Secret Seven" Zulph re- coiled in amazement.
 'Srhe less you say about the Great Master and The Secret Seven the bet ter of you will be" he thundered.
 Why shouldn't l speak of them to youfr replied Jane. Haven't l been fin Mir CIarke's home for years? Haven't l seen you and the other vile members of your organization come and gof Don't know that Mir. Clarke is one of the braniest of The Secret Seven; that most of hls money was piled up through crime
 An" broke i1 Dr. Zulph, smiling Outwardly, but raging inwardly, and resolving that Jane Warren should fol- low Clarke on a journey to eternity. You know Clarke for what he really is. He is now a very sick man"
 Yes" said Jane, "he is sick man, and you are a physician attending him. Heaven help Thomas Clarke"
 And heaven help Jane Warren" whispered Zulph, his face close to hers. Heaven help Jane Warren if she doesn't do as I say. l have brought will here with me. 1 want you to see that Thomas Clarke signs it. Since you know 80 much about his affairs you probably kuow-stck men always tell their trOubles-that, by grace of what The Secret Seven has done for him, he has pledged himself to leave all of his wealth to The Secret Seven
 "I do," said Jane. Better far if he would leave his money to poor Rev erly Clarke. his niece, whose father his own brothPr-he swiudled. And the girl is now living in poverty with her mother"
 Thomas Clarke is going to keep his promise" sneered Zulph, rumblug in his pockets and finally drawing forth a small bottle filled with dark liquid He will keep his pror orliSe-and he dies today. Jane, you have one of two things to do-either. obey me and you will be rewarded handsomely, or re- fuse to obey and be punished. Refusal means ruin; obedience means opulence l want you, as soon as l have depart ed, to see that Mir Clarke signs his will Then offer toast to his health
 ''In one of your glasses of wine place two drops from this bottle One drop produces prolonged sleep; two drops kill. Let him drink of the glass with two drops in it. l am going 10 meet ing of The Secret Seven You have my telephone number. As soon as Thomas Clarke has signed the will tel ephone me. Then when he is dead poor man-telephone again"
 Let alone Jane pondered over her frightful plight Zulph was a power. full man In New York. He was of that modern Jekyll and Hyde type that grasps money and crushes all opposi- ton by fair means or foul in one phase of life and is q snug respected citizen in another. She thought of going to tue police and exposing him. If she did he would only bring about her un- doing, for Zulph had it in his power to blast herwhole life. And she had tried to live down what she had done years ago. Well, she was weak. She knew it. She took the will to ailing Thomas Clarke.
 "A pen and ink," he said when he saw it. Quick My heart--I do not believe will live much longer Call Frederick" Jane summoned Freder- ick, the butler, aud then delivered the pen and ink. As she reached the door