East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-27


mean to. Why, what would become
OF all of us?"
"All OF you would slump back into
the gutter lifted you out Of" re-
torted Montrose. TITS where you be-
long and where you're going. Stand
out or my wayI want that bar"
BY way Of answer Tanner and Kiel
hung themselves bodily upon him,
snariing in animal fury. Montrose,
taken by surprise, fought them OF
as best he could. But his struggles
proved of little avail.
XIII HIM" shrilled Vanya, watch
ing the one-sided battle with gIeam-
ing eyes. XIII himl And then weIl
carry away the apparatus and the
drugl"
She hurried toward the outer door
OF the laboratory to lock IL and thus
prevent interruption. But as she
neared IT the door few wide OPEN
On the threshold stood Florence
Montrose.
'sHands up, all of y0u!" sharply
commanded Florence. Hands up, 1
say"
The cripple and Kiel obeyed the
curt mandate with no loss u time.
But Vanya and Tanner hesitated.
The former edged a little toward
Florence.
The latter noted the maneuver
and again her sweet voice rang out
in the strenuous silence Of the laboPa-
tory, as clear as a silver bugle's call.
"Hands up, saidI" she repeated.
Miss Tosca, 1t will not grieve me at
all TO send a bullet through you. and
III do it If you move any nearer to
me. Hands upl"
There was no doubt as to her ear
nestness. All four pairs of hands
were now in the air. DR.. Montrose
painfully dragged himself upward
from the floor where he sprawled. and
he collapsed. painting, into a chair.
Now, thenI" continued Florence
in the same determined voice, "all
four Of you march through the door
way and down the stairs. Slowly,
mind youi Slowly I'll be just be-
hind you. And II one of you turns or
lowers a hand or tries to bolt I'll fire.
Now marchl"
Florence had very definite idea
of what she intended to do. From
the summit of the stairs, as she had
aseended TO the laboratory, she had
seen Layton Parrish turn in from the
street and come up the walk toward
the house
She planned to deliver the four
prisoners into the detectives charge,
to be escorted TO the nearest station
house. Hence. her command to them
to march downstairs ahead OF her.
Past her and out into the upper
hall. hands high above their heads.
filed the four captives, the cripple last
of all.
At one side of the doorway she
waited. marshaling them out into the
hall, one after the other. and down
the stairs. They were a sorTy-look-
ing procession.
Florence brought up the rear. her
Ieveled revolver still menacing them.
her quick gaze ever on the alert, lest
one OF her prisoners seek to escape OF
TO turn upon her.
At the stair foot they met Parrish.
The detective had just been ushered
into the library.
At sight of the motley crew, guard
ed by Florence, the detective stood
stock still, his mouth wide open, and
stared in utter bewilderment. The
four halted, uncertainty, in front Of
him.
"what in blue blazes does this
mean?" demanded Parrish, finding
his voice with manifest dificulty.
whats up2 Who are--T
''AIr. PARRISH" interrupted Flor
ence, i've brought these scoundrels
down here to turn them over to you
for arrest?"
"Arrest?'' sputtered Parrish. who
are they? What have they done +?
And what are you going to do with
that gun, young lady?" he clustered.
Have you got permit to carry
one7 II not, its"
II found these four people trying
to murder my father just now In the
laboratory" answered Florence.
"When he Is well enough he will
come to the police station and make
a formal charge against them. And
so will 1. For saw them strangling
him. In the meantime / want you
TO handcuhf them and take them TO
the station and have them locked up.
II YOU don't I'll march them there
myself through the streets. And
while I'm there I'll make a charge
against you for refusing to"
"Refusing to arrest 'em2" broke in
Parrish, Indignantly. "Me7 Who's
refusing to arrest 'em? Why, you
couldn't keep me from arresting this
bunch Of murderers II you tried to
You didn't understand me right"
Florence was too excited to notice
the queer look that flashed betweer
Tanner and the detective.
She watched with absorbed interest
the clicking OF the handcuffs on thS
prisoners wrists. and she still held
fhe pistol ready in case any of the
four should resist or try to run away
But none OF the quartet made the
slightest move toward resistance oi
flight. They calmly awaited theil
turns, and as Parrish approached
each, a pair OF wrists was obedientll
held out for the handouts.
At length the four were safely
. manacled 90 one another and Flor
ence laid aside the revolver.
Come along. nowl" gruffiy ordereS
, Parrish, addressing the fettered four
He opened the front door and drov'
them out, ahead OF him. with wha
eeemed 20 Florence = great deal o
unnecessary roughness.
From the doorway, she could 90
the detective start down the street
1tfIi herdinR them ahead of him.
Then the whole party turned
corner and were Lost from her view
F9orenco went indoors again ana IA
, .1n~falra 70 her fathar.