East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-05

address he gave her again.
sHeral" ord red Ia Rue, - RllaA
raised one Of the whisky glasses to haa
lips. aPuf that down. AetsrwAE@
YOU can guzzle booze. Keep yoaR
head clear, tili the works. d0na.
too. Tanner" as the tough 1oakaa
Iongingiy at the other glass
Soon afterward the three hied oas
Of the room.
Montrosa heard La Rue ten .
waiter to reserve 1t for him until thssF
return. The doctor remained where
he was until the three had reached
the outer door Of the dance hall Thea
rising steaithlly he slipped into TIE
private room.
Tanner, behind the two other9
chancad 10 turn and look back as 10
reached the halls exit. he saw ihs
doctor enter the room. Turning. -
hurried back through the fast-filing
hall.
DR.. Montrose, entering the room.
drew his pistol and peered around
him.
A telephone on the table and q
push button IN the adjoining wall
were the only items of interest. A
second door led out into dark hall
beyond
DR.. Montrose crossed to ahis door
and opened IL.
A. he did so a blow on the base oR
the skull stretched him sanseleAz.
His pistol cIattered unnoticed To the
floor.
Tanner, with deft fingers. set -
work over the fallen man. Withlm
thirty seconds he stepped back with
a grunt OF satisfaction and surveyed
his work.
When Monarose gradually came 60
himself he was strapped. hand and
foot, in a chair and gag was IN hiB
mouth. Above him bent Tanner.
Evening, Docl~ said the tough
cordially. Sorry to treat you 10
rough. but you'd ought TO q kaps
out Of what didn't concern yOsI. Ana
now" he went on, pulling = ron Of
black cloth from under his overcCat.
'.as we're expecting visitor. and ~
she is apt TO be shy II she ssss
strangers, Pm going to take the h
erty of drapin' YOU"
As he spoke he unrolled the clotA.
disclosing q thin black domino ana
hood.
In a moment he had envel0ped the
helpless doctor In his garment. ad-
justIng the masks eye-slits over The
prisoners agonized eyes.
now then, went On 1hnfs
we're al tidy ana cornf taDlA
guess ~ ceiepraLe Dy JOINING alysSsx
N a nttle SIP OF Ine stun AnAt h1zhaa
Fatner.
ne nited one q ths twO -
Hom the taoie. MontroSo 0A1s@
eyes gieaEnea 10 muruefous hop@
then hastlty tanner set oown sns-
glass. as .ns sounA u lta-AL pln& -
sounded Alons ne uALA psAss.
me rear uoor Cpened lssES =. -
rue en.erCa. n hAs arlns II pOIS -
slruskiins DVus " AcAiS0 AADl'e-
Eose. -
WoIAcu wv - eAAassss 49,
salu, houuins " A1ns. -
Nias .on SsAAs s.uiluel lAe snse -
= :. = ~ a4'1 ~ 80 ss.. - - .'..
4ue = w"S slAe . sp $50 ..s aAlse,.ss gsNs
s"a,, = 80 -, : 80. p.ee 80 - go -. 80 -
ps. . -. 'i.i ~ 80 - ~ u, ~ -. - !
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~ 80 81, -. nro.t-e-ss - - -
ra- !, 80 49, ....s...a..,s go. - ..
a.'s - 80. ~ -. =
80 ara rova,,,a5 tar ,,..as..g s4,,,s..
gIas
II - Isugbad aloud PM haenr>
~ could snaak Kial hurst intn 49,
room from the danes nan
Look ont cbjefl, ha nanfasa. ssfts..
, all uni CLAYTON got IN Ms faat agaIr
| looked bSek and saw him. a -
newsboy was passing and told hIDa
vo, had h,yera.a NJ ,i,, \, Iara 1v1.,--
ton blows q p'lice whistle. ana fhraa
cops come IN. a-running. Thevsrn
searching the dance hall OutSiaa
They'll be here any minute. Beat itlss
Florence Iougnt uadly as she heard
: the tough's scared n1essaga. Bnr -
could not wrench free from piarreie
Rrasp. DR.. Moutrosa. too--bo,irs
gagged and masked-struggIed nadlv
ANA ia VAIN. as hone seemed to Jim.
mer for MIN AGAIN.
La Rue aIanced Quickly from ana
prisoner TO the other. T6en. Iocains,
nis hoId an llnranca ho ,,,s.,, - - -
door that led 10 the dance han
whence now came CONFUSED bahas
OF SHOUTS and screams.
La Rue sprang through tina aoa~.
wav into ,hs e,as,,as,,," - -, sl0 49,.
verify his benchman,s ,,5 ssn,ds ~ - -