The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-05-05

four of them to the station-house and
don't let them go till you've put the
fear of the law into their hearts,"
He walked out, summoned the ele-
vator, and paused Oh his way through
the lobby long enough to communicate
confidentially with the Sardonic clerk.
"Just one more break like that, my
friend" he said, smiling sweetly, land
you'll lose your license. Remember I
have warned you"
Without waiting for response, Don
aid left the hotel.
AS he did so, a taxicab drew up at
the carriage block and Rodney W.enn
jumped out and turned to help Patria,
who uttered a little cry of pleasure at
sight of her betrothed-a cry that,
drawing Rodney's attention to Donald,
struck the former limp with surprise
and dismay.
"Why, Don! I didn't expect to find
you here! Rodney persuaded me to
come with him to see Mother Wrenn
and"
"Just wait" Donald interrupted,
signaling the taxi-man. To Rodney
he said quietly:
do 1 understand you told Patria
your mother was stopping at this
hotel? Or is the truth of the matter
that Huroki put you up to this tricE,
and you brought Patria here to see me
led away under acknowledgements
The boy could neither find words to
answer him with or endure his eyes,
but stood with head bowed in shame.
Still no answer; but Donald knew
that he had guessed shrewdly at the.
truth.
"Come, dear" Donald said to Patria,
and assisted her to re-enter the cab.
Within ten minutes they Joined
Ryley at the corner of that quiet street
in the Murray Hill quarter.
you're just in time" he informeGs
them; 1.-THE trap is ready to spring.
Nobody has come out since Huroki re-
turned over an hour ago but De Lima
has just gone in"
"Did he see you, or suspect"
II think not. Only one thing wor-
ries me; he used a passkey to open.
the front door after ringing the belH
several times and getting no answer.Y
"Get your men together. Well waste
no more time"
Ryley's whistle brought up half a
dozen men, plain-clothes detectives'
and subordinates of Patria's private
force. Together they moved toward
the modest little residence in the
middle of the block. !
AS they approached, Donald, search
ing it's windows with suspicious eyes
detected a face at one-a face thai.
peered out f%urtively, then Disappeared
The brief glimpse he got of it remind2|
ed him of De LIMA badly frightened
and bewildered De Lima.
Then they were at the door. On
of the men produced a stout jimmy
and stopped to apply it to the lock.
simultaneously a frightful detona4
ton Numbered within the building.
rocked upon it's foundations. The
glass panels of the door broke and fell.
outwards, shattered by the force of the
explosion. x
When Donald's party was able tdf I
ter, the entire interior of the II
was found to be in ruins, COMP
demolished by dynamite.
Near the front door the body q
Lima lay, pinned between two gr u
timbers, his back broken; the manA<
death had been mercifully instantan-
eouS.
Further investigation established the
fact that Huroki and his creatur6s
making their escape by way of a secret
passage to a house on the downtoWn|
side of the block, had planted an fn3|
fernal machine at the mouth of the
passage, so wired that the first IT.
tempt to follow would bring about NE
explosion.
De Lima, arriving too late to Accom-
pany the fugitives, and seeking I'd 4
cape the police, had thus been LEFT to3
bring about his own humiliation.
tEND OF NINTH. EPISODE.l