The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-01-06

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ten drops Of blood every half hour, no
more. no less. am willing to release
you as soon as you inform me where
shall find the formula. You will
save yourself much by telling me at
once"
| Helpless rage drew from Judson the
groan which physical anguish had fall
ed to elicit.
'In the east we have proverb.' he
said. eff Allah. wills II the mo" OF
today IL the yes" of tomorrow.
And with these words he left his
victim TO futile meditation.
| Hours of horrible mental anguish
succeeded. Worse. far worse. than the
cutting of sharp pain was the slow
advance OF weakness which threat
ened to rob Judson of all fortitude and
power of resistance. And. to add to
his torture. that harpy OF the east.
Katisha. sat and gloated over his fast
diminishing strength, reminding him
| of some great sleek cat watching with
malign anticipation for the fall or
wounded bird 1t had discovered hutter-
ing desperately on branch just out OF
reach.
Then. as his weakness increased,
came swirling dreams which chased
each other in and out of his brain
dreams of all the wonders he had
planned to accomplish through the per-
lection Of his invention.
In the heart of these dreams. how
ever, there lurked always. behind some
heavy veil or bank Of cloud, the SIMS
ter figure of Ali Singh. And when 1t
emerged and famed him with its fetid
breath he would wake with start to
find Katisha leering at him In expec-
tant triumph.
She would demand of him In some
eastern tongue what he knew to be
surrender of his precious secret, and
each time that he managed to shake
his head In negation he wondered II
the next awakening would find him
nerveless to defend his treasure and
the welfare OF mankind.
There came nightmare that out
distanced all the others. He fancied
that he could see each drop Of blood
as 1t was drawn from the fast thinning
arteries falling-a horrible toll!-into
the hand Of the enemy OF mankind
He walked in agony from vision
which seemed to him prophetic With
his life would vanish for all time the
secret of the completion Of his inven-
ton, his creation.
Hoping to tempolize. In broken words
he signified to his hated jailer that he
wished to speak with her master. He
was too exhausted to note her baleful
joy at his surrender and fell back In
a faint on the pillow.
Burning with eagerness to carry to-
her sovereign lord the glad news Of
Judson's conquest, Katisha raced
through the hallway In search of All
Singh.
She found him In his laboratory
wearing a mask and with glass globe
in his hands. which, on hearing her
message, he deposited carefully on the
table Then he quickly removed the
mask. picked up small case and fol-
lowed her to the room where Judson
lay unconscious.
It took some time to revive the far
spent man. Ali Singh at once remov
cd the bandage arrangement; then he
took a hypodermic syringe out OF its
case and injected something into the
wounded arm. But the drug was very
slow in taking effect, and he began to
fear that he had done his work too
thoroughly. Not in vain, however, had
he counted on the iron constitution Of
the inventor. After an anxious inter
val the faint flicker of an eyelid show
ed that strength was returning. Soon
the weary eyes opened and looked
with shuddering adherence into his.
"You have regained your Nsenses?"
sneered Xii with q hooking smile.
I'm all in" faltered Judson. 81
can't stand any more Give me some
thing to drink" -.
1.-THE formula must be Forthcoming
first"
I'm too weak" gasped Judson. "It's
written out
"Where Is it," demanded Ali Singh
concealing his eagerness with superb
aplomb.
"At my house-in tin box-in a
trunk In my workroom.'
The oriental produced notebook
and wrote therein Judson's address and
directions as to the particular room In
which the precious secret lay hidden.
81 assume that the trunk is locked
he went on. where are the keys"
Tt's not locked" asserted Judson as
boldly as his state permitted. ray
of hope peeped up in him. But 1t was
ruthlessly dispelled by Ali Singh.
"You lie." he replied calmly. "And
you lie poorly, as you dogs of Chris
tians ever do"
He clapped his hands, and two Of his
thugs came at the signal. He babe
them search Judson's pockets for the
keys. which were soon produced. Their
owners crestfallen countenance was
proof enough that they were the right
ones All Singh took the keys. ordered
| that the straps of the straitjacket be
unfastened and bowed a ceremonious
| farewell.