The Washington times., 1917-12-01
Episode 2.
counters.It Faees-

CopgnEnt. III. htar Company.
-HB Hidden Hand was earring
: what looked like = violin case.
while the chauffeur carried a
huge nask such a. she had already
seen In the laboratory den
Even ~ she watched, the Hidden
Hand opened the violin case and
1pOk from It = peculiar joIntsd ar
arrangement which he slowly ex-
sgsnded until Il ressmblsd the Siam
sis ladders which nrsmsn use in
: scaling the windows Of burning
SuiIdinEs. II was his tsleseoping
sladdsr made 0f light aluminium
tubing,
:. Fron tbs Sroznd % the ssrond
Aoor the Hidden Hand extended this
ladder. mounting to . window be-
-lOW. Then polsing himself in the
window, he drew up the ladder and
hooked it upon the sill of VerdA's
owu WindoW. On up he came. the
AaBk siung carefully over his shoui-
Der. without = word he erawIed In
through her open window. pulling
the ladder after him and laying Il,
atin extenoed. on the door.
You eurned tbs valves a. I told
your he asked softly.
Vsrda nodded that she had and
without another word the Hidden
Hand began unJointing a part Of
her radiator. into which he quickly
poured the boiling and steAfning
aouid air from the dRSk.
SF1nd Ramsay" he whispered
If he Il In the library, lock him in
there. We must keep him away"
Completing the Plot.
Z. obediently vsrdA slipped out
Down the hall
> Eagerly working. the Hidden Hand
closed up the joint in the pipe
which he had opened, then screwed
Nown the radiator valves.
The Hidden Hand smiled TO him
self in anticipation Of his hideous
-n)ot
: Silently, through the halls. verda
Sfols until she gained the portisres
Of the library. She pulled them
apart Just a trins and inside, as she
had expected, she could see Ramsay.
- As the moonlight streamed in
through DoriE's window. the water
Vapor was now conGeAling more
Hapd more rapidly upon the coils OF
tbs radiator. The tremendous cold
- the liquid air did not allow the
water TO remain water lon. Il
was frozen almost a. It condensed.
and soon the coils were covered
With fee. growing into vsFitablS
teiclss.
: ; At the same time the air in the
room began TO show the effects Of
.the cold In fear Of another attack.
Doris. when she went to bed. had
locked both her windows and doors-
,Rrost now began 20 appear upon the
window pGnss in fantastic figures.
q, In her sleep Doris moved rest
Isssly a. the air cooled She pulled
the coVsrists over her. shivsHng.
dhe Ice Forms.
Finally. ~ the fee began to form
N greater quantities on the radiS-
tor. the radiator itself began TO vi
brate under the terrific pressure OF
iIQuid air contained in It u began
pounding on the Moor, and at the
first sound Of the vibration Doris
stirred. startled
She looked about and GhiVersd.
now IN the intense cold OF the room.
She scarcely could believe her eyes
- she saw the radiator. Though
she did not know what was going
on. a mere glance was enough to
-rsll her that she was in some grave
-psril. She lsaped out OF bed and
threw about herself 4 dressing
Eown. Only for an instant ala she
stand looking At the ics-covsrsd
radiator.
Down In the library Ramsay sud
doniy looked up from the papers he
Eas examining before the fireplace.
What was that peculiar metallic
,aslss which he could hear, -
though there was something wrong
vita ths heating plant Of the house1
AS rose and crossed swiftly 10 the
ladiatoF In the library He could
n.el sgsa these coils vibrating. A
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