The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-10

cure such symptom in you, my good
woman. Understand right now that
you must obey my orders implicitly.
If you do not
You win expose something in my
life l have been trying to hide" in
terrupted Jane in a weary, PARKWAY
tone-"you and your Great Master
and your Secret Seven Zulph re-
coiled in amazement.
The less You say about the Great
Master and The Secret Seven the bet
ter off you will be-" he Numbered
why shouldn't l speak of them TO
youE" replied Jane Haven't / been
in Mr. Clarke's home for years?
Haven't / seen you and the other vile
members Of Your organization come
and 60: Don't l know that Mr. Clarke
is one of the brainiost of The Secret
Seven; that most Of his money was
piled Up through crime
"Ah," broke 81 DR.. Zulph, smiling
outwardly, but raging inwardly. and
resolving that Jane Warren should fol-
low Clarke on 4 journey to eternity.
You know Clarke for what he really
Is. He is now very sick man."
Yes" said Jane, he is sick man,
and you are a physician attending him.
Heaven help Thomas Clarke =
"And heaven help Jane Warren"
whispered Zulph, his face close to hers
Heaven help Jane Warren if she
doesn't do as l say. l have brought
will here with me- l want YOU to
see that Thomas Clarke signs it. Since
you know 50 much about his affairs
You probably know-sick men always
tell their troubles-that, by grace OF
what The Secret Seven has done for
him, he has pledged himself to leave
all Of his wealth to The Secret Seven"
Il do" said Jane. Better far if he
would leave his money to poor Bey-
erly Clarke, his niece, whose father
his own brother-he swindled And
the girl is now living in poverty with
| her mother"
( Thomas Clarke is going to keep his
1 promise" sneered Zulph, fumbling in
his pockets and finally drawing forth
4 a small bottle filed with q dark liquid
'He will keep his prorlise-and he dies
today. Jane, you have one of tive
things to do-either obey me and you
VIII be rewarded handsomely. or re
fuse to obey and be punished Refusal
means ruin; obedience means opulence
| want you. as soon as / have depart
ed, to see that Mr.. Clarke signs his
will. Then offer q toast to his health
I'm one of your glasses of Wine place
two drops from this bottle one droI
produces prolonged sleep; two drop
kill. Let him drink of the glass witt
two drops in it. am going to a meet
ing of The Secret Seven. You hav,
my telephone number. As soon al
Thomas Clarke has signed the will tel
ephone me. Then when he is dead
poor man-telephone again"
Let alone, Jane pondered over he
frightful plight. Zulph was a power
full man in New York. He was of tina
modern Jekyll and Hyde type tina
grasps money and brushes all opposi
ton by fair means or foul in one phas
of life and is a Snug, respected citize
in another. She thought of going t
the police and exposing him. If SD
did he would only bring about her I'll
doing, for Zulph had it in his power t
blast her whole life. And she had trie
to live down what she had done year
ago. Well, she was weak. She knc7
it. She took the will to ailing Thoma
Clarke.
"A pen and ink" he said when b
saw it. quick. My heart-I do Nc
believe l will live much longer. Ca
Frederick Jane summoned Frede
lex. the butler, and then delivered til
pen and ink. AS she reached the doc
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