Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-09-28

sured Marvel. Within an a.
shall probably know the propertio al |
the medicine" ''i'ies Of
THAT will aid us mater,.uu.
the reply ''' was
There seemed to be a great ma.
ramifcations to the operatio.u many
Resilius Marvel. l was begirui. OF
understand conditions. The an 70
embezzlement was subterfuga on.
part of Purvois to secure a non, W e, me
600 from the surety companv TiUO'
plan was to cause the disappesr.rnuae
of the unsuspecting Ransome ' auce
the conspirators were ready - LII
bark with their loot for narto
known. un'
| further knew, as Marvel anti,
another room. that he had disco,,e-ei
the men whose part it was to keen tS ~
man denounced as the absconder o.'
of the way. Three men were rsnUos
on a bench along the wall ~
cuffed, and three men guarded tban
| soon knew, too, that the end ono M
Tod Ferret. My friend brought a ,a+
ter from his pocket and extended =,
with pencil to this man.
It's understood that I'm to pot tbo
benefit if sign?" said Ferret
You will go free, unfortunaterv ,,
Purvois comes to time" renliad NJ.
vel. Il promise nothing"
He dispatched a man with the Ia.
ter. Within half an hour Pnrvoi,
came into tho room. He was nslo
GREATNESS, cowed and crushed as Ma
vel placed him on the rack.
your course can be plain y,
crooked, as you choose" advised m,
friend. What l demand is the st0o,
600 you secured from the bank in von,
clever raids. The surety comnanv
will protect itself. l advise Won tn
close up business and depart for new
fields after that. regret that the
policy of the banks is to avoid puh
licity, or you and your friends would
have long spell of rest from business
Notwithstanding my Lady Vitriol"
Hal" exclaimed Purvois with
spasmodic jerk Of his head-"you
know that?"
"She was a bold woman, with her
foreign record so we'll known to ven.
ture into prominence again" said Mar
vel. "She is waiting for you-after
you have settled your bill with the
bank"
1t was a foregone conclusion that
the prime mover in the plot Purvois,
should see his way clear to turn over
the 100000 belonging to the bank
With knowledge of the action of the
drug administered in their possession,
the physicians knew how to cope with
its deadening effects, and Alison Ran.
some was soon out of danger.
You gave me my cue the night you
advised me of the intention of Purvois
to employ the young man as his cash
ier," Marvel told me. 81 was ready
then to spring the trap as to my Lady
Vitriol, but l fancied giving them a
little more rope might close the net
more securely At her first visit to
the bank our Miss Tichenor managed
to get possession from the waste pa
per of rejected sub-treasury wrap
per. On the second occasion she
made the substitution. AS to the
satchel episode, she utilized what she
had learned of the bank routine from
Ransome. and posted her ally Ferret"
"Ransome's uncle will be glad to
see the affair cleared up" l remarked.
"And certain young lady with
whom Ransome has faltered in his
fealty will be glad also" added my
friend. HE will find his way back to
her, am sure, a wiser and better man
for his severe lesson"
"And Lady Vitriol?" I asked Resit
ius Marvel the next morning.
The great one drew two thin, vitre'
Gus objects from his pocket. They
we're delicately carved disks, exquisite
ly constructed and tinted.
my Lady Vitriol," he enlightened
me, was a famous Berlin beauty five
years ago. She got into trouble try
ing to blind a grand duke or some
thing of that sort out of Jealousy
The corrosive vitriol struck her own
eyes instead All she won was ban
ishment, notoriety and the name as
give it to you 1t took me week to
account for the missing eyes Of blue
another to secure these duplicates
of the filmy disguise she now wears
looked long and interestedly at the
filmy shells. They represented no
mean workmanship.
"It must have taken an artist 70
make these submitted.
Eyes, and my Lady Vitriol is Teai
artist herself in her line. as you nave
seen," was the reply of Resilius Mar
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