Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-17
NINTH EPISODE.
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OF pursuit
But the Hidden Hand had another
plan. With his gang he hurried TO
the car in which the gang ard Verda
had arrived and they too, were away
.ot the railroad station.
They arrived first and hurricdly he
planned with his cinissarics. When.
several moments later. Doris and Ram
say arrived, and the train at last pulled
in the Hidden Hand was ready.
u,ri. had sc.-ccIv boarded the train
Wien Ramsay. behind her. was seized
ana ararrc1 hack. a, the same time,
inc signal was given To the engineer
10 proreed. Ana as Ramsay struggled
TO &c, free the train rolled out. carry
ing Doris.
when Ramsay pickcd himself up
from the platform. where he had been
thrown. he started after the train. but
i. was TOO late.
On the train Doris had seen Jus :
enough to convince her tina. IL was
the work of tho Hidden Hand. Intiu-
lively she knew ,hat the plan was TO
soparate her from Ramsay. ,ha, the
criminal or some Of his mon mus, he
aboard tn. train she looked abou, il,
terror. She could no, lean off nov.
Hcfo-. her was an oman door of n Pull,
man s;ateroon And down tho massage
wa: she could h.ar some ono coming
She did no, x,i, I'm, ru,r bersclf in,o
Tho room. locking. m. door,
So- had she bccp wronr THO nd
den Hand. in the corridor had been
waiting for y,or Aa u. saw her re-
trca, he mv,terea an oath and two
other OF his mon ioined him
Already ono ~ tbc,, had ,-r,ca him
Y.lf win an AK which n. tad soizod
from INC merroncv ,ooIs 4. ono. no
Hidden Hand scizcd d, AMI boa,
,acktnp thc docr "a ,bo s,,,oro,,,, ~,
i, was Of stocl ana {, tool. limo 70
bat,cr {, down o.bors s.iz,h
duc,or and threw MIN n,r. wb,,. Gin
o,bcrs hc,a ,bc ,,,se,r,,o- q;
4, IN. s,a,ion yo,rs,y r,zol .hor,
b.irI..s.Iv wb,, v,sho 70 doo
while. wha. ,,it,h. no, name, +, nnris ,
suddenly ON q st1Inr me- snied :, CO...
-ruction nn, Iiko = Mana car eouinn.,
nth Y, little r..,.;n. motor r.. "a,
over 20 +, sciz.d i, and nlacea !. q,
tu. main ,rnrE ~. s,,-,od ,bo mater
ana =, ,,or,c-,, l,-or vac away s,c.d.
ing Xix. lightning on tho nm track
horJnr 10 he ablo "a c,,ch And PC.
ahead Of tina train and hoard 4,
crafty nc mn. car carconcd bu,
a., ", rounded the curve. ,h.r. he could
soc Tho train ahead on the down track
Thick ana fast the Hidden Hand
r,ined blows ON ,hc steel door Of The
s,n,croon. ur,il =, las, II began 10
Weld
Doris saw tho door bulge In terror
~. seized something and sma shed The
GLASS OF The window. tearing out the
screen. too She leaned far out Any
,binr eve, dc,,b yeas hot,o- ,bau 10
fan info r.. hands Of ,his criminal
ar,;u cbo Womb Loan
Yut as she leaned our she happened
"a ,oot hack To h,r u,,.- engagement,
,hcr. on The o,hor track She could see
p,n,v ~, NO motor oar coming
.lo,.- AVA &C no no.-cd anxiousiy
b.,d no sco,,od "a -.,iize n.y. ncril
so ,,o,..d b.cl - ,ho w.,Lrui,t-
door. then ucrved herself and climbed
,hro,,yh In. window as III. train
svavcl ana almos. threw her off.
There She clunr
ON few Ramsay. like the hammers
os hodcs every hi, Of speed in his
motor coming out As he shot past
IN the swayinr car. which almost left
mo rails he leaned w AS far as he
dared
4, rho moment chat Ramsay was
ohrcas, of the Pullman Doris l"opcd,
opd mono 700 soon. for the door finally
ravo way and the Hidden Hand
dashed 10 the broken. window just in
,in,c 10 see her land in the arms OF
ramsay who sho, ahead OF the train.
carving Doris to safety. while from
his gun he DISCHARGED such n fusilladc
If bullets thar the Hidden Hand was
e,,ad 10 give M the chase
In his apar,mcnt in the city the
n,x, dav Uncle Abner was waiting for
=, visitor whom he had summoned. and
i, WAS with satisfaction that at last
bo welcomed Il rather portly gentle
man of decidedly foreign appearance.
"you are the Consul Gencral?" he
asked. motioninE the man to be seated.
,c Abner proceeded to outline to the