Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1919-08-28


%S''hpii'eu- is e'ideht am hooineu
10 "'e III oed hi''r all. Adhiringiy
Morgan iooRed MN
o played In great luck. old
man. we nave engaged the men,
closed h deal for the machinery and
are ready to start back for Gods cOun-
try-which Is the mine. of course"
"MeanwhiIe for another suit of
clofhes, liner we VIII all go down and
dine" said Davis. Going to his room
he made his change, and this done all
left the apartment.
Scarcely had they departed the room
than the head of he Hindu boy arose
from the basket silent as a cObra's.
Making sure that he was alone, the
youth % from his pocket several
little pierced silver balls, and, going to
n faucet, held them under the running
water. The balls contained the sleep
producing perfume OF the Orient, which
when the water reached 1t after being
absorbed by the outer covering Of the
balls, would h en escape and fiji the
air with It's sweet smelling fumes. Go
ing to Johns room he put n under
The mattress, another In the same place
IN EtheTS llambe and four more in
Inherent hiding places in the living
room. This done he went out of the
WINDOW and secreted himself upon the
hre escape.
having hhiSiied their meal IN the
uih'hS'r""'h peio"' John stifled a yaWn.
'lnaSinilch as we must make an
carry 'l"rt ana are all tired tonight, ]
move That we adjourn to bed. Rain
face ana ! VIII take the middle room
" wh'"h until Midnight. Morgan
ana beilas can nave my room until
.we''T m''"cf ,heh watch until morn
chances All agreeing to this sensi-
p'e proposition, they returned to the
apartment.
Lale evening came. creeping along
the nre escape the Hindu boy peeped
MO each room Success'vely' A glance
Io'd nun 'Mat Morgan n tLo SPIDER
were a'reah! Souhdiy Sleeping heheath
,e 'r"s' WINE III the s-room
n",'" WV "es.hnihS &c hou heaVi'y
ann ha''i''ce' sllnine slowly from the
o""y''' ,,h'e 10 iul' iehgth uPoh 'he
Moor r'e' was aiso unconscious ana
WIN IL mule OF Satisfaction the prowl'
TAXING II rene from the basi-et he ap.
proa"hcd II window which frontcd over
an alley and lowered it, giving 1t two
Of three signal jerks. A moment later
1t became taut and, One close behind
The other, joost-Singh and a follower
entered the room. while as they did
so the hoy went sliding down. JOOst-
Singh, passing through the apartment, +,
saw the victlmsf al asleep and uttered
q ma!ediction. Rainface, who because
of his Slipping TO the floor had escaped
o of the fumes and still retained
his consciousness, had rolled under the
lounge out of sight as the pair en-
tered.
Binding the sleeping four and COW
ering their mouths with handkerchief
the Hindus lowered them one by one
To the ground where Shallum, aided
by h boy, quickly deposited them In
IA covered automobile truck. This
done, the Hindu helper slid down the
rope and Joost-Singh, tossing the bas.
Get out was preparing to follow, when
from under the uch a slneWy Dr0Wn
hand crept, clutched his ankle as In
IL wise. beiore the victim realized
Nhht was happening his legs were
Jerked IRON under MN and he fell like
II log ms mead crashing against nm
IRON RADIATOR ana fracturing his skull.
IN the covered truck below Shallum
WIN ever increasing 1mpatience. A
tfindu whom he had left on guard,
cam" running up to him.
"oficers are coming was his report.
S'';iiiull seized the wheel or the ma
chine,
I'VE can ait no longer for Joost-
Singh. silva will protect him." Start
ing the engine, they drove swiftly into
the night.
Rainfhce crawled out from beneath
the couch, aud with a single glance at
his fallen foe ran swiftly from room to
room. All were vacant. His senses
half bewildcred by the fumes of the
balls, and lying as he had been beneath
the low couch, he had no seen what
had passed, and rs all had been done
silently and without words the dlsap-
pearnnce of his companions was a
profound mystery to him. Now as his
cleared In the fresh air of the
open window he benz over the pros
trate form of Joost-Singh and shook
him.. No signs of life appearing, he
secured a glass of colo water and
it In the others face. Slowly