Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1919-09-11
EPISODE IL.
THE RUSHING HORROR.

and brought TO the cottage on the dun
overlooking the sea, managed to cut his
bonds and barricade himself In an up
per room of the house. The door Vas
finally battered down by the gang OF
~oricntals. and John, after making a
great fight against them, went down be-
meath the weight Of numbers. Rain
face. who had FASTENED to his rescue.
suffered a similar fate, and the two
were bound and put in large gunny
sacks. They were then carried to the
edge Of the bluff and thrown headlOng
into the sea to be drowned like blind
kittens.
They struck the water with a ire
mendous splash and disappeared In
twin spots Of foam. A full minute
passed. Then a head appeared upon
the surface, Immediately followed by
the arm of John, the hand Of which
claspcd the short sheath knife which
he had carried concealed in the waist
band Of his trousers, and with which
he had cut himself free of bonds while
In the cottage Of the Hindus. Floatir
upon his back barely long enough 10
ill his lungs half a dozen times with
fresh air, he turned and dove otter
like. Fortunately the water here, be-
ing close off shore, was not more than
a dozen feet deep and he had little diff
fculty in finding the sack in which was
confined the form of his Indian follow
er. One long sweep Of the knife rip
ped the receptacle from end to end, and
not stopping to do more than thrust his
knife in his pocket he seized the mo-
tionless and half drowned man by the
collar and began kicking his way Wig
orously toward the surface. Greatly
out Of breath he reached it.
For q moment more he treaded water
as he supported the face Of Rainface
to the air, and, once more recovered,
started for the shore towing the Indian
at his side. 1t was but a few dozen
strokes to the beach, and arriving
there he laid the stillssenseless form OF
| the red man on the sand and waited
for nature to take its course. Not long
afterward Rainface gasped. groaned
and then sat up. Fifteen minutes later
he was little the worse for his ducking.
At once they started up the face OF
the cliff. PERCEPTIONS though it was, by
following. the windings of a narrow
trail they eventually reached Its top,
| and soon after, encountering a passing
lnNi, they engaged it and ordered thai
| lhey he driven with all speed to the
Mackenzie hotel.
With n hasty paying of their driver
they dashed into that hosiery n ran
tosthe door of their apartment. The
rooms were empty. A hurried searci
revealing no clue as to the whereabouts
If the absent ones, they hurriedly
sought the elevator man and began
plying him with questions. He scratch
ID his head rellectively.
ayes sir. Now that / think OF 1t the
lady with two Observation-Disclosures the9
looked like doctors-went out abou
hnif an hour ago"
Wondering what this might mean
the puzzled pair descended and soueh'
the street. As they were deliberatine
as TO what course to pursue, a police
man came strolling by, and prompt!
John fell upon him.
"Yes, | seen II lady such as yot
describe drive off with a couple o.
medical gents n little while ago. Sh'
seemed sick or somethin' and l wa
going to ask her what vas the matter
hut they got started before / could &c
to them, However, 1t looked kinda run
nv. so I made a note Of the number o
the car for future reference In case
wanted H."
"And that numbers" cried Davis. Th'
officer consulted his note book.
zeal. 3TG55.. And II It concerns you
mister. if you will call M the Licens
Bureau and say that Patrolman Wado'
gave you the number, they'll tell vo'
who the owner Is"
"rhank you, officer" returned Davl'
MS he slipped him II bill. Back into IN
hotel they hurried, where John immt
diotely accosted the operator at Tn
telephone switchboard.
"Nill YOU please call up the licens
bureau and say that Policeman Wadd
wishes to know the owner of car u
her 37G55f" he requested. I'VE VIII D
bnck In ten minutes to get your reply
Returning to the lobby they were II
formed that the car was owned by
DIR. Fream, also receiving the furthe
and very welcome information that tn
said gentleman had recently rented
country house In Idle Wild, a reslde'
tiol suburb on Eucalyptus avenu
Number %.
10 Much pleased at having struck I
D warm n scent, they at once engaged
motorcar and instructed that they
token to the number named. Arri
ing there, they glanced ut It's sle
which read "St. Luke's Hospital. ID
! Fream, Sup't.," and .~dismounted FRO
their vehicle.
Meanwhile us to Ethel.
Terribly worried at the repo
a brought by the physicians that Joi
was badly hurt and in danger Of q
ing, she sat listlessly In the machil
. rs the Spider sped them over the roi
I 10 Idle Wild where the bogus =
n Luke's Hospital" with Its sign especlt
ly painted for this purpose by NC
gan, was situated. As they drove In
y the carriage way and the handsou
hu,ld,n0 confronted her. she CLASH,