Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1919-09-11

tremendous Hoar.
them. With NalntaCe mounted on tne
auxiliary seat in the rear. Scarcely
had they turned the first corner. how
ever. than the Indian, suspicious that
the one left behind was up to some
deviltry, slipped from his seat umno-
ticed by his companions. Arriving at
the hotel, John secured three rooms
for them. the suppcsition being that
R~ainface had preferred to come on
foot, and Indian-like had dropped of
saying nothing. John and Ethel start
ing for their rooms, saw that Morgan
was missing and supposed he had pre-
coded them.
But the Hawk had not. SecretinG
himself until they had retired he re-
turned to the desk and engaged two
additional rooms above those taken by
John, his excuse to the clerk being
that he expected two friends to arrive
later on. This done. he mounted tho
stairs and threw himself upon the
bed without undressing.
Out in the bay in a motor boat, the
Spider cruising slowly along with eyes
upou the Sea Cliff Inn, gave nm eA-
clamation Of satisfaction. From out
Of Il window of that hosiery a towel
hung, and guiding his boat to the dock
he made it secure and approached the
building. Inqulring of the sleepy clerk
for the room that his friend had en-
gagged for him, he was shown TO II,
to he Joined shortly thereafter by Nor
gan. The Spider opened the grip' he
had been carrying, taking from 1t q
uail.puller and a number Of other OBJ
iects.
Davis room is just beneath this.
the girls beneath the adjoining one
which | also engaged. l happened to
remember that It would be easy Tor
us TO pull IN a few floor boards In
this old seaside shack. and that's what
put the idea In my head whispered
the Hawk, as they began their task.
Ten minutes of silent work had re-
moved Il plank from the flooring 81
each room, showing them the maj and
girl lying asleep in their rooms be
low. Because of the warmth of the
weather neither was fully dressed
and each was lying without covering
From the contents Of the grip, Nor
gan selected two long, telescoped cones
which he drew to their full length AM
than handed one to the Spider.
"You etherize Davis while ] d" thf
same for the girl" he whispered
With a nod of assent Bellas passed
into the adjoining room, while Nor
gan bent over the opening In the Hoo
VI his chamber. A moment later INT
cones slowly descended until they wer'
close over the faces Of the sleeping
ones, and the etherlzing process be
gan. Within five minutes the victims
lay wholly unconscious.
Quickly Morgan and his accomplic'
descended to the floor below, and open
ing the doors leading to the slumbei
ing dunes. bound them securely. Thel
raising them in their arms they cal
ricd them to the window, from whenc
: they were lowered to the ground D.
means of ropes which the Spider ha
brought for the purpose, and frot
there conveyed them to the dock. TN
Spider pointed to the launch with II
skiT In tow.
THAT skin has steel water-tigt
compartments both fore and aft, an
+ in each of the compartments Is an II
fernal machine" he said.
Good" returned Morgan. 'Whe
we get out n safe distance we'll CT
loose and let them go to glory tosetht
. the way they were bound to live
Slowing the bound and helpless pa
in the skiT. the villains entered II
= launch and went chugging out to Sc
q An hour later Morgan looked Mt n
G watch. .
i "One-thirty." he said. 1.-THE bonn
are set for I AS. We're far enough Oh
Let go" A swift pass by u XIII
@ and the towing painter was severe
O the launch shooting ahead n leavii
a the sklff with Its death-dealing frelgl
e rocking. idly on the low waves OF !
d wake.
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