The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-01-18
THE
LIGHTNING RAIDER
CAST.
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#CSeeond Episode

Thomas Darlington Norton, await
ing word from The Lightning Raider
and a bit fearful for her saftey know
ing she had dared WI Fang in his
den, rose to his feet in delight as
Lightning herself came in. In her
outstretched hand was the precious
thing that he had lost and now this
clever girl had regained for him the
ebony block. lightning, you are a
wonder" he exclaimed as he took the
block. No one but you could have
done it." But Wa Fang, the willy, had
outguessed the pair and ever as Tom
spoke he confronted the pair with lev
eled gun. you have reckoned with
out your WI Fang" he said in oily
tones. please hand ove the block"
Gazing insolently at them he drawled,
You really must excuse me as | am
the guest of honor at a weekend party
up the Hudson" Tom, using his social
influence, procured an invitation for
the Countess Raider and himself and
that evening found WI Fang, Tom and
Lightning guests at the same social
function. Lightning, convinced that
WI was carrying the ebony block, kept
close to the Chinaman and finally over
heard him ask Mr.. Scarborough to
keep it for him, explaining that it was
a valuable memento which he feared
to carry. Lightning discovered that
the banker was carrying on an affair
with Shirley Wells. She followed
Shirley Wells like a shadow from that
time on and was rewarded by seeing
the girl ascend the stairs and go down
the corridor leading to the bankers
room. AS soon as Miss Wells entered
the room Lightning ran to a house
phone and asked Mrs. Scarborough to
come to her husbands room on an
important matter. Mrs. Scarborough,
thinking Miss Wells i'll, went out for
smelling salts and Lightning Selling
her opportunity, turned to the banker:
81 know why Miss Wells is here and
the price of my silence is that ebony
block you have" she said. Miss Wells
pleaded with the banker to protect her
by giving up the block and he finally
handed it over. Believing that Scar
borough was in league with Lightning,
WI Fang went to the bankers room
and stabbed him to death. When the
police arrived he Joined the excited
throng and demanded that Lightning
be searched, since she had been in the
bankers room shortly before. While
they were searching Mrs. Scarborough
and Miss Wells, Lightning slipped the
box deity into Wu's own pocket so
that the police found nothing on her,
greatly to Wu's chagrin.
The next morning at a New York
police station a drunken old woman
was arraigned charged with intoxica-
ton and selling pencils without a Ii
cense. She was finally discharged and
as she went to the desk to regain her
pencils which had been taken from her
by the police, she staggered and fell
against WI Fang, who was a spectator
at the court. A moment later and the
old woman was flying up the street
with WI and the police in close pur-
suit, for the Chinaman had recognized
her as the Lightning Raider and when
she fell against him she had snatched
the block from his pocket where she
had placed it the night before. A
thrilling chase followed, but Lightning
finally escaped by dropping from a
third story window of a tenement
house.