The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-03-18

THE INVISIBLE HAND
CHAPTER g. THE CLOSING JAWS
Read the chapter of The Invisible
Hand" each, week in The Courant and
then see it in pictures at the Grand
Theatre the following Tuesday.
sharpe Anne and the troopers start
searching for means Of escape when
the girls warns them that can of
lighted INT has been placed on the roof
of the cabin by the gangs ters. They find
a trap door concealed in the cabin that
leads into an old mine tunnel. Into this
no sooner penetrated the subterranean
passage but few feet when there
comes deafening s roar of the explosion
of the INT: that fairly shakes the
proceed along the tunnel. Iron Hand,
Potsdam and the rest of the gang see
the force and the effect Of the explosion
at last succeeded in killing the detect
vie and their soldier-pursuers they sep
arate and make plans to meet in Los
Angeles to again hatch their devilish
plots Of crime.
In the meantime, Sharpe, Anne and
the soldiers work their way along thru
the underground mine passage and come
to an opening some distance away from
place. They make their way cautiously
back and finding that the outlaws have
left, they secure their horses again and
staft back for the city. At ranch g
Sharpe ride in this, the girl saying moth
ing but pretending that she is an unwill-
ing prisoner. AS they ride along in the
buckboard Sharpe questions her and is
he believes to be g crook. She is like
wise attracted to Sharpe and shows it
in all her glances and talk.
At ranch outside the city, Sharpe
ranch house, Anne cuts the traces Of the
horse loose from the blackboard and
dashes away. Eharpe, returning finds
her but Of
vice she performed in warming him and
| the soldiers Of the danger Of the expio-
sion. Sharpe takes the. train and goes
to i Los while the
vain effort for a few days to locate
the new hiding place which the gang
have retreated to. He comes upon a per.
vsa him clue IL IL sez Il ost
finds it to be q message from one OF
veals their new rendezvous.
He goes out aa on l.w hunt h. aa,s ana finds ds
the newspaper ad. He notes with inter
est that it is near to famous jewelry
| store and later puts two and two to-
gether when he learns that the Notorious
els are kept there under close watch. A
further investigation and shadowing OF
! members of the gang reveals to him
that they are planning q systematic rob.
| secure the Jewels which are said to et
worth a fabulous sum. =
The plan of Iron Hand is to make
shop She "aS Showroom WI ON through the wall Of The
| building that he and the gangsters are
occupying. From that point it is theii
plan to cut a hole thru the ceiling ane
meantime Anne has Joined Iron Hand
and Potsdam at the new rendezvous
She pretends to be very angry that tn, IN
gangs ters risked her life and were Will
they blew down the cabin. She learns
| that, they had suspected that her fai
down the side Of the cliff was a rns' rs
ally prevails upon them that they arr
mistaken in their suspicious and she i
again admitted to grace with the band
and at his request Anne is left out Of
the plans that have been made to rot
the jewelry store Sharpe after def1nlte
ly learning that the band intends to loo1
sne Work sehe1 he finds o out % the exact time tha
they expect to spring the trap he makes
an entrance into the rear of building
that is next to the store. He makes his
ages to secrete himself in a closet il
one of the rooms when the gangster:
begin to gather in the room. r.
| They go over the plans and lay on
| his hiding place in the closet. Sharp
manages to get out of his hiding place
when the gang has left the room and n
goes to the jewelry store. He asks t!
| permis sion. Then he makes an appoint
ment for an Interview with the manager
To the manager he reveals his susplc
ions and knowledge of the planned ROB
| berry. He advises the manager to re
move the jewels from their show cas-
| to a place of better safety. The mana
ger winks at him goes to the store ant
brings in the casket of jewels. Sharp
| with his glass and then announces t
the manager that they are paste-jus
limitations. The latter is surprised ant
pleased at Sharpe's keen perception ant
| he tells him that the limitations are JUS
used for advertising purposes while tn
real jewels are locked up in a burglar
proof safe.
night to force their entrance to th'
store Anne joins them. She is again re
fused permission to participate in thei1
plans. When Sharpe again enters lne
nest of the thieves he is discovered ant
made. prisoner. They throw him into
closet, after binding and gagging him
unable to lose time with the plans fo1
the robbery to pay him any more at
tention. Then they start to work. Thl
panel in the dividing wall Of the tw.
buildings, which has already been cut
| is removed. While others Of the gant
start fake fight out in the street II
front Of the jewelry store, in order to at
| tract the attention of the police and thl
watchman. Iron Hand. Potsdam ard th'
others enter the jewelry store thru th'
hole cut in the ceiling: The two watch
men are overpowered by two fax,
watchmen who pose in their places ant
give the semblance that all is well whil'
Iron Hand and the rest plunder th'
store.
| Anne makes her way to the room
where Sharpe is confined in the close
and releas es him. Sharpe fights witl
the guard in front Of the store and white
he is thus occupied. Iron Hand and tn.
rest make their escape through real
windows to waiting automobiles. Sharp'
beats them to the waiting automobile.
knocks out one Of the chauffeurs ard
changes cap and clothes with him. HI
drives off with Iron Hand, Potsdam ant
| the Jewels.