The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-20
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YhatShorrible power was forcing
sz threeMDrak Brothers,
the Wall Street broker,
RQGER tho scientists, and
recently returned from
sAustIaIf:st IL place themselves in
rfdicuIous 81 tuations2 Sedate,
sa mi dIe-agad and wealthy, the
three were now terror stricken.
Som power forced Hobart 20
deIiYersaamoc speech In q public
Square. Roger to !burlesque q
Sssscfenfi paper and Andrew to
Isl on sparlor floor and play
syYi thsst toys. Theyw sane, and
sssgunknoWng5to them s35i
EATRICIAMDRAKE. daughter of
secured
%DWENShIILES detective sergeant,
and shiss League
to investi-
gate Niles is employed as a.
port as gard ener On his first
mig there, M Hes discovers An.
drew preventing Roger from
gcommftttng suicide. The follow
Sing morntnga sletter throws Ho-
bart Unto La passion. Miles finds
hat MT he s sitter did 4. not go
sthEoughs he mail. Scottie inves-
gatesSt the family at the country
and reports to Miles.
GoEO N8vvlTH# STORY
General history of the family
Ssand thezway tha#neig hbors regard
;isthem;,s ScottfeS grunted. I've come
sgnf$somesEstran rof Ho-
Wall Street today.
Hes home;th might ~
~ ess nd clam and more self
.,,s#M lies exclaimed in
That's because his mind is
made upsss returned Scottie. I'm a
Hess the hum or#is Ssun found d-our
ndHFIobartgissD planning to retire
ss1rmake his getaway He has start
sdStoSWfndSup his business affairs.
sanyt thing "A
Nothing Y. X
sBrieflyaNI Miles told his colleague
the#eyents which had occurred
Since mis- ms llation as the pseu-
house servant.
Andrew is the only one who
sseemsS to- eunaffected but there is
saA cedaandSunnatural note in HIS
erfulness. don't
nowswhetheraWe' dealing with
bunch OF lunatics or but that
they the ictms of some OBJ
4scuTe form &of villainy5 that is un-
sprecedentedsi in the annals OF the
am on the point
sof#deYeIoping nerves over the
sprob1emsmyself!ll Ill pc glad when
YOU tackle your Job here
MiIesxSWatched until the bulky
form hadsyanished When he enter
SsdStheS kitchen door and fastened It
sbehind him
sHeshad startedSf for the servants
staircase when d flickering glow
from the front Of the house made
him pause with eevTy Snse alert.
Nofse1esslyh he crept toward it
1t emanated from the
AS he advanced
OF flames and kissing
sthud IofM falling log came to his
sears and then the dull clank OF
sofsthea heavy curtains which drap-
gad the conway and peerd in.
sThereswass no light save that from
blaze burning itself out
IN theafireplace5b but against its
glow he saw outlined a huddled,
figure lin a loose robe
before the hearth ana
while he gazed a narrow tongue
OF Tame 1eaped up, glistening on
saheavy% coil of silvery hair which
sshungStos theE floor.jIt was Miss Jer.
ushaADrake!a
sIoldingSh his breath and moving
snentlys1nchab by inch Miles slipped
the curtains and into the
SHADOW behind a8taI cabinet, from
around sthe Their side Of which
zhe#couId gain a ore direct view
sofsthe crouching form. It was sway
ing backs forth and now a low,
neutrality-suspicious. utter not unlike
Some weird Incarnation issued from
GherHps.
The famed lied and Miss Jerusha
@drewsasd deep breath.
Gone The mutter resolved it
sse1fintoS dull, monotonously intoned