Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-10-03

/ You neednrs II fs obvious. AND
now that you are caught-he VIII
come himself Perhaps not at once
but he will come. And then
But we waste time. The money,
Zabolef."
Il have no money" he snarled.
You lie. Zaboleff. You lie clumsfly.
You have quite lot OF money brought
over for WaldOck 80 that he might
carry on the good work after you had
sailed tomorrow. Quick, please; time
passes"
With a curse ZaboleR produced q
small canvas bag and held It out.
The other took 1t and glanced In
side
Il see" he said gravely. Pearls and
| precious stones. Belonging ence,
suppose, TO a murdered gentlewoman
whose only crime was that she,
through no action Of her own, was
born In a different sphere to you.
And. you reptile"-hIs voice rose
lIttIe-"you would do that here"
Zaboleff shrank back, and the other
laughed contemptuously.
Search him-snd Waldock no"
Two men stepped forward quickly.
Nothing more" they said after a
while. Except this piece Of paper"
There was q sudden movement Gu
Zabolefrs part-instantly suppressed,
but not quite soon enough.
"Injudicious," said the leader quiet
ly. Memory is better An address,
I see-No. Green street, Hexton.
A salubrious nelghborh0od, with which
am but indifferently acquainted. All
l see my violent friend has recovered"
He glanced at Flash Jim, who was sit
ting up dazedly. rubbing the back of
his head Number 4-the usual"
There was a slight struggle, and
Flash Jim lay back peacefully I'M
conscious, while a faint smell of
chl0roform filed the room.
And now think we viii go. A
most successful evening"
"What are you going to do with me,
you scoundrel?' spluttered Wal1ock.
~ warn you that / have influential
friends, who--who viii ask questions
in-in parliament II you do anything
to me; who will go TO Scotland Yard"
~ can assure you. Mr. Waldock,
that I will make it my personal busi-
ness to see that their natural curiosity
Is gratified" answered the leader
suayely. But for the present l fear
the three filthy rags you edit will
have to be content with the office boy
as their guiding light. And venture
to think they will not suffer"
He made a sudden sign. and be-
fore they realized what was happen.
Ing the two men were caught from
behind and gagged. The next instant
they were rushed through the door,
followed by Flash Jim. For a mo-
ment or two the eyes of the leader
wandered round the now empty room
taking in every detail then he stepped
forward and blew out the two candles.
The door closed gently behind him,
and couple Of minutes later two
cars stole quietly away from the brok-
en-down gate along the cart track.
1t was not until the leading car
turned carefully into the main road
that anyone spoke
'Deuced awkward. the police being
there"
The big man who was driving
grunted thoughtfully.
perhaps" he returned. Perhaps
not Anyway, the more the merrler.
Flash Jim all right?"
Sleeping Ike a child" answered the
other, peering into the body of the
car.
For about ten miles they drove on
! in silence; then at main crossroads
! the car pulled up and the big man
got out The second car was Just
behind. and for few moments there
was whispered conversation between
him and the other driver. He glanced
at Zaboler and Waldock. who APP
peared to be peacefully sleeping on
the back seat. and smiled grimly.
Good night. old man. Report as
usual"
Right" answered the driver. so
long"
The second car swung right-handed
and started northwards, while the
tehNeF etuuu Watching tue vanishing
, tall lamp. Then he returned to his
own seat and soon the first begin
nlngs Of outer London were reached.
And II was as they reached White
chapel that the leader spoke again
! with a note Of suppressed excitement
! in his voice.
Were worrying EN-; we're worry
Ing EN- badly. Otherwise they'd
r never have sent ZaboleT- He was too
big a man TO risk. considering the po-
I lice"
ITS the police that am consider
: ing, said his companion.
The big man laughed
Leave that to me, old man: leave
:, that entirely 70 me"
First blood for me Rlacksi HI
, and a pretty good Job. And so HI
DELIGHTFULLY."- mysterious. az we'll II
as efficient. II