The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 28, 1917, Image 6
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Louis Joseph Vance <
MOVELIZ.AVTION OF THE MOTION
NAI1ET. PRODUCED FOR VAC IMTFRWj
liMDLR THE" .DIRECT/ON OF WHARTOp,^
THE CAST.
MRS. VERNON CASTLE as
Patria /Charming.
MILTON iSILLS as DonaJd Parr.
WARNER OLANO as Baron
Hurokj.
nr?RnTw>v r. r p p w 9C r3nnu
Adair.
SYNOPSIS.
llnron Hurotei, chief of the Japanese
aeciot service in America, conspiring to
embroil tlie United States with Mexico,
desires control of the Mr eat Chancing munitions
plants owned by Putria?last of
"The Fighting v'hanninus" and sole executrix
or the SiW.O'O.i.xhi trust secretly
ereaie.d by patriotic progenitors to combat
the national ;>? riis inherent in "unprepareilness."
! ils schemes failing
through the opp< dtlon of l'atria and lit r
fiance, <'npt. 1'or.t ld Parr, Huroki in revenge
causes tlu destructn n by five of
vast stores of mi..' it ions in the i'h&Rning
freight yards tie.-r liayonne a hulorat;: i
in which Pat riu .in! PonaM est tpt onuiliilution
by tlie n: v iwi st of chancesi.
NINTH EPISODE
Cat's Paw and Scapegoat.
THE CONVENTIONAL THING.
'That night had lwvn sultry, n nicrht
<>i heat rendered tin- more oppressive
by humidity, a true '.Manhattan nipht
?of August. P.ut the *2?v that followed
.broke upon tlie uneasy eitv in dawnJight
so pitilessly elisor that at least
one belated wayfarer, half dulled
senses suddenly slirrlciir to appreciate
that tlie friendly cloak of dai'KHess
was no more for him. was seized
with a little tit of shivering, as if
cliilJed.
Ilis trembling Anders strive to draw
1 ogctber the front of his ,-oat. .a fruitless
effort. Looking down stngrilv. he
discovered a wine spattered expanse of
white gaping between the edge of Ids
dress coat?something, of course, not
btlilt t o he hlJl toiled.
Mumbling pettishly mm inane oath,
vhe belated one glanced furtiwly
round to cee whether. by mischance,
anybody else wore abroad to bo a witness
to itlie wltlessness; then. roat?
mi red to ?<*rj himself the lonely tenant
of an empty nide street, pulled ljimself
together after a fashion and resumed
a desultory course toward bis
lodgings.
This was the figure, in the role of
r: Voted suitor for the hotel of I'atria
Channlng, out by Mr. Rodney Wrenu
?in his sober senses not inaptly to be
yenned a gentleman.
>%s his struggling feet wove their
fiUioert/jfn way upon the sidewalk, a
motorcar of the touring type overtook '
blip, folded the next corner, and (lis- (
nppeftwah Mr. Wrepr) was aware of
its transit, blft WJJS likewise sufficiently
Htviire of hi* condition to wish not
to be seen, even by strangers, fie held
Ids face averted till the car had
passed. Had he looked up be would 1
have recognized the face of the worn* j
pn*: he ioved, or thought lie loved, fuit
1 the vP1* >Lrnitlon would have been one- '
sided. S|
She lay. with s closed, as If she
slept, In the arc- of Oapt. Donald
j-arr, nor noad pillowed on III? slioulWnB*
<* >; I IffiR
Donald Wrested the Instrument From
Her.
ders, her body envoi oped In a coarse,
damp blanket,.her hair in a disorderly
tangle framing a face whose pallor
was the shade of parchment.
Captain Parr was scarcely less patof
though his eyes were open wide and
his face set in a cast of grave solicitude
for the woman in his arms.
With him In the touring car were
two operatives of Miss Channlng's recently
organized secret intelligence bureau?Mr.
Ryley and a subordinate,
t>oth showing the effects of an experience
scarcely less trying than that
which Mlfcs Channing and Captain Parr
.toad patently undergone.
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kc. COPVr<iCMT STAK CWPAMY
I! any of these identified the man in
tiie street as Mr. Wreim, he kept it to
himself.
After an indeterminate duration in
his befuddled consciousness, lie found
himself unexpectedly at home, the door
lliu vittill.r riWIIIl ulvm Htlir ,m( Mill
vv *? ?- >"111111^ ? 4,- i4 w ? i l i 11-, Hiv,
wakening world.
He shivered again, bethought him of
? certain decanter whose contents
ought to provide teniporu* y relief for
.lung led nerves, and in search for it
cutne abruptly upon a framed photogr
iph which decorated hb- study table.
'The face that was pictured therein
was the face of 1'atria, smiling, c.vqUDlte.
provokingiy coqtiei tivh.
L phase of mock sobrb'i.t possessed
the mind of Kodnev Wrrntt as he
pieled up the photograph ,v:id stood
siat dig hungrily at it.
El.' recalled a day that war scarcely
six weeks old. when I'atrta. ' h" selfsame
girl whose counterfeit /presentment
was smiling into his eves. had
s'"i'iiv d to be wholly his. pledged to
become his bride hy an understanding
no hs-'s complete if tacit.
Th'xy had heen light-hearted '.'overs
on rluyt day, and on many a tiny that
had gose before.
Thep. in a twinkling, Donald Fanhad
Copped between them.
Irj 1'be opinion of Rodney his .^uhsequent
sufferings had aired him swiftly
to full manhood. Hut he was heroin
s If-de'ipb'd ; he remained a hoy. of
mn's stature but of youthful inent.?1;ty.
As fee was presently t? prove.
His loev. grew still more morose as
lie reviewed the events which had followed
'oaiiair of Captain I'arr.
Ttiore K?d been a brief time when
Hone-l had seemed to he hiirh in the
??f the ?zirl. So roust;i in ly wore
tIm* two together th:it th?? gossip of
Newport n:??{ excusably bruited their
ngag? merit. And that w.ms somclhing
which Rodney. for till his redoutiiteuf.
bad heeu able f?# undnrstatel. The boyish
hero-worship which he had always
accorded Donald Parr still maintained
its sway upon Ids thoughts. It was
unite eonceivahie that the girl should
hnonme?perhaps only temporarily?infatuated
with such a mail,
P.ut till the time she was changing,
her very nature was changing incomprehensibly.
Hardly had society settled
itself to accept Captain Parr as
the fortunate suitor when, following
one of Patria's business trips to New
York, all that was off. Donald was in
deep disfavor and Huron Huroki. that
sly, suave Japanese, and his constant
associate, Honor Juan de I.ima, the
lanky, crude Mexican millionaire, were
constantly at Palria's elbows, with
Fanny Adair forming a triumvirate of
her intimates.
Coincident had been the banishment
of Rodney and his mother, who since
Pntria's childhood had stood in loco
parentis to the girl, managing her sevcrtd
households in town and county.
- - A. * %
supervising fief* education, chaperoning
her social hfe^
And but a few weeks late??-1
Aveeks unnutrked by any token oT con-*t
.trHion froin^ Pjitria <?r even of remeni
hrnnce of their existence?the papers
\vfre publishing formal announcement
>f her betrothal to Juan de Lima!
Tt was all Incredible to Rodney.
Such" herr.-tlr-Tsm^. such inconstancy, |
passed comprehension.
Rage clouded bis wits and senses.
"Jmle!" he muttered sullenly.
Heedless of risk, to his hands, be
shattered flic glass in the frame with
:i blow (if his fist, ripped <<m ;h<? photograph,
and tore it across and aura in.
Then, as the fragments fell to the
floor, he sank Into a chair, dropped his
head on a forearm on the table, and
sobbed gustily.
Ainiost Immediately he fell asleep.
At precisely Hie same time Donald
was carrying the semi-conscious girl
into the sitting room of his own 1 o? 1 u"intrs.
his assistant Kylev hovering in
attendance, ready to lend assistance if
needed?or permitted.
The door was opened hv a half-frantic
woman of middle aire?Patria's
maid?who took the girl to her maternal
bosom as soon as Parr relinquished
her.
"Oh. my dearie!" she cried. "Where
have you came from in such a state?"
"Out of the jaws of death, out of
the mouth of hell," Parr answered for
Patrla. "If you had obeyed orders,
Anne, and stayed awake till she was
asleep, this would never have happened.
She followed me to the
Bnyonne docks last night; there was
a fire?caused by those accursed Japs
?and we were caught In it. How we
escaped?ask Ryley. I don't know.
I - . . . But don't stand there, star
ing. Get Miss Channlng to bod lmme'
dlately?get her out of those wet
clothes and wrap her wp warmly,
1 Don't talk! Do as I bid you !"
The girl had revived sufficiently t<i
walk. As, supported by the maid, she
disappeared in the direction of the bed<
| chamber, Parr turned to Ryley.
"It's six," he announced, taking out
his watch. "Don't sleep till you gel
hold of a magistrate and swear ou1
warrants for the arrest of Iluroki ant]
De Lima on charges of criminal con
splracy, and causing the Bayonne ex
plosions. Bring the warrants here t<
j ine at one o'clock. I'll execute then
per*oruflV. and with hrttKJr venscowe.'.
"At wimt 11 mo?"
"One olook?I must got' a littl*
sloop."
"To ?WMjr hotel?"
"No?iacre. I'll call here about
twelve-fin rt.v to take Miss Clinnnlng to
breakfast. If we're not In, Anno will
toll you whore to find us."
"Very good. Captain Parr."
The door closed behind Ityloy. Too
tired to .think, unconscious oven of the
fait that he still held his wutch between
f!humb and fore linger, Donald
dropped into a chair to await Anne's
return. Naturally, It was impossible
for bins to leave before be nvelved
first-haitd assurance that Patrla was
resting twrnfortably. llis eyes closed.
He was instantly asleep. . . ,
It was Hiijih noon when he awoke.
Profoundly fatigued as he had been,
a constMwt'inn inured to all manner of
hardship *Ji.'l fatigue had profited tremendously
by those scanty hours of
repose. If his muscles ached a trifle
from resting in tin unaccustomed pose,
his head w.t*s clour and all his faculties
alert almost with his first blink.
ITe started rto his feet with an ex
(imitation of dismay; by the watch thai:
remained In bis grasp the hour was
twelve.
"The deuce!" he grumbled anxiously.
It was too bad : to have turned himself
out of his lodgings to provide Motrin
with a sate hiding place from
lluroki. to have moved ostentatiously
to a hotel in order to forestall evilminded
gossip if it. ever should by mischance
transpire that the girl had
used his rooms, and limn to have this
happen! Nothing, not even the lit most
liberality in the matter of tin
ping, would prevail to stop the tongues
of the hall attendants /f'om clacking!
And it couldn't be remedied.
"Why didn't you awake ineY" he demanded
angrily of Anne when that one
appeared from the direction of the bedchamber.
"You were so tired, poor dear!" she
told him, with a beaming affection that
thc Wrcckagc of th$ H<
^ r\. . '
disarmed his temper. "I just couldn't
hear to disturb you, after all you'd
been through."
"\Vell," "... he grumbled tincomfortably.
. . . "How is Miss
('banning?"
"Mill asleep?the lamb!"
"I'll run over to the hotel. .
Or. wait a minute."
A hapchanee glance at himself in a
pier-glass had shown him at figure
elothed in garments shockingly the
worse for close contact with tire and
prolonged immersion iri salt water. He
was in no shape to be seen in the
st reel s.
"You'll find a change of clothes for
me in that hall closet," he said. "I'lease
fetch it instantly. 1 want to clear out
of this with the least possible delay."
The woman bustled off, brought back
all he desired, made herself scarce,
lie effected tile change with all possible
expedition, but was still in his
shirt sleeves, knotting his tie, when a
knock sounded on the hull door.
Donald hesitated only an instant hefore
opening the door. This would undoubtedly
prove to lie Ryley, a hit
ahead of time. And Ryley was both
intelligent and trustworthy.
But It was Rodney Wrenn who
stepped In over the threshold as Donald
opened the door.
For a moment embarrassment blinded
Donald to Rodney's eondition. But
as soon as the latter spoke, it was un
mistakably manifest.
"Look here, Don; I'm sorry to tronide
you, but . . . Well, It's thh
wav. mother's nil broken up about thh
' row with Tatria and . . . And so'n:
' I. It's driving me mad. I've always
been foolish about her and?and al
* ttiat?and It seemed pretty tough to b<
' rut out even by you. Hut you were a'
least white. And now the papers snj
she's going to marry that dami
tireaser!"
Tho hnv nmmnrl hnriulrt
I liim uneasily. There was no question
ing the evidence of his furred enunda
tion, his abnormally flushed face am
unsteady eyes; he had been drinking
} and drinking heavily. A dungerou
I
caller, ?one to be prof rid of. with nil
rfn^rilblo haste.
"Welt?" Donald suggested coldly.
' W011 ... 1 just wairted to ask
you for Patria's address. She was at
the Jtitz, but she's left, and ... I
thought \vou might know where I eould
li?id here."
'" I'm-sorry?I can't help you out."
There was a little pause. Rodney's
gaze wandered past Donald and he- !
came fixed. His face even more deeply
congested.
"Ton liar!" he said quickly.
With a groan of dismay Donald ;
1 roumded on his heel, to see. poised
liglit'ly on the threshold of the adjoining
bedchamber, Patrin?a charming
vision of .innocent loveliness in the
negligee which she had donned over
her nilghtdress when roused by the
sound ?f -voices in the sitting room,
but a svbdon of disastrous omeu in
I>onaKT's sight.
"So this?I" Rodney began furiously.
|
If he (Called to complete what he
would linve said, it wns thanks only to
1he hand with which Donald forcibly
sealed his tips.
4,Re quiet, you young idiot !"
With an oulh the hoy broke awnv,
' aimed an uncertain blow at Donald
and ran from the apartment.
Without daring to look In the direction
of the girl, Donald snatched up
his coat and, .shrugging into it, pursued.
Overtaking the younger man on the
steps outside the front door of the
building. Donald caught his arm and
held it against his sti uggles.
"Kodncy !M he pleaded. "Listen to
nip. He reasonable. You're wrong?
all wrong! I can easily explain?"
"Liar!"
The epithet sounded simultaneously
with the impact ol a gloved hand on
Donald's lips. Instinctively this lasr
released Kodney who promptly took
to his heels ami pelted up the street.
Homeinhering that he was hatless
and wore an unknotted cravat, Donald
>ii8e Lay the Boc'y - Lima,
I* " i
' reluctantly relinquished further pur-1
i suit for the time being.
"I'll find him at his rooms," he reflected
moodily as he turned hack Into
the house. "I'll make him listen. It
oughtn't to be difficult; Itod's sensible
enough . . . sober!"
AN EXIT.
It was nearer two o'clock than one
when Mr. Ityley found Donald and Patria
breakfasting in the name of lunch-!
eon in the grill room of a quiet hotel.
"I'm sorry I'm late," he apologized.
"I'd have been on the dot only for Mr.
Muroki. Looks as if he's got wind of
vvni'ivitift! iilronilv wttiiiohtiw nr
rise he suspects it's high time we were
talking some drastic action in his
CUSP."
"How so?" asked Donald.
"He's been flying around pretty lively
all morning?ever since nine o'clock
j ?calling on the Japanese consul, visltj
ing his hank and a couple of lawyor'a
offices, and things like that. We had a
man after him all the time, of course.
Here's Ids report."
The detective offered Donald a leaf
from a pocket notebook blackened
with memoranda in a minute hand;
tiie majority of which was a simple,
1 concise record of an active man's busy
morning, all going to indicate hurried
preparations toward a change of address,
the final item alone excited un'
common interest on the part of Donuld.
! "Stopped at Walton," he rent! to himself?"lunched
in grill with woman he
' picked up In lobby. Hoadwalter says
* woman is Iris Mnyne, common to the
1 town. (Q.v.: Is this the Badger
* Queen?) Joined at lunch by boy with
* hang-over whom Mayne called from
- me ofncr side or rne room, couldn't
* find anybody who know hoy. Mayne
r iiikI hoy hurried away before Hurokl
x fin I shod. H. then returned to residence."
' "Is ho si.iii iliri?r Duuiiiu inquired,
" returned the memoranda.
"That's all I was waiting for?to got
^ blin bottled up. We're got cops and
plain-clothes at both end? of the block
8 In addition to our own men. He won't
1
? -? ? s4
get away from m so really this time." | ?
"Aud Do Llmar n
"Ar last accounts, still abed In his a
hotel. If Huroki's planning an ova- si
slon, he evidently moans to leave Do <j
Limn to shift for himself. . . .
Here are the warrants," Ityloy pur- tl
sued, delivering the papers, "and hero's w
a note that came for you just as I
stopped at the house to ask Anno *j
whore to find you. Thought perhaps j
I'd hortor bring it along."
"Thank you."
With a word of apology to Patria.
Donald opened the note. Written in
Kodney's unsteady hand, it read as follows
:
i
Dear Don:
Pin frightfully sorry I was such an asa.
I ought to have known better. But I'm
so broken Tip about Patria and everything I
couldn't see straight. As soon as I get over
this kutzenjuminer, I'm going to ask her
to forgive me. For the present, I must
ask you not only to overlook rny boorislinees
but to help me out of a bad scrape
I'm In.
It's a woman, and It Isn't my fault. I'm
in wrong?that's all. Onlv it'll iret me in
bad all round if anything pots into the
papers. Please don't say anything to
anybody?Just come secretly to this address
as soon as you can.
Respectfully yours,
Rodney.
The address was writ ton below tho
signature :t "Hotel Baltimore. A. k for
mo by my name."
Thoughtfully, Donald refolded and
pocketed the note. He was fond of
Rodney, and could not refuse the boy's
request. Ai the same time, its urgency
complicated matters u trille.
Summoning the waiter, he settled his
account. i
"i'lease take Miss ('banning hack to |
my rooms," he requested Ryloy. "Then I
go on 10 II uruki's. I'll join you there
in the course of half an hour or so. |
Don't; do anything pending my arrival.
...
The Baltimore was well-known to
Donald by unsavory repute.
A sardonic clerk delivered Captain
I'arr t? the guidance of a cynic bellboy,
who left liim at the door of a f<
room 011 the fifth Hour. His knock was d
answered by a handsome creature of f>
some thirty animated years, a woman
whose complete self-possession and al- v
luring negligee assorted well with the <1
implications latent in Rodney's note. | c
"Captain l'arr?"
Her tones were as professionally f
dulcet as her smile was worldly wise. y
Donald bowed coolly. h
"I am looking for Mr. Wrenn."
"He is expecting you. Won't you ?
please come in?"
Donald entered. The woman blo-ed "
the door and paused momentarily with J1
back to it. Ho swung around sharply, NV
suspecting that she had turned the key s
and withdrawn it?for the lirst time
suspecting that Rodney's note might s
have been :i forirerv. !l
CJ - v
"Where is 31r. Wrenn?" ho demanded.
>'
"Ho was onllod away unexpectedly, r
hut will ho hack ut any moment. a
Please sit down."
"Thank you?no." s
Donald moved quickly to the door. ''
The woman sought to interpose herself
between him and it. but he was too y
quick. A twist of the handle confirmed h
his surmise; he was locked in with this tl
dangt rous animal. a
"He good enough." he said brusquely, "
"to open without delay."
"Bur surely you can wait?" 11
"I have no time to waste. Do as ^
I soy
"Am I so repulsive, then?" *'
He shrugged Impatiently. "I'm in 11
no mood for nonsense. Open that
door!" a
"iT.it listen to me . . ."
She came closer, with a sudden lithe ^
movement threw herself upon him, ''
arms clasping his neck.
"You're right, it is a plant, dearie.
Mr. Wrcnn Isn't here?won't he. I -s
sent you that note because I'm mad "
about you?wanted to get you here?" "
"Oh?rot !" Donald ejaculated in disgust;
and breaking her hold, threw her
from him. "I'll give you one minute to r
unlock that door!" i
For an answer he received a mock- ?
ing laugh.
"I)o you hear?" he asked. i 11
She laughed again. Impatiently he
turned from tier and looked round tne u
room for something to aid him to break a
open the door. A stand of fire-irons t
near the cldmney-piece offered a sub- 1
stantinl brass poker. Seizing this, he 11
made for the door. Behind ids back, I
the woman seized the telephone and ii
screamed into the transmitter. <1
"Help! Help! A strange man has I
me locked In here!" | ri
1 By the time she had said that much, e
j Donald had wrested the instrument 0
l from her.
i She relinquished it without much re- c
wistnnee, then darting beyond his reach, ?
! paused and again laughed in his face |
while hurriedly disordering her hnir t
and attire in such manner as to indi- r
cate a struggle. I jj
This time Donald answered her <
laugh with a quiet smile. I c
"Well," he said, dropping the poker,!
"you've got me?Mrs. Mnyne!" t
That was a shot at random, suggest- ! >
ed by sudden suspicion; but it told, i
i The woman's hands fell limp; she
stared and gasped. ]
"How did you know?*' t
He gave a gesture, signifying that <
her question was immaterial. At the t
same Instant a thunder of heavy blows
I sounded on the door, and it yielded to 1
a passkey, Admitting three sturdy and i
willing porters. j
They made for Donald In a concert- t
ed rush, but only to bring up with lift- i 1
ed hands at the point of his pistol. !]
"Easy!" he ordered. "Steady! Into t
that room there?all of you. Step <
lively, and don't crowd I You, too,
Mrs. Mnyne!" I
Herding the quartette Into the ad- <
joining bedchamber, he locked Its door, I
and tossed the key out of the open I
I i
ln<low ?n Instant before three police- WM
l?D entered. At sight of these Don- ] I
Id quietly showed the badge of a BP
[MM-lul officer of the New York police SI
< pnrtineut.
You'll find the people you want In iH
icre," he said, jerking his thumb to*
nrd the bedclininber door. "Take thA^H
"Be Quiet, You Young Idiot."
Mir of them to the station-house and fl
on't let them k<? till you've put tlie H
t>ar of the law into their hcurts." fl
He walked out. summoned (lie ele- M
utor, and paustd on his way Ihrouuh I
lie lol.hy long enough to communicate fl
onlideiitially with the sardonic clerk.
"Just one more break like that, my
riend," he said, smiling sweetly, "and
ou'il lose your license. Remember I H
a ve w a rued you." fl
Without waiting for response, I >< nId
left the hotel.
?
As he did so, a taxicab drew up : t fl
lie carriage block and Rodney Wrenn
limped out and turned to help I'utria, V
ho uttered a lit i 1 c cry of pleasure at
Utht of her betrothed?a cry that, I
rawing Rodney's attention to Honald,
irurk the former limp with surprise
11?i Oisniuy.
"W hy, 1 >on ! I didn't expect to find
ou here! ltodncy persuaded me to fl
oine witli him to see Mother Wrenu ^
".fust wait!" Donald interrupted, j
ignaling the taxi-man. To Rodney V
e said quietly: II
"Do I understand you told Patria fl
our mother was stopping at this
otel? Or is the truth of the matter I
Hat Huroki put you up to this trielc, j
ml you brought Patria here to see me
m! away under arrest?disgraced?"
The boy could neither hud words to
nswer him with or endure his eyes, I
ut stood with head bowed in shame, I
Still no answer; but Donald knew I
lint he had guessed shrewdly at t lie I
"Come, dear," Donald said to Patria, J
nd assisted her to re-enter the cab.
Within ten minutes they joined I
tyiey at the corner of that quiet street I
i the Murray Illll quarter. J
"You're just in time," he informed I
hem; "the trap is ready to spring. JH
Jobody has come otit since Huroki reurned
over an hour ago ; hut De Lima
as Just gone in."
"Did he see you, or suspect??"
"I think not. Only one thing^ wories
me; he used u passkey to\tth n
lie front door after ringing the *eli
e vera I times and getting no answer."
"Got your men together. We'll waste
0 more time."
Kyley's whistle brought up half a
oxen men, plain-clothes detectives mm
nd subordinates of Patria's private
oree. Together they moved toward I
lie modest little residence ill the 1
niddle ol' tlie block. 1
As they approached, Donald, search- J
ng its windows with suspicious eyes, 1
1 . 4, ^ A. - .1 ? # A " - * 1
iritTU'u ? iji<*<* jii one?a dkt inai
>eeivd out furtively, then disappeared. \
i'lie brief glimpse he got of it remindid
him of Do Idmn?n badly friyMAied
ind bewildered De Lima. ^
Then they wore at the door. One
>f the men produced a stout jimmy
Hid stooped to apply it to the lock. ,
Simultaneously a frightful detonn- <
ion thundered within ilie building. It J
ocked upon its foundations. The ^
rlnvs panels of the door broke and fell ^
?ut wards, shattered by the force of the j
>x plosion. !
When Donald's party was able to en- ^
er, the entire interior of the house J
vns found to he in ruins, completely j
letnolished by dynamite. ?
Near the front door the body of De j
Jinn lay, pinned between two treat 1
imbers, his hack broken; the man's '
loath had been mercifully instantan?ous.
d
Further investigation cstabllshei^Uie ^
'act that Huroki and his creat^R^*
linking their escape by way of a secret .
passage to a house on the downtown
side of the block, had planted an internal
machine at the mouth of the
passage, so wired that the first attempt
to follow would hrlnjr ?hnut the
explosion. !
De Lima, arriving too late to acoom- J
pany the fugitives, and seeking to en- M
tape th# police, had thus been left to ^
iu*lng about his own annihilation.
(END Or NINTH EPISODE.)
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