Show 14 PLUNDER J 1 BY I 1 if adapted froni from the Pathe serial by bertram 1 hauser conchi cop ri b by I 1 t gingg inc lar III tur tn knien iEN T i ar w pw farl Tr tracers aliers did not bcd a second ce invitation from her mst mysterious erious young friend as the lames in tower were getting retting hotter and hot ter after measuring the distame i from the window ledge to the tree she jumped and was followed immediately attly by I 1 mr 1 jones then the tuo two prisoners climbed quickly to the ground and scurried away from he the burning building toward a shed A motorcar unattended was wis stand ing nearby now listen commanded the mysterious Jo neri Dec rings on hia his way to see that queer doctor professor eichnor at Ri verdale eichler is the owner of ten en shares of central building stock you want that stock and so does deering that is hy by he tried to detain QU ou here take this car perhaps ou can beat him to but the girl interrupted why can cant t ou come along P the young nan man looked a aay un easily 1 1 I cr er I 1 cannot go ith you now he replied ise some thing more marc important to attend to so you 11 II have to go atone alone here he be continued taking an altorn automatic abic from his pocket take this ou may need if meanwhile at ho his home at riter dale date professor Ec eichner paced up and d down own nervously and glanced at the clock the professor alth although OLgh a it skilled scientist ertist ws wa shunned by his friends for reasons that these same friends only dared whisper at one end of the room was wits a door aith ith iron bars over a small opening in the upper panel eichner walked to this door occasionally and dropped a piece of meat in decking Dc Dec ering ting should be here by now he be anally said uld turning to his housekeeper Is the front door 17 are the downstairs windows Is the cellar locked the woman nodded Every everything thIne she replied but the door that leads you know how he has threatened me dont you eichner intel erupted this mis is my house is it not I 1 will ill not be responsible if it he be enters by that back dohrl all he wants is my central stock and that I 1 would sell it huno him fladby adly but he know knows what I 1 have hidden in the cave under the ft river I 1 cannot be safe while any body knows pf that theatt and meanwhile the very vm man who was the topic of his consena ion floo was a means to lo enter the house acing approached the rear tear and saw a door left open he peered in smiled to himself hims elfi and passed d by it dookins above over ont a small porch ach 1 he saw an open win dow this 91 3 would serve sem him better in a very short time he presented himself to the surprised scientist so coq id ild come in by th the e unlocked f door and att t into the next room eh th he grinned ri nned point ing a roger toward the trilled door and then quickly chang changing int the sub eject lect he asked well what have you decided about your shares of stock in the corrial building ceichners EIch Elch ners mouth twitched tiery bously suppose he replied sup pose I 1 sell you my stock how am I 1 to know that you will keep quiet about it about the cave and whit hat Is 13 in it under the river nver about the same time that this in tere stint but mysterious conversa hoi he was coine on pearl travers wits wa reconnoitering around the oe old house she had seen jude dearing examine the place and she could not understand why he be hid bid avoided the open door and climbed to the second floor to make his entrance trance tri pearl drew the auto automatic mitic from her pocket tad ej blosil entered she raide made he ie nay down dow i a it small hallway and then entered Crit gred a room her hem hay had been thrown around on the floor door at one end the he saw a door laith ith a barred madou fr in the top panel the girt girl 4 to look in tle e n room ron luddeni Sud deni the she whirled abIr led in lit her tier tracks had moved behind into the cst comer corner of tt z tny room she the sav saw to two bright eyes fleaming Cle ming aming at her er a clant giant corda 1 l wanted to cry octja out J int trig it but th word words were froen ron on sr t lips P s then 1 the gorill slowly p P preached r 0 her the girl iri sprang aher corner of 01 the lit t ai 1 l fsr haste bute she dm dropped cd tte receiver pitt it the beast suddenly aly pd st V the autocrat auton autor rat 1 d pd P d picked it up theo wita t d li be atlon of a x hun luaisa A fit arl arsi i it ct girl at ibe L rt lt t tte t te perl is hort ti at lie the gorilla suddenly bebey int in that die beast as a mim mimicking icing her she slit pointed her cloger at her temple and bent her forefinger a number of times giving the impression that she as pulling the trigger the gorilla orilla did likewise there wig a 9 sh sharp A r explosion and tho hi brait drop bcd ald dead at t her feel in Etch ners laboratory dearing as just lust offe of ferine the tile scientist a chck for fot his stock then both heard the report and stood transfixed unable to understand lahat hat had happened rushed to the door opened it and saw pearl standing in fright she leaned against the wall trembling and told them hat had happened As the tint first to recover I 1 your mr air jones played you a nice trick didn dian t he he sneered he kne what you d meet in his this room aay hy it lie conio conic butth you eichner finally began carsin carsine g tho the girl for the death of his ape aal shaking ich fury he cried 1 I 1 kno you want my stock too well I 1 will it sell ou nothing though ou have lime a million dollars to buy it mithi I 1 gc gel out of here before I 1 forget that you are only a fool pearl gladly took te and fled from the place I 1 the e same ay that she hail had entered 1 I am not cot myself mr air debring eichner finally said wait a while hile and pledge me that you will keep my secret about the cave and I 1 will make the stock transaction with YO you U now all the time that this was going on an intruder had succeeded in entering the house and leaving with a large envelope in his hand ot mr jones As he left pearl traver travers was making her hasty exit and seeing the mysterious young man she he decided to watch him closely mr air jones came to a cliff and examined the contents of the en delope central stock certificates he fien then walked to a lare large rock ri ight on the cleffi rite edge and raising it t he dropped the envelope down A long lon narrow alfrow chute after loorine about clu cautiously mr kir jonee jones hur ned ried away As as her mysterious friend vas was out of sight pearl travers ap ro ached the rock lifted it and looked booked down the chute the firl gitl was extremely puzzled but as she he stood there pondering the earth beneath her feet started to five give way and futilely uti lely clutching at the air pearl vas was precipitated over the cliff alone along with the rock auditing Arri Ardi vint ting at a sort son of grassy embankment ban kment pearl picked herself up and looked about she gasped in surprise for quite dose close to her was a small entrance to an underground cave the firl tirl determined deft mined to hinves tofate connecting connect inc it in her bet md with the chute at the top of the he cliff she was about to enter when the mysterious jones happened to etow peer over the cliffs edge and see her cr terror spread over his face and he rushed madly toward elch pera pers house bout pearl finally came to a small chamber that ran downhill below the river level on a 4 rock shelf she found a lantern and matches and lighting the lantern she proceeded to turing a bend in the le she came to a I place here it widened and ended on one side was a shelf about three feet from tha th bellin ud opposite was a heavy doorway dooma bading to a chamber the cirl girl albed to the door and raised the lantern to peer through the wicket she saw a chamber at the further aid sida in chich stood a x sort of bier holding a 3 heanly shrouded about twelve 1 or fourteen feet in length the gm girl puckered her brow ques then cachie a slight fec feeling ting of fear feat aside she oe pushed open oper the door dor but as she did so it closed clod wid id the lock snapped behind her it vis was useless to try ro to open it pea 1 decided to investigate tor a means cf escape but her eyes it emed 0 13 be jahe he shrouded trac w 1 I pearl card ted at if it fearful and the he th iii appeared to arwas rivy is though 1 strange creature a wink were breathing beneath the shroud the cirl girl stood el petrin t cd retard lne U then to het hit hara mr an in enormous wierd hand fell limp from under the whitte shroud and dangled along alon the sho of e c bier ro 4 |