| Show aft w la HIS black ack IM box D ly AM by E PHILLIPS IL ipa 0 oppenheim P P E N H E I 1 tva i 1 novelized fron from the motion lot picture drama of tile samo same e name prod produced aced by the Unive universal I 1 mat I 1 F film il manufacturing company r C cy right 1015 1915 by V wood SIXTH INSTALL installment THE UNSEEN TERROR CHAPTER XIV with witt a little gesture of 0 despair quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly sudden Iv to have beco become so 30 terribly and looked across the vista of square and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger new flared up against the sky from hill attic attle chamber the roar of tho the citi a few blocks away was nl at wye in ill hie his ears iio lie had forgotten la those hours of frenzied solitude to fer for fo r for his own safety he ile thought only of at lenora he ile paused once nure ware before the little instrument lenora where are IOU ou he elg sig baled 1 I have taken a lodging in the servants club I 1 am still to in hiding hoping that craig mity come here I 1 am ve very ry anxious about you 1 SUII no quest crew a chair up uv to the window and sat there with folded arms looking down into the street streel suddenly be sprang to hie his feet the instrument quivered there was a message at lanti he ile took it down with little chobe choke of relief 1 I jont know where I 1 am I 1 am ter pineil I 1 was outside the garage w heo henn I 1 was seized from behind the handa wanda held lue I 1 was unconscious until I 1 found myself here I 1 am now in an attic room roam with no window except the skylight which I 1 cannot reach I 1 can eee nothing hear nothing no one has hurt me no one comes near me food Is 1 pushed through a door which is 13 locked again immediately the houam seems empty yet I 1 fancy that I 1 am being watched all the time I 1 am terrified ter rifled 1 11 quest drew the instrument towards ards him 1 I have your message he signaled be de bravo bravel I 1 am watching for craig through blin him I 1 shall ishall reach you before long 1009 send me a every now and then 1 quest again took up his vigil in front of the window once more his eyes swept the street ath with its constant stream of passers passersby by then suddenly he found himself grit gripping ping the window sill 1 in a momentary thrill of rare excitement his 1113 civill was rewarded at last lasts tho the man for whom he vlas waiting was there quest watched him the street glance furt bely lely to the right and to the left then enter the club he lie turned back to he tile little wireless and his fingers corked as though inspired I 1 am on or craigs track he signaled lie brave he lie waited for no injo 1 7 but hilt opened the tho door and stealing steal ilig softly out of the room suddenly confronted craig in the he deserted hallway halfway defore before he coul j utter litter a cry quests left hand was ft as over ilia ills mouth and the cold muzzle of an automatic pistol as pressed to his ribs turn round and mount those stairs C IW quest ordered amig turned slowly round and obeyed he lie mounted the steps with footsteps followed ed by quest through gl the tile door to your right the tile latter directed right kow now sit down in that chair facing roe quest closed the door carefully cragg aa eat sat where he had been ordered his angers gripping the arms of 0 th the hilr in hie his eyes shone the furtive terrified light of at the trapped crim dinall what do you want with me craig asked doggedly first of all quest replied 1 I want to know what you have done with my assistant the girl whom you carried off from th the I 1 professors garage 11 craig shook his bead 1 I know nothing about her she locked you in tin tho garage quest contin continued urd and sent for rue when I 1 arrived rived I 1 found the garage door open lenora gone and ou a fugitive 11 bewilderment struggled for a mo anent with blank terror in craigs ex preaston pr easlon slon how flow io do you know that aho she locked me ine in the garage quest smiled stretched out hie ills arm and his long fingers played softly ith tho the pocket wireless in juat just the same way be he ex that I 1 am sending her tala this message menage at the present moment moments s message which she he will aill reche and understand whatever wh whet etever ever she la is hidden would you liko to kno v what hat I 1 am tolling telling her ber 4 11 the man nian shivered ilia ills eyes eyer as though fascinated bato watched bed the little instrument 1 I am saying this craig quest continued craig is here hero and in my power hi la Is sitting within a few feet of me and will not lave leane this room until he has bas told me your where kee acet up our courage le 1 nora you shall be free in au an hour trapped man looked a va a from the I instrument into quests face air wr quest he bald said IOU ou are a wonderful man but there are limits to your power you can tear my tongue out from my mouth but ou cannot force me to speak quest leaned a little farther forward in his chair his gaze became more concentrated that la 13 where you are wrong arong craig that Is where you make a mis take in a very few minutes 3 ou m will ill be telling me all the secrets secret ff of your lour heart craig shivered drew back a little in hie his chair tried to rise and fell back again helpless my sly god godi he cried lave me alone when ou oil have told me the truth quest answered sift swiftly ly and iou will tell me all I 1 want to know in a few minutes your eyelids are getting a little litte heavy allig don dent t resist something which is like sleep is coming over aou ou IOU ou see my will has hag oid by the throat craig shook his head bead A very weak weal smile of triumph flickered for a moment at the cornera corners of at hia his lips your torture chamber trick awn wont t work on met me he exclaimed you can never the whole hole gamut of emotions see vied already to have spent themselves selves in the mans face but at that moment there was a new element an element of terri terrified fiel curiosity curlo elty in the ex expression of his eyes as be stared towards the door 11 Is a thia this another track of yours he muttered quest too turned his balad and sprang instantly to his feet from un berneath der neath the door came a little puff of at smoke the place Is on fire he announced briefly pull together man we shall have all we can do to get but gut of this 11 craig turned to the door but stag back almost immediately the stairs are going he shrieked quest was in n hie his hands and knes knees fumbling tumbling under his truck lebed lie ile pulled out a crude form of rire ire escape a rough sort of cradle with a rope attached knoy know how to lase this he asked craig quickly here catch hold put your arms in inside g ide this strap yard by yard 8 avenging winging a little in the air craig made his descent when he arrived in the street there were a hundred willing bands hands to release him quest drew up the rope quickly warned by a roar of anxious an ploua voices then be he commenced to des descend letting himself down hand over hand al at waa was with one ee upon that length of rope that swung below suddenly as he reached the second floor a lit tie tle cry from the crowd warned him of what had happened tongues of flame curling out from the blazing building had caught the rope chich ich was being burned through not a dozen feet aal aw a from him he ile descended s attle farther mj panned paused in mij air A shout from the crowd reached him the cables try the cab cables lesl he glanced round seen sewn or eight feet away and almost level with him was a double row of telegraph wires almost us as he saw them the rope below him burned through and fell to the ground lie ile swung a little towards the side of the house pushed himself vigorously away aay from it with ith his fits feet and at the its farthest point of the out ward aard swing jumped ills hands hand grap pled the telegraph wire aires safely hand over hand he made his way to the nearest pole aud slipped easily to he the ground where la is the man who came down before me be he naked asked a bystander talking to the police in the car over yonder wan ap the hoarse reply craig pushed his fits way through the crowd to where craig was speaking eagerly to french he lie stopped bb bhart ort and stooped down he fie was near enough to hear bear the fortiere for words mr french you saw the man come down the ropes and find swing on the ca on bles that was quest sanford quest the man who escaped from froal the tombs prison he fie can t have got away yet quest drew off olt his coat turned it inside out and replaced it swiftly he ile coolly picked licked up a hat bat someone had lost in the crowd and pulled it over his nes he lie passed within a few feet of atu re craig and the inspector lector were talking say boye sanford lford quest I 1 ie s la 11 t the he crowd somewhere hes 1192 2 th the cian man who jumped on the cable line a a A hundred dollar dollars for his arresta arre arr etl estl CHAPTER XV the professor swung round in his chair ind greeted quest with some surprise but also a little digap disappointment point no a ne news a at 0 craig be he asked 1 I I got braig all right I 1 be he replied I 1 he ile came to the Sa sen mants ants club where I 1 nas v ns waiting alting for him my lucks out the place was burned to the ground last night I 1 seved fits life and then the brute gave me away to the polite I 1 had hail to mapote my et u cape as best I 1 could quest smoked d in elleace for a mo ment any mail for me professor profess orV he asked abruptly the professor opened a drawer and handed him a telegram only this quest opened it and read it through it wag from the sheriff of a small town ton in connecticut the men oil inquired for are both here they hale hae sold bold in nn automobile and seem to be spending the proceeds shall I 1 arrest quest studied the message for a moment aa sai this la Is rather rattler interesting professor he remarked these are the two thugs who iet upon me at the section house they killed the signal man A who ho could have nive been my alibi and swiped mi m cai cal in which as it cannot be found french supposes that I 1 returned to new york with their arrest the case against t me collapses I 1 tell ou frankly professor quest continued frowning 1 I hate to leave the city A without having found that nirl but I 1 am not eure sure that the quickest way any to set things right would not be to go down arrest these men and bring them back here clear myself mi self and then go tooth and nail for craig 0 0 0 quest stepped off the cars at bethel blittle a little before noon that rooming morning the sheriff met him at the depot and greeted him cordially but with alth obvious ou sur r prise say mr air quest he exclaimed as they turned away I 1 know these men are wanted on our cli charge arge but I 1 thought aull ou 11 excuse me for saying so that you vere r ere in some trouble yourself quest nodded im out of at that came out yesterday the moment my car Is identified and red gallagher and his mate arrested every scrap of evidence against me gees goes well heres the garage and the man who bought the car the sheriff remarked and theres the car it elt in the road its for ou to say cheth ath er it can be identified quest drew a sigh of relief mine right enough he declared now for the men say I 1 want to tell aou something the sheriff began dubiously these wu are real thugs they aint going 9 to take it lying down where are they v quest demanded in the worst arst saloon here the sheriff replied been there pretty well all night drinking and there again this morning hard at it got firearms and though I 1 aint exactly a man mr quest you leave leae it to me quest inter erupted this Is my job and I 1 want to take the men inen TO self you 11 never do it the sheriff declared well quest decided 11 1 m going in and I 1 am in going in unarmed you can bring your men in later if I 1 call for help or if aou ou hear any shooting 1 lie ile pushed open the door of at the saloon there were a dozen men drinking around the bar and in the center of them red gallagher and his mate quest walked right up to the two men gallagher he said youre my prisoner are you coming quietly mate who was half drunk swung round and fired a wild shot la a quests direction the result was a general stampede red galla calla gher alone remained motionless grim and nd dangerously silent ho he held a ills pitol within a few inches of at quests forehead foie head if my numbers num bera up he exclaimed ferociously it wont bo be you to take me 1 I think it will quest answered put that away gallagher hesitated quests influence over him was indomitable put it away quest repeated firm IY y you know you barent usa it your accounts pretty full u as all it Is 1 hand wavered from outside came the shouts of the sheriff and bis big men struggling 0 a tight their way in through the little crowd cro ad who were rushing for safety suddenly quest que 8 t backed jerked the pistol up with bis his right elbow elbows and with almost the game movement struck hed fled gallagher under the jaw aw the man went oser with a crash ills mate who he had been staggering rinK about cursing viciously bred fired another wild shot at quest who swayed and fell forward ive dona done himl the ngn shouted ive done him all an get up R edi right finish lour drink well set 8 out of this he lie bent unsteadily dily over quest bud denly the latter sprang up dazed him bv by the ie le and sent him sprawling the gun fell from hta his ban band d quest picked it up and held it firmly out covering both men gallagher Gal laguer was wait on Ms his knees groping for his own weapon get the handcuffs on them quest ducted the Bh mb who with his men had at last su succeeded ceded in forcing hie his way any into the saloon 0 0 0 0 0 crouching in her chair her pale terror stricken face supported between her hands lenora her eyes filled with ith hopeless hop eleas misery dazed abed at the dumb instrument upon the table her ifer last gleim of hope seemed to be passing her little friend was silent once more wore her weary fingers spelled out a final despairing deepal ring message ahat hat has happened to you p I 1 am waiting A to hear all the time has ilas craig told ou where I 1 am I 1 am aw atral dl there was mas still no reply her iler bead head sank it little lower on her folded arras arms een enen the luxury of tears tear seemed denied her far the tear fear which dwelt delt with her day and night had her in its grip suddenly she leaped scream ing ng from her place splinters of glaas glass fell all around her her iler first wild lid thought was of release she gazed upwards at the broken pane then ery er faintly from the astrea be bo guv she heard the shout of a boya boys grigry olce youve done it now jimmy youre a fine pitcher aint a lost it that s what auve gone and donel the thoughts formed themselves mechanically in her mind her eyes sought the ball which had come crash ing into the room there was life once more in her pulses she found a scrap of paper and a pencil in her bar pocket with trembling fingers she wrote a few words police headquarters I 1 am sanford san ford quests assistant abducted and imprisoned here in the room where the ball baa has fallen help I 1 am golrig mad I 1 she se twisted the paper looked around the room vainly for string ng and finally tore a thin piece of at ribbon from her bosom she tied the message round the ball eel set her teeth and threw it at the empty skylight the first time she was not successful and the ball came back the second time it passed through the center of tho the opening she heard it strike the sound portion of at the glass outside heard it rumble down the roof root A few seconds of breathless breath leaa silence her heart al at most stopped beating had it rested in some ledge or fallen into the street below 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