OCR Text |
Show The Exploits of Elaine II i A Detective Novel and a Motion Picture Drama J , J, : O w ' . By ARTHUR B. REEVE , - o The Well-Known Nocelht andthe o j; Cttahtofth,,CtalgKtnntJy"Siorta " 1 " J Presented In Collaboration With the Pathe Players and the Eclectic Film Company 1 ) i Copyright. 10. by the Star Company 'AH Foreign nights BfacrreA ,, 1 $ I t U SYNOPSIS. i The Now York police nro mystified by a 1 erles of murders and other crimes The 1 principal duo to the criminal Is the warn- i, Ing letter which I- sent tho victims, signed Ifr - with n "clutching hand." The latest vie Urn of the mysterious assassin Is Taylor Dodge, tho insuranco president. Ills daughter, Klalne, employs Craig Kennedy, tho famous scientific detective, to try to unravel tho mystery. What Kennedy accomplishes ac-complishes Is told by lils friend Jameson, a newspaper man. After muny fruitless attempts to put Hlalne and Craig Kennedy out of the way tho Clutching Hand Is nt last found to bo none other than Perry nennctt, Hlalno's lawyer ntul thetman shu Is enguged to marry. Bennett flees to the den of one of his Chlneso criminals. Tho Chlnamnn forces from Bennett tho secret of tho whereabouts of 17.000,000. Then ho gives thoIawyer a potion which will suspond animation for months Kennody reaches Bennett's sldo Just after ho has loit consciousness. con-sciousness. TWENTIETH EPISODE ( SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION. Wu Fang sat nt a tnblo In his apart-s apart-s mont, hidden behind tho Bqunlld nnd j balconied exterior of a Chinatown tenement. Beforo him wore a glass dish and a bottle, which contained several sev-eral sticks of phosphorus Immersed In water, and a small capillary glass ' tube. For a moment, however, ho had laid i asldo tho strange paraphernalia and wnB writing a poto. As ho finished ho i tapped a bell and silently a Chlneso , oervant appeared In answer. J ".Take this letter to that white worn- an, Inez," directed Wu, adding, "Give ! It to hor yourself and If sho Is thero, return with her." The servant bowed and Wu returned I to work on tho curious machluo he j was devising, I He had completed his labors when j his trusted lieutenant, Long Sin, en- I tered. I ' "For what did tho master summon mo? askod Long Sin, deferentially. p "Como hero," beckoned "Wu. "Behold t this." ( With a pair of tweezers ho seized n Ui ' small stick of tho phosphorus under P water and slowly brought It to tho sur- j face. Almost Instantly tho dangerous ' olemont burst Into flame, giving off a as denso whlto smoko. Wr m I "Hero I have a capillary tube, as the Nvhlte dovlls call Jt In Uilr sclenco," j wont on Wu, pointing out tho glass 1 tube. "By carefully bending it and ar- Rl ranging tho outlet of tho water I can l set a flro anywhero at any tlmo I $ chooso." 'J Eon while ho was showing tho l dovlllsh Invention to Long Sin, his scr- t vant had Bought tho elaborately fur- ; nlshed apartment of tho whlto woman l to whom tho noto had been addressed. 1 Sho was an attractive young worn- j u an, known as Innocent Inez. Except ! u for a certain coarseness, sho strongly $ resembled Elaine, both in features nnd figure. Inez turned languidly as her colored nt maid ushered In tho servant of Wu, I took tho noto and read it with Inter- I est' f "Walt," sho said with a sudden accession ac-cession of energy, nodding at tho snmo time to hor negro maid to bring her hat and coat. "I will go with you." Thus a fow minutes later Inez en- tered tho secret den of Wu Fang. J, "Ah this Is tho young woman," in- k troduced Wu to Long Sin. I Carefully planning each detail down ! to the smallest possibility of error, Wu D Fang and Long Sin completed tholr K arrangements and, finally, with Inez j. t loft tho apartment. On tho street an I, i ' automobllo was waiting at tiro curb, J while not far away two toughs from (j the neighborhood stood. I As tho Chinamen and tho woman 5 came out Wu beckoned to tho waiting jl roughnecks. "Como get In lively," In. ho ordered. j They climbed Into the car and the tj Ave criminals whirled rapidly uptown. jj Kennedy had often been amused at V my never having a match when I noedod It, and it had occurred to him to dovlso a very novdl cigarette lighter light-er for my boneflt It was simple enough, consisting of a small battery connected by small wires to ono of a pair of cuff links. One link had in Its face a very flno 1 wlro, ourty a fraction of an inch long. ' To tlHUink Craig had soldered the wiroarom tho battery and arranged , them bo (hat thoy ran up under his I .,-. coat slcevo through tho armholo of tho . vest to tho battery, which ho carried I ' In his voflt pocket. II Ho had just completed his work ' when ho hoard mo coming and hastily drew on his coat. "Well, what's new?" I grcotcd. "Nothing In particular," he replied. "Have a cigarette?" I , Ho handed his clgnretto enso to mo " and I took ono, Then, unsuspecting, I began to search my pockets for a " match, but, na uaual, could not find ' ono, J At last, half mockingly, ho lighted II his r-learotto apparently on his cuff ll link I J "What now-fangled sort of thing Is ( that?" I asked In Burpriso, ES "I thought It might amuso you," he H smiled, explaining tho arrangement as V$L bo opened his vest and showed ma M iow Jho nmdo the electric connection v by a mere prcssuro of his arm. "I'll give It to you somo day." Naturally I was delighted by tho novelty of tho thing. EInIno wns reading to Aunt Josc-phlno Josc-phlno in tho library when, not long after Wu'b car slid out of tho mazo of streets of Chinatown, it stopped n fow blocks bolow tho Dodgo house. With Long Sin, Wu got out and assisted Inez out. "Walk utf tho avonuo you know tho houso," ho directed Inez; thon, turning turn-ing to tho roughs Inside tho car, added: add-ed: "You will calculate to catch up with her directly in front of tho houso. After that, meet ub Just bolow, around tho corner." Wu and Long Sin quickly walked downtown again, while Inez wont on up, followed shortly by tho car with tho two toughs. Elnlno had Just finished tho book nnd laid It down. Suddenly, nlmost underneath tho library li-brary window, sho heard agonizing-screams agonizing-screams of "Help! IIolp!" An lnstnnt later Jennings came rushing Into tho library from tho hall and throw open tho window to look out. Inez had boon Just about to pass tho houso when Wu's car drove up and stopped. Without warning, apparently, apparent-ly, two toughs had leaped out and Bclzed her. "Oh, they're trying to kidnap that poor girl!" cried Elalno, remembering remember-ing her own terrible experience. Jennings was out of tho door In a momont followed by Elalno and Aunt Josephine In a great Btato of excitement. excite-ment. But tho momont tho toughs saw aid coming from tho Dodgo houso thoy ran to tho car as If thoroughly frightened fright-ened and drovo nway ns swiftly as thoy had como, while Inez sank down on tho sidewalk, seemingly overcome. "Take her into tho house, Jennings, ' directed Elaine, soothing Inez, who by this tlnio had faked a perfectly convincing case of hysterics. In tho library, whero sho was placed In. an easy chair, ElaJne, her aunt, Mario and Jennings gathered nbout, while between smelling salts and cold water Inez, weeping and trembling like' tho good actress that sho was, managed to tell a pitiful story of how Bho was Just a poor lady's maid who had lost hor position and now was pursued on tho strcetB by whlto slnvora. "Oh, pleaso, miss, may I stay here it whllo till I feel better?" sho pleaded. "Oh If I could only work for you and tho kind lndy who Is like a mother," Blio sobbed, turning from Elalno to hor aunt. It wns a touching story, and It reached tho hearts it was Intonded for. "Don't worry; I'll see you through this affair," nodded Elalno, wiping away tho girl's tears and smiling brnvoly nt her. "Take her upstairs, Marie. Sho can find plonty to do in this big houso, I'm suro." Even whllo Inez was looking hor thanks from her swollen teary eyes, already the car containing the toughs had drawn up around tho lower corner, cor-ner, and VAi and Long Sin had taken tho places of tho thugs. "Everything worked flno, master," reported tho gunmen. c I had gone over to tho apartment after Kennedy had perpetrated his little Joko with the new clgaretto lighter, and thero I found sevoral let-tors let-tors waiting for him. Having nothing bettor to do, I decided decid-ed to go back to tho laboratory, where I left him at work, and take along tho mall In case there might be something Important In It for him. Ho opened ono or two lottors, then came to ono which I had laid on his desk In a plain cnvelopo, addressed evidently In a disguised hand. Ho tore- It open and read it with a scowl. "Well, Walter, what do you think of that?" ho remarked, tossing It over to me. I read It In astonishment: Another attempt Is about to be made to kidnap Elaine Dodge. A FRIEND. I looked at him nnd shook my head blankly, whllo Craig took up the telephone tele-phone and called tho Dodgo house. "No one answers," ho muttered, working tho telephone hook up and down, "but I'm suro someono took off that receiver over there nnd listened lis-tened In.- Operator will you ring thnt numb'er again?" Unable lo get any reply pver the Dodgo telephone, Kennedy thought a moment, then scrawled In his familiar hand on tho bottom of tho anonymous noto, sealed It In another cnvelopo directed di-rected to Elaine, and called a mosscn-gor. mosscn-gor. Inez, meanwhile, had transformed herself Into a full-fledged maid, look( lng very pretty In hor neat cap and' apron, and making herself useful in a hundred ways about the Dodgo house. Without being obtrualvo Bho was seldom out of hearing of tho tele-phono, tele-phono, however, nnd it happened that 1st Just the moment when Craig called up sho was thoro to Intercept tho call, taking off tho receiver, but not answering an-swering Instead, Bho hung up nnd wedged tho tolephono bell with a piece of paper so that It would not ring at nil. Sho was about to move away from the desk when Elalno entered tho library. li-brary. "Didn't I hear tho telephone bell ring?" Bho asked. Inez wnB quick. "Yes," she replied, "my former mistress telephoned that Bho is sending my trunk today." "Oh, very well," smiled Elaine, passing pass-ing on through tho library with an encouraging nod to tho girl. Inez had killed two birds with ono stone. Not only had sho disarmed suspicion about tho interrupted call, but Bho had laid tho foundation for tho delivery of a trunk which nt that moment sho know Wu nnd Long Sin were preparing and packing. It was a largo trunk, and In It tho two wily Chlnamon wero packing a chair, as well as tho phosphorus machine. ma-chine. "Onco Mistress Inez Induces Elalno to sit In this chair," obsorved Wu, tnp-ping tnp-ping It Blgnlllcantly ns ho closed tho trunk, "half our work Ib completed " Uptown Inez, always on guard, was watching for tho safe arrival of the trunk, when sho saw n mossonger boy coming up tho steps of tho houso. Perhaps, It flashed over her, it was como mcBsngo from Kennedy. Sho must got It, whatever It was. Without hesitating a moment sho slipped back into tho library whllo tho boy was still nt the door and wroto a noto of her own at tho desk. Sho had thought out beforehand Just what plan sho was to adopt nnd tho noto read: Dear Miss Dodge: The ladles of the First Baptist church will send a collector for our rummage sale this afternoon. We thank you for whatever you can give him. Yours truly, Miss Ella Burns, Secretary, Woman's Guild. Inez rend over tho noto sho hnd written herself as tho messenger boy continued ringing tho bell impatiently. Thon sho hurried Into tho hall to open tho door. Tho boy camo In nnd Inez took the noto ho hnd brought, signing Elalno'a name for It in his book. Sho hnd acted not a moment too Boon, for Elalno had heard tho bell and wns now coming downstairs hersolfi "Was it anything for mo, Inez?" she asked. Inoz deftly palmed tho letter and substituted tho noto she had written. "Yea, ma'am," she replied, handing Elaine the faked noto. Elalno rend it. "I didn't know about tho rummago salo before," sho commented, com-mented, as slio went Into tho library, "but I guess I'll have to glvo them something." She sat down for n moment to look over a now fashion magazine. Out-sldo Out-sldo in tho hallway Inez was reading tho noto which tho messenger boy had brought, with tho warning postscript post-script written by Kennedy underneath. under-neath. Sho knew, as sho destroyed It, 'that It was only a part of Wu'b subtle plan to alarm Kennedy and start him on a falso scent. It was not many minutes later that tho bell rang again, and this tlmo Jennings answered the door, disclosing disclos-ing tho expressman with a heavy trunk. "Oh, I guess that's my trunk," Inoz exclaimed. "May I have It taken up to tho attic, out of tho way?" Tho men carried tho big trunk up-stalra up-stalra Into tho attlo, a largo room full of trunks, somo old furniture and a great many old dresses hanging up Ab they set it down she signed the receipt for it, and tho expressmen clumped downstairs. For a moment sho leaned over tho railing and looked after them to mako suro that sho was alone, then hastily locked tho door and ran back to tho trunk to unlock it. First Bho took out tho chair which Wu had devised and placed It near tho clothes hanging up, Next Bho ro-moved ro-moved tho phosphorus mechanism and placed It in the shadow back of tho chair, piling up eomo excelsior and other dry stuff over and around It. Inez had scarcely completed her arrangements when it occurred to tflnlne, down in the library, thnt sho hnd dono nothing yet nbout tho letter from tho Women's Guild. "I wonder what thoro Is upstairs that I can glvo them," sho thought, ns sho ro-rend tho letter". "I think I'll SCO." Sho started up, Just as Inez wnB leaving. Tho adventuress in tho nttlc hmrd Elalno coming and quickly slipped behind be-hind a door, letting Elalno pass hor, without being seen. In tho attic Elalno started to tako down nnd cxamlno several dresses for tho rummago salo, laying thorn asldo ono by ono. An nttle Is alwayB r- plnco that callB up memories of tho past, and Elnlno soon began to think of things thnt wero suggested by ono after another of tho discarded dresses. BcBldcs. somo of them wero scarcely worth Bending, anyway. Sho sat down, absently, ab-sently, In tho chair to think It over. Suddenly a secret spring released a set of bands that automatically nnd swiftly clamped over Elalno's arms nnd nbout hor body and neck, holding her in a grip of steel. At tho same time a vapor bulb in tho bnck of tho chair shot out Its smothering fumes, rendering her unconscious. Elalno was caught In n trap. Inez In silent exultation opened tho nttlc door Just a trlllo. Then hor slender hnnd rcuchud In and took tho koy fiom tho lnsido, Bliut tho door and locked It from tho outside. Stealthily Inoz crept downstairs from tho nttlc and Into Elalno's room. Thero, taking enro that nolther Mnrid nor Aunt Joscphluo wnB nbout, Bho opened tho closet and took out the dress, coat and hat which Elnlno hnd worn when sho wns kldnnped by Wu nnd Btuffcd them Into a suitcase. Inez closed tho Bultcaso quickly, throw on her own hat and cont and loft tho houso unobserved. Half nn hour later sho entered tho opium Joint on Mott street. Thoro wero both Wu and Long Sin carefully examining a blonde wig mado up ns closely ub posslhlo to resemble tho golden mnBsca that were the crown of Elnlno's beauty. Four or flvo other Chinamen snt and stood about at a respectful distance. "Ilavo you the clothes?" asked Wu, greeting Inoz. "Yes," sho returned. "All has been dono oxactly ub you ordered." "Good," complimented Wu. "Then you may prepare yourself Immediately." Immediate-ly." In tho meantime a second trap was Elaine's Double Receives the Note From Wu. being prepared for Kennody, Tho note of wnrnlng regarding Elalno was merely a first stop in tho entanglement. entangle-ment. Wo wero In tho laboratory and Craig wns at work testing some chemicals, chem-icals, about to pour a liquid from a beaker Into a test tube. Ho paused, poising both in his hands, listening. Outsldo wo could hear what soundod like a scratching at the door. "Bo quiet Just a mlnuto, Walter," whispered Craig, moving on tiptoe toward tho door. Tho fact waB that a young Chinaman China-man had crept up cautiously and was crouching thero in a position like that of a runner about to start in a race. Actually ho was moroly waiting wait-ing for Kennedy to open tho door, hut it looked as though ho were listening. listen-ing. As Craig throw open tho door ho started off llko a racer, apparently dropping a piece of papor in his hurry. I darted out after him, while Craig stoopod and picked up the paper, then stood gazing after us. Down tho hall tho young Chlnamnn dashed until ho camo to tho back entrance en-trance to tho laboratory. Thero ho turned and crouched again in tho darkness. A moment later I camo after him. As I passed tho door ho seemed to rlso up unexpectedly and I stumbled headlong over him, almost stunned as I hit tho floor. Ho rose again and criss-crossed around tho corner of the building beforo I could pick myself my-self up. It was of no use now to chase him further, and I limped back into tho laboratory, "Ho got away In splto of mo," I managed to blurt out as I rejoined Kennedy In tho hall. "What's thatljj "a noto of some kind that ho dropped," replied Craig, pnsslng'ovor to mo tho paper ho had picked up. I read In English: "Geo what he Is doing and report to ?ie In the basement below 116 Mott trcet." ' v-' T Beneath tho. fow words, evidently orders, was thnt mystfc sign of tho sorpont-'-tho mark of tho nrch-crlm-Innl, Wu Fang. "It'a a cluo, Crnlg!" I exclaimed. For a moment Craig snld nothing, as ho turned to go back Into tho laboratory. For aomo tlmo ho continued con-tinued to study tho noto, as though revolving something in his mind. "Whatever It Is," ho remarket! nt longth, "I'm going to look Into it, anyhow, Whllo I'm gono, Walter, I wish you'd Just go around and bco it Elnlno is all right." At last Kennedy sauntorod In cn$-hally cn$-hally to tio hop Joint on Mott street, his collar still up and his hat still over his eyes. He lounged across tho floor among tho smokers nnd picked out a bunk, vhllo Hop Sing, tho proprietor, Li ought him n plpo. Kennedy protended protend-ed to light It, but In renllty did not. In tho bnck room, by this tlmo, Inoz hnd completed hor dlsguiso by placing on her head tho wig nnd hnd given tho little finishing touchos to her make-up, Wu wnB giving final Instructions Instruc-tions to Long Sin nnd tho rost, nnd tho four Chinamen ranged themselves In groups of two on cither side of the door. FInnfly Wu paused nnd whispered somothlng to Incr. Thon both ho nnd Long Sin seized Iwo glass globes that stood on tho tnblo. Thoy raised thorn high ovor their heads and smashed them on tho'-fldmynt tho snmo" timo stnmplng their feet terrifically. Inez, scroamed na If a murdor wero being committed. Outsldo in tho den Kennedy heard the scream nnd tho crashing of glnsB, muflled by tho door. Ho Btrnlghtonod up In his bunk, now all nttcMon. Wns It somo whlto woman calling for help In this sinkhole of Iniquity? Tho door flow open. Suro enough, n womnn appeared, still screaming. It wns only for nn lnstnnt nnd sho did not oven got ncross tho throshold. With a low guttural oxclamatlon, Long Sin pulled her back Into tho room nnd alnmmod tho door she had opened. It wns nil dono so quickly thnt Kennedy Ken-nedy could cntch only tho most fleeting fleet-ing gllmn.BO of her clothes and fuco. But that gjjmpso was enough. It wns npparcntly Elalno! Crnlg sprang up Instantly, drawing his rovolvor, and throw himself against tho door, recollecting tho warning messago that had como through tho mall. Tho door yielded and ho rushed through. In nn InBtant tho four Chinamen crouching on either sldo leaped on him. Tho strugglo was terrific. Ho downed two and sedmed in n fair way to win against ovon such odds, when tho disguised Inez turned, with u mocking laugh, pulling off both tho hat and wig, Kennedy's amazement gavo tho Chinamen a chanco. Before ho realized real-ized it, In his complete surprlso, ho was forced back on tho post and hold thoro Just long enough for Long Sin to wind a ropo around him, binding his arms, legs and body to tho post. Then Wu Fang walked ovor beforo htm and faced him, "Como ovor here, my dear," ho called to Inoz. "Let mo lntroduco Prof. Craig Kennedy to you Innocent Inoz. ' "By tho way," ho went on to Inez, "how did you lcavo tho real Elalno?" Inez looked at her watch. "Sho is locked In her attic," sho replied with evident enjoyment. "Tho houso will start to burn by spontaneous combustion combus-tion In exactly twenty minutes." r) j Upstairs In tho nttlc of tho Dodge Iioubo Elalno, In tho quoer chair, was JUBt recovering a bit from tho effects of tho vnpor. Still as tho minutes longthened sho began to breathe, more regularly ns tho stupefying effects of tho vapor wore off, and was Just beginning to move hor head in tho first unconscious endeavors to grasp at consciousness. It must have been Just at this point thnt, following Kennedy's Instructions, I arrived at Elalno's houso. As Jennings led mo Into the library I was met by Aunt Josephine. "Craig has gono off on a cluo,"' I explained, "and has asked mo to drop In to bco how things arc. Is Elalno all right?" "Why, I haven't seen her for an hour pr more," answered Aunt Josephine. "I think sho must have gono out Won't you sit down?" Thero wns nothing else to do. On tho chanco that sho might como back, I sat down, considerably worried now, about the note and hor absence. Upstairs, If wo had only known it, Elalno had now regained consciousness. conscious-ness. Worso thnn that, tho tlmo was up for tho wator to bo drained off tho phosphorus. As the last drop was siphoned off tho vossel by tho capillary tube, thv deadly elomont seemed to burstiflH flames nnd white fumes. InujjdH dry tinderllko excelsior U1 , mmmmBBamwM ticjUMBHHHH ccasglHHHBHHH thoughjjHBHHflRHM 3uddcnbBMBHyBfi8 ho Eaz(jtfHH9HHflH wristB.IHHHnHHffi arm tight tohh sldo, still with 'ale. ' M wrist pressing on tho rope, H Ills heart fairly leaped. It worfcd? Tho cuff link which ho had devised as a cigarette lighter ns n Joko on mo H wns burning tho ropo. H Then ho pulled nt tho weakened H ropes na ho hnd beforo In his futllo tM struggles. H They broke. Just on tho other side of tho door her H could hoar tho low' buzz of tho nrgu- jD ment ns Long Sin urged Wu to allow him to kill Kennedy, H "Very well, then," Wu nt Inst H agreed, looking at his watch nnd nod- H ding to Long Sin and tho others who M sprang forward. H Frco from his bonds, Kennody had M been standing n second wondering M how to escnpo from tho room. Just M 4WM9W'VvllKBK39m Mm Mu9M mmmWi zV3KKIImmmmmi3 WM iH oSJnT w ftaaSMrvaflSBTCn IB SBBS iVvfvk jwTi ctS9s HbbBbYt h bbbv ?? ' '"Xt&i? jv BbI tBBBV ni "bBBH -i ,1,11,1,! r r ImBBV n 1 BBH " l -HBBBBaB 1 IbBbI . ....- -AMWw -- BBBI "Are You All Right?" Gasped Craig. H then he heard footsteps outside. H Quickly ho roplnccd tho ropes about H him bo thnt thoy looked as if ho wero H still bound by thorn. H Tho door opened, and Wu nnd Long H Sin ontorcd, each with a knife, whllo- H behind them woro thrco othor China H Wu advanced. Slowly ho raised his H knlfo to 8trlko. H "Tho whlto girl Is slowly being H burned to death," ho hissed, brandish H Ishlng tho knlfo. "Tho nllottcd tlmo is H spent." H As ho poised tho knlfo in fiendish H glco, Kennedy leaped forward from hln H loosened bonds nnd knocked him to H tho floor. H So unexpected was tho assault that H beforo ho know It Long Sin was also H sprawling bosldo his mastor. H Craig Bclzed tho only weapon- at H hand, a taborct, and brought It H down with smashing blows on tho H heads of tho othor astounded and un- H nerved Chinamen. H Onco on tho street, oven In China- H town, ho was safe. H But it wns not his own safety now H that had nerved up his strength to H oscapo from tho unoscapablo. H Was ho In tlmo? " I M "I think I had better go back to tho H laboratory and wait for Craig'," I said' H at last to Aunt Josophlno after wait- H ing for a tlmo that seemed llko hours. H "Please lot mo know the moment you- H hear from Elalno." H I wns about to turn from tho foot H of tho stops to tho Dodgo houso, when H a taxlcab camo dashing up almost od H tho sldowalk urged on by somo maniac H inside. Imagine my surpriBO to sea H Craig, wild and dishevelled, leap out. B "Ib Elalno hero safo?" ho demand' m "Sho isn't homo," I managed to H reply, H "Aro you sure?" ho repeated. "Did H you search?" km Ho uttored a sudden cry, pointing; B up at tho roof. H "Look!" ho gaspod horrified. H I stared in blank amazement. Smoko HJ was pouring out of tho attic windowa H in uonso black .columns, lighted by bbh an angry flame. B "Flro!" shouted Kennedy, dashing k M instantly Into tho houso. mmWLL fll As wo mounted tho stairs now wo IBll could hear muffled scroams from tho .flBflBMHal Jmmm Smoko was pouring out from undor-HVHlHH9HH tho door and ovon through tho 2bSVAVMH1h1bVJ holo. Jennings had heard KcniuyfHMBSBHHJ and was now dashing up yLwflBfiHHHff with a flro oxtlnguiBhor. s2flVBSHBHHHnHH camo Aunt Josophlno mmWSSmsLmwtBSs&. maid, Mario, screaming CHHBmHS3Bk Llko a human LLWLwBlkBSWW went through that d0BBBHBHH;,f'l--l- flamo shot out at fmmmmmmWmmWeL? ' ' - -' But Kennedy BtoppJBHBHK, f ' ; V , Thero was vmmmWmWSlMmWljJi' "' ;' &in tho devilish mlnJVflVMwf ffi , TfiWtl dovlsod to JsSmmmmmtmmit'M. tMm flames 'JilllEHRHHp W, ' VW3& for "HMBAf - ' tHBHBUBBBHBBSBBBVKiilLXVA VVv7-" -.-' bVAbbVAhLvAhhVwMit'; -V-H wiWb1P' fi WmmmmWmUmmmmmmWMmVmWaummWMmWSSSSKtSfitPl i S VX |