DAILY EAST OEEGONIAN, PENDLETON, CflON, MO'NDAY, FETilirATlY 5, 1917.
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FIT E CONDITION
SIB PIES H RECORDS
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eight rAnra
SAYS INDIGESTION RESULTS;
FROM AN EXCKS8 OF HYDRO
CHMMUC ACII).
Undigested food delayed In the
stomach decay, or rather, ferment
the same as food left In the open air,
says A noted authority. He also tell
us that Indigestion la caused by Hy-per-acldlty,
meaning, there Is an ex
ecs of hydrochloric acid In the
stomach which prevents complete di
gestion and starts food fermentation.
Thus everything eaten sours in th
stomach much like garbage sours In
a can, forming acrid fluids and gases
which inflate the stomach like a toy
balloon. Then We feel a heavy,
lumpy misery In the chest, we belch
up gas, we eructate sour food or havo
heartburn, flatulence, water-brash or,
nausea.
Ha tells us to lay aside all diges
tive aids and Instead, get from any
pharmacy four ounces of Jad Baits
and take a Ublespoonful In a glaxs of
water before breakfast and drink
while It Is effervescing and further
more, to continue this for a week.
While relief follows the first dose, It
Is important to neutralise the acidity,
remove the gas-making mass, start
the liver, stimulate the kidneys and
thus promote a free flow of pure di
gestive Juices.
Jad Baits. l Inexpensive and Is made
from the acid of grapes and lemon
Juice, combined with llthla and sodi
um phosphate. This harmless salts
Is used by thousands of people for
stomach trouble with excellent results.
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WRITS TODAY FOR OUR NEW EDI
8014 HOOK. No obllintlnos.
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rendleton, Oregon,
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Entertain your friend
Elopg ECong Gaf o
AJTD ROODLB PARLORS
Hoodies
AND
Chop Suey
i
Oaststde Tray Order ftpertalty.
Bona tor ladles and gentlemen.
OFKN DAT aid) ALL NIOHT
Mad Trcaeta, 1 Meal for iH
8pell Chicken Dinner
Bnndays.
543 Main Street
Next to & 0. Bldg. ' Phone III
ARMAND'S
Tb only NEW
fac powder ia
tLe put 50 yew
Oh yes, there are many,
many kinds of powders on
the market, but this one is
absolutely different from
any you have ever had.
The price is treasonable,
too
50 cents
KOEPPEN'S
Have It
Con Dang Low
CHOP SUEY
NOODLES
HOT TmOALIS
0II1LLI C0H OARIiE
SPANISH 8TYLH
LUNCHES
COFFEE
Bvorythlnx clean and up-to-date.
FIRST CLASS SBRVIO
TEA 5c Package
Under State
Hotel
Cor. Webb and Cottonwood Bts.
Phone ill. Pendleton, Ore.
PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. 5. Port
land hog quotations touched the high
est market ever reached here since the
establishment of the yards at North
Portland. Some time previous to
that, when the yards were located at
the end of Seventeenth street, sales
were made as high as $11.60.
Sales of hogs reached up to $11.40
In the North Portland yards duringJ
the week, although general transac
tions In best quality were around
tU.26U.35.
There was a slight decrease in of
ferings of swine in the local yards
during the week, as compared with
the previous six days, and the out
look for future prices seems bright
Killers are taking practically every
thing in sight in the yards at this
time, and are asking for more. .
General hog range:
Heavy packing Uz5 11.35
Good butchers U.15ll.25
Rough heavy in.0? 11.00
PiK 9.76lfl.50
Blockers' -5
Cattle Bun is Small.
Only a very small run of cattle was
shown in the North Portland yards
during the week. There was a rather
steady to rtrong tone all through th
week. Early In the week a sale of a
select lot of steers was made at 19,
but the general market scarcely reach
ed this price for tops.
General cattls market range:
Best heavy beef steers .. ..8.50 8.00
Rest light beef steers , .. .25fji8.50
Best beef cows ?-75
Bent heifers I?5
Ordinary to good cows ... O.4O0I.7B
Heavy bulls 5.0005.50
Light bulls 4.254.50
Calves T.-. t.00 08.00
Stocker-feeder steers .... 5.75WI.60
Stocker-feeder cows, 5.00 1.00
Mntton Situation Strong.
Very strong tone was shown In the
mutton and lamb trade at North
Portland during the week. There was
a small Increase in the volume of
supplies, but little stock was actually
offered on the open market.
Top lambs were sold during the
week at $12.25, and the entire mar
ket was correspondingly strong.
General mutton and
Best east of mountain
lambs
lamb market:
Best valley
Yearlings ,
Wethers .
Ewes . . .
Goats . . .
, ;.$12.0012.25
lamb 11.75 ft' 12.00
10.25010.50
10.00i10.2
, 8.00 1.25
, 4.25 4.50
$100 Reward, $100
The readers ef this paper will be pleased
to intra that there Is at leart oo dread
disease tbst science has been sble to core
In all Its stages, and that I catarrh. Ca
tarrh being greatly Influenced by eoMtltn-
tlonal eonditiens require roostltntlooai
treatment Hall's Catarrh Cure Is takes
Internilly and seta thro th Blood en tbe
Miiroa8arfare of th 8 intern thereby o
troylng th foundation of the dtaeaoe, glv
Ing tbe patient strength by building op th
cautltntioB and minting nature In dolnt
It work. The proprietor have so siarb
faith Is tbe rwratm power or Hair ca
tarrh Car that they offer On Hundred Dol
lars for tay ess that It fall to cor. Bend
tor list or teatiBonuu.
Address: 9. i. C'HHNKT A Co., Toledo
Ohio. Sold by all Dragglat. 73c.
EASY TO DARKEN '
YOUR GRAY HAIR
YOU CAV BRING BACK COLOR
AN'D LUSTRE WITH SAGE TEA
AND SULPHUR,
When you darken your hair with
Sage Tea and Sulphur, no one can
tell, because It's done so naturally, so
evenly. Preparing this mixture,
though, at home la mussy and trou
blesome. For 50 cents you can buy at
any drug store the. ready-to-use prep-,
aration, Improved by tbe addition of
other Ingredients, called "Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Compound" Ton
Just dampen a sponge or soft brush
with It and draw this through your
hair, taking one small strand at a
time. By morning all gray hair dis
appears, and, after another applica
tion or two. your hair becomes beau
tifully darkened, glossy and luxuri
ant. Gray, faded hair, though no dis
grace, is a sign of old age, and as we
all desire a youthful appearance and
attractive appearance, get busy at
once with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Compound and look years younger.
This ready to use preparation Is a
delightful toilet requisite and not a
medicine. It Is not Intended for the
cure, mitigation or prevention of disease.
OUCH! LAME BACK,
RUB LUMBAGO OR
BACKACHE AWAY
IUT PAIN RIGHT OIT WITH
SMALL TRIAL BOTTLE OF
OLD, PENETRATING, "ST,
JACOH'8 OIL."
Kidneys cause backache? No;
They have no nerves, therefore can
not cause pnln. Listen! Tour back
ache is caused by lumbago, sciatica
or a strain, and the quickest relief 11
soothing, penetrating "St. Jacobs OH. '
Rub it right on your painful back,
and Instantly the soreness, stiffness
and lameness disappears. Don't stay
crippled! Get A small trial bottle of
"St. Jacobs OH" from your dnigglsf
and limber up. A moment after It is
appl'ed you'll wonder what became of
the backache or lumbago pain.
Rub old, honest "St. Jncob's OH"
whenever you have sciatica, neuralgia,
rheumatism or sprains, as It Is abso
lutely harmless and doesn't burn the
skin.
CHICHESTER S PILLS
7jrj-v 1IIK UlAMONn HRAM. A
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Take mkkt. Ritr f ttmw V
' liwU'il Auk ymr liytifrriat fat
I'lll in H4 ami (.-Is) meui!K(
bom, mint wlla Rlir RiMn.
1-4 A krW IIM iit.Trir
N MR A Nil FILl.ii.fr. as
yar, known He,, Safe. Ahvtm R r!itla
SOLO BY DRUGGISTS EVl RYVVIOt
,
SLOAN'S LINIMENT EASES PAW
Sloan's Liniment ia first thought
of mothers for bumps, bruises and
sprains that are continually happen
ing to children. It quickly penetrates
and soothes without rubbing. Clean;
er and more effective than mussy
plasters or ointments. For rheuma.
tie ache, neuralgia pain and that
grippy soreness after colds, Sloan's
Liniment gives prompt relief. Have
a bottle handy for bruises, strains,
sprains and all external pain. For
the thousands whose work calls then
outdoors, the pains and aches follow
ing exposure are relieved by Sloan'
Liniment, At all druggists, 25c
Adv.
TAFT SAYS BLAME IS
JUL UP TO GERMANS
EX-PRERIDEXT IN LEAGIE OK
PEACE SPEECH IPHOLDS
HANDS OP PRESIDENT.
Get-many Is Clasxed as Rutldem In
Manner of Waging Warfare A gal nut
Her Enemies; if Trouble. Comes
With Tills Country the Kalxer is
ResiionKlWe.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. F.x-Presl-dent
Taft prefaced a prepared .speech
on the League to Enforce Peace here
with a reference to the new Herman
crisis, declaring that if the United
States were drawn into war Germany
would force it by "her defiance of
plain principles of Justice and human
ity which should obtain between civi
lized nations.
"The responsibility which now rests
on the president and congress is very
heavy," said Mr. Taft. They should
know and do know that the American
people will back them to the end in
their decision. May God give them
good deliverance."
T. It, and Others Answered.
The ex-presldent was speaking be
fore the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States, answering particularly
criticisms of Theodore Roosevelt, Wil
liam J. Bryan, Senator Borah and
ethers of the League to Enforce Peace
Ideas,
"I had prepared this address,", he
said, "before Germany startled this
country and all neutrals by her last
note. The actual dangers with which
tt brings us face to face may seem to
make what I have been "discussing
theoretical, tame and inappropriate,
The truth is, however, that this great
crisis only emphasises the Importance
of the purpose and plan of the lesgue
in the future history of this country,
"Of all things, we would avoid war.
We are not prepared for It. Its awful
consequences we know from Europe's
suffering. Our prayer is for some es
cape from It In this critical hour, if
consistent with our national honor.
But we must face the facts.
Germany Declared Aggrwemr.
"In her campaign against her ene
mies, Germany proposes ruthlessly to
wage war upon the property and Hvee
of neutrals In flagrant violation of
their rlehts. She began with Bel
glum. She now Includes them all.
Our national conscience Is void of of
fense aealnst her. Her cruel and In
defensible drowning without warning
of more ihan 100 Innocent Americans
on the Lucitanla we condoned In view
of her pleflcre against a repetition.
That pledge is now withdrawn and she
avows her purpose to resume her
shocking course.
"Tf war Is to come between us. she
will be the unprovoked aggressor."
TWO SACKS OF WHEAT
BUY TON AND HALF OF COAL
ROT, Mont., Feb. 5 Coal Is worth
money In this vicinity; so is wheat.
A farmer In this Vicinity recently
came to town with two -sacks of
wheat With the money he obtained
from the wheat he purchased a ton
and a half of coal.
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CHAPTER XIL exacted by nature for too prolonged
TL Eestle Spirit" Tm me 'lltUe time be lay thus.
' "OB CLAYTON and Stanley bead on arms. Then, through his
ner all at once became that of a Ana wurw '
,a . tlon, Florence assured th upjxsdJ
"You will none of you get more of etricken father, that she would ,
v.. j,. km. u.iral with a I once 10 ino i.m k
lh jwere deep Is an atsorblnsly lll?al reun TiJSL"! iron flrmnee that Impressed even Address he gave her again.
n f iJ tan, ,-t.t, .,,h wc" brain seemed to whisper a WwR ljL Rlw. "Not one more treat- "Here!" ord -ed La B
1M!,w ,"8'.t.h.r rw" "Lfr ment shall any of you have. You.
arauvwMHWI-w .- - t aas 4 M4 7V UWIM US DUIUV
The fact that they were three mile had crept In to spy upon his sleep, or
apart and that at least A million else that A vague peril hovered over
rum.
This thought banished slumber and
every vestige of comfortable drowaU
nets. Like a soldier awakened by the
reveille. Dr. Montrose started up, eye
people were between them, did not In
any way interfere with the secrecy
and audibility of their conference.
This is so common a phenomenon
least of eii That Is the truth, upoa
my oath."
"You would not
La Hue. uneasily.
went on:
"You have lurked about here at all
hours like evil spirits; coming for
the accursed treatment that is so
but
began
Montrose
Rne, as KM
raised one of tne whisky glass to W
Hp "Put that down. Aftsrwai
yon cart guxsle.oooie. Jie Tw
head clear, till the work's don Yws,
too, Tanner," a the towft 1ook
longingly at the other glass.
Soon afterward the three filed t
of the room.
UTmtmae heard La KU ten
-this telephonic mod of converse- wide, muscles tense, sleep wholly de- SJSltolSS a blight on waiter to reserve It for him nntil O,
that no one, who employe it, atop to serting him. ' l. .,,m The d-tor remained where,
n it i - u, lnk ki. eu mA .a v - ... ., v.-,, va
lmu wvuh. ociucu im --v . -"v.. w u nu . , - l,.iim,nti n WBS Until 10 IlirOT n"w
miracle of the age half a century
Ago.
So perh&p a century hence some
new marvel of science may make our
descendants look back upon the tele
phone with the same kindly derision
thai we now bestow on tbe stags
coach and the sailing ship,
Clayton was doing little of the
talking. Instead, he was content to
listen intently to his chum break-
about him, as might a suddenly
aroused watchdog. Every faculty was
on the alert, and a slow anger was
kindling within him against the un
known intruder who had robbed him
of his rest
But his swift glance Around the
library failed to discern any such in
truder. Except for himself the big
room seemed empty. Nor was there
sign that anyone else had entered.
In a- in only occasionally with a aues- Yet this did not lessen his queer ra
tion or with an exclamation of amaxe. tuition that some lurking foe had
Stanley, At the other end of the stolen m upon nun.
wire, was talking earnestly and con
cisely. He was in his own private
office, in the Examiner Building.
Before calling Bob up he had sent
his stenographer from the room, had
locked both of its doors and had ta
Uoned An office boy outside of each
to prevent eavesdropping. ,
In spite or all tnese oau precau-
Then from the corner of his eye
Montrose saw the hallway curtains
way, ever so slightly. And to bis
straining ears came a faint sound, as
if from the hall.
In one stride Dr. Montrose bad
reached the library doorway and
swept aside the curtain. No one was
lurking behind it A second step
Uons, his voice was pitched so low brought him out into the hall, re
ts to be Almost a whisper.
And he glanced nervously About
him from time to time to make cer
tain no one was listening at windows
r door
solved to learn who had been spying
upon him.
Ue looked down the wide hall to
ward the front door. Then, turning,
he looked back and up the stairway.
At last Harold paused in the steady There was no one to be seen.
sow of instructions he had been giv-
"I think that covers everything,"
e finished. "You're sure you under
Hand?" "Yes," came Bob's reply, tinged
with not a little awe. "I understand,
Harold, you're a wonder! But can we
sarry it through? Remember, we "
: "Carry it through T" repeated Stan
ley. "Of course we can. It's a max
jtr of will and pluck and iron nerve.
And there's more danger in It for us
than most men incur in a lifetime.
But If we stand together, we can carry
It through. I'D stake my - life on
that"
"It seems to me." commented Bob,
that we're already 'staking our
fives' for About all they're worth. Do
you realise that this new plan of
yours is A gamble with death and
with alt the odds against us both?"
'Tea, I realize it" said Harold. "Of
sourse I do. I'm net afoot.. The brave
man Isn't the man who doesn't real
ise danger. He's the man who real
izes it and goes ahead Just the same."
"That's what we're going to do,"
Clayton reviled. "It's a big risk, but
It's for A still bigger stake."
"That's the right spirit, old man!"
Approved Stanley. "And now, you
have your instruction Get to work
At once on them. We can't waste
time. Because time's the one thing
we haven't got This clew of mine
Is the strongest yet And It will drive
the Crimson Stain gang to earth.
Take my weird for that Good-hy."
Be hung; np the receiver, got to his
feet and unlocked the two office
doors. Th time for planning was
past The time for action had at last
arrived. The long wait in the
trenches was ended. The bugle was
sounding the shrilly inspiring
-Charge!"
Dr. Montrose at about the same mo
ment turned in from the street and
moved wwarily up the walk toward bis
big Rivenlale bouse.
His eves were bloodshot; his face
was drawn and his shoulders sagged.
Every line of his big body and clean
cut fane, every step that he took, be
tokened utter fatigue, both of spirit
and of flesh.
And in bis expression there was
more than mere weariness. There
was In his look a haunting dread and
misery that had of late grown more
and. more pronounced until now, it
dominated his whole countenance. '
No stranger seeing him today for
the first time could have doubted for
an uiatant that the doctor was a prey
to some ceaselessly gnawing terror
and grief.
Entering the house, Dr. Montrose
titood for a moment at the foot of the
Broad stairway hesitating as to"
Whether or not he should go up to
the laboratory and there resume his
Interrupted work.
But In his present state of fatigue
Had he reversed his inspection and
looked first toward the stairway in
stead of toward the door he might
have caught a fleeting, momentary
glimpse of A shadowy figure that
darted back out of sight from the
landing at the top of the stairs.
Puzzled, only half-convinced that
he had been at fault in his suspicion,
the doctor made a tour of the lower
room No one was in them.
He returned to the library and
tried to sleep once more. But now,
strangely enough, bis drowsiness and
fatigue were gone. Never had he felt
wider awake.
A restless activity had replaced his
earlier wearines He knew he would
be wasting time if he should seek
further to woo slumber. And he
wanted to be at work.
Picking np his medicine chest from
the hall table, he mounted the stair
way and went to his gloomy labora
tory. There, locking himself in, he
proceeded to take off his coat and
replace it by a chemical-stained
working Jacket that he always wore
when he had experiments to make.
As he did so he noticed a phial at
one side of the newly-opened medi
cine case. It was a tiny flask of
hydrocyanic acid that had been emp
tied, and which he had put by itself
At one side of the case, so that he
might not forget to refill tt
. Knowing he would need the drug in
some work he was planning, he
crossed to A wall cupboard, took
therefrom a larger bottle of hydro
cyanic acid and filled the little phial.
Picking up the refilled phial, he
started back to his work table. Mid
way across the room he halted, at
tracted by an almost imperceptible
noise from behind the secret panel.
He thrust the phial into bis vest
pocket; and, frowning, he strode
across the floor to the panel.
His teeth set and his frown deep
ening, Montrose flung open the paneL
win i in vm th outer door of the dance nan. I
my decision. And that decision shall rising stealthily he slipped into ts
never be changed. I swear it Now private room,
go!"
Pierre's face, as he listened, grew
livid. The dread of losing the drug
that made him the master-crook of
the century, was too much for his
self-control.
His eyes flaring suddenly with the
Crimson Stain, he whipped out a
knife. With a wild beast snarl, he
leaped at the doctor.
Montrose, with an Agility remark
able in A man of his age, sprang back
ward from the aperture, slamming
hut the secret panel behind him.
The whizzing knife blade drove deep
Into the wood of the panel and stuck
there. La Rue hurled himself against
the closed portal like a rabid wolt
But the stout wood resisted his fu
rious charge. Then through the panel
Montrose heard him yell:
"You'll rob us of the drug thai Is
life Itself to nsr Very good! Then
we Shan rob you of the daughter who
is more than life to you. She shall
die within twenty-four hours. And
no power can save her."
His retreating footsteps died away.
Montrose stood, eyes ablaze with
righteous Indignation, listening to the
receding steps.
His ears rang with La Sue's threat
against Florence. But it only stirred
the father to fiercer wrath. At last
lifting one hand solemnly heaven
ward, he said aloud:
"I make a solemn vow that the
Crimson Stain shall be wiped out and
that its vile power shall be once and
forever annihilated!"
His own words seemed to galvanize
him to strange activity.
Going to a desk he drew forth a
pistol and thrust it into his pocket
From a cupboard he produced A
broad-brimmed soft hat which be
Jammed down well over his eyes, and
a great coat which concealed the
lines of his figure. -
Then, opening the secret panel
gain, be crawled through it, closed
It behind him and hurried along the
passageway in Pierre La F.ue's wake.
8everal times in the next half
hour the doctor caught sight of La
Rue, though he could never quite
catch up with him.
Yet by his own knowledge of the
man's habits he was able to trail
Pierre to Tanner's apartment.
There, crouching in an Alleyway
below the open windows of the
ground-floor fiat be heard the mutter
of voices, and from time to time he
was able to get the drift of a sentence
or two.
Night had fallen before Montrose
left his post. And then he deserted
It only to follow Pierre La Rue, who
emerged from the house, accompanied
by Tanner and Kiel.
The three hailed A taxicab. Dr.
Montrose was lucky enough to en
counter another taxi returning to its
distant stand from leaving a passen
ger somewhere In -the neighborhood
of Tanner's apartment.
He boarded it and gave chase. Just
In the aperture behind it stood Pierre as the day before, the taxi containing
La Rue.
For an instant Montrose and La
Rue faced each other without speak
ing. The former was flushed and
angry; yet in his eyes flickered A
nameless terror. La Rue, on the con
trary, smiled suavely, at his host, as
one sure of a cordial welcome.
All at once the dread in Montrose's
eyes was replaced by a steely glint
of resolution. The lines around his
mouth hardened. His bearing was
that of A man who has once and for
all made up his mind.
He raised his arm, in unconscious
dramatic power. Pointing down the
passageway, behind the panel, be
spoke one word:
"Go!"
"Go, I say!" he shouted.
"Aren't you making a good deal of
unnecessary noise, doctor?" asked La
Rue, amusedly, as if talking to a
crankv kindergarten child. "And
the
Try
work offered no allurement whatever. aren.t vou just a little bit in
And laying his hat and his medicine toof Thaf. hardly tb
ease on the hall table he went Into
the library.
There was A cool restfulness about
the big. book-lined room, with Its
deep leather chairs and Its atmos
phere of scholarly calm. It was an
ideal resting place for a tired and
harassed man.
- Dr. Montrose crossed to the table
And sat Into a big chair beside it
His gaze strayed over the book-littered
surface of the table, but he saw
nothing there that looked worth the
trouble of reading.
With a sigh he crossed his arms on
the table edge and pillowed his aching
head upon them.
He had been np nearly all night
and all morning with a dying patient
No hand-to-hand battle of two me
diaeval warriors had ever been more
fiercely waged than Dr. Montrose's
11-nlght duel with death for the life
of the patient.
Now, bavins wased that life and
death battle. And having left his
patient out of danger, he , felt
strangely weak and exhausted. He
had conquered death, but the victory
had taken every fiber of his strength
and energV.
Montrose was worn out. A half
hour's nan in this big chair of his
seemed to him tust then the most de
sirable thing that the whole world
could offer.
Almost Instantly as his head felt
heavily upon his crossed arms he was
asleep. Yet his was not the sweet,
dreamless slumber that follows on
weariness. He was too tired mentally
for such refreshing rest as that And
his harassed nerves were taut
80 he slept uneasily, his slumber
crowded with terrifying dreams, the
muscles of his face twitching convul
sively every now and then.
HI was th sleep that was almost
as fat! ruing as restless wakefulness
auid have been, It was the penalty
way to greet a dear old friend.
Again."
"I told you to go," said the doctor,
steadying his angry voice and trying
to speak calmly, "and I meant it. Go1
This is the last time I am going to
be tormented by your presence in this
. . 1 .VI- ..,.-...
room. 1 am going 10 navo uua v
and tho secret passageway walled
up."
"By all means," smilingly assented
Pierre. "Have it walled up, and let
us come Into your house by the front
door Instead. It will be far more con
venient than the present hole-and-corner
arrangement And it will give
us a glimpse of your pretty daughter
now and then."
"You'll leave my daughter's name
out of this!" hotly commanded Mont
rose. "It Is a black Insult to her for
a beast like yourself to mention her.
And now will you go?"
"No," replied La Rue, not at all
ruffled by the other's wrath, "I won't
As you very well knew I would not
when you told me to. Come, come,
doctor, don't behave like a sulky
schoolboy. We owe everything to
you. I most of all. And I don't for
get It But you are as much responsi
ble fpr us as If you were our father
And we were little children. Yon
can't shirk your responsibility this
way. Yon made us what we are. It
was your wonderful drugs that turned
us from ordinary mortals into
geniuses."
"Geniuses!" groaned Montrose,
"Geniuses for the vilest crimes ever
committed!"
"Perhaps eo," cheerily Assented La
Rue. "But that subject has been
thrashed out so often that It begins
to bore me. You made us what we
Are. And you'll have to keep us
What we are. That is why I came
to you today. I want A treatment"
the man whom Montrose was trailing
drew up in front of Alisars dance
ball. La Rue and Tanner and Kiel
got out and went into the place. A
moment or so later Montrose stealth
ily followed.
He was just in time to see the three
pass into a private room at one end
of the hall. The doctor made his way
to a table that stood close to the door
of this room. His hat pulled low over
his brow, he sat down, ordered a drins
(which he did not taste) and waited.
He could hear nothing in the private
room.
But presently a waiter went thither,
apparently in response to a touch of
the bell. In the second the door was
open Montrose could see the three
men grouped at the table.
The waiter departed. Soon he re
turned, carrying two glasses of
whisky on a tray. He tried the door.
It was locked. Setting down the tray
on the corner of the doctor's table,
the waiter knocked at the door.
While the waiter's back was turned
Montrose, with a lightning gesture,
emptied his tiny flask of hydrcyanic
arid into the two half-filled whisky
glasses.
He was barely In time, for the wait
er at once picked up the tray as Tan
ner opened the door to him, and car
ried it into the private room.
The doctor would have felt less tri
umph had he known of a telephone
conversation La Rue had Just held in
that room.
Calling up the Montrose House he
had asked anxiously if the doctor
were at home.
Clayton, who was calling on Flor
ence, replied that Dr. Montrose was
out. To which. La Bue had An
swered: "I'm sorry. I'm the father of that
boy the doctor's daughter ran over.
The pmr little feller seems to he hurt
Internally."
"Really r exclaimed Bob, "Oh. I"
"I've had him taken to A tittle hos
pital at m East Blankth street":
went on La Rue, "but he keeps crying
to see the pretty lady who wan so nice
to him today. Mayhe he'd die hap
pier If he could see her again. I wanted
to ask the doetpr tf he could bring
her down here."
"Florence!" called Bob. "Come to
the phone, won't you? That poor lit
tle newsboy is dying. His father has
called np to"
Florence Interrupted by snatching
the receiver from his hand.
"Oh. I'm so sorry! Bo sorry!" she
said, ner voice trembling as she spoke
Into the transmitter. "Is there any
thing at sU I can do?"
"He keeps a-cryln' for you. Miss,"
answered Ia Rue. "An' I was think
ing It would make him happier If he
could see you. Just a minute before he
dies. The doctors down her at the
He nodded toward the eleetrio ap. hoao'tal. sav ha rant u. tin
parAtias, as be poke. And his man lag."
Tanner, behind the two otners.
chanced to turn and look bacK as he
reached the hall's exit He saw th
doctor enter the room. Turning, he
hurried back through the fast-filling;
hall.
Dr. Montrose, entering th .room,
drew his pistol and peered around1
him.
A telephone on the table And a
push button In the adjoining wait
were the only Item of Interest. A
second door led out into a dark ball
beyond. .
Dr. Montrose crossed to his doe
and opened it
A he did so a blow on the fcass at
the skull stretched him senseleea.
His pistol clattered unnoticed t tk
floor.
Tanner, with deft fingers, set.tw
work over the fallen man. Wtthha
thirty seconds he stepped back with
a grunt of satisfaction and surveyed
his work.
When Montrose gradually came to
himself he was strapped; hand and
foot, in a chair and a gag was in hie
mouth. Above him bent Tanner.
"Evening. Doc!" said the toogH
cordially. "Sorry to treat you a
rough, bnt you'd ought to a" ken
out of what didn't concern yott, And
now," he went on, pulling a roll of
black cloth from under his overeeat,
"as we're expecting a visitor, and as
she is apt to be shy If she mm
strangers, I'm going to take the haw
erty of drapln you."
As he spoke he unrolled the cloak,
disclosing a thin black domino and
hood.
In a moment he had enveloped Ote
helpless doctor In his garment ad
justing the mask's eye-slits ever tbe
prisoner's agonized eyes.
"Now, s then." went on Tanner,
"we're all tidy and comf tabla 1
guess I'll celebrate by Joining myself
in a little sip of The Stuff That BUM
Father."
Be lifted one of the two
from the table. Montrose's
eyes gleamed in a murderous hope.
Then hastily Tanner set down taa,
glass, fes the sound of tramping few
sounded along the dark passage.
The tear door opened. Ptorra La.
Rue entered. In his arms he bore th.
struggling body of Florence Mont
rose. '
"It worked out beautifully.' be
said, nodding, to Tanner. "Ska and
Clayton came blundering. Into the
courtyard, and he was saying bow
queer It was that a hospital' should,
be in such a place. Just then. Kiel
tapped him over the head, aad. I
caught up the young lady. Who have,
you got here?" he broke off sharply
as his eye fell on Montrose.
Tanner in two whispered sentences
explained. Florence cried out In hor
ror, and renewed nor useless strug
gles. L isughed aloud. Bat befbr
E6 could speak, Kiel burst, into tbe
room from the dance haU. ,
"Look out, chief!" he pasted; "Tt'avr
all up! Clayton got on his feat again
1 looked back and saw him. A kid.
newsboy was passing And. told turn,
you bad lugged the girl m here. Claj
ton blows a p'iice whistle, and three)
cops come up, a-runiung. They're
searching the tutnee . hall outside.
They'll be here any minute. Beatitr
t lurence iougut nraoly as she heard
the tough's scared oies&ige. Bui aba
could not wrench free iroin .Pierre's
grasp. Dr. Montrose, too bound,
gagged and masked struggled madly
ana in vain, as hope seemed to gum
tuer lor uua again.
La iiua glanced quickly from on
prisoner to the other. Tnen, loosing
his hold on Florence, he maue for the
door that led to the dance haU.
wnence now came a confused babe
of snouts and screams.
I Kut sprang through the door
way into the clamorous ounce hail toi
verify his heuchman's words. KM
and Tanner followed at his heels.
Florence, released, cost a sing!,
look of terror at the masked figure ia,
the ciiair. Then she chanced to catcb
sight of the pistol her father bad.
dropped, li ami lay on the floor ia a
corner.
As the door flew open again she
snatched up the weapou and tired.
Robert Clayton, pushing his way
past La Rue, rusued into, the roam.
Florence's wild shot stretched hiiu
dead at her -feet
She reeled back, faint with dread
at what she had uoue.
La Hue, running in, caught her a
she swayed. He picked up one of
the whisky glasses and forced its oun
tents through her paining lips.
She shuddered uua fell .across the
tabla
La Hue, after au instant of indeed,
aion, slid but through th rear door,
leaving Dr. Montrose staring down In
dumb anguish at the two bodies at
his feet
Theu from the dance hall surged la
the police. They saw th Ufslsss
forms on the door, and turned ia
swift suHpidoa toward the siiitr
masked figure In th chair.
Montrote, with a gurgling gasp of
stark tormtnt, stagtered from where
he sat. He reeled to bis feet Art
tared wldly about him.
Two people, laughing, chatting,
were entering th room.
They, were Florence Montrose a ad
Robert Clayton. And the room Itself
was the doctor's own library.
"We had such a Joily drive, daddy,"
Florence hailed her father. 'The na'w
car Is a darlinif!"
"Tuu'r allvr croaked Montrose
hoarsely.
Then staggering back In A daze ef
reaction, he babbled Incohwontlyi
"It-It was a dream. All a fright,
ful dream! But It was morel It
was a warning A warning I dare set