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PAGE TWELVE Ike.. HIDDEN DOOR BY FRANK L. PACKARD JYNOPKiat Colin BrwM hat rome oil the tray from New York to tin Cult of tit. MuffBM to de liver a tnyaterioua letter to Joe Latum, and find htm fuat a (he crooks' club whera Latarre Uvea ta attack! by a gang of Dollaire'B htlackera. Laaarre, upon icftoe. h'lp Colin had counted agatnat tha Manic, brutal New York killer, la ahot vmler Coltn'a ayea. Colin ha been bound to a tree by two ot Dollatre'a men; walling tor him in a motor boat ta Qermatna Tram- ' Hay. whom ha lorea and for ichoee eacty ha feara. Tha fight goea on. Chanter 21 THE FIRE t'OR a little tlms Colin lar there with his eyes closed, flshtlnf for composure but there was no com posure either mental or physical. And physically be was acutely con scious again of the brutal throbbing In his head; and conscious that the gag In bis mouth bad become a tor ture. Ho looked around him again. The powerhouse door was open, and he could see figures milling about In the lighted Interior, and otber fig ures grouped just outside the door. Dollalre had obviously got Inside with some of bis men, but there did not appear to be any lighting going on there. Dollalre's quarry evident ly bad taken refuge down below. Bouchard's "elevator," or the way to operate It; and, outside, the figures he bad seen before were still grouped near the door. He looked across again at the clubhouse door. Latarre had man aged to shift his position a little and had drawn himself back just over the threshold. Colin watched In bit ter Impotence for a few moments as the wounded man made a succes sion of feeble and unsuccessful ef forts to retreat still farther and then he abruptly turned bis atten tion once again to the power bouse. Something of moment was going on there now. Those Inside were pouring out ot the door, and, joining those without, were all running away to one side of the clearing. What was It all about? It wasn't that In soma way the club "members" bad got the upper hand, for there was still desultory firing going on In the woods on both sides of the power house, and, besides, Dollalre's men must outnumber the others by more tban two to one. Colin stared perplexedly wblle perhaps a minute, perhaps two, drag ged by and then the fiont of the power house seemed to bulgo sud denly outward, and there came tho flash and roar of a terrlflo explosion. The lights In both the power bouso and clubhouse went out. There was Colin eould do nothing. Something Impelled him against bis will to lot his eyes rest again on the clubhouse door and the veranda. Konnlston was still sprawled there, bead downward on the steps, but un leas he was the victim of an hallucl' nation Laiarre, who was lying halt across tho threshold, was making an (fort to move, , k minute passod. Twice Lazarre attempted to gain his knees only to Ink back again. Lararre at least was not dead. ' A strange, vague hope came to Colin. Even though he was power less to reach or aid tha other, It was something to know that Lazarre was sot dead. It wm not the end not yet, Lazarre was not dead. Mechanically Colin strained at his wrists again. No good In that. Out thore was no ono to watch hlra now, and surely thorn was some way of getting the gag out ot his mouth. Ills arms made a loop around the tree, jbut his legs were free. He struggled to bis feet, working tils arms upward behind him. Then with tbe idea ot dislodging the neck tie that held the gag In place, he pressed the back of his head hard against the tree trunk, and began to rub vigorously on the necktie. After a moment, still knotted behind. It lipped down and dangled like a noose around his neck. He spat out tbe gng. Ills mouth was thick, his tongue swolk-n. llo made a guttural sound. IV'KLU It didn't matter, dpeech would comeback quickly enough. Anyway, the thing was gone now and no longer tortured him There was firing now. He eould tee flashes through the trees on both aides ot tho power house. He nodded to himself In undorstandlng. There was a hole in the rat trar, as Chris tophe had phrased it, and the rats Had emergod only to run Into Dol lalre's men who, strategically placed, were waiting for them. Ilut Dollalre himself did not seem to be making much headway so far as the power houso was concernef.. Ho could see figures mot it g around inside, presumably searching fori only the moonlight now. With an ex ultant yoll, the crowd that had gath ered at tha edge of the clearing was rushing back again to the power house. Colin remohiborod Larocque's con temptuous disposal of any difficulty that a trick opening In the cement floor might present. "We can blast the whole thing open," Larocque bad said. That was what they had done, ot course. They were swarming IB and out like bees at a hive. COLIN circled his bruised Hps with his tongue. What was It they were after In there? no couldn't see nearly so well as before. The blast obviously had wrecked the dynamo, and the Interior was black except tor what appeared to bo the bobbing and wholly Inadequate lights, like flitting flre-fllos, of a lantorn or two. He could still make out Lazarre though, a crumpled shape on the threshold ot the club; the moonlight was sufficient for that, and A voice bellowed out, (ull-lunged, In French, from the direction ot the power house, and carried distinctly across the clearing to Colln's ears: "Hen I Get some more light herel Soma of you take these cans ot oil and spill them over 'the veranda there, and touch them off. They won't need their club after tonight. It will make a good bonfire!" That was Dollalre undoubtedly. Dollalre the toxl Fox? The man waa an Incarnate Colin strained for ward Involuntarily, wrenching vio lently at his wrists, as the full sig nificance of what he had heard burst upon him. Set fire to the veranda I Tbe whole club would burn like tin der. Tbere was Lazarre , . , He saw figures running toward the clubhouse, then a queer, spreading glow, then a (lame. An Inarticulate sound cams from Colin'a lips. He could do nothing. They had started tha lire on the side of the veranda that faced the power house but It was only a matter ot time not long not many minutes before the fire would catch the walls and creep around to the front. (Copyright, 1933, Frank L, Packard) Tomorrow, Qtrmalne takes a hind In this dangerous same. Beer Made Legal By Arkansas Bill LITTLE ROCK. Ark., AuT. 33. (AP( Deer became legal In Arkansas at !l:ld a. m. todny when Governor J. M. Kutrelt signed the engroaaed copy of the brer bill psssed by the legislature making the sale and man ufacture of 3.2 beer and light wluea legal Immediately. Motorists in England and Wales paid flues totaling tha equivalent ot more than SI. 180,000 In 1833. Of fenders numbered S3R.002, sn In crease of 0.348 over 1931. I ii 1 1? I . ,. 4s TNI STIP NATION today aaeailed the program of a gn-! eral iea tax for unemployment re-, lie f u a conspiracy by oertaln 'blind j leaders' to effect a permnent ablft of tax burden onto tbe backs of people of amali means and recom mended Instead a tax on liquor, to- dbcco ana ovier luxuries, lie saia j iuav SB rjfcv uu ocooiuu uiC leg una- ture would be necessary as tbe pros pective early repeal of tbe lBtb amendment will require liquor con trol legislation even If employment conditions Improve. Dean Theodore Hoover of Stan ford university, brother of former President Hoover, has ofered to do nate to the state 1.150 acres to in crease the size of the California Red wood part. If matched by a aim liar acreage. UTILITIES CANNOT mmmi LIQUOR, LUXURY Thomas, public utilities commission- fiALEM. Ore.. Aug. 25. fcw Dl MnnriPr f. linn TP r. telcnraphed in answer tolnoulrte. rector, of the North r.clllc Nut TIW I H. iTl H I TiTt ibnLftutunaKbLu,rom,'ewTork imh,rn,0;" AA AUVUUA tu iiiwiiu IUU Ulil IIIUI.W Th.OT.aa ass asked wba the action 'mum prices, estimated this year's 1 1 1 1 I llV I U VI 1 1 lL - of the Oregon commlaslon would be .filbert :rop would run from 800 to SALEM, Ore., Aug. 25. (P) No If earnings are reduced below a fair ' 700 tons. Last year's crop waa 600 BAKER, Ore, Aug. 25. (IP) Increase in present rates of publlo and reasonable return because of fed- tons. Senator W. H. Strayer of this city S'MATTER POP By C. M. PAYNE SUBURBAN HEIGHTS sy gluyas Williams (Oonyrifht, 1933, by Tbe BQ lyndkale, las.) W'""wVst4A'rls'lJ7m4' Mi Bi NevER voou-6 T VVmPr n t ) -S?' ff ' Ift f AFTER PROMISING TO 5TAV HOME .., r&sSL- ' IrXffiiSL-, 1 ?? And mow the lawn while his wife t, IMU ' lhult WWb$Sl I v2j -3. WAS IN TOWN, ERNIE PLUMER HIRED A SMALL K ' i- '" i" ''. tY fX V) ' I iSL lr XArl BOV 10 DO IT. BUT RETURNlKfi. FROM THE SOLF ''' t sr&c&t D, ) rrfJtf&te V7"w-Ti club a few minutes before his wife, he found Ii.. t S u QZgf (wA l( A,my ) ) that the boV hap got mixed up with the newt - ' K L(o.pyright,i933,byTb.i!.urndicsu,tn..),7 I A HOUSE, WHICH IS ft DUPLICATE OF ERNIE'S, AND eiyf.- ; 1 1 "r fl I HAP MOWED THE WR0N6 LftWN iuiftns TAILSPIN TOMMY A Waiting Game! 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