SATAN’S HENCHMAN
Tlltë lLLUSTKATftlJ KKATUKR NM .'TIOS April 11, ltítfl
S
ART NAYLOR
Widely-Known Author
A hast Stepping, Rom antic Story D epicting the Operations of an Unscrupulous Crook
Theo Makes a N ew Enemy in Clarice W ho is Jealous of
His Love for Marcia.
Ig> fl to I*« M s tc is
;i*.r itb-ads fo i hi
l<»y ,
si
e «p la »M ii»i
her
past
eon d u rf,
srvl • h i« i were thr name who had ques
• arris him th a t aum*Uii>'g 1» g o in g to h a p tioned Clarice, was attested to by the
pen
As th ey sep a ra te fro m
th eir short
m
m M ir r s lid i l h l f O
th e
id ol
uf
hi* but ren ew ed tro th . T h eo Is ap p ro a ch ed by • fact that tiiry drove him past hbi
' home to enable him to rharuee from
* 14« • ml m other. I i t i by (M id labor
d ot»« police o ffic e rs an d a rrested
m oeh 1 « build lb # sue*-« « o f the S i| iu iu n
j evening clothe», and Inform his
L ife l u M i a i t i « l*o i«i»»u jr,
»lid
h u ld i
U i*
mother. And aifaln he was greatly
INMTAUJMRNT VII.
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of o t lilfi
T h ro
la
citg *g *U to ('U r ic * , th r d a u f l i U i o f Jam es
Durlim thr ririr to thr puller bUk- { encouraged by the manner In which
U
O liv e r, p i* aidant o f I ha tiis w fa iic « r a n
tlurt. Thro A Mi ton > mind revolved Mie received the news of his arrest
|i«u|
11 « ailiu ifa to his m w lliri th a t M a urouud lhr urw drvrlopiurnU o( hUI and fareil the ordeal with such extra
i t « « • • h «d him to t c a r r y her
»It.il!-.
Hr frit positively tlmt Ills ordinary fortitude.
P r a u r lt Itoltun,
a n r « 'o i u c r
tn the
rltjr
am i auddeti » pop u lar because o f ItU i r m l » » » dur to hts recent scllvtdes
txptMWHl • • • « l i t . ra ils » i l h • frie n d at lira in rxpuxliig somr of Holton* «onUi«-t
niTira and ,p p U e- fo r t o o ( a n i l * A t# ih ou
OerUtin It was Holton's sttrmpt to
»«and d o lla r (MtllCiea fo r h im »* If and a a ft l
Ills srrurltlrs for fair«-
h f > l « l * n t O liv e r ia en th u sia stic o v e r H olton. • xrhanifr
i>«»> t h r o « m s N o iia n 't hatred b r hts in- ttonds. and at a tlmr hr knrw Uir
*!»U n < a U tsl th e | mj ||(I# i
be liaitd led In lutfr to hr locked, had not appeared
th e
regu la r
»»jr .
an d
n ot
be ru slntl so writ on the face of thins»
Then.
IM uW glt
ISO, U» (• « « that the bandit» had
! hao
h ad
th at
m o rn in g
received
an
a »»«» > m oo* U i i o « a n t i n g h im to be c a re used Oliver » car while lie vL-ltn! Ill
fu l
l«ru »e . th e b o o h s # * !*
d iscovers
s a resort artth Clarice had not add
d iscrep a n cy In the re c o rd »
K ttirl, O liv e r s ed to Holtons credit.
se«<iud and >«aui»g w ife , h a lin g (V e r ie r . h er
step d s u g h le r, m akes a d van ces to T h ro .
lltr «< lo r *
Aatitun,
lu ll,
hinilauut#,
b f'»»»*.-
In tile county jail. But the sting had comment and promises.
I tell you,
been removed by the resurrection of Theo. you won’t be here long, for bond
hia faith In Marcias love and fideli is being arranged for you from more
ihail one point. This last act has
On the .weond day of hia incar capped the climax, and a showdown
ceration, Theo wa* visited by his is in sight. It's my opinion that your
mo tfier. who wa» arrnmpanled by erstwhile enemy lias over-reached his
Harry Bruce
And agian his confi power and a climax la in sight "
dence was restored by the absence
Por a week Theo languished in
of hysteria or fear In his mother's jail, suffering only from his inactivity.
ty
At th e end uf the day, Counting up th r
i'i> « K i t u w u n i A i i*f datthv* in aigi.t
T h r o tu rn s to I see a gun in th e hands of
a ban d it,
and th e com m an d,
« l i c k 'em
»»p "
T h r u knocks th r b a n d it dow n and
ra p tu re s him
She«» d is c o ie r s |i o Is bein g
con sta n tly
th a d o a e d
M a n y fir m s , hts frien d , and
th e bookkeeper o f tlte Id le In su ran ce l a .
I n fur ms T lie o th a t a sld M lage o f ten th o u
san d d o lla rs sitovrs on the c o m p a n y 's booh»
H o lto n Is
ro y a lly
e n te rta in e d
hy
the
(» liv e r s a l dlmaer and th e th ea tre
W h ile T t«*o and l la t r y visit f o o C h a n g s
’ ’ P a ra d is e .
a n otoriou s
black
an d
tan
ra b a re t. (Ivey observe K d v a id T e rry . Ilol
I o n s ft lend, in a tten d a n ev a it h the released
b a n d it Captured a t th e a tte m p te d
holdu p
<>f th e com p an y
Ho ton a r r iv e » w ith C la ric e
an d succeeds in g e ttin g
( ’l a n e «
p a rtia lly
liitu s lc a t-d
T i e lig h t» go out an d T h e«'
fescu es t"lsri< e and fa k e s h#r hom e
The
fo lio * t u g d a y T h eo visits B o lto n ’ s residence
lu In v e s tig a te his
apphralM m s
foe
fifty
th ou san d d olla rs
Insu rance.
an d
Is y r » -
* vded bv Jenny (lilm s n
ttoUon * ho «.#
I re per and m u ttess
T h e o en ters and And* Jen n y t h ir a le n in g
r t r ilh to a b e a u tifu l g ir l, hut Jen n y fa lls
in » stu por fro m dope
T h e g ir l p roves to
i>- M s t r ia Anson. H olton s « a i d , « h o has
lon g a d m ired
th eo , an d In fo rm s him o f I
n
i '
c h e f)
l i *» love «> first sig h t |
T h e o Is le a v in g . I 1 (w
I ward
a rd te r r y en i
Marcia secrete» Theo In a
T rtrv ln*l«ta upon her fW in g
W t'*n she refuses, he attempt*
a»ri and I
with him !
to attack
tier
Th éo «pting» out o f the closet and kn
T«-.rv nut •turn the man attempt* to
tads M arita
He thru escapes out o f the
rear dimr as Holton arrives
'theo. leading the opposition, lows his
(g I i . i i f ItStMUMM *•! U m Holton
I . ¡I lot
lie a!*o loses |h* fight to defeat
Unit oft'* election to the board o f directors
tt» ion r secutes a shrewd roup by Introduc
ing M arrie his war«1 Into society at a
macnlAceni rereptiin»
Hut 1 he© Is worried
and pur*led Jenny, Holton s form er house-
keeper h a» hern replaced T erry lias dis
appeared and Holton a irain » tne «©filth of
p > «e r in Mx-mt and financial circles
Theo u rejected by Clarice as liar escort.
hut subeUtUtes his
otlrer as a cumpaukni
al ihe debut reception, and he Is pr art trail)
r .•nird by Murcia during the fesllvttle*
III a des.miidehi miVhl he aeeks a seclude«!
ha cony hut Is immediately joined by Ktliel
Hr«- ident O liver'» wife, who again proposes
a clandestine frien U h ip which Theo reject»
Just as her husband appaara and face»
tit m a heretofore unseen figure steps from
the shadow» to Tlieo ’s side.
The unseen figure proved tn be T h eo ',
mother, Mrs Aahton. » t i n « presence pee
Venta a «f* n e
Th eo 1« * (un red bv Ills fiancee Clarice.
• mi hy M arrla. to whom he had ¿ivrn his
h
t
ing her debut party
A few dava later. It »lion Wlaliis the en
fila n * • o f
ne securities a lter the time j
•at* had t»eaii lot ked
and Insistí» upon'
T iieo a h«*idlng the new ones until the fnl-|
loa lug day
W orking overtim e that night
and ninne Then I» watched and receives a
ta ll that the office la to he # »»'hod.
He
i l l " over» the wire* have boon cut. and he
||< rkela an official
ooklt.g
packet
and
leaves
At the curbing he Is kidnapped
put hi a car and rubbed of the packet.
I*ut out o f the bandit car. T h e« stum
b ife » >n Terry and Jenny Oilm an Bol
t«ri a confederate and hia form er mistress,
a i»ling In the park, aud overhears their
plot against Marcia
He follow* them and
di-rovera the »arret entrance to Poo Chang's
dive
At the office the neat morning Theo.
In the presence o f Oliver, relates the ho’d
un lo the police.
When Holton arrive» he la Informed or
the roblwry and holds Theo to blame for
I lie theft o f the bonds
Theo hands him
Ida bonds that ha had received and Informs
him ttiat the packet o f which he was rubbed
• «»nialncd only blank envelopes
and that
bond* wen- still in Mfl desk and
wera falsa document«.
Two detectives enter the office
Instead she found him jubilant And
M U» the must ben util mi and .ought
A fter ew plaining how ha had deceived after d ek u U n lr In the rlly.
Her total Ignorance o f any rrtendship e tis tin i
I he Irendit« and retwrnlng IVrttun a fake between these two people with whom •he had hewn a# »lonely a n —la f ed
bonds to him. Thao a mom pan la« the de- y e ir d her heywnd conim i.
te «’lives to O lv e r a residence to interview
W h a i are tot doing here?*' Clarice eveUlm ed.
» ta rte «
Th e bandits' sar numbet taras out "W h y. M arcia An— i l
t«* be O liv e r s car. an«f Clarice ownfeisea "W h y. ( Làtice. I'm hem 1« meelwe til« ring yon h am discarded.1* . . . M arcia
that the car had been parked for several romtnanded
»•ours In fron t o f a resort which sha visit
ad with H olton
In the mssirftiaa the ban
dits had evidently used and retornad the
Theos Arsi nielli in a cell proved
Rut The«» aran cli— rful and unmind
car.
In the morning
ful of the seri« mm cliorfe h « faced a long dreary vieil
At the cuwipany' ; ais«s»sal rh arlty halt and
~ That, he waa held In
He wks booked on a charge of em-
g ir l to
maaffwarotfe, Thau Is Induced by
and "dKimv^Vs* theteeni bv the arvwrttng officer*. two of ' here»pment and transferred to a i+W
rflter e secluded
attitude. She viewed the situation
with a calm survey, and predicted its
early and xuccaaaful culmination,
thus removing hi« worry over her
welfare.
A Crto—Hv Word
Hatty wa« enthudMMr In hi«
Prom various sources he was bounti
fully supplied with every necessity
and all the delicacies of the season
were provided from a mysterious
source. And yet he was fully cognl-
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