The evening world. Newspaper, December 7, 1916, Page 14

FOURTEENTH EPISODE THE BLOODHOUND (Coprrieht by Cansolitatal Fils Corpemtion, 1916.) SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING EMSKODES a 12 Woe eee va acs, Hag y saare te trac “dere “the! munieee The the mystery, La It * N the back room of Tanner's upper East Side apartment ent half dozen men and a woman for whom the police force of New York was diligently and vainly searching, Though Pierre La Rue @at in the place of honor as usual and dominated the whole | gathering by hie presence, yet it was Tanner just then who waa doing the j talking and he was talking with the sulky loquacity of a man who has « { erievance he cannot keep to himeelf, "y Tanner was saying, in an- { swer to an interrupting comment from Morrison, “I know it's happened | fore, But always, up to now, w been able to make him come to terms, | I went to him, olvil as could be, and 1 said, ‘Dr, Montrose, I've come for a bate out of the house and to the car, I's werite eimp When are you going to”— 1 Vanya, To-day, If we delay It he may go further than his refusal, He may even destroy the drug and the appa- ratus.” hest tat treatment’ He growls that none of Mlua’ ihe e ye ue will ever get another treatment | (Are we golng up there now? from him. I tried to acare him, but aeked Morrison as Pierre got to his the next thing I knew he had grabbed Ch. anawered La jtue. “In two g me by the neck and shoved me out you%6” sMontrose ia gorferally makin of the laboratory and slammed the #e- 11 Tound ot professional ents cret panel shut in my face, 1 tell you, [yn Found Of professtonal calla at this we'll get no more treatments from je. trated this morning. And ['vo phim, And, without the drug, what will pid @ note sent him to call in person } become of us, eh?” ta house near here for a red-hot ‘Now that Montrose has cut out cine. ‘That ought to bring him into giving us the treatments,” spoke UP the aeighhorhood. When he's headed § Pierre La Rue with a quigt vehemence here Ti be notified. In the n f that stirred his follow sudden nner, you and Morrison slip i ee nore pasa} joing to give those nstalrs and see that the cellar * treatmen myse loor ly working. The rest of 01 “You? cried Vanya Tosca in clear out orning: The rest of you haar “You're joking.” Harold Stanley, a little Inter, loft "I don't make jokes,” La Rue coldly the Montrose house, where he had } reproved her, “any more than I let dropped in for a brief “Kood morn- | people make jokes with me, Tsay, I'm ing” on his way downtown, and start- } going to give treatments after this, toward an address on the upper i To myself and to you poople. If" whither nonyinous No “How can you do it?’ demanded Tan- mmoned o hear “aecret ¥ finer, incredulity supplanting his first wa about the Crimson Stain mys- [ | y neared anonymous street to which letter had directed he chanced to notice a man loitering along the eldewalk, a half block ahead omething about the man's general appearance — struck Harold guely familiar, — Ho looked more closely at the broad back and oddly-shaped head, quickening his own pace at the same time. The man paused tn his walk and glan at a shop window, thus revealing his profile to Stante Harold felt the hot thrill of th man-hunt surge through him. For he recognized the profile of Plerre La Rui His quick waik changed to a run, And he bore down upon his enen: The sound of running footsteps made Lat Rue turn his head. He caught sight of Stanley, With @ look of terror, Pierre took to his heels, run- ning with a speed that was remark- able in so heavy a man, Around a corner he dashed, Stan- ley in close pursuit. As Stanley rounded the corner he was In time to } surprise. “My friend," sald Pierre, with weary { patience, as tf teaching ‘a lesson to | some stupid child, “if you got to Bro way and Forty-second Street some f=: and found you had left y Bi waten or your wad at home and that you needed a wad or a watoh just then —what would you do?” } ‘I'd frisk the first likely looking Bi uy in the crowd for what I wanted, | of course,” retorted Tanner, piqued at +) this implied slur. |. "In other words,” suggested La Rue, “you'd go ahead and take what you nted. Well, that's just what I'm eet to do.” } “You mean,” put in Morrison, “you re mean you're going to steal the ap } paratus and drug supply out of Mout- " rose’s laboratory? You sure don't }i mean that! Why, Chiof, tt can't be \ done!” “You and Tanner and I ito Riverdale,” returned Pierre. 4 Jere going there in a car—a big enough “car to hold the apparatus. We are 4} Koing into the laboratory by way of see La Rue disappear Into the ares “ithe panel. We are going to demand way of an old-fashioned apartment i treatment. Montrose will refuse it. house, Harold dashed into the area- a Then*— way, Just as La Rue ran through an Plerre La Rue stretched out his tong. open door into the basement hall. powerful fingers in a peculiarly sug- Stanley, with a sprint, leaped into Bestive way the hall and found himaelf « bare ten Ho Phe finger-bracelet?" queried Tan- feet behind the man he was chasing You're going to stran- 1 h } her, eagerly gle him had reached the end of the and was tugging frantically Pierre nodded curtly, and sald: at that led out into the back “After I'va done it you and Morri- yard. The door was locked, He gon will Ing the apparatus and the could not tear it open, Stanley saw @rug ks through the seeret pas- he had the man trapped tn a cor 23 SRRLESISS SSRN LSE He Rue. Harold was not paces away from Inunched THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, himself bodily at La time.” "Go ahead,” answered Harold. “Go more than three ahead and do your worst. If I had “Nerre aa he sprang succeeded in getting you into ard, Hit, at Harold’a first atep, power, U'd have shown you no n basement Mooring: suddenly gave And I expect none from you. y beneat feet, exposing ®& your two prectous bloodhound lo Raping trap-doorway leading to the on me and have done with it cellar below With a crwth that ready. knocked the breath out of his lungs "Lam not going to KIM you, Mr. and half stunned Wim he ded Stant said La ue, with the some sprawling on the coneret of ironi u y “I'm planning the cellar, eight feet he fore something better for you, And when he had fairly r wo men leaped tt ¢ # you-—why, the law on him. Is & hat. You are going to BEFORE HE HAD CLEARED THE WINDOW A STRONG HAND DRAGGED HIM BACK, a One of them sprang nimbly upon die in the electric chair, my friend.” Harold's back, pinioning his arma. Stanley laughed derisively. The other, with some blunt instru- La Kue made no reply, Ile leaned ment, struck him above the temple. forward, with a sudden snake like Stanley ‘collapsed to the ground, motion and peered n into Stan- senseless, When he recovered he strapped to a chatr, stood Tanner and Morrivor behind them waa Pic in ley's upraised eyes and held Harold's consctousness yiince eae an fll-furnished room Eline py the terribly compelling In front of him Pycr Of his own. Directly . POF an instant Stanley's eyes ned to waver, » la Rue, smil- to try to elude the 5 SeneHe'E otline resistiess age thal was so strangely henchmen, Lae Rue came forwar pre dad Pap aibed fg OLS ihost ae stood looking down at the fettered *U4i2. He made no further atten man in the chair, to look awa but sat staring dul Bees Bt sald La Rue courte- ito the other's flaming eyes, Harold oun 4 say this pleasure is St Stiff, Inert, his expression gradu- unexpecte ise T very carefully “lly becoming owlish and stupid. At arranged It, and in with my p pleasu re, City Physicians Explain Why They Prescribe Nuxated Iron: for promis To Make Beautiful, Healthy Women and Strong, Vigorous Men; fell 4st his face was like a sleeping walk- wa ers. His glance was fixed, glassy, lifeless, Then, with La Rue str ing posit slow, impr ‘ow very kindly But it is no le A pleasure 1 1 long Ans. 1 that 1 myself a grunt of satisfaction, ghtened from his crouch d, speaking with a alt incisiveness, he sald: Stanley, you are in my power, body ind souk “My will rules your will My thought rules your thoyghts. You are my slave, Iam your sla repeated Stan- y drowstly, as though talking in bis Ps | “You will obey my wish con- tinued Pierre, “Then when you wake |from this trance to-morrow you will t what you have don nley nodded stupid sten to your instructions,” cqulescence, el a oe pre “4 jceeded La Rue, “In one hour from | NOW BEING USED BY OVER FIVE MILLION PEOPLE DAILY Jhow you will enter Dr. Montrose's | house ut Riverdale, You will enter by * 4 side door, which one of these two 4 yy flesh, toneless tissues, and pallid cheeks ef weak, anaomle men and women Into « |!!! uy wel Oh n for you You will 50 ; |dlong @ passe and through | pertect glow ef health and beauty—Often Increases the strength of delicate, nervous, run-down panel-way Into Dr. Montroso's lnhora- folke 200 per cent. in twe weeks’ time, tory. You will go up to Dr, Montrose ht ~-atnd you will strangle him to death! “ It le conservatively estimated that over Prolonged trial. f have been | Vo you understand?” people dally in this country More than pleased with the understand,” came Stanley's Nouxated Iren, such as resulta and will continue 14 |arowsy voice, ‘I shall go up to Dr. been reported from 4 " . | tnd laymen, that & Dr. Sohuyler C. Jaques | Montrose and I shall strangle him to | number of physicians in various parte of Visiting Burgeon of Bt. Fils | deith tthe country have been asked to explain ‘2 Hospital, New York | “C approved rre, “Then why they Dreacribe it 90 extensively, and | Y, sald: “I have never be. you will walk out of the laboratory | why it apparently produces eo much better fore given out any medion! ind yn the main stairway and out results than were obtained from the old Information or advice forlor thy house by the front door. Thi * forma of Inorganic tron, | publication. ae 7 ordinarily | police will do the reat,” he added un: Extracts from some ef the letters re- | do not believe tn it ¥ “eal Fest “he added un onived are given below “But In the case of Nux. {der his breath, Dr. York physician and ated tron Just fifty-nine minutes later three ) author, saye: “There can be ho vigorous 1 feel tlmen approached the side deor of the Withent iron. Patlor means would bt Montrnse home, Harold” dtaniey, Ansemia means iron deficiency. | remiss aga tet i é Tanne ee ee Le tee abe wees walking a Mttle In advance of Tanner a2 pale, The flesh flabby, The muscles jand Morrison, put his hand on the Inok tone, and the memory of the door. It was locked, He alls and they often become weak, ner: | ood with the dazed patience of a ‘ous, Irritable, deepongent end melan- sleep-walker as Tanner stepped for- J uholy, When the tron geese from the ward and Inserted a key in the lock Dicod ef women the roses go from thelr : B cheeks. n Stanley pas the house, f'n the most common foods of America, ly followed by ers. Nor the starches, sugars, table syrups, oan: © pause until he had reached th iy dies, pollahed rice, white bread, soda the stai passage he had pe wpaghettl, been aseer 4 soomingly fapioca, ‘eego, ted corn | Iron te absolutely necessary to enable !h my been, all {] meal, ho longer ie tron to be found. Re-| your bioed vo change food into living | AMY not ' wit ’ mi, A fining processca have femoved the iron | tissue, Without it, ne matter how much on in} : ert and glassy oof Mother Earth from these Impovertshed |or what you eat, your food merely passer Won't eyed, while Tanner touched @ sp * foods, and elliy methode of home cookery, |through you without doing you any « a. | i hare er of the wall, The panel |} by throwing Gown the waste-pipe the|and as a consequence you become weak. | t@ken it n front of Stanley rolled silently to rin which our vegetables are cooked, | pals and alckly looking, just like # piani| ™Yself and Jone side, revealing the laboratory. responsible for another grave tron loss. |trying to grow in @ acll deflelent in jron. | #t¥en tt to 3. Mortum s writing at a a herefore, if you wish to preserve your|If you are not strong or well you owe| ™y pationte yD) nirose wa saniay youthful vim and vigor to @ ripe age|i to yourself to make the following test); ¥ith most eur- twble, his back to the panel, | Stanley TD you must euppiy the iron Geficiency in| Bee how jong you cen work or how far 1s And satisfactory stopped » the room, drawing shut your food b) using some form of organic|you can walk without becoming tired, | Feeulte, And those who the pane Wren just a2 you would u it when |Next take two five-grain tablets of or. | Wah quickly to increase | ‘The instant the panel was between ) your food has not enough sait inary Nui times per day| thelr strength, power t the two gangsters Harold's De, ® Boston physician, who latter m Then teat | and endura 11) find tt» most wonder: | Nii" and the Lat epee in how much | fully effective remedy,”* manner underwent a Hehtning chang dosens of| | Dr. James, late of the United states, Hix glazed eves brightened His body ere all: | Public Hraith Serv eaye) ‘Patients in became lenly tense and ale Riana Sree, Mrength | AM snervatod and devit sate of vancl begin to slide bac BPS, SiGetn ouliee 4 entirely rid. them: | h—thoae, for inetan onvalescing | tt sieht ah hey 4 back ly throw away pa mMptome of dy pala, liver t Protracted tt ®, thone suffering ak nen Ming brie mo concoctions n from ten to four. | tr long standing case of anaemia, a) ‘ enough to w t was 1 am time almply byt ror people, in my opinion, need tron, Of oi in the laboratory. He push jennda of persona might form. Ana thie after they ere haw been brought to iy attentt 1 ing ina whisper that now die every year. fr cas dootoring for 4 Iron. In practice I have found 1 nok’ pe thickness of kidney Hl ny venetit An ideal restorative and upbilidine we Tut con't tal f reduced gent In theee onses above mentioned ‘3 7 fron, fron # of tron | NOTE —Novat, MD : nimply to nave ® The tron 4 nxatet Tron M turned m his desk manded by Mother Nature for red | Temmamneried above by rhiy aman taring at his unexpected Coloring matter in the Dood of her hii. | T3009 swam ie nom a et | itor go & man came t Wa alee! ‘not that Kind of iron, “Tou | germ Tivmly. but ane which in we ‘e AQuiek!” whispered Harold, resisting Mt @ eoncury olé | must take inp form ‘shal oon oe | aries toe whewe fm, cotionn ye widely | “LEK wl behind him, "La prettialsar wimilated te do fine the older TRorgasic Won producta, it anion a a I 11 h im rence ther 1k may Prove | suimilated, dove pot injure the terth, mane then | Ue tried ta hypnatiie me + rw bioaa "pret r Many an athlete and | $iAT ior umet the stomach; on the conan. ft | think he'd done it He sont me here end es full ef jor, vim the Gay simply) Beet potent reunedy pearly) all we of | to Kill you There are two of his gang spouse an ta Teck, fs zoun lewatlon, sai efor "hares edomn on: | behind the panel If you have a pistol man real bo! yg are ovat | here put it in your pocket, Then let age, The peor geld, was takin at Penna | me pretend to choke. yo 6 * tpon—Mumated ad Clled him w! to oR Dh Gt ict | pretend to choke you. When I've 1) renewed lt At 80 he wee in bad Insatease 'inelr strunarh 200 per cent “or ovet ac ye it I'm going downstairs to phone he wee oareworn and nearly jeele’ time pwovlded they bare Do parlour ice. ‘The two crooks will come f viteitty cranes ag RAG ER anne 7H | In here. Keep them covered with your the bucyanoy 1 ty me ite fioeuse! gun ull I got back, Now" "i [et Lave given ‘Dusatea tren © tals am. Fae Testes. & 5 » Releasing his hold on the panel he A963? Being Prevented POCDDODOOS: © more assumed the glassy stare We"—— and dazed manner and advanced “Hold on!" broke in Harold, toward the doctor. Behind him he sharply. “Unless you want to face heard the panel open a little way, and a false arrest mult, don't be in such he Knew Tanner and Morrison were a hurry, You say I killed Dr. Mont- peeping Into the room to watch his rose. Go up to his laboratory. If v O88, you find him dead, come back and get ralght up to Dr. Montrose he me. I can't es with handeutts w 1, my wrists, If you find him altve, What are you doing here? loudly you'll find him holding off two crooks demanded Montr Are you drunk? that It'll pay you to nap, Now go Or walking in your sleep Who let &p there and look. ou in? Ab Parrish stood trresolute for a mo- he explanation was caused by the ment: then, with a sneer, departed on his journey to the laboratory. At the foot of the stairs he encountered Felix. The servant whispered some- thing to him. Parrish nodded, then mounted the stairs. Staniey, in a few words, explained swift gripping of the doctor's throat by | Uptown Store ' i at Handsome Furniture and Furnishings Liberal T. , Stanley, Though Harold barely touched | on Liberal Credit Terms { the flesh of the doctor, yet to the Hl This family is planning to have an ideal Christmas No ready cash is needed and the payments can be watchers he seemed to be exerting “ae giant force. Montrose struggled in| this year. Instead of only buying little presents for | made in such small amounts every week or inonth ' Yala. Av Was Qn excellent Me of scting | each other, which are soon forgotten, they are going | that the money isn't missed, Meantime you have j Struggles, grow. feeblor. And hey Set substantial, handsome things for the ome | the things to use and enjoy while paying for them. slumped back into a chair, apparently | that can be enjoyed by everybody for years, Why don’t you come and select a new set for one Ue beody looked sleepily at him for ||] Mother decides she would like a new set of dishes, | of your rooms, or for the entire home-—or just a & moment; then, with measured tread, ||] father chooses a comfortable easy chair, sister is | few single pieces—beautiful rugs, lamps, portieres, ° 'y ete eee ipters eoon OF the, going to have that Columbia Grafonola she has been book cases, pictures, cut glass, carving sets, etc., etc. stairs, | wantin There is no red tape or delay. Simply select the bs hd Morcinan hibolet arera: hein You see they i presents for the Home! And after | things you want and they will be sent to your home cely a look at the doctor's ff all, what could be more sensible? It is so easy too! | whenever you desire. sprawling body, they setzed the ap- paratus and began to haul it toward ; the panol opening Open Saturday Evenings. A click, close behind them, caused both to turn. ‘The supposedly mur- dered Dr, Montrose was bolt upright ing thom, In the first of his ex- | led right arm littered a levelled The horror of the supernatural , swept over both men. Simoltane pit ously and with a howl of fright, they made a dive for the panel opening Not even the menace of the levelled revolver could halt them, So sudden was their action that Montrose real- ized too late that he had let them go Heavy Quartered Oak Table free. a Selde te: Ae foot G ? ‘psa al and heavy, carved claw tect, passageway and out of doors. Around ff) y'p ahd heaves neolal duantie ( P ] P. lo S it ’ Bec eit Mt gains Oh see | Eee piel eat ane ane arior suite || % ed, oblivious 0 0 fable ty usua eos eevee Meantime, as Harold Stanley, tn || Price... Dorressed of unusual strength, Comes tn blue or mulberry $39. 75 his role of the hypnosis victim, velour, Price.. passed out of the laboratory, a man casi Parlor Suites of All Styles at Equally Attractive Prices who was hiding in the upper hall $1 a Week—No Deposit | Uptoed forward and peered into the * G f | This Aluminum Set r He was Layton Parrish, the olumbia Urarfonola " detective, if this handso bi A single glance showed him Dr, f] ]Xou can have this handsome cable >. igo Montrose, lying back lifeless In the ]] [ren dust $1.00._ week. Beaus A205) fom Mn ulm chair, The detective waited to see || |fituny an- wa no more, but crept downstairs in the || |imed in onl ake of Harold Stanl Harold mahogany ched the foot of the stairs and With @ Dou- 8 8 atarting across the front hail ff [ble Disc rec- when Florence, hearing his step, [J fords (12 se- ’ came out from the library. lectlona). Rugs and Carpets returned no answer to her fl [antnt elon rs Hi greeting. In alarm at the vague price is but Sraee Qayoinater Bug, + $3.50 stare In his eyes, she laid her hand $79.50. byt PUA Rd mes on his and checked nis advance, Come and xo Meirose ‘hug 10.50 “Harold! sh exclaimed, “What hear this & aa Wilt Velvet Rug fs it? What is the matter? You Taenincens Wgenmlens ; F ij 39.25 “All ‘the Newest look s0--s0 strange!" byl i ox 2 tton vet Rug (seam ‘Ay she spoke sie drew him towara ff [médelpluyed arith) sacese* stations ward’: SEER Christmas Toys the library, Meekly he suffered him- het Cratos Hecinch Rubber Matting, gard: 1198 | CUr Die toy departme pldly fill. self to be led into the room. As the [i [polas upto Hag carpet (old tah: rectical tava tert Pats et curtains closed behind them, he $350 on small toned), yard 95 | Neon nd we now.’ You'll ned swiftly to Mlorence, whisper- yments 9 Insrnin Carpet, wool, yard 80 | te well repaid ) er Mottled Tapestry. Carpet (for . “pon't be surprised at anything jumble. Maile and etaice). vara 110 | Rocking Horses . Fini Re) aed ‘ards, 65¢, 2t-Inch Axminster Hall) Run- 15 d U dear! I'm"—— | each ners (hich rade), yard 1,95 c an Pp A sound of running feet Interrupted J Blracil's Carpet Sweepers 298 | An styies—eiogie him. He rushed to the wind just Wilton, Hassocks 95 | Anubl dar and In time to the fleeting ‘anner, Solid Inlatd 14 um, yard 05 eral 1 Stanley vaulted over the low window All measuring, sewing, ete.s free jolls’ Carri Sill. But before he had cleared. th iyi Dolls Carriages window strong hands dragged him . a plotured Back tate the roam, Mahogany| Fumed Oak Smoking here a beauty. The He whirled about to confront Lay- ‘3 e dy meusuren 11x97 ton Parrivh. In the same instant Sewing Stand Outfit inches. Rubber tires, Parrish deftly snapped a pair of natural nih. The handcuffs on Stanley's wrists, Tabl Tune. the nuns Becsttie The say te Florence eried aloud tn dismay, able, i Lond Stanley angrily demanded of the de- ‘nd $7.25 tective: measures nehes , This Martha Washington Sewing Ta- | by 12. inches. At styles ut lower pri What 1s the meaning of ths? i y inside the top | tached to the top 1x Take these things off of my hands! Wie aaa # aiding i ial ae ms Kee aerate te Dolls, y At once!" by ‘ini aCne | ing and meetin , - Parrish laughed:long nd loud, middie drawer, It % inches | inthe two sldes Dolls, D ls a \ “My young reformer scoffed, high. The top mea 3s 27 by the fu TK ‘ pias fi) S 2 } F “the time ts past for to. force inches. ‘The finish and workmanship | Ment are a. ty fe sie ' your orders on me or iny one else ts of the best throu Backs of cards, ‘ar ac | And you've written last ‘roast’ out. An ideal ©) complete pe j on tne in the Examtacr, The Crimson fi mas gift, Price Rane athe clin ea te Htain mystery fe solved at last. I Gina Gavia Wh lee bro enually Reasonable Prices. nal diction’ of the police, "I ‘ ' for the murder of Dr, Burton Mon- Cowperthwaits’ Cow ER H Al & Sone . buat: earth. ancthed sdteneld LiberalCredit Terms . - “Your father ix allve and well. Par 25c weekly on 815 worth. “Oldest Furniture House in America” | \ riety as aah, I * made fol [i 750 weekly on 850 worth, Leas ko these hin of my 50 weekly on 8100 worth, wrists, Parrish! Take them off, 1 3 d ve 121 t St pyro es 92.50 weekly on 8200 worth, r e ES) e 4 “RluMng won't help you, Stanley.” ff Other amounte in proport said Parrish, “Your race is run, The rimson Stain chief's race run You're the man, And now we're go- ing to start for Police Headquarters, Pay by the month if you wish, 10% OFF YOR CASH, Featuring Maurice Costello and Ethel Grandin Novelized by ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE ip 3rd Ave. & 121st St. Between Brooklyn Bridge “Sub'’ Station and Chatham Sq. by the Consolidated Film Corporation COEOEETHOEE PHACEEOVOSTTOHOOO SS the situation to Florence, Suddenly, door open. He strode into the dining- Harold turned, with an odd gensa- room. No one was there. tion that some one else had entered — 8! y turned back dumfounded the room. Pierro La Rue stood in to who hal followed him the doorway to the door, Just then Dr. Montrose Harold darted toward him, forget- came into the library, accoupanted ful of his own manacted hands, by the discomfited Parrish. Pierre stepped back Into t Ihirold walked up to the detective cent dining room, taming the without a word, holding out his shut in Harold's face. wri Sulkily Parrish fished a buach Harold, clawing awkwardly athe of keys out his pocket and ‘un« knob, succeeded locked the handcuffs. The Fifteenth Episode of THE CRIMSON STAIN MYSTERY Will Be Published Thursday, Dec. 14 at last in getting the Downtown Store Park Row & Chatham Sq. Downtown Store: 193-205 Park Row