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

oe ene § = _—— & 5 ; e HMoveoaneassooaase THE FIFTEENTIL EPISODE THE HUMAN TIGER (Copyright YW Consolidated Film ¢ 1916 SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING EPISODES cub reporter for a New York debis, owned ty hie father. ia intareatet in the ho ma sent hi machine to feyurenate humanity tery have been committe, weer, Dr it fi WT sam” ot Ri. MONTROSE entered his laboratory with a firm etep, far differ. ent from the lagging gait that had recently been his. The hag- gard lines which had 60 long scarred his strong old face were banished by a look of une He took his diary from @ locked drawer and noted In it events of but now, when @ese entries were finished, he continuc page. “This day I shall be forever free! —— akon resolve the previous day te, Ito w on the next Tam going to sever the bonds that 1 into the laboratory, Kiel at Have kept me in the most horrible Vanya and the eripple fol- captivity a human being can know. open noise- ruders tually light and furtive. the doctor had no forekuowl- edge of their presence. AX the four stepped into the room, their eyes fell on Dr, Montrose, H had his back to them and wan cross- ing the floor, toward the apparatua, which stood at the opposite end of tne laboratory, In his hand the doctor od oing to smash to atoms the ac- food apparatus with which [ ad Eiinister the drug that makes super- inals of Pierre La Itue and his Ve And then Lam ing to destroy the s the Tus and burn its for Bever again con it jure men to ertme, “All the pfesent supply of the drug fe in @ large container that stands be- de the apparatus » formula is carried a thick metal bar, Curlously, this diary. When I have bro Kiel and Tanner watehed him as he e apparatus T shail empty the - paused In front of the apparatus, tainer and burn the diary, Thus, not Even then, they did not guess his Gnly shall my terrible secret have. purpose, until I they saw him whirl the {all record of tt be wipod bar aloft, and heard him exclaim ou saan - * When I have shattered this, [ #hall ba Montrose thrust the diary {nto have shattered forever the powor of h tand crossed the Crima aint From a shelf he took ell, Tanner cleared the @ heavy metal bar. Going over to If and Montrose. ed Tanner and the doctor, Thay backward, The tlow By ity own swift inpetus, the apparatus, he swung tho bar high ve his head for the biow that outs wreck the delicate machinery. About the same time Florence Mon- | Sed chanced to stroll out of the use onto the veranda, Standing for @ moment alongsid fell wrenched him fell short, the bar flew from the wielder’s band upon and clatt 4, harmless, to the floor, » tore himself free from the ‘8 grasp and took a step ard the metal bar, that lay on the floor, three yards away, Vanya Tosca Promptly put one foot on the bar, and vine-coverod ross the h post, she glanced Brn toward the Clayton ho jowingly, she was wholly screened from v! w by the thick foliage of the ¥ peoplo who entered the stood over it as flercely as an angry nds by n aldo gato did not wee cat c ‘ » nor guess that the girl was and the bar, ching their approach with a puz- frown, In the lead walked Tanner and Kiel, rectiy behind them came Vanya and a cripple. Florence recox- Vanya. She also recognized the ple as the man whose strange be- for ‘once before had, renulted. in liberation from the hands of the Imson Stain gang, Florence turned and aped into the Rouse. Felix, who was peering curl- at her from behind the Ilbrary window, slipped out of sight as game in. At the foot of the stairs Ing to the laboratory, Florence wed. She had Intended to go it to her father with this clue. now she stopped, as a new ht occurred to her, went to the Hbrary, rum- in a table drawer and took out maged revolver, Holding the weapon in hand, ready for use, she mounted Hold on, Doc!" pleaded Tanner, ‘You can’t do that! You surely can't mean to. Why, what would becomo of all of us?” “All of you would slump back into the gutter I lifted you out of,” re- torted Montrose. “It ‘8 where bay be. Jone and where you're goin, Stand out of my way! I want that bar.” By way of answer, Tanner and Kiet flung themselves upon him, Montrose, taken by surprise, fournt them off ax best he could. But his struggles Proved of little avail “Kill him!" shrilled Vanya, watch- ing the one-sided battle with gloant ing ey “Kill him! And then we'll carry away tho apparatus and the drug!” Sho hurried toward the outer door of the laboratory to lock It and pre- vent interruption, But, as she neared it, the door flew open, On the thros- hold stood Florence Montrose. Florence's little head was proudly erect, Hor great dark eyes glowed with determination, In her right hand she gripped a revolver, Vanya, at sight of tho levelled weapon, fell back a step, Tanner and Kiel released their half-strangled victim. The cripple shrank agalnst the wall, stairs toward the laboratory @ four Visitors, Rolng In by a elde @oor, made their way along the pas- gage that ended at the secret panel. ‘Three of the four were in desperate atate. 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And if one of you turns or lowe a hand or tries to bolt, Ul fire. Now, march! Florence had a very definite tdea of what she intended to do. From the summit of the stairs, ax she bad as- cended to the laboratory, she had seon Layton Parrish turn in from the street and come up tho walk toward the house. She planned to deliver the four prisoners into the detective's charge. Past her and out into the upper hall, hands high above thelr heads, filed the four captives, the cripple last of all, At the stairfoot, they met Parrish, The detective had just been ushered, into the brary, But he had been at- tracted by the multiple tread on the stairs and had come out into the hall to Investigate, At sight of the motley crew guarded by Florence, tho detective stood stock eflll, his mouth op The four halted tn front of hi “What In blue blazes does this mean?” demanded Parrish, "What's up? 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Once Parrish looked back at her over his ig shoulder and nodded grinning ap- proval of her courage tho whole purty turned lost from view. doors again and ran upstairs to her father. As soon as the procesr safely out of sight of the house, Par- rish came to a halt, Without a word, he unlocked the handcuffs, took them from his captives’ wrists, pocketed the jingling bracelets, and, with a grunt, walked away. Florence Montrose ran up the broad nm was stairease and to the laboratory, She found her father standing before a mirror, shakily — readjusting his rumpled collar and tle. she exclaimed, In quick hor "Are he an- speak Now that those awful pec hav y should they tried to kill you?" on pain that filled D was a true by ache that tore at bis harassed heart, “I can't explain, now, dear," he #ald. “I have no right to, And you wouldn't understand, Uf 1? ma wronk, member always that fam rixki life to repair it, That is all Th wright to siy now 1 1f you loy . don't ask me anything more about has just happ if e 8 © @ ew ew Bob Clayton rosa to his feat and looked out of his studio window. His eyes fell on a man who was walking COOOTOODEGANE DEOOOAOADSISGS VASE THE CRIMSON STAIN MYSTERY’ POPDANVHOOOADOODHAFTMOAMHNAGDOTSDOOT TG “Who are * 1916. THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1 Novelized by ALBERT Being Sdbainatond by the Con OOF + OOK Featuring Maurice ‘Costello aid Ethel Grandin PAYSON TERHUNE solidated Film Corporation COGDEGOSG HE GHVOGOOEC EOCCG EAC G HORE rapl 6 opposite nae’ xt om Clayton "1 1 be ve of any the in a before t 08 And, ¢ven at that «dis woke To } ‘ im ae you,” agreed tb to. t Y tue tar he recognized the pedestrian a4 self bour he cha © Lam sure Florence w njoy s sther occtls Vie m snatched up im Montros © the vase, too, At pa ‘ ) did the three i OWN the stairs, two re < red in wondering dismay wr atudio, It on thea Then Dr, tata time. La Ruo was just at the fettored man and at Kap Florence on the ve Montrose stifled ery, put his rounding the next corner asp Bob in the wall thro uct which t - mber your promise,” hand on La Hue, as 1G wire emerged upon the sidewalk. J 1 ratus hud been ¢ od Promptly at & o'clock two porters the intruder was not a Kg With wrist gave chase, following La Ite here.” came puffing up the stairs and Into a swift motion Montrose tore awey but cautiously, After a whil tH ly next b's studio t ‘ing a big packing the newcomers false beard, 1 his man, Hob realize rl woke just now. pox, Two minutes later Dr, Montrose Harold Stanley stood revealea to ened and Florence arrived on their visit of the dumfor ng himself, cut the ng o that's who I mute replying Bob, and hammer, pried tered Tan \y ore than you. But T ow th x's cover. So Int Stani« the door, ‘Then detors must entreat you to promise that YOU gsted was he and his guests that none he turned and feced the Montroses will say nothing to any one about of them chanced to look around, and Clayton said to them, t Promise me!" , Therefore, they wholly failed to see in the few secon he left the Why, cortainiy, if you Insist” @anner and Kiel and Vanya, who room, the three on the skylight could ed Bob, ¥ xed by the other's wore peering down through the sky- not But the ould note his earnestnens aa Heht words’ t on tie others in. the ank you!" ried Montrose in re. With @ final tug Clayton tore off studio. Hof. * thank vou with all my heart!” gna box cover and pli his hands They sas De, Montrose turn as “If you reatly feel you owe me ANY fat, the jute. and beneath, They suw Florence gratitude,” sald Bob, striving to PUL Then he Jumped back. ‘The paper had ras though under the rye gnervesracked man at his eave begun to atir. And before Bob could weight of a hor y great for her “you can pay me, ten tines over, | sve & vrat to bear, coming to my studio this afternoon SPeak or move a man sprang out of b and passing judgment on a big wa mination, not once turning his head. Clayton, a moment later, followed him indoors and along the passage leading to the panel. He saw the Panel opened, just ahead of him, and saw La Rue pass through tnto the room beyond, which Bob recognized as the doctor's laboratory. Pierre lett the panel half open. utiously, Bob stepped Into the As ho did so, he felt bim- by two hands that dug deep Into his throat. Clayton tried to tear himself tree— and to grapple with the man who had Iured him thither and uhen had so easily trapped him. But Plorre's eyes wore aflame with the Crimson seemed to burn into oul, robbing him of all power to mova, Long and silently La Rue held the 's fascinated gaze, a8 @ serpent {6 said to hold a bird's, Then Pierre loosed his grasp on the hynv tized man’s throat and turned toward the a@pparatu: Deftly he cut the wires that fas- tened it,to the wall, Then, choosing an empty bottle from several on a he filled it from the container the drug supply and put into an inner flask carefully pocket. Going to a telephone that stood on! La @ corner table, tue called up a trucking compa nd ordered a small motor truck sent to the rear of the Montrose house, After wit Atus. h he Clayton Ken command, avy m passago pointed to the ap- obeying his un- ned Plorre pick © and carry {t and out of the DP up the } down honse, When they had loaded tt onte the newly street, the arrived truck, in tho rear Pierre turned ence more to the Mechanic job retraced his ste: through t to the rear gar and ther into tl house, by side door, and wp tn the Inbo There, at a word trom | Ia Rue, he sat down In the doctor's favorite chair. iB Merre, taking a stout rope from un- | der his coat, tied Bob hand and foc Then he left the stupefied man th and departed. 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