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By FRANCIS LYNDE.

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These preliminaries arranged, he griposd to his -birt and trousers and lay jown under the verjet on the bed, ith his fingers tonching a keyboerd of electric buttons canpingly hidden be- peat!: the pillow, and settled himself to

wait with what sang froid there wae in him

In a)) bis ime ginings of the culminat- jpg moment in his plan he had entirely yr of personal unhero- |

jgnored the fac

jsm ifter « tense half hour of susa- pens an to realize that this, too, | e i have to )e reckoned with.

it is one thing to be heroic by proxy

jn the persons c* one’s puppets on paper | apd quite another to face actual bat- teries of double shotted guns, with flesh and 1 ene-nies ready to jerk the

the proper moment ar- parmed and alone in an | the incoming |

Jany ards when rives, or to lie jsolated house awaiting of a‘ rate criminal, who might be inconsiderate enough not to listen to explanations befere putting the apolo- gist out of the ranning—which is much the same thing in the end.

Leonard cume face to face with the geality, lying t ere in the semidarkness, with his beart drumming in a most un- perving fashion and the perspiration trickling from every pore, making him | damp an¢ mfortable.

The success of the enterprise—nay, | possibly his lif.——-hung upon the chance tical moment, the chance of get- th the robber before he

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Leonard thought be could see plain sailing | a

the crucial moment re- mained in abeyance the agony of sus- pense grew ard waxed until it gave the | author a precious glimpse beyond into ;

the region of ) ysteria—a glimpse which | Dress Goods

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effect in some future story if he should } Reg. Our om ae ) the night’s adventure | price. price ive and fit.

, Luckily for Leonard's fortitade, Plain Black Lustre, double

which threatened more than once to de- width 30 22 sert him entirely, the timeof waiting Fancy do. do. 32 25 Was not greatly prolonged. The chime Black Cashmere do. 28 20 sf the hall clock was still echoing the do. do. 25 28 double stroke of the half hourafter 10 Special do. 60 45 ‘when be heard one of the parlor win- Wee;.’ Special be os dows goup with a noise that waseny- (0) 44 Pees Goods in terete « a thing but creditable to the skill of a ee ae | ek ee professional ousebreaker. at very low prices.

Leonar‘’i’s finger sought the button Dress Linings. goumecting with the bell in Helen’s ne: ae poorn while he waited breathlessly for eer eae a coufirmatic.: of the alarm. It did not — on terry. here wasa crash, as of some Single width cambric 7 6 ene falling over a chair, followed bya _ Percalines 16 I4 muttered i:mprecation, and Leonard [Linenettes. best quality 16 13

ressed the }ell push. Ssrah Twi) Q . — 7 hat the battle was fairly on, ae Te y ‘3 be felt eque! to anything, and he ar- ticipated the next move of the enemy GLOVES. with nerves a-tingle. That, too, came tuickly. Ten seconds after the crash ; the figure f a man appeared at the Reg. Our open door of the bedroom, and Leonard price’ price saw that the intruder was carrying bis) pjack Lisle Thread 13 oe shoes in his hand. in Ga Be ts 12

Stocking feet on the dam pr ned metal Black Taffeta 3 16 lic matting would simplify matters umn- Si ae mensely, and the second signal went to ther prices

: 20c. 22¢. 24C. 26C. 321 44.C

Helen with no uncertain ring.

Cautious! y and feeling his way with his free band the robber crept across to outstretched

Perrins Kid Glove S,

the safe, and when the hand came in contact with the damp Black & Colered 7 Stud Lacing $1 35 metal Leonard knew that the moment 2 Stud Fastener $1 10 and $1 35. had arrive Above guaranteed.

With on touch he sent the third sig- o Pairs Special Laced and pal to Helea and with another flooded oe BI as Pskiieal the room ‘with a glare of light from Buttoned, > = posite oe 2s half » doc n electric lamps. The bur- O2C., regular Be SE FF. OD: giar gasper, dropped his shoes and fell 5 Stud Bla k Lac ing aii Sizes

in stock, coc for 6cc

back against the safe with many emo- tions struygling for simultaneous ex- pression on his unbeautiful face. Leon- ard sat up in bed with his hand still

under the pillow trove to be de- cently cal and im **Good evening, itably. aed 2 , ite Hemstitched cea 0 for “Don't be alarmed. Xoeu are in no White Her > ea 6 for danger so long as you keep perfectly do. do. 4 ae for White Embroidered 12c ea. O 10!

quiet. If you don’t, however, you are

a dead maa.’’ ; do. The roiber obeyed the injanction, |

though hi. eyes were apparently meas- |

do.

uring th: distance to the decor in con- |

nection with the hand under the pil- \A/ ool take

low. rN **Wot er ye givin us?’ be growled

when the factor of escape seemed ta

have eliiainated itself from the equa- |

tion. { ‘‘Oold facts,’’ Leonard answered |

affably. ‘‘In connection with the haz- mone

ards of your profession you have doubt- less becorse more or less familiar with the process of electrocution, have you | not?’’

The burglar nodded.

‘‘T inforred as much. Well, the mat- ting under your feet is metallic, and in forms the electrodes of a battery for which the eleotric light plant of Brank- ville furnishes the power. By pressing button under my finger I can—ab, would you?’

While Leonard was explaining the robber crouched fora spring, but be- fore be could Jaunch himself he fell te the floor like one smitten with epilepsy. Leonard was beside him in a moment.

**Get op,’’ he anid coolly. ‘‘You’re vot killed. The voltage of that shock was very much less than would be re-

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