6ATURDAV. DKSSMBBt B. 1SK CAPE MAY STAB A1H> WAVE ' riO» fflfigB i ■ ii ' ' -■"■ -^M U...L ...d.-jW-^-i-i - IW

[ I UtUfLVnBllCUkST«d8IW.U>d | have dona without great diO- | isclty, had not a trace of hia older -ob- ] ■aaairm of bate Impinged on Us clear- , It oatltaad course of action. I Ha was ooca more hlmaeif, by this i tlma. walking with a limp that was • scarcely discernible. But as be stole j down from the higher ground and i Bade his way back towards the West- | Ingham chimney flakes he became < once more conscious of the whiter < glare along the roadside he was so cautiously skirting. This, he rem em- . be red. as he stole nearer, came from i the headlights of a stalled limousine. , ' Then he made a second and a more < < ( startling discovery. He knew, even j before he caught Bight of Train work- j ] lng over his helpless car, that it be- , ' longed to Enoch Golden. But what j | - actually drew him closer to the Bpot , i was a glimpse of Margery Golden her- , aelf. In a gray fur motor coat, aa she f- stepped from the body of the car and • 1 1 came full into the glare of the head- | B lights, closer beside her stooping i chauffeur. "Are we stalled?" he could hear the girl ask. i "We'll be off again in a minute or ; two, Misa Margery," was Train's prooccupied reply. "But I can't stand here helpless." , protested the girl. "I can't wait. I ■ must know what has happened to David Manley." "Whatever it was, it'a over and done by this time." '? "But he may be dead. He may be , lying crushed uiuUrThose fallen pillars. 1 must go on. Tell father I ■ couldn't wait, that I've gone ahead '' on foot!" Legar, crouching back in the shawOWB, heard these hurried words and ft Sls hurriedly acted on them. Slinking back through the bushes, he swung •; about and followed the girl through the darkness. Tet It was not until the girl had passed well out of hailing distance of the headllghted car that Legar circled even more hurriedly forward and swung In again to intercept her. She waa trudging, a little breathlessly, up a sandy slope, with her ■training eyes still fixed on the moving lanterns about the ruined mausoj leum. I Then, swinging apparently out of , the empty air about her, a circle of v- steel, suddenly encompassing her arm, brought her to an abrupt atop. , With one quick movement Legar tore the motor veil from her head, , ^ twisted it Into a coll, and flung it about her neck. And all the while the Iron Claw, grappling at her arm, held her as a steel trap might She waa already dizzy with pain . when she heard the sharp crack of a revolver shot olose over her shoulder. This waa followed by a quick shout and a mattered oath. She felt herself > _ forcibly flung from Legar's arms into , ~ the arms of another man panting , breathlessly up the sandy slope. She 'could see this man. even as he held her from falling, stop to level his gun at the fleeing fig" '6 of Legar. She could see him shoot again, and still again, at the same moment that Train and the plunging automobile came b throbbing and panting up to the scene, the electric lamps throwing out their wavering, long columns of white light as they came. Then the stranger, arrested by certain gasping and gnr- • fling sounds from the throat of the half-garroted girl In his arms, stooped down and tore the constricting veil , away from tfifc slender, white column of her neck. And Margery, opening her eyes, saw that It was the Laugh- ' lng Mask bending above her. [ 'It was Legar!" ahe gasped aa Train, followed by her father, came , , panting np to where they stood. i - "And there he goes now!" cried the i . Laughing Mask, pointing down the ! ( long lane of light columning out from | the car's lamps. Across that narrow . river of light they could catch a i L glimpse of a tall figure skulking off < ft Into the darkness. i r "Follow that man with your car," ( F the Laughing Mask suddenly cried out i r to the chauffeur. i K "No car could travel through conn- I w try like that!" protested Train. i < f. "Then keep yonr lights on the mnln , ■ road to the west here, so as to pfrk < ■ him up if he tried to break through • I on that side. I'll swing around bv the 1 B foundry yards and head him off in tne ' ■ And the next moment the man in i B the yellow mask had disappeared in j i j: the darkness. Golden and his daugh- j t 1' fer stood staring after him. ' K Two minutes later the blackness t R that had swallowed him up ' was | B Stabbed by a series of flame flashes. . < followed by the repeated bark of a 1 K rovolver. From the gloom still nearer t I the shadowy piles of the WeEtingham j r I foundry came an answering series of PI fe shots. L" "That means he's making for the \ 1 ■foundry, sir!" cried the excited Train i ■ SB he swung his car about. j : ■ "Then, for God's sake, get us there, : 1 Ml quick as you can." commanded i \ ■ Enoch Golden as the car Inrched and j c ■ pulsed and crawled on between the t K broken shrubbery. In perilous search i ff for some open pathway. i 1- But both Legar and his pursuer t I were by this time well beyond their i HuBe.pt virion. That drape-ctc minded < ■•Baste r criminal. In fact renlir'-» . f I that his enemy was pressing close at ' \ I bis heels, mounted a slag n'le, dropped ■ Rat. and emptied h's revolver into the t I darkness. where the Laughing Mack 1 i Should have been. i B- But the wary pu-sner, dropping low ( k beside an empty pitch barrel, held his i L bra and waited. The moment he 1 I beard the crisp sound of footstep# c Bff— " the slag slope be usee more j I tpok up^the purs^.^^ 4

iron. It let through aa ahan dosed room, than on through a dimly and low-roofed structure of pulleys and lathes, sad from there to the brighter lighted and higher roofed metal room of the foundry Uself. beside, glowing furnaces halfnaked men toiled over Incandescent annealing boxes and cauldrons of molmetaL There gigantic track j cranes swung bowls of liquid Ore from ■ crucibles to mold beds. And there the harried Legar, bewildered by the sudden bright light, ran like a pelted hound down the sandy paths between forge and coke I and catldron crane. There, seej his way blocked by a group of round-eyed Lithuanians, he swung, i catlike-, up into the iron network of j the cable bridges, with his pursuer still close at his heels. And there, ! midway across that smoke-stained roof, that echoed with the tumult of ; thunderous harrmerB and directly over a king cauldron of molten steel, the , : two men came together. There Legar, with his metal claw ! hooked securely Into the Iron network above his -head, swung about and 1 faced his enemy. And there, on thaf grimy bridge Jilgh above the equally grimy workmen who left their forges and lathes and cauldrons to witness ! the struggle, the two enemies, who ! had so lcrg and bitterly oppqssd each other, found themselves lace to lace for their final struggle. Yet the man in the yellow maskseemed the cooler headed ol the two, lor as Lcrar strurfc snarling at his lace he ducked low op his narrow ' perch and at the same moment ! whipped h# revolver from the side 1 pocket ol his coat. Yet Legar. with a movement equally prompt, kicked ! viciously at the fingers clustered about the gun-butt before the weapon itsell j could be brought into use. The next I moment that weapon lell with a hiss j and splash into the lake of molten I metal beneath them. ! Ti"n the strugg'e became one ol : tendon against tendon, ot straining i muscle against muscle, oi emptyi handed mortal strength pitted against I mortal strength. There, like animals | of the wild, high In some Amazonian | eyrie, the two strangely entangled j figures fought and struggled and | clawed and struck. ! In the matter of mere physical strength Legar seemed to have the advantage. And what under ordinary circumstances might have proved a disability could now be turned to his advantage. For the iron claw at the end ol his right arm. hooked securely Into the network ol steel behind him. held him there without effort and without strain. His opponent, on the other hand, found It no easy task to make anre of his perch above that ever-Intimidating cauldron of molten metal. His arm shook with the tension Imposed on his overtaxed muscles. His fingers became numb with i pain, threatening to lose their prehensile power, and even as he fought he weakened to a realization that he ' must change his hold. it w&3 as he maneuvered to bring about this shift of position that the i cer- watchful Legar aleafor the mo?; ; j triv!.--l ed"untage, saw his chance. I Swinging his body suddenly free from \ | Its looting' on the narrow ledge of I metal where he stood, he pendqlumed j« j towards bis momentarily unstable op- j ' ! ponent, throwing his feet forward and j i upward, as he did so. with all the force | | of a football player kicking a double j punt. The force of this unlooked-for impact was too much for the man In the , mask. He tottered back, caught frantically at a soot-covered steel bar beside him, dropped the full length of its diagonal course before he could make sure ot hia clutch, and came Into viocollision with the hqavy iron j block of a crane ladle. There, half- j stunned by the blow, be fell sprawling | < across a polished steel cable which drooped fioorward between the block , and its empty metal pot. He tried to clutch that cable as he tell, but nis , speed proved too great and his overtaxed fingers were too weak. As he , fell along its polished surface, howI ore-, ii offr-od redcient resistance to | : car.y hia limp body beyond the leril i of that open lake ot mc-'ten m tal. i which, his frantic brain kept telling '• • him. meant death. And as he dropped I ] weakly from the cable loop ttf a pile I j of mcldlr.g sand lying between a cast- I lng box and an empty spill trough a I i ot watching men gave utteranca. I i a shout of relief and a score of ' writing hands were there to help him ! to his feet. i So intent were those astounded Iron j workers on watching that perilous fa'.. ! however, that they paid scant atten i tion to the second figure climbing spt jderlike higher along -he blackened (Ironwork of the blackened root. They j caught ho glimpse of him as he so»am- , J blod sooty and panting, through the | ventilating flue that opened on the ' j roof itself. Nor did any eye follow * . as he crept, goriUalike, along the ' i perilous slope of that roof until he "t j to the end of the bnlldlng. Along this end he found a lightning rod. run- - ning from the peak of Its root to the ground. He promptly tested the strength ot this wire, satisfying him- , self carefully, foot by foot, by means of one herd and an iron cook whlrh i struck una dung to the metal with tbj vicious tenacity of an eagles slaw ft'hcn he I'cacbcd the ground stl.l heavily, he looked cautiousabouL Then, making sure oe was not observed, be slipped into the shadof a pile of Iron ingots, once more " waited and listened and then, crouch- I lng low, crossed the foundry yard and • climbed the high board fence sur- \ rounding tt. And a moment later the , darkness of the sight bed swallowed sp(TO BB OOMT3KUMU

~ 1 ~n jj " I -ftJn i t . _ I mjfiry ak&sM I I If II I SaHd7 I I jg y !!L. / MR u vT l"" 1 lib f Lmh. mm.-, ^ -X k&f S thwBn Iwft ► iMI |P»KnowYoui'Keibsene

[ALADDIN]! SECURITY OIL STANDARD OIL COMPANY S(KXWJEI>SXY) r-y

YOU wouldn't think of buying milk, or sugar, or ^ggs, day ^ after day, without knowing what you were getting. For you know that there are all kinds of eggs, some good, others not so good. Kerosene is just as different as eggs. Some is good— some is bad. You can be sure of your kerosene, just as you are sure of your milk, by buying only Aladdin Security Oil.

Aladdin Security OtTis a carefully refined kerosene manufactured by the Standard Oil Company (New Jersey). Every gallon of it conforms to fixed standards of quality. It is free from dirt and other impurities. It burns with a clear, bright flame and does not ■moke. Aladdin Security Oil will lessen yonr household drudgery. It gives you your money's worth in quality. Don't take chances with kerosene you don 't know. Aak for Aladdin Security Oil by name.

STANDARD OIL COMPANY (New Jersey) Newark New Jersey *

NEW Chinese Laundry Hand Work | / t 315 Mansion Street Cape May. First Class Laundry Work in All Ita Branches SINC IFF, Prep JOHN BRIGHT 6ENEKA1. INSDRANCF Real Estate and Mortgage Investment* KICHT BDDJMNk W!U)*P0D K J. ' Feded K«L Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S C ASTO R I A Is your Money Making Money for | yout The more of it you have employed for you, the less you need U> work yourself. The Security Trust will pay you three per cent on your time account. we wANTjr-simrsr already itpnmfl. to Introduce BROWN HERB TABLETS [-uaraolet-d remedy for Conaupanoo, Indl.-MUcm and Dyipnala.w Orer 1 00*, -prod t, F_i-> -r kr. reireat order*, Permanrsi Income. WrUef-rpajnpti)r«a,FRBB8AJf PLKSarel tcrme. BROWN HERB CO. 66 Murray SL Nea Yerii City When Rubbers Become Necessary end your shoes ptn^k, use Allen's Footthe Antiseptic powder to be shakn into the shoe* and sprinkled into the foot-bith. Juat the thing for Breaking in New Sboes. It gives rest and comfort to tired. awoUen, aching feet. Sold ssetjwhsia, Me. ll-M-18M-3t I ft,

ESTABLISHED 1905 Troy Laundry PHONE LUMBER AND i Mill Work = GEO. OGDEN & SON I ■ i Special Prices ; IN WINES S. Teitelman's Ufcoleeale WINES AND LIQUORS d 312 WsMMgius Street t Betb PhMMS Cess May , M J

TEN , Strong Companies Agrrerate Car>1t,-.l over ft" ftOO SO# Represented t j ramprl f.LDREDOE. Fire Tnsuranea / -»nt Twenty-F'v yeape of ex: n-ncr. Tour Insurance placed with r» Is absolute 9. F.A|LnRRnoR Merchants National FUnk Bulldln* Cape May. New J»—-r Established 1886 'Phone Connection THE DAYLIGHT STORE New Autumn Millinery j Remarkably good Hats at very 1 low prices. All of Black Velvet' of excellent quality, and* com'!, prised of the newest and most . , distindlive shapes— new Sailors, jc new Tarn O'Shanter effects, T ricornes and drapped T urbans. I 0. L. W. Knerr 518 & 520 Washington Sl! Cape May, N. J. -) W. L. Ewing Jr. | b WAGON BUUDER AUTOMOBILE PAINTER Larg* md Small Work CarafnB Executed Estimates CbearfuNy Furnished W. L. aWINU. iS. WartFWry Ms, p. KsjiImi Ites | *

STOVES NECESSARY IN CAPE MAT Most of the homes of Cape May and surrounding country are heated with tovrs and if you would get the moat lii-at from a small quantity of coal, JESSE BROWN 110-112 Jackson St. Cape May, N. J. Thi Safe Deposit Vault of the Sorority Trust Co. has modern devieea i - security and convenience. Boxes '••nt«-d at f2 and upward! fUia Spouting. Gutters and Tin Roofs. Good work at cona;«»ant price* .lease b. B-own. 110 and 112 'oekson St. CASTORIA For Infants and Children j In Use For Ove^ 30 Years I Always bears Signature of ^ I Tissue paper ul Fine V'-iility for parkI ing gift» at Star and Wave Stationery u-'partmcnt. an account with the Security Trust j Company a Stroug Institution. I If you ha>- aiuiic munrv la ul bv for future u?e. the place to put iWnt money is iu the Security Trust Co , ^pe May. I T. H. TAYLOR * | Repairs all kinds of BOOTS AND jSHOKS. Agent for Ball Band Rubber Boots and Shoes, Blacking, Dressings ar.d Shoe Findings for sale. At the CENTRAL SHOE STOKE 028 WASHINGTON STREET CAPE MAY, N. J. Tie BUr and Waves msUonoy Da™r U>™«- *. rim* ~t Urn ***.