Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 240, 25 August 1916 — Page 8

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, FRIDAY, AUG. 25, 1916

The Iron Claw

Read the Story In the Palladium and See It at the Palace SYNOPSIS.

On Windward Island Palldorl Intrigues Mrs. Uolden Into an appearance f evil which causes Golden to capture and torture the Italian by branding hi face and rrushlnff hla hand. Palldorl opens the dyke Kates and Hoods the island and in the general rush to escape the flood kidnaps Golden's six-year-old daughter Marleery. Twelve year's later In New York a Maxkert One calling himself "the Hammer of God" rescues an eighteen-year-old girt from the cadet Casavanli. to whom Julea I.eitar has delivered her, and takes her to the home of Enoch Golden, millionaire, whenco she Is recaptured by Le.gar, Legar and Btein are discovered by Manley. Golden's secretary, setting fire - to Golden's buildings, but escape. Margery's mother fruit lessly Implores Enoch Golden to find their daughter. The Masked One again takes Margery away from Legar. I,eRar loots the Third National bank, but attain the Laughing Mask frustrates his plans. Legar Bends Golden "The Spotted warning." demanding a portion of a chart of the Windward island. Margery meets her mother. The chart Is lost during a light between Manley and one of Legar'a henchmen.

SEVENTH EPISODE

"THE HOODED HELPER." Margery Golden's serenely selfwilled Aunt Agatha disliked animals almost as much aa she diBliked mysteries. And about her tranquil Cedar home she felt were transpiring events altogether too Inexplicable to remain long to her liking. So when Hannah, the plump but less practical-minded caretaker of that erstwhile abode of tranquillity, tremulously announced that a stranger in a yellow mask had left a bright-colored parrot, answering to the name of Tito, at the door for Miss Margery, the bird In question was viewed with open disfavor, and Margery was subjected to many disturbing interrogations. None of the girl's answers proving satisfactory, however, her firm-willed maiden aunt proposed that they proceed with their interrupted game of "Preference." But a green parrot's in

stinct and enigmatic cry of "Look out for the Iron Claw" proved in no way consistent with so tranquilizing a game, and the owner of the house finally and firmly commanded the departing Hannah, who "slept out," to carry the disturbing creature off to her own cottage for the night. This Hannah did, with much mumbling, and deposited it In her chicken coop. There Tito would have spent a quiet and uneventful night, in all likelihood, had not a certain mildly-predacious negress answering to the name of Jemima Watson, returned all but empty-handed to her suburban home. For one of the by-products of this dusky lady's activities as a scrub-

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woman was tne gathering of those trifles which find their way to the waste baskets and refuse cans of office buildings. And her only harvest, on this occasion, was a half portion of a time-yellowed code chart and map, which had blown from the dizzy

balcony of the Central Tower building. Rastus Watson, Jemima's lord and master, flung the sheet ot paper down on their kitchen table in disgust when it was placed before him as the extent of a day's "pickin's." Now, Rastus, who was of much portlier frame than his spouse, was a firm believer In the efficiency of forced feeding. And since the day's harvest had been a lean one, and the larder showed disturbing signs of emptiness, that plump-bodied negro possessed himself of a worn gnnnysack and announced his determination of acquiring a few pullets while hunger ran high and the moon swung low. Instinct combined with fate to lead Rastus by the nose, take him stealthily over the backyard fence of the aforementioned Hannah, and from -there to the door of . the padlocked coop. If in the excitement of the moment the lightness of one bird tossed into the bag escaped his attention; it was perhaps due to the haste with which he had to make off with his prisoners. He was blinking cautiously about, to make sure the coast was clear, when a voice startlingly close to his own portly carcass called out with a su den warning: -' - "Look but for the Iron Claw!"' "How's dat?" was the answering cry of the tingling Rastus. . "Look out for the Iron Claw!" repeated the voice so close behind him.

"Wha what iron claw?" demanded the sweating Rastus. "I'll get you ! " announced the bodeful voice behind him. And at that threat utter and unreasoning panic seized the terrified Rastus, who, with a throaty bellow of agony, charged across a newly-dug garden and bounded like a rotund Jackrabbit down a

moonlit' alley bordered with shadowy fences. At the end of this alley Rastus plunged through a narrow gate, and charged bodily into the peaceful beergarden belonging to the roadhouse of one Antonio Dibello, where sat four men. In quiet conference about one of the little iron tables well out of public ken. These men showed prompt resentment at this unheralded interruption to their talk. But as the parrot, with

its bead thrust through a hole in the gunnysack, repeated its shrill cry of "Look out for the Iron Claw," these men rose In a body to their feet. Their leader, who in even the dim light from the garden lamps showed himself to be a one-armed man with a strangely-scarred face, sprang for the terrified negro. Rastus, however, twas in fio mood for either interruption 'or argument. ' He merely emitted a whoop of reawakened terror and headed for home, There he burst in upon the astound ed Jemima and collapsed with a quavering groan of exhaustion. But before Jemima could either understand the nature of his ailment or investigate the contents of his gunnysack, a second and even more violent irruption took place.;,' Legar and his men dragged the quaking and gasping RastusLiQ,.h,is.feet. shoved Jtfm into a chair, and snatched up the gunnysack. From it they took out the loudly-protesting green parrot and wonderingly examined it. "Where did you get that parrot?" was the quick demand of the man who wore an iron hook where a hand ought to be. Rastus merely wheezed and shook in the legs and showed the whites of his eyes. It was indeed, several miftutes before : he was so much, as awakened to the fact that he was not In the grip of the law. But once convinced of that fact, he became voluble enough in his protestations to oblige the "white genTmen" with any information they desired. He even led those white gentlemen back to the neighborhood of Hannah's chicken coop. So engrossed were they in their discoveries that they thereupon paid scant attention to Rastus himself.

who took advantage of that diversion to disappear. To Be Continued.

MANY PEOPLE VISIT J. H. GAUGH FAMILY

WEST MANCHESTER, O.. Aug. 25. Elden Brown and wife and Mrs. Carl Hussey of Dayton, are spending the week here with relatives . . . . Mrs. Merle King of Jeffersonville, arrived here Tuesday and will be the guest of her parents at this place. .. .Mesdames.Ida Fager and F. W. Ashbaugh were in Dayton, Tuesday, to visit a relative in that city. Entertain Many. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Gauch entertained the following guests at their home, Sunday: Michael Gauch and Mrs. Isabel Somsel, Galveston; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hoop, Logansport; Mr, and Mrs. Daniel Oakley, Kokomo; Chas. House and family, Laura Parks

and children! Dr. Holtzmuller and family and Sarah Peters, Farmersville; Mart Swain and family and Michael House, Eaton; Isaac Holtzmuller, Elmer Hapner and family, John Gauch and Lon Swihart and families were afternoon visitors.

DRUGS KILL PRINCE

PARIS, Aug. 25. A scandal arising from the death of two young noblemen from drugs is stirring the fashionable resort of Biarritz and already one arrest has been made. A dispatch from Biarritz today stated that bodies of the two victims. Marquis Casa di Montlavo, aged 31, and

Prince Pignatelli, aged 20, are to be

exnumea ior an autopsy. Tne Marquis died on July 31 from an overdose of . morphine and the prince died four days later from cocaine poisoning.

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