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29 - Black Stars Campaign by Johnston McCulley · Black Stars Campaign

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  Speaker 1: Chapter twenty nine of Black Star's Campaign by Johnston McCully.
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  Speaker 1: This libry Wox recording is in the public domain. Read
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  Speaker 1: by your Garland. Black Star's Campaign, Chapter twenty nine Caught
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  Speaker 1: in the Net At the Branditton residence, Richard Brannitton was
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  Speaker 1: stretched on the floor, unconscious from the effects of a
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  Speaker 1: vapor gun. The men were standing against one wall, the
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  Speaker 1: ladies against another. The black Star's men guarded the doors
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  Speaker 1: and windows and watched the guests. The master criminal himself
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  Speaker 1: was in the center of the room. I must have
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  Speaker 1: all your jewels, ladies, he said, you need not be alarmed.
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  Speaker 1: You shall not be harmed if you conduct yourselves properly,
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  Speaker 1: and you, gentlemen, will be safer if you indulge in
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  Speaker 1: no attempt to better your present condition. I assure you
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  Speaker 1: that you are the mercy of my band. He made
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  Speaker 1: a sign, and three of his men took backs from
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  Speaker 1: beneath their robes and started toward the line of women,
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  Speaker 1: take off your jewelry and toss it into the backs.
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  Speaker 1: The black Star directed married ladies may retain the wedding
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  Speaker 1: rings and their engagement drinks, but must give up everything else.
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  Speaker 1: That is just to show that I am not hard artered,
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  Speaker 1: as some persons would have the world believed. He laughed
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  Speaker 1: leefully as his men began their task. Terrified women removed
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  Speaker 1: their jewels and handed them over, weeping women. Hysterical women
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  Speaker 1: surrender necklaces, procious rings. The bags were filled rapidly, and
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  Speaker 1: the black Star's men stepped back again. And now we
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  Speaker 1: have something else to do. The black Star said, which
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  Speaker 1: of you, gentlemen, is Lord Sambury. One of them stepped forward,
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  Speaker 1: a dignified man of perhaps fifty. I have that honor,
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  Speaker 1: he said, stiffly. I admire you greatly, sir, The Blackstar said,
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  Speaker 1: I've read a great deal about the work you have done.
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  Speaker 1: I admire you so much that I insist you become
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  Speaker 1: my guests for a time. I beg your pardon, stammered
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  Speaker 1: the astonished nobleman. I insist upon it, sir, the Black
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  Speaker 1: Star said, And where is Sir Burton Banks. I am here.
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  Speaker 1: I admire you too, sir, and you shall be my
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  Speaker 1: guest also, the Black Star declared. Allow me to decline
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  Speaker 1: your hospitality, said Sir Burton Banks stiffly. But I cannot
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  Speaker 1: allow you to do, sir, Master Criminal said, chuckling, you
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  Speaker 1: see you mean money to me. How is that, Sir
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  Speaker 1: Burton Banks demanded, not your money, The black Star said.
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  Speaker 1: It has occurred to us that you two gentlemen are
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  Speaker 1: in this country on an important mission, and your time
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  Speaker 1: is very valuable. We have an idea that if you
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  Speaker 1: should be detained, certain persons and personages would pay a
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  Speaker 1: handsome sum for your release. Why, conformed the fellow, he
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  Speaker 1: means to abduct us and hold us for ransom. Lord
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  Speaker 1: Sambury exclaimed, You have guessed it, the black Star said,
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  Speaker 1: and this is the United States of America, sir, and
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  Speaker 1: we are in one of its greatest cities. I never
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  Speaker 1: heard of such a thing. The idea is preposterous. You
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  Speaker 1: can't do it, can't we asked the Black Star with
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  Speaker 1: a laugh. It's a very simple thing. You just rendery
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  Speaker 1: unconscious and carry you away, and you can never be found.
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  Speaker 1: Why you dare not, cried, Sir Burton Banks. I'm not
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  Speaker 1: particularly prone to fear, the master criminal said, I have
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  Speaker 1: dared many things and accomplished many things harder than kidnapping
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  Speaker 1: a couple of gentlemen. You need fear nothing. You shall
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  Speaker 1: be treated with every curtsy. I I shall fight, Lord Sambury, declared,
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  Speaker 1: you are an elderly man, sir, and also I abhorred violence.
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  Speaker 1: The Black Star reminded him, you cannot fight long against
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  Speaker 1: one of my weap agains. Your lordship, I I my
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  Speaker 1: country will have you punished for this. The first thing
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  Speaker 1: will be to capture me, your lordship, said the master criminal.
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  Speaker 1: I was captured before but managed to escape, as perhaps
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  Speaker 1: you know. But we are wasting valuable time in conversation,
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  Speaker 1: and I'll have ample time to talk to you during
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  Speaker 1: the next two days. I am forced to have you
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  Speaker 1: two gentlemen put to sleep for a short time, but
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  Speaker 1: I assure you there are no bad after effects you you,
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  Speaker 1: Sir Burton stammer, it's quite useless to protest or to
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  Speaker 1: attempt to fight. The Black Star informed him. By the way,
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  Speaker 1: I am going to take mister Branditton a long term,
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  Speaker 1: you fiend. Branitton's wife cried, he shall not be harmed,
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  Speaker 1: my dear madam, but it will cost him something to
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  Speaker 1: regain his liberty. He cost me considerable annoyance. He was
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  Speaker 1: a prosecuting attorney at mac trial, and he shall be again. Missus.
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  Speaker 1: Brandton retorted, perhaps we shall see. I have no idea
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  Speaker 1: of standing trial again, My dear madam. By the time
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  Speaker 1: I am captured, your husband probably will be a United
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  Speaker 1: States senator or an ambassador abroad. I realize that he
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  Speaker 1: is a man of promise. The Black Star signaled to
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  Speaker 1: two of his men, and they advanced toward Lord Sambury
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  Speaker 1: and Lord Burton Banks. The latter showed that he intended
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  Speaker 1: to fight, regardless of what the master criminal had said,
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  Speaker 1: but the Black Star's men rushed and discharged the vapaguns
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  Speaker 1: and darted back again. The two diplomats toppled over on
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  Speaker 1: the floor. A woman shrieked, they are not harmed the bet.
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  Speaker 1: The Black Star assured them. They will simply away from
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  Speaker 1: a sleep and feel quite fit. Ladies, I regret that
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  Speaker 1: they interrupted your little party. I suggest you continued after
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  Speaker 1: a leave with my men. In reality, you should thank me.
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  Speaker 1: You will have something to talk about for the remainder
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  Speaker 1: of your lives, and women award love to talk. He
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  Speaker 1: backed toward the entrance to the hall. A shrill whistle
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  Speaker 1: came from the lawn outside another a third. The Black
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  Speaker 1: Star whirled toward the door. His men stood still listening.
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  Speaker 1: Into the room rushed a robed and masked member of
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  Speaker 1: the band, police, sir, all around the place, he cried.
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  Speaker 1: The end of chapter twenty nine