Excerpt from The Fatal Blow: A Melodrama in Three ActsMontford-ely plans to marry Mary Searles, who loves Torn Allen. Her father's bank is robbed by Ely, who causes Allen to be arrested. Mrs. Doane, a friend of Ely's, helps him to kidnap Mary; but when Ely strikes her she turns against him and tells Allen where Mary is hidden. Allen rescues Mary, is himself exonerated and Ely goes to prison.Act I. - President's office in the People's Bank. Ely's threat. I'll tell all. Searles: You have me in your power. Ely plots to rob bank. Mary refuses Ely's offer of marriage. Allen and Smythe do a little detective work. The lost plan. Ely and Allen. You would accuse me?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.