Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-11-23

wet hair on his forehead now and the
krees between his teeth-and was pres
emily hidden by the balcony.
This seemed to Bailey an unerdura-
BILE wrong. The man was lost to him
for ever now, SO he thought, Why
couldn't the brute have got himself de.
Gently caught on the opposite bank, OF
shot in the water?
"It's worse than Edwin Brood"
said Bailey.
Over the river, too, things had be-
come an absolute blank. All seven
men had gone down stream again,
probably to get the boat and follow
across. Bailey listened and waited.
There was silence. Surely it's not
over like this" said Bailey.
Five minutes passed-ten minutes.
Then tug with two barges went up
stream. The attitudes of the men
upon these were the attitudes of those
who see nothing remarkable in earth,
water or sky. Clearly the whole af.
fair had passed out of sight of the
river. Probably the hunt had gone
into the beech woods behind the
house.
"Confound itr' said Bailey. ITO be
continued again. and no chance this
time of the sequel, But this is hard
on sick man."
He heard step on the staircase be-
hind him, and looking round saw the
door open. Mrs. Green came in and
sat down, painting. She still had her
bonnet on, her purse in her hand and
her little brown basket upon her arm.
"Oh, therer' she said, and left Bailey
to imagine the rest.
Have little whisky and water
Mrs. Green, and tell me about it" said
Bailey.
Slipping little, the lady began to
recover her powers of explanation
One of those black creatures at the
Fitzgibbon's had gone mad, and was
running about with big knife, stab
bling people. He had killed groom
and stabbed the under butler, and al
most cut the arm off boating gentle
man.
Running amuck with a krees," said
Bailey. 81 thought that was it,"
And he was hiding in the wood
when she came through it from the
town.
What! Did he run after you?'
asked Bailey, with certain touch Of
glee in his voice.
mo, that was the horrible part Of
it," Mrs. Green explained. She had
been right through the woods and had
never known he was there. 1t was
only when she met young Mr.. Fitz
gibbon carrying his gun in the shrub
berry that she heard anything about it
Apparently, what upset Mrs. Greer
was the lost opportunity for emotion
She was determined, however, to make
the most OF what was left her.
ITO think he was there all the
timer she said, over and over again,
Bailey endured this patiently enough
for perhaps ten minutes. At last he
thought it advisable to assert himself
Its twenty past one, Mrs. Green" he
said. Don't you think 1t time 20. go'
me something to cat?"
This brought Mrs. Green suddenly
to her knees.
ooh, Lord sirI' she said. "Oh
don't go making me go out OF this room
sir, till | know he's caught. He nigh
have got into the house, sir. He
might be creeping, creeping, with
that knife of his, along the passage
this very ="
She broke off sud lenly and glaret
over him at the window. Her lower
jaw dropped. Bailey turned his heat
sharply.
For the space of half second thing
seemed just us they were. There wa
the tree, the balcony, the shin.
ing river, the distant church tower
Then he noticed that the acacia
was displaced about foot to the
right, and that it was quivering, anC
the leaves were rustling. The tree wa
shaken violently, and heavy painting
was audible.
In another moment hairy brown
hand appeared and clutched the bal
cony ratings, and in another the fac,
of the Malay was peering through
these at the man on the couch. Hi
expression was an unpleasant grin, b,
reason of the krees he held between
his teeth, and he was bleeding from al
ugly wound in his cheek. Bailey's frs
impulse was to spring from the couch
but his legs reminded him that thi
was impossible.
BY means of the balcony and tire,
the man slowly raised himself until h,
was visible to Mrs. Green With /;
choking cry she made for the door ant
fumbled with the handle.
Bailey thought swiftly and clutchet
medicine bottle In either hand. On,
he flung, and it smashed against tn,
acacia. Silently and deliberately, anC
keeping his bright eyes fixed on Bailey
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Bailey, still clutching his second bot
tie, but with sickening, sinking feel
ing about his heart watched first on,
leg come over the railing and then tn,
other.
1t is Bailey's impression that thu
Malay took about an hour to get hi
second leg over the rail- The periot
that elapsed before the sitting posi-
ton was changed to standing on,
seemed enormous-days, weeks, pos
sibly year or so. Yet Bailey has M
clear memory of anything going on il
his mind during that vast period, ex
cept vague wonder at his inability Il
throw the second medicine bottle.
Suddenly the Malay glanced over hi
shoulder. There was the crack of
rifle. He flung up his arms and cam
crashing down upon the couch. Mrs
Green began dismal shrek tina
seemed likely to last until doomsdav