The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-12-20

Some sense. whether or Slgnt or
hearing he knew not. warned him OF
movement near at hand. an impaIpable
effort physical tension rs of "A man
Iaboring under extreme hut repressed
excitement
He paid little heed TO it. All the sur
roundings in this weird dwelling We're
20 greatly al variance with his antics
pations that he partly expected to fad
further surprises
DR.. Williams did not answer. Phl'p
advanced halting foot, hesitatng
hand groping for a door.
Instantly n Stout rope fell over his
shoulders. moose was tightly drawn,
and he was jerked violently to the
stone floor of the passage. He tell
prone on his face, hurting his nose AZ"
mouth The shock Jared him greatly
but his hands, ii not his arms. we,
free and, with the instinct of self ple
ervation that replaces all other sen
tons IN moments of extreme peru, IL
suove valiantiy To rise,
But he was srasped by the neck wiel
brutal force and some one knels .o.i
his back
philip Anson, Kissed man
voice, do YOU remember Jocky Nj,
SOM
So he had fallen into trap. cunning
ly prepared by what hendish com,liAl
ton of fact and artifiee lie had yea q.
learn. Jocky Mason, the skulkins
criminal OF Johnson's News. Was Ae
ia that mans power!
Under such conditions man thinks
quickly. Philips first ordered Though,
was one oil relief. He had fallen in.J
the clutches OF an English Drisan,..
Money would settle this difficulty ii al,
other means failed.
Yes, yes, he gurgled, half suan
gled by the fierce pressure on his
throat
You hit me once from behind You
cant complain il | do the same. You
sent me TO living hell for ten years
not your fault that 1t wasn't forever
Lie still! Not all your money can save
you now. | am judge and jury and
hell itself. You are dyln0-dying
dead?'
AND with The RnAl words draWled
into his ears with bitter intensity
Philip felt terrible blow descend on
his head. There WAS no pain, no fe;t.
NO poignant emotion III leaving all the
world held so dear to him. There was
al awful shock. A thundercloud seem
ed to burst III his brain. and he sanN
into the void without grUan.
Now, In falling the hard felt hat he
wore dropped ia front OF his lace. lie
first wild movement OF his head tile.
1t outward, but the savage jerk glsei
by his assailant brought the rim slight
liz over his skull again.
In the almost complete darkness u
the passage Mason could not see the |
slight protection this afforded to hL5 |
victim, and the sledge hammer blow F.
he delivered with a life preserver THAI |
murderous implement named SO utter |
ly at variance with its purpose did not |
reveal the presence of an obstacle.
lie struck with force that would |
have stunned an OK; 1t must have kiile
any man be he the hardest skulled abo- !,
rigine that ever breatAed. But the
stout rim Of the hat, though crushed
like an eggshell, took off some of The
Ieaden Instruments tremendous i'm
pact Philip, though quite insensibe,
was not dead His sentient faculties
were annihilated for the time, but his
heart continued its life giving fune
lions, and he breathed with imperccp
tibe hutterings
Mason rose. painting with excitement
glutted with satisfied hate He lifted
his victims inert form with the ease
of his great strength.
sCome on!' he shouted and strode
toward door, which he kicked open
A step sounded haltingly in the pas
sage. Grenier, the sio-disant doctor,
livid now and shaking with the ague Of
lrretrievabe crime, stumbled after his
more callous associate. Unconsciously
he kicked Philips hat to one side. He
entered the room an apartment with
view Of the sea.
Here there was more light than in
the kitchen. The windows faced to-
ward the northwest, and the last radi-
Rpce Of a setting sun illumined wall
on the right vs.
mot there" no sAsped I'm this
chair. His face--T must see his face"
Mason. stu ciaspipg hia inanAnate
harden. laughed with snarl.
"Stop THAR he reared, Pull your
self together Get some brandy I've
aone my work II you can't do yours
let me flush it,
''0h, just momentl Give me time.
| hate the sight OF blood. Get towel
Bind II round his neck. Hie clothes!
they will be saturated. And wipe his
face must see bis face"
0reuief was hyster1cai He had the
aighly strung nervous system OF n girl
where deeds OF bloodshed were con
,erned While Mason obeyed his in
Itructiona he pressed his banda over
M eyes.
-Bring some brandy, white liver. DO
Iou want me TO do everything"
This @r1lff order awoka Grenier to r