The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-06
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Do" she cried. entering into his mood. without fully comprehending it. See if you can hit anything. sight unseen"
 He took aim at the evergreens. but Instantly there was a loud outcry and Fry rose from the midst of them You want another murder?' he de- nanded. Judith laughed with naturalness that charmed and delighted Grimble- shaw. The apprehension on Fry's face | was comical in the extreme. Deeper among the evergreens was the sound of another man. but he was clearly moving away. and not s,owly nor carefully as to the noise he made. Al least Grimbleshaw knew that he had succeeded in warning Billings
 Why. who'd have expected to find you here. MT. Fry?'' Grimbleshaw ask ed. with well simulated surprise.
 You've interrupted me in following a very important clue" Fry said. testify. coming to the edge of >the road. You've undone the work of hours." | Yes? I thought when you dropped that man in there and turned toward us you were through with hinf." | "Oh. then you knew that I was in the woods and in that particular clump. did ynu?" demanded the other.
 I'm afraid I'll have to admit that did I found you were SO much in terested in us that thought I'd get interested in you. Besides. the tempta- ton to see what you would do under | fire was too strong to be resisted"
 And suppose I hadn't chosen to ex- pose myself?s
 "oh. I should have fired in the air: you wouldn't have been hurt. assure you"
 You won't feel so much like laugh ing when report your interference with the law. sir.''
 Well. Lanceboro will make up for any unusual soberness on my part. The whole village win enjoy 1t and laugh at it then"
 Fry answered with a mumblIng in distinctness. tle meaning of which neither of the others caught and
 moved rapidly away in the direction l3 of the village
 rNo danger of his telling" said
 Grimbleshaw. and explained to Judith the little of the scene she did not all
 ready understand. Now" he said. I've got to see Bill ings as quickly as possible and see if IT can find out what this means Youli
 excuse me. won't you? I'll come to
 the house as quickly as know any lining" r--..,,.
 On receiving his permission he took , a direction nearly opposite that taken
 by Fry. which carried him across the heids to the rear of the house where } he had taken Calden the second night
 before. He watched the house for some time before finally venturing
 down and knocking at side door. iBiilings himself opened it. and did not . seem SO much surprised as offended to ? see him.
 ! Cant yon nor nobody let me alone7'' he demanded.
 , T did you a good turn up in the . woods just now" said Grimbieshaw. "yep. but that only helped to make
 up the thundsrin' bad one you did me Q night afore last" growled the man.
 ''Twould have been all right if you'd s done as you agreed"
 "Shucksi You made me promisel I ; told you I was through with thet busf- - mesa
 .sYou got through with 1t mighty , sudden You took a man through . only-
 My oodl Don't talk so iaudi" }. pleaded the man. with every symptom
 Of developing an ague fit- '"Spose . Isomebody,d hearr' n GrimbIeshaw was thunderstruck al L lthe degree of fear the man showed q Smuggling and Illicit liouor seiiinf Iwere bad enough. of course. but 1t was ' nothing but the rankest cowardice ts f be as frightened as this man was al lthe hint of them He had never be t fore thought the man SO abject- y .sYou had no business to make m' g try it." the man said. after a mo " menfs pause.
 n That wasn't what Fry waS on youi itrack for to-day" said Grimbleshaw e He had all the proof he could get al. . ready that you were taking the mar Is through"
 # .swhich man7' Billings Easped-
 Under an impuIsion stronger than hi " free thoughts Grimbieshaw shot baci 70 the answer.
 1t 'sThe man you took through thre' Id weeks ago last Wednesday night" II Before Crimbieshaw could detect hi h. purpose the mans arm shot out an' le his ciinched fist struck him heavl r. blow under which he staggered strov r. to regain his equilibrium and then fel i- heavily
 Billings had aimed to hit immediate is Iy below the ear and had missed b! "a the narrowest of chances. When Grim ,- bleshaw staggered to his feet the maj d lhai already disappeared over the hil 1t in the direction of the woods. -
 XxVH- le DALTON VISITS THE VAULT Id The man who pulled Grfmbleshaw t