The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-26

But night aad YET ah"e'ef H"fpit"e' ~ -'A'
sr,thss voice
..come back! Come back. Eltham'
/ ran out the passage and downstairs TIE rFoHF
49, ra omen terrible conflict waged in the shrub
n,ry hetween the mastih and something else Passing
round to the lawn / Smith fully dressed He mad
lust dropped from irst-noor window
'.The man 8 mad"' he snapped. can he know whaR
turks there? He have gone aionet
Together we toward the dancing light OF EthaTn's
lantern The conflict ceased suddenly Stun
bling stumps and dashed by lowsweeping branches.
we struggled forward where the clergyman knelt
among the glanced with tears In his eyes
revealed by the dim light
Look" he cried
The body of the dog lay his feet.
1t pitabe think that the fearless brute should
examined him glad to find traces of life
Drag him He Is not dead" said
And hurryr' raped Smith. peering about him rigat
and left
So we three from that haunted place dragging
the dog with We not mocsted. No sound dis
turbed the perfect stiffness.
By the lawn edge upon DENLY, half-dressed.
and almost Immediately Edwards. the gardener also ap
peared The white faces of the house servants showed
rs he deade"
No" replied, only stunned"
We carried the dog round the yard and examined
his head 1t had been struck by some heavy, blunt
but the skull not broken 1t is hard to Kill
mastin.
VIII you attend him. doctor?' asked Ethan,
we villain does escape
His face grim and set This was different man
from the dndent clergyman We knew, this was Parson
Dan again
accepted the care of patient Ethan.
with the others of for lights to search the
shrubbery. AS was washing a bad wound between
mastlns Miss Ethan joined me. 1t the sound
Of her voice think. rather than scientific min
istration which recalled Caesar life For. she
entered, his tail wagged feebly and moment later he
struggled to his feet-one OF which injured.
Having provided for his immediate needs. left him
of his young mistress and Joined the search
party They had entered the shrubbey from four points
and drawn blank.
There absolutely nothing there, and no one can
possibly left the grounds. said Eltham amazedly
We stood the lawn looking at another, Nay
land Smith angry thoughtful. Juggling the lobe OF
his lefs his habit in moments OF perplexty.
With the first coming of light Ethan Smith and
the contrivances from every point They
in perfect order Il became more and more ncom-
prehensihe how any could s6ve entered Quilted
Redmoat during the night The barbed fencing
intact signs of having been tempered with
Smith and / undertook an exhaustive examination Of
the shrubbe-y.
At the spot where had found the dog. five
PAGES the OF the copper beech. the and
trampled and the surrounding laurels and
rhododendrons bore evidence of sruggebut no human
footprint couio be found.
THE ground is dry" said smith. 1--WE cannot expect
much"
Caesar; his presence dangerous. And in his rage
broke loose
II think So too" agreed Smith why did this
person make for here' And how having mastered the
dog get Redmoat? am open to admit the posi-
. ons ss sna Until u aa s day how S e h the
all that's wonderful does he get out? He
possess attributes of bid"
oil Grcba Eithsms statements reminding
my friend description Of the thing which she had
seen passing this strangely haunted shrubbery.
THAT line OF speculation soon takes out OF
Petrie!' he said Let us stick to what
understand and that help us to clearer idea of
what at present lie ncomprehensble, Ny view of the
case date stands thus
I'D Ethan. having rashy decided to return to the
interior China warned official whose friend
ship ne has way to stay in England.
zen this official for OF the yellow group
represented in England by DIR. Fu-Manchu.
"(3) Several attempts, OF which know bat little to
get Ethan are frustrated presumably by his curious
defenses An attemTf in train fails owing to Miss
Eithams distaste for refreshmsntroom coffee An at
here falls owing to her insomnia.
20 During Elthams absence from Redmoat certain
preparations made for his retnrn These lead to:
.'ta) The death DENLY s~cole
.'fh) The things heard and seen by Miss ETHAN.