The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-03

oferpo"ered anu made the captive of
Irlnes lowest creatures-gunmen
possibly, OF the stamp of that animal
whom Trine had charged with the as
sassination of Alan the night before!
There was neither motor-car in
sight Tor him to charter nor any time
TO waste in seakink one. Alan could
only hope to find one on his way back
toward the ferry. 1t must have been
upwards of an hour before he came
into street which he recognized.
by its dinginess and squalor, as the
In which he had thrown Marrophat
from the running-board of the. taxi
cab.
And then, az he paused, breathless
and footsore to cast about him for
the way to the ferry, a touring car
turned corner at top speed and
Isfowed to stop before that selfsame
tenement OF the unsayory aspect to
whose sidewalk he had seen Mario.
phat assisted by the loafers OF the
Iquarter.
| And this touring car was occupied
by some half-a-doZen ruffians I'm
whose hands young girl writhed and
struggled when, Immediately on the
stop. they jumped out and wrested
her out with brutal reconsideration.
Like a shot Alan had crossed the
street-but only to bring up nose. to
the panels of the tenement door, end
to find himself seized and thrown
roughly aside by burly denizen
4 when he grasped the knob and made
as IL to follow in.
Keep back, young feller!" his as
sailant warned him viciously. keep
outa this. now, IL you don't want to
| get into trouble"
| To the speakers side another rang
red, cycling Alan with q formidable
scowl. AT discretion he stepped back
/ and turned as IL persuaded to mind
own business. then swung on his heel,
| caught the two in the very act OF
opening the door, and throw himself
| between them.
1 An elbow planted heavily in tho
4 pit of the stomach OF ono disposed
l Of him for the time being. A blow
| from the shoulder sent the other reel
| ing In the gutter. And Alan was in
the tenement's lowermost hail--a foul
and evil-odofed place, dark as a pit
4 the instant the door was closed, its
tmark relieved only by the flame OF
aiaerosepe lamp smoking in bracke,
near the foot of the stairs.
| Sounds Of scuffling OF feet were
audible on the first landing. Alan ad-
dressed himself impetuousiy to thA
staircase, gaining its top In half q
dozen leaps, and only In time to see
q door slammed at the forward end
OF the hall and hear q key turned in
| its lock. 9
i A cluster OF men blocked his way.
4 He didn't pause to wait for &c to be
cleared, but threw himself headlong
4 into their midst, and by dint of the
surprise had gained the closed door
befofe they recovered and sought to
| stay him.
Indifferent to them all, he shook
tho knob and shouted: "Rose! Rose!"
/, Her. cry came back to him, a muf-
fed scream: "Alan Help! Help!"
!. Backing away with a1mad idea of
throwing himself boldly against the
1 door and breaking 1t down, he was
uddenly confronted by a hideous
1 mack of ,hiimanity-face OF man ali
missshapened. bruised and swollen
and disfigured with smears of dried
blood and dirty bandage round his
4 temples but none the less vaguely
i Recognizable. :it.5
/ The words that streamed from it's
distorted lips drove recognition home
/ Gee, fellers, look who's herei If
1t aint tn guy what threw me off'n
that girder this mornins. Stand back
and let me kill th'--' Z
Without the hesitation Of q heart
beat Alan swung heavily for the
thugs Jaw. The blow went sclidiy
home. The man fell like poled OK.
4 iPandemonitm eTi5ued. Rallying to
their comrade. the ruffiant attacked
Alan with one mind and one intent.
Murder would have been done then
and there had II not been for n rot
ten banister-reil, which !. gave way.
tprecfpitating the lot to the ground
fhoor of the hallway.
simultaneously the lamp on the
wall was tuck from its bracket and
crashed to the floor, its glass well
breaking the ioosing flood Of kero-
/ sene to receive the burning wick. The
exploeion followed instantly. In 9
1 trice the hallway was q lake of burn
ing oil, and hungry flames were lick
Ing up the rotting wallpaper and
eating into decaped Dashboard and
atair-tFeads.
Still fighting like a madman, COM
testing every foot of the way, Allan
was borne down to tho hall and out
OF the front door. a stream OF "Fire!"
crested him as he reeled out into the
topen. 1t was echoed by dozen
throats.
He looked up, dashing from his
smarting eyes tears drawn by the
Sitting clouds OF smoke, and saw
vaguely at the second story wirdow
Q won an leaning out and shrieking
for help. .., e ~. I
That it yrae hnnalaen tn attA,,.IAf tha
staircase he well knew. Drawing
aside, he endeayored to come to. his
sober senses, and cast about for some
mos feasible way To- effect the res
cue OF his Rose.
The tenement occupied one, corner