The evening world., 1915-02-09

Ryan demanded blankly - he etrug-
gied TO . sitting position.
You did not. and u you evsr~-
Well whore u he. thsnf IN gst
himi" the spanish Brute cried wildly.
Dye know what that cur did to me.
county and made ne run ten miiss
back here barsfooted because I didn't
dare stop and put my shoes oui
Where " hsf" william Ryan demand
e: a.. toss:,ins sss =; sc hls feet 'oimms that
Mr.. Poliard's fingers settled On his
shoulders with . grip Of steel.
Listen TO me. you fooli" he hisssa.
You hsvsn't been out Of this RON. %
Dig for that bathroom. start the We.
ter. lock the door, get into the tub
and splash like the devil inside OF
ten seconds or I'll kill you'll And conc
out looking fresh and rsspsotabis
He turned ON his hssi and burr,sd
out. a moment he listened at tSs
nead Of the stairs. ItAppearsd that
Eaps tns's M velvet had bean ousstionins
mo. SIR; only the large rsn.lsma.
came In. and that was quite soms
time ago." said Philip. "io "a ~
h;E, nSa 9 headache and ! havsn't sssn
Il. Later ., the trio oonsrssa,.d In Rysa.s
were Foins 70 let Il 10 now e,a
9nIt, aren't weT asked the 6uake.
we've mad enough Of this Wild stun
., You 2 hit h,t n. NAN on tn. head mat
whole lot too much Of Il. 30 fsr q
vclvcts concerned. we're absolutelv
done with strong- arm work"
And Wen Just kill that mutt and
eettle down hero comfortable ana
happy" the Spanish Brute cried,
wen settle down somewhere, but
DON'T know that it'll be here. IL that
oio man wise to us, or isn't hef"
He L." said william Ryan with
deep conviction.
"Ail right. Wen assume that, any
way" said Robert Pollard. Il havo
another little scheme"
"HuhT The Snake started vio-
''ln tns course Of time. Bin, yov
could oSs q calm s,. down low enough to pick tAai
with time ana Q esup,s a stscs,
. sf dynamite and an electric drill
yesl" the Brute dybiously conceded
Thers'c somsthi1g fuany abouI
. that lock. Robby. That biz ksyhoicSG
just, bunk There's Q little one IN.
s!Ge u Ana when You get past Tat u
!: only opens . panel. and there's 8 Ioc1
behind that panel which~-
) you like" said Pollard. Here's ~
scheme, you'll BE- called 70 New Yori
: Tomorrow morning. Bill ThS snak1
!. wiil take you down 70 the train AM
After getting out Of that tsv,
with Q whole sl1n and
And then the Snake win come
BACK here. ana BY that time I'll have
worked the old man up about Whsl
You can allow about one hour f0I
that Bill. and then hire an empress
} wagon down In the village, come n
here. get the beastly safe ana ship n
yes. ship II 10 Bostoni Oct itf"
II you can keep him away fFsu
rl! attend to ,h.. part, .svss
, ss,sr. s:.s; M5; a;; p rollsrd's n,.., smile wa.
him away ali day. il have to chioro.
form him-and he'll fall for that, too
II he knows you're not around and
we're with him. Then I'll look Over
the time- tables. ! think ws1I breal
down In some convenient town where
, 2 Boston express stops. BY the tim
he's tired waiting for ue to come bAs1
IN: soncussS a:T ss 4 ar .nss:.:s FS;.:s E
denly.
His old familiar smiys isapsd inss
the place Just occupied By the keen
and crafty tenseness; ne 1olled baol
and knocked the ash from his eigas
~ Captain Velvet came IN.
=. Tn Just coins SoSn ana seui.' !.
comfortably. "TSsy tsli me there's Z
yacht race soon. comingf'
"oh, I think wen Loaf here for q
WHILE" smiled Mr.. Pollard.
do what you're happisst doing
! do." said the captain. "Coms on
Hands on hips. coat thrown back
81 RcSs paass g n; ps ssss
Ing languidiy at him. quickened Of q
: sudden and sat up. He starsd quite
! frankly at the good captain ~ he OBJ
Running doesn't make you an!
= thinner. does itr'
! Capt. Velvet Transferred his b.
. nevolent beam to the leader Of tn
. predatory trio for . moment: Il passst
downward then. and hs pattsd hi
} ''Heyf Oh. thatr' hs ohuckled
D "a beItf"
> "a money belt. Robby; I Just storet
my cash In there and It's an awful
tight fit," the captain explained a. h,
moved onward. II suppose that trunl
was safe enough In Its way. but--oh
|. ! dunno. I'm easier with the blamet
I stuff on me. somehow"
.. The leader Of the trio pushed bacI
his hat and stared after tho captain
rhat-that's gone. tool" he NUT
tered. somewhat dased.