The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-04-07


the Kitchen.
noting the direction Of their flight. But
In his eagerness he did not notice that
only two men came into focus. The
jumped out and began running toward
the spot where he had seen the two
men last Baird occupied hintelf with
the painter. The engineer knelt be-
fore his cylinders and hunted for a
possible bit Of damage.
The man Ike thought that he might
just as well dispose OF Baird. In that
event the detective would be between
two fires, and they might be able to
put him out OF his misery. Baird was
In the act Of tying the painter when
Ike struck him q violent but fortunate
ly a glancing blow on the head Baird
stumbled and fell, and Ike drew his
knife with murderous Intentions But
Baird turned In time. caught the wrist
and fought savagely for all that bis
head was ringing like discordant
chimes. He succeeded In making his
assailant drop the knife; then he step
ped back and began to spar. AS Ike
stopped to recover the knife Baird
caught him fairly on the chin. Baird
did not wait to learn whether the man
was senseless or not. He took to his
heels, confident that Hunt wsuld pres
emily nave urgent need OF him.
Hunt was a famous runner, and he
reached the house on the hill just as
Bruce and Gyp entered It,
The two smugglers went directly to
the kitchen Bruce dropped the water
bottle on the deal table, unscrewed the
top and dumped out the diamCnds.
Hunt saw this obliquely through the
kitchen window. He now wished he'd
brought Baird along with him
And Baird had lost his way. Neither
Hunt nor the men he was pursuing
were anywhere In sight. Baird swore
and began rubbing the side of his head,
which ached painfully. Where the
deuce had Hunt gone?
Meantime Ike recovered. Instead of
attempting to follow Baird he stag
gered off to the first telephone he could
End and called Radcliffe. who, he was
sure, had arrived at Nine. Du Val's by
this time Radcliffe had his hands full
Of documents, most of them rightfully
belonging to Zudora. when the te3o-
phone rang.
Its Ike" he said to madame. n
says he needs us. Here, put those p
psrs In your hand bag. Wen 60 right
to Storms ONCE arst You'll know
what to say"
Storm, having left Zudora safely 1t
home with Mrs. Ramsey. had returned
to his ONCE. He was vastly surprised
10 zee Nine. Du Val enter, but he man.
aged to form his featurss into gracious
ness. He was curious to learn what
the woman wanted. He dismissed his
vpist, who. making pretenss Of leav-
ing the room, stole behind q screen
Nine Du Val was yelled heavily. but
Storm readily discovered her identity.
What did the woman wantf
She wanted advice about some pa
pers. When she brought them out Of
her hand bag Storm felt a furry Of ex-
element But they were only some In
surance papers regarding madame's
property. Storm managed to read them
over carefully. He returned them with
the remark that they were perfectly
In good order. He named nominal
fee for bis investigation. 1t was paid
and Nine. Du Val left the Office.
well, hang me. If that isn't funny
game. What the dickens can she want?
Or was she just getting the lay of the
Office for some future work.
As be could not solve the enigma, he