The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-04-27

you, Zellar-what we went is Mics
Page, and by heaven, I'll get her out
of here, If have to kill you and break
down every door in the place. Even
that wouldn't get her. said DR.. Cellar,
for this Miss Page, as you call her, Is
not here You lie! shouted Langdon,
we know she is. The nurse has al
ready signalled us to that effect I'm
afraid your friend has been drinking
a little too much sneered Cellar, speak
ing apparently to DR.. Foster, for 1t was
the latter who answered: L suppose
he said drily, that you will deny also
that a woman screamed to us for help
q few minutes ago. One Of the pa -
tents had a nightmare said Cellar,
but he spoke uneasily.
Suddenly Mr.. Langdon shouted.
Nurse Walton! Nurse Walton! And
In answer 1 beat upoa the door and
cried, In here! In here! Almost In
stantly it seemed heard the sound OF
running feet and'the door was unlock
ed and I stumbled out almost into Mr..
Langdon's arms. But before we could
either of us move away from the spot
Cellar said grimly, Stand where you
are, all three of you! And we saw that
he was covering us with his revolver.
Then there came a most terrible cry
from upstairs-the long scream Of a
woman either half crazed or in deadly
fear. Even Cellar was Mortified by it,
and his arm wavered a little as he
turned his head. At that Mr.. Langdon
/ sprang upon him, and bore him back
against the table. They fought des-
perately, both DR.. Foster and l trying
to help, and at length Mr.. Langdon sue
| ceeded in twisting the arm Of DR.. Eel
| lar so that his fingers went limp and
| the revolver fell to the floor. DR.. Eos
| ter snatched 1t up and Mr.. Langdon
cried, Keep that beast covered till
get Mary and went running out of the
| room and up the stairs. 1t was then
| that remembered the two detectives
| and realized that we had help outside,
| so ! hurried to the door and flung 1t
open. They were right there, half
crazy with anxiety, and when shout
ed, up stairs they went up two at
time with me close behind"
evil you tell us, please, what you
saw when you reached the upper land
tng?"
1--WE saw Mr.. Langdon and Mr.. Pol
lock on the floor engaged in a furious
struggle. while from the door of Miss
| Pages room came the sound of little
hands beating against the wood, and
almost continuous screams or bursts
of hysteric laughter, interspersed with
oaths in a mans voice! The detectives
went at once to Mr.. Langdon's aid, and
when they had seized Mr.. Pollock one
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while the other ran with Mr.. Langdon
and myself to the door of Miss Pages
room 1t was locked, and our cries to
Mary to let us in only brought morG
terrible screams from her, SO the de-
tect1ve, warning us back. fired his re-
volver downward through the keyhole,
shattering the lock. and we burst into
the room.
"Miss Page was standing at the win
dow sobbing and laughing and tearing
at the iron bars with hands already cut
and bleeding from. her efforts. Hall
crouched by the bed, was the ugly at
tendant DR.. Cellar had sent to watch
her, and lying shattered on the fiooI
beside him was a whiskey bottle. He
was obviously brutally drunk, but Ell
Their Miss Pages madness or our en-
trance terrified him into a momentarJ
sobriety, and as we ran towards Miss
Page he darted out of the room"
; "How long was it before Miss Pag'
Quieted DOWN.?
"It was some hours. When we foun(
that neither Mr.. Langdon nor l wa
recognized by Miss Page I ran down
stairs for DR.. Foster. AS l came on
In the hall the detective who wa