Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-05

""S'i more icfr:Dlc than wee
ADJ: TO guess.
~ group Of men were hiding In the
bushes watching an exchange bein.
made between two wagons which were
"'tcNe" up against each other with an
ar OF great secrecy. What IT was they
were handling we could not sew.
we're hEc minutes too late for that.
" Mrs. Hanson had composed her.
sell more quickly ANA had set about
'e'''hG h"r story with little more
ir"'hp'ness' the mystery Of The Mill
crcek woods needs have been mn me-
terry 10 me--cverything might have
p"en different much might have been
saved.
AS IL vas. We were just I'm time to
-" Sri" -iookihg Wagon back deeper
into the woods while "A saLl. updo,.
takers wagon drove out.
Then through The shrubbery there
pccreo man whom ! recognized AT
once az the one who had seemed 40 Tn.
.ete"l.u III my questions az TO where
Mrs. Hanson lived. He looked startled
a"d withdrew again instantly
That's he! That's my George.
S;.srcd Mrs. Hanson
Ana now from TIA. undcrbrush ,b.rn
advanced upon us tho ,nau b,d go
accompanying HANSON. lie was ,hro.,
ening Us with :. heavy cud.cI ana a.,
waited in amazencu, for ,i,,,.
come TO the rescue. When he did mo,
'e'f"at seemed 10 be tho order of III.
"hE. Ih"re was nothing to be gained
ny facing the brutal looking man with
ms upHticd stick. And as we hurried
away Mrs Hanson whispered to me.
That's DOYLE"
~ 'he cottage Nc hurried. with
''''''''"h "tsIre 20 get ont OF those
gloomy woods and hook q, ,h IL,
Ton sanciy by daylight,
Now you y.e VIII, IN,
heart nho,,, r:oo-, 20 ''N.ns my
NJ. ~, 80 10" you aail
az, ,,r gone BACK to tho
" therca no doubt about that:
'"'h' MN were robbers and
'h"y were smuggling sometime. ,..,
~ that undcr,akcr. wagon ,vh.,
shall do" "''
He knows yo,, s.,. ,,
''Now yn,, ,,,y. nun S"!" l.
'"'' "oH"'nd AN "&pIrlis-
,,,,,, '""' ih.y look lihn
'""'S' bUt want you to prolniss
me that YOU viii Civ. him !, rb,,e.
10 cAr!'in. He ma; b. ab,o ,o.
"ENplaln." laughed t;I:,dy. It
almost hyx..,i,.i, ''hh"h
iiut "A second ,,,o a., ..
:, scrlc. AZ ,irc,.,,,..,, ''''"r 20
~ circumstances which WAS
'" AS george liansou's explain.
~" Was set In motion. The door
'''''d' ana III came boyle ,ccompn,.
'td ny an even more brutal ard r,
p'incipled looking ,unn mo, ,t,,
lSoth the man ,,,i,ai
sided over tn m, .,,i s"i.n. "n' 'o!'o
volycr full -, INC MAJ. ,'n."t niH ''
my beating heart IN D., !"ue'h
You'll com. VIII, VI, p ,,'.' 49,;
M, and smile All me M,
give you sometime ia ~
not smiling '''
Al once nv momer,,,, ,r 49,.
me. The mans hi,,s,nr .c''
had no; y,t l.,rrod '" ~.
thing fear NIGH, he "'' ''"'e
Now Brown showed bis
his pocket ana prob.d NJ. ~. 'n'o
win tn, uuzzlc j., :. 90" "Soh
;h:t nc would sbon, ~, '"o 'G"'"
II her manner ON NO 1851 .ne 'i"in
,hn, anv,bin. " coy i"uica'cu
a hystcrical n,ten,n, :" a., ne mace
ness But dnctdcd ~, ~, a
su!ticicutlv h,,j,i.d IA" "teh
suddrniy Brown turned ur. u..
over 10 Doyle with the onnn,,n,a,,
that was uret,y ,.n, ~, - 'n ~.
give me something ma. vn,Id ~,
afraid Of he knew how - y 49,, Nv
women, '''""asl
smiled VERY c,I,,I,. ~
fr
be- ''"' "i'y
80 you're no, afraid 49, ,,.
said Brown. He liupcrnd on 81 H..
word with a certain v,im .,,n,,,
ness which mad. mn. shudInr r,,,
covered the shudder VIII sr,i,
Not afraid. ehy welI ILL :,
From one of his nocio,s .ho SEE
pulled out = laryen,nr,h, ~
which NV brain merhanic,ii, ro.:..
ed must hold about four n,,a,,s
something. Very carefully he uncorL-
cd IL. ! found myself watchin,, Win
certain fascinated feeling thar
must not lose single movement on
the part OF this big brutal ,.ori,,n
like man. slowly and with infinite cau-
ton he spilled a drop or two ~ tho
liquid on the wooden center table 4
AZ the first drop fell TO the vornish-
ed surface q pun of smoke rose,
second followed il. and ! saw ,hore
were two tiny holes burned in RI.
table
The man turned to,v,rd mo ,,,, m,
the bottle poised as if to throw n mn
n, 49,. - -"''