The evening world., 1916-09-15

Il hope one Of them hit him."
ground uut OCunnOr, who a no
relish even for tho recollection of that
nisht. What next2 DO you have IA
walt until the tang cl.aIs away
craig had anticipated this question.
Already no Was b%uttonins up has long
coat. We did the same.
mo. O'Connor, you and Jim stay
here ordered craig You viii get
the signal from us what 10 do next.
Walter. come On
He had already dashed ahead into
tn. darkness. and ! followed bllnjly.
stumbling over a plowed held next to
the clump 81 woods. Wa mex encoun-
tered a ncld OF wheat. then a fence
over which We climbed quickly. and
found ourselves In the Enclosure
where was the house. I had no Idea
what we were running up against.
hut a dog which had been chained
In the rcnr broke away from his
fastening at sight OF US. and ran At
US with a lusty and savase srowl.
Kennedy planted y shot squarely at
his head.
without wasting time on my for
malities. such AZ ringing the bell.
we kicked and battered In the back
door. We paused for n moment not
from lear, buN Dttuu1S INV VboT ~
side was terrific. No one could have
stayed In that house and retained
his senses. One by one. Kennedy
fung open the windows. and we were
forced to stick our heads out every
few minutes In order to keep our
own breath.
From one room TO another We pro-
ceeded, without finding any one. then
we went 10 the second moor. Tho
odor was worse here. but still We
found no one. The light on the third
floor had been cxtinguished, a. I have
said. We made our way toward the
corner where II had been. Room
after room We entered. but still found
no one. At last We came to a door
that was locked. Together we
wrenched II open.
There was surely nothing for us 10
fear In this room. for n bomb had
penetrated Il. and had filled II COM
plotely. A we rushed In. Kennedy
saw a figure sprawled on the door
ear the bed In the corner.
quick. Walter!" ne shouted.
"Open that other window. I'll attend
TO this He's grogsy. anyhow
Kennedy had dropped down on his
knees, and had deftly slipped IA pair
Of cleaning handouts on the unre-
sfshff VI Wv btoht htfn Tt
staggered to my side Mt the open win.
dow for air.
Heavens. this Ia AWFUL" he Easped
and sputtered. Il wonder whore they
all went?"
who Is this fellow" I asked.
II don't know yet. couldn't see"
A moment later. together we had
dragged the unconscious man to the
window with US. while l famed him
with my hat. and Kennedy was wet
ting his face with water from q
pitcher OF ice on the table.
Good Heaven" Kennedy ex-
he bent over him. ITS that youns
fellow Forbes"
SURE enough. II was the young gam
bier whom we had seen at the gam,
Ding Joint before IL was raidcd-ths
lonG-lost ana long sought Forbes whC
had disappeared after the raid, anC
from whom no one had yet heard
word. | did not know his story. buI
l surmised that he had been In low,
with Violet himself and was sore a,
Warrington for closing the gambling
Joint where he hoped ultimately I,
recoup his losses, and for winning IN,
favor OF the girl whose fortune nigh
have settled his debts IL he coulC
49, - As'' ii'Ni W iobiN h'ls
l felt that his presence here as
member OF the gang explained man,
things. Who would have been NOR,
eager to get" Warrington at an,
cost than he? | never had any low,
for the fellow. who had allowed hi
faults and his temptations NO far 4
get the upper hand OF him. I ma,
felt "A sort OF pity at first. but nov
, That was changed TO a feeling OF dis
gust.
, These thoughts we're coursln,
} through my head. and Kennedy wa.
: working hard to bring him around
J when u hooking voice came from tn,
/ hall:
Yes. It's Forbes. all right, an,
: much good may It do you 10 hay
: him"
! The door 10 our room banged shui
D The lock Was broken. but there mus
have been two OF them out In IN
I hall. for We heard the Eoise an,
scraping OF feet as they piled "a
8 heavy furniture against the door
: dragging II from the next room be
l fore we could do anything. Piec
. after piece was wedged in between
{ our door and tho opposite wall.
We could hear them taunt us a
they worked. and thought l recog
Q nized at once the voice OF the stock,
keeper OF the garage. which | ha,
\ heard often before over the detecta
phone, The other voice, which SCENE
0 disguised, | could not place. II mus
8 have been. | thought. OF the MAJ
s whom they referred to as the chief,
Q With "A parting volley Of profanity
: they stamped down the narrow stair
= TO the ground floor. and a few second
afterward w~,could hear them out 1
= back OF the euse. working over tn