Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-24
his life in quiet Now Zealand.

his life in quiet New Zealand. We
hurried out to the car: gave
Robespierre a tenner for his prompti-
the tonneau. When want>the best
got out of 1t, leave 1t to CASTOR: I
do not drive it myself then. I told
him to get to Pinner as fast as he
could: and he set her going as We
settled back in our seats.
Then Scruton turned to mo and
said: What does Walsh mean by
It? What the devil does he mean by
,"He sticks at nothing whore a
woman is concerned. should have
Does he think that I'm the kind of
man to have my womankind kid
naped? If any harm has come to
Alice. I'll throttle him!'
IT he's taken her to The Cedars,
we shall be in plenty Of time. She
won't have come to any HARM" said.
but Walsh is very sidey: he thinks
that. where commoner like you is
concerned. a British baronet can do
anything he chooses"
thought 1t as well to get Scruton
furious. Besides. it was true.
"Oh, he does. does he? Well, I'll
teach him to play a scoundrelly trick
on q young girl! TIL wiring his neck
for him all right-all right" he roar
ed. And the duke did give me hint
to keep my eye on him. But I didn't
give heed to it. for I knew that Alice
was all right. never dreamed that
Walsh would play this game on me"
walsh Is just the man to do it.
q man like you," said.
"I'll teach him all about that
roared Scruton.
saw no point in telling him that
Walsh had told me that he wanted to
marty Alice, and was not up to seri-
Gus mischief, but merely trying to
force her to marry him by COM
promising her in exactly the same
way as Freddy Gage had forced Kitty
Maynard to marry him to save her
from Herbert. In fact, Walsh had
one abduction had led to the other.
At the same time I was internally
uneasy. There was no trusting
Walsh; and If we did not find Alice
at The Cedars. I should be frightened
out of my life.
Scruton was properly furious. All
the way he was either growing or
raging at Walsh; and I did hope to
goodness he would get the chance of
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Castor made short work of the
devilishly uncomfortable journey! !
was so frightened lest Walsh should
have taken Alice somewhere else.
did not let Gastcn drive the car to
the front gates Of The Cedars. told
him to turn down side lane half a
mile on the London side Of 1t; and we
came to gate in a little wood.
knew of this entrance from Carrie
Delamere. I had taken her out in
my car one afternoon; and she had
suggested that we should have a pic
she had taken me along path
through 1t which had brought us to
the garden of The Cedars
Scruton and I hurried through the
wood to the gate Of the garden. 1t
was locked; but We lifted 1t off its
hinges and slipped into the covert OF
shrubbery which ran right up to the
house.. ! was pleased to see that
several of the windows were open,
and a glass door leading from the
house to the garden.
Somebody's living here, at any
rate" said Scrnton.
We came under covert to within
ten yards of the house: then we heard
murmur of voices from an open
window in the left side of it on the
ground floor. AS we worked our way
noiselessly toward 1t. heard the
tones of Alice's voice; and my heart
gave little jump of relief
When we faced the window, there
us, right in the window-seat, with one
elbow sticking out over the Sill. Be-
yond him. sitting at little table
with tea on it. was Alice. I saw that
her face was pale: and I saw that
she was looking at Walsh with an ex-
traordinary expression of contempt
and dislike.
"For the hundredth time, tell you
there's no way out of it-you've got
to marry me- said Walsh. in lazy
aggravating drawl.
world 1 wouldn't-after today" said
Alice.
She spoke quite calmly. without any
temper, but as II she were thorough
ly in earnest, and her voice was as
full Of dislike and contempt as her
eyes.
after today-after this visit you're
paying me, I'm the only man left in
the world who will marry you," said
Walsh in a taunting tone.
THAT makes no difference-you
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"What way to speak Of your fu-
ture husband! On your wedding
day, too," said Walsh. and he laugh
ed quietly, as If he were enjoying
himself thoroughly. "And do bear in
mind that it's only out Of natural no
bihty of nature that I'm marrying you
at all. 1t isn't really necessary"
He laughed again. laugh that
made the very toes of my boots itch
to kick him.
While he laughed. in three noise
leaned in at the window, and his
arm shot round Walsh's neck, scrag-
ging him. Then with furious Jerks
and tugs he began to drag him out
Of the window.
mind his neck!" cried.
Damn his neck! Come out, will
you?" cried Scruton.
And Walsh came out, all waving
arms and legs, grunting, black in the
face with fury and being throttled.
Get Alice away!" said Scruton.
caught hold of her. lifted her through
1t and carried her into the shrubbery.
It seemed the natural thing to do.
"Put me down! Put me down."
she cried, trying to twist out Of my
arms.
Very good" said. "But we've
got to hurry"
I put her down. but kept an arm
round her as hurried her along. She
tried not very violently. to push it
away. But 1t seemed all right where
It was-to me-and kept 1t there.
She might have tripped and fallen on
the rough ground Of the shrubbery.
Oh, was so frightened. 1 am 30
glad you came" she said in a shalsy
voice.
''And I was frightened, too-aw-
fully frightened. L know that black
guard Walsh. It was the luckiest