Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-08-12
EPISODE IL.
The BUSTING HORROR.

John Davis. captured BY the HIndns
and brought 10 the cottage on the blum
overlooking the sen. managed ID cut his
bonds and harficade himself In m up
per room Of the house. The door Mils
finally battered down BY the gang Of
nrientais. and John. after making a
great fight against them. won't down be-
meath the weight 1T numbers. Iain-
gnce, who Ind haatcned III his rescue,
suffered similar fate and the two
were bound and put In largc g11nny
sacks They were then carrled to the
edge of the blur and thrown headlonR
into the sea 10 be drowned like blind
kittens.
They struck the water with trn-
mendous splash and disappeared In
twin spots of foum A fuil minute
passed Then head appeared upon
fEe surface, Immediately followed by
the arm Of John, the hand ~ which
clasned the short aIcath knife which
M Ind carried concealed In the whist.
band Of ilIa trousers. md With which
ne had cut himself free Or bonds while
In the cottage Of the HIndus. Floating
nfon Ills hack bnrcly long enough t0=
lllI his lungs hnlG dozen times with
freah mir, he turned md dnye otter
like. Fortunately the water here, be-
lug close of shore. was not more than
Il dozen feet deep md he had little DIFF
tlcmity In finding the snek In which Wa
confined the form of his Tnfinn follow
or. One long sweep OF the knife rip
ped the receptacle from end toentl, and
not stopping to do more thnn thrust his
knife In his pocket ne seized the mo-
tios1Iess md hnR drowned man by the
collar and began kicking his way Wig
sr0usiy toward the surface. Greatly
ous of breath he reached 1t.
For moment moro he treaSled water
a. he supported the face OF Ruinface
10 che mir, and, once more recovered,
started for the shore towing the Indinn
nj bis side. 1t was but few dozen
Mrukcs to the heach. and arriving
there ne laid the stilissenseless form Of
the rcd rnan on the sind md waited
Cor nature To take its course. Not long
asferward RnInfnce gasned, groaned
ana thpn sat up. Fifteen minutes Inter
tlc wns little the worse for his lucklnG
At once they started up the face Of
the cliff. PERCEPTIONS though Il was, BY
Following. the windings IL i narrow
trail they eventually reached It's ter.
and soon inter. cncountering passing
TAXI, they engaged It and ordered thar
they he driven with I'LL speed TO the
Mackenzie hotel.
with hasty paying Of their driver
they dashed into that hostelry and RAJ.
tSethe door Of their apartment. The
rooms were empty. A hurried search.
revealing no clue. us to the whereabouts
nf the absent ones, they hurrlediy
sought the elevator man and began
plying him with questions, He scratch
I'll his head retIectively.
i.Yes sir. Now that | think Of It the
lnsly with two doctors leastwise they
locked like tloctors--went out about
hair an hour ago.
Wondering whit this might mean,
tho puxzled I,air descended md sought
the street. As they were deliberafsng
as Ia what course to pursue, police.
man came strolling by, and promptly
John fell upop him.
sYcs. / seen d Indy such as yo'i
describe drive OF With 4 couple of
medical gents little while ago. She
seemed sick or solnethin and ] was
Coing ID ask her what was the matter,
but they got started before I could get
Ia them. However. n looked kinda fun
AZ. 81 I made note az the number Of.
the car for future reference u case
wnnted II"
~And that nunbcrf' criesl Davis, The
ogGlcer consulted his note book.
.sC.ll. 37655. And II It concerns yesl,
mister. Ii you will call up the License
Fsslrcau and say That patrolman Waddy
gave you the number. they'll tell you
Who Me owner Is.
Thank you. efIicer. returned Davis,
ID ne slipped him bin Back into the
hotel they hurried, where John imille-
tslntcly accosted the operator at the
kelephone switchboard.
ssygfll you please call up the license
hareaJl and say that Policeman Waday
gshe.s Ia know the owner of chr rlu7h-
p.Ar 8765Si'' he requested We viii be
sck al ten minutes ~ get your renly. '
Returning tn the lobby they were IN
formed that the car was owned ~
Id. rrearn, also receiving the further
asad very welcome information that the
said gentleman had recently rented q
country house In Idle wild, q residen-
tEal suburb on Eucalyptus avenue,
Number =.
Much pleased &C having struck 90
warm d scent. they ut once ezsgaged q
nsotorcar and instructed that they be
taken to the number named Arriy-