The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-09-02

| SHOULDN'T bother TO Kill you. In faet'
II you go mad, we shall not be dis
| pleased"
Once again he smiled genially.
"As l said before. In house like
this, you can never tell. :"
The intimidated rabbit. breathing
heavily, was staring at Hugh fascin-
ated; and after a moment Hugh turned
to him with a courteous bow.
"Laddie," he remarked, you've been
eating onions. Do you mind DETECTING
the blast In the opposite directionT
His calm imperturbabillty seemed to
madden Lexington.
"You wait" he snarled thickly; "you
walt till I've finished with you. You
won't be so id humorous then. >"
Hugh regarded the speaker languid-
g.
"Your supposition is more than prob
able" he remarked, In a bored voice.
II shall be too intent on getting into
Turkish bath to remove the contain
nation to think OF laughing"
Slowly darlington sank back In his
chair, a hard, merciless smile on his
lips; and for moment or two there
was silence In the room. II was broken
by the unkempt man on the sofa. who,
without warning, exploded unexpected.
ly.
"a truce to all this fooling," he
burst forth In q deep rumble; II con.
fess I do not understand II. Are we
assembled here tonight, comrades, to
listen to private Quarrels and stupid
talkr'
A murmur Of approval came from
the others, and the speaker stood up
waving his arms.
II know not what this young man
has done: care less. In Russia such
trifies matter not. He has the appear
ance OF bourgeois. therefore he must
die. Did we not kill thousands-sye.
tens Of thousands Of his kidney. before
we obtained the great freedomi Are
we not going to do the same In this
accursed country XIII him now
throw him In q corner and let rs pro-
ceed."
He sat down, amidst q murmur of
approval. In which Hugh Joined heart
lily.
splendid" he murmured. "A mag
nihcent peroration. Am / right. sir,
In assuming that you are what Is vul-
carly known as q Bolshevist?"
The man turned his sunken eyes,
glowing with the burning fires Of fanat-
icism, on Drummond.
II am one OF those who are fighting
for the freedom Of the world" he cried
harshly, "for the right to live of the
proletarlat." He flung out his arms
wildly. SIT is freedom; It Is the dawn
of the new age"
Hugh looked at him with genuine
curiosity; II was the first time he had
actually met one of these wild vision
aries In the flesh. And then the curl
osity was succeeded by a very definite
amazement: what had Peterson to do
with such as he?
For the moment his own deadly risk
was forgotten: a growing excitement
filled his mind. Could It be possible
that here. at last, was the real object
Of the gang; could It be possible that
Peterson was organizing a deliberate
plot to try and Bolshevize England7
He looked up to find Peterson regard
| Ing him with q faint smile.
ut is a little difficult to understand,
isn't 1t. Captain Drummondf" he said.
carefully fiicking the ash of his cigar
II told you you'd find yourself In deep
water" Then he resumed the contem-
plation Of the papers In front of him.
Hugh half closed his eyes, while a
general buzz Of conversation broke out
round the table.
Fragments OF conversation struck his
ears from time to time. The intimi-
dated rabbit. with the light Of battle
In his watery eye. was declaiming on
the glories of workmen's councils; q
bullet-headed man was shouting an In
spring battle cry about no starvation
wages and work for oil.
"Can It be possible" thought Hugh.
grimly, shat such as these have the
power to control big destinlesf" And
then, because he had some experience
Of what one unbalanced brain, whose
owner could talk. was capable Of
achieving; because be knew something
about mob psychology. his half con-
temptuous amusement changed to q
bitter foreboding.
f@You fooli- he cried suddenly to
the Russian: and everyone ceased talk
Ing. -You poor id boobi You-and
your new earthi In Petrograd today
bread Is two pounds four shillings q
pound: tea. fifteen pounds pound. Do
ron call that freedomr' He gave q
contemptuous laugh.
Too surprised 10 speak, the Rus
sian sat staring At him; and It was
Peterson who broke the silence with
his suave voice.
your distress. I am glad to say,
10 not likely to be one Of long dura-
tion.- he remarked. In fact. the time
has come for you to retire for the
night. my young friend"
He stood up smiling; then he walked
over 10 the bell behind Hugh and rang