The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-10-14

e she1H. dumping them aa the 6oox.
drawn forth snso vS<sS . black IeatneS
vHIise. when Wine found voses, Utsss-
Ing . strange cry Of terror, which
eArset kEm 20 glance about He
ssaped to His feet instantly. hEs eyes
CARING into r1ln<r en< hand flung b4ck
~ thossxh Ia search OF . weapsn-
gave hfra 40 time seare6
straight 1T kfra, striking 40 hard even
- We era pFpteTt that the blow senr hinn
reeSfr3g back against the bookcase He
knew me them and ra- recognition
brought Nth ii q fury Ehs.h trans
formed the Russian EaTg a wiBG beast
Coward as / felt him To- BE- HSE that
VJe-ory in his very grasp. be became
a dera6r, a mad dog ~ksrs@ only BE
sire xas to kill
fowr re fighting a man this sine,
gsr h-Ehozsd not a ~hITet like
Harris ITI bBor a hole clear through
ger Ssseake-. in. did y~rt Wen, yell
never sneak oct again Say. how do
per IKE the taste o. THAR He struck
with q knee i'm the stomach. grfnninS
as ] t-sexed Ess grip Oh his beard
and tried to butt into me with s0S-
cred head / caught him instantly,
rtth a free fist. rocking his head back
and cutting a cash In his cheek frofs
which bleed sy1grted Ii he possessed
any @eFs-consros before. he lost it thea,
crazed with hate and tie desire 10
&til. He was a hz rrDoEal fighter, 5yInd
W no rules, capable Of any ferocity-
biting zonginx using hands and feet,
q ruthless savage IL was thI. which
defeated hiEn- for while / @as neither
cool nor clear Of mind I kept rny lead
sufficiently 10 remember my training
snI accept every advantage that pre-
~eFgted itself more than that the cry
threats with which ne tried to xos6
me we're gside@ 10 his own action,
giving re the swift lint Eeested for
defense.
Realizing Wine sas back Of me,
| managed to EhEEi the big bulk OF
the battling Russian about 80 a. to
block any surprise attack from the rear.
This movement gave me the support
IT the wall. ard. 1.fng 1T a. q de-
Tense. I escorted fc the same tactics
ads pied by Waldren. ~as-zuEtnz him
with feet a. well - hands, breaking
his strange hold cn my throat and
forcing him backward. so that a swift
kick sent the fellow Stumbling over q
pie Of books, ia ing at the empty
air FOR support lie wonId ave gone
ysrawIing Eon his hack If Wine had
not been directly III the way. As II
was he struck the other. the force Of
hi< big body hurting the smaller man
heartily against the sa1.cr Of the outer
window. As .he fellow struck. the
glass shiyeref and crashed into q
could regain firm footing. or realize
what had happened. I was again upon
him. breaking through his dazesi guard
and driving my fists straight into his
face.
TIE revolver I'm Wines hand was
discharged, the bullet wisistiing past
me. hut even as the report cracked, the
pressure CT the Jews body forced the
smaller man relentIessly backward
over the sill. He gave utferance to
one w1d yell Of fright releasing fhe
gun and gripping desperately at Wal
dron's collar for support. then topped
over backward and went down.
We both heard the crash as the
spiinters Of glass gave a. and the
dull. dead thnd Of the body as IT struck
somewhere FAR below. The Russian
seemed paralyzed with terror. unable
to quite comprehend what had occurred
behind him. But had seen the trag-
He made ore weak effort tn spring
aside. forgetTui Of his own danger, his
guard dropped. and l Ies him have 1t
straight In the Jaw. The clencaed fist
cTunched irtO his whiskers, and, with
arms flunc nc he went over as II
shot. his head striking an edge Of the
overturned bookcase as he feu. and
lay there m~otionless. a frickle Of blood
slowly oozing out pom the floor.
l stepped back and leaned out
, through tbs broken window; three
stories below. On a grayeied roof, lay
something black. huddled up gro
tesquely. which / knew was a human
body. crushed helpless, It's bones
broken. | drew back from the grEe.
: tome sight. 80 sickened | reesed dizzi.
| ~. clutching at the sill for support.
{ Az | chung there, uncertain. dazed
ms mind for the moment a blank,
some one began rafting and pounding
against the door leading into the cor
: ri.I0r.
crossed the room, my limbs trem.
> bling s. | could scarcely walk, my
: breath coming In gasps. They were
kicking against the wood and pound
ing with fists, seeking TO break in the
: lock. The sight sobered me, brough,
] back my ~seif-control and / threw the
door open and faced them almost cool
~. There were four policemen, the
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