The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1921-10-27
The Adventures Of a Den,obilized
Officer Who Found Peace Dull

| he entertains feelings Of great friend.
ship and affection for you, so you
should not lack for any bodily COM
forts, such as may b possible In your
present somewhat cramped position.
Then tomorrow. when I return. pro-
pose to try q few experiments on you.
and. though fear you will find them
painful. it's great thing to suffer In
the cause Of science. ). You will al
ways have the satisfaction Of knowing
that dear little Phyllis will be we'll
cared for" With . sudden. quick
movement. he seixed the girl and
kissed her before she realized his In
tenti0n. The rope round Drummond
crcaked a. he struggled impotently.
and Lakington's sneering face seemed
to swim In q red glow.
THAT Is quite In keeping. is It not"
he snarled. ITO kiss the lady. and to
strike the man like this-and this
and this3 :" A rain Of blows came
down on Drummond's face, till. with
gasping sigh. the girl slipped faint
Ing to the floor.
'That1l do. Lakington." said Peter
500. intervening once again. Have
the girl carried upstairs. and send for
Heinrich. It's time We were on"
With 40 effort Lexington let his
hand fall to his side. and stood back
from. his victim.
"Perhaps for the present. 1t WILL"
he said slowly. "But tomorrow-to-
MORROW. Captain Drummond. you shall
scream to heaven for mercy. until l
take out your tongue and you can
scream no more" He turned a. the
German came into the room. II leave
them to you, Heinrich" he remarked
shortly. "Use the dog-whip II they
shout and gag them"
The Germans eyes were fixed on
Hugh Eloatingly.
They will not shout twice." he said
In his cultural voice. THE dirty Boche
10 It himself will see."
TWO
I'VE appear" remarked Hugh quiet
y, Q few minutes later. ITO be In for Q
CHEEKY night"
For q moment the German had left
the room. and three motIonless, bound
figures. sitting grotesquely In their
chairs, were alone.
"How did they get you. Tobyf'
"Half q dozen Of EN- suddenly ap-
peared." answered Sinclair shortly.
knocked ma on the head, and the next
thing I knew I was here In this id
chair"
IL that when you got your facer
asked Hugh.
"No." said Toby. and his voice was
grim. I'VE share in the matter oe
faces, Old man."
"Laklngton again. was itr said
Hugh softly. 'Dear Heaven! u could
gse one hand - nat :" al beahs
"a and laughed. what about yoa.
Alsyr
II went laundering In over the way.
old beau" returned that worthy. "and
some dam fellow knocked my eye
glass OF. 50. - I couldn't go to kin
him. I had to Join the picnic here"
Hugh laughed, and then suddenly
grew serious.
by the way. you didn't 80 q man
chewing gam on the horizon. did you.
when I made my entrancei DOgrob-
her suit, and face like q motOr.mas-
cot"
'Thank God. ! was spared that!' -
marked AlEy.
"GoOd" returned Hugh. "He's prob
ably away with It by now. and he's
no fool. For I'm thinking It's only
Peter and him between us and" He
left his remark unfinished. and for .
while there was silence. Jerry II
over In France still. putting stamp.
paper on his machine: Tetfs gone up
TO zee that Potts 10 taking nourish-
ment."
And here We ut like three welt.
preserved specimens In q baliy
museum" broke In Algy. with q rue.
full laugh. "What'll they do to %,
Hughr
But DrumrnOnd did not answer. and
the speaker. seeing the look on his
face. did not press the question.
Slowly the hours dragged on, until
the last CLEANS Of daylight had faded
from the skylight above, and q soil.
tary electric light. hung centrally.
gave the only Illumination: Period.
ically Heinrich had come In to see
that they were still secure: but from
the sounds Of the hoarse laughter
which came at frequent Intervals
through the half-open door. 1t was evi.
dent that the German had found other
and more conEenial company. At
length he appeared carrying q tray
with bread and water on Il. which he
placed On . table near Hugh.
"Food for you. you English swine. /"
no remarked. looking Eloatingly at
each 10 turn "Herr Lexington the or.
Dr. eAvs. % that you will At b. to-
morrow morning. Fit for the torture. %
He thrust his flushed face close to
Drummouds. and then deliberately
spat 1t him.
Algy Lougworth eave q stranded