Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-24

1IOllt VI luS hOusC ~ 40 <Al va n14SSs'
and, treading noiselessls DE ltfe turf,
he explored ali Round IT. There was
one bedroom light ;aS vttbs basil, hNaatkl,,. Of the
house, and thrown on the blind he
could see the shadow of a man. AS
he watched. ,the'r1han got up and
moved away, only to return IN mo.
ment or two and take up'his old posi-:
ton.
,,''It's one of those two bedrooms"
he, muttered to himself, "if he's here
at all" ia = :" =
Then he crouched in the shadow OF
some shrubs and waited. Through
the trees Ills; ffght' he Gould See. The
Larches.. and .onSent With sc sudden
quickening of his heart, he thought he
saw. the. outlinej of the girl. slow up
In the light from rhes dra&ing-room.
But. it was only for second, and
then 1T was gone. T.. ~...:,- - .r..-.. =:
He peeredfat his watch !: 1t was just
ten o'clock. The trees were ereaking
gently in the faint wind; all around
him the strange, night. hcisssa1Snoisess
which play pranks~. with a mans
nerves-were whispering and mutter-
ing. Bushes seemed suddenly, to come
to life,r and none; :eerle shapes
crawled over background toward
him-fgures which existed. only in
his Imagination. And once again the
thrill Of the night stalker .:grpped
him. .-.. -:ro..-. -,
He remembered the German who
had lain motIonless for an hour in a
little gully by Hebuterne, while ne
from behind stunted bush had tried
to locate him. And then that one
creak as the Boche,.had moved his leg.
And then the end. On that
night. too, the little hummocks had
moved and taken to themselves
strange shapes: fifty times he had
imagined he saw him; fifty times ne
knew he was wrong--in time. He
was used to it; theo .hfght"'lleld no
terrors for him, only fierce excite
ment., and thus ittt, Mas. that as ne
croaeaeA .Ip, tbe Paafsg.Ealaihg for
the game to start, his pulse was as
normal, and his nerves as steady as
if he had been sitting down to- supper
The only difference was that In his
hand he held sohrethinga tlghtgripped.
At last family In the distance he
heard the hum of a car. Rapidly 1t
grew louder, and he smiled grimly to
himself as the. sound Of FIVE unme-
lodious voices singing Justify struck
his ear. They passed along the road
in front Of the house. There was
sudden crash--then silence; but only
for q moment. =. 80. ,,=,.,
"You priceless old ass, you've
rammed the blinking gate"
It was Jerry Seymour who then
took up the bawl. His voice was In
tensely solemn-also extremely loud
"Preposhterous. Perfectly preposh-
ferrous. We,smust 60 and apologize
to the owner: !. 4. r - Il
Quite objectionable.
You can't 60 about country
knocking down gates. Out OF
queshtion.
Half-conscieusly Hugh listened, but,
now that the pioment for action had
come, every faculty was concentrated
on his own Job. He saw half dozen
men 20 rushing out into. the garden
through side door, and then two
more ran out and came straight toward
him. They crashed past him and went
on into the darkness, and. for an In
slant he wondered what they were
doing. A little later he was destined
to And out.
Then came peal at the front-door
oell, and he determined. to. walt no
longer. He darted through the gar
den door. to find-a-flight- of-stairs IN
front Of him, and in another moment
he was on the first floor. He walked
rapidly along the landing, trying to
find his bearings, and. turning corner,
he found himself at the top of the
main staircase-the spot where he had
fought Peterson two nights previous
~.
He;>twalked quickly on to the room
which he calculated was the one where
he had seen the shadow on the blind.
Without seconds hesitation he flung
the d6or open and walled anl There
lyipg@in the bed. was: the American,
while, ,crouched beside him, with a re-
yolver I'm his hand, was a man. v.... :.
FoEa few seconds they watched one
another in silence, and then the man
Strengthened up.
"The soldler!" he snarled. "You
young pup".
Deliberately, almost casually, he
raised his revolver, and then the un-
expected happened. A Jet Of liquid
ammonia struck him full in the face,
and with short laugh Hugh dropped
his water-pistol in his pocket. and
turned his attention to the bed. Wrap
ping the millionaire In blanket, he
picked him up, and, paying no more
attention to the man gasping and choS-
Ing in corner, he raced for the back
stairs.