The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-11-11
The Adventures of a Demobilized
Officer Who Found Peace Dull

he entertains feelings of great friend
ship and affection for you, 50 you
should not lack for any bodily COM
forts, such as may be possible In your
present somewhat cramped position.
Then tomorrow. when 1 return, / pro
pose to try a 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 a sudden, quick
movement, he seized the girl and
kissed her before she realized his In
tentiOn. The rope round Drummond
creaked as he struggled impotently,
and Lakington's sneering face seemed
to swim In q red glow.
THAT is quite In keeping, Is 1t not"
he snarled, ito kiss the lady, and to
strike the man like this-and this
and thisf .. :" A rain Of blows came
down on Drummond's face, till, with
gasplng sigh, the girl slipped faint
Ing to the floor.
'That'll do, Lexington" said Peter
son, intervening once again. "Have
the girl carried upstairs, and send for
Heinrich. It's time we were on"
With an 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
take out your tongue and you can
scream no more" He turned as 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 gloatingly.
'They will not shout twice." he said
In his cultural voice. "The dirty Boche
to II himself will see."
TWO
1--WE appear" remarked Hugh quiet
", few minutes later, ito be in for a
CHEEKY night"
For a moment the German had left
the room. and three motionless, bound
figures, sitting grotesquely in their
chairs, were alone.
slow did they get you, Tobyr
"Half a dozen Of 'em suddenly ap-
peared," answered Sinclair shortly,
knocked me on the head, and the next
thing knew was here In this did
chair"
"Ts that when you got your facer'
asked Hugh.
"No," said Toby, and his voice was
grim. 1--WE share In the matter of
faces, old man."
darlington again, was lit" said
Hugh softly. "Dear Heaveni II could
get one hand on that :" He broke
of and laughed. 'What about you,
AlgyT
II went laundering In over the way.
old beam" returned that worthy, "and
some dam fellow knocked my eye
glass or. SO. as couldn't see to kill
him, had to Join the picnic here"
Hugh laughed, and then suddenly
grew serious.
"By the way, you didn't see man
chewing gum on the horizon, did you,
when / made my entrancef Dogr0b-
her suit, and face like motor-mas-
cot"
"Thank God. was spared that" re-
marked Algy.
"Good!" returned Hugh. Hes prob
ably away with It by now, and he's
no fool. For I'm thinking It's only
Peter and him between NJ and" He
left his remark unfinished, and for q
while there was silence. "Jerry IL
over In France still. putting stamp
paper on his machine: Ted's gone up
to see that Potts IL taking nourish-
ment."
"And here we sit like three we'll
preserved specimens in q bally
museum" broke in Algy. with q rue
full laugh. "What'll they do to us
Hugh7"
But Drummond 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 soil
tary electric light hung centrally
gave the only illumination. Period
ically Heinrich had come In TO se<
that they were still secure: but from
the sounds Of the hoarse Laughter
which came at frequent intervals
through the half-open door, Il was evi
dent that the German had found othel
and more congenial company. Al
length he appeared carrying . tra,
with bread and water on Il, which b
| placed on table near Hugh
FOOD for you. you Engliuh SWINE.
he remarked. looking gIoatingly Z
each In turn sHerr Lakington the OF
der gave, 20 that you win At BE- ia
morrow morning. FIT for the torture.
He thrust his flushed face close 4
Drummond's. end then delibsratsl'
spat at him.
Algy Longworth gave . strsnsle'
/ grunt, but Drunrmond took no notice
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