The Arvada enterprise., 1921-09-01

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door. She. poor little fool, IL eeu-
cerned over that drunken waster-her
father. She asked you to help her
you agreed. and, amazing though II
may seem, up to now you have scored
certain measure Of success. I ad-
NIT It, and admire you for 1t. !
apologize now for having played the
fool With you last night: you're the
type Of man whom one should kill out
nght-or leave alone"
He set down his coffee cup and care
fully shipped the end Of . cigar.
you are also the type Of man who
will continue on the path he has start
ed. You are completely In the dark |:
you have no idea whatever what you
are up against" He smiled grimly.
and turned abruptly on Hugh. You
fooi-you stupid young fool. Do you
really imagine that you can beat met"
The soldier rose and stood in front
Of him.
Il have q few remarks Of my own to
make" he answered, land then We
might consider the interview closed.
ask nothing better than that the gloves
should be oif-though, with your nlthy
methods a fighting, anything you
touch will get ysry. dirty. As you
say. am completely In the dark 40 to
your plans; but I have q pretty shrewd
idea what I'm up against Men who
can employ q thumbscrew on Q poor
de6enseless brute seem to me to bS
several degrees worse than an aboriE.
nal cannibal. and therefore II I put
you down ~ one Of the lowest types
Of degraded criminal shall not be
very wide Of the mark. There's no
good you snariing at me, you swine;
It does everybody good to hear some
home truths-and don't forget 1t was
you who pulled of the gloves"
Drummond lit a cigarette; then his
merciless eyes fixed themselves again
on Peterson.
There Is only one thing more" he
continued. you have kindly warned
me Of my danger; let me give you q
word Of advice In my turn. I'm going
to fight you; II can, I'm going to
beat you. Anything that may happen
to me Is part Of the game. But II
anything happens to Miss Benton dur
ing the course Of operations. then. AZ
surely A. there Is q God above. Peter
son. ri get at you somehow and mur-
der you with my own hands,"
For q few moments there was H.
lence. and then with q short laugh
Drummond turned away. "Shall We
meet again soon" He paused at the
door and looked back.
Peterson was still standing BY the
table. his face expressionless. every
soon. indeed, young man." he said
quietly. Every soon indeed. :"
Hugh stepped out Into the warm
sunshine and spoke to his chauffeur.
"Take her out into the main road.
Jenkins" he said. "and wait for ne
outside the entrance to the next house.
I shan't Be long"
Then he stro,lsd through the gar
dsa toward the little wicket-gats
that led to The Larches. Phyllis!
The thought e her was singing in his
heart to the exclusion Of everything
else. Just few minutes with her:
just the touch q her hand. the faint
smell of the scent she uasd-and thea
hack to the game.
He had almost reached the gate.
when. with 4 sudden crashing In the
underground, Jem Smith blundered out
into the path. His naturally ruddy
face was white. and be stared round
fearfully.
"Gawd! SIR" he cried. "mind out.
Ave yer seen itr
"seen what. JemY' asked Drum
mond.
"That there brute. Els escaped:
and II e meets . stranger" He
left the sentence unfinished. and
stood listening. From somewhere
behind the house came 4 deep
throated. snarling roar; then the
clang Of q paddock shooting home in
metal. followed By q ssriea Of heavy
thuda a. II some big animal was huri-
ins itself against the bars of q cage.
They've got It" muttered Jem.
"You seem to have 4 nice little
crowd Of pets about the house." re-
marked Drummond. putting q hand %
the mans arm ~ he was about to
move on. "what was that docils
creature we've Just heard calling 10
NJ youngr'
The ex-pusilist locked at him sul.
lenly.
"Nsvsr you mind. ar: II amt ~
business Of yours. An II was you,
wouldn't make II your business 70
nnd out"
A moment later he had disappearsA
late the bushes. and Drun0sad was
left alone. Assursdly eAsssfsl
household. he reflected: inst the spet
for q rsst-cure. Then hs saw Q figure
q the lawn ef the next heuss which
banishsd svsrything slse from his
mind and opening the gate. ~ walked
eagerly toward Phyllis Benton.