Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-11-16

ia locate him. And then that one
creak as the Boche had moved his leg.
And then the end On that
night. too. the little hummocRs had
moved and taken to themselves
strange shapes: fifty times he had
imagined he saw him; fifty times ne
knew he was wrOng-ln time. he
was used to it, the night held no
tarrors for him, only fierce eXclte-
ment. And thus it was that as he
crouched in the bushes, waiting 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 something tight-grlpped.
AT last family in the distance ne
heard the hum of car Rapidly II
grew louder, and he smiled grimly TO
himself MS the sound of five unme-
lodious voices singing Justify struck
his ear. They passed along the road
I'm front of the house. There was
sudden crash-then silence; but only
for n moment.
Peters voice came first.
.'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 must go and apologize
to the owner. 80. =
cbch olu+nJU mustn't APOLOGIZE.
Quite objectionable.
You can't go about country
knocking down gates. Out OF
queshtion.
Half-consciously Hugh listened, but,
now that the moment for action had
come. every faculty was concentrated
on his own job. He saw half dozen
men go 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 find out.
Then came a peal at the front-door
DpII, slIlu he bCtCl iuiilGNt W Ntttt Nv
longer. He darted through the gar
den door. to find a fight 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 Il corner,
he found himself at the top of the
main staircase--the spot where he had
fought Peterson two nights previous
ly.
He walked quickly on to the room
which he calculated was the one where
he had seen the shadow on the blind.
Without a seconds hesitation he flung
the door open and walked in. There
lying in the bed, was the American,
while crouched beside him, with a re-
volver in his hand was man.
For a few seconds they watched one
another in silence, and then the man
Strengthened up.
1.-THE soldier!" he snarIed "You
young pupr'
Deliberately, almost casually, he
raised his revolver. and then the I'M
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 q blanket, he
picked him up, and, paying no more
attention to the man gasping and chok-
ing in corner, he raced for the back
stairs.
Below he could hear Jerry hiccough-
ing gently, and explaining to the pro
pro pritor that he per-
shOnally would repair inshisted
on repairing any and every
gate posht he posshessed. And
then he reached the garden.
Everything had fallen out exactly
as he had hoped but had hardly dared
III expect. He heard Petersou's voice,
calm and suave as usual, answering
Jerry From the garden in front came
he dreadful sound of duet by Algy
and Peter. Not soul was in sight;
he back of the house was clear. All
that he had TO do was to walk quietly
through the wicket-gate to The
Larches with his semi-cOnscious bur
den, get to his car, and drive off. 1t
all seemed so easy that he laughed. !.
But there were one or two factors
that he had forgotten, and the first
and most important one was the man
upstairs. The window was thrown up
suddenly, and the man leaned out wav-
ing his arms. file was still gasping
with the strength of the ammonia but
Hugh saw him clearly in the light from
the room behind. And as he cursed
himself for fool in not having tied
him up, from the trees close by there
came the sharp clang of metal.
With quick catch in his breath he
began to run. The two men who had
rushed past him before he had entered
the house, and whom, save for pass
ing thought, he had disregarded, had