The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-09-03

His calm imperturbaDlllty seelhou ~
madden Lexington.
"You watt" he snarled thicKly' you
wait till I've finished with YOU lou
won't he SO id humorous then. =.
Hugh regarded the speaker langula-
ly.
your suppositlOn is more than proO-
able" he remarked, In a bored Volce'
81 shall be too intent on getting INTO
Turkish bath to remove the contau'-
ination to think of laughing.
Slowly Lexington sank back In ms
chair, a hard, merciless smile on Ms
lips: and for a moment or TWO tlere
was silence IN the room. 1t was broken
by the unkempt man on the sOfa' who'
without warning, exploded unexpected
ly.
"A truce to all this fooling," ne
burst forth in a deep rumble; con-
fess I do not understand 1t. Are we
assembled here tonight, comrades 10
listen to private Quarrels and stupid
talk?"
A murmur of approval came from
the others, and the speaker stood up
waving his arms.
"I know not what this young man
has done: l care less. In Russia such
trifles matter not. He has the appear
ance of a bourgeois, therefore he must
die. Did we not kill thousands-aye,
tens of thousands of his kidney, before
we obtained the great freedOmi Are
we not going to do the same In this
accursed country Kill him now
throw him In q corner and let US pro-
coed"
He sat down, amidst a murmur OF
. approval, In which Hugh Joined heart
lily.
Splendid" he murmured. "A mag
nificent perOration. Am I right sir,
In assuming that you are what In vul'
carly known as a BOlshevistT
The man turned his sunken eyes
glowing with the burning fires Of fanat
lcism. on DrummOnd.
II am one of those who are fighting
Il for the freedom of the world" he CRIED
harshly, "for the right to live Of thu
prOletariat." He flung out his ARM
wildly. ut Is freedom; It Is the dawI
Of the new age"
Hugh looked at him with genuin'
curiosity: II was the first time he hal
actually met one Of these wild vision
aries in the flesh. And then the cur
Osity was succeeded by very detinit
amusement: what had Peterson to d
9 with such as he7
For the moment his own deadly ris
= was forgotten: a growing excitemer
Z filled his mind. Could 1t be possibl
3 that here, at last, was the real obje'
q of the gang; could it be possible this
"A Peterson was organizing a deliberai
n plot to try and Bolshevize England
II He looked up to find Peterson regar'
- ing him with a faint smile.
at Is a little difficult to understan
isn't 1t, Captain Drummond7" he sal
81 carefully clicking the ash or his Gig
=, 81 told you you'd find yourself In de-
~ water" Then he resumed the confer
plation Of the papers In front Of bill
Hugh half closed his eyes, while
general buzz Of conversation broke o
ar. round the table.
Fragments of conversation struck |
ears from time to time. The intin
lsk dated rabbit, with the light Of bat
In his watery eye. was declaIming
ex- the VlOries Of wOrkmen's councils !;
his bullet-headed man was shouting an
spring battle cry about no starvati
to wages and work for all.
my Can It be possible" thought HUI
grimly, shat such as these have
one power to control big destiniesT A
him then. because he had some experieI
Of what one unbalanced brain, VIII
be owner could talk, was capable
,ou. achieving; because he knew sOmeth
about mob psychology, his half c
,aIr temptuous amusement changed ia
With bitter foreboding.
"You fool! I" he cried suddenly
,.k. the Russian and everyone ceased u
h,r, ing. "YOu poor id boob! You
.aa- your new earthl In Pet Ograd to
bread Is two pounds four shilling
90 pound tea, fifteen pounds pound.
You call that freedomf He CAV
-. contemptuous laugh.
Too surprised to speak. the
-. sian eat staring at him: and II
uu Peterson who broke the silence '
:, his suave voice.
~Your distress, I am glad to
80 Il not likely to be one OF long d
49,. tiou.- he remarked. an fact, the
has come for you to retire for
. night, my young friend"
He stood up smiling; then he wa
'1 over to the bell behind Hugh and
king .rA 80 mad wonder vh
He threw the end Of his cigar
the crate as Hugh rose. "Whils
) deliberate down here on various
p'eA tiers Of importance we shall be u
ing OF you upstairs-that In to
II you get there. ! see that Lakir
In even now beginning to CLOS
: pleasant anticipation"
sOu Not a muscle on the soldiers
twitched: not by the hint Of a
did he show the keenly watching
dicnce that he realized his az
: 0sA Lakington's face was merciless,
its fendish look of anticipation
Hugh stared at him with level
LaN for a while before he turned tc
y the door.
lesen' ~Then / viii say Good night,
nt OT remarked casually. "Is 1t the
nOuse room that / had last timer