Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-21
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.hands. till the blood returned andGhe
could feel once more.
Then, slowly and painfully, he tot
tered across to the others and set them
free as well. They were in an even
worse condition than he had been /;
! and it seemed as If Algy would never
be able to stand again, so completely
dead was, his body from the waist
] downwards. But, atalength, after what
seemed an eternity to Drummoad, who
I,realized only too well that should d'the
gang come In they were almost as'helh.
less in their present condition as If
they were still bound in their chairs;
the other two recovered. " q
|, "Alt fit now? Good We've got to
i think what we're going to. do, for we're
mot out Of the wood yet by two or
three miles," =,
:'T.et's get the door open," remarked
Algy, land explore"
|. Cautiously they swung 1t open, and
stood motionless. The house was In
absolute silence; the hall was de-.
4 .EGrtan-.. - = e. go
"Switch out the light. whispered
Hugh. "WeTl wander round"
They crept forward stealthily In the
darkness, stopping every now and then
TO listen. But no sound came to their
ears; 1t might have been house Of
the dead.
Suddenly Drummond, who was In
front Of the other two, stopped with q
warning hiss: A light was streaming
out from under door at the end Of
passage and, as they stood watching
1T, they heard a mans voice coming
from the same room. Some one else
answered him and then there was
silence once more. q
At length Hugh moved forward
again, and the others followed. And
1t was not until. they got quite close to
the door that a strange, continuous
noise began to be noticeable-a noise
which came most distinctly from the
lighted room. It rose and fell with
monotonous regularity; at times 1t re-
sembled a brass band-at others 1t
died avcy to gentle murmur. And
occasionally 1t was, punctuated with
+ Rtrangled snort. .o.. 1r.v5. 49,,
/ sGreat Scott!" muttered Hugh e3!
citedly, "the whole boiling bunch are
asleep, or I'll eat my hat"
"Then who was 1t spoke?" said Algy.
AT least two Of 'em are awake right
enough"
And as If In answer to his question.
there came the voice agnin from In
side the room.
"Wnl, Mr.. Darrell, guess we can
pass on, and leave this bunch" "
With one laugh of joyful amazement
Hugh flung open the door, and found
himself looking from the range Of
yard into two revolvers.
IT don't know how you've done 1t,
boys" he remarked, "but you can put
those guns away. I hate looking at
them from that end.'
what the devil have they done to
all your dlals?" snd Darrell, slowly
! lowering his arm.
"WeIl leave that for the time" re-
turned Hugh grimly, as he shut the
door. "There are other more pressing
matters to be discussed"
He glanced round the room, and
slow grin spread over his face. There
were come twenty of the gang, all Of
them fast asleep. They sprawled gro
tesquely over the table, they lolled In
chairs; they lay on the floor, they hud-
died In corners. And. without excep.
tion they snored and snorted.
IA dandy bunch" remarked the
American, gazing at them with salts
faction. Then he turned to Drum
mond. "Say now, Captain, we've got
n lorry load of the boys outside; your,
friend here thought we'd better bring
'em along. So it's up to you to get
busy"
"Niulllngs and his crowd" said Oar.
rell, seeing the look Of mystlication on
Hugh's face.
For a few moments Drummond
stood, deep in thought; then once
again the grin spread slowly over his
face. "Get the boys In, Peter; and
get these Jumps of meat carted out to
the lorry. And. while you do 1t, we'll
so upstairs and mop up"
THREE.
Even in his widest dreams Hugh
had never imagined such wonderful
opportunity. To be In complete pos
session Of the house, with strong
forces at his beck and call, was state
of affairs which rendered him almost
speechless.
Keep your guns handy" whispered
Hugh. "We1l draw each room Ia
turn till we find the girl
But they were not to be put to so
much trouble. Suddenly door oppo-
site opened, and the man who had
been guarding Phyllis Benton peered
out susplciously. His jaw fell and O
look of aghast surprise spread over
his face as he saw the four men IN
front Of him.
Hugh stepped past him and was
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