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

Bulldog Drurnrnond
The Adventures of a Den'obilizsd Cyril McNeie
offer Who Found Peace Dull ~ssgDs" on..oa


and Hugh remained mOtlOnlesS, "oh-
dering what the next move was going
TO be. Now that the nights OrdeaI
had commenced, all his nerve had re-
turned to him. He felt ice-cold; ana
as his powerful hands clenched and
unclenched by his sides, he grinned
| family to himself. Then very eau
tiously he commenced to feel his way |
toward the door.
At that moment someone brushed
past him. Like a fash Hugh's hand
shot out and gripped him by the arm.
The man wriggled and twisted. but
he was powerless as a child, and with
another short laugh Hugh found his
throat with his other hand. And
again silence settled on the room
Still holding the unknown man In
front of him, he reached the foot OF
the stairs, and there he paused. He
had suddenly remembered the mys-
tertous thifg which had whlzzed past
his head that other night, and then
changed suddenly into the wall beside
him. He had gone up FIVE stairs when
Il had happened, and now with his
foot on the first. he started to do
some rapid thinking.
II. as Peterson had kindly assured
him, they proposed to try and send
d him mad, 1t was unlikely that they
: would kill him on the stairs. At the
Z same time 1t was obviously an imple-
= ment capable of accurate adjustment,
{ and therefore 1t was more than likely
e that they would use 1t to brighten
5 him. And II they dld-if they did :.
= The unknown man wriggled feebly
, IN his hands, and a sudden unholy
look came on to Hugh's face.
u ats the only possible chance" he
L said to himself. land II it's you. oil
me, Iaddie, guess It's got to b'
> you"
- With a quick heave ne jerked TIT
man off his feet, and lifted him NJ
til his head was above the level o
% his own. Then clutching him tight
he commenced to climb. His owl
head was bent down, somewhere II
* the region of the mans back. AM
eu ne took no notice Of the feebly kick
40 ing legs.
40 Then ut last he reached the fourt
step. and gave q final adjustment {
his aemi-conscious burden. He presse
ne his head even lower In the man
:" back. and lifted him up another thre
= inches.
-. "How awfully jolly!" he murmure'
81 hope the result will please you."
Wv -rd stand quite still II l were You
lob said Peterson suavely. "Just listen
.nt As Hugh had gambled on, the pc
No formance was designed to frighte
80. Instead of that, something hit Il
,o+ neck of the man he was holding WI
o.o such force that It wrencbed him cles
,d3 out Of his arms. Then came the claI
"a. beside him, and with a series
ominous thuds a body rolled doV
the stairs into the hall below.
IA "You fool" He heard Lakingt VI
CO., voice, .shrin with anger. you
Con killed him. Switch on the light :.
e But before the order could be CT
I'm ried out Hugh had disappeared, Il
: a great cat, into the darkness OF
-. passage above. As luck would ma
It the first room he darted into "
h,s empty, and he flung up the vino
ImI- and peered out.
title A faint, watery moon showed 0
ON q twenty-foot drop onto the gra
!. a and without hesitation he flung
In. legs over the sill. And at that
ton ment something prompted him to Il
upward.
ugh, IL was a dormer window, and to
the active man access to the roof
And easy. without an instants hesita'
ence he abandoned all thoughts OF retire
hose and when two excited mcL rushed
of to the room he was firmly enscon'
hing with his legs astride Of Ihe ridge
con- the window, not yard from u
to q heads.
Securely hidden In the shadow.
y to watched the subsequent proceed
talk with genial liberation. raucous