The Raymer enterprise., 1921-11-17
The Adventures of a Den,obilized
Officer Who Found Peace Dull

snip enu anecu0n I0f you, 30 you
should not lack for any bodily COM
forts, such as may be possible In your
present somewhat cramped position.
Then tomorrow. when I return. pro
pose to try few experiments On you.
and, though / fear you will find them
painful. It's q great thing to suffer In
the cause Of science. >. You will al
ways have the satisfaction Of moving
that dear little Phyllis will be well
cared for" With a sudden, quick
movement, he seized the girl and
kissed her before she realized his In
tention. The rope round Drummond
creaked as he struggled impotently,
and Lakington's sneering face seemed
to swim in red glow. ,-.., { -
THAT Is quite In keeping, Is It not, !"
he snarled, ito kiss the lady, and to
strike the man like .this-and this
and this? - A rain Of blows came
down on DrHmmond's face. till, with
a gasping sigh, the girl slipped faint
Ing to the floor.
'That'll do, Laklngton," said Peter
son, intervening once again. Have
the girl carried upstairs. and send for
Heinrich. It's time we were off,, 1
With an effort Lakingtop let his
hand fall to his side. and stood back
from his victim.
Perhaps for the present, It win" I"
he said slowly. But tomorrow-to-
morrow, Captain Drummond. you shall
scream to heaven for mercy, until /
take out your tongue and you. can
scream no more" He turned as tks
German came into the room. II leave
them to you. Heinrich" he remarked
shortly. use the dog-whip II they
shout, and gag them"
The Germans eyes were fixed on
Hugh gloatingly.
"rhey will not shout twice" he said
In his cultural voice. THE dirty Boche
to II himself will see."
TWO
"We appear" remarked Hugh quiet.
ly, few minutes later. "to bs In for .
cheery night" -a
For a moment the German had left
the room, and three motionless, bound
figures. sitting grotesqueiy in their
chairs, were alone. .r's -,
"How did they get you, Tobyr ::
Half q dozen Of 'em suddenly ap-
peared.". answered Sinclair shortly.
Knocked me on the head. and the next
thing l knew I was here In this d--d
chair"
rs that when you got your face ="
asked Hugh.
"No." said Toby, and his voice was
grim. 1--WE share In the. matter Of
faces, old man." 49,
darlington again, was itt' said
Hugh softly. Dear Heaven! II Icould
get one hand % that :. -, He broke
of and laughed. what about you,
AlgyT" -..' ..-.s 81 ..,
II went laundering In over the way,
old beam" returned that worthy, ''and
some dam fellow knocked my eye
glass of. So, as couldn't see to kill
him, l had to Join the picnic here"
Hugh laughed, and then suddenly
grew serious. - $50 ~, :.
by the way. you didn't see man
chewing gum on the horizon, did you.
when made my entrance1 Dogrob-
ber suit, and face like q motor.mas-
cot"
''Thank God, l was'spared that ~ re-
marked Algy.
Good" returned Hugh. Hes prob
ably away with 1t by now. and he's
no fool. For I'm thinking It's only
Peter and him between US and" He
left his remark unfinished, and for q
while there. wns silence. Jerry 10
over In France still, putting stamp
paper on his machine; Ted's gone up
TO see that Potts Is taking nourish-
ment."
And here We sit like three we'll
preserved specimens In 4 bally
museum" broke In Algy. with 4 rue
ful laugh. "What'll they do to 10,
Hughl" -..s.
But Drummond did not answer, and
the speaker, seeing the look on his
face, did not press the question.
Slowly the hours dragged on, until
the last CLEANS Of daylight had faded
from the skylight above, and Z soil
tary electric light. hung centrally,
gave the only illumination. Period
ically Heinrich had come In to zee
that they were still secure: but from
the sounds Of. the .hoarse laughter
which came at frequent intervals
through the half-open door, 1t was evil
dent that the German had found other
and more congenial company. At
length he appeared carrying a tray
with bread and water on II, which he
placed on table near Hugh,
Food for you, you English swine, y
he remarked, looking gloatingly at
each In turn. Herr LakIngton the or
der gave, so that you will fit be to-
morrow morning. Fit for the torture
He thrust his flushed face close to
Drummond's. and then deliberately
spat at him. " ~. '.n
Algy Longworth gave Z atrangled
grunt, but Drummond took no notice.
With a quiet smile. he looked up At
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