Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-17
In Which the Hun Nation Decreases
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man:who is q man.to get TO the wom-
an he loves if.she Tants him. As he
had dashed across Tie lawn to The
Elms,, with. the Americans warning
cry echoing In his. ears, he had been
Incapable of serious thought. Subcon-
sciously he had known that, from ey-
cry point of, view, it was the act Of
madman,: that he was deliberately put
ting his head: into WHAT lin all prob
sbility,n was d carefully prepared
moose; thar, from every point Of view,
be could help: Phyllis better by re-
manning a free agent outside. But
when a, girl shrieks, and the man who
loves, her. hears 1t, arguments begin
TO look; tired. And, what little. caution
might have remained to- Hugh COM
pletely vanished as" he saw the girl
watching; him with agonized terror In
her face, from an upstair2 window, as
he dashed up to-, the; house. It was
only for a brief second that he saw
her; then .she disappeared suddenly,
as if>snatched away by some invisible
person. -, -. -. .,~..:.,.:.
I'm coming, darling" He had given
one< wild! Shout, and; hurled himself
through the door which led into the
house from the garden. A dazzling
Hight Of intense brillianee. had shone
in his face. :momentarily, olinding him;
then had come crushing blow on the,
back: Of his, head, One cropping, wild.
step forward, and Hugh. Drummond,
dilnly conscious of men all round him.
had pitched forward 6n!his face into
utter oblivion. 't' r.. - -.
Its too easy" I.akington's sneer.
ing voice broke THE silence, as the
looked vindictiyely at the unconscious
Iustn.-. - - = '......' .
$50 you. have thought before,
Henry" chuckled Peterson. "And he
always bobs up somehow. II you take
my, advice youth finlsli him off here
and now, and. run no further risks
:, xiii him While he's tinconscious?"
Lakington laughed eyilly; NO.. Carl,
not under ahy circumstances what
ever. He, has quite-a lengthy score
to pay, and BY God | he's going to pay
1t this time" He stepped forward
and kicked ,Dgummondr,twi In the
ribs with a cold, animal fury.
'Wen, don't Kick him when he's
down, guy'nor. You'll: ave plenty o
time after" A hoarse yqlse from the
circle Of men made LakIngton look up.
"You cut it out, Jem Smith he
snarled, 'or T might find plenty Of
time after for:yothe ers beside this young
swine" The ex-pugilist muttered un-
easily under his breath, but said no
more, and it ~as ,Peterssnwho broke
the silence. r.,
What are 7yen tgeHtngf :tel do with
him?' -.
"Lash him up like the other two"
returned Lakiheton, "and leave. him
to cool until I get back tomorrow.
But I'll bring him round before I go,
and just talk to. him for a little. I
wouldn't Ike :himlatdtS to know what
was going to happen to:5him. Al,dc.
ipatlon Is always: delightful" He
turned to two OF the men standing
near. "Carryihlmi into my room" he
ordered, "aud another of you get the
rope" .----,-.-- "a
And so 1t was that Algy LongyoTth
and Toby Sinclair, with I,hack rage
and fury I'M their hearts, watched the
limp form of their leader being car
ried into the central room. Swathed
in rope, they sat .mOtionless and i'm
potent, in their respective chairs,
while they watched the same process
being performed on :Drumipond. He
was no amateur at the game. was the
rope-winder, and by the time lie had
finished, Hugh resembled nothing so
much as a 'lifeless brown mummy.
Only his head was free, and that lolled
forward helpleSsly. ;.... :!
Lakington watched the performance
fer a time; then wearying OF it, he
strolled over to Algy's chair.
We'll. you puppy" =. he. remarked,
''are you going TO try shouting againT
He picked up the rhinoeeros-hide rid
ihg-whlp lying on the floor, and
bent it, between his hands,. "That
vale on your face greatly improves
your beauty, and next time you'll get
two, and q gag as we'll"
= "How's the jaw, you horrible bit Of
dreg?" remarked Algy insultingly, and
Toby. laughed. -, ~.
= Don't shake his nerve, Algy," he
implored. For the first time in his
filthy life: he feels safe In. the same
room as Hugh"
The taunt seemed to madden Lax
ington, who sprang across the room
and lashed Sinclair over the face. But
even after the sixth cut no sound came
from the helpless man, though the
blood was streaming down. inside his
collar. HIS. eyes, calm and sncering,
met those of the: rnvlng maIi in front
Of him without a Quiver, and, ut last,
Peterson. himself ,lnteEyened.
stop it, I.aklIigton." His voice was
stern as he caught the others up
raised arm. That's enough for the
time"
to-. , roornent. If secnGd as if LAX