The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1922-01-19

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after = vhHr D. gave 90 attempting
% 20 D. sleep THE new Development
which had come 70 light that evening
wss upIernpt Is bis thoughts; and
a. he las There covered only with q
sheet far The night was hot. Tie
whole vile scheme uHfo'8ed itself 30
fore 81. magna'inn The American
Wa aahf Be- h- main ldea-of ~
ne h q, doubt uH q hI- mIud
- h Ha rle gfe.t crowd, 81 IDLE
foolish men lei - d tes bot headed
visionurie. aud paid bIackguards 10
their socaiicd Utopia starvation,
MISERY. ruin utter and complete.
lurked IN his mental picture specters
disguised a. great ideals, bur gfinning
81 rtiunically under their masks. And
once agaln he seemed 20 hear the toe
toe of machine guns a. he had heard
them night after might during the
year. gone by But this time they
were mounted 90 the pavement ~
the towns Of England. aud the swish
OF the bullets, which had swept like
swarns % cock chafers over No Mans
Land. nos whlstled down the streets
between rows Of squaiid houses.
And onoe again ny pinged past his
head
WIN a gesture Of annoyance he
waved his arm II was hot-insuf.
ferably hot aud he was beginning 10
regret that he had followed the earnest
advice OF the American TO sleep with
his windows shut and bolted What
on earth could Peterson DO TO him in
a room at the Rltz1 But he had prom.
Used the detective, and there II was
curtains drawn. window bolted. door
locked. Moreover and he smiled grim
~ 90 himself as he remembered IT, he
had even gone 50 far as 70 emulate
the hysterical maiden lady Of fiction
and peer under the bed
The next moment the smile ceased
abruptly. and he lay rigid with every
nerve alert. Something had moved In
the room
1t had only been a tiny movement,
more like the sudden creak Of piece
Of furniture than anything else-but
u was not quite like H. A gentle
flithering sound had preceded the
cresk the sound such as a man would
make who with Infinite precaution
against making noise. was moving
IN dark room stealthy, uncanny
noise Hugh peered into the darkness
iensely After the first moment of
surprise his brain was quite cool. He
had looked under the bed be had
hung his coat Ia the cupboard. and
save for those two obvious places there
was no cover for cat. And yet, with
the sort of sixth sense that four years
Of war had given him. he knew that
noise had been made by some human
agency Human The thought OF the
cobra At The Films flashed into his
mind. and his mouth set more grimly. |
What u Peterson had introduced some
Of his sbomlnable menagerie into the !
rpom, Then. once more. the thing
like ny sounded loud In his ear.
And. was Il his Imagination. OF had |
he heard a faint sibilsnt hiss just be-
forei
Suddenly II struck him that he was
at a terrible disadvantage The thing. |
whatever IL was, knew. at any rate
approximately. his position; he had |
not the slightest notion where Il was
And blind man boxing a man who |
could see. would have felt just about
a. safe. With Hugh, such a conclu- |
sion meant instant action. II might
Dc dangerous GA the floor: Il most Ger.
;.inay wss Gar more So In bed lie
felt for his torch. and then with one
conclusive bound. he was standing by
the door. with his hand on the electric |
light switch
Then he paused and listened intent Z
iy No, a sound could he hear. the
.hlng whatever Il Was. had become
motionless ~ his sudden movement +,
For an appreciabie time he stood there. I
his eyes searching the dartness-but
even he could see nothing. and he
cursed the American comprehenslvely
under his breath He would have given
anything FOR even The faintest grey
light 80 that b. could have some idea