The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-18
CHAPTTEe ". The Search Light.

 At the top of ',he hil lay Ia sandy stretch of unimproveS road. appar- ently little used. It led on for a l short distance and then dipped ab- ruptly-
 Certainly it commanded a. wonder ful outlook. As stood at the top Of ters of Long Island Sound: Even as looked. a faint dot of light shone out. It could come only from Micah Graham's house. I descended the procession of te1ephone-poles.
 The tip of the moon suddenly sprang up in the east and saw what was apparently rise of ground, not more tEan a quarter of a mile ahead. Near the ground was a band of lighter color.
 ''The wall!" I exclaimed. made out that it cut straight across the neck and that above and beyond 1t lay masses of trees.
 The night was growing very black. Suddenly before me a shaft of white light shot out. It struck upon erything in its path as bright as day. The search-Hght! l had completely forgotten 1t. Only for an instant the light swept me.
 ger. If they had caught sight of me, from Morton's Point, I must either disappear quickly, or else proceed boldly and announce myself as a vis-
 
 seemed the more sensible. Some intuition however, warned me to make the most of my present opportunity. While I stood. the again, and rested. Quickly I turned and ran at top speed down the road. The light followed me.
 Then, ahead of me, I saw a little curve As l darted round it, the manipulator of the light lost me for moment. I darted to the left plunsing into the shrubbery on the side of the neck toward the sound Then back toward the wall I rushed toward the enemy.
 l raced along through the bushes unmindful of the rough surface. The shaft of light was playing on the road Tar behind me, trying to pick me up.
 The wall. which I now could make out quite distinctly, was only lit tie way ahead.
 Suddenly I stopped short
 A sound from the direction of the wall attracted my attention. It was the rumble of a motor. I lay down in some thick bushes near the side of the road at the edge of the cleared space between me and the wall.
 And then the gate swung open. and a big motor-car came sliding out Its lamps were unlighted. As the car came nearer, I distinguished two fig tt loomed up within few feet of the spot where I lay, and then stopped with a slight jarring of the brakes. A man spoke.
 ''PlI hold the car here. Smith while you beat up the bushes If he tries to get past the light, Mag will see him and warn us.
 The other men did not answer hut heard him jump to the road. I heard the man who had left the car plunge Into the shrubbery on the other side of the road.
 But the chauffeur was a more i'm mediate menace. If he got down to the sround, might attack hlnn and put nm out Of the fight. However, the man did not descend He stodo m ana then climbed upon the seat and peered down the road
 EVsiy moment increased my dan ger The searcher would work down 10 the illuminated track, and then come up through the bushes on this side of the road. Ultimately he noIs9 reach my little clump and with inc help of the other man could easily oVerpower me.
 peered again at the chauffeur of him. 0ii eau
 Now I looked at the car itself IT was a large touring-car with a hood at the back of the tonneau The hood was down, dropping in heavy folds over the back of the car
 me left front wheel of the car was nor more than three feet from me very Very slowly, edged into fba road on my hands and knees. One more movement and I was close to the wheel Slowly I crawled toward the rear wheel. keeDine a1nanst mn