The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-04-13

came greater and ErcNter. He icrkod
one drawer entirely ont Of It's case.
and the contents flew in every dircc
ton; swearing at II. he gathered un
the letters. One suddenly caught h,s
attention he began reading It closely,
then snapped II back into the drawer.
crammed the rest OH ton Of II, and
went % 20 the next of the files. H.
scarchei in this manner through half
q dozen dvnwors, i'lcinly finding moth
ing at al he wanted: ho drac"c; SOM:
or the books from their cases. felt b,.
hind them and showed back SCme OF
the books but dropped others on the
floor and blaSphclny burst from him
The beam of light from the torch in
his hand Swnyed aside end lack ana
forth. Without warning suddenly 1t
caught Alan ms he stood in the darl;
of tie front room; and aS tie dim
white circle Of light cleaned into Al
ans face. the man looked that way
and saw him.
The effect of this upon the mnn was
so strange and SO bewildering 20 Alan
that Alan could only stare at him.
The big man seemed to shrink into
himself and to shrink back and away
from Alan. He roared out sOmethin;
In below thick with fear and hor.
ror; he seemed to choke with terror
There was nothing I'm his look akin to
mere surprise or alarm at realizing
that another was there and had been
seeing and Overhearing him. The
light which he still gripped swayed
back and forth and showed him Alan
again, and he raised his arm before
his face as he recoiled.
The CONSERVATION Of the man was
so complete that 1T checked Alans rusl
toward him: he halted. then advanced
silently and watchfully. AS he wen,
forward. and the light shone upon his
face again, the big man cried out
hoarsely:
"D-n you, d-n you, with the hole
above your eye! The bullet got you
And now you've got Ben! But you
can't get me! Go back to hell! You
can't get me! I'll get you-I1l get
you YOu-can't save the MiwakaT'
He drew back his arm and with all
his might hurled the fashlight nj
Alan. It missed and crashed some
where behind him, bu. did not go out !;
tho beam Of light shot back and wa.
vered and fiickered over both Of them
as the torch rolled on the floor. Alan
rushed forward and, thrusting through
the dark, his hand struck the mans
chest and seized his coat.
The man caught at and seized Al.
ans arm he seemed to feel of 1t and
assure himself Of It's realty.
"Flesh Flesh!" he roared in re-
lief; and his big arms grappled Alan.
AS they struggled, they stumbled and
fell to the floor, the big man under.
meath. His hand shifted its hold and
caught Alan's throat; Alan got an arm
free and, with all his force, struck the
mans face. The man struck back
n heavy blow on the side of AIan's
head which diZzlcd him but left him
strength to strike again, and his
Nnuckles reached the mans face once
more, but he got another heavy blow
In return. The man was graphing
no longer; he swung Alan to one side
anu oh vi niIn, fnu TOiIhU nltnSplf
away. He scrambled to his feet and
dashed out through the library, across
the hall, and Into the service room.
Alan got to his feet. dizzlcd and not
yet familiar with the house, he blum
dered against a wall and hnd 10 feel
his way along 1t to the service room
ms he slipped and stumbled down the
stairway, door closed loudly Mt the
end OF the corridor he he'd seen nj
the foot OF the stairs. He ran along
the corridor to the door: II had closed
with spring lock, and seconds passed
while he felt I'm the dark for the catch &.
he found II and tore the door omen
ma came out suddenly into the cold
air of the night in n paved passage.
way beside the house which led I'm one
direction 20 the street and I'm the
other to gate opening on the alley.
He ran forward TO the street and
looked up and down, but found II emp.
ty; then he ran back to the alley. At
the end Of. the alley, where Il inter-
sected the cross street. the figure OF
the man running away appeared sud-
denly out OF the shadows, then dis
appeared; Alan. following as far as
the street. could see nothing more OF
him; this street too was empty.
He ran q little farther and looksd.
then haven't bac1g u fho $780, 4Qa