Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-10-17

was one man there whom we wanted.
He'd been shadOwed ever since he'd
landed in England that morning,
Swallowed the whole way from docks
to TIE house And sure enough when
Mciver and his men surrounded the
house. there was our friend and all
his pals IN one of the downstairs
rooms. II was then thar this peculiar
thing happened. / gather from McIyer
that he heard the noise OF an owl
hoOting, also a faint scuffle and q
curse. And after that he heard moth
Ing more. He was chloroformed from
behind. and went straight out of the
picture"
Great Scott" murmured Hugh.
staring incredulously at McIver.
What an amazing thingW
And this Is where you come In,
Hugh" continued Sir Bryan.
'Mer Hugh sat UP abruptly. why
meT'
zone Of the men inside the room
was an interesting fellow known as
Flash jim He is a burglar of no
mean repute, though he is quite ready
to tackle any sort Of job which car
ries money with It. And when Mclver,
having recovered himself in the morn
ing, ran Flash Jim to ground IN one
of his haunts he was quite under the
impression that the men who had
doped him and the other officers were
pals of Flash Jim. But after he'd
talked to him he changed his mind
All Flash Jim could tell him was that
on the previous night he and some
friends had been discussing business
at this house, He didn't attempt to
deny that He went on TO say that
suddenly tne room had been filled
with a number Of masked men, and
that he'd had a clip over the back of
the head which Knocked him out AZ
ter that presumably he was given
Whit OF chloroform to keep him quiet,
and the next thing he remembers is
being Kicked back into activity by the
| policeman at" Sir Bryan paused q
moment TO emphasize the point-"at
Piccadilly circus"
Good Lord" said Hugh dazedly.
Then that bird | saw last night sleep
ing 1t or on the pavement was Flash
Jim"
Precisely" answered Sir Bryan.
but what is far more 90 the point.
old man. Is that the two birds YOU
| think YOU would he able to recognize
and who were In the car. are two Of
the masked men who first Of all laid
out McTver and subsequently sur
rounded Flesh Jim and his pals in
side"
'But what aid they want to do
that for?" asked Hugh In bewilder-
ment
''That Is just what we want to find
out" replied Sir Bryan. AS far as
we can see at the moment they are
not criminals In the accepted sense
of the word They fiogged two Of the
men who were there last night. a..-s
| there are no two Dien in England
who more richly deserved IT, They
| kidnapped two others. one OF whom
was the man we particularly wanted.
Then to wind up, they planted Flash
! Jim as I've told you. let the others
go. and brought McIver and an his
| men back to McIver's house, where
they left them to cool on the pave
ment. And what | want to know is
this. II we give you warning would
1 you care TO 60 with McIyer the next
time he has any job on, where he
thinks 1t is likely this gang may turn
up? We have a pretty shrewd idea
as to the type Of thing they special
lie In"
Hugh passed his hand dazedly over
his forehead
Sort Of mothers help you mean"
ana McIver frowned horribly. awhile
the bird bins McIver. l bin the bird.
Is tha- the notion7'
THAT is the notion" agreed Sir r, s.
an. "Of course youth have to do exact
~ what NtcIyer tells You. ana the
whole thing is most unusual. But in
view of the special features Of the case
What Is It, Miss Forbes?" He
glanced up at his secretary. who was
NtaAkAFttA IA AtiE NNtA " GNs with SAiEHF
frown
He insists on seeing you at once.
Sir Bryan"
She came forward with a card
which Sir Bryan took.
Charles Latter" The frown deep
ened. What the deuce does he
want?"
The answer was supplied BY the
gentleman himself who appeared at
that moment IN the doorway. He
was evidently in a state of great asi-
tation and Sir Bryan rose.
Il am engaged at the moment. Mr..
Latter" he said coldly.
Ny business won't take you min.
ute, Sir Bryan" he cried. "But what
I want 70 know is this. Is this coun-
try civilized or Is 1t not? Loos al
what received " the afternoon
pos"