Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-10-09

First, Phyllis at Maybrick han. tie
must get at her somehow, and, even
If he couldn't get her away, he must
let her know that she would be all
right. After that things must look
after themselves; everything would
depend on circumstances. Always pro"
vided that those circumstances led to
the one great goal-Peterson Once
Phyllis was safe, everything was sub
servlent to that.
A church clock near by began to toll
the hour, and Drummond counted the
strokes. Eleven oclock-nOt two
hours since he had gone over the
bridge-and 1t felt like six. SO much
the better; it gave him so many more
hours Of darkness, and he wanted dark
ness for his explorations at Maybrick
hall. And it suddenly daWned on him
that he hadn't the faintest Idea where
the house was.
1t might have deferred some men; 1t
merely made Drummond laugh. If he
didn't know, he'd find out-even if it
became necessary to pull someone out
of bed and ask. The first thing to do
was to get back to the spot where the
car had halted, and to do that he must
go across country. Activity was
diminishing on the bridge, but he could
still see lanterns dancing about, and tae
sudden appearance Of very wet man
might lead to awkward questions. %
he struck off in the direction he judged
to be right-moving with that strange,
cat-like silence which was never
ceasing source Of wonderment even to
those who knew him best.
No man ever heard Drummond COM
ing, and very few ever saw him until
1t was too late, If he didn't intend
that they should. And now, in utterly
unknown country, with he knew not
how many undesirable gentlemen
about, he was taking no risks. Merci-
fully for him it was a dark night-juSt
such a night in fact as he would have
chosen, and as he passed like a huge
shadow from tree to tree, only to van
ish silently behind hedge, and reap
pear two hundred yards farther on, he
began to feel that life was good. The
Joy Of action was in his veins; he was
going to get his hands on somebody
soon, preferably the Italian or the man
who called himself Franz. For Bill
he had a sneaking regard; Bill at any
rate could appreciate a good car when
he saw one. The only trouble was
that he was unarmed, and an unarmed
man can't afford to stop and admire
the view in mix up. Not that the
point deferred him for a moment, 1t
only made him doubly cautious. He
Must see without being seen; he must
act without being heard. Afterwards
would be a different matter
Suddenly he stiffened and crouched
motionless behind a bush. He had
heard voices and the sound of foot
steps crunching on the gravel.
"No good waiting any MORE" said
man whom he recognized as Franz.
He's dead for a certainty, and they
can't pull him out till tomorrow.
Couldn't have gone better. He swayed
right over just as the car took the
the gates, and the bridgekeeper saw it.
Think he tainted"
Their voices died away in the dis
tance, and DrummOnd came out from
behind the bush. He stepped forward
cautiously and found himself con-
fronted with a high wire fence.
Through it he could see q road along
which the two men must have been
walking. And then through a gap in
the trees he saw light in the window
Of house. So his first difficulty was
solved. The man called Franz and his
tion In all obability-Maybrick hall
And that must be the house he could
see through the trees, while the road
on the other side of the fence was the
drive leading up to it.
He gave them half minute or so;
then he climbed through the fence. 1t
was fence with horizontal strands of
thick wire, about foot apart, and the
top strand was two feet above Drum
mOnd's head. An expensive fence, he
reflected; an unusual fence to put
round any property of such a sort.
An admirable fence for cattle In
corral because Of its strength, but for
house and grounds--peculiar, to say
the least. 1t was not a thing of
beauty; it afforded no concealment,
and 1t was perfectly simple to climb
through. And because Drummond had
been trained In the school which no
tices details, even apparently trivial
ones. he stood for a moment or two
staring at the fence, after he bad
clambered through. 1t was the ex.
pense of the thing more than anything
else that puzzled him. 1t was new
that was obvious and after a while, he
proceeded to walk along 1t for short
way. And another peculiar thing
struck him when he came to the first
upright. 1t was an iron T-shaped post.
and each strand Of wire passed through
hole In the bottom part of the T. A
perfectly simple and sound arrange
ment, and, but for one little point, Just