The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-10-28
She laughed gently. and glanced 1t

MIN out Of sightr
Peterson nodded. and between th.,u
tney pushed Drummond into the b.tb.
room.
lou see, my friend. remarked
peterson affably, 1T is necessary n
ger you out Of the hotel without arous.
ing suspicion A simple little matter
out 1t Is often the case that one trims
up more over simple matters than over
complicated ones"
ne was carefully Inserting q Din
INTO his victims leg as he spoke ana
watching intently for any sign of feel
ing.
why. 1 remember once he con-
unued conyersationally, that 7 was
60 incredibiy foolish as to replace the
cork In bottle Of prussic acid after
hso-er-compelled a gentleman to
drink the contents He was In bed AT
the time. and everything pointed to
suicide. except that COMPOUNDED cork
l mean, would any man, after he's
drunk sufficient prussic acid to poison
a regiment 90 and cork I'D the empty
bottle: 1t only shows how careful
one must be over these little matters"
Inc girl put her head round the
door.
Ineyre here" she remarked alb
ruptly, and Peterson went into the
other room, half closing the door. And
Drummond, writing impotentIy, heard
the well-modulated voice of the Rev
erend Theodosius.
An, my dear friend, my very dear
old friend. What Joy It is to see you
again ! am greatly obliged to you for
escorting this gentleman I'D person
ally
Not at all, sir; not at all, Would
you care for dinner to be served I'D
herer'
Il VIII ring later If 1 require it,
Peterson was saying in his gentle,
kindly voice My friend, you under
stand. Is still on very strict diet. AMI
he comes to me more for spiritual
comfort than for bodily. But 1 will
ring should / find he would like to
stay"
VERY good. sir"
And Drummond heard the door close,
and knew that his last hope had gone.
Then he heard Peterson's voice
again, sharp and incisiye.
Lock the door. You two-set
Drummond- Hes in the bathroom"
The two men he had previously seen
entered and carried him back into the |
sitting room. where the whole scheme !.
was obvious at glance Just getting !
ont Of an ordinary invalid's chair was
a big man Of more or less the same .
build as himself A thick silk muffier I
partially disguised his face; a soft /
hat was pulled well down over his
eyes, and Drummond realized that the
gentleman who had been wheeled in
for spiritual comfort would not be
wheeled out
The TWO men pulled him out of his
chair, and then, forgetting his condi-
ton. they let him go, and he col
lapsed Ike sack of potatoes on the
floor. his legs and arms sprawiing in
grotesque attitudes.
They picked him up again, and not
without difficulty they got him into the
other mans ovefcoat: and finally they
deposited him. in the invalid's chair,
and tucked him up with the rug.
I'VE will give 1t half an hour" re
marked Peterson. who had been
the operation by that
lime our friend will have had sufr
lent spiritual solace: and until then
Tou two can wait outside 1 Will give
-ou your full instructions later"
"Will you want me any more, sirr
The man whose place Drummond had
AIKEN was speaking.
NO" said Peterson CURLY. Get
70 down by the stairs and not by the
1T"
With a nod. he dismissed them all.
nd once again Drummond was alone
nth his two chief enemies
Simple. isn't ii. my friendF re-
,arked Peterson IAN invalid ar
ives. and an invalid will shortly GO
nd once you've passed the hotel
oors you viii cease to be an invalid
on viii become again that well
nown young man about town-Capt- '
ugh Drunimond = driving out of 6
ondon In his cara very nice Rolls. {
lat new one of yourS-bought. I
link, since We last met. Your chauf
,ur would have been most uneasy n
hen he missed il but for the note n
,u've left him. saying you'll be away p
r three days" Peterson laughed e
,ntlv as he stared at his victim
you must forgive me IL / seem te Il
oat little, won't your he contfn-
d. 'T've got such large score 10 VI
tile with you. and / very much fear n
shan't be in at the death. have ar al
sasement to dine with an American I
llionaire whose wife is touched &c OF
. heart over the sUfferinss of the pi
irving poor in Austria And when q,
> wives of millionaires are touched
the heart, my experience is that the ne
stands are generally touched TO the be
cket." sn
tro BE coNTINUED) lii