New Britain herald., 1925-03-31
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ey he learns that Sir Dudley made an appointment with Glenister 10 meet him on the estate, and that Glenister had not been seen alive since. Meanwhile Sir Dudley is hold ing
 Kathleen Glenister and her lover, Norman Slater in prison.
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 You can jump on my feelings so long as you don't shove me in quod."
 Then just one little question. You took your wife over as dam aged goods to oblige a gentleman, didn't you?"
 Mr. Simon Trickey rasped his stubbly chin with unclean finger nails. For an instant his scowl seemed to ge revolt. He ended by solemnly winlSing at his inter- locutor.
 She wasn't cinema star when she did me the honor to accept my heart and hand" he replied with sly suggestion. Quite nice little allowance paid quarterly she had, but who paid it I haven't the re- motest idea. You might ask her the next time you're strolling along Lipscombe road"
 CHAPTER XX11
 The Room Downstairs Norman Slater did not recover his senses till the small hours Of the morning, and then for long while only In the sketchiest fashion. In his war experience he had been gasscd on one occasion and buried in a shell-hole for half a day on another, and his present sensations reminded him of both. Ills head was splitting, his throat was parch- ed and his limbs were so cramped that movement was almost denied him.
 Not a ray of light shone on his misery.
 By degrees remembrance came back, up to the point when he had succumbed to superior numbers and most potent anesthetic in the keener's cottage. From that his mind worked backwards to the events of the day before and what had led up to them. He groaned in despair - not for his own plight, but because he feared for Kathleen.
 At first he had not the faintest notion where he was. The sound Of running water gurgling close by presently gave him clue to hls whereabouts, and at last the break- ing of dawn on an iron-grated aper- ture high up in the wall Of his prison confirmed it.
 His treacherous captors had car ried him to the deserted mill across the stream and had fastened him to a wall in the basement. AS the light grew stronger. he was sure Of this, That pile of rotting sacks in the corner must once have held golden grain reaped in the pleasant countryside which he would never see again.
 His gloomy meditations were dis turbed by the grating of key and the opening of the door Of his prison. Judith Grimef entered, bearing a basin of porrldge and a jug of milk. She went out as silent ly as she had come, a gaunt and forbidding figure with her scanty gray locks and angular shoulders.
 The food and drink restored his body and mind to something ap- preaching the normal,
 He was straining his bonds pain fully when once again the door Of his dungeon swung open. He sank down again in a shiyer of disap- pointment and disgust. It was Sir Dudley Glenister who swaggered into the noisome hole iingling coins in his pocket and eXuding tri- umph in every pore of his great coarse body.
 Well. my bold hero, you've bit ten off more than you can chew" the baronet jeered the helpless man.
 Norman made no answer, Where was the use? He was not going to plead 10 the bully for mercy.
 "Sulking won't help you," the ruthless voice resumed. "The sen- tence of the court has been pro- nounccd and no defense will pre- vail. Tonight, my dear Slater, an accident is going to happen to this ancient ruin. It is going to be ut- terly destroyed by fire. But before the flames catch hold l shall call again with a hunting-crop and re- pay with interest the dressing-down you gave me in Cadogan Garden Makes your flesh creep, eh?"
 If it did there was no sign. Nor man preserved silence, gazing up at the dissipatcd face with weary | scorn.
 There is just q chance that you | may De SpdTtu tlic uV6 l"u"
 being thrashed as well as burned 1 the husky voice went on. That rests with your lady-love, who is my guest on the upper floor. If she consents to become my wife she will be spared the flames and you will be spared the whipping. You i will burn anyhow, as l have no ! other means of stopping the fuss you would make"
 The threat fell flat, so far as any outward show went.
 "I am now going up to present my terms to Kathleen" Sir Dudley concluded. "I hope l have made 1t clear that it rests with her whether Ha.a