New Britain herald., 1925-04-02
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Ar, a friend of Slater, is one of the picture group, and he meets Hinkley, Dudley's butler who tells him of Dudley's plans.
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 With wary eye for the cottage he crossed the clearing and recon noitered the bank of the stream. At first he was at a loss how to reach the mill without swimming the race, but he soon discovered the stepping stones above the weir and so gained his goal
 To his surprise the outer door of the mill house stood open.
 Like wrath the ex-rifleman slipped from the fitful moonlight into the dark entry, and he had only taken two steps when his feet brushed against a pile of loose straw Another step and his foot struck metal Stopping down, he was informed by his sense of touch that he had kicked petrol can. There had always. been a glimmer Of hope in his mind that the bar onets threatened fire had been an empty bluff, but these combustibles told him that he was up against the real thing.
 Airs impulse WIS 10 gather the beastly things up and stamp out the peril by tossing them into the mill race. But the project was no sooner formed than the execution of it was arrested by the sound of voices on the upper floor. The words were | indistinguishable but one of them was undoubtedly that of a woman. Suddenly they ceased in a tinkle of 1 laughter like a silver bell. a door was slammed and heavy footsteps began to descend the stairs.
 The man with the keys was com ing down and Ali wanted those keys as he had never in the course of his life wanted anything before. With the tread of a cat he stepped back and out on to the 1 bank of the mill-race and waited joyously eXpectant.
 l 4 brief five minutes on a tame mill-wheel was child's play for her
 The hero hastened back to the bank. shouted to the camera man to start and retraced his steps along the miniature causeway in the best | Wommersley style -- a hero every | inch of hiu. But as he flung him. self down to hoist the heroine up he saw that something had gone wrong. Miss Blair" instead of turn ing an enraptured gaze on her rescuer, was staring at the bank which he had just left.
 Following the direction Of her frightened eyes, he broke into blas- phemy as he saw that two men had walked into the electric beam. Though for a few minutes yet he was not to know it, they were the Right Honorable stephen Colne and Detective-Inspector Wragge, Of Scotland Yard,
 A piercing scream from the woman on the wheel below drew his attention from the interlopers.
 "The wheel has moved!" walled Miss Blair" "Oh. my God! I'm being crushed to death."
 MT. Wommersley wrung his hands in despair, but a tall man with great hefty shoulders raced along the top of the dam and brushed the actor ignominiously aside, nearly hurting him into the turbulent water that had forced a passage past the broken wheel.
 "Out of the way you monkey, cried John Grimes in his thunder ous bass. "I'll get her out"
 CHAPTER NXN
 The Fight in the Dark
 The end of his second day of cap tivity found Norman Slater men, tally and physically nearly at the end of his tether.
 A hundred times Norman cursed his folly in delaying Ali Grinstead's start to twenty-four hours after the commencement of his own search for Kathleen.
 | Norman realized that he was TOT it," as the boys used to say in the trenches. But what of the brave girl upstairs? That was what really mattcred. Wopld she have the wit 10 recognize that since she could not have his life she had better save her own by feigning accept ance of the enemys atrocious terms so that she could repudiate them afterwards?
 Very soon he heard the steps coming down and a great terror seized him. For the purposefu tread on the stairs told of a rebun in the room above and of an lm' perative craving for revenge.
 "The mill is going to be destroyed bv fire. But before the flames catch hold I shall call again with a hunt ing crop and repay with interes' the dressing down you gave me 1T Cadogan Gardens" Dudley Glenis ter had that morning threatened
 And now he was about to do It The key grated in the lock and lamp gleamed in the doorway. Int haronet entered Clutching hls whip and whirling it round his head h' made 1t crack like pistol-shot'
 Now I'll make you sweat m! buck. and when you've done sweat ing I'll roast you to a turn" h' snarled.
 The last word had hardly passed his lips when from the open door way dark form launched itsel into the air with the spring Of leonard. It landed fair and squar' on Glenister's shoulders, bore hin to the ground and by smashing th' . electric torch plunged the ol' graib-room into darkness. Norman was almost sickened by the rebound from despair to hope. This must b' AIf and Ali at his very best. Ih' boarse tones of his faithful servan confirmed the glad surmise.
 "Cheer- oh, Captain!" panted All Hes down, and he's got to sta' ' r, I'u sonn have you out o