The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-10-14
kprER X-Continued

ID Tight
Irs not your fault; you
have known. But-what q
beenl And this time wasted,
might have been doing some
THAT on earth's happenedT
IC. n,.
never turned up at the Ritz,
PHYLLIS never turned up for
Al first / thought she was late,
vaIted. Then I thought she'd
some pal and had gone to feed
.re else. And then, what with
"a Peterson, and later that
.ck | forgot all about her."
GOOD heavens, Hugh. what do
eanY said Ted. You don't
hat"
course think 1t. l know It,
got her: they've kidnapped her.
hpder my nose" He rose and
10 pace up and down the room
Ing, uneven strides, while the
Watched him anxiously.
id girl heard me say that
" coming TO lunch, and just
hat she went upstairs. And
d, being Peterson, took chance
he's pulled it off"
Longworth stood up, serious for
a way.
res no time now to beat about
b, Hugh. If they've got Phyllis
only one possible thing that you
Go straight to Bryan John
Ind put all the your cards on the
Tell him the whole thing from
-conceal nothing. And then
the matter In his hands. He |
et you down"
4 moment or two Hugh faced |
Undecided. The sudden danger |
llis seemed to have robbed him
hrily Of his power Of initiative;
time he had ceased to be the
rs right" said birmingham
1T doesn't matter what hap
US, you've got to think about
Well get it in the neck-but
Fas always that risk"
)elieve you're right" muttered
BOOKING round for his hat. MY
all buzzing, l can't think"
at that moment the telephone
pg on his desk.
over it, Ted said Hugh.
|ngham picked up the receiver.
this is Captain Drummond's
Motifs not him speaking.
\ give him any message you like.
re you? Who? Mr.. Longmoor
Ritz. | see. Yes-he told me
d lunched with him today. Oh!
rtainly."
while Ted birmingham stood
the receiver to his ear, and
le thin, metallic voice of the
at the other end broke the
OF the room. 1t went on, mad
, mdlstinct to the three men
q round the instrument, broken
an occasional monosyllable
efnlngham. Then with a final
Il certainly tell him." Ted laid
he instrument.
| Old he say, Ted?" demanded
yitatedly.
eht message to you, old man.
approximately to this effect
was feeling very uneasy be-
our wife had not turned up at
nu mat he hoped there had !
accident. He further went on l
nal since he had parted from !
ost peculiar piece Of informa-
come to his knowledge, which, >
: though it might appear, |.
~ pear on her failure to turn
ae Ritz. He most earnestly d
nat you should go round and II
al once-because if his infor- ?
vas correct any delay might Z
Os' dangerous for her. And =
! no account were you to 90 Il
''ice until you had seen him"
while there was silence in the e
''rummond, frowning heavily, .
ing out of the window the y
= knowing what to say, were y
" MN to speak. And after y
swung round, and they saw y
ar OF indecision had gone. !
matters consider ~
SAD quietly. at reduces II =,
ODDS of Peterson and me- -
Oan go to the police, old
=. Aiey. you won't pay V,
'lon 10 that message. He'll 7,
, That you haven't come y
0 him." ~
md laughed shortly. hs
you forgotten the rules SO 81,
v ,hat you think that7 Look
window. man, only don't be So
''es a fellow watching the DIR
- couldn't go a yard with
vi knowing. Moreover I'm Dr
small bet that he knew II
mousse when he was talking in
'0od heavensl No. Peter tn,
ane sort of man to play til
with. He's got str
whole thing is his show. Ca
.e sn' 10 the police. long be- me
Uuiu bring 1t home to him. bel
, ., be-why"-and no,
the veins e<oos 4.