The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-09-02

IL was true: he could see the ,,yb,
Vi street lamp shining through 9
great jagged hole.
clear"
ne gave final fash of his torch
iouhd the floor. as they moved toward
'he shattered wall. and then suddenly
stopped. uen''
WHAT'S thatf"
"isht In the center Of the beam. w.
ing In the middle Of the floor wae /.
sihaii chamois leather bag. It seemad
unnurt and, without thinking, Hugh
picked 1t up and put 1t in his pocket
men switching off the torch, they both
ciamoered through the hole. dropned
oh 10 iean-to roof, and reached tho
ground INC
ihey were at the back Of the bouse
IN some deserted news, and rapiditv
OF movement was clearly indicated
ALREADY crowd was hurrying TO the
scene Of the explosion, and slipping
quietly out Of the dark alley. thew
Joiiien IN themselves
Go home, Ted" said Drummond
Il must get the others"
Right, old man." He made No do
muir but Just vanished quietly. while
MS leader slouched on toward tho
front door Of Green street The mo-
lice were already beating on n. wbiIa
large knot of interested spectators
giving gratultous advice stood around
thefn. And In the crowd Drummond
could see six Of his gang. six anxious
men who had determlned-poIIce or
no police-tO get upstairs and see
"hat had happened. In one and all
their minds was sickening fear. that
the man they followed had at last BIT
ten on more than he could chew
that they'd find him blown to pieces
In the mysterious room upstairs.
And then, quite clear and distinct
above the excited comments Of the
crowd, came the hooting of an owl.
A strange sound to hear in a Lon
don street. but no one paid any atten-
ton. Other more engrossing matters
were on hand, more engrOssing that
is to all except the six men who in
simultaneously swung half round as
they heard it. For just a second they
had glimpse Of a huge figure stand
Ing In the light of a lamp post on the
other side of the street-then it dis
appeared. And with astonishing celer-
ity they followed its example. Who
ever had been hurt 1t was not Drum
mond; and that, at the moment, was
all they were concerned with.
BY devious routes they left the
scene of the explosion-each with the
same goal in his mind. And within an
hour six young men. shorn Of all dis
guise and clad in immaculate evening
clothes. were admitted to DrummOnd's
house in Brook street by a somewhat
sleepy Denny.
They found Hugh arrayed In a gor-
geOus dressing gown with a large
tankard of beer beside him, and his
wife sitting on the arm of his chair.
what happened. old ladf" asked
Peter Darrell.
Il got handed the frozen mitten- l !
asked for bread. and they put across
a half-brick. To be absolutely accur- !
ate we got into the room all right. and /
having got in we found we couldn't /
get out. Then some one switched on /
the light and bunged a bomb at US |
through a hole in the door. Quite 1
0. h, old girl'-he put reassuring
arm round Phyllis waist-'1 think
we'd be still there if they hadn't"
as Ted all right:" asked Toby Sim
clair
yes. Ted's all right. Got young
Dad OF bricks in his back when the
telling came down-but he's all right
It's the other poor devil-Ginger Mar
in" His face was grim and stern, and
he others waited in silence for him to
continue.
There was a big desk in the room,
md the bomb fell on one side of it.
Ted and gave our weil-known imper-
onation of an earthworm on the
ther. which saved US. Unfortunately
finger Martin elected TO run round in
mall circles and curse. And he will
urse no more"
"Dead?' Peter Darrelrs voice was
DIV.
Very" answered Drummond quiet
=. 'The poor Brighter was blown 10
ieces. If he'd done what l told him
@ wouldn't have been. but that's be
Ide the point. He was working for
le. and he was killed while he was
DING so. And l don't like that hap
ening."
"what do you propose to do? de-
landed Jerry Seymour.