The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-11-11
CHAPTER xII-Continued


. rect and outwards through his shou
! ders to his hands there slowly bega
{ TO creep the most agonizing cram
Inc torture was Understandable, and tn
sweat dripped off his forehead into hi
eyes. And gradually it dawned O
MN that the effects of the poison wer
wearing off. Sensation was returnin
TO his limbs; even through his agon
ne could feel that he was restin
against something under the water
linen he heard strange noise ant
realized that 1t was he himself groan
ing with the pain. The use of his
voice had come back. He spoke 6
sentence aloud, and made certain.
AND then Drummond deliberately de-
cided on doing one of those things
which Peterson had always failed to
ieglslate for in the past. Ninety-nine
men out of hundred would have
shouted themselves hoarse under such
circumstances; not so Drummond
had he done so message would have
reached Peterson in just so long as 1t
TOOK trunk call to get through; the
man called Franz was still assiduously
helplng the gatekeeper on the bridge.
And the Reverend Theodosius Long
moor and his little Janet would have
vanished into the night, leaving no
traces behind them.
winch all flashed through Drum
monds mind, as the cramp took and
racked him, and the impulse to shout
grew stronger and stronger. But a
more powerful force was at work with.
In him than mere pain-a cold, bitter
resolve to get even with Carl Peter !
son. And 1t required no great effort |
OF brain to see that that would he |
more easily done If Peterson believed |
ne had succeeded. Moreover if he
shouted there would be questions
asked. The police would inevitably
come into the matter, demanding TO
know why he adopted such peculiar
FORMS OF amusement as going info
.Wenty feet of water in a perfectly
sood motor car. And all that would
mean delay, which was the last thing
,e wanted. He felt tolerably certain,
nat, for all his apparent confidence.
,eterson was not going to stop one
minute longer In the country than was
bsolutely necessary.
SO he stayed where he was in
llence-and gradually the cramp
assed away. He could turn his head
ow, and with eyes that had grown
ccustomed to the darkness he saw
nat had happened. On each side of
IN the river flowed past smoothly.
10 he realized that by a wonderful
roke of luck he had struck small !.
loal Had he missed it-had ne =
'ated by on either side-welI. Peter
ms plan would have succeeded. 10
Foilowing the extraordinary motor &c
cident reported in our previous issue. so
are now Informed that the body Of wi
unfortunate driver has been dis he
Vered some three miles from the ra
enc OF the tragedy He was he
owped and had evidently been dead TIL
ne hours" m,
orummond smiled grimly to himself tn
he imagined the paragraphs In the po
"a to let his narrow escape worry nut
for an instant. and he felt an nm act
y satisfaction in thinking of Peter wo
searching the early specials and S
late extras for that little item of mo
rs. no,
Ia hate you to be disappointed nv stel
nd, he muttered to himself but :.
III have to be content with the coat ma,
hat The body has doubtless III.
ted farther on and will be recoy- can
later" 90,
Q took Off his hat, and let II drtft riyl
y; he unbuttoned his overcoat and the
u aiter the nat. Then letting Thil
self down Into the deep water. he TT
m noiselessly toward the bank tame
little to his surprise he found that behi
legs and arms felt perfectly nor cant
"a trifie stiff perhaps, but beyond from
the effects of the poison seemed Thr,
ave worn Off completely. Beyond whio
very wet he appeared to have wall
red no evil results at all. and the
he'd done "knees I'D" on the of n
FOR live minutes to restore his solve
,a'ioii ne SAT down to consider conn
Ian of action. lion
st, Phyllis at Maybrick han. He And
get at her somehow, and, even see
couldn't get her away, he must on tn
er Anow that she would be all drive
After that things must look He
themselves; everything would then
ID on circumstances Always pro was ,
that those circumstances led to thick
ne great goal-Peterson. Once top 8
s was safe, everything was sub mond
=. ~ mat refiec
huicn ciock near by began to toll round
'ui' auu Drummond counted the An a
. 'eSen o'ciock-not two corral
SINCE ne hHu gone over the hou
anu ie't IKE SIX So much the l,
tier. IL gave him so rnonv x,e-~ | h~.,,4,