The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-08-23

stuck together. something soft,
vet substantial, wedged between
them. The Little Cheese stumbled,
utter cultural mprecatlon ana
brought sharply up against a wall.
As he struck it, the flaShlight was
Jared from his fingers.
CurSing vOlubly and feeling
along the wall, his hand came IN
sudden contact with wire. lie
felt along it. The wire ended IN
i wooden knob which in turn
ended i'm a button. Obviously a
light switch. The Little Cheese
decided TO risk second of illuml-
nation to get his bearings. He
pressed the button.
a terrible thing happened.
Lights went up. But they were
not the kind desired by the Little
Cheese. Instead Il horrible face,
the eyes classy and staring,
peered into his. The Little Cheese
jumped Il foot in the air. Then,
paralyzed with fear, he glanced
over his shoulder From across
the room another face, even more
CHASTITY than the first, glared at
him. 1t was the face that glowed
redly over slavering jaws. And
then to his horror he discovered
another one, wicked. demonlacal,
the face of u werewolf.
ConvulSed with terror, the Lit
tie Cheese looked suddenly at the
floor. And there at his very feet
glared up the most awful face OF
all. a great, grinning countenance
with long tongue and Il row OF
frightful, cleaning teeth. The
bones of the Little Cheese turned
to jelly. His shaking lips babbled
a Supplication. And then, al! at
once. the truth dawned on HIM.
He had pressed an ordinary
light button. And what had hap
pcned? Instead OF ordinary lights
there had come this collection OF
grimacing, malignant faces, MAX
ing Of the room L vcritable cham
Der Of horrors. In flash he UNI
derStood. His doctor had been
right. lie had the ID. It's. lie
had 'cm bad.
Shaking in every limb, the Lit
tie Cheese backed toward the VIM
dow By which he had entered. Al!
thoughts of Bull Griffin fled
from his mind. lie had to get out
of here. He had to scram Tor ms
life. lie took another backward
step and trod on something. A
sudden zip rent the stiffness.
A moment before Wolfgang,
Miss Fenimore's dechshund, had
been pursuing an orderly course
across the living room. And then
suddenly he had got wedged be-
tween something. The something
had stumbled over him and kicked
him EN- route. Now it had backed
up and stepped on his paw. Wolf
gang was not used to this sort OF
thing. His zip was 4 zip Of pro-
test
Upon the Little Cheese it had
a marked effect. He leapt rs
leapeth he who is prodded in the
posterior with pin. Then, all 1T
once, ne went mad. Before him
doomed devils faces; behind them
was something namelesS that
yipped. In fog OF fear and be-
wildermcnt, the Little Cheese
d,Shed across the room and away
from the window. He plunged III
to Il vista Of gloom and then stop
ped abruptly. Slitherin% along the
floor.
Another face, the face Of
hideouS, staring fish, barred the
way. Mr.. Hardness had done his
work thoroughly. He had even
electrified the Speckled trout IN
the dining room.
4 wave of red frenzy swept
over the brain of the Little
Cheese. He lost all sense Of direc-
ton and plunged madly about.
overturning chairs and tables and
all that got in his way. Then he
found himself going down kind
Of hallway, hallway merclfully
devoid of grinning faces. And
there was thin silver OF light
coming from under what appear
ed to be a door.
As the desert traveller races