The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-29
CHAPTER FORTY

The nroeram. as laid down D,
Gun. was carried out to the ies
ter. They went into the Dunga4tG;I1
laughing, gay and inconSeque4h an
Gun dispensed drinks, and ,nel
after a little while, he remarkeu,
DO you know, I've got an lot 10
that I'm not really necessary ~
this party? And I hate playing ~ 90
ira gentleman in any 4,nd.
off to bed. Besides, I'm SUN 10y
mo the sensation of lying IN shee,s
rove1tv. and I rather like IL.
"Then get to them, old boy!
rommv roared. in his heartlest
voice. Don't let us keep you. w.
can amuse ourselves, en-, CORA:
And her voice was all lazy Sc
duction as she replied:
1--WE can try, Tommy, I Think,
Cur babe them a laughing good
r;oht and went noisily up tn e
stairs. and went noisily on IN the
bedroom, and undressed IN 1ull
view of the window. He was leaV'
ing nOlnlQS W |lIoAiSS'
The next hour and a half was a
irving for him. There was no
sound to be heard, except the low
murmur of the others voices from
below. and an occasional interpola-
ton as the guards spoke to each
other. Gun, lying in bed, tried to
think of every possible eventually
that might occur to mar tn e
plans and prevent their escape
and some method of countering it.
He found that, unfortunately, most
of these e~ventualities were only
too likely to happen, and that II
they did they could not be coped
with.
Time passed. He heard Coral and
Tommy murmuring affectlonate
good nights. No doubt the listen
ers at the other end heard too, and
for the first time since he had
gone upstairs Gun grinned at the
thought of Otto's annoyance.
Then he heard Cor;l leave
heard her laughing with the guard
on the gate. Gun grinned again.
It was another case of "establish-
ing confidence"
Tommy amt upstairs, and Gun
made a warning sign to him and
then started on a little more play
acting.
you've been a hell of a long
time, haven't you, Tommy"
Tommy rose to it well.
What if l have? We're not short
for time, cooped up in this hole,
are WEI"
You're falling for that girl,
aren't your"
Suppose I am? Isn't she worth
it?"
Guns voice sounded very serious
as he said:
Look here, you're not letting
her wheedle anything out of you,
are your"
Don't be a bloody fool, Gun
ston-and don't be offensive, Ell
Their. 1 don't like it,"
Sorry! I didn't mean to be Of
fensive. But you mustn't forget
she's on the other side, you know"
Tommy gave a %conceited laugh,
as he dropped his shoes on the
floor.
Il don't think she's altogether on
the other side so far as I'm con-
cerned, my boy"
Gun appeared to lose patience.
"Oh, gosh! You drunken il.
So-and-so, I'm going to sleep. Good
night"
Good highland be damned to
you'll Tommy laughed.
He finished undressing, put out
the light, and then tip-toed across
and whispered, with his mouth
close to Guns ear: What do we
do now?" And Gun answered, in
the same tone:
Get dressed again-in the dark.
And no noise!!"
The next two hours represented
a period that Gun hoped he would
never have to 60 through again.
He and Tommy sat on their beds,
unable to talk, except for an &C.
casional word in the faintest of
whispers. They strained their ears
to catch any sound that might tell
them what was going on beyond
the wooden fence. And all the time
they knew that almost any sort of
sound would spell disaster to their
hopes.
VIGOROUSLY Gun went through
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