Show ube PU P U W 44 cram ILA anle oa K CHAPTER I 1 ill I 1 U continued 5 there must have heen evil rovie ionic stand fird aril some same test tunit lie tried tiled those coast lilies hy by when they did riot not ft fit it ILI lie destroyed them that test or annd stand ard art hue have existed solely in his memory if not if it was a thin tiling committed to paper then lien we can find tand it whatever it was ans lie ile must haap been in the babit of referring to it con coll bt antly lit in that alint ease cusp I 1 lime tio no doubt doolit that hut etim lt somewhere tn fit tilts this room tile take the till ciul tint lined it ot at the lie oth r ell end of nf tile bookshelves so now naise it so that the lie light will full fall hort horl zon trilly lions tile the tot top shelf UP lip lind stationed nt at the opposite end front from hare where I 1 stood all lie sighted 1 l litcy along tile the projecting edge of ohp stielf us I 1 raise tile lie laina to tile height he indicated cited itry the next net one lie said so 0 o and now tile next there do wove woe pot got it if im not mist fiken lie ile rallied cpr toward to irI mr iny end nf of case nil and pulled n bno out of the lie thard shelf lic lf our thanks Hini il ine fire due to the old wom om tin nn for or not being too good ti it housekeep er lip ober observed ved lit in comment tile dist d it on elioe hooks Is c that lie was wag not lit ID tile the of read liis ing thern hut but this one slices shows it clem clear bravic in and out nut of tile shelf ri theres heres tit no better dilding place for a of paper than alinn a book lip he balanced the book carefully in hoth doth hands till aind then le let t it open whore it would donld all ie he said 1 I think weve ee found it ft for foi here between the lip two to allow sol liw pages was ns a bluish sheet of tc tri parent riper paper folded if HP laid down the hook tin and opened till nil the paper it ans ns a mill too and its is I 1 looked tit K it ft closely I 1 saw that tt it VT on a very er large laige scale it wag n a niep of n very eri narrow necked the soundings so n lull n KS lit in the wi sell nil about it were indicated over file surface of the lund itself were barlous little which lil cli III II ld I d thir th ir lr in 1 n I legend in tire hie co coiner atler 0 otte one had only onh to rend a littia way don own tills this explanatory column to ep with what care ill HIP timp had been drown drawn and on how jorge hipe a scale reale such unimportant ol oil ants froin f i om a geographers point of i view lew ns ni it ii granite or it a blast pl trpe tin aind their position lon indicated nil ni tile lie pirri purpose toge of that amp maker hul not been purely geogre gebb lit ilea 1 so billich was clear its a tracing you ou sei see doctor mi Me A lister Allster observed lles hes rot got tile arif aill locked somewhere liere now put I 1 lit do you ou anotle no tle theres nothing on oil ille hie sheet anywhere to indicate in vital part dart of tile tie world bild till tills hit or of ilind iles ike r theres heres no latitude or I 1 mg atilde indicated well vl line have to g pet it the lit original to tint and that at that tile 0 of the effin of this wilderness of enalls flashed 11 alicd neross m my mind no I 1 cried lie gilt tt antl t ildi or longi on the original eatherl ftp knew keic tn in the clity lav of his booth tiny m hotter heifer than we lie anon flow iw into info alint lint sell lint alint little peninsula juts its it lien lints what lip spent ippol tile flip last int three epars pars of his life io linit lilt li if g doctor McAll tir nodded gravely KI oil fire antl right lie gald ild right ii corid and it 0 doubt theres no alitt tl re iq to in ile round on that tilt of lint hut it Is lip hp it hadly it ans natural chilt we should loth hoth f 11 went silt nt just filet alien too that lint lit in our exciter tient over ier the ditroi pry our nerves were higher strung than ii aul ual it ind had grown pretty prett I 1 lute it te there ws was a dead stillness if lie eliouse ilic only hlll sound sine save tilt alie I 1 ticking of nf it i cleek tnt that came to our ears ans is tile lip occasional iloan of a gurt of wind through the alie tret reps rillo around flit lie corners of tile lie house so it w wis 1 l 3 al tint that we e liotti both violently n kust glist of wind td blew open one of the ali windows with ith a inep b zing mil and our to illeker and then so go out I 1 till tinia wiped illy n forel wad with etli tile flit finch of my mv hand liand it w MIS apt pt irli n I 1 rose or rather s t r irh 1 I it to I 1 rise and it nt ill tin saute icv dicran all to opral peak tit nt all nav rate wilfid lit 1 I nd lit li wind mind to tn say sin aris ns that I 1 would lou eloe lo u the window it if lie doctor daitor the lamp lint bilt biroas biro vs o I 1 had sald three words by 57 YORKE DAVIS service copyright 1924 the compelling grip alp of his ir land hand thrust me hack into my iny chair and my mv sentence trailed off into a sort of gasp so for a moi moment nent we silt sat breath less fesq getting tn in I 1 whispered presently it must he Al Mn llory Milli ory tins has a key lie le retorted ILl billsten sten 11 no that was not mallory Mn llory it was not anybody trying to ket get tn lit for some soine hody lind had already succeeded somebody who was till eady milking making his way with swift almost incredibly stealthy steps is up till tile stairs from the second floor to the room where we were sitting kitting we drew luick back into nn fill obscure cortier corner und and stood close together hilla crouching eyeing the door presently we ve saw it opening anil and then therl elner ged front from its shadow a atice we boti kiwa a race ance neither of us Is ever likely to forget the eyes lit in alint fice face we flit lind never sean before for they lind had toen been closed the lie last P till IV it was a cloak a green cloak and the collar was cut high in the back time we looked tit nt it now they were about till nil we could we see tile black allu k hailar butr lost itself in it the shadow which hakli enveloped enu loped the doorway and tit the olle olive inon 81 sun on was MIS itself it ii shidow shadow hut but the lie oes eyes they burned with tile lie nuin trip trig green intensity of it leopards the doctor and I 1 shrank back into our conar bornt r arid ciul halted breathlessly to see what hat she would do tile the first tiling thing was ns curious tint little to ile he fv ex pec petted tied slie she closed behind lier the door in by which site she had entered then brisk certainly but with etli no noise nt at ull nil she moved moed toward the desk that brought tier a 1 little nearer us she lind had kot got firm birins rench reach of tile flip chair when suddenly like n flash lii sli till tile the motion of tier her body was ns arrested iter tude lilt lind some boine tiling thing of the frozen alertness that one iee in a setter dog dig when ile he points game we P could see her ter fine face better now flow it was is turned tinned squar ply toward ui but appi slip she did not see us ehilt was nn for WP we were deep dael in ill the lilt hut site she know knew we P vere mere there the next moment I 1 lier HI she knew fly h virtue etue of tile the icino anine sene that tile setter tier uses site she had bad caught lit our scent ilea liend went w n lilt lier ter nostrils diluted dilated and slit lie Feel lINI to he drawing tit in n P deep I 1 have mi of if ell alti ll 11 sh ti to il flit lne S 1 1 lilt I 1 lines ull N s of the filing that lien slie she tood stood thore us us I 1 line ull said like ne fr fredi zen so fro still vi is slie site anil it then with lh no pr fiellin ellul hnnry motion whatever no nn crouch no gathering g if or of the lie rimes for 11 spring alir clashed ii cross the ri oln I 1 ill window like ilke i 1 lini illic ill itcy 11 dow pir for just jim tir nr instant I 1 saw tier in profile as u she I 1 alkon tile tip sill and thell SIM wits wis golle I 1 find followed foll fird tier to tile hie window ni fill swiftly ns is my mv e cluin I 1 hlll sv Y aluin 1110 to tl alotis would permit and in looked lown down exl to see me her lying bruised anit broken on the frozen ground instead of that ali at I 1 saw tile fleeting shadow of her moving swiftly across the snowy lawn toward tile the gate A moment later bareheaded bare handed I 1 was running nt at top speed down the rough frozen country road in n the direct direction lori I 1 had teen seen tier her take before I 1 hud had gone gane fifty yards I 1 heard bear other foots footsteps telis pounding along behind me ine end and a momentary fear that my iny old oil chlof lilt and been reckless enough to rash ills hones bones in 1 such n H chase caused nm file to pause linuse find turn hock back it was riot not doctor llo however wever hut but tile detective mallor und as lip panted ui till alongside tile HIP lie he said 1 I saw haw tier coming down tile ruin pipe mho might alil almost lost us as well hilve hie fillip fallen slip catnip down so BO fast what was mis he like I 1 dont dnn suppose e vou oil o got anything nn thing of rf it look stink tit nt tier her t no said hald 1 I tile the wind hud find just blown blosil out tile the lump and alli w we were there lit in tit the dirk dark when slip cattle in it matter lie ho sald brIt briefly 1 PS 8 we plowed along side hi fly side 1 ill I II 11 lillow know what ashes like well ellough when I 1 come colne up with tier nut but there Is no uso ulie in III lour our keeping up tip the lie chase ill get tier lier alone never litter fear nothing tant wears skirts can outrun nic mu I 1 W was is already half inclined to take his norice find and turn uin back for tile lie pact pace was beginning to tell on oil me inc when I 1 tripped over 01 cr something and fell head long by the time I 1 lilt biad picked myself up nil and shirlen shi ilen soine bonie of tile the loose snow out of my illy sleeves lie was wag already i a hundred yards attend down the lie road I 1 was ns about spent so regretfully I 1 turned hack back but for one moment I 1 passed curiously to anve the cause of my fill fall it had been something soft something that gave gane a little ns as iny foot struck it oil and then clung citing it had find been entirely covered hy by tile snow which had fallen out ont here in the flit coul country liry to a depth of six indies inches I 1 scuffled around in it wath my iny feet until I 1 found it then I 1 stooped find and picked it ill up it must he it a shawl or it a I 1 thought 1 fig as I 1 tile lie snow out of its folds und nd bield it out in both hands no it was neither it was it cloak clorel a green cloak and the collar was cut high lit in the back I 1 cust a glance over my iny shoulder 11 was already out of sight in the distance I 1 threw the cloak ove over r my iny arm and trudged hack back to tile the house CHAPTER IV barly hairl the lie next net morning doctor sic me allter allster alls ter arid and I 1 took one of the indus upon which tile male population of oak habitually goes to town upon its HR beveral bet ial find ani lotis huskiness tiu hu sIness we ve luid find hy by no means exhausted tile possibilities of discovery discover which still lay jay concealed we felt sure within that lonely old house where we lind had passed so stinnie a night nor had we solved its III insle levy ii hut but mutters of it more inore importance compelled us for a 11 while to Ilba abandon 1011 it in ill tile the list first place pi fcc we linew knew that little as w we liked the lie prospect it its as our deal clear duty to report to ashton what wo we knew of 0 the mysterious wild creature wlm who had escaped front from the hospi hospital tid und was now at large ily by one meting means or another she must lie he found as quickly its as possible site sin had already destroyed one life or of that wo we were practically ure sure and until site felic was under restraint si again guill we could liae have no guaranty that slie she would not destroy others to thwart that we inest call lit in asleton and tile police however little to our liking such it i couise might be we wa deferred our breakfast until our arrival lit in tf liron lIk memories of life hie dla din tier we hud luid inia tile before making it pasy aas to ro jo hungry for it while ve e were infer getting lit in than we expected to tit hu for a of to fog and lilt fierling sleet dilated deloyed our train out of tile tar car windows we could see as WL VL clowley along that tile hie telegraph gi illi wires already sagging un tin der their white armor of ue ice A As 4 soca as am wr we got lit in WP we dibov y glit to the alie th 11 in tilt llie billit we round found AsIl asleton toll hilli self just sitting hitting down own to 0 o break fust lie welcomed velco nied U lis whit in an eager enss nesi that showed that lie lind already heart souil report of our oden adventure ture or of the lie night before TO VE PE CONTINUED |