Show PA liana by CYRIL mcneile SAPPER Copti right tv bv it domn CO ca V N tt a anneo W 4 8 W car sf I 1 I 1 v CHAPTER XIV 21 in which a murderer Is murdered at maybrick hall you appear to have hae 11 ond wonderful erful faculty culty for remaining alive nahe lily iny young friend remarked remur ked keI peterson Ie trison two to alli utes later inter guying gazing benevolently ut tit drummond Dru inmond over oer lils his clerical collar ollar you cant imagine the lie surprise it guio gave me lite peterson son s on oil in linued gently when hiir wife hulled balled my illy cir car so unexpected so eo delightful ali ami jhen cn I 1 rea realized liked that jint vou were in etli our grounds licie here instead of firing being drowned us its that tool fool no 10 told old tile over oe tile the telephone by IS the lie n abere lien Is no to lop lle ile turned snarling ili tile the but it was ais one of the lie men behind di chair 0 who o answered lips belld tills this guy gi threw on oil tile live wires lreh do pu jou meun mean 1 I to 0 say feiy said tile lie tills benn indis hurst inn sli i voice that lint it was only this nalin outside thare you m have guessed it adolph answered Be icil drummond speaking ciechan leally it hild had seemed to suddenly that lill unseen seen by 1 theophers the lie others phyllis MIS 1111 4 trying to coliver some messi iye alone I 1 did ill it to i of flint raced bird upstairs with alth the tong long arami ill ma in anict without wishing to ex ngn eiith I 1 hink tile total bag Is 1 live alc Ill lint lt wits aib slie site trying to make him und enlund and alid thell ilY elie IC lann aln to hysterically and lie liala lose froll ills sent tt only to sit down domi aln again abruptly us its lie felt the cold aln ring of it re reolder iio Kr olver pressed aed into the nape of tits ills neck airee and two to illace lle five said pi lyllis balf laughing and balf crying one makes six sl I 1 worked oiled it out t nd lid it nil jill came right shu on fur for a while lillo it in tile anine till tile lie allus fail biln lound OH her ith a snarl annil unit lold ber to shut her ino lie was is talking in low alti tolles to to peterson lind willi olle searching look nt it hugh site blie rel relapsed apsel into st silence lence there was as no ill I 1 diat look and ills his heart lie lichtin liC tin to 10 pound suddenly in ili ins ills exelle anent for bor 10 1250 lo mayfair wits ii the num nuin per of lit ight let birj denull Di null ells i and ille could ulily V annin oni one tiling thing that ghe t lil flad kt got through to peter 11 libnic lif nic sit alir flopped slip cd the alir cur c ii am ali if tilt bluit t ns so ho I 1 licit was ans still hopr it if on only y tie lie t t gain aln time liitt st liow lio lon 11 avit a I 1 V two lio ilu iiii tirs nt at wree it if llo isible to bound ill ip till ill tile vik and aind gt cars in ili tic il liddle rf tilt alie filid vi lid hakl jillie two lo 10 hours lit the alie wiy very lafitt and there wits uis tile lip brux m fion wili n lip lie going to get ct sich a i saliv t im I 1 01 tills this tittle ile w chuld not leif for another itil mahnke it its tit tin end 1111 and r knew hiie it 11 nu No truce trace of mero showed si ocl n tie the blives of tile ilie three rw men inin op ii slie 1 lin lie caught occasional hs antl lifter after it 11 while lill lip zed abat the ratter 1 utter under discussion disc ivas il evi fantl antly tile red led russian was in nor of killing ailin violently lolen tl allot lit ill olica and it was u is count 1 who w tw its advocating caution while lillo peterson sat between thein listening hopia loly etli ills eyes fixed on bruni bond 1 I know kno tile the I 1 alack doting ann bidon vivi IH sayong you dont and they the limm know we tile then cheti lie heard the word accident repeated several sou nil times thues tin and nt lit hnath sll shrugged tits lila liona dors ders and leaned back in lil lili ills i chair cli clr ilie it your own on ii lie remarked 1 I 1 dont cure care liow flow killed ns its on oil sis as illey ali sue aro killed if you iou think its necessary to pretend there tills been tin nn avelt lent we uell 11 ll lne have tin nn acel dent 1 I 1 lie he dolfl point Is what sort of till nn acel dent it was ns left to carl Ilet erbon to decide Not Noth mutters matteri liln ilig Is rl suavely tin and ills cie on drummond vo inq my lily young filand tie lie ut rin rats ini ing his 1119 voice alco ilie best MI valy of getting ald of yoo ion land dour charming kv alff I 1 fe I 1 regret that the filst share your our fate lint but I 1 SOP ser no wo out ut of it to keep lier perlinia per linin antly lilious tile the premises would mould lie hr to too kreit nr nn 1 inton neon veti letice and ance we erint ei cant int I 1 let I 1 t her S do 0 without involving ourselves ours elMs in ili unpleasant notoriety nut orlet I 1 fear us as I 1 gilld that slie site must joti join you ou aly friend dyplowski wishes vl to hion you ou lulli and bury you sou in tile the gro grot fil lle lie 1 lus us done n lot of that A ills tittle and I 1 li clice clieve I 1 iiii rait 1 in ing flint ills hand has ni its running since lemini leaving ilus A littie lie out of perhaps but tile hit result Is the lie same on the lie other hand count coun Zut loun you ou klio of old quite rigl itly flint there loiero are lie members or of bour conr hill culous gang who ulio know alno about lim and elligh I 1 very eastly ind find out about nhoun tile nic all and ahen lien in i few days our inetor chr car is 3 hoisted out of tile i liter titer and is traced by the registration number as yours tie he fears that nut not only inny 1 find things very cry hut but alint a of unenviable and un desirable limelight he be thrown on this his part of tile the country and on this thir housa As my friend i A i ft st T 1 most justly observed wo wa want nil art accident a rent real good bonn bona lide ilde accident which will relieve the tha world of your presence pre hence and antl will bring no scorching glare of publicity upon tills this housie house or tiny liny of my mv contreres confreres bonfie con freres fie who in england ln gland you may re rull all that flint vas my illy original lilen lava only guiv you seem in lie most extraordinary way to liue bave escaped from froin being drowned still ns its fur us its it goes we e have a very good foundation to build on your cur car duly verce iea hy by the gentleman of nf limited intelli intel intelligence lj ence who works tile lie bridge berit arit over lite lie eddei you vou were duly perceive perc elud I ln in it strangely eno enough tigh tits eyesight eai ight must lisne have bren been defective or ir else lie he was so flustered by your our anit sanitizing izing action n ton that tic lie was incapable of noticing everything overy eri thing tit nt such it moment I 1 he te batise lie he actually failed to see that your charming wife was ns settled lies itle you ou in tile lie moment of ann site realized you iou lind fainted site ihnot f doubt less to try and throw out but tile the clutch yes ves lils eyes ees cold cod and expression less were vere turned momentarily on 1 I 1 think that Is alint sliu must imae done raint ac coumis for tile not cry intelligent ante opener biener fulling failing to see sec her hut that slie site was there Is cortil certain ln e both bodies will be recovered front tilt lel tile the lay day after tomorrow we MC say some two or three miles clown stream lie ile was le forward fonn rd tits ills elbows un oil the tuble table anil for the first time drummond understood something of V you appear to have a wonderful faculty for remaining alive my young friend remarked Pit peterson ersoll the diabolical hatred which le terson felt f for it jim lie ili it lind ad never shown it before lie wits was fur far too bis ilig it a limn inan c ever cr to betray ills his feeling unnecessarily s arlly iltis now rs lie sat facing ailin gently rubbing tits ills big white hands bunds together di drummond andert tood iliano Ili ank volt ion a thousand li fitiles tiles lie rep repented voled lit in tile lie baille gentle voice olce and since you ure are so onee conce nud ravil about the matter I 1 will tell you my illy plan in ili some detail I 1 need hardly say thal illy any suggest iotis volt ou mike make on any un points that may strike you ion will receive lily most t ireful attention mien the car crit clashed liml into tit lie water vater it curried you iou and wire wife biti it you were both hurled out ns as the var tar plunged into tile water and somewhat miti milly YOU ion wee ie thrown forand head till will aile drummond you it lift rt tilt alie nir and your licad i the stonework slon corl of tit osite alvr sic hening force jut you ion leached beached alie lie water in fitt fact it a Imir keif feit feature ture or of the lie case when licci tills this dreadful is in lite lie capois pipers will lie ile the hie force fone with will willai ji you iou both struck flint tiler pier your two lw lic lieada ittis were terribly lutted hat teed in rilet fut I 1 liae have hut but little doubt that tilt coroner tiro iier will deelbe when your bodies 11 ale re rev recovered few miles julies down hirram aliat volt ou w wrt ra not lit in reality di 11 owned but that hiat tw the ter rifle lill on 41 11 the alie stalie plea pie killed you ou 1 y un da you iou it 11 h s up to late date 1 I think its d d tin unsound sound re barted drummond if t you ou liro pose se to take lilt im and endi dvor to inake my lily li head ad impinge on it ii slone lone t wall someone is 19 going to ill gel el a thick ell r besides lu aldes tile bridge laii t open lien and e ell cn your pit pal itile not wo too intel 1191 might il lit stick in tits ills toes a bit or of vourse he added hope lilii fiill lyou iu say ay you ou wore were dolny doln it for lite ilif movies tell flint charlie but that aliat you yon diesa d la in it hurry youe forg forgotten for golten oilen your lour must lit he the redheaded red headed Iltis Il lan wits was stearl ing 1116 1 let illet me file set get lit at liliu film cliplef ile he wont try being funny 1 ilie I lie russian half balf rose in ids his f ctet act bis 1114 leeth bared and pulled him bick back into tits ills chair get gel your aur clin tiro in n moment or two it hp P ronadl ned abely aad rien it lie turned inure on anil and the lie genial look had vanished from tits ills face doubtless your humor ap appeals licals to some people it does not to me lite moreover More oer I 1 am in rather it a hurry I 1 ilo do not pr captain to take you it to tile the bridge and endeavor to ni nithe make the your head beal impinge on a wull wall ns you cull it II there Is another fur far simpler method of pi educing producing the lie same result tiie the impinging will take place in tills house As a su liller ou should know the mill ot of a blow over our tile licad head will walli tile the butt of a rifle anti and I 1 can assure you that there abere will be no bungling tills time Yul bulowski Is tilt 1111 expert lit in such lucli mutters matters anti nd I 1 atily personally to see ili that it it it Is done drummond passed ills big tongue over ills ids tills will despite desote himself ills voice shook it n little am AID I 1 it 0 o understand lie said after it a moment you propose to in let that man butcher us liere hen in tills house with n rille lust just so BO answered Iii eterson Ie torson that Is exactly abat you are to understand der stand you tire are going to let hlin bash my mv wife over the herld head with a rifle ride butt 1 I mn mil going to order lalni to do so said peterson Ic lerson madly and very shortly tit at flint we ve inest not have tiny any nil mistakes stales over tit length of tittle youve both been lead I 1 confess confers it sounds drastic but I 1 can assure you ion it will be quite finite sudden as I 1 toli told you Is tin an expert ile he hinol a lot of experience in ili Ilus sla you inhuman doval I 1 muttered D drummnond Dru ru almond daze dazedly illy you can dot do what you like to tile me but for II ll enns eavens sal sake e lot let tier her boffl ile he was staling fascinated tit nt the Itus who had risen arii crossed to a cupboard clipboard in tile wall there wits was something almost nian maniacal lacal in ili the look on ills his face the lie look of a savage brute beast confronted with the prey it desires desire impossible my lily dear young friend peterson Ie torson regretfully it affords tile me no pleasure sure to liae have her ber killed but I 1 have no alternative to see you yo dead I 1 would cross two continents ts lie ho snarled suddenly but and tits ills voice became normal again only bitter necessity compels tile me to adopt such measures wath ith phyllis Phyl ll you see she elie knows too much handled ills rifle lovingly and lili ills teeth ovod in n 1 I wolfish grin eliji A shall I 1 take liht cle clemile fIle be mild d carol asly the point it Is immaterial returned 11 tc vt torson ersoll 1 I think perhaps the woman tried to speak anil and bridled ills longue avns clinging to the roof of tits ills mouth juth everything tiling in the was dancing before ills Is eyes dimly lie saw the reo red headed brute swinging bringing tits ills rifle ride to test it fully lie saw Il lyllis sitting holt bolt upright 11 calm scornful expression on har face while allo two men bield lier her by the arins so that ale sl e could not move anil and suddenly lie croaked horribly then lie saw h iw Yul bulowski put down don the lie rifle and listen intently for a moment the lie matter snapped peterson irritably po do MU ili hear the dif different Terent note to flint dyn amo nino said eald want tile the li it ls Is that got to do with it in roared peterson acet on with it vl n you nu ind aind attend to the flyn dynamo nillo afterward nodded anti and picked up ills rifle again 1 I hie it last time he be sold said turning on drummond Dru with lilt it a dreadful look of evil all in ills faie face hint flint tills ills rifle was ti beil eil by me lite ans in a cellar in on even more exalted c people than you I 1 brought it specially with tile ino us a memento never thinking I 1 should have tin the pleasure of using it again HP swung it over our ills heid and drummond mind shut tits ills evvs ets to open them again it a illon moment lent later as tile the door ivits flung filing open and it a man dds fraught with terror dashed in the i anck gang 1 I lie wild 1 ly hundreds of thein nil all round tile alir loish loi ih cut the wires n fearful curse feterson leaped to ills hn feet and the men holding drummond tit t tile he sudden turning lite lie tables let go ills hla arms strod inting int ing ly nt the lie door aind vital happened then ans ns so quick flint none of tile hie r onlookers raised it inger fanger to prevent prent it lilt aba jowl of nn an agell 1 leat 0 hurled himself on tile lie tills blind mail mad lilt fury anti and when two seconds litter it a doyen banck cowl pil black hooded rume entile swarming lit in gli the flip door for or one instant th thy eliy y paused in sliver sheer I 1 horror rr r to tile wall with ills his own bayol bayonet lt which stuck out nut six bp leond ind ills bach was a redheaded red I 1 headed leaded red awarded nin imin gibbering horribly jr in si 1 brange hin lingi guage ige creeping toward inward it lien benevolent evol nt looking bergy s alan alio ho crouched lied in n corner wil was 8 a man they ann p recognized 1 ns lender leader so appalling was tile lie look of malignant mul Ignant fury on an his face TO nn dr |