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| dash off there himself. There’s a ^atr—
[age-at. the' comer’s. Let’s ^ee- if.-we
can get hold of a fast car.”
He led the way to the- largest gar-
arge- in Mes^ton,: Adam, staggering
after 'him with the. suit case. For--,
^anateiy the.. Professor was known to.
the propiietog, and- it was. not long
before he'/had ’ procured ‘a" .ear, and '.a-,
driver.. It* was a good. ear,, though'
somewhat past, its. best, and the driver
handled it capably.'-.7:
'-'They .slipped;rapidly but of'Mens-
ton ..and" were ' sopn vspeeding' between
green hedges. '.The'..-Professbr plied
his-- -companion . with- cigarettes - -and:
'talked to him soothingly. And indeed
Adam was in need of some such -min-^
istration, for after all thp tension of
the past few days their progress
seemed to him tmendurably slow, and
his nerves cried out with his eager
ness to reach Cardus Holt faster than
any car could have been? expected to
: make .the journey. ■
They were about eight miles out
when there came a sound of furious I
hooting- from a car “behind "’them, i
“Perkin’s car?”'asked the Professor.
Adam, nodded. . -
“lie’s made a good recovery. He’s
' -not without . guts, your Mr.' C-orriile
Perkin.” To the driver-’he said: “I'll
give you a pound if you manage to
keep in. front of that car.'-’ .
Their driver grmned nervously, “I
don’t want, to get into trouble, sir,”
he extenuated. '
. • ■ ’ 1/ L. , :“I’ll' take -the responsibility. •- for’
, any .-trouble-” ■ <. . .>'■■'
“Very good, sir.” They swerved
'.. AeiU jntoL ^the_j^n^1_pf.. jthe_ Ja^rrdwi
road-and held- their-'place-there.--'"
Glancing back Adam could see' the
set grey face of Mr? Perkin at the
wheel. He looked both formidable and
desperate and - for a moment the
younger man’s heart sank with the
-reah-za-t-ion—that - he • w^ ~ oh viniisiy—-far-
from being, beaten. He did not'look
•. “Think . Perkin’s ' speaking
truth?”-'
think' he’s tod frightened to in
vent anything.’1’ ‘ •
'“So do I. Just give him a” really
strong dose' now, so that he doesn’t
get over it too quickly, and then pack
-up’the circuit gs fast as' you cahCjF&
Ino*. • leaving that! behind.”'
T 'Obediently’ Adam provided. his -chief-
with a fall' exposure.. The wretched
door, but this brought him nearer to
the source zof- -the rays, and "he had
not the will'. to continue. Instead, he”
recoiled and, dashing back to the far
thest corner^ of. the room, he began
jda3L„at_jaieM^id.
. f walls' like ■ a man 'in the extremist'
^-Idementia------s-- - - -- - - - • ■ >, ; - ■■ n .zh^" sort" of i man' who' wopH' ever' 'be:
1 '“That'll dp,” said the’ Professor. ' —-,b
7 'i“It wpl take him a good few minutes
|to get .over that. Come along quickly
l-and be. careful how you handle that
| Valvel” . ■ ■ ' '
I -Within a couple of minutes, the
■ two were harrying down, the' stairs.
1 ^Whereabouts, -’is that place he men-
'ttibned,?” enquired, the breathless Pro-
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i,;- “On - the 'other -side' of .the. .Moors"
Penny-,
[house .that’s .been-'empty for years.”
’ '“Par .from here?”
j “A matter- of twelve miles, ■ I should
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Use foreman was going from, one*died last week. 'AH'-..your mates have-v-Hce or went there purselves?”
Man to■ another with a sheet of paperjgiven a dollar toward it.” . ' >■ ' I “Let's go ' oursdlves if there's any
. When he pame to Sandy McKie "he|1 ,“'0ch, mon,” replied Sandy.' “That'll way of getting there quickly.’’ '
square.‘‘”He*"Pwed'-- ’ “Taxill be."fbo slow. “As. -soda Tas'
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they .had •- the advantage while, they
were able io. keep in front of him,
Presently, however, he- saw the pur-,
sbing car fail back suddenly amid the
dust and harsh grating of a prodig
ious dry . skid. Then he saw it swing
violently into, a side road. , “He’s
trying to cut us off7 he cried.
Their driver forced a slight in
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iy round the narrow bends for another
mile.' Ahead of them was a junction
and . as they... approached thisthey
glimpsed the other car tearing ob
liquely towards them. Their driver
made a last effort and then braked.
“Can’t risk it,” he snapped.- “Anyway
he won’t get round at that speed7”
j,.. '..But. 3Ir.Perkindidgetround.For
a moment h^s . ear rose up on one
-side-untii-it—seemed-asif it must—in=- .skidj
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« “Are you a farmer?” one called to
him.
TYes,” he replied.
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“Not that I kn0V of,” he answered
"“Weir,” “and "’■th^^^ond?" inmate
nudged the first, “you better try- it.
pETinGelluva.'Sight easier than farm
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put into a grey blur shooting up- the
lane away from them.”
“He’s got nerve!” gasped their
driver enviously, though no doubt in
his mind saying good-bye to the
pound note he had tried so hard to
earn.
“Keep on his track,” replied the
Professor coolly. “If there’s^ anything
in front heTl hit it first.” He turned
to Adam.
*“! hardly” think either of us realiz
ed how conclusive an experiment it
was that wef completed this after
noon. A man who can take a corner
like that within half an . hour of be
ing literally ‘frightened out of his
wits has no nerves at ill as the or
dinary person understands them.” .
“In. the- distance they could see
Perkin’s car making pip a private road
still at the same reckless speed.
There was a crashing sound and for
a moment the air about him was fill
ed with flying pieces of white timber.
“Looks as if he’d charged a gate,”
commented the' professor.' “That must
be the entrance drive, I take it.” The
old boy, Adam reflected, seemed to
be enjoying himself:,,
. It was the entrance drive, and Very
soon they were running up it at |a
decidedly safer speed. They passed
over the shattered remains * of the
gate and swung into a'curved drive
that swept past the front’of a ne“-
glected building in grey stone whose
blank upper windows looked forlornly
out on a tangle of bushes that had
once been a garden. Before they had properly stopped Adam was scram
bling out. He dashed up th the solid
old front door, but hardly paused
’ there- a moment. It was ’so ’ obviously
not th£ sort - of door ohe. could force
q.uitkly,' Round the house he' went,
tearing his way through brambles
and bushes;. At the* back there xas
ab open window, and with scarcely a.
glance at the rest of the '"straggling,
old-fashioned premises, he sprang
over the sill.
/ A HOUSE OF .SHADOWS ',
He was in' a large ill-lit empty,
room, that had a closed door in tfie
far comer. The door opened easily
to let him into a vast shadowy hall.
;/%eep straight on, Meriston,? said
Mr. Perkjjfs co^ voice. “Across' the
MH and up the stairs, if you please.”
\ He cheeked, feeling alarm for the
first time at the cdol menace of the
man's tone. In the gloom he could
distinguish Perkin and three other
men, two Of them burly fellows, and
the third unmistakbly Mr. Montada’s
hunch-ibacked servitor. In Mr, Per-
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kin’s hand was something,:, bright,
something that even in 'this light
there was no mistaking.
“Do aS you're told at once,” came
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