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Denton ¥orefl Vas in-serne ways "'What are you looking for?" asle;
et ecareful man. However extrav- ed. Connor ten Minutes later. "The
Agsaltte Might be, he had reserved little ear?"
Or himeelf a fat fleet, egg in. cash He pushed' his ceeirnanion aside
which, in spite of tr11 lemptatiou, be and peered.
310 never touched, He had celleet. "There's a motor lorry: has that
•led, the money that day front two, or get errYthing on usV,', he demanded.
ftwee, accounts whic11 be ran in an es.
O. ienaleed name. WO -thing was 41eaC1ea
eurtv but to follow theeline of retreat
lie bad planned. There was a small
„fterodrome, on the outekirts. of Lon-
don, from which exhibition flights
'were .given. Panty had found it ex-
pedient to Th.:alive the small, eon,
parry which. owned the tailplanes,
..und by telephone be arraugedliis
.Thie was 'facilitated by the
Oct that the company bad recently
.acquired a big reprint 'monoplane
evitich was capable et a long fitglit.
:Verity', who had decided upon Swit-
zerland for his Drat hopegave orders
ler the storage or petrol and neces-
eities Tor the journey. He .certainly
did not anticipate, taking e eompan-
ion with him, but he was n9t the
ionly panic-stricken man in London.
Panty made a very quick search
Or papers which, left beltinStemight
'Stave awkward consequences, and his
rst" attention was, directed to the,
little box in which he kept the most
dangerous of bis correspendenee- He
brought this, into the dining room
before be discovered that the loch
ema been forced. With an exclama-
tion be threw up the'lid, shook out
the contents— The one packet of
letters that he 'bad beenemad to keep
eves gone! And the Inge, telephone
ealleke-that' also had ,disappeared,
, handwere shaking so that
be could hardly hold the papers he
-was .exemining. There wee no teed
le speculate upon the identity of the
man who had :forced that box. The
Gunner had been' seen in the neigh-
borhood: Pi Coles had told him that
and,it had been the Gunnerewho had
made this search and found the doc-
uments. Danty Moven saw death
grinning tt him;_ hypnotized into
;sheer inaction. When there came
a. knock, at the outer door, he leap-
ed up from. his chair, a shivering
wreck of -a man, not dries to open
to fife visitor./
He canned himself sufficiently to
go to the (Thor and demand who was
" there, and when he heard Connor's
-voice he could have •erled aloed for
He had been tttrIlecl 'Out of the 'p0-
Ue Ile had been de-
tained an a ,chArge o1 YagrancY—in
the early afternoon wee had net.
eateit eince, the morning. 1=Ade
no atterlipt to explain .his need, he
was too tired and deperto cure %very
Panty said nothing. No man much. The oat luxury of the paid-
Ceuld know theterrorthet was in ed seets dulled hia into lethargy;
his heart, leeliind him stalked the lle WAS nodding before the ear reeehe
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grim. shadow of vengeance, and od the Enthankment.
every .second he expected to ,see the "All rigllt, !don't Waite irim," said
hawklike face at the Gunner peer- 'Gunner Haynes in, -A, low voice. "go
inginto his tram the darkness. was arrested this morning; one of
Danty .dld not goeuear his flat, mY---friend$ tall me. 'The pollee
lie telepp.oned to 1)1 Coles an they are 'looking for him. Somebody
met in the perk, Pi ;bringing with sent it wire to the Sparrow—I sus -
him an overcoat and wrap 'which Pect it was friend DantY, Where are
were to be Danty's sole luggage. Ilia YOU taking him?"
servitor he rewarded liberally. There "Uornee' she pia,'
WAS nothing to do now but to pass Sire was wrapping a rive, aleout-
the few hours which intervened be.: the chilled figure in the cerney of
ore he left England orever
Ile' telephoned to' the hangar and
the car.
"You'll have a policeman waiting
ff, :
earned to his ea.tisfAction that the en* thefinat. No, you'll take him to
pilot had arrived. He would have VI,ford. What's this?"
liked to advance the hour ,of his de- iIe kicked against the suitcasi
parture., but be knew that for once and she explained, and heard him
he. must keep faith—Connor vas a churckle. ,
dangerous man, and he lied no de- "You must be a thought -reader.
sire to let two' enemiee' grow in the That's the very thing he'll require—
piece of one. not eto-night o perhaps, abut in the
Once or twice, as he loafed about morning. We're going to Weer&
the less frequented streeteeof Pim, De you know' It? It's three guar, -
lice, be had the, impressio» tat he .tors of an hour's run, and if we're
was being shadowed; but when he lucky we'll catch two of the ,hig-
walked back in desperate boldness geit, rate that ever climbed out of
to interview the man who was fol- Thames mud."
lowing __him, he found it •was a per- She leaned out of the window and
featly inoffensive stranger to the gave idirectiens to the chauffeur.
neighborhood who was trying to find "Couldn't we dive' to Dover and
a street and numbir., • . get on hoard the boat?" she asked
"Iie -bad work to do—vengeful urgently. .
work—and. hee (*Dieted this in a Gunner Haynes shook his head,
teezhop near Vauxhall Bridge. Mak- "No„ that won't work. The Spar-
ing a wide detour, he reached the row' e a good fellow, but he'd shop
central post office and handed in the his own mother. And if, as X believe.
telegram?, addressed -to inspector Mr. Morell, or whatever his present
Bird. It ran: name le, Dias blown—hes told - the.
The mui who was coecerned story et Tatfany's—every boat will
in the Taffenny .robbery was be watched. Besides, there isn't
Luke Madison. He is attempt- one till daylight that we could pos-
ing te leave London toeight. sibly .cech. There's onle- one chance/
wife and Gunner Haynes aro and -that is for Mr. Maddison to ap-
aware of the double life he • has pear In Spain, where,he is sUpposed.
been leading. He °signed it to be. I think that can be worked—
with his own name. . unless Mr.' Danty Morell has got too
Late as the hoar was, he knew far ahead of us."
that ,the telegram would be deliver- He peered forward again.
ed. He went 'heck to meet his com-• "You've got a fur coat on—that's
pani9n in misfortune, feeling more good. You can lend it to yorriThns-
cheerful t1ian he had left all daie . . band. It'll look rather silly, but no-
body will see him."
'
"What areSiou going to de?" she:
asked. ..
, .
"I'm going on an airplans ride to -
tight, and he's going with me,"
to drive the oar to the lower . part said, "As .for •you, Mrs. Maddison,
'of Villiers -Street and %end the °haute, your work is Very simple. You'll re -
fear, with the suitcase to the cloak- • turn to London; you'll lie a little -e-1
room. She came into. the south' end ll'opo it won't hurt you very much—
of the Strand and the car had some and leave for Spain toemerrew. - If
.difficulty in making its way through , I can't get him there after rye land -
eke returning theatre traffic, but ed him irerratice, ran a Dutchman."
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„steep street toward the Embank- "I know a better way," she said
-alter .p long wait it turned down the There was a silence, and then;
ment, and at a 'Signal trona Merger- onletly. "I can go with, hint"
et the cha,utfeur stopped the 111R- To her surprise, the Gunner did
not combat that suggestion.. 1 '
"Perhaps you're wise," was his
joy. •• 4, • 4,
eeekrhatei the matter with you?" It was dearly eleven' ,o'cloclt that
Asked Connor!, when they -were backnight when Margaret had the car
thekohiee 1. •brought to the door ,and.Luke's suit -
"I've had a bit [of- a shock, and Pin ease deposited. Her intention was
not partieularly well. You know
ehey're afterthose kites?'"
- Connor himself was not perticul-
arly ha:Pity-looking.
"I know. They've stopped. a che-
que 1 sent to the bank and.half the
'busies in Louden are looking !for
him. \They know who it .Is, too—
that's the worst of it. You're 111
this, banty.": • •
"We're both in it, ares eve?"
snarled the pther. "l'in getting out
of London to -night."
Connor laughed raucously.
"'You've got a fine chance of get-
ting out of London, unless you take
a, rattler." And then, suddenly:
"How are you going?"
It was on the tiee‘of Danty's 'tan-
gelo to invent a method of escape,
'but just now,he needed the asstiaa-
tion ,of Connor. ,Conner was not
above using a gun at a pinch, and,
morever• Ite hated Ganner Haynes.
"I'm going by airplane from El -
'ford," lis said. "We've got the
Gunner to thank for this. He squeal -
,ed."
"He's never etepped .squealing,"
,eald Conner without heat. "Where
.,.d,o yeti land in your 'flying machine?'
Panty told -him his destination.
"That'll .clo for -me," said Connor.
He ,loolt•etl at the papers on the
table.
'Having a been -Up?" he asked
pleasantly. And then: "How much
stuff have you got?"
Here Danty lied, ‘' Ho could not
tell,the truth aliout Money.
The conference was e brief one.
They greed to visit the. aerodrome
Oat evening and make final prepar-
0 tatione tor their journey. The jonr-
teYithrough the suburbs into outer'
London was a silent one; 'now and
"gaiet Danty lifted the flap at the
back of the hired ear in which they
'were travelling, and peered along
t1ie darkening road,
"What's the matter with yeti?"
growled Conner,
'"There'ea ear, a two-seetet,
lowing es.")
"Why shouldn't it?" demanded
4i1.14 other eaVeattleally.• "Do you
'want elie, toad to yeueself?"
.A few minutes later, when uuity
looked hack, the little ear had Os -
„appeared. •
'The preparationi ferthe eight's
journey were net easily made. The
pilot had only jttstelreen eommuneertt-
ed with. He wits en a holiday in
the Midlands.
a good job We •clime, ot we
:Might have been in Qiteer,..Sereet,”
said Conner its they were driving
'hack. "Whitt time did you say you'd
..,be here?"
".About midnight"
•
chine.
It was raining heavily; there were
few pedestrians in sight, and those comment.
were hurrying to reach the shelter - They came at last to a dark and
of the 'Underground. station. She. bumpy Toad, and here the• car was
nulled at the catch of the doer to stopped by the Gunner's instructions.
open it, that the chauffeur "might He got down and pointed ,into the
more easily take the suitcase at her .C.aremess.
feet, When, out oflhe shadowe, came, "Pull your ear over there and .shut
a .shabbygooking ^figure. He must off .our lights," ho said, and when
have teen her difficulty. for he turn- this was done and with great trouble
ed the handle and pulled op"en the the car had been maneuvered over
doer before the chauffeur could:des-I tlite,roush ground and the engine
cend. had been shut -off, he came hack to
"Thank y•ott" said Margaret, 'and the girl. We're here first," he said.
hended him the piece of silver slie "I'ni banking on Panty being can -
heti ready to pay the luggage:room tioes—look!nt.
attendant. ' Lights were coming along the road
As she did so .she switched on the 'from , the 'direction of London. It
light. For a second she stared into was a ter, which stopped a hafidred
yards away, and then after a while
tamed around,
"They're walking the .rest -of the
way," murmured the Gunner with
grim, satisfaction. "Wait here."
He walked back to the 'entrauce of
the untidy little atredremo and slip-
ped something teem his pocket. He
had not long to wait: Panty and
Condor turned out of the Teed again.
Duey said 'nothing, Haynes
doeld lamest hear him shivering
With fear:. •
what next?" asked:Connor.
/"The next is a long 'walk back to
the nearest to'Wn, unless you've had
the Intelligente to keep your sal', If
you're clever you'll run. --/en afraid
you ha,veril a chance," he added, as
he saw the red tail light of the car
moving tepidly ,away. "The police
are controlling this aerodeame, and
yeu've a .showflakes .chante of get-
ting :twee,"
"Yelree being a friendly little fel-
low and helping no; 'is that what
you're telilleg tril to believe?" sneer
ed 'Connor, .
"Don't talk—walk," said the thin
ter sternly., "I'm not in my best
temper to -tight. I've, practically
promised not to kill yott, but it Won't
take a hell of a lot to change, ArY
mind.
"Is that yen, Higgins?" asked
Panty, "Is the pilot here—?""
"tverYbedYye here frranding me,"
said the Gunper. "Don't try any
funny business, Connor; rve got you
covered, and there's It silencer on
the unshaven face and grimy tiger°.
"Luke!" she gasped.
Ile was stricken dumb with amaze-
ment, was unable to speak cr move.
"Luke!" sho said
Thee, as he eireank bach, iter
hued shot out and gripped him by
the' coat.,
"Come it, for God's sake!" she
said breathlessly, and half dragged
him ter her, side.
At that moment the chauffeur ar-
rived.
"Drive on," she said hurriedly.
"This a ---a friend '"of
,She only healed that the man could
not see the acarecrow who was seat -
ea at her side.
"Where ehall 1 go, =dem?" ••
"Vo—to the house," slie said.
As the chauffeur climbed back in-
to his seat, a third figure appeared,
Ile cane running down the street
like n mat pursued, and gripping
the handle of the door, leaned onto
the running.hoard 'as the car ino•tred,
the thougt at first it was a police -
mate but then a peasing street lamp
revealed the dark lace of Gunner
Haynes,
' "Don't make 11 11.188,," he said, as
he blundered fit) slamming the door
behind him, "I've .chased your cer
kreM the, Haymarket. "Who's this?"
He peered forward and sh0 heard
him whistle.
"Is that Mr. iMaddison?"
"Yes,it's niti," said 1,u1�, sneak-
ing
for the first time.
ilis Voce Settlided pitifally 'Weak,
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my gun. You'll hear ire more than
a•"plop' Alul Mill be Inlrent"
4'.411 right, :Gunner, welt go,"
Panty found his erne -king Voice,
"Come en, 'Connor. The Gunner
werildn't put ua in had...."
"I found the letters, Panty," said
Haynes softly. "Yon); knew ust
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w.uye:rivrit are to eternal rest,
40 •
Parity said nothing; be grabbed
the - "arm of his reluctent friend and
almost !dragged him 'beck lo' the reed -
Way. They walked rapidly heel; the
way they had ,come, and must have
olgrstaomherran,dred yards before. Cori -
w" "I'm at going to stand for this
bird----" he began, when A voice be-
llied him. said: "Welk:" and be
obeyed.
'When be had seen than well ion
their way, the Gunner sped back to
the car, leeke was awake: they'were
talking together in a` low tone, ihe
and this strange beide, of his, Gun-
ner Haynes thought it .delicate to
leave them and interview the pilot.
He Tonne the machine 'Waiting,
with two weary mechanics and an
impatient pilot, Ana to the latter he
gave new instructions, The ethee
argument he employed was 44 very
effective one, Tor the airman agreed
cheerfully to all conditions,
"I can carry three or tau," he said
"There'll be no difficul
tiy About get -
ng rm.,. I've done t is night trfp
hunereds of times."
'Satisfied <eu. this score, Gunner
,Haynes went back to the car and
terrupted the more than usually in-
timate conversation, ;
"I've a little scrap of paper to
give You when it'a light enough to
read it, Mrs. Maddison. It concerns
the death of your brother—Pin sorry
to be so brutal, but I think you ought
to know that the man who ruined
him was Parity, and—"
"I guessed that," she gala quietly.
It was stM drizzling and the clouds
were low, but neither the slightest
auxiey as, with a roar of engines, the
big monoplane swept into The Idark-
nen, up and up, throught the thick
mist Of4101,141s, uutil they :emerged
with the Moon riding in a cleer sky
above theta and billowing white
clouds berreath.
The End
NEWIN.WEDPER
Ey W. U. Petted
Now the rite Is •duly done, •
Naw the/ word is epoiren,
And the 'spell bus made us one
Which May ne'er be broken;
l'teet we, dearest, in our 'home,
Roam we o'er the. heather:.
We shall rest, and we -shall roam
Meal we not?—together
Frorn this hoar the summer rose
,Swe-eter breethes to .charm us;
Prom this hour the winter snows
Lighter. 'fell le. harm us:
Fair or fettle -eon land or eea—
: Come the wind or weather,
ese end worst, whate'er they be,
We .shall' share together. 4
DeAth, who 'friend front friend can
part,
Brother rend front brother,
Shall but liek us heart and hear ,
Closer to each other:
'We will call his anger play,
Diem his dart a' feather,
'When we meet hint on our way
Hand. in hand together,
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