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Eighth Installment ? WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE The Sheridan Dramatic Club, d which Tom Bilbeck. the narrator. Jim Cooper. his rival, are members, start a performance of Pygmalion and Galatea at the Old Soldiers' Home, but are interrupted by a Are. During the rehearsals Tom Bilbeck is accused . bv the husband of one of the actors. | Mr. HeYhmingway. of being in love jrith his wife. ? i Riding awav from the scene of the Ill-fared olav in their costumes .ana overcoats, the group of players is held up bv two escaped convicts, one of [ whom is captured by Bilbeck after a StThe captured thief is tied to a chair at the Old Soldiers' Home. Unable to leave the home as the car refuses to budse. the Dlavers must stav th*re. and Mr. Hemmtagway. hearing this over the plnne. says he is coming ri?ht to the home-as he Is auspicious of his wife and Bilbeck Meanwhile the Sheriff arrives. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY He amaypmpnt as he sa%v out group. "You've got a lot of prisoners, ain't you?" he commented. "These aren't all prisoners." . the : colonel explained hastily; "There's only one.". He led the way to Bill, trussed up ' in his chair, had fallen asleep peace- , fully. '? The entire situation was explained to the sheriff while he peeled' off a layer or two of clothing and revealed N^himsfclf as* a small old man. wtthi "" 'Mill. Mill I . t- mri ronMriornble fo' iage in front of. his face. His beard was white, except where it was stain ed with tobacco Juice. \ '..j "If you don't mind." said the sher- . Iff. "we won't go back until morning. | It's storming so hard out now thavT doubt if we could get through. I'll just put mv'Tfdrse tJT ttlP1 stable." ? ^rij "You can't," 'said" "the colonel. "The stable Is burnt up." A compromise was effected by quar tering the horse in the cellar. As it ' happened, there was an outside run- . way leading to the basement, down which supplies were usually Wheeled in trucks. After considerable persuasion ?he horse was induced to negotiate j. this and was tied to a post in one of th?? small storerooms below. That done, the colonel assigned us ; Quarters for the night. Fortunately.' there were enough vacant rooms st that eacn 01 IHe l.itiii .s mulri hav.. nn. "apartment. while we men were billet ed on cots in the general dormitory, where most of the veterans slept. j CHAPTER VIII "Help!** Mrs: Hrmmingway refused to retire until her husband rant. I offereri to sit ur> with her. but she declined vehemently. "You know what John would thin'-: If he found you and *me sitting up alone together." she explained T agreed with her heartily, so w ? flved a cood warm fire in the stov iind left her alone to v.'f'lcmf hev ?sj>ou?e. it would b" onlv a tr" ho:. ?ntil momln". and J .did not" bath": t" undress. but threw m elf exhaust - cd, pn my eot. :f rilfl not sleep, llpweyer The-stoVIh od'side *.va- makir."*, - a r^nMnin"; rarket around th- r and corners of til" bvindsn" tha* nearly rirormed the ejvromittl" fi'.orr of t! vrterr.ns.' The excitement of tlie evening s* ill kept mv. blood ram? and mv ner r' hteh Mon., I 1; Tor _'lir onenln? of the door which would . In dicate that Mr. Hemmlngway had ar rived. The sonorous slumb?-? of our coun try's ex-defenders began to frav mv tcmner. What r. *'nt had everybody to sleen while I struggled in vain to WTO Morpheus' t mi-ht have berime accustomeS to n regular snore, but there was on-- ? Comrade Pllk Herrweth?r. for a dol lar ? who gurgled in his sleep. The exarfoeratlng part about it was that he dldn'Udo it all the time, Onlv o". j ct* tonally above the dlniiason of hi* ,' 'fellows came this unearthly gurgle, as ~V di?hwater were disappearing down a sink. I trlcfi to calculate the Interval b? tween explosions and Anally thought I had him timed to twenty-eight sec onds. Then he fooled me bv missing on one clvlnder and remaining quiet a full mlnutte It was almost n relief when he burst forth again Something had disarranges his timer, for he became erratic from now on. sometimes firing twice in succes sion and sometimes failing me for two and three revolutions at a time His compression was wonderful The trouble was In his spark. At last my brain grew curdled with futile exasperation. I may have dozed, or possibly I had a fever delir ium. I don't know Anyway. It was not a refreshing ileeo that came to me and It was crowded with night mares Suddenly I opened my eyes and listened Intently to a new sound that had been beating against my eardrums for several minutes during my doee. A ?ei>ies of Irregular tappings, oc corrlpanled by a low moaning, be came audible above the steady roar' of the storm. My relaxed nerves be came alert once more What watf It? The Irregular thumping was re peated. It sounded far awav. and yet strangely near, as If It might be In the wnlls of the building. Was It a spirit rapping? , I had never believed In such thlhgs. but then I had never had proof of any kind to convince me. One hair raising supernatural incident will make a spiritualist of anybody. A sudden sound of . some one strangling made me sit up in bed. This last was in the room, so I soon decided that it was my friend the eccentric snorer. who quite by accl dent had hit upon a new specialty. ; But the thumpings and moanings continued. I threw off the covers and I got out of bed. determined to Invest 1 tlgate. I had no matches ? there were , no pockets In my tights; but I felt . my way to the door, barking my shins only once on an iron cot. Faintly came a cry for help. I made haste. I am a chivalrous fool; no one ever yells for assistance j without getting it from me. I rush in ; blindly where even angels would pau3e to put on goloshes. .1 stumbled down the stairs. Come I again the faint cry: "Heipt" . it was Mrs. HeuimiiiKway's voiee: ? ' I peered in at the door of the great living-room which was faintly ~iP~i luminated by a single oil-lamp on .the [ table? the electric current was sup- - plied only until one o'clock. 1 dis- j covered later. Tlv room was chill | I find, even U it is delivered by a j very good friend. On his side I sup ?pose that his resentment toward me was at least partially Justified by j appearances. It was hard to think of those things just then, however, and ] as a matter of (act: I didn't. "Good morning. Mr. Hemmingway," greeted Jim Cooper, arriving in what j I thought at first was an abbreviated! sleeping-garment, but which I later discovered was h i s Greek tunic, j "Glad you got here at last. Why? ( what the deuce ? ?" His glanoe had rested on the pros- | trate form* of Mrs. Hemmingway. "Mrs. Hemmingway fainted," I ex- j plained. "Oh. I see." he considered thought- ; fully. "I suppose it's all for the best. T Imagine that is the only way any . one csuld get any " rest in this in stitution." ' ? I Evidently Jim had noticed the snor ing too. v ?: I ? "" tJo? her beau tiful blue ejies u "Oh Johnl Ji.-i "\cla.a:eJ j-jyfu1.!;. as she recognized her husband ?ven in a derby hat and snowshoes. He made ro. move to respond to the ? entreaty in her voice. The outer door was flun? open, admitting a swirl of flying. flakes | With them came a gentleman A with penetrating cold of a winter's morning wheh the fires have reached ( their lowest ebb. ? r Hemmingway was walking up and down frantically screaming.; Help! every time the thumping and moaning would occur. Suddenly she saw me as I advanced out of the darkness As she did an almost inarticulate cry of desperate .'-a r escaped her lips and she pitched forward. 1 Jumped quickly enough to catch her. She had fainted. i While I looked around anxiously for a place to deposit her a', full' length T became aware of a new sound ? a vapp;ng at the front door. I was too busy to bother about ii then. I picked u,> Mr- Hertjmingway bodily and turted tor the table where the lamp v. a- Tr. tlie absence of a couch I voiild put, her on that I hK?i liearly vached it v.i?n the Mi'or door was; flaw open. e(:ir.!v:n"r r. ? wiri of '. hit flakos. With them ? ame a frntieman who strode !ri un - nr^iir.ced. He wiis wearing ? derby i'p? tied onto his head with ri munier : r cl was otherwise ineffectually bund against the storm in a black broadcloth overcoat with the collar turned no. On his feet ware a pair of snowshoes. "Good heavens!" I exclaimed- "Who are you?" "John Hemir.lnstway. confound you!" he arowled. stepping toward me with ' upraised fist and, tripping over his nn snowshoes. which he had J or- j gotten he had on< That save me a second to place mv j burden on the long tabW> before he rould reach me. Just in time I : straightened up to find myself in his i grasp. We wrestled back and forth silent- ' ly. Twice he kicked me on mv bruised , fhln with his snowshoert. Th? only j wav I could prevent n repttion of those j tactics was to stand on the (proad web- ! bin? of the shoes myself. As I welqh- ? ed something over two hundred and ! effectually anchored him to the floor. While we stood embracing one ' an other in a deadlock a low moan es caped the lips of Mrs. Hemmingway "Hadn't you better take care of vnur wife'" I panted, apprehensive le?' ?he roll off -the table. "You Seem to be able and willing to do that," he hissed vindlcatively. "Y?m home-wrecker!" "You're mistaken." I returned has- ; . tllv. . . "Of rourwe." he sneered "I didn't . walk In Just now and And her in 1 ! vo?ir arms at four o'clock In the morn : h Mr! I only thought It was you! In r-allty It was some one else and you I were up In your own room fast asleep!" ' To amphaslr.e his remarks he haul ed off with hi* right arm. which I had carelessly allowed to escaoe me. and belted met energetically In the ear I don't kno#" what might have hap nened further between us had we not b"?n separated by a willing assortment of half-dressed old gentlemen. "Stop this racket!" shouted the sheriff, displaying his star conspic uously. "T repersent the la'w and or > der around here and I'm going to ! have peace!" I was dragging off from Hemtoing way'tf snowshoes We stood glaring at one another. It Is impossible instant . ly to forget a ringing blow on the ear. - , > "Why, what s the matter?" sh? ? pleaded. "You know very well." he returned savagely. "When I arrived I found you m JLVWI BilUtf'JK. auu.v" "Me?" she said interrogatively. "I:n possible* I; milst Rave been MaryelU you saw." "It was .not." hastily disclaimed a voice in the rear of the group. My hear: sank.. I was in hope? that I would be spared Marye'.la's participation in this* scene. "I don't know wna* happened/' Mrs. Hemmnigway went on. slightly bewildered, "but I'm sure that I can explain everything." While they were taiklr.? the floor trended violently and there was a ! muffled crash foer.ea::1. us. Soon* fol ixwed a prolonged bieakirivr of class os if a brick ~ "Chimney had fallen .through a skylight.' CHAPTER IX s The. Gay Deceiver Conjecture was superfluous. The I rbance v as in the .basement, Wej pHeti down by the ins-.de", stairway. Sonic one had been thoughtful; enough* to bring the lalinp from the tabde. By its light we discovered a .wreck that impoverishes description. The post to which we had tied the I sheriff's horse had been torn out j bodily and a tier cf shelves contain- j in? several hundred glass! Jars of ? fruit which was supported by the j post had collapsed and slid >ts burden ; to the cement floor. Thp~n<&je. whinrwlna: continually to : himself, had retreated to a corner of ' the basement fallowed by the uprooted | po?t CONTINUED NEXT WEEK ** n .. Achmed Beg Zottu took the oath as ' King of Albania. August 25. 1928 j Then we have the crank who -Say*, "The automobile la ruining the young." I remember when It was top buggy. What a delight It was to drive old Doll slowly home with one hand. Them was the days. boys. You have to use both hands to drive nowadays and then the darn thing jumps the track sometimes. Administrators Notice' Having qualified as Administrators of the estate of D. W. Bradsher. de ceased. late of Roxboro. Person Coun ty. North Carolina, this Is to notify all person* having claims against said estate to present them to the under signed on or before May 21. 1930, or this notice will be pleaded In bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said e<tate will please make Im mediate payment. This May 21. 1929. E. K Bradsher, P J. Hester. , ?. Administrators. ttjf Scientifically Examined *07 ff?t Mala Street r ?f ' ,'f Dave at Lincoln County re- ! ports top-drnni (his sprtn* with nltr?te.-of sod? will nwke ! three times the yield of that not top ; dressed. 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