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SYNOPSIS.
l'rofessor Deimond of the Pealc oberva
lory causes a gieal sensutlon throiiKhout
the country by announcing Hint wlint ap-
ficarn to bo a sntollllo In apiiroauliliiK ut
crrlfle speed. Destruction of tho earth Is
feared Panic prevail evorywlicm. Tho
latclllte. barely misses tliu earth. 'J'lm nt
tnospherln illaturbam-o knocks people tin
toiiHclnus, but iloos no ilmnuRc. A loaf
benrlntf n cabnllHtlc ileslpn lluttora down
ImoiK tlie RiieKtn nt u lawn party. It Is
Identical In design with a curious ornn
rncnf worn liv Doris Fulton. A lildcotia
nan-like being witn i"n.. wlnKs descends
in tho midst of the guusts. He notlceH
IJorls' ornnment and starts toward her.
The men fear ho Intends soma harm to
l)orls and n. flerco battle ensues. In which
Tolllver and March, suitors of DorlH. and
Professor Desmond nre Injured. Tim lly
InK man Is wounded bv ft shot from Tol
llver, but escapes by Hying itwuy.
CHAPTER IV. Continued.
"God forbid. Yot Clny shot in nn
rffort to protect me pcrhnps even
Old envo mo and I cannot forget
Hint. Look I Is that not he?" March
fazing through tho gloom saw n form
lilting listlessly upon a seat in the
floep shadow of a trco.
"Tolllver!" ho called.
"Hore," camo tho nnswer faintly nnd
thoy hurried to his sido. Hu was bent
over, evidently suffering, nud by tho
light of tho Japancso lantern thoy bhw
thnt his faco was drawn and pulo.
Uulckly Doris bent over him.
"Arc you badly hurt?" sho Inquired,
A world of solicitude In her voice.
"I don't know but I am In a good
Coal of pain. Ho struck me a terrible
blow In tho oido."
"But why did you como to this placo
why did you nol go Into the house,
Fvhoro wo could caro for you?"
"Bocauso I felt faint and thought I
Srould bo bottor off here by myself.
STou had bottor go nnd look after1 tho
others. I can take caro of myself
tintll things hnvo quieted down." Sho
became vory decided, very imperative
4n an instant.
"Indeed you slfall not." Sho faced
Warch. "Go nt onco and bring Dr.
ilaymond. I will remain hero until
vou return." Thon she turned her
back upon him ns sho again addressed
hd sufferer.
"I am very sorry And if ydli tiro
Ceally Injured much you shall stay nt
our houso until you aro well nnd I,
myself, will soo to It that you aro
tU'tidod to." March faced nbout and
started upon his orrand with u frown
Of courBo tho milk of human sympa
thy for tho sufforlng was all right
enough when distributed In roasouablo
Quantities ho, too, was sorry for
iTolllvor but thoro was such ti thing
hB overdoing ovon sympathy. And
Clny would stay with them and bo
nursed by hor porBonnlly in case he
thought ho waB seriously hurt! Thon
of courso ho would think he was seri
ously hurt, nny man would under such
circumstances, ho would himself if
the chanco had como to him and
voild havo prolonged his sufferings
to tho last possible momont. Jealous
ly' ho atnmpod away, wondorlng if ho
liad boon in Tolllvor's plnco if sho
would hnvo boon bo distressed over
lilra.
Ho entered tho houso nnd found Dr.
Ilaymond, who had Just finished dress
ing Dosmond'B Bovoro cut, told him
of Clay's complaint and returned
with him to tho bonch under tho tree.
Doris had seated herself by tho suf-
foror s sido, unnocossarlly closo nB
March thought, and was speaking to
lilm In a low tono. Sho got upon hor
foot nnd greoted them us thoy ap
pronched. "I nm so glad you have
come, Doctor. 1 think lie neods you."
trho physician bent over tho tiurtorer.
"Whero does it hurt you most?"
"My loft Hldo. Ho hit mo pretty
hard I KeBB with tho joint of that
Infernal wing. Folt liko I Imagino n
knulo kick does."
"Can you got upon your feet?" Tpl
llvor nroBo slowly and stood slightly
wtooplng.
"Yob, but I ennnot stand erect. I
boom to havo a list to port." Tho man
of mcdlclno grunted.
"All right I'll see you through.
JTnko hold of his othor arm, March."
Alan, obeying, sllppod his hand bo
ncnth tho shoulder nnd thoy slowly
walked tho lnjurod oua within the
Iioubo, and thon by Doris' directions
Into an unoccupied guost chumbor.
"And now " said Ilaymond, with a
bow and a smile to the girl. Sho
comprohondod, curtBoyed mid began to
rotrcat.
"Yob, I will leave tho room until
you summon me. 1 will bo closo at
fiand, howovor. And ho sure to bo
jvory careful with lilm unlesB you wish
to incur my dfBpleusuro;' Sho cIoboi!
tho door and wafl gono, loavlug tho
jtlirco men alone.
Doftly tho physician, with tho help
pf March, bured tho allllcted sido and
tho formor ran his llngors over It,
pressing, tapping nud questioning ns
to pain, his oyoB closoly following ev
ery expression of tho pallid faco bo
low him. Throo minutes of this nud
Iio nnnounced his decision.
"Fifth rib frncturod. Nothing olso
dnmagod'that I can dlscovor. I'll soon
liavo him Btrappod up. Going to n hos
pital?" "No, I am going to remain hero for
tonight nt loaat." Rodmond congrnt
lulalcd him.
"Host thing you could do." He
quickly dlvostcd tho patient of his
outer clothing and placed him be
twoon tho sheets, bandaged lilm tight
ly nbout the chest nnd then stepped
lo tho door. "Miss Doris," ho cnlled.
Almost instantly she appeared, pale
of fuco but resolutely cnlm.
"I havo Just boon In to pea poor
Mrs. 12mmonds Isn't It horrlblo!
Several of the scouting party havo re
turned with automobiles which thoy
secured somehow, nnd they arc now
taking her and tho rcat of tho guests
to their homeB. Tho scouts roport
considerable disorder upon the streets
but nothing alarming. Tho city has
not heard of tho Flying Man ns yot,
but tho telephone. Is In working ordor
ngaln nnd they aro trying to got the
police department on the wlro In or
der to notify It. Some of our guest
havo received very bad news and thoy
aro frantic to got to their homes.
None of their people nro known to
he dead, but thero aro disappearances,
injuries nnd serious nftcr effects In
several cases." She approached the
bed. "How Is our Individual patient
Doctor?"
Ilnymond closed his pocket case
with a Bnap. "Nothing more than a
broken rib, nnd I havo llxed that up
for the tlmo being. All the treatment
ho needs Is feeding, assistance whon
ho has to movo and rebnmlnglng by
a physician from tlmo to timo. Keop
him ns quiot as possible. He will be
out In a wook or ten days at the lat
est " Tledmond smllodif he wants
to bo," ho added Jocularly.
Doris gavo a sigh of rellof. "I am
glad It is nothing moro serious. And
will ho need nny furthbr attention tonight?"
"Nothing moro In tho way of treat
ment can bo dono. I have left him a
sleeping potion which ho enn tako
presently if ho sees fit. But of courso
ho will roqulre moro or less physical
nnslstanco for a time when ho has
to move." She nodded comprehend-Ingly.
"I will get n hospital nurso first
thing In the morning to do tho pro
fessional part' of it." A little laugh
hurst from hor llpa. "But I shall in
sist upon remaining head nurso nnd
waitress. And in paymont tho patient
shall read to mo from Homer, Danto
and Kipling. Ho recites delightfully,
you know." Tolllver was a lawyer,
wb In reality n pleasing reador and
spoukor, and onco moro jealousy camo
crawling llko a worm Into Alan's soul.
From tho bod camo tho voice of the
Injured man.
"It Is kind of you too kind. But
an you know, I havo no place to go
o'xeopt a hospital, and If you could
tolornto mo for n fow days until I can
movo about "
"Tolernto you! I should nover for
glvo you If you did not Btny. Also,
father 1b equally Insistent. After whnt
wsmH
W3s8mf
If ISiMi
Doris Bent Over Him.
we havo all gono through together to
night after what you mon havo dono
to oncourngo and protoct us women
nnd after tho way you personally
fought anil gut hurt for us, how dnro
you, lying thero holploss, speak ot
toleration! I will not listen to bucIi
nonsense." Tho swlftnoss of hor
speech and tho' Intensity of her man
nor caused March to pick up his hat.
"And having served my purpose I
think I hnd bottor depart and leave
you to your duties," ho romarked dry
ly. Ho approached tho bed and held
out lila hand. "Good night, old man.
nnd good luck. Good night, Doctor "
his eyos mot tho glrl'B for a (looting
Instant "good night, Miss Fulton."
Ho backed bowing Into tho hall and
started for tho front door, but boforo
ho had made halt a dozen stops sho
who nt his shin. Uor hand touching his
shoulder.
"Good night Alan." ,
Sho had seldom called him by his
first name and tho sound of It from
her Ups thrilled nnd mollified him
slightly, though Jenlousy Btlll rankled
lilm. "Good night, good friend. I
think you acted splendidly through it
all nobly. lte8t assured J shall not
forget It."
"Even when he is reading to you?"
hn returned with a trace of sarcasm.
Over, her faco camo n tiny frown,
which, however, vanished as quickly
an tho shadow of a pas-sing bird.
"But he was Injured In my defense.
Would you hnvo me turn lilm out Into
tho night whon ho Is Buffering?"
Knowing full well that he was un
reasonable, March was still Internally
sulky as ho answered her.
"Moot curtalnly not. But you
seemed so nbnormally enthusiastic
over tho prospect of having lilm with
you for days and maybe weeks."
"Perhaps you would havo mo Inti
mate to him that his presence Is a
burden!"
"Not at nil. But thero Is reason in
all things."
"Except n man."
Ho let his hand fall upon tho knob
nnd Btodd confronting her, his faco
troubled, his volco low nnd earnest.
'DorlB, you know that I love you, and
whon a man Iovob a woman aB I do
you ho would be a Htrange anlinnl If
ho wero not Jealous of everybody
else. Ho might not want to exactly
kill every other man that camo hang
ing around her, but It lip hod horns
ho would be suro to hook them out of
the way. And I do recognise tho fact
that Clay Is popular among those ot
your sex at least. And when I see
your oollcltudo for him when ho Is not
even lnjurod seriously well, it makes
mo wonder if I wero In his placo If
you would bo equally sympathetic. Do
you suppoBo you would?" Sho avort
ed hor eyes, glancing down at the
dainty toe of her white slipper, which
tapped tho door rantallzlngly.
."How enn I toll slnco you are not
seriously Injured?"
Ho turned up tho collar of his light
coat preparatory to facing tho cool
night air without. "Doris, if you nro
really In doubt as to your feelings
toward mo I am content to bo patient
until thoy havo crystallized and you
know your own mind. -But If you aro
merely letting mo make lovo to you
during nil this time through vanity
Her oyes commonced to flash and ho
pnused abruptly. ,
"Do you wIbIi mo to answer you to
night?" Thoro was a challengo In her
manner that caused him to hasten to
dodgo a bit.
"By no means. And taking all in all
Into consideration I do not know but
that things arc hotter as they aro. You
will bo with Tolllver considerably In
tho near future, and so far as I am
concorned you and ho shnll not bo
Interrupted. This shall be his day
In court to plead his caso. At the end
of his stay I shall como to you again,
but until thon I shall leave you undis
turbed unless you inform mo that I
can bo of asslstanco or that you wish
to soo mo for uny reason. "Good
night." Ho'' opened tho door, holding
out his hand to hor as ha did bo.
Sho took It with great formality.
"Vory well, It shall be hb you say. If
I really need you I will certainly lot
you know. And pleaso do nothing des
perate while you nro rovollng In your
misery. Nor forgot that I praised you
Adloa, mln amlgo." Sho smiled per
functorily and rotired a atop, and with
a last bow March passed down tho
stops, biting his lips at tho mockery
of her final adieu.
Once upon the street his feet fell
heavily. For tho first tlmo that night
ho realized that ho was weary, Inex
pressibly weary, with a pain, that
pulsed through his head with tho
steady Insistency of a slowly beaten
drum. Ho had lntendod to go into
the moro thickly Bottled business dlfl
trlct to boo If ho could bo of nny as
sistance thero, but eo worn out by
tho excitement and mental and phys
ical etruln of tho night was ho, nnd
so dispirited did ho feel that the suf
ferings pf others now gave him little
concern. At any rato there would bo
plenty ot.unltijured to assist tho un
fortunate, a hundred who were well
to ono who was not, nnd besides there
was llttlo likelihood ot IiIb being able
to do moro thnn got In the way of
thoso moro qualified for tho task. Bo
that ns It might, the rest of tho world
would have to worry nlong without
him for tho night tomorrow ho might
feol called upon to sacrifice hlmsolf,
Ho went stt night to his apartments.
liner, from creeping junglo streams to
roaring glacial torrentB, from desert
city to forest town In n scoro of dif
ferent languages news urchins wildly
shrieked or softly lisped their "ex
tras," In many cases the first and last
edition extraordinary tho populace
over heard of during their lives. The
earth had been brushed by another
celestial body which had passed It so
closely that Its roar had deafened and
Its breath overwhelmed even to the
death scores of human beings way up
on tho back bone of tho North Ameri
can contlnont. Buildings, had been
crushed like trampled eggs, trees torn
up by their roots ns dentists pull
teeth from their sockets, while dust
whisked from the visitor nB by a
mammoth broom hnd fallen nnd car
peted a largo section of the onrth
with a coverlet as thick and soft ns
u feather bed. The earth had shud
dered like a horse lashed with a whip,
tldnl waves had run riot nnd total
annihilation had only been prevented
by more chance, good luck, mlscalcu-
latIon,'Div!ne mercy, or as ono Italian
paper naively put It, "by the foresight
and prompt action of SIgnor Desmond,
tho discoverer." Not a telegraph, tel
ephone, cable or wireless upon tho
world but buzzed and crackled with
the tromondous news, and every ob
servatory in" the world where the at
mosphere was clear or the view un
obstructed Jiad Its great telescopo
trained like a hostile cannon upon tho
supposed path of the departed body.
Yet not a trace of it did they find, and
more astonishing still, tho mlcroreflec
toscopo did not register It. Whero It
had gone was as great a mystery as
from whence it had come, and all tho
wise savants of the long tubes could
do was wag their heads nnd form
their own opinions. Somo came bold
ly forth with explanations closely co
inciding with Professor Desmond's,
others held diametrically opposite
opinions, while still others and per
haps these gentlemen wore the wisest
of nil withdrew themselves clam
liko Into their shells of reserve and
refused to bo cajoled forth by the
most tempting of flntterlos or the most
exasperating of proddings. But great
day as it was for tho press and the
wire, It was still greater for certain
of tho Adventlsts. To them tho fail
ure of tho world to be destroyed was
but a temporary discouragement, fully
offset by tho certainty that tho first
small body had beon but a herald to
warn the earth of the larger and closo
following ono which waB to destroy
it. Great day, also, it was for the
dead and Injured, for their names
wero blazoned in great type the world
around; In fact it was a great day for
almost everybody.
And then closo following the first
announcement of the passing of the
worlds In the night came a second
scarcely less startling or spectacular.
Tho oarth had at large upon It a now
and marvelous being, in fact a former
inhabitant of tho other sphere who
had been blown off, fallen off, jumped
off or In somo other manner dlslotlged
from his native habitat, nnd who waB
now stalking abroad in tho land of tho
free seeking whom ho might devour.
Ho was seven feet tall, reddish
brown In color, monkeyish of limbs'
and had pinions that Bprcad over
thirty foot. He had been seen by nt
least a dozen reputablo (?) citizens,
some of whom had fought a duel with
him in which he had escaped aftor
being Boveroly wounded. This caused
a great roar of laughter, especially
In foroign countries, and tho newspa
pers or the world treated tno Btory
according to their nntlonnl character
istics. Tho British press treated it
with cold sarcasm and deep regret at
tho yellow Journalism of tho Ameri
can " nowspapers, the French with
Bhrleks of derision, the Latins with
insolent abuso and the Germans with
utter contempt. Tho Yankees wero
out-Yankcolng themselves, thoy wero
making themselves ridiculous, thoy
woro comedians unapproachable, thoy
wero contemptible braggarts, or they
wero great dunnerhcads, accoidlng to
tho nationality ot tho sheet that
printed tho Item. Instantly the car
toonists camo into their own and for
a day tho world was tholrs. Tho Fly
ing Man was depleted In every con
cclvnble shape that their vivid imag
inations, could conceive. He looked
llko an eagle, a crow, a rooster, a
crane, a uat, a uomon, an nugei.
Learned judges cracked ponderous
Jokes at his expense, the ministry
used him to point a moral nnd adorn a
minded attributing him to the over
wrought imagination of one of tho
party on the lawn, duo to tho excite
ment of the event, nnd suggesting that
through hypnotic suggestion nil were
made to bellevo they saw tho same
things ho imagined ho did such
things being by no means Impossible
among half-hysterical people. Only
the Adventlsts accepted lilm seriously,
they being convinced that ho was a
personal representative of the Deity.
Ab to thoso who had really seen him
and had announced the fact, they ut
first grew Indignant beneath tho storm
of doubt and ridicule which assailed
them, then realizing th"o futility of
further assertion closed their mouths
in silent contempt.
It was on the Becond day after the
eventful night that Desmond, now fa
mous throughout the world for his dis
covery and nnnouncoment, yet chafing
that his sanity should bo questioned
on the subject of the Flying Man who
had given him such an ugly wound,
conceived an Idea which lie immedi
ately proceeded to put into secret ex
ecution. In company with two celo-,
brnted nnnlytlcal chemlBts, he pro
ceeded to the Fullon home and with
his knife cut several blood-stained
shavings from tho Bteps whero tho
Flying Man had stood for an instant
bleeding from the wounds Inflicted by
Clay's weapon. These thin slices of
wood they conveyed to a laboratory,
whore with microscope and chemicals
they subjected them to a thorough
examination and analysis. At the end
of tho tests Dr. Johns, famous through
out tho Innd as a chemical analyst
of body fluids, submitted his roport,
which was Indorsed in every respect
by his scarcely less famous colleague.
Th8 roport stated that they had sub
jected tho stains to every known test
und the results wore absolute and
scientifically incontrovertible. The
stains wero made by blood, yet tho
chemical reaction obtained by tho
tests woro different from thoso re
sulting from the blood test of any ani
mal heretofore known All animals
up to this time had been classed ei
ther as warm or cold blooded, tho
blood of one of the Intter, a frog or
a snake for instance, being very dis
similar to that fiom ono of the for
mer, say u chicken or a dog, whoso vi
tal fluid being warm much moro
closely resembled the blood of man.
In the specimens which they had an
alyzed the blood was a mixture of the
two, therefore of necessity tho crea
ture who shed It was apart and dis
tinct from any other human or other
animal In that he was neither warm
nor cold blooded, but contained tho
corpuscles of both. What the char
acteristics, habits, food or mentality
of such an anomalous being probably
wero was an unguessablo problem,
but in all likelihood ho was omnivo
rous with a deplded carnivorous or
meat-eating preference. At any rate
as an addition to science he was in-
HV II-
ifaWBrllW Mm
nil
She Was at His Side.
CHAPTER V.
The Declaration of War.
It may woll be doubted It ovor bo
foro In its countless hundreds of gen
erations this gray old world became bo
agog as It did on tho morning of tho
twenty-first of August, tho day suc
ceeding tho passing of tho scudding
visitor from tho depths of spaco.
From Mnlno to tho Philippines, from
tho Yukon to Chllo, from England to
Japan, from Norway to South Africa,
from mid-ocean ltnor to mid-ocean
tnio, mothers omployed him as a bug
aboo to frighten their children and
tho Congressional clown pretended to
try rind get a law pasBed whereby tho
Government should provide him freo
transportation back to his own land.
Far and wldo dime showmen exhibit
ed hugo plcturos of him nnd nn
nounced his prcsonco In chains with
in their touts, nnd that chains did
really rattlo within, thoso without
could readily hear. Rvon In the city
whero ho had appeared his existence
wns genernlly discredited, notwith
standing tho provloualy good reputa
tions for Voracity of thoso who
vouchod for him, tho moro charitably
valuable. Tho paleontologist, tho or
nithologist, tho ethnologist, the nn
thropologlst, the pathologist thero
wns a long llBt ot them would give
all but their Hvob to possess him.
Professor Desmond recolved the ro
port, rend It with interest, and cau
tioning his associates to remain quiet
for tho timo being filed tho paper
away for future "uco.
Threo days later a wild-eyed farmer
galloping into tho city on a foaming
horso throw himself from tho saddle,
stumbled across the threshold of the
central police station and lay thoro
frothing at the mouth until thoy
picked him up und revived him with
brandy and ammonia. Eveutually thoy
manngod to extract his story, which
was told amidst frequent sobbing
ency and pitiful grovellngB when ho
iJlcad abjectly for help both Dlvlno
and human. In Bubstnncc he said:
"My name Is Jones Simon K. Jones,
nnd I havo a small placo about flvo
miles out In the country on the old
Creek road. I llvo thero with my wlfo
and llttlo girl eight yenrs old Oh, in
tho namo of God, men, help me help
me save her my daughter my dar
ling all right, I'll try and bo calm,
boys, for I know you will all do what
you can for mo.
"It happened an hour ago Just about
but it seems a year already. 1 was
coming across a field and happoned to
glnnco up at the sun to see what tlmo
It was and I saw lilm yes, I saw lilm
tho Flying Man, for of course I had
heard of him I guess everybody in
tho world has. Ho was up, 'way up,
mobby a thousand feet, and didn't
look very big and at first I thought
he wa3 some funny kind of a hawk,
then I got a better view and saw it
was a man. Thero was no chanco of
Its being a flying machine, for I've
seen them and they don't flop their
wings. I ran thon ran as fast as
I could, looking up at him over my
shoulder. Ho saw me too, for ho com
menced to come down In great circles
llko an eaglo does when ho is soaring
off a cliff Into u canyon, nnd ho waB
getting in on me closer at every
swoop. But I- had a good start and
beat lilm to tho house by qulto a bit
and rushed in and locked tho doors
and shoved my wlfo in a closet ami
then took down the gun an old mus
ket 'that I always keep loaded with
blrdshot This was just about noon '
time and my daughter was at school
half a mllo away. Well, everything
was still for a while, u kind of a
creepy Btill with nothing but a few lo
custs singing, still, still still as a
graveyard at high noon In midsummer
seemed as if I had never known it
to bo bo still, then I heard something
light on tho roof and go pat, pat, soft
like, as If somebody was trotting
around on it barefoot, and then I
knew ho was up thero and looking
around. Then that sound stopped and
for a while everything was quiet as
death again outside and I was stand
ing against tho wall where I could seo
both windows in front of mo nnd with
my ears well I guess I nevor listened
bo hard before. I could even hear tho
flics buzzing on tho pano clear across
the room and hear my wife breathing
behind tho closet door. Pretty soon
I heard him try the kitchen door vory
soft, but I had locked it and tho next
I heard of him ho was fooling around
out In the woodshed. That made mo
get cold, for I thought ho was after
tho ax to smash In tho door, but
after a while ho seemed to go out of
there and for a long tlmo there wasn't
a sound I don't know how long, It
seemed like an hour, but I guess It
was mebby Ave minutes. Anyway I
got so nervouB that I couldn't stand
still any longer, so I pulled off my
boots and tiptoed out into tho kitchen.
I peeked out of tho windows, but
couldn't seo anything, and after look
ing and listening for a while I crept
back soft as a cat into tho parlor,
and my God, mon! Thero ho wa3
with that awful face pushed tight
against tho window pane and thoso
great Juno bug oyes of his looking
straight In at me. I don't reckon I
was over so scart beforo in my life
know "I wasn't. I just lost control of
myself, lot out a yell and blazed away
nt lilm. Ho ducked like a flash and I
don't reckon f hit him, for I was too
scart to tako aim. Next thing I re
membor I was cocking my gun nnd
couldn't remember whether I hnd
loaded It or not, bo I tried it with tho
ramrod it Is an old-fashlonod muzzle
loader, you know and found that I
hnd. Must havo put In the shot first,
though, for when I tried to shoot it
later only the cap snapped.
"Woll, I kind of pulled hyself to
gether and wont sneaking around
ngain sweating and trying tp keep up
my spunk by tolling myself if I ever
t another shot at him he'd never go
around bothering peoplo again In this
world. Next I saw of him he was
about a hundred yards away over by
tho stone pile and was lifting up a
rock that must havo weighed seventy
llvo pounds While I was wondoring
what ho was up to ho got it In his
arms and made a hop or two and them
great black wings shot out, and up
ho went flap, flap, clrclln' around nud
gottlug Btralghter overhead every min
ute till ho was bo straight up I
couldn't boo him any more from tho
window. Must havo been a couple of
hundred feet up when I loBt Bight of
lilm. Then of a sudden I got cold
all over again, for I knew what ho
was up to now know it as woll as If
ho had told mo. And I wasn't mis
taken neither, for about a mlnuto
later camo a smash-bang aud that
rock como through tho kitchen roof
like n thousand of brick aud knocked
the Btove all to smithereens.
(TO DH CONTINUED.)
Simple Lines.
What wo all need Is grand slmplo
HneB lu our characters and our work
breakdowns, wild fllghtB of Incohor-1 ub well aB In our toilettes.
