Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 14, Hammond, Lake County, 3 July 1907 — Page 3
Wednesday, Jiriv 3, 1907.
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continued. "That you, Green? Just give my bag to the driver and return to the village. Here is a five pound note. Pay your bill and go back to London by the first train tomorrow. I stop here some few days." The astonished servant took the note. Before he could reply his master turned, crossed a room feebly lighted by a dull lamp and passed through a curtained doorway. Green was staring perplexedly at the
house, the kitchen, his ill favored companion carrying Philip's portmanteau within, when he heard his master's
voice again and saw him standing between the partly drawn curtains, with his face quite visible in the dim rays of the lamp.
"Green?"' "Yes, sir." "Here are my keys. Unlock the bajj
and take the keys with you. You remember the small portmaEteau in my safe at Park lane?"
"Yes, sir." "Open the safe, get that bag and Fend it to me tomorrow night by train to the Station hotel, York." "Tomorrow night, sir?" "Yes."
The keys were thrown with a rattle on to a broad kitchen table. Evidently Mr. Ansou would not brook questions
as to his movements, though his few words sounded contradictory. Green got down, unfastened the portmanteau
and went back to the dogcart. "They're queer folk i' t' Grange,'
said the stable boy as they drove way. "There's a barrow night and a lady as nobody ever sees, an' a dochtor, an' a
man him as kern for ye." "Surely they are well known here?"
"Not a bit of it. On'y bin here about
a week. T" doctor chap's very chirpy,
but yon uther is a rum 'uu."
Green was certainly puzzled very
greatly by the unexpected develop
ments of the last few minutes, but he
was discreet and well trained.
He liked his young master and would
do anything to serve his interests
Moreover, the ways of millionaires were not the ways of other men. All he could do was to hear and obey. He slept none the less soundly because his master chose voluntarily to bury himself, even for a little while, in such a weirdly tumbledown old mansion as the Grange House.
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CHAPTER XVIII.
A N'T I have a light?" said
Philip, with head screwed round to ascertain if the doctor were following him.
sense, whether of sight or he knew not, warned him of
movement near at hand, an impalpable effort, a physical tension as of a man
a boring under extreme but repressed
excitement.
He paid little heed to It. All the sur
roundings in this weird dwelling were
so greatly at variance with his anticipations that he partly expected to find
further surprises.
Pr. Williams did not answer. Philip
advanced a halting foot, a hesitating
hand groping for a door.
Instantly a stout rope fell over his
shoulders, a noose was tightly drawn, and he was jerked violently to th
stone floor of the passage. He fell
prone on his face, hurting his nose and mouth. The shock jarred him greatly.
but his hands, if not his arms, were free, and, with the instinct of self preservation that replaces all other sensa
tions in moments of extreme peril, he
strove valiantly to rise.
But he was grasped by the neck witii
brutal force and some one knelt on his back.
Philip Anson," hissed a man's . i i- . ,
voice, do you rememucr jociiy ja.a-
son .'
SSo he had fallen into a trap, cunning
ly prepared by what hendish combination of fact and artifice he had yet to
learn. Jocky Mason, the skulking
criminal of Johnson's Mews. Was ho in that man's power?
Under such conditions a man thinks
quickly. Philip's first ordered thought was one of relief. He had fallen into
the clutches of an English brigand. Money would settle this difficulty if all other means failed.
"Yes, yes," he gurgled, half strangled by the tierce pressure on his
throat.
"You hit me once from behind. You
can't complain if I do the same. You
sent me to a living hell for ten years
not your fault that it wasn't forever.
Lie still! 2'ot all your money can save
you now. I am judge and jury and
hell itself. ' You are dying dying dead!"
And with the final words drawled
into his ears with bitter intensity
Philip felt a terrible blow descend on
Lis head. There Avas no pain, no fear,
no poignant emotion at leaving all the world held so dear to him. There was an awful shock. A thundercloud seem
ed to burst in his brain, and lie sank into the void without a groan. Now, in falling the hard felt hat he wore dropped in front of his face. The
first wild movement of his head tilted
it outward, but the savage jerk giveu by his assailant brought the rim slightly over his skull again. In the almost complete darkness of the passage Mason could not see the slight protection this aJlorded to bis
victim, and the sledge hammer blow he delivered with a life preserver that murderous implement named so utterly at variance with its purpose did not reveal the presence of an obstacle. He struck with a force that would have stunned an ox; it must have killed any man be he the hardest skulled aborigine that ever breathed. But the
stout rim of the hat, though crushed
ike an eggshell, took off some of the
leaden instrument's tremendous impact. Philip, though quite insensible,
was not dead. His sentient faculties
were annihilated for the time, but his heart continued its life giving functions, and he breathed with imperceptible fiutterings.
Mason rose, panting with excitement.
glutted with satisfied hate. He lifted
his victim's inert form with the ease of his great strength.
"Come on!" he shouted and strode
toward a door, which he kicked open.
A step sounded haltingly in the pas
sage. Bremer, tne sio-uisant doctor.
livid now and shaking with the ague of
irretrievable crime, stumbled after his
more callous associate. Unconsciously he kicked Philip's hat to one side. He entered the room, an apartment with a
boundless view of the sea.
Here there was more light than In
the kitchen. The windows faced to
ward the northwest, and the last radiance of a setting sun Illumined a wall
on the right.
"Not there!" he gasped. "In this chair. His face I must see his face!" Mason, still clasping his inanimate burden, laughed with a snarl. "Stop that!" he roared. "Pull yourself together. Get somebrandy. I've done my work. If you can't do yours, let me finish it." "Oh, just a moment! Give me time! I hate the sight of blood. Get a towel. Bind It round his neck. His clothes! They will be saturated. And wipe his face. I must see his face." Grenier was hysterical. He had the highly strung nervous system of a girl where deeds of bloodshed were concerned. While Mason obeyed his instructions he pressed his hands over his eyes. "Bring some brandy, white liver. Do you want me to do everything?" This gruff order awoke Grenier to
trembling action. lie went to a cupboard and procured a bottle. Mason, having placed Anson in a chair and steadied his head against the wall, seized half a tumblerful of the neat spirit and drank it with gusto. The other, gradually recovering his self control, was satisfied with a less potential draft. "It will be dark soon," growled Mason. "We must undress him first, you said." "Yes, if his clothes are not blood
stained." "Pot! He must go into the water naked in any case. The idea is your own." "Ah, I forgot. It will soon be all right. Besides, I knew I should be upset, so I have everything written down here all fully thought out. There can be no mistake made then." ne produced a little notebook and opened, it with uncertain fingers. He glanced at a closely written page. The words danced before his vision, but he persevered. "Yes. Ills coat first, then his boots;
clothes or linen stained with blood to be burned, after cutting off all buttons. Now I'm ready. I will not funk any more." His temperament linked the artistic and criminal faculties in sinister combination, and he soon recovered his domination In a guilty partnership. It must have been the instinct of the pickpocket that led him to appropriate Philip's silver watch, with its quaint
rhoelace attachment, before he touched any other article.
Queer thing!" he commented. "A
rich man might afford a better time-
Keeper, but there s no accounting tor
tastes."
Mason, satiated and stupefied, obey
ed his instructions like a ministering
ghoul. They undressed Thilip wholly, and Grenier, rapidly denuding himself
of his boots and outer clothing, donned these portions of the victim's attire.
Then the paint tubes and the other accessories of an actor's makeup were produced. Grenier, facing a mirror placed on a table close to Philip, began to remodel his own plastic features in close similitude to those of the unconscious man. He was greatly assisted by the fact that in general contour they were not strikingly different. Philip's face was of a fine classical type. Grenier, whose nose, mouth and
chin were regular and pleasing, found the greatest difficulty in controlling the shifty, ferretlike expression of his eyes. Again, rhilip had no mustache. The only costume he really liked to wear was his yachting uniform, and here he conformed to the standard of the navy. The shaven Hp, of course, was helpful to his imitator. All that was needed was an artistic eye for the chief effect, combined with a skilled use of his materials. And herein Grenier was an adept. But the light was growing very uncertain. "A lamp," he said querulously, for time sped and he had much to do "bring a lamp quickly!" Mason went toward the front kitch
en. Grenier did not care about be
ing left alone face to face with the
pallid and naked form In the chair, but
he set his teeth and repressed the tend
ency to rush after his confederate. The latter In returning halted an Instant.
"Hello!" he cried. "Here's his hat." After placing the lamp on the table beside the mirror he went back to the passage. Grenier was so busy -with the making up process that he did not notice what his companion was doing, nis bent form shrouded the light, and Mason placed the hat carelessly on a chair. He chanced to hold It by an uninjured part of the rim and never thought of examining it.
At last Grenier declared himself satisfied. ! "What do you think of the result?" he demanded, facing about so that the other could see both Auson and himself. "First rate. It would deceive his own mother." A terrific rattat sounded on the outer door. A direct summons to the infernal regions could not have startled both men more thoroughly. Grenier, with the protecting makeup on forehead and cheeks, only showed his terror in his glistening eyes and palsied frame. Mason, whom nothing could daunt, was nevertheless spellbound with surprise. What intruder was this who knocked so imperatively? They were a mile and a half from the nearest habitation.
four miles from a villjge. What fearful chance had brought to their door one who thus boldly demanded admission? Had their scheme miscarried at this vital moment? Had Ansou suspected something and arranged that he should be followed by rescuers avengers? The sheer agonv of fear restored
Grenier's wits. He was not Grenier now, but Thilip Anson a very shaky and unnerved Philip Anson, it was true, but sufficiently lifelike to choke off doubting inquiries. He clutched Mason's arm and point
ed a quivering finger at Philip. "Out with him! This instant! The tide is high!" "But his face! If he is found" Mason reached for the life preserver with horrible purpose. "No, no. No more noise. Quick, man! You must ga to the door. Only summon me if necessary. Oh. quick!" He rushed to another door and opened it. There was a balconv bevond. It
overhung the very lip of the rock. Far beneath the deep blue of the sea shone and naught else. Mason caught up Anson's limp form and ran with him to the balcony. With a mighty swing he threw him outward, clear of the cliffs euie. For a few tremulous seconds they listened. They thought they heard a splash. Then Mason turned coolly to Grenier. "Is there any blood on my coat?"
I can see none. Now, the door! Keep inside!" With quaking heart he listened to Mason's heavy tread along the passage and across the kitchen. He clinched
the back of a chair in the effort to
calm himself by forcible means. Then he heard the unbolting of the door and
the telegraph messenger's prompt an-1 nouncement: "Philip Anson, Esq." Mason came to him carrying the telegram. Grenier subsided into the chair ho held. This time he was prostrated. He could scarcely open the flimsy envelope. Abingdon counsels caution. Says thero is some mistake. Much love. EVELYN. That was all, but It was a good deal. Grenier looked up with lackluster eyes. He was almost fainting. "Send him away," he murmured. "There is nothing to be done. In the morning"
Mason saw that his ally "was nearly
exhausted by the reaction. He grin
ned and cursed.
"Of all the chicken hearted" But he went and dismissed the boy. Grenier threw himself at full length on a sofa. "What's up now?" demanded Mason, finding him prone. "Wait just a little while until my heart stops galloping. That confounded knock! It jarred my spine." "Take some more brandy." "How can I? It is impossible. I haven't got an ox head, like you." Mason placed the lamp on a central labie. Its rays fell on Thilip's hat. Something in its appearance caught the man's eye. lie picked up the hat and examined it critically. "Do you know," he said, after a silence broken only by Grenier's deep breathing, "I fancy I didn't kill him, fifter all." "Not kill him? Why he was dead in that chair for an hour." "Perhaps. I hit hard enough, but this hat must have taken some of it. When you were busy, I thought his
chest heaved slightly. And just now
when I carried him outside he seemed
to move." "Rot!" "It may be. I struck very bard. Grenier sat up. "Even If you are right," he mutter
ed, "it does not matter. He fell COO
feet. The fall alone would kill him
And If he is drowned and the boy Is picked up it is better so. Don't you
see? Even if he were recognized he
would be drowned, not not Well, bis death would be due to natural causes." He could not bring himself to say "murdered," an ugly word. "If you were not such a milksop, there would be no fear of his being recognized." But Grenier laughed a hollow and unconvincing laugh. Nevertheless it was a sign of recovery. "What nonsense we are talking! A raked man floating dead in the North ea. Who is ho? Not Philip Anson surely! Philip Anson is gayly gadding about England on his private affairs.
Where is Green? Hunter, go and tell Green to bring my traps here instantly.
I wish him to return to town on au urgent errand." There was a glint of admiration In Mason's eyes. Here was one with Anson's face, wearing Anson's clothes and addressing him in Anson's voice. "That's better." he chuckled. "You're clever when your head Is clear." "Now be off for Green. You know what to say." "You will be alone. Will you be afraid?" The sneer was the last stimulant Grenier needed. 4 To be Coaflaaed.)
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