Evening Star Newspaper, August 2, 1928, Page 40

. (Continued from Yesterday's Star) INSTALLMENT XXIL | AMERON saw the expression on Walker's face turn from amaze- | ment to alarm, saw him waver | and then assume a frozen rigid- ity. Despite the command the trooper shot a glance over his shoulder. | The paper masking the broken window had been burst apart. A hand had | been thrust through—a hand from which the blunt snout of an automatic | pistol extended.s Beyond this he caught | tne aum outline of a face. “Keep your head around,” the volce purred, “and obey me now. Don't move. If you do—" It left “the sentence uncompleted Cameron found his hand clutching the gem it held with bruising strength. | Thought flashed through his mind, | blurred by speed. This proved it. The | fantastic story was right. They had ecome for the diamond--Levine and that other. The two he had met on the iz A Nerve-Tingling N By Van de Water was speaking to Walker and that Ch: linsky now Stood beside the police chief. “T don’t know, I don't know,” Walker babbled in terror and then as the man. looming gigantic beside the chief's own considerable bulk, reached out and caught his arm, went on in a high frantic voice “I never had it. He' nodding to- ward the still ¢ Cameron, “showed it to me, I don't know what he did with it." “Your friend,” Levine said courte- ously to the trooper more obliging than you. ¥ou are brave, which is some- times a painful fault. He advanced a step nearer Cameron and there were flecks of brightness in | the little granite eyes. “Do you think,” he asked wit} immense calmness of repress “that you can outwit me—me, Others have tried, {riend them are dead and the re wish they were. Where is We sold it, not knowing A hand had been thrust through—a hand from wh ich the blunt snout road. The big man who killed Boris.| He had it. Best give it over. Wh couid he do? He stared at the splendor of the wel and from it to the bright tinsel ngings on the fir tree and suddenly | his brain focused and his racing | thoughts stood still. He heard the rattle and slide of the window opening bejind him and a draft of air set the decorations to| swinging on the fir tree. Very cau- tiously he shook the chain out of his hand and pressed the diamond between thumb and forefinger. “Put your hands up, both of you. the voice commanded, “and you in gray, I am watching you particularly It will be unfortunate if you drop what is in yours.” Walker's arms already were raised high above his head. Cameron hesi- tated, holding his breath “Put your hands up,” the voice rap- ped impatiently As the trooper obeyed, his thumb darted out, flipping the diamond away as one shoots a marble. H# bit his lip | and waited. The man at the window spoke rapidly in another language to some one outside. Cameron heard the rasp of cloth on wood. The window, rattled faintly and feet dropped to the | floor. “You both,” the order came in the same gentle, menacing tone, “will walk over and stand against the wall Good ™ Again the whisper of rubbing cloth, grunt, and the creaking of floor boards. “Now,” the unseen ordered, “you can both face about.” Beside the Christmas tree stood a little man, his hat set far back on his high, bald skull; a strangely meek lit- tle man, Cameron thought at first glance, in shabby, rumpied clothing with his hat brim flaring out his ears. It was incongruous thet so mild a figure should hold a pistol trained steadily upon him and Walker. Then he noticed the eyes set close to the fleshy nose. They were gray and opaque as granite and as hard. There was brain behind them; Cameron could feel | that, but it was an inhuman intelligence as merciless as the scornful mouth, twisted into a perpetual half sneer. Behind the little man and looming | £ head and shoulders above him. was a | grimy, hairy giant. The sprouting | beard accentuated rather than masked | the loose bestiality of his lips. Above | the wide cheekbones, reddened eyelids | bimked with a bovine deliberation. From | the enormous span of his shoulders, | thick arms dangled great hands, half | closed and flaccid. There was a sen- | sual flicker of anticipation behind | those reddened lids. The trooper felt| dread touch him coldly. He spoke | ud “I know you both. I've seen you before.” | The little man wrinkled his fore-| head as though lifting his non-existing | eyebrows | “Yes,” he said politely, “but you shail | not see us again.” | Fhege was a soft, velvety menace in his ‘prediction. Beside him, Cameron could hear the police chief breathing ey spoke boldly to anodyne fear. Levide and Chaplinsky,” he said, as | though memorizing the names The face of the little man twitched almost imperceptibly and the scornful | lines about his lips deepened. | “Open your hands,” he bade Cam- eron still quietly and, as the trooper hesitated, snapped “Quick!" His body | quivered as though something within struggled to be unleashed. The big man behind him continued to stare Cameron slowly spread his fingers wide, displaying empty palms. No trace of emotion touched Le- vine's face After a long silence he| esked “Where is it?" “Where 15 what?” Cameron retorted. “You are humorous,” Levine com- piained mildly, -“I should like that diamond right away” 1 have no diamond. I don't know | what you are talking about,” the trooper replied stoutly | The little man did not answer but} sputtered and droned something in Rus- | sian to the glant who stood behind him I'm orderi he explained him to make you tell,” e pleasantly o the ; Ci sky moved his great bulk to-| ward Cameron with the ungainly ecase of a bear His red-rimmed eyes sparkied now with an almost chiidish pleasure The trooper braced himself tor struggle. It was useless. With Chaplinsky grappled sted both arms behind Cameron’s back and pinned them there with one hand smelled like a wiid snimal. His other paw gripped his prisoner by the nape of the neck, close 10 his ears, and pressed Searing agony shot up either side of the trooper's head, a throbbing Lor- ment that tried to batter its way through the peak of his skull He ground his teeth 1o check & ‘groan and caught @& pain-blurred glimpse of Levine walching him houghtfully Then sight went out in & | yed mist | Behind his victim, Chaplinsky bared | strong yellow teeth In a grin of de-| light. It was not Cameron but Walker, | ashen-faced and shaking, who groaned Strake bought it, and died. Where is it? Very well.” He spoke to Chaplinsky who caught hold of Cameron and twisted him from his feet. Then kneeling astride of him and turning him from side to side as easily as one might handle a child, the big man stripped the trooper. Once, in a sudden spasm of terror, Cameron at- tempted to resist. Chaplinsky grinned. | caught his arm in a mighty paw and squeezed until his captive relaxed be- ! neath the pain. At length he muttered something over his shoulder to Levine in a high shrill voice and at the little man's com- mand arose. Cameron struggled to his | feet, thrust the tails of his ripped shirt inside his waistband, and drew up his belt. Levine was speaking rapidly to Chaplinsky, who nodded and ieft the room. They heard him padding cau- tiously along the hall and Cameron's heart stood still an instant, but he did | not_ascend the stairs the little man ex- “to put a poker in the fire. Presently, you will tell me where that jewel is. It may be, of | course, that you dropped it. You- could not have thrown it. I watched.” He waited until Chaplinsky returned and picked up Cameron's gun and gun- belt. The giant stood guard over the | two men while Levine searched the floor with a manifestly growing agita- tion. Twice Cameron flinched as he knocked against the Christmas tree, and tinsel showered down upon the back of his greenish-black coat. 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The iron grip on Cameron’s | neck relaxed. Consclousncss returned | a5 the pain ehbed and he caught him- | #elf on the verge of falling. He U0 keep hjs feet, swaying 1wisted “l]l throbbing nec word. He was sware. abo ming of blood in hie ears, that Levine Sofe wpirin 18 the trade mark of Beyer Many 3 ASPIRIN” and INSIST! Headache Neuritis Toothache Frederie F. Mystery Romance of Unusual Interest § weak-kneed republic of today, but the proletarian Russia that has been and shall be again. Anything, my obstinate friend, can happen; will happen. Where have you hidden that diamond?” Cameron shrugged his shoulders. “Find out,” he jeered Levin~ took the insult of gesture and tone patiently “We shall.” he acquiesced. “This old man, this Ell Meek, told us the same thing—and he found out. So!" He looked with the air of a professor 1ging & problem for the disheveled ooper o the hulking, pasty-faced bulk of the police chief ameron,” Walker begged, sick with dread of pain, “tell him, you fool.” The trooper smiled and made no reply. "hat good advic Levine prompted. “No? Very well, then.” He spoke rapidly in Russian to Chap- The grimy giant gave an eager cont and his face quickened with anticipation. Cameron ~ watched him of an automatic pistol extended. pad toward the closed hall door and | gave a sharp cry as he opened it. i “Run!” he called, “Run!" Esther Somers stared in bewilder- ment, For a breath’s space no one spoke while her face paled and her hand crept upward and pressed against | her breast. As she drew back Levine exclaimed aloud. Chaplinsky leaped | forward and gripped her, one great paw | clapped over her mouth to choke the sere: “No!" Levine snapped as the trmmrl surged forward. Cameron stepped uj a trailing bootlace and stumbled. The Iittle man sidestepped deftly and struck him across the skull with the pistol barrel. He sprawled on hands and knees and then crouched, his head lurching | with pain. Above him he heard the | mild voice continue: | “That also was stupid. Get up!” He rose, dizzily. Above the maskin hand of Chaplinsky he saw the girl's | fear-darkened eyes. The giant grinned | gleefully and looked with expectation | toward Levine, who calmly watched the | trooper struggle for balance. For the | first time the little man smiled. “T had hoped for this”" he said. He shot a glance at the pinioned girl and addressed her through his eyes returned to Cameron. “If you scream.” he said pleasantly, “it whil be bad for our friends here. I advise you to keep quiet. Please re- | { member.” (Continaied in Tomorrow's Star.) Protect Your Skin, From Summer’s Sun! The dainty effect of sum- mery clothes will not be marred by tan or freckles if you protect i;our skin with Black and White eroxide (Vanishing) Cream. 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