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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT.. THURSDAY, NOV. 17, 1921. The Kingdom of The Blind By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM. hair; shells that burst in the air, mind, too, which you needn't mind letting 'em have as quick as we can fire 'em off. I shall try and get on to one of those stations myself at midnight." "What time do you think they'd at- I tack if they do get over?" j The other took out his watch and considered the subject. ! "Of course," he reflected, "they'll want to make the most of the darkness, but I think what they'll aim at chiefly is to get here unobserved. Therefore, I think they won't start until it's dark, probably from three or four different bases. That means they'll be here a little before dawn. I shall just motor my people up to Harrow and get back again by midnight." Thomson left the Admiralty, a little later, and took a taxi to Berkeley Square. The servant hesitated a little at his inquiry. "Miss Geraldine is in. sir, I believe," he said. "She is in the morning-room at the moment." "I shall not keep her," Thomson promised. "I know that it is nearly The r ushered him 5 the (Copjgkhted) t'd.) the guns belched out a level line of . flame,--there was nothing more left of the submarine, or of the men clinging on to it like flies. Conyers watched them disappear without the slightest change of expression. "Hell's the only place for them!" he muttered. "'Send out the boats, John-_jn, and cruise around. There may be j something else left to be picked up." [ The word of command was passed forward and immediately a boat was [ lowered. an and a woman clinging to a ' [ table, sir," an officer reported to Conyers. "We're bringing them on board. Barely fifty feet away from them!, Conyers was the submarine. The captain and four or five of the men were on deck. Thomson shouted to hi CHAPTER XXXIII.--(Cont'd.) "Push yourself away from every thing as well as you can," he whisper ed, "and, Geraldine--if anything should happen to us, I never changed --not for a moment." "I don't believe I ever did', either," she sobbed, holding out her hand. Another wave broke over them. They came up. however. He gripped her wet hand for a moment. All around them were articles of ship's furniture, broken planks, here and there a man swimming. From close at hand cams the shriek of the vanishing "Look!" Geraldine cried. hall and threw open the door of the little room at the back of the stairs. "Major Thomson, madam," he announced. Geraldine rose slowly from the couch on which she had been seated. Standing only a few feet away from her was Granet. The three looked at one another for a moment and no word was spoken. It was Geraldine who first recovered herself. "Hugh!" she exclaimed warmly. "Why, you are another unexpected visitor!" "I should not have come at such a time," Thomson explained, wanted just to have a word with you, Geraldine. If you are engaged your mother would do." "I am not in the least engaged, Geraldine assured him, "and I hav been expecting to hear from you all :oved"to the side of the\dW- } ?ot back from Boulogm ' saw Geraldine lifted into! m^l- "Can't you save soma of these women?" The answer was a laugh--hoarse, brutal, derisive. The submarine glided away. Thomson's face, as he looked after it, was black with anger. The next moment he recovered himself, however. He had need of all his strength. "Don't listen to anything, Geraldine," he begged her. "They will nearly all be saved. Can't you hear the sirens already? There are plenty of ships coming up. Remember, we can't go down so long as we keep hold here." "But you've no lifebelt on," she faltered. "I don't need it," he assured her. "Xoi the boat, and Thom.su she was safe, clamber in after her. He! Th.°ms™ watched them hauled up on to the deck of the destroyer and suddenly recognized them-. "My God!" he exclaimed, as he dashed down the ladder. "It's Geraldi She was standing on the deck, the wet streaming from her, supported by a sailor on either side. She gasped a little when she saw him. She was quite conscious and her voice was steady. "We are both here, Ralph," she cried, "Hugh and I. He saved my life. Thank heavens you are here!" Already the steward was hastening forward with brandy. Geraldine sipped a little and passed the glass to Thorn-Then she turned swiftly to her lad to s keep afloat perfectly well, brother There was an unfamihs You're not cold?" I !°°k ir> her f,ace- "No," she gasped, "but I feel so low ; "Ralph, she muttered, "don't bother down. The sky seems suddenly fur- about us. Don't stop for anything ther "way. Oh. if some one would e!se- Cant you find that submarine? come!" \ 1 saw them all--the men---laughing There were sirens now, and plenty, as they passed away!" of them, close at hand. Out cf the mist Conyer's eyes blazed for a moment thev saw a great black hull looming.. with reminiscent fury. Then his lips "'They're here all right!" he cried, parted and he broke into strange, dls-"Ccurage, Geraldine! It's only an-, cordant merriment. _ other five minutes." I They'll laugh no more in this world, Thirty miles an hour into a fog of Geraldine," he cried, in fierce triumph, mist, with the spray falling like a "They're down at the bottom of the fountain and the hiss of the sea-water, every man and dog of them!" like devil's music in their ears. Then 1 She gripped him by the shoulder-- the haze lifted -ike the curtain before Geraldine. who had never willingly the stase of a theatre, and rolled away hurt even an insect _ into the dim distance. An officer stood 1 Ralph, by Conyers' side. "Hospital ship 'Prin torpedoed by a submar picking up the sur We're right into 'em, Even as he spoke, e down. There ! Hilda' just sir. Theyjre o trawl i Thank God yoi CHAPTER XXXIV. It was towards the close of rally long day's work and Majo '.! Thomson sighed with relief as he real- tvorse, I am i-arked. -She shivered a little. Then she looked him full in the face and her eyes were full of unspoken things. "Thanks to you," she murmured. "However," she added, with a little laugh, "I don't want to frighten you away, and I know what would happen if I began to talk about our adventure. I am sorry, Captain Granet," she went on, turning towards where he Standing, "but I cannot possibly ... cept your aunt's invitation. It is very good of her to ask me and very kind of you to want me to go so much, but to-night I could not leave my mother. She has been having rather a fit of nerves about Ralph the last few days, and she hates being left alone." "Captain Granet is trying to persuade you to leave London this evening?" Thomson asked quietly. He wants me very much to go down to Lady Anselman's at Reigate tonight," Geraldine explained. "I really accepted Lady Anselman's invitation some days ago, but that was before mother was so unwell. I have written your aunt, Captain Granet," she continued, turning to him. "Do please explain to her how disappointed I am, and it was very nice of you to come and ask me to change my mind." here was a brief but rather curi-silence. Granet had turned away from Geraldine as though to address Thomson. He was meeting now the silent, half contemptuous challenge of the latter's eyes. "Captain Granet is showing great consideration for your comfort and safety," Thomson remarkel. Granet for a moment forgot himself, j His eyes flashed. He was half angry,' Rug Making. 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He seemed to be pondering over his words, his expression was inscrutable. Geraldine looked from one to the other. "There is something between vou good day's work, he decided, I *wo which I don't understand," she he had been warmly thanked over aefJSTed' , Brigadier-General at' T^V8 a Ve,7 Pfat deal about arrest and exposure! Captain Granet which I am only just of | empty. He lit a cigarette and strefceh-a ed himself in his chair. He had been j interviewed by all manner of people, I had listened to dozens of suspicious stories. His work had been intricate m and at times full of detail. On the siing. Thei thei 5 another shout i hoarse yell of excitement. Barely a hundred yards away, the submarine, wobbling strangely, appeared <*« +h» surface. An officer ' Op the white flag. "We hurriedly opened. Ambrose came in without even the usual mony of knocking. He held a piece of paper in his hands. There was a triumphant ring in his to: stern held i he looked up from it toward* hief. it, sir!" he exclaimed. , "Stumbled across it quite by accident, hesi- Lve 8"ot the whole code, "it's based yards, jUpon the leading articles in the Times rating' of certain dates. Here's this last ^ ^sinking!" he shouted. For a single second Conyers tated. Then he looked downy The corpse of a woman went flo»w,., by; a child, tied on to a table, was bob-! sage--'Leave London June 4th. Have bin-g against the side. The red fires' flares midnig-ht Buckingham Palace, flashed before his eyes; the thunder of, St. Paul's steps, gardens in front of his voice broke the momentary still- Savoy. Your last report received.' " ness. In obedience to his command,! " 'Leave London June 4th,' " Thowi-■ ■ ----' | son repeated, glancing at the calendar, ' j--"to-day; 'Have flares,'--Zeppelins.! j Ambrose!" The clerk nodded. "I thought of them at once, sir," hi I agreed,. 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