Part 10 (2/2)
And then in a flash he realized just as happening It was a police raid In his student days he had seen such a raid upon a gaht of the girl--she must not be involved in this He raced toward the door, but somebody had ran quicker, and his hand was on the bell-push when he ung violently backwards, and an authoritative voice said:
”Take that ripped his shoulder and solish,” he said in surprise
”Yes, yes,” gasped Malcolm ”I'm sorry to interfere, but there is a lady in there, in who this club, aren't you?”
”That's about the size of it,” said a man in civilian clothes; and then, suspiciously, ”Who are you?”
Malcol
”Take et away Don't be mixed up in this business,” said the officer ”You can release hieant What's the time?”
A clock struck at that e of the raid pressed the bell
”If you've a lady friend involved in this, perhaps you'd like to stand by,” he said ”She ood-humouredly
CHAPTER VI
PRINCE SERGANOFF PAYS THE PRICE
Mr Cherry Bie, was an optier-tips He also held certain races in profound contempt, not because he knew the countries, but because he had ed by their characteristics
So that the ain to the premises of the Friends of Freedom Club, found to his astonish The truth was, of course, that the gun-man had a supreme contempt for all Russians, whom he had classified mistakenly as ”Lithanians” and ”Pollaks” To the fervent promise made by Mr Yakoff that no harm would come to him, Cherry Bim had replied briefly but unprintably
”Of course, there'll be no harm come to me,” he said scornfully ”You don't think I worry about what that bunch will do? No, sir! But I'm powerfully disinclined to associate myself with people out of ood to be seen round with Pollaks and Letts”
Yakoff earnestly iive the benefit of his experience to the assembly, and had proument was one which Cherry Bim could understand and appreciate He accepted on the spot, and ca no entle art of assassination Not that he knew very much about it, because Cherry, with three or four ht; but a hundred pounds was a lot of land from his shoes and seek a landhe noticed on arrival was that Boolba, the ated him before, was not present In his place sat a sly black beard and a white face, as addressed as ”Nicholas”
The second curious circumstance which struck him was that he was received also in an ominous silence
The black-bearded lish, indicated a chair to the left of him
”Sit down, comrade,” he said ”We have asked you to come because we have another proposition toproposition, you needn't go any farther,” said Cherry, ”and I won't trouble you with ents, and----” he looked in vain for the woht round off his sentence gracefully--”fellow song tone, ”does it not h places----”
”Now, can that stuff!” said Cherry Bi makeson a stove, I guess Tyranny don'tlife than Hennessy, and tyrants ht up in a land of freedolory, where the only tyrant you ever ents, I won't trouble you any longer”
He half-rose, but Nicholas pushed him down