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DO I TELL?

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I glanced down into the garden. to act his part. So much the bet-

It looked like a cinema screen, flatter, so would I. *

and unreal, the lawn almost silver "Have you anything to say, before in the moonlight, the shrubbery I send for the police?" I asked, my black shadow. Yet it was there, voice gaining assurance. "I warn where the shadow was deepest, that you I'm pretty useful with a gun, a movement caught my eye. Some-so no tricks!"

"Not the police," he pleaded. "I thing, someone, was coming towards

done this before, the house, silently, stealthily. As I swear I've never down on watched the figure reached the end and 1 won't again

a Budden of the shrubbery and paused: Then my luck, broke

in a dark overcoat temptation. I haven't taken.. any- A young nan fitted noiselessly across the path.thing. Give me a break. I'll go

My heart pounded-a burglar straight, I swear I will!"

He certainly was a good actor; rouse the Should I cry out. household? I was the only man in there was real urgency in his voice. "No good, my man," I answered, it. If I did I should have to denl

with him. He might be armed.. aternly. "I'm too tough. for that In terror and indecislou I craned sob stuff. Put your hands ca the forward to watch the intruder. table; together. I'm going to tie He was fumbling at one of the them with the 'cord of my dressing *dining-room windows. There was a gown."

slight click, the man glanced hur

He began to plead again, but 1 riedly round, pushed up the window, cut him short: and clambered. through.

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it wasn't a burglar at all, it was first time that he was wearing thin Young Tamplin. He had got here black cotton gloves. I wondered! entering the why. To lower his hands on to the house just as he used to as a boy table within my reach he bad to I had frightened myself unneces-lean forward, and I looked over his shoulder to the wall behind. The sarily. There was no danger.

No danger! What a Heaven-sent safe in the panelling was open.

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Highland dress-noblest cord. should be quite safe, but no one head. With one hand I fumbled at Panic! would realise that I had known I my dressing-gown

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The man saw it in my face, in the clan creat. A wonderful pride had been prepared single-handed to take on a desperate and probably my trembling Angers. As I bent is that which the clansmen have armed criminal, Adela could not forward to tie his wrists he aimed in those creats all richly storied- fail to look on me in a new light a vicious smash at my chin. Terror expressive of the wild, often sav winged my backward leap. His fist age-passioned, always heroic le after that.

The wild boar's head, is My slippered feet made no sound flashed harmlessly past, but for one gendary of the Gael. on the atsira. Although I assured awful second I thought he would

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the threshold. I tried to cry a warn dining-room door waa ajar. Cau-ing, but no sound came. tiously I peered through. In the

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atanding Then: window I saw the man with his back towards me at the other end of the room. I felt quiet- ly for the light switch, pressed it down, and, as the light fashed on, 2nd Jan.crashed open the door. 4th Feb.

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Then, one hand in my dressing gown pocket to simulate a revolver, in my flercest tone I cried:

"Put 'em up!"

He spun round on his heel and confronted me; his armas rose slow ly above his shoulders.

over on the

The story behind the adoption the of the wild boar's head as

"Bob" she cried.

Hullo, Adela," he answered, jerkily pulling off his hat.

strikes no disharmonic note in a clan history marked as deeply by the subtle scheming of chieftain as by the bravery of clansman. Deirmid, the legendary founder of She turned her face up to him, and I saw the look that a girl, gives the Argyll family, had by a strata- gem got a barefooted opponent to to one man only.

"Oh, my dear, I'm so glad you've measure the length of a slain wild boar in the direction contrary to got here after all. It's lovely to see the set of the bristles and so get you again."

He backed slowly in front of her pricked and poisoned.

Accounting for the Chisholms"

as she entered, until he stood in

Glen- his old position covering the safe, adoption of their crest is a story 7th Feb. He was a presentable enough I heard a door open," she went more heroic and pleasing.

young man in a well cut overcoat on That must have been Mr. convinth-their native place near Inverness-becoming Infested by buttoned to the throst, with a hat Pargeter letting you in

wild boars, the terrorized clans- 19th Dec. pulled down over his eyes. I didn't She smiled towards me.

wonder that my sudden challenge Out of the corner of my eye 1 men turned out in force to extir- bad startled him badly. There was saw young Tamplin's hand go out pate them. A young hero, sceing real alarm in his face and his jaw behind his back. He no longer an especially fierce one approach 2nd Jan. dropped, but he was a big athletic wore the black gloves. Gently he him grew faint-hearted, where- the fellow, and had I not known who closed the safe door and twirled the upon the chief's son rushed for-

ward, slew it, and stood on 12th Dec, he was I should have been terrified. combination knob. It was deftly body. There and then the Chri

He said nothing but watched me done.

their crest a holms adopted as as, still covering him, I edged along Well," he said, easily, as she

right hand holding a dagger on 18th Dec. until my back was to the open win-turned to him again. "I didn't want the point of which is a boar's 24th Dec. dow; the table between us. I ex-to rouse everybody. As a matter head, and the motto is "Feros 18th Dec. pected a laughing, explanation, but of fact I stepped in through the

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