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GEORGE LANNING : 1a

helping Enid Cookburn

against a gang of thugs who Book

envelope Enid

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la carrying in her bar for her solentles

☀ brother Gerald,

After findi man in

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an exciting chase by the polies in Richmond Park, George returns ·home

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Ind Enid and her brother had

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to a house In Chelsea

trousers," one of the gang. George sets in pursuit

in a van, but on the way' there he is stopped by a policeman..

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HE policeman poked his head Into the Ford van. He had

Lanning went back on Here Laurence Meynall presents

foot Into Farley Street,

looked up and down fit to

assure himself that his

friend in blue was not any- where near; and, reassured on that point, want in search of Number, Eight.

It was a tall narrow house that had recently been re painted. Six stone steps led", to a basement door, pre- sumably the kitchen, in an area; three stone steps led up from street level to the front door.

Lanning stood for, a moment looking at it, won- dering what new twist or trick this house might bring to him in the sudden rush of extraordinary happenings in which he had been swept up.

**

his second

chapter in this brilliant five-author serial match

Just for a moment, - Lanning themliated rain,something. Awas

fickering warningly at the back of his mind about spiders and

She stood watching Chim, smiling again; and in the smile and in the eyes above it he tholight he could detect some- thing mocking, even a little contemptuous.

Hell, Lanning told himself. of course I'll go in; that's what I came here for, isn't it? What's up with me, ...

Enid's bag

face co hard as she eculd.

The smile broke into words,

You seem undecided, Mr Lanning," she said, "what's the matter? Do I look a dangerous gone, cut in a hurry or any-some pals to return shortly his rattic away on to the floor he person to be with for

tes thing."

time for exploring, the house closed with her. Cora had many minutes or sot"

was limited. And Lanning, ilke qualities undoubtedly, but she -Her eyes flickered quickly but exploring: especially if there was didn't know the tricks of In It all looked Innocuous and

unmistakably when the hand-any danger about. He was dead akting that Lanning knew. been in the Metro straightforward enough, +

bag was mentioned: and if he scared all the time; but he liked Sul, before he had got the thing politan for twenty-two well-kept London house. In

hadn't known it before Lanning It, He was made that way, under control she managed to years and he was bored with decorous London. street; but he mistrusted it.

was quite sure of it at that so he opened the door opposite stop him three times across, the the idiocy habitually dis- samchow

*"'ll take 4. George Edward Lanning was a

moment, there was something chance-Cora. played by the damn fool great man for premonitions and Lanning said, and she stood on wrong somewhere, trouble was and tiptoed in. He didn't get "Temper, temper," he said,

staring, The was a general public. Added to as he stood looking at the front one sido to les him go by her lying around in large hunks in are wood on bed and began to put the wishi room, Between the large double picture on her arm which by which he hated motorists. of Number Eight Farley Street into the house. As he passed that house in Farley Street.

this time he had got into the bed and the window was

a chair. Added to which his corns a sudden little shiver of appre close to her. Lanning's nostrils

hension seized him.

She very room stopped slap- hurt.

and foot to it, just about BR On the chair tied hand, body right position. thoroughly as a man was ever ping and started to scream, tied to anything, was Enid Cock- burn's brother. Lanning knew who it was, who it must be, át oncé, Slight, slender and so illo his sister there could be no mis- take about it.

"Can't you read?" he demanded.

·

"Well, just the simple words," Lanning said, won dering what it was all about and playing for time.

"Perhaps the simple words 'One Way' Street' are top difficult for you?" So that was it: he rememberéd that Sammy Saunders had. mentioned it; it hadn't seemed important and it had gohe out of his head; what a relief.... and yet it would have been better if it I had not happened; clearly it would have been better; automatically the constable was noting the number of the car and imprinting on his mind what it and its driver looked like.

Mollified

The sooner this interlude was over the better, Lan- ning thought.

Up the steps

For a moment he was afraid; not so much for himself as for Enid Cockburn. He suddenly felt a very strong desire to see her again and to reassure him self with his own eyes that she was safe and sound and lovely as ever,

as

Lanning swallowed a bit hard, to put his fears did his best behind him and walked up the three stone steps to the front door of Castle Perilous

A small notice at the aldo sald "Knock and, Ring" Being an obliging type Lanning knock- ed and rang: twice of each, just to make sure.

Was

There

a long pause, so long a one that he was just beginning to think he would have to do the knock and ring act again. Then a tug hooted down the river and simultane- otisly with the sound the door opened and George Edward Lanning goggled.

she said,

Trussed up

got a faint whiff of scent; and Off stage, in the next room In the odd way in which the be thought it must be, a teles. masculine nature acts and re phone started to shrill insistent acts he found himself suddenly ly. disturbed by that and by the close animal presence of her. *Excuse me,"

won't be a moment.” She took him into, what he supposed to be the living-room

She shut, the door carefully although In a way it looked behind her, so naturally within curiously unlived in. Billl, there ten seconds Larming in His mouth was stopped with more of that to come if you were cigareties there in a mas quisitive soul, had opened it sve silver box, and he thought just as carefully, and was out a savagely cruel contrivance of don't behave yourself, my

the narrow hall, as quiet mouin his wide staring, uyes

'n gezi and above the gagged, besuty! if he waited a bit she might in offer him a drink. He hoped so as a mouse and as alert as a foolood seared to death. devoutly. What Lanning could eat watching a, morisé:

ALL FOR YOU! Tomorrow DENNIS WHEATLEY opens his two-day innings. In which direction" will he drive the ball?**

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have done to a large whisky

Gerald Cockburn was on scious but only just. He had about enough, and Lanning re- cognised the symptoms.

"That's better,"· Lanning` told her gilmly, "and there's plenty

With the aid of a shect, two large handkerchiefs and a couple

of

scarves which he got by ransacking a chest of drawers hu dealt with Cora exactly, as Gerald Cockburn had been dealt with; and within five minutes she was, trussed, on the second chair gagged and helpless. work, pleased with it, ple

Sorry to Inconvenience you, bet" he said, But

Potted thought Lunning surveyed his handle

This bird's, in pretty bad Com my pether; a naughty

shape," he thought, and for an you've been s instant, was tormented by the girl, haven't you?" andles arrow, of thought and she couldn't answer; but sho what sort of shape is

1

sister

?.

Eculd still look at him and if

in, I wondered to. 1 7708 dicrous haté' in "them here, did.

He stepped

render

ever woman's eyes had mur- help to the trussed man.

Don't worry about AŁ. || Mr Lanning next turned his at- Ha could just, hear her talk-

Gerald Cockburn and J. and soda at that moment was ing in subdued tones in the Lakning. Stay still, and I mean tention

next room as he had surmised, still; and stay quiet," he was dismayed to find that ha just nobody'.business.

the drapped She didn't. She didn't look as

This door he dare not open, but he swung round and she was tad tainted. He

her chair with the unconscious man But he had other things he kuid his ear against the in the doorway: Cora and

on it near to the window and though anything in the wide

threw the sush up to let some world, would ever make her than drinks to think about. Go papel of it and listened.

fresh air fold/ goggle. She didn't look like the Ing through the narrow dark goggling.sort, She was short, hall he had caught sight of Even so it was none too easy

:

gun.

And who hold it like a doma

her only half an excuse.

"Officer." he said, "I am an inch more; she was as bionde of it. Something white. The tous girl our Corp, be thought: est hesitation in using it you Ave foot three, or maybe half something on a table at the end to distinguish words...a cau- who wouldn't have the plight- exceedingly sorry. I had no idea that this was a one way street and I must admit I missed the notice. I cer- |tainly shan't do it again."

The policeman, in spite of his corns and his dislike of motorists, was, Romewhat mollified.

"Better take the first to the left and get out of it," he advised.

"I shall do that very thing,"

Lanning agreed courteously and he let in his clutch and moved on, ex- tremely grateful that the bobby had not wanted any thing more serious.

When he turned the vari down the first street on the left and brought it to a halt there he was laughing aloud, He was thinking that, if the traffic-conscious cop had only known about the fun and games in Richmond Park a couple of hours earlier he might have found other things to talk about than one way streets.

and she was lovely. No question about that,

Had it all

in Enid's hands when she came voice low, all the precautions. into the library as it now seemed a lifetime ago.

Two of them

Whoever had ; trussed #Gerald-

There are times when a guy hás to do a lot of thinking in But one sentenco he did

a very short time. Lanning manage to pick-up What pre reckoned this was one of them up had made a fob of it and Did a girl go out without her ceded it he could not be sure So he did his bit of high-speed Lanning's attention was "so con handbag? Lanning asked him about; then she laughe, he potted thought end then let his centrated on undoing the series n

described

of savage jenots that he never sext; and immediately the ques- wouldn't have

taco break into a slow smile. She had It

back in a pil, Colouring, tion came

more allogetuer as a friendly or gentlewell, Well, wel," he said even heard the front door being contours curves if a man had disturbing form-did a girl go laugh and she said quite clearly: "I'm surprised at you, Cora softly opened.

The first thing he knew was goods have and your pal behind you,” imagined an assembly of them out without her handbag if she "Don't worry, the

the sound of feet in the door- to meat his own specifie re- went ou unhurried and uncon, just arrived and. I'm looking

"He glance quirements and delights this strained?

after them till you can get. It was a very old trick: but way of the room. back," thought Lanning was just

the old ones still come off 6 up and his heart jumped a times. For an instant the girl There they were; two of them; about what he would have Well, quite possibly she did,

her one man he didn't know, an ordered. But when he noticed George Lanning told George Then after a further mumbled instinctively half- turned her eyes he sobered up a bit. Lamming, don't go alarming sentence the receiver was re- head to ico, what it was he was ugly powerful customer who

conversation yourself, keep calm; but on the plaked and the

talking about. Only an instant, looked like an ex-pus and "green frousera" who seemed from the door, considering moved like lightning. He didn't, toe, taking him all in. Then she

an he was being looked after

Lanning bitterly regretted smiled. It was quite a per-

that he had left, Com's gun hurled it at her, "Was Exdd, Miss Cockburn, until somebody got back nice up a cushion from the bed and formance that smile, If

to know there things he assured It knocked the gun out of lying on the floor and hud, not hadn't been for her eyes that all right?" he naked.

himself, wondering what "A" smile might have done things

She kept a perfectly straight dil next to George Edward.

face, but he could swear there "Would you be Mr Lanning?" was derisive laughter behind those eyes that opened to stare she inquired.

so innocently at him.'

Those eyes examined

him

for a couple of moments, tip to other hand quite possibly she ended, Lanning withdrew his ear but it was long enough, and we have recovered.

it

"Well, more or less," G.E. admitted:

"Ah, Enid Cockburn, spoke about you."

Cora, having finished with the telephone, was obvioutly doing something in the room and be dkin't want to bo just outside "All right? Of course she was the door when she osmo outs Ha all right. People who come here began to move back along the are always all right: We look hals Opposite the door of the after them."

living room was another door and Lanning and sudden

"Something nice, I hope?" "But naturally (the famous I'll bet you do. Lanning curiosity to know what was smile again). I'm afraid Eald's thought; aloud ho saki: *I· behind it, FLAS out at the moment, Won't you nolleed her handing in the hall · It occurred very forcibly to come in and wait? I'm Cora." and I just wondered if she had him that if Corn was expecting

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