A. Merritt's Fantasy Magazine, December 1949 — page 129: what you’re looking at

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a reste “FOOTSTEPS INVISIBLE muscles ached from — sheer fright. ' In the bedroom there was a crash, as of a man plunging against a closed door that stubbornly would not give. But above the noise from the bedroom, Jorman could hear the barricaded door—the door be- yond which he was—start to give. Nails screamed as they came forth from wood. Hinges groaned. And the whole mass—door, lintels, desk—moved inward an inch or so. A pause, and then the ter- rible, inexorable pressure from the other side came again. With a vast rending the door gave way and crashed. inward over the barricading furniture. And in the echoes of the crash he heard the almost soundless shuffle-shuffle of feet crossing the room toward the bedroom. In the bedroom Sir Andrew Carraden’s efforts to force the jammed doo- ceased suddenly. Then the Englishman screamed, an animal cry of pure terror from which all intelligence was gone. The window in the bedroom crashed up with a violence that shattered the glass. After that there was silence for a mo- ment, until Jorman’s acute hearing caught, from the street outside and five floors down, the sound of an object striking the pavement. Sir Andrew Carraden had jumped . Somehow Jorman found the strength to stumble to his feet. He dashed straight forward toward the door, and fell over the wreckage of it. Hurt, but not feeling it, he scrambled up again and. stumbled into the hall and down the corridor. Somehow his questing hands found a door that was sheathed in metal, and he thrust it open. Beyond were bannisters. Stairs. By the sense of feel he rushed down recklessly. How many minutes it took to reach the lobby, to feel his way blindly past the startled desk clerk out to the street, he did not know. Or whether he had gotten down before he had. Once outside on the wet pavement, cool night air on, his cheek, he paused, his breath coming in sobbing gasps. And as he stood there, footsteps, shuffling foot- steps, passed close by him from behind and turned westward. Then Jorman heard an astounding thing. He heard Sir Andrew Carraden’s No Investment — No Experience. NION LABEL BOOK MATCHES direct from America’s Exclusive Union Label Book Match Manufacturers, We feature PETTY Glamour Sco- nics, handsome Do 7 and NE DISPL. AY DOUB ick relief with Dent’s. Use Dent’s Tooth um or Dent’s Tooth Drops for cavity tooth- aches. Use Dent's Dental Poultice for pain or 2 go "Since 1889" SOreness in gums or teeth. At all drug stores. DENT’S TOOTH GUM TOOTH DROPS DENTAL POULTICE Free Book on FREE, B < Sanne. nono FISH — Now treated with internal medication For several years a number of doctors have reported ama success in- treating Psoriasis with LIPAN—a new medica wonder taken internally. LIPAN is a combination of glandular substances that treat certain internal disorders which many medical men now agree to be the cause of Psoriasis. Clinical | results show LIPAN successful in over 90% cases treated. Even stubborn lesions are alleviated to a degree almost beyond | belief. Absolutely harmless! Ask your druggist for LIPAN, or write direct for free booklet. Or send for month’s supply (180 tablets), enclosing check or money order for $8.50. SPIRT & COMPANY, Dept. PF-12, Waterbury, Connecticut 129 Gomichoo (Q) CS (EC)