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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER HYRUM, UTAH IWHUUHWUMWWUHVW I wish I could find a friend In this explained but embodied; when he house," said Jed. dropped out of sight, It was as If a I wish you could deservo one," I his house person going down a hall said, by candlelight at night were to come upon a startling sight, and at the My description of Hartley house has moment when his. perceptions and reabeen so sketchy and indifferent that son were obstruggling to explain the It may not have Included mention of to and sustain and Its presence ject the formal gardens which took In the hls courage the candlelight should river side of the place. They were go out In a gust of wind and leave charming at all times but particularly him blind, facing a thing 'he had not so at sunset, when the radiance was explained and now could no longer behind the western hills two miles see. Then, with cause, may the lialrs across the water and was reflected crowning even a head with a thinking In the clouds back off our own east- brain arise In sheer fright. The perern hills. The shore at this point sons plight is that of black Ignowas narrow, and the river was wide. rance, In which superstition and childIlills, river and bottom lands formed ish fears ascend and dominate. un intimate sanctuary which evening Jed took a step forward ns If In glorified. pursuit, but stopped with that one To the north the gardens terminated movement. It broke the situation at a high brick wall against which down and made It possible for me, to hollyhocks grew and now were In gor- return to animation. Seemingly ray geous blossom. powers of movement and speech had Jed had Joined me In the garden, been suspended. I looked at Jed, who and we were sitting on a stone bench was as pitifully frightened as a child facing the river not fifty feet from the in the dark. He made every demonbrick wall and the hollyhocks to the stration of fright except wailing. Then north. Jed was expected within a he braced himself, recovered his courquarter of art hour to Join Mr. Sid- age and without saying anything went ney. He seemed dejected and wor- into the house to join Mr. Sidney. ried In a fashion timid, I thought When he came to sit down beside CHAPTER VIII. me, I resented the Intrusion for a moWlien I saw Mr. Sidney that evement; but knowing that he had only a few moments In which to Impose ning he made a remark in joke that his presence upon me, I did not make Jed was 111 and needed my attention. I have not had the usual satisfachim feel any more unwelcome than tion of my wine. he said, and I know he be. knew ordinarily himself to' A schooner deep In the water with It is because Jed Is not. In condition." Im not well, Mr. Sidney, said Jed. brick from up the river had Just come In sight arpund a I didnt wAnt to say anything about and above, point with sails spread to the light wind It, because I didnt want to Interfere was caught in the glorification of the with your evening, but since you menwater. A catbird was hopping in and tion it, Ill admit It. Go on along then, Jed, said Mr. out of the shrubbery, and even with Go and have the doctor look Jed by my side I was sentient and Sidney. before; had not been released from their kennels. They were found rest- less from an unexpected night of confinement. They had not been out because the stahleniaa who had charge of them had spent the afternoon and night In the village of Hartley, drunk. It was un extraordinary and not an ordinary proceeding for this stableman, who had been a dependable character. It did not require much suspicion to conjecture that he had been tampered with In deliberate purpose to free the grounds of the dogs for the use the Spanish sailor made when By CLIFFORD S. RAYMOND he climbed up to my room. Tho stableman, proved delinquent, Illustrated by Irwin Myers was so apparently contrite and Innocent that It would have been an Injustice to punish or discharge him. He Copyright by George H. Doran Co. had gone to the village in the early afternoon on an assigned mission for the house. He had used the opporA SPANISH .SAILOR tunity to drink a few glasses of beer, for which proceeding no one would Synopsis. Dr. John Mlohelson, blame him In Hartley house. It seems just beginning his career, becomes resident physician and companion that he drank two or three glasses of Homer Sidney at Hartley house. than he Intended to and, even more Mr. Sidney is an American, a beer being In a fashion intoxicating, old and rich and very desirous to live. Mrs. Sidney is a got Into a condition which made him Spanish woman, dignified and retiamiable to the approach of a stranger cent. Jed, the butler, acts like a who succeeded In Interesting him In privileged member of the family. the Immediate prospects of life, which The family has come from Montevideo, South America. then to him were chiefly alcoholic. Hartley house Is a fine old Isolated country He and the stranger had much talk place, with a murder story, a and many drinks. The stableman lost "haunted pool," and many watchall sense of responsibility, which 'was dogs, and an atmosphere of mystery. The haunted pool" Is where not strange, and proceeded from beer Richard Dobson, son of a former to strong liquor, forgetting all hls owner of Hartley house, had killed duties to the house. In consequence his brother, Arthur Dobson. Jed begins operations by locking the he did not get home that night, and doctor In his room the very first the dogs were not loose. night. Doctor John fixes his door so he can't be locked In. He meets Naturally one drew a direct line from this performance to the appearIsobel, daughter of the house, and falls In love at first sight In the ance of the Spaniard at my window, night ho finds the butler drunk and and there was natural wonder as to holding Mrs. Sidney by the wrist what kind of confederate the SpanHe interferes. Mrs. Sidney makes content. you over. light of It. John buys a revolvet iard could have so effectually to preI'm not sick, said Jed almost anJohn overhears Jed telling Mrs It was' not a noise that attracted the way for him. pare Sidney he will have his way. In my attention. It must have been the grily, but I know Im bad company. The Spaniard had a confederate she reply says she will not hesitate sensation of being stared at. I turned Ill go lo bed. to kill him. Mrs. Sidney asks John who was ingenious and resourceful; Theres something wrong with the that was evident. He had made a to consent to the announcement of my head toward the wall to the north. his engagement to Isobel. The In ltne with the bench on which we man, I said as Jed left, but it Isht deliberate play to get the dogs hut young people consent to the sat, and Just topping the wall, was physical. of the way the night the sailor made Later they engagement. So I imagined, said Mr. Sidney, the head of the Spanish sailor. find It Is to head off Jed, who hls attempt to get into Jeds room. He and I looked at each other for nes as strong as an ox. Hes got would marry Isobel. Jed tries to Two kill John, but the matter is what seemed to be at least a moment. the constitution of an onion. How- ances days after the strange appearof the Spaniard, I was asked for smoothed over. John, though enHis earrings glittered. His gaze was ever, hes not himself tonight, and and was desired told that a gaged to Isobel, conceals hts love. steady and Doth inquiring and pur- thats all there Is to that. Will you to see me. I went togentleman Mr. Sidney visits a nearby prison of the office the and has Dobson, the murderer, poseful. Even In Inquiry It seemed read to me? house and saw a man who Instantly pointed out. Jed tells the story of was when went eleven It oclock I malignant, with the malice which the Dobson murder. The family go to my room. I was glad of my re- suggested the one who had entertained comes from a sense of Injury. to South America for the winter. I felt a decidedly unpleasant shock lease, although It had been a pleasant the stableman so successfully. John is left at home, but the enHe was so easily described that It with the creeps which come from a evening. For a dead or a dying man gagement" Is not broken. John was a crime for even a drunken sta hears the story of a tragedy that good ghost story. If he had appeared for a living and live man, for that bleman to have missed his distinguishmight have happened In MonteMr. matter had at full length somewhere In Sidney suddenly extraordinary video." The family returns. A but at that, the ing characteristics, manners and great charm. He gave mysterious Spanish sailor appears. a dignity and worth to life by his stableman had made identification pos: very manner of leaving It. In going sible. The moment I saw the fellow CHAPTER VII. Continued. from It, he proved it to be worth while I thought we were nearer the solu 8 which, I suspect, Is the highest ac tion of the mystery of Hartley house. He was a significantly Insignificant-lookinJed may have suspected I carried a compllshment of the real gentleman man; that was his identifying pistol. I had no more than caught a After I had gone to my room, mark. He seemed timid and Insecure glimpse of hfs white, alarmed face found myself restless and thought when he sprang at me and grabbed at might find rest in a walk. I expected of himself, apologetic for his intrusion my hip pocket. I had a pistol in the to be joined by my friends the mastiffs upon me and withal determined to do pocket at which he reached, but I inand Airedales as soon as I was out- whatever it was that was in hls protercepted hts movement before he got side, but not a dog appeared. This gram. I wondered how so shrinking the weapon, was enough to be noticed, but not an individual had played a jovial part Let me have It, he begged. "Just enough, at the time, to be given sig- In a village tavern with yokels at a minute! I walked about for a while drink. His card Indicated him to be nificance. T s got' a hold of his wrist, which and the house with quieter a lawyer and gave his name as M. Brown. He came directly to stopped him, and he whimpered. Then nerves. he broke away and showed himself at I found that I was tired. OrdI hls subject for which I thanked him the window. ' At this the man on the as soon as he had made a brief prenarlly I liked at least an hours read lawn smiled with a joyousness that Ing just before bed, but this night I liminary of commonplaces of Introducwas a triumph. lie Indicated lu a finish tion and greeting. wanted bleep. T have asked for tbRt he had found what he had sought you, doctor, beI was grateful for the mood and the He smiled so that I could see the white cause no know I one of else here who opportunity, and I yawned once or of his teeth. lie had been uncertain will serve. I do not wish to approach twice as I got Into my pajamas. Rnd puzzled when I first saw him lookI do not know when I went to sleep Mr. Sidney directly and cannot trust ing up at the windows of the house. or how soon thereafter I awakened. the factotum you know as Jed. With Jed framed In one of the winIt was possibly only two hours later. would not impose upon Mrs. Sidney dows, he was triumphant and rejoicI did not look at my watch, for the or her daughter except In extremity. ing. Whatever he wanted he had very good reason that other things You are here, a rational human being found something which pleased him. and interested, I am informed, In the at the time were more Important, fortunes Jed was furious, the more furious of this family. Therefore was bright moonlight shining, and because he was helpless. He would come to you. have had whatever moon awakened the me, I Intercepted His Movement Behave murdered the man on the lawn But For what purpose?" I asked. light showed me good cause to be fore He Got the Weapon. He smiled as if to apologize for If he had had any means of doing so, awake. In a window which the moon He was so furious that he did not the garden, walking about. It would light touched with full. Illuminating having any puroose, and pulled at the care how he revealed himself to me. have , been different. But Just hls force, was a face recognizable as that cuffs of his coat. The man on the lawn stood laughing head appearing above the wall, and of the Spanish sailor. Til he frank," he said. "I hardly for a moment and then walked slowly he perfectly Again only hls head was visible, but know the purpose clearly myself. My unexpected, unexplained, away toward the brush, Into which motionless and Inquiring It gave you this time he was In my bedroom win client Is a sailor. My practice lies he disappeared. Jed hung out of the the shivers of a child frightened at dow and seemingly trying for entrance considerably along the water front In window watching him. into my. room. This may seem a more the. clty. It has not made me. rich, night la the nursery. "Well, sir, I said, I think we have ghastly proceeding than hls appear- I have lost a good deal of egotism and Youre said poor company, ' Jed. you under a real restraint at last. but I am, too, and I have to go to ance above the wall early In the eve- have become pragmatic. I have to I was mad that the fellow should Mr. ning, but really it was not. I had the get along and to deal with facts, Sidney." have come up to the house that way. I seemed not to hear him. It was shock of unpleasant astonishment, but There are people dependent upon me, Rome tramp! . not Intended to rebuff him ; I was held I felt, to my satisfaction, the ability and I have not been much to depend "And you dropped the coffee-traI was not upon. tl e Spaniards eyes. Jed went In to handle the situation. by and tried to get my pistol. A perfect- to a the by of the The condition of your finances or frightened appearance and huff said: Oh, go to the ly natural proceeding on seeing an un- devil. head in my window. I suppose it Is your morals cannot be of Interest to known tramp What have you that Is Then he also turned and saw the because the appearance suggested me, I said. "We dont want strangers about and burglars are conven- of interest? burglars, above the hea' wall. ' here,' he said. He smiled as If he was used freHe arose and stood looking at the tional. You dont want that man, I said. I lay quietly in bed and wondered quently to rebuff. "And he Is not a stranger. When he Spaniard as intently as the Spaniard how much more than the head What I eaw you, he smiled as If he had found was looking at him. This situation should see. Just then I was blinded ates me to have, I assure you, humilipresent, because I realize a a movelasted 'full without minute, was he what looking for. by the light of an electric flashlight that If I succeed for my client, I shall one of from us. ment or word Then Jed was unhappy and showed It. hitting me full in the eyes. be In the way of blackmailing Mr. SidI wish you were a friend, doctor," the Spaniards face, graven In lines A second later the flash was gone, My consolation Is that I am only he said. "I try to make you one. I of malevolent purpose, softened Into a the face In the window was gone and ney. an and I am sure that I shall agent which smile satisfaction expressed will get you your eoffee. a slight movement on the gravel below He sent m ft maid to sweep up the with prospects. And then the head showed me that my visitor was gone, be a more considerate and honest one than other this Ignorant sailor and disappeared suddenly. I was in doubt I got up and looked out. Although would any breakage from the coffee-trafind. It has been necessary for mans feet the had whether out gone came he with another presently the lawn was bright In the moonlight, pot and cup. He had steadied down, but from under him, or whether he had no one was to be seen. The Spaniard me to know many languages to make my small living. My Spanish client was not tranquil. jumped. had disappeared Into the woods. does not know much if any English. In disappearing he left the place You know that man, I said, and To come to an of the He has been a man of precnrlous manwhere he had been, charged with the sailors acts, not understanding you wanted to kill him. much reasoning was ner of living, and It seems that several I never saw him before, he said. mystery which hls presence had In- needed; It was not my room he was ago he was in the employ of Mr. You have had some sort of dealing dicated. Hls disappearance intensito enter, but Jeds. Hls flash- years Sidney." with lilm. He has been hunting for fied, thickened, the atmosphere which tryinghad not only shown that I was light feu. He has found you. I think we hls presence had created. While hls awake but that he had the wrong are going to find you more Interesting, head was above the wall, the sensa- man, and he had climbed down and The man will remain n the tion was one of nervous astonishment rnn into the woods. One Jed was mystery neighborhood; I think you are going to When hls head disappeared, the sug- how he had escaped the dogs. have some unpleasant hours. The gestion of terror was added.. So long That was explained the next day; thought does not make me unhappy. as we saw him, it was something un- they had net been loose the night (TO Bis CONTINUED. 1 The Mystery of Hartley House eeml-tnvall- make-believ- d, e Phil-etu- , if you catch me! To the wearer who finds P APER in the heels, coun- ters, insoles or outsoles any shoes made by bearing this trade-mar- "It of us k. 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