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Show t some one light of foot like a woman, ran down the walk a little way Into the fog and paused. An exclamation broke from me. "Eavesdropping for two!" It was the voice of Olivia. "Id take pretty good care of myself If I were you, Squire Glenarm! Good night' "Good-by!I faltered, as she sped away Iq the mist toward St. Agatha's. CHAPTER XIV. " the house of THOUSAND A CANDLES NICHOLSON Br MEREDITH MAIN CHANCE," Author ol "THE gAMCKON," Etc. CutirluOl two hr ZELDA Co. Mutotu-Uorrl- Continued. CHAPTER over the bead me hit be and "Yes, with a' club. It was his Indiscretion, liulr. He wanted to go through the and It wasn't broad daylight, brary In any use, anyhow. There's nothing there." But I don't like the looks of this shooting. Morgans sick and out of bis head. But a fellow like Morgan isnt likely to shoot himself accidentdone the works ally, and now that It's stopped and the time Is running on. What do you think Glenarm susXIII. pects?" I cant tell, sir, but mighty little, should say. The shot through the window the first night he was here seemed to shaae him a trifle, but he's I should say, quite settled down r.ow, sir. That shot of Morgans was a great mistake. Tho young gentleman isnt to be frightened away as easily as that." "Morgan's a fool. But what Is Glenarm doing? He probably doesnt spend much time on this side of the fence doesn't haunt the chapel, I fancy?" "Lord, no! I hardly suspect the young gentleman of being a praying I man. "You havent about the house tecture " seen him prowling analyzing the archi- "Not a bit of It, sir! , He hasnt, I should say, what his revered grandfather called the analytical mind." Pickering stamped his feet upon the paved porch floor In a way that I reIt marked a conmembered of old. clusion, and preluded serious mistakes. Now, Bates," he said with a ring authority and speaking In a louder key than he had yet used, its your duty under all circumstances to help discover the hidden assets of the estate. Weve got to pluck the mystery from that architectural monster over there, and the time for doing it is Mr. Glenarm was a short enough. rich man. To my own knowledge he had a couple of millions, and he couldn't have spent It all on that house. He reduced his bank account to a few thousand dollars and swept out his safety deposit boxes with a broom before his last trip to Vermont. . He didn't die with the stuff In bis clothes, did he? Lord bless me, no, sir! There was little enough cash to bury him, with you out of the country and me alone of with him." a crank and I suppose be lot of satisfaction out of burying his money. But this hunt for It isnt funny. I supposed of course we'd dig it up before Glena'-got here or I shouldn't have been In such a hurry to send for him. But It's over there somewhere in the grounds. There must be a plan of the house that would help. Ill give you a thousand dollars tho day you wire me you have found any sort of clue. Thank you, sir." I dont want thanks, I want the money or securities, or whatever it is. Ive got to go back to my car now, and you'd better skip home. You need't tell your young master that I've boon here. I was trying hard to remember, as I Btood there with clenched hands out"He was got a side She chapel porch, that Arthur Pickering's name was written in the list of directors of one of the largest trust companies In America and that he ludonged to the most exclusive clubs in New York. I had come out for my walk with only an Inverness over my dinner Jacket, and I was thoroughly chilled by the cold mist. I was too, an Inner cold experiencing, reflected upon the greed and per-Mof man. Keep an eye on Morgan," said us I y Pickering. Certainly, sir." "And bo careful wire." what you write or I'll mind those points, sir. suggest, if you please, Well? demanded sir" But Pickering iently. ''That you should call I would look rather young gentleman If Id Impat- at the house. strange to the youd come to St. Agulha s and not see him. I havent the slightest errand with besides I haven't time. If thut I've been here you may say that my business was with Sister hwesa and that I regretted very hutch not having 'he opportunity to hi. And e 'urns call on him," The Irony of this ates, who chuckled was not loRt on softly. IIo camo Ji rn " "e Pcn and turned away tothe Glenarm gate. Pickering ' "ami 1 mo, so near that I might hnve ut my hand and touched him, nnd moment I heard the carringo rapidly toward the village, hoan Bates running home over tbo un1 "stoned to tho clatter of tho mW vlliage hack as It bore riCKerlng ,0 Annandule. nmJun 0ut of Bo depths of the chapel out of the dopths of time and Hn 1 so "oohied, dazed I stood som' "no came swiftly toward mo. ,v The Girl In Gray, My first thought was to find the crypt door and return through the tunnel before Bates could reach the house. The chapel was open, and by lighting matches I found my way to the nmp and panel. I slipped through and closed the opening; then ran through the passage with gratitude to the generous builder who had giveiJ it a clear floor and an ample roof. ln my haste I miscalculated Its length, pitching headlong Into the steps under the trap beneaih Glenarm House at a gait that sent me sprawling. In a moment more I had Jammed the trap Into place and was running up the cellar steps, breathless, with my cap smashed down over my eyes. I heard Bates entering at the rear and knew that I had won the race by a scratch. There was but a moment ln which to throw my coat and cap under the divan in the library, slap the dust from my clothes and scat my self at the great table where tho candles blazed tranquilly. Bates step was as steady as ever the highway Stoddard Coll In with ine. Well, Mr. Glenarm, Im glad to see you abroad so early. With that library of yours the temptation must be strong to stay within doors. But a man's got to subject himself to the sun and wind. Even a good wetting now and then Is salutary." I try to got out every day," I answered. "But Ive chiefly limited my-seto my own grounds." An ancient omnibus, filled with young women passed at a gallop, bound for the station, and we took oft our huts. Chiistmaq holidays," explained the chaplain. "Practically all the students go home." Lucky kids, to have homes with Christmas trees. I envy them." "I suppose, Mr. Pickering got away last night?" he observed, and my pulse quickened at the name. "I havent seen him yet I answered. "Then of course he hasn't gone! and these words, uttered ln the big clergymans deep tones, seemed wholly plausible. There was, to be sure, nothing bo unlikely as that Arthur Pickering, executor of my grandfathers estate, would come to Glenarm without seeing me. Sister Theresa told me this morning he was there. He called on her and Mips Devereux last night I havent seen him myself. I thought possibly I might run into him In the village. His cars very likely on the station switch. NORTHWEST AS IN WASHINGTONS DAY Frauijces Tavern Restored to Its ir Old-Tim- e Aspect Max Slebert, of Seattle, treasurer of the Sons of Herman, prominent In Gorman lodges, expelled for embezzling, committed suicldo. The president hag Blgned the bill authorizing the Idaho & Washington Northern railroad to bridge the Spokane river In Washington near Coeur d'Alene, Ida. ' A new set of officers has been for the State Savings bunk at Butte, the Helnze Interests being eliminated, and that Institution has resumed buslentos. Within the next thirty days, through trains on the Western Pacific railroad between Salt l4ke and Ely will be tn operations. For the past several weeks the road has been handling ore cars. The health authorities of Silver Bow county, Montana, have begun a pure milk crusade, as a result of which nine milkmen were arrested one day last week and tried in the police court. In a train wreck near Verdi, Nevada, a carload of buffaloes, being shipped from Yellowstone Park to the Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, escaped, and cowboys have been engaged to recapture them. Application for permission to organize the Fallon National bank of Fallon, Ner., has been made to the comptroller by Harry ringer of Fair-vieNev., and others. The capital stock Is to be $25,000. After four days, In which he suffered Intense agony, W. A. Lawson, a young man 19 yeurs old, died from the effect of poison contained In what he supposed to be mushrooms, which he gathered at Golden Gate park, San Francisco. Secretary Garfleld has submitted an estimate and recommendation to congress for an appropriation of $2,500 for marking six miles or boundary line bo. tween Montana nnd Wyoming along the western boundary of Yellowstone com-llete- WASHINGTON recognize might the exterior of Fraunces Tavern with a tile and lead roof, has 14 fire places, a most excellent large kitchen, fine dry cellars, with good and convenient offices, etc. The earliest picshould he ride ture of It is dated 1854. This showed down Broad street. the building as It appeared after its New In recovery from the damage caused by York, these days, hut the "great fire" of 1835. In the same once Inside thero year It was again visited by fire. This would be a numtime the "Long Room" was burned ber of details out, and the wall on the Fearl street which would be side above the second story fell outnovel to him. As ward. When the building was restored he entered the this time It was made five stories high "Colonial hall he with a flat roof, and, barring the satZZ&iijyx' would see waiters loon on the ground floor, looked as It In modern Fifdid until the recent restoration. evening coats flitting about teen years ago the ' building was earning honest tips. Instead of being shored up and, with the exception of permitted to climb the stairs to the the corner piers, the walls of the first Long Room, where he bade farewell story were replaced with plate glass. to his officers after the close of the When the building was dismantled revolution, he might be Invited to go for restoration the lines of the old up In an elevator. Passing the tap room on his way to the elevator, possibly he would be urged to try a cigar, "best Virginia leaf. His eyes, accustomed to guttering candles, would be astonished at the steady glow of electric lights, and, doubtless, he would want to know more about the way lu which Franklins lightning could be secured on a clear day for use ln lighting. His quick ear would detect the click of the typewriter as he stepped through the passage toward the "Long Room, although he might not recognize the origin of the peculiar noise, and he would be mystified at the spectacle of a man talking Into a telephone receiver. Fraunces Tavern, "the oldest landFraunces' Tavern, Restored. mark" in New York city, comes Into the public eye now more because on roof Indicating the top of the walls December 4, 1907, the 124th anniver- and the slope and height of the roof sary of Washingtons farewell to his were found in the walls. The differofficers in the big dining room of the ence ln tho bricks in the walls also old Inn, the restored building was forhelped to determine what portion was mally turned over by the committee old and what modern. It will be obhaving the restoration in charge to served that the wall fronting on Broad the owners, the Sons of the Revolu- street Is of thin yellow bricks. These tion, and two tablets were unveiled. are the same kind as are found In the In The reception to the guests was held old Dutch church In Tarrytown. order to secure an additional supply In the hall of the Chamber of Commerce after the tablets were unveiled. to fill up the opening on the first floor One of the tablets was attached to the they bad to be made to order ln a wall of the famous Long Room," ln yard In Holland where bricks of the which Washingtons historic and same size and kind are still made. The touching farewell to his comrades and bricks on the Pearl street side are red. assistants occurred, and the other Aa they are an inch longer and somewhat thinner than the bricks made affixed to the exterior. y It was only by searching The history of the building Is conmany yards, tape measure In through on told the tablet placed ln the cisely hand, and picking up abnormal bricks ?Lng Room." It reads: v to "piece Fraunces Tavern, erected 1719; that enough could be secured Queen's Head Tavern, 1762; Chamber out the original walL By such means of Commerce founded here, 1768; the old building was put back into a headquarters of Committee of Cor- shape that would probably be recogrespondence of 61, 1774; this room the nized by "Black Sam" Fraunces If he should appear scene of the farewell of Gen. WashThe property, which is now used ington to his officers, December 4, as the headquarters of the Sons of the 1783; Sons of the Revolution reorganized here December 4, 1883; the Revolution In New York, represents property purchased by the Sons of an expenditure of nearly $150,000, the "Id Take Pretty Good Care of Myself If I Were You, Squire Glenarm." the Revolution in the Btate of New restoration alone having cost nearly 1904; formal occupation taken $60,000. It Is looked upon as a meYork, "No doubt we shall find him there," there was not the slightest hint of Sons of the Revolution, Decem- morial of Frederick S. Tallmadge, who the by excitement ln It as he came and I answered easily, was the president of the society, and ber 4, 1907. The Annandale station presented stood within the door. W. H. Mersereau, the architect who bequeathed to It a sum sufficient to "Beg pardon, Mr. Glenarm, did you an appearance of unusual gaiety when made the restoration, after much In- pay the cost of restoration. The tabwe reached the main street of the wish anything, sir?" vestigation of all the evidence drew let on the outside of the building village. There, to be sure, lay the the design which has been realized ln commemorates his name and contains Oh, no, thank you, Bates. "I had stepped down to the village, private car in the siding, and on the the building as it stands It Is his- - portrait, as well as a history of was a group of 20 or more now to look as it appeared the building. . sir, to speak to the grocer. The eggs platform supposed brown-habitewhen Washington visited it, and all of he sent' this morning were not quite girls, with several of the of Sisters There was the bricks and timbers St Agatha. to not Washington the Friend of Peace. up to the mark. I warned him remaining of send any of the storage article to this something a little foreign in the pic- the building which was known as friends of humanity will depreThe ture; the girls In their bright colors Fraunces Tavern are still In the cate war wheresoever house. It may appear. gaily, the Slaters In their som- places they then occupied. All of the My first wish is to see this "Thats right. Bates. I folded my talking plague of ber garb hovering about, suggesting mankind banished from the earth and Improvements" of after years. arms to hide my hands, which were or France Indiana. rather than Italy the "glnmlll of recent times, the sons and daughters of this world black from contact with the passage, We stepped upon the platform. The have been removed. employed ln more pleasing and Innoand faced my man servant My reInThe restoration Is based on an ad- cent amusements, than ln preparing private car lay on the opposite side spect for his rascally powers had been switched vertisement printed ln 1775 ln which Implements, and exercising them for creased Immensely since he gave me of the station, having Into a siding of the east and west Fraunces offered his Inn for sale and the destruction of mankind. clever so with contest A coffee. my road. Pickering was certainly get- described It as "three-storiehigh a rogue was worth while. on. There Is something wholly ting of care for me, your "Im grateful In a private car. Any one may Bates. 1 had expected to perish of regal boast a catboat and call It. a yacht; discomfort out here, but you are treatbut there Is no known substitution for ing me like a lord. As I lounged across I do a private car. "Thank you. Mr. Glenarm. with Stoddard, Pickering the platform what I can, sir." came out into the vestibule of his car, He brought fresh candles for tho followed by two ladles and an elderly table candelabra, going about with his gentleman. They all descended and accustomed noiseless step. I felt a began a promenade on the plank cold chill creep down my spine as he walk. passed behind me on these errands. Pickering saw me an Instant later His transition from the role of con- and hurried up with outstretched servspirator to thnt of my flawless hand. ant was almost too abrupt. "This Is Indeed good fortune! Wo I dismissed hint as quickly as possioff here lust night rather undropped ble, and listened to his step through expectedly to rest a hot box and the hulls as he went about locking tho should have been picked up by the process had doors. The locking-uearly express for Chicago; but there I lisme before; bored rather was a miscarriage of orders somesound. for every tened with interest where and we now have to wait for When I heard Bates elumblng to his the nine o'clock, and It's late. If Id own quarters I quietly went the known how much behind It was I rounds of my own uccount and found should have run out to see you. How everything as tight as a drum. are things going?" 1 I was tired enough to sleep when "As smooth as a whistle! It really eventan went to my room, und after so bad when you face it. And the isa't and less night woke to a clear day fact Is I'm actually at work. keener air. "Thats splendid. The year will go Into "Im going to (ako a little run fast enough, never fear, 1 suppose 1 remarked at the village. Bates," you pine for a little human society now and then. A man can never strike breakfast. the right medium lu such things. In "Very good, sir." ln New York we are all rushed to death. "If any should call I'll he back I sometimes feed that I'd like a little an hour or so. "Yes. sir." rustication myself. I get nervous, and I really had an errand In the village. working for corporations Is wearing. store The old gentleman there is Taylor, I wished to visit the hardware Pickerbut cartridges, and sonic president of the and buy community was Southern. The ladles are his wife and ings presence In the I had a disturbing fnctor In my mind.to meet a friend of hers. I'd like to Introduce him of He ran his eyes over my corduto sight you. get resolved see how a man roys and leggings In amiable acceptand if possible, hint, looked ance of m rusticity. He had not to whoso schemes were so deep years addressed me so pleasantly. In tho light of day. Fraunces' Tavern as It Appeared In Washington's Time Across the Street and gained grounds the (TO BIS CONTINUED.) I left Aa Are Shown the Ruins ofthe Fire of 1778. bob-taile- d ' to-da- 5 to-da- to-da- d s n NOTES ly National park. Charles Anson, traffic chief of the Western Telegraph office In Portland, died at St. Vincents hospital on the 12th, after suffering for a few hours from an attack of apoplexy. Mr. Anson was one of tbo best known operators ln the country. A new phase ln the Nevada banking situation took place last week when W. D. Mackenzie, the heaviest Individual depositor In the suspended State Bank and Trust company, agreed to refinance the institution and become one of Us members. George Bop, a union miner who has been out with the strikers, was severely Injured by the explosion of dynamite in a stove ln which he was building a fire in hts home In Goldfield. No reason Is known for anyone attempting to take Bop's life. Samuel B. Cohen, a prominent merchant of Tonopah, shot himself at an early hour In the morning at his home after losing a fortune at gambling. He was formerly a merchant of Car-soCity and for a time took a leading part in politics ln that city. Thomas B. Rickey, president of the State Bank & Trust company, was arrested at Carson, Nevada, last week, on a charge of embezzlement. The warrant was sworn to by J3. M. Bohall, who states that he is a depositor, and that the bank received deposits knowing that it was Insolvent Found guilty of murder of Eugene O. Madden, near Basin, Mont., on New Years day, George Platt, an old time prospector and miner, has been sentenced to Imprisonment for life ln the penitentiary. On receiving hts sentence the old man, with an outburst ot temper, denounced the prosecuting at n torney. The Oregon Trust and Savings bank of Portland, whose failure occurred several months ago, reopened for business last week under the name oi tho hank, with which the bankrupt institution has been merged, with a pnld-ucapital ol There was no $400,000. and the withdrawals were light. Federal Judge Hunt of Helena set the hearing of cases Involving thirteen defendants, who are alleged to have fenced nn area of government ljnd which Is tho largest on record In the history of the United States courts. They are collectively alleged to have tnken over approximately 200,000 acres. John O. Wetleek attempted to play a Joke on F. D. Ileppner, a newly appointed policeman In Portland and was killed. Wetleek hid ' behind a bushes of and as Ileppner came clump along stepped In front of him and, pointing his pipe at the policeman, ordered "Hands up." Ileppner drew his pistol from hts pocket and shot Wetleek dead. The house of representative has passed the Mondell bill, granting an extension of time to desert land who are unable to irrigate their lands within the four years required by law, the extension not to exceed three years. The bill also prohibits the assignment of a desert entry to companies or corporations, but pormlts assignments to Individuals qualified to make desert entry. Charged with being implicated in a murder at Lake Charles, La, Charles Peccorlno has been arrested at Hastings, Colo., where he was employed as a coal miner, by Deputy Sheriff Tony Pntello of Lake Charles, who Feccorlno, by a letter to his German-Amerlca- n p wife. Tho president hns' signed a crentlng additions, amounting to nearly 600,000 acres, to the Modoo National forest ln orthwestern All the lands put within thn forest by this proclamation nro In Modoc county, except a small area in tb northern part of Lam-- county. procl-i-matlo- fall-fornl- a. r |