Show THE HOUSE OF A THOUSAND CANDLES by MEREDITH 11 NICHOLSON auldor of bl THE MAIN CHANCE 11 ZELDA DAMERON 11 lie elc L IM by bobbt b medih lo 10 L CHAPTER V continued I 1 shrugged my iny and turned toward glenara glenarm my grandfather had left me a cheerful legacy of distrust among my neighbors tho the ably of importing labor to work on his house the surly boigan had intimated as aa much but it did not greatly matter I 1 had bad not come to glenarm Gle narin to cultivate tho the rustics but to fulfill certain obligations laid down in my grandfathers grandfather s will I 1 was so to speak on duty and I 1 much preferred that the villagers should let me alone comforting myself with these reflect tlona I 1 reached the tha wharf where I 1 saw morgan sitting ft alth ath hla his feet dangling over the water smoking a pipe I 1 nodded in hla his direction but lie he feigned not to see me A moment later he jumped into ills his boat and rowed out upon the lake when I 1 returned to the house bates was at in the kitchen this was a large equate room with heavy tim bers bars showing in the walls and low ceiling there was a great fireplace in an enormous chimney fitted with a crane and hobs bobs but for practical pur poses a small range was dates bates received me placidly yes its an unusual room sir air mr air Gle glenarm narin copied it from an old kitchen in england lie ile took quite a pi paldo ida in it is ifs it a a pleasant place to sit in the evening sir air lie ife showed me the way below where 1 found that the celair cell ir extended every part of the and was di 11 bided vided into large chambers the door of ono one of them was of heavy oak bound in iron with a barred opening at the top A great iron hasp with a heavy padlock and grilled area win dows gave further the impression of a cell and I 1 fear that at this as at many other things in the curious house I 1 swore if I 1 did not laugh thinking of the money my grandfather wd had expended in realizing his whims the room was used I 1 noted with pleasure as a depository tor for potatoes in another of these rooms I 1 found a curious collection of lanterns of ever even conceivable description grouped on shelves and next door to this apar apart t was another storeroom store room filled th ith brass candle candlesticks sticks of m miny many iny odd designs ji returned to the main poor and sought bought the comforts of the library 1 where I 1 smoked a pipe over a very tedious chapter in an exceedingly dull book on norman revivals and influx ances then I 1 went out ro self that I 1 should get steadily to work in a day or two bates was soberly chopping wood at a rough pile of timber at the rear of the house ills his industry had bad already impressed mp me lie ile had the quiet ways of an ideal man well bates you don t intend to let me freeze to death do oua there must be enough wood in the pile to last all winter yes air I 1 am ju jut just t cutting a little mot moio a of the bic hickory kory sir mr air glenara glenarm always it to beech or maple I 1 turned tow aid the unfinished towel in the meadow atom which a windmill pumped water to the house the iron frame was not wholly covet coveted ad with stone but material for the remain remainder dei of the woi it lay scattered at the has base a I 1 went on n through the wood to tl the a lake and inspected the boat house then I 1 followed tile the pebbly shore to the stone wall it marked the line of the school grounds the wall I 1 observed was of the same solid character chai acter here as along the load I 1 tramped beside it reflecting that in my y grandfathers estate in the heart of f th the republic would some day gire gt e the e lie to foreign complaints that we have no riling la in america the buildings of st agathas were well hidden bidden by the intervening wood and I 1 climbed upon the wall at the iron gate for an ampler view the pillars at either side of the gate were of huge dimensions and were higher than I 1 could reach the little gothic church near at hand was built of stone similar to that used in glenarm glenara house As I 1 surveyed the scene a number of boung women appeared and dormi forming n 9 in twos and tours fours walked balk back slid and forth before the chapel A sister clad in a brown habe ling lingered ercil near or walked first with one and then an other group of students Atu dents t was all very pretty and interesting and not at all the ugly school for or paupers haupers I 1 had expected to find the students were acre not the chanty children I 1 had carelessly pic picture they were not so young tor for one thing and they L penned to be appareled decently enough I 1 smiled to find myself adjusting my scarf and straightening in collar as I 1 beheld my ri for the first time As I 1 sat eat thus on the wall I 1 hoard heard the sound of angry aviary voices back of ue me on oi the side and a crash of un derbi osh sh marked a flight and pursuit dufault I 1 crouched down on taw th wall and avalt ed in a moment a man plunged through the wood and stumbled elvei a low hanging vine end and mellnot fell not 20 feet away from me to my great surprise it was morgan my ice of the morning ile he roso rose cursed nta his III luck and hugging the wall close ran toward the lake instantly the pursuer biche into view it was bates evl evi dently much excite and with an ugly cut across his forehead foie head lie he carried a heavy club and after listening tor for a moment for sounds of the enemy he hurried after the caretaker it was not my row though I 1 roust must say it wakened my cuilo sity I 1 straightened trall tend myself out threw my legs ovet the school side ot of the vall and lighted a cigar feeling by the opportunity the stone atone be offered offen d tor for observing til th As I 1 looked oft off toward the little church I 1 found two other actori at ap peaking on oil the scene A blood in a little opening of the wood talking to 0 a man mail iler her hands bands wet e thrust into the pockets of hei covelt coat sho she wore a tail tamo taino shant cr that mado made a bright bit of color in the wood they mele not moie than a dozen yards away but a wild growth of young maples lay between us its their pio flies were toward me and the tones tomps of the alil gills a voice reached me clearly as she addressed her bar companion ile he vote a clergyman a elih waistcoat and I 1 as burned that he was the chaplain whom dates bates had mentioned I 1 am not by natzio an eavesdropper but tile the girl was clearl clearly making a plea of some kind and the chaplains stalwart stal wait fig ure awake in me an antagonism that held me to the wall I 1 it he comes hero here I 1 shall go away so you may as yell veil band it and tell him I 1 shan alian t see bee him under an and im not going to I 1 lorida or california or anyn anywhere bete else on a private car no matter who inho that chap bronea it I 1 certainly not unless you want to certainly not said the clid chaplain plain you unde stand that 1 in giving jou hla his message lie he thought it best not to write to me or to sister theresa biake in the girl bontemp very tough sir air A piece of wood flew up and struck me too bad I 1 said with sympathy better rest a bit this after doon thank you sir air but its it s only h t small matter only you might think the cut a tittle disfiguring lie ile struck a match for my cigarette and I 1 left NIt without bout looking at him again hut but as I 1 the threshold thio thie of the library I 1 this noto dates la Is it a liar tor for ono one thing and a pei poison son with attivo a tor for an other watch him film all things d the day was I 1 lassing assing well inell enough I 1 picked up lip a book threw myself on a comfortable divan to smoke and reflect beffie con linding my explorations As aa I 1 lav pates bi ought brought me ine a telegram tele giam giani a cieply to roy my message to malici ing it I 1 load cad yours announcing agrihal and filed it was certainly a queer business my enand to glenarm glenara I 1 lay for a couple of hours dreaming dle aming and counted tho the candles lit in the great crystal chan deller until my eyes ached then I 1 took my cap and was soon tramping toward the lake were several small boats and a naphtha launch in the boat house I 1 droppel a canoe into the water mater and paddled oil off toward the summer colony whose gables and t led ad roofs were A ere plain ly visible filin the boat bouse I 1 landed and loamia idly over leaf strewn walks past nearly a litin bundled died cottages to whose windows lind and vii andas the winter blinds gave a dietary and inhospitable air thee thal a was at one point a casino aho vho chosa w beroid veranda bung over the odge edge of the lake while b beneath neath on the m jatoi atai side was a boat house I 1 walked back to lite hie wharf where I 1 had left ray my canoe and was about to step into it when I 1 saw rocking king at a similar landing place pear i carby by another 4 si sa s1 I 1 e J Z q it k 41 R P 4 i 0 7 kj 4 4 J A t I 1 L T X 4 P r t 7 Z C f 11 V f 97 8 S s 1 A f n 4 Q P A k F 1 4 t I 1 folly 4 tt she wore a red tam ol 01 what a clover clever person he is and how bow I 1 am said the clergyman laughing bell vell at any late I 1 thank you for giving me the a opportunity to ills his message she smiled nodded and tin tinned ned swift ly toward the school the chaplain looked after her for a few moments then walked away toward the take lake lie he was a young fellow clean r haven and dark and with a pair of hould deia ets that gave me a twinge of envy I 1 could not guess how bow gibat a factor that vigorous figlie figuie was to be in my own affairs As I 1 swung down from tho the wall and walked toward glenara Gle narn house my thoughts were not with the athletic chaplain but with tle girl whose youth was I 1 reflected marked by her short skirt the ancon lern larn with which her hands N were ere thrust into the pockets of her coat and the irresponsible tilt of the tamo tam o there Is something jaunty a tion of spirit and aej independence in a tarn tam a 0 Bh anter particularly a red one it via de red tarn tam 0 sli anter expressed so BO to speak tho the key ey note of st ago agalha tha a the proximity of the school wea was not so bad a thing after all in a high good humor and with a 8 sharp harp appetite I 1 went in to luncheon CHAPTER vt VI the girl and the canoe dates bates did not refer to his encounter w with ith the caretaker caie taker and I 1 resolved to keep my knowledge of 0 it to myself I 1 always alays prefer to let a rascal hang bang him self and bet heie a was a case I 1 I 1 lea ea I 1 where it if bates was disloyal to the duties pickering ng had imposed upon him tho the fact of 0 I 1 Is perfidy was waa bourn bound to disclose itself eventually glancing around at him when he was off guard I 1 a look of utter er dejection upon his face ace as he stood with folded arms arma behind my chair ila ho hushed flushed and started then pit his hand band to his forehead where i strip of plaster covered his wound I 1 I 1 mot met with a accident this morning mi air Glen aint the hickory B slight craft of 0 the same type as my own but painted daik maroon I 1 vaa suie sine the canoe had not been theta when nhen I 1 landed possibly it belon belonged gd to morgan the arl cr I 1 walked oer mer and examined it I 1 even lifted it slightly to test its weight the pad dle die lay on the dock brgide me and it too I 1 weighed deciding that it was a tilde light for my own table if 11 i 3 on oil don t mind TO nn DE CONTINUED |