Show EE STORY 4 OR THE HOUSE OF A THOUSAND CANDLES by MEREDITH NICHOLSON author at t TOP MATTI MAIB ZELDA elp etc oil IVA hf by 1111 14 0 CHAPTER vill VIII continued the rijan man I 1 win wal looking tor for came to the tha doo null aw in ill r to my knock nor alor in in I 1 began ft on oil 1 vou come coine in and rest your self mr air Gle Ole naim lie ho interrupted I 1 itchon youie dred d from your trip over thank vo vui i no I 1 snapped stilt fault voura elf mr air Gle naim lie ile deemo a to like my name and gave it a drawling emphasis morgan you vou are an infernal einal bla black ck guard you have tried twice tu to hill 1111 me mown well 11 call it thit that if you like llop and ho he grinned hut but better cut off one for thin lie he lifted the gray fedora bat fr rom am hla his head boad an aal I 1 poked his finger through a hole in the top you re a pretty fair shot mr air ole glen n arm the fact about me la Is and he winked the honest truth Is in I 1 in all out of practice why sir when I 1 saw you paddling out on oil the lake this after noon I 1 sighted you from the casino half a dozen doen times with my gun but I 1 was wag afraid to ilsk it ile he seemed accrued to bo be shaken with inner mirth it if ld missed I 1 wasat sure eure bo be scared to death for a novel diversion I 1 heartily rec ammend a meeting with the assassin who has only a few days or hours be fore ore tried to murder you I 1 know of nothing in the tha way of social adventure that la Is quite equal to it morgan I 1 hope you understand that I 1 am not responsible for any in fury ury my grandfather may have inflict ed on you I 1 hadn haan t seen him for sev bev aal yal ral years before ile he died I 1 was waa never it t wore before in my life so it its a a little rough for you to visit your dla die pleasure on me its he smiled tolerantly as I 1 spoke I 1 knew ne wand and he ha knew that I 1 lid did that no ill feeling against my grandfather lay back bach of life hla interest in my affairs I 1 you re not quite the man your landfather rand father was mr air Cle glemann narin you 11 nause my bluntness but I 1 take it that you re ra a frank brank man yourself ile he wa was EL a v vry very ry keen and I 1 im in str arald V he chuckled with evident satisfaction to hillis himself I 1 ni bally taj at I 1 mr GIe Gle narni that 3 loure oil re not I 1 there 3 sou ou have it morgan I 1 I 1 fully agree with youl you I 1 in as an dull as an an lyster that thata a the reason ive called in you tor for enlightenment consider that vin lm here under a hag flag ot of druco aruca and lots lot a soe it if we can t come to an aa agreement I 1 it a too late mr M r gronat GIe naim in too late there was a time when wo we might have done some business but that a past now you seem like ilka a pretty decent follow fellow too and I 1 in sorry I 1 see ou sooner but better luck next time well I 1 said seeing that I 1 should only nake make myself ridiculous by trying to learn anything from him 1 I hopp hope our little spats through windows and on walls wont interfere Inter feie with our pleasant social relations and I 1 don dont t hesitate to tell you 1 I 1 was exerting myself to keep down my anger that if I 1 catch 3 ou on my ground again ill fill you with lead and sink you in tho lake thank you or air he said with so BO perfect an limitation imitation of dates bates voice and manner that I 1 smiled in spite of myself and now it if you 11 promise not to fire into my back I 1 II 11 wish on good day other otherwise loo ile he snatched gnat ched off his hat and bowed profoundly it 11 suit stilt roe me much better to continue handling the case on sour our own grounds he said AS though lie he refe refined referred ried to a business matter kill ing a man on your own property re quires some explaining you ma inai have noticed it yes ye I 1 commit most of my murders away from home I 1 said 1 I formed the habit babit early in life good day mor gan As I 1 turned away he ha closed his door with a slam a delicate way of assar ing me that he was waa acting in good faith aith and not preparing to puncture my back with a rifle ball I 1 regained the lake shore feeling no great dla dis over the lean results of my interview but rather a frech zest for the game wha whatever tevor tho game might be the sun was waa going his ruddy way beyond st agathas as I 1 drove mv canoe into a little cove near which the girl in the tamo tam tara o had bad dis appeared the day before the shore was high here and at the arest was a long curved bench of stone atone boldly c I 1 alma tadami and as clearly the creation of john Mai marshad glenarm glenara aa a though hla his name nad been car cared caned ed upon it it was assuredly a spot for a pipe and a mood and as the shadows crept through the wood beffie t tie ae and the water ot irrell by the rising wind beran to beat below I 1 the one and yielded to tha other something in the withered grass at my teo feel caught my eye I 1 bent slid and picked ur up it a trang string of gold beads dropped there bic W ft xoa I 1 4 pa W 4 t y arl t ri at rt 4 ii 1 tl 4 li 1 1 l no 0 doubt by sona ditl irl from the school or careless care leaa of the summer col ony 1 II 11 I counted the separate beada they were round and there thera were BO 50 of them the proper length for one turn about a girl a perhaps not inore inora than that I 1 lift d my eyes and looked off iff toward st gathas goshae child of tho th red tamo tam o I 1 in very sorry I 1 was as rule to you yeater day for I 1 irked your steady ettoke with the paddle and I 1 admired een more the way you 1 d I mo me when you saw that among all the calls cada in the I 1 am number one in class A and the these so goldo gold n bubbles 0 girl of the die red rd tamo tam o chanti i I 1 it if they are not vours lou iou shall 1 hi ip me to find filla I 1 t tho 0 owner for wn we are neighbors you nou I 1 and I 1 and th re must be peace lie be I 1 can fetn our house with this foell dint se I 1 rose thrust the beads lalo inlo pock t and paddle 1 home in the waning blury ot of the sun set stat tl at night as I 1 was going quite late to hid bd a candle to light me through tho the dark hall ball to my room I 1 heard a curious sound bound as a of some nome one walking in the house at first I 1 thought hates bates wa wai still abroad but I 1 waited listening for several minutes without being able to murk tho the exact direction of the sound or to it with him I 1 went on to the door ot ol lay iny room and still a muffled step skei schned ned to follow me first it had come from below then it was much like one going up stairs but in my own room I 1 still heard steps light firlit slow alow but dist distinct inet again there was a slum ble and a hurried rc recovery ghosts I 1 reflected eted do not full fall down tho the sound dic dlce I 1 away seemingly in somo some distant pait of the house a and n d though I 1 prowled about for an hour tt it did not recur that night CHAPTER IX the girl and the rabbit wind wina and rain in tho the wood and occasionally both fell upon hie library windows with a howl and a prland them once innocently enJo enjoying their papos and whisky and water in the kitchen they are having trouble tut al the school sir air observed dates bates the young ladles ladies running a little wild oh sister theresa s III sir ferguson told me ine last night and ferguson sa sam a that miss devereux a devotion 0 to o her aunt Is quite touching miss devereux that a the name sir air rather odd I 1 should call it yes yea it la Is rather odd I 1 said com coin posed again but not to the namo name wy braind was busy with a tain paragraph aph in my grandfather a will should he be fall fail at any time during bald bear ear to comply with this clovi sion said pio property perty shall at once revert to ruy my general estate and become w without reservation and without necessity cons ity for any procesa ot of law the prop city ty absolutely of marian dev eoll ot of the county and state of new nem york your grandfather was very fond ol of her sir she an I 1 sister theresa were a broad abroad at the time he died it was my sorrowful Borrow ful duty to tell them the sao own news la in new york sir when they n landed the devil it wasl was it irritated me to remember that dates bates knew exactly the nature of my grandfathers will sister sheresa and her niece were doubt doubtless lems calmly awaiting my failure to remain at glenara glenarm house during the disciplinary year I 1 had given little thought to sister theresa since coming to glenara glenarm sh had her knowledge of me fi bioni 0 ill my grandfather and such being th c cabe ase she would naturally look upon mo me as a blackguard and a menace it t the peace of the I 1 bad therefore kept rigidly to my own sidi of the stone wall da nates es I 1 lie ile was moving toward he door witt hla big slow step if your friend morgan or any on ar 94 P I 1 smote the table with my clenched hand splash tho the tempest had wakened me it seemed that every chimney chir riney in the house held a screaming demon we were now well launched upon december and I 1 was ai 1 owing used need to ray MY surroundings I 1 had offered ed myself frequently as aa a target by land and wa ter I 1 had fiat eat on tho the wall all and tempted fate and I 1 had roamed the houie bouse hou ie con bantly expecting to surprise kates bates in loine ionie act of treachery but the days were pausing passing monotonously memory kept plucking my skeie with reminders of my grandfather I 1 was touched at finding constantly his marginal notes in the books lie he had collected with so much intelligence and loving care it occurred to me that some memorial a tablet attached to the outer wall or perhaps more prop erly placed in the chapel would be fit ting and I 1 experimented with designs for if f covering many sheets ot of draw ing paper in an effort to set forth in a few words some hint of ills hla character on this gray morning I 1 produced this wf ci int in ot cf joan marshan charm wilt it to at tl virtu ot and IN cats beA minas tt lovd wm were not nobler ban bit bis awit ow lav bs hi grandson who md mm bim lit witts this mt of him bam mi 1061 I 1 had sketched these on ft a piece of 0 cardboard end was as stua studying atu dylag ying them critically when bates came in with wood thoro thero unmistakable snowflakes bno sno flakes clr arll ho ha from the window we win tor or biliter now pates bates hadnot mentioned boigan or of lefe ired even remotely to the pistol shot of my flost night and hs hn had bad conducted himself as a model cervant thi the gardener at st agathas agatha i scota named berguson bad vis lied him bevel ednes and I 1 had a bui WOT ov t k ft 0 i 1 11 1 fi 4 t 4 1 i rat M rt V else should shoot me or if I 1 should tumble into the lake or otherwise end my earthly career nates dates I 1 ills ilia eyes had bad slipped from mine to tho the window aindow and I 1 spoke his name sharply yes mr air glenarm glenara then sister theresaa The niece would get this property and everything else that lic belonged longed to mr air glenard glenarm 11 that B my understanding of 0 the matter sit sir morgan the caretaker has haa tried to kill me twice since I 1 came here ile he flied blied at me through tho ill window tho ill night I 1 canle came dates bates I 1 waited for hla his eyes to meet mine again ilia his bands opened and shut several times and alarm and fear con bulged his face dates bates 1 im in tring tr ing my best to think well of df you but I 1 NN want ant you to under stand I 1 smote tho the table with my clenched hand that it if these women or lour our employer mr air or 01 that damned hound bound morgan or you damn you I 1 don t know who or if what you are think you can scare beare we roe away from hole heio youve waked up the wrong rong man and ill tell you another thing and you may repeat it to youl school teachers and to mr ln g who mho pas you ou and to morgan whon whom somebody has haa hired to kill me that L im m going to keep faith with ith my deaca I 1 and that when ive spent ray lay year here re and done what that ole oil mila man wiste alsted d xue tue to do ill give them juhls ahls house and every acre of 0 ground and imery damned dollar the estate carries carr la with it and now one other thing I 1 sup I 1 a oi 01 somo some kind of a c constable with Jurls dIc tion over this place and I 1 could have the whole lot of you put into lill l ill for foi conspiracy 1 t I 1 ian m going to stand out against ou alone ao 10 you yon belyou m you hypocrite you sloped banini Bl nIni api ap pp answer mo me quick e before 1 th ro A you yo iju 94 ot f tho the room I 1 it j 1 C SQ BE BB CW T i 4 ii n f t i f |