Show CHAPTER the door of bewilderment we had established the he practice ot of barring all tile the gat gai and dlois at nightfall there waa mas no na wit way y of at guard ing against an attack from the lake whose froan surface increased the danger from without but we counted on our night latiol to prevent a sur prise from that quarter I 1 was well aware that I 1 must prepare to resist th militant ini litant arm of the law alch which picker ing would no doubt invoke to aid hlin him but I 1 intended to exhaust the ties in searching for the lost treasur bt b fore I 1 yielded 11 he would transfer the estate of johi jobe mariliall marahall Marb hall liall glenarm glenara to marian devereu and mako make the most he could of at tha r service arvice but lie he should ri not of drive mf m foi foith th until I 1 had a sith fled myself of th exact character of my grandfather i fortune the Ih ihlae rae the door of bewilder lle wilder ment lad never ceased to itself in my mind there aas aa a certain tair fascination and charm in it we dig cussed a thousand explanations of li ii as we condei ed over the scrap of pape I 1 had bad found in the library and evera ever book in the house was examined it the search for faither clews the passage between the house ant ani the he chapel seemed to fascinate larry ile he held that it hive have some par nicular use and he devoted his time tt it lie ile came up at noon it m was as the of mcember Dc ember with grimy face ant an hands and a grin on his face I 1 had spent my morning in the tha towers to TIC nc pill poso and was in no mood for tin ready acceptance of new theories I 1 ve found something he said nil fill ing his pipe not soap boap evident evidently lyl no but I 1 in going to say eay the last iasi word on the tunnel and within tit ai hour olve me a glass of bier and i piece of bi bicad ead and well go back anc see whether we ro sold agi again A in or not go ahead and let us be done witt it alt till I 1 tell stoddard when wheat we i a 0 going the chaplain was trying th second secant floor walls walla and I 1 asked him to ea some luncheon find and stand glaid billot lari lany y and I 1 went N ent to the tunnel ike ve took with us its an iron axi an al a and a couple of hummers lany went ahead with a lantern you see lie ha explained as we w dropped through the into the pits sage le ie tried tiled a compass on thi th I 1 tunnel and find that wove wave been walk ing on oil the wrong rong A theory the passage itself runs inns a straight line flow th house under the gate to the crypt th ravine la Is a rough cresent cres ent shape ano ana for a short distance the tunnel touches it how doia does that ravine aver age about 30 feet yes its shallowest lowest where house stands acanda it drops sharply fron from thel 0 on to tho the 1 ike 11 very good but the ravine la Is nil all ov OD the side of at the mall iti now when ben we got get under the wall 11 show you something here we e are said larry as the cold air blew in through the hollow posts NO ow were we re pretty near that sharp curne cune of the bavine that dips away binm the wall take the lantern lantere while I 1 get out the compass what do you think that C on the piece of paper means roeana hy chapel of course I 1 haje hag measured the distance from the holsbo tho the p point ant of der departure arture we may as surle to the chapel and three t fourths 6 urt h a 0 of f it b nga us under those beautiful posts the directions ar arc as plain as aa daylight the passage it 11 0 self seh la is dour our N W na as the compass proves and the ravine cuts aloba in here therefore our business busi nebs la is to ex P on the side elde |