| Show iserial iSER lAL TORY THE HOUSE OF A THOUSAND CANDLES by MEREDITH NICHOLSON amber of lit THE MAIN CHANCE ZELDA etc awit by ti fukui co CHAPTER continued good I 1 but this I 1 is lual just wall hero here earth arth wit walh h a laer of bricks anil and a thin ahlo coat of cement A nice jub job it must havo have been to to do tho the and it coyt cost the price of a fiber hunt I 1 grumbled rake heart ild 1 id and listen and larry began pounding the wall with a hammer exactly under the north gatepost e had bounded everything in and about tho the house until the pro akas bored me latiny up and get through tigh with it I 1 jerked impatiently holding the lan ian tern atthe level of his big bea henl I 1 it was cold auld under tho the posts and I 1 was anxious to prove the he woith voit bleas nebs of MB is idea ida and be done I 1 bampi thump cheres 1 I hero a a place heie that sounds bounds a f ra 11 0 ol oft 01 I 1 the lie key I 1 on oil try it I 1 hatched nat ched the har hammer timer and repeat repeated eil his hia soundings chump thump there was a space about four flit square in tho the wall that ceita certainly gave forth a hollow wound sound stand 6 bialt tek exclaimed larry aag colv I 1 lere hero got goa a with the ax I 1 ho e struck into the wall sharply and th the cement chipped off lit in lit ces es disclosing bricks beneath lairy atu wadi lie ho had un unco coverd vend a foot or oc the inner layer and examined tho the bill face they re loose these thero bi bucks icks sie aie loose and thebes so beside earth behind them I 1 he le II hiilis Ilis wele set bet up without braot tar and I 1 plucked them out and an J rapped with mith my knuckles on a wooden sur our face even lai lairy ry grew excited as we flung L the it a bricks out into the ho bunni ali ah lad lie he sold the alia old gentle man had a way may with him blui lie he had a way with hint him A brick dropped on ills foot and lie he howko in pala mess the old gent gentle lemans heartt heart lie ile made it na as easy for us as ho he could now for the Glo millions red money all plied piled up for the case cabe of bounting oun ting it a thousand pounds in every PH pile ay iy don doll t 1 bo a f apol 11 larry I 1 coughed a for f aa a brick dust and the miika 00 antof nf lit lerp a pipe made bir athing IM alt hk chats fiats all the loome bildik bri bring lo 10 blantern clobes 11 and we peered through the aperture upon a wooden door in which strips of iron aoto deep set it was as fastened with a padlock and larry reached down for the ax y walt I 1 called drawing closer with the lantern A hat a tills I 1 llie ilie wood af tho the door wits waa fresh and white but burned deep on tho the surface in this order were tho the words th tbt door of there are ara dead men inside I 1 daro dare earl hero my lail ind its it s not for roa me to turn loose tile the family skeletons Bk pelona 11 and larry stood aside while I 1 swung the tha six ax anil and brought it down with a crash on en the padlock it amna of 0 no felmey stuff anti anil the lie remaining lileks clumped me but halt a dozen blows broke it oil off ali the house of 0 a thou ghosts limited larry as ag I 1 pushed the door open crawled through and dropped donn domn inside the place was it bat ha I 1 a floor and I 1 sot set my fet dimly upon it and tuond to take like the lantern hold a bit lie ho exclaimed some tines cine s coining and bending to toward sard the opening I 1 heat headd d the bound of 0 steps down the cot coulder coul tidor dor in a moment bater da tea ran up tip calling my name math v tin more spirit it than I 1 imagined possible lit la hint him la Is it I 1 demanded through the opening I 1 its mr mir picket ing the sheriff has ome come with him sir air 11 As aa he spoke his glair gladfe e fell upon the broken wall and ope open a door the light or nt larrys lantern struck full upon hint him maz arnaz and I 1 thought a certain wets maikel upon his countenance tun un along jack 1 11 bo be up a little later sald said larry it the fellow has come com la in dal dalight abt with the sheriff he int dangerous its his friends that shoot in the dark that give us the trouble log we 1 I L I 1 crawled out and stood upright r the opening seeni ted leave the spot itsou seam m to have found I 1 air ho he sald I a little chok chohan ugly gly ilia inter matter nettled ne me it voas aia none of abfal af fAl aita ad business was to cc go above r 10 an 1 v v it hi tha i e a 1 W IiiI importance as aa halfe habe 1 wajo n any anyone tone of co rael Q foundell foun founds delt lt I 1 dust froia my mr hl els abl in the 0 V lm entertaining entertain lne the tae i 3 inmost ja in h sit d I 1 art any yx raivo Olvo them rn mend 11 14 b lip U iT artIculated the bovil ii vir a ancestors 13 te strode 0 accad f ine ali tits his lantern and I 1 left I 1 larry arry crawling through the new found booi as I 1 hur bur tried toward the house I 1 knew him well enough to be sure he would not leave the spot until we had found m what hat lay behind the door of bewilderment you dian didn t tell ell the ho callers where you vol I 1 expected to find eifle me did youa I 1 asked dates as he be brushed me off la in the kitchen no sir air air stoddard received the gentlemen ile he rang the bell for me and when I 1 went into the library he wits was saying mi ali glenarm glenara Is at hla his t dl i bat dates e s lie he says bays kindly tell mu mr r glenara glenarm icil that I 1 am m sorry to inter rupt bupt him but wont won he please come don to a I 1 thought it rather neat sir air considering lits hia clerical office I 1 knew nou ou were below somewhere sir air the trap door was open and I 1 found you eastly easily enough 11 hates bates eyes were brighter than I 1 had ever seen them A certain buoyant note gave art an entirely new tone to Ws voice lie ile walked ahead of me to the library door threw it open and stood aside ah here you are glenarm glenara Gl said stoddard pickering and a stranger stood near the fireplace in their over coats pickering advanced and offered his bla hanl ban I 1 but I 1 turned away train from hint him with out taking it ills companion a burly countryman stood staring a paper in his hand band the sheriff Pl kering explained ant and our business Is rather personal ile he glanced at stoddard who looked at me mr air stoddard will do tile me the kind ness to remain I 1 said and took my stand beside the charlain charl aln ohl oh pickering ejaculated scorn I 1 haven t come here to debate this question on when am I 1 0 to o lave have posses slon blon not till I 1 in ready thanks mr sheriff will aou ou serve your writ writa he be said and I 1 looked t to st d dard for any hint from him as to what I 1 should do I 1 bellee belle e mr Glen la is quite will ing to hear whatever the sheriff has haa to say bay to him said to tollard tol dard lit stepped nearer to me as aa though to the he fact that he longed life to my side aide ot of the controversy and the sheriff read an order of the wabana babana count county y circuit court dirt directing me immediately to deliver the house and grounds into the keching of the executor of the will of the estate of john marshall glenard glenarm the rather enjoyed holding the center of the stage and I 1 listened quietly to the unfamiliar phraseology before he hid had quite finished I 1 heard a step in the hall and larry appeared at the door pipe in mouth month rickering turned toward hint him frowning but larry paid not the slightest attention to the executor hut but leaned against the door with his usual tranquil unconcern I 1 advise you not to trifle with the law glenarm glenara Gl sald said pickering as the sheriff folded hla his paper you have absolutely no right whatever to be here and these other gentlemen your guests I 1 suppose ale aie equa equally ay iy under the law I 1 ile he stared at larry who crossed h his 1 I legs ggs for greated ease in adjusting his bis lean frame to the door well mr pickering what Is the next step stepa asked the mr IVI pickering cering ng said larry straight ening up III and taking his pipe from his big mouth I 1 in mr in a counsel it you will do ms me the kind to ask the tr I 1 e fully 1 I understand that your relations with tho the neighboring clergy were so BO intimate your Is im provi proving ig glenara glenarm Ole narni clr mr Is a friend of mine stoddard quietly A very particular friend he added I 1 congratulate you both I 1 laughed pickering was waa Ing the loom ns as he spoke spoil e and stoddard suddenly stopped stepped toward him merely I 1 think to ataw up tip a chair for the shet lit but ing not hearing d a stop on the soft rug until the clergyman vas vaa close beside him started perceptibly and reddened it was cotta luAl ludicrous cylous and m when hen stoddard faced roe me again lie ho was waa biting hla big lip pardon met me ho he maini mm aured tired now gentlemen will you kindly state ioui blI biness my own groag me 1 the cartridge boxes on oil the library tale taale the sheriff too waa mas these effects with mith in terest not I 1 think ived with awe awa glemann Gle Cle nann narin I 1 lon ian t like to invoke the law to elect eject you from this but 1 I am loft left with no alter natte I 1 can cant t stay out here indefinitely and I 1 want to know what hats a I 1 iii m to expect that la is a fair question I 1 I 1 replied it if it m were ere merely a matter of follow ing tho the heima of the m will III I 1 should not heal tata or be cipro now hut but it lon lout t the will or my grand ruber that keeps me its the to give you yon all the annoyance possible to make it hard and mighty hard for you to got get hold of this house until I 1 have found why you are so much interested in a it I 1 you always had bad a grand way may in money matteis mattei s As I 1 told you before you came out here its it a a poor stake the assets consist wholly of this land and this house w m hose quality you hive had an excellent ec ellent opportunity to test you havo have doubtless heard that the country Is money concealed here but I 1 dire say bay ou have exhausted the possibilities till this is not tile the alist tinie time a rich dnn has died leaving precious prec ions little behind him you setin seem very anxious anick nia to get pos session of a property prop eity ty that call a poor stake I 1 said A few acres of ian alanl a half balf finished house and an aa un certain claim upon a school tea chert 1 I 1 had no lda idea ld a sou would understand M my I 1 position 1 I tiou he h replied t ou of a mma oah O ah to perform the solemn bolema duha imposed upon him by law would hardly appeal to you but mi 4 aft sheriff to retire tor for a moment I 1 shou should like to sav a few m words to 3 oil thit yo you might prefer to keep between on selves I 1 had ti usually qually found it wise to take any cue larry threw mo me and I 1 a slid tid pickering this is mr donovan who has haa evemy autho itty to act tor for me la in the matter pickering looked impatiently from one to the of us ua you seem to havo have the guns the ammunition and the numbers on sour our side lie he observed diely the sheriff may wait within call said larry and at a woid from pick eiling the man left the room now mr larry spoke slowly as my friend lias has explained explain oI the he case to me tile the assets ot of ills hla grand fathers father a estate are all accounted tor for the land hereabouts this house ten thousand dollars in securities and a somewhat vague claim against a lady known as sister theresa who eon con ducts st agatha a school Is that cor I 1 don i ask you to take my word for it sir air rejoined pickering hotly 1 I 1 have filed an inventory of the estate so far as found with the proper au thorit les nut dut I 1 merely wish to be bine allie of my facts for the purpose of this interview to give me tho the trouble of going to tho the renolds refolds ds and more oer mer I 1 am somewhat with your procedure in this country I 1 am a member sir of the irish bar par don ne me but I 1 repeat ray my question I 1 have made oath that I 1 to Is even for a number of 0 the irish bar quite said larr nodding hla his head bead gravely ho was not to bo be sure a able member of any bar tor for a smudge detracted considerably front from the ap arn pc arance of ono side of hla his face hta his clothes were rumpled a and ad covet ed m ith brick dust and ills hla hands were mere black hue buc I 1 had rarely sen him so calm calin ile he re crossed hla his legs ies peered aitto the bowl of hta pipe for ot a moment then asked as qu letl as though he were soliciting an opinion of the weather will you tell me mr pickering whether you jou yourself are a debtor of john marshall Gle narras eb k TO ne BE CONTINUED |
