Show what UT hat the gray house eidl t CHAPTER X continued 18 you Y foell ald appleton cold venomous 1 I 1 do not object to your alias him it esthe Is the manner of dis posing of the body that stamps you as B an imbecile why you tin bury r y it where nobody could fetid it afi madness made you yoa put it in the stream tr eflin it Is beyond recovery by us but tho the othen will find it and eviey viey will hold it like a club not noi over you or jim but pv ov erine erme louwill you will find fidd tr it hurts burts you tool well its done now and we know that it will be ered also we know that the men we are denting dealing with will make capita I 1 out our of it applelona App letona icy rage grew with the thought of the disaster 1 I 1 shall be the tha sufferer 1 who thought that after tonight I 1 should have no worries in the world 1 ue he pointed at u luigi and this mass of clay from mos underworld who has hae had and sanctuary here and food when he should be in an italian fall all hap twice imperiled Imperl jed that fair fred the woman protested alone of then them she seemed to be to no fear of him kerr herr or chapin or whatever his real name wile was got that job because he know there wits was some mystery here and he be hoped to blackm fill us some one must have given us away elabe luigi had to get him or we might all have bl been n discovered 11 stupid P 1 he commented crus ly why do 10 you oil all persist in standing me you seeta to think I 1 am worrying about the death of an cs convict when I 1 am only bering that luigi instead of concealing the body kers hera must throw it to in the lake under the thi impression that there was fin an end of it ue waved his hand to the sicilian gol go I 1 tie ite member we need aeed all your strength today steep sleep if you want to tim jim will call you when we are ready luigi great carcass bowed anu aril animated mated itself itsek with relief his was a childs child a ment mentality allty ue bowed to them all jim liked his cooking 1 I getta you your breakfast break fas heern he be said smiling 1 I ninke a the toma to garlic and potato you like he took his bis way to the storeroom gayly after the meal lie he would sleep after that there would be work tor for him that no other man here could perform perfo nu jim delaney wits stronger than most men but he be was not like luigi who had carried a grand piano dinno nn n his hack you see jim said anid appleton App teton when the sicilian had gone that we are now in the position of dealing with people who hold bold something against us in as deep as we are sold bald jim nothing of the kindi we mu ma suspect them of a dozen murders but bin whereas we haqq hav only suspicion the have a corpus delicti actu actually nily the body of the crime they cant help bell finding it it has cost me a great deal of money and time to make it certain that they must find it it one odthe of the exasperating things thing st 1 forget it fred the woman said sad patting his head two weeks from now well be tn in europe living like lords sure calet jim declared the wont want to give you away anyhow theres rish in the whole affair appleton retorted it if the deal goes through safely they will use thell knowledge to cut my price it if I 1 re fuse they will puy pay perhaps but get roe me for luigia foolishness it if they are discovered they will have to accuse me to save cave themselves luck keep on it was luck that tile police dropped the lied chapin case when they found the hit mangled body of an old cell mate who lied had threatened to kill him tills this tiling thing roe me of course course you might tt it th the body at the culvert but you buld i ll 11 d most likely be seen safer chaps 1 L alps to let things go see that thai ast g la Is ready when we need him jim walked to 0 o the storeroom store stor roro erom calling the sicilian by name tills cellar had been so const jated as to be sound proof it was juniors Jun lorn fors quick ear that heard him first as an he passed the door of leslie barrons barrens coll cell that mun man and know were here lie ie whispered well get him as hes bes finding him haast said there wele four our abw who crept toward the they entered it just as clin was by luw side bide untying his bunds it was Us ies lie thomad wh who miida tile first spring at him hill jim bao r t it a chance ou anu ru hered taken by surprise onit ke ti rise t ati ills his feet his struggle gle was futile fullie side sid k by r idehen and LuIgI A against agrist gags now for tuni toni burton Burtu nl I 1 said imald hun by when the they v left tile the storeroom when tile the joor door opened ed baruti stood up anti and clenched his hilts fists lip he knew that som day bilg is inherent love of torture would lupse into clitte such exhibition of vl leuce as aa will giuld 1111 kill him burton had bad grent great ideas tilean of nordic racial pre emilienne he would how vat at eyen even tn in their moments mornen tB of dying ing the nordic strain wile was cho ohp i thoroughbred one s ahl ah I 1 he said satirically the gentle centle good morrow call S ban 11 1 I 1 not until that moment had haeb 1 ally liked burton it wi ans its as lie fie smi bilu allu Kill standing iding braced for or punishment d that thare cainia a ebangi of heart om old murr mt he h sald said Junto 1 I 1 bill 1 ni I zd and I 1 are here weve trussed lull P two s birds ilow dov any more c are therel alic c mystery of a sj wyndham jam marcyn W N U copyright by wyndham maetris when the light was turned on it ans seen that torn tom buttmi had suf auf at ills his hands tits his rae face was thin tind find lined his fiody bruised and belling aching there were tears in his hl 0 ves us tu he chook his emiera eMu escue era rs hands burton lind little to toll tell lie he knew only that the appleton Apple tuo who had tipped hlin him into the pit fit euleil here P absolutely burton hud had seen been only liddi jim am and slimmer yi imler there might marlit he be others of whon he fie had not heard haum lie he mil no MO lapa fir what purpose appleton Alel nn hild ninde hi hip home here oi 01 tie lie lidid awen imprisoned beneath his cou couglas ns house were here to clean out this place hanby sold better cuine come adiong with ua its the searchers bialle stow slow progress proy rens they were ai et ware of the of this sub fastness concealed colive aI od the general 1113 was uns speedily made clear tim the large cellar with the lumber mals as the hie euln denture fenti fen ture ire then thea there were chrep little cells a kitchen a storeroom and one other apartment it was through the doors of this just that hv straining their heir ears they could hear the faint limn fillin of human voices while they were wondering whether to attempt to force nn an entrance or to wait until the people within come carne out they were rell relieved wed of f making the de t 41 aw poor old huckleberry hackl she mocked casion mr air A applelone App lelon stepped out he ele looked into the mouth of an automatic pistol in hilton IIan Ilan bya bys hand for a moment flaming bate looked out of ills eyes then it died away fie was again the bland and suave little man whom they had bad known so long 1 I dislike revolvers he be said eald gently furthermore I 1 urn am unarmed you have something to say any to roe me quite a lot said habiby 1 I trust you and bour friends have been corn com fort lible in my bouse I 1 begin to un derst tind now on what you expended so much money mr douglas was puzzled about it you are going to tell me aliv you spent it there was no question but that a look of relief passed over ever Apple tons face at what was virtually a confession that his purpose remained a secret call all it a fod fad lie observed benevolently this living underground Is nothing new the famous duke of vort cortland land as you no 00 doubt remember constructed a ballroom and a sel tool under the lake of his famous abbey estate consider mo me it humble he lid what he chose on his own property you are trespassing tres passing on mine appleton Au Av sighed profoundly that makes a difference I 1 admit well vel mr bunby charge uie me what you think to 9 a fair price for my tenancy and I 1 will puy pay theres another charge tall too ilan by watter whether you strangled pr your strong arm men did IL it bae bac dodging tho the chu chain ir I 1 when you yoa have nude made a complete duly witnessed and Me atoned neill I 1 shall turn you over to the pallee APP appleton lefon your jour j our goose Js Is cooked and you ought to 1 hanve sense enough to know it it why have you been scheming for or years tr to get possession place why did you keep tenants it was a fad appleton returned return od blandly every eury man has ono one you rou for ex timple to be tile the owner of an estate well that was waa my ambi lion too loo 1 I have lost loat you have won why then not be generous and lot let rue rile go ue ile made a illo movement as it if ie wished to lead them away from the door lie ile did not notice that pelham slipped behind him and produced a bunch of keys ays eys appleton was onia aware that the door opened suddenly and he was pushed into the room it was the only apartment well furnished breakfast things were on a small table in a chair a woman still pretty but no longer young was smoking a cigarette she jumped up ini in alarm the matter fred bredl she cried who are tue the semen mr hanby appleton began amiably la Is incensed at discovering our retreat having found nothing irregular he be decides to accuse us all of murder you xou are witness that we this poor creature be pointed to ibur ton assaulted it giant huckleberry hawk intention intent on his destruction my G d I 1 cried burton burlon incoherent lu la his bis anger lie he asked me to look at a giant fuchsia moth 11 I 1 there Is no no such thing of course appleton said pityingly you con can see ace that his mind has gene I 1 had him put under partial guard ishall 1 ahal admit that fie be suffered buffered from a homicidal mania he assaulted directly he came in and later unfortunately tuna tely he killed the poor fellow fallow thero Ther ware are witnesses to this all d d lies I 1 roared the professor execrable filsell falsehoods I 1 As to Siu continued appleton lie he came here forsbe for the sole purpose of setting betting tire ore to the gray house bouse and killing its owner and all its tn in injates I 1 kept him film here because I 1 liked and respected mr hanby and hla his family Apple applelona App letona tons keen eyes were fixed on gaubys face it mr hanby denies knowledge of ere avowed enmity I 1 shall be greatly sur aur poised we found him aim with matches and gasoline all ready to set fire to your house bouse the woman contributed 1 I dont doubt it pelham aad said dryly and I 1 dont doubt that you were glad enough to stop him if be had burned the gray house hous eyou you would have hare died tn in its ruins so far you made out a case she shrugged her shoulders it if you yon dont want to be reason able she said that Is your affair it if you want a murder trial with a relative of the hanbys tn in danger of hanging call in the pollee police two cred ible witnesses saw the murder corn com emitted madam said the professor coldly you lie he I 1 poor old huckleberry hawer hawk I 1 she mocked youve probably forgotten very conveniently but be hanged for all that if the police ever know about abou tit it 1 there Ther ewas was a cort certain alij insolence about her that compelled admiration we may as well tell th truth she went on fred and I 1 have been fond of each other fo fat years ills his wife consent to a divorce and my bus husband bandl cant hp h Io cateL fred arranged this where we calif could be undisturbed HP hc jail fill in the take lake completely als ai youve no doubt found foun dodt out he fenced it with barbed barbea cirei and planned thorn hedges to keep out trespassers hanby interrupted her ber TO BEI BE CONTINUED |