Show I I i I I i PED F n Sly Robert nobert Io Led S Tenon Author Author of ot ir asur Island rho Master lot of D llan trae Strange Caso Case CuD Dr and ad adI I Mr Ir H Hyde Hyde- d otc etc it Now J this ls last sage this laying nr S ot of hands i upon and sudden profession of or m my load joad father lather went so 80 clean be beyond berend nd my son sion u that It put beth f r fear ar and hope On un tho hand I began to tony my ny uncle has per aps Insane and might be dangerous on a tho the other there thoro camo up into my mini quito unbidden un- un bidden by hy mo me discouraged a story 1110 I had heard folk tolk singing of ot a poor poor lad that was a n rightful heir ando wicked kinsman that tried 1 to For FOL uto from tram his own why r Pla pIa play a Part with Ith a a. came came- almost a tI ado beggar had to his do unless In his heart heartt ho had tome some Cause MIU to tear fear him With t thIs nou n all c edged sed x but nl getting firmly nettled Imitate In ii my head heid I now began to at hi hie coy co looks so that wo woM sat M each I i table 7 cat and a s. mouse Not the other another woid to to me mc h had ho say black back r or r was as bus busy turning something thi F secretly y over In his mind and tile tho e Bat at and the more I looked at him the i moro more certain I be- be camo Caine that Something was Unfriendly un- un friendly t J to my myself lf When he cleared l red tho platter he ho e ot got out a o lo ful of ot f tobacco bacco just as asa in turned round a flo stool Into and corner sat L n n a n. w while smoking with his back to me been DavIe b a at t J length enG th Ive lne n ho he paused and B said eald It that i I h halt bores bore's fires fire's a woo bit pr before were yo ye born h ye e ho he c promised It to your Jour fat tather o 01 legal yo ye on understand un- un Just darting at their win WIno I keepit that bit mone o t jt was a great expense ox- ox and pease pense ft but a 0 Pr Promise Is 18 a a. promise promise- i It hag ter if has Cro by now to be a n matana mat mat- ot of Just j and ana here Precisely Just Just t exactly i he Of of 0 Just Paused d and nd stumbled ho exactly Vy tOrt do pounds o Tills This last over rann rapp rapped his out jt tS a glance tho next moI mo- mo t I Vl e and I I ment Scots added I led host Os t with a 1 scream The 1 poun pound pound- l being tho the same Barno th thin as S a an l t Sh shilling the dif dif- ference Jj made second secona thought t b this Is was ib besides that the it I could see ed wi with was wasa n lie invent invent- to som ted which 4 t puzzled me mee guess e an aDd attempt to toI I lr d no conceal tho tot I answered t 55 f rot 0 of r raillerY l In which Oth 0 think Pounds ster- ster I b leve hf n sir That h returned my a l uncle JI I SA poun And it If you'll Step sten to see out r the er door g r a a. minute jUIll just iy What is kJ of night nigh t it Is got bat It Id out o t Od In again r call ye I did an hilS In ina iJ myself my contemPt sm to think I ways was 0 empt h e should at so 80 It was a a. dark 7 to be n low stars bt Yew Tow down a door I he ajust just outside tine tho ot of wint wind d a moaning tar f said ar 01 I o hills tho o to m lt thun- thun deny dery and r was weather and I In tilt tic little litti k a a. vast Import Import- t nce ance or i that before mo to the hi va pro prove do clo When 1 1 ted led d in ID ag again aln my un- un tall COunt hand seven and Ott OIt Into my k tho guinea I rest g hit Was small gold bold In s. s I and lils han tailed him there and an t bi heart art change into tho hi hint r oCke y I shoW you o m m a a. he q wi strange 1 and nd i 18 my bond an j tl 1 word of at It ow I wr proof ISO 50 miserlY den 0 l dumb ce b this find no word could uld la fand c cI I No a 42 ll Sao Nae want sal t i I do my duty Im I'm r thanks no r body would havo S Im I'm don eit t that flY pert art thouGh a but for tor Cartt pleBs pleas its it's a tire Ur too to bOd me bY my brothers brother's broth broth- ers er's right SOn 40 the thO I J think th its A grOO ro to as me such to near 1 ki 0 I r handsome handsome- J y 7 as I 1 re return as handsomely while I a wont what bUt t. t Old c all 11 the come next net onI I and wh why ho had p parted with his out ous gUin guineas ms for tor as ns to tho tine reason ho hI i had nan given a b baby by would lJ have havo o r rt rt- i It Presently ho he looked tO toward m nv IUD sido- sido I ways waye T And nd see co hero here said ho ho tit lit for tor tat tatI I Ind I I told ir him m. m I was read ready to provo prove m mj m In any ny reasonable de degree n and thon waited looking for somo orno monstrous demand And yot yet whoa when at i last ho plucked up courage to speak It Y was 5 only to toll tol mo very vory properly a as 7 I th thought that ho he was growing old and a Q little broken and that ho would expect t mo me to help him with the house hOUM and the tho bit of ot garden I ans answered and I expressed my readi readi- nets ness to servo Well wn- ho said ald lots be begin tn Ho He pulled out A of ot his isis pocket a rust rusty key There Thero says ays he ho theros theres tho the koy of ot oti i the tow to r t ot nt tv et th i 1 nr B. B v. v house Ye can only J win Into It from I Ithe the outside for tor that part of ot tho the hous Is la no Gang GanS' yo ye 0 In th re and arid up Ut tho tine stairs lr anti and bring mo me down don the tho I chest that's at the tile top Theres There's papers In It it ho added Can I have a 3 lI light ht sir air said oaid I Na a. said id ho he he very cunningly Nao Nac lights in my house Very Vety well sir said eald L Aro Are tho stairs good grand said be then as I was going Keep to tine tho wall aU ho added theres there's nao tine banisters But tho the stairs aro grand underfoot Out I went Into the tIne night Tho The wind was vas still moaning In Iii tho distance though never noor a breath of or It came camo near tin tho house of ot Shaws It had fallen laUan blacker than ever evor and I was glad slad to fool along tho the wall till I camo canto the length of ot tho tine tower stair stair door at tho the far tar end of or tho the unfinished wing I 1 had got Kot ot tho the key into tho the keyhole and had just turned it when all upon a Q send sud den without sound of ot wind or thunder the tho 91 sky y was lighted lIe up with wild fire firo and went black again I had to to put my hand over or my eyes to got pot back to the color of or the tho darkness and In Indeed In- In Indeed deed I was las already half blinded when I r stepped into the tho tower It was ns so dark Inside It seemed seamed a a. hod body could scarce breathe but I pushed out with foot toot and hand and presently struck the wall with the one ono an and the tho lowermost round of or the tho stair with tho the Other Tho The Wall will liv bv thA UlA ten wn ro n. n nf n tine fine hewn st stone rl t tho to t s steps too th though somewhat steep and narrow were of ot polished work mason and regular and solid under foot Minding m my uncles uncle's word about tho banisters I kept close to tho tower side sille and felt tolt my wa way up In tho the pitch darkness s with a 1 boating heart Tho The house of ot Shaws stood some five full stories high not counting lofts Well Vell as I advanced It seemed to me rue the tho stair grow row airier and a thought I moro more lightsome and I was wondering what might be the cause causo of ot this change I when whon a second blink bUnk of ot the summer lightning came and went If It I did not cry out It was because tear fear had mo mn I by the throat and if It I did not tall fall it was moro b by heavens heaven's merc mercy than mv rv fc own stron strength th It was not anI only that i r v the flash shone In on ever every side eldo through w breaches In tho the so that I I Jl to be clambering aloft upon an or oren rn n t scaffold but thu tho E samo saino me passing brightness bright bright- I K ness showed mo me the steps were of ot unequal unequal un- un equal oqual length and that ono one of ot my ray fet feet j rested that momen mernen within two in ho I k of t tl tile tho 1 well I This was t the tho grand n stair I thought h t and with tho the thought a n gust of a kind of ot angry courage camo came Into my heart j My I uncle had sent sont me hero certainly f to run great t risks perhaps to dlo dio I swore I would settle that perhaps If It I should break my mJ neck for lor it It got ot me sue down upon my hands and knees and as slow slowly as a snail feeling betoT mo every inch an and testing tho the solidity of or every ery stone I continued to ascend tho stair Tho The darkness b by contrast with tho the flash t appeared to havo redoubled re redoubled rl re- I doubled nor was that all for my ears Cars t. t were now troubled and my any mind confounded confounded con COD founded by a great stir BUr of ot bats In the 0 top part of ot the tower and the tine foul beasts flying downward sometimes beat about may face and bod body Tho The tow tower r. r I should have havo said was as t square and In every corner the stop step was made mado of a great stone of or a u dif dif- forent shape shapo to join the tho flights Well J I had come como close to one of ot those these turns when feeling forward as ns usual l. l my hand slipped upon an and found n nothing but emptiness beyond It 11 Tho i s stair tair had been carried no higher to toot s sot ot a u. stranger it in the darkes dark dark- ti nes es was to send him trL i ht to his c death eath d tid and although thanks to the tho liw li lightning and my own precautions I Iwas w was as safe safo enough h the tho mere thought of ot C t tho he peril In which I might havo stood ta a and tf nd the dreadful height I might have havo f fallen allen from brought out tho the sweat u upon pon my body booy and relaxed my joints But ut I 1 knew what I wanted now and t turned and groped my way down again w with ith a wonderful anger In my heart About bout A way half down the tho wind sprang u up p In a a. clap and shook tho the tower and andied d died again th the rain followed and be before bo- bo f fore loro ore I had reached tho ground bround level levelt i It t fell teU In buckets I put out my head i Into nto tho the storm and looked ed along to toward toward to- to w ward ard tho tine kitchen The door which I Iad h had ad shut behind mo when I left crt left now flOW s tood stood open nd shed a 1 little glimmer o of f light and I thought I could coul seo see a l lO O fi figure gure ure standing In tho rain quite still li like ke a man harkeninG And then there thero c camo amo a blinding flash nash which showed m rao mo e my uncle plainly Just whore I 1 had f fancied him to stand and hard upon tho he t heels of ot It Jt a n great croat tow-row tow of or t thunder hunder Now whether my uncle thou thought h t the c crash rash to bo be tho the sound of m my taU tall fallor or w whether hether he heard In It Gods God's voice d denouncing murder I will leavo leave you ou to g guess uess Certain It Is Is at least that ho w was as seized on by a 1 kind of ot panic f tear fear ear and that ho ran into the housend house a and nd left tho the door open behind him I r f followed as ns softly as 8 I could and comInS' comInS coming com corn i InS ing ng unheard Into the tho kitchen stood a and ind watched him Continued cd Tomorrow I J 4 |