| Show alie he house FX F X ouse of the P C S by irvings DacIl eller copyright by irving service i SYNOPSIS ragged and starving a boy of abo about ut alipoon in I 1 befriended by a camping arty lie ile has tied fled from his brutal ismor aher barty h e r n bat m t Morry morrison ryson som the boy shad f s sheridan h e ald a n Is in sent bent to canton with 9 a letter to colonel dinka blake the colonel his alj wife and their daughter ruth huth are impressed by the boys manner 11 he goes to wor DK in the village of A amity it loan dam am and meets a youth of his age don bony y and dunlay brown tinker a drunkard because of his h a periodic lodio lapses from strict sobriety her bat at harryson Hor Mor ryson comes determined to take his son back to his ht own dissolute I 1 lit ife lie its Is in overawed over awed by colonel blake t the he district nl torney and his father passes passe out of chads shads life A girl young aad nd pretty comes come to drowns shack aback inquiring prettye for or him shad applies himself diligently to hla his neglected education jova iove for ruth hutli blake takes taken a strong hold on his heart in an attack on the perry family ily oscar verry parry the he father her and his hi baughier daug daughter hier mrs doolittle I 1 tile fat w wife ife of cyrus doolittle pro prominent m I 1 t all citizen are hot and seriously u 0 ly woun wounded dd evide evidence n ce points to numpy bumpy brown as the assail nt nl ile HB Is arrested shad loses loces his job and nd nose oes to live with bony at miss bliss pen lown the two boys seek and find and R lose the murderer had worn colonel alu alake in 1 almost convinced brown to Is not the murderer CHAPTER V continued theres the greatest man I 1 ever knew said bony lies iles so ao gol burned smart art an kind ol 01 0 solemn im always it a little when he talks to ina it if iti possible to love a man 1 I love him shad answered but bony never neter praised so 20 lavishly in the morning the boys boya set out on the familiar road to Ashil eld th they ey went behind dolyn barn and back to tho the highway they searched the thickets and culverts cu lverts along that thorough faro fare they came to a stone atone wall on the east side of the highway shad took one side of the wall and bony the other they looked into every hole bole and crevice they had surveyed a long stretch of wall when bony on the side toward the fledda shouted nera here it fall lie ile leaped over the wall with the colored handkerchief and a small light colored slouch hat bat in hla his hand he held beld them up before him there were the eye holes in the tha handkerchief thora there was waa a touch of awe in the excitement of the tha two boys shad looked oft off at the river this dont do bumpy any good ho he remarked nil ills place ts in below here hera he ha might have hid bid the tha hat and the hand handkerchief kerchief and then cut across to t the he river and got late into his boat but he you yon forgit the man in the broad brimmed hat ile he was seen away below here I 1 know it aint the tha best place for fer these thesa things to be ba hid but we cant help that facts to Is facts the murderer went on down the road I 1 toll tell ye 11 bony put the hat and handkerchief in hla big coat pocket they went on down the road bony suggested they thought I 1 had killed oscar perry an ail they como come an took us up an nna found that hat idill an hanker chief in my pocket I 1 prove no BO allerby lerby nl I 1 was down on the or ol dam all lone stu study dylie ln astronomy an ste alln a smoke I 1 heard the shots I 1 stir cause I 1 thought deacon Merl meriwether wether waa out sho shoot otin ln at a coon in the his chicken yard I 1 come up to tho the store till I 1 heard the women bawlin I 1 coulden couldn t prove no allerby lerby nl well it washes my hands I 1 left the daytona gaytons at just five minutes of seven even by their clock then I 1 guess you better keep these things said ald bony ns as ho he passed them to shad they passed the benson mansions on their way into town they were just outside the tha village tillage of Ashil ashfield eld youre toura bottor better dressed than I 1 be said bony go up an see it if you can find fand that hired girl toll tell ew ero youre a friend of ol 01 bumpy brown the tinker an that youre tryla to help him ill bet they know the tha ol oil man an all his bird shad dreaded the tha task but did not hesitate such grandeur as loomed before him when he neared the lawns he had never seen shad considered what he ha would say to those grand people ile he decided first to speak of his friends B D 0 converse and colonel blake ile II 11 went to the nearest of the big houses and rang the bell at its front door A servant opened it the boy asked for or mr ip benson lie he explained that ho he wished to see him about bumpy brown ile he was shown to the library where sat eat one of the distinguished benson brothers shad trembled trem blad with awe awa when tho the man arose and asked boy what can I 1 do for you the ton of tho mans voice was I 1 reassuring shad had bad learned that a i gentleman was welcome anywhere my name to la shad morrison Morry Mor ryson aon 11 he said as he be stood bending the visor of his bis cap in his nervous hands 1 I am a friend of JB A 0 converse sir and of colonel blake good I 1 I 1 know them both that establishes your standing shad was getting better control of hla his breath lie ile made a new start 1 I have been working in the etore up at amity dam I 1 know bumpy drown brown he has been arrested arrest td for the tha murder of oscar clerry lie ile la in not guilty air good I 1 rd id like to agree with you give me ma your reasons mr air benson was wag now deeply liter inter gated 1 I in met e it the guilty man in the road that night III glit two men saw him ile he wore a broad brimmed hat lie ile was walking fast on the road to ashfield ile he hid this hat an haa kerchief in the stone wall beside the road mr air benson spread out the handkerchief and carefully examined it when did you find them he asked today sir air you must give them to colonel blake im going to until you see him dont show them to anyone shad was now at the point ho he sought 1 I hear that your hired girl met the man mall down in the road beyond your gate mr air benson smiled as he be tang fang a bell on the table near him the butler came ills HIS master spoke tell the maid celestea Cel estla more to come here A cheery faced young irish woman came from the kitchen she had been visiting down near the bridge in the edge of the village the evening of the murder she started for home a little after eight etwas dark and she was timid her friend came with her they entered the road beyond the turn that leads to the village A man approached pro ached them in the darkness lie he was walking fast he passed them on tho the opposite side filda of the road he was tall he be wore a cap she and her friend both agreed that he wore a cap A A cap I 1 shad exclaimed ill 1 I see lie ile was waa getting near the village ile he had bad the cap in his big pocket up the he ha pasted passed them on tho the opposite side of tho the road fload road within halt half a mile were going to find the broad brimmed hat lie ile hid it somewhere mr benson laughed youre a good hearted boy and rather levelheaded level headed I 1 wish you uck luck I 1 have not been able to believe that the old tinker was guilty shad sha d rejoined bony who was walting waiting tor for him on tho the road within an hour the boys had found the broad brimmed hat it had been crowded into a hollow stump beside the road and was covered with rotten wood elated they hastened into the village well go over to canton and see colonel blake shad proposed they went to the westminster hotel and learned that vie the next train going west left at six forty they decided to telephone and learn it if the colonel were at home they learned that he be had gone to kildare pond hunting the pond was about five miles back in the woods they went to a store shad g got 0 t sope some paper and twine and wrapped the hats hata and handkerchief in a snug package and tied it to his belt im hungry said shod shad lets get our suppers and walk home and have a talk with the doctor when they camo came out of the supper room a number of men sat around th the fireplace they were talking of th the murder at amity dam among them were robert royce boyco ellery anderson james hearts a commercial traveler the proprietor of the hotel and a stranger of about thirty rather shabbily dressed the stranger had bad red hair a freckled face and abnormally large ears 11 anderson and hild had spoken of the excellent work of the district attorney in promptly solving the problem the problem aint solved yet 11 said bald bony on 1 I happen to know knew that jete thear barking up the wr wrong ong tree huh I 1 you must boa be a rath rather ter smart boy said the hotel man no but where theres therea so many that do all their work with their tongues a teller feller that uses hla his brain once in a while kind 0 stands out the game gama was put up on bumpy brown lie was a drunken ol 01 pup of a man nobody supposed that he had any friends lie ile hat hated d the Doo doolittles lIttles ile he lived nil all alone a mile from anybody else it would be hard ter fer him to prove an allerby the man that done the tha sho shooting shoot otin ln put on that limp ha wore a slouch hat in mr air doolittles Doo littles house and a broad brimmed hat when he was awny away 11 with the rashness of youth bony told of the different points in the road where the tha man with the tha broad brimmed hat had been seen seea in the darkness escaping toward ashfield A mile below amity dam he had hidden bidden the colored handkerchief which had masked his bis face and the slouch hat bat in a stone atone wall halt half a mile out of A he shoved the broad brimmed hat in the hollow of an old stump and put a cap on his head in the edge of tha village he the cap tense with interest every one was wag leaning forward in hla his chair gazing gating at the boy the landlord was waa first to speak asking how do you know h be e hid the handkerchief and the hats I 1 we found them today where are they weve got em let us have a look at them no air eo ec we aint coln to show era em to nobody till we see the tha district attorney hes hea up at kildare pond huntin deer one of us to la coln up there tomorrow to find him they went out of doors and hastened toward the bridge the tavern gossips of ashfield had something new to talk about mr evarts sit eala id that he be thought that th tha a boy had bad told the truth the drummer was also of that opinion hes it notorious young liar said robert royce koyce there a lazier an more harum chap in this county in a few minutes he be and ellery anderson andersen and the stranger arose and put on their overcoats and westover wen went tover over to the kensington barroom when the boys boya arrived lo in amity dam they saw a light in the study windows of the doctor they manghis ran rang ghis hla doorbell the doctor gave them a hearty welcome they told him of their success suc cesa we have made quite a step toward the tha truth said bald the doctor shad will go into the woods to take these things to colonel blake tomorrow yes sir was shads chads answer 1 I suggest that you leave those things in my care said the doctor 1 I want to take them with me shad answered 1 11 I advise against it but you are entitled to have your way it occurs to me that hubbards hubbardd Hub bards store has become a point of some some interest there you will remember bumpy bought hla his rubbers I 1 wonders wonder if somebody had bad learned of the exact shape and size of 0 f the rubbers bumpy had bought you know rubbers are rather accommodating mo datin dating g they stretch suggest to the district attorney that ho he go to hubbards hubbardd Hub bards store and find out it if he can who bought rubbers of that size and 1113 d shape on or before the tenth of november people do not forget bumpas calls be sure to reher r mem member all about the rubbers they sold him h im the doctor walked with the boys to miss ilass Sp Spen enlows lowa house and left them at the door miss was a lady of undoubted probity ner her notion was that the tha flesh and the devil were conquering the world the wildness of the tha quiet village of amity dam worried her she was wag an active local worker for the nome home for the frien friendless d in ashfield she served on a committee of the home with one of the tha benson sisters the home and the sayings of miss benson was the main topic of her conversation miss was the only lady in the village who took boarders she had bad agreed to take shad at four dollars a week if he bo would sleep with bony and promise tobe to be a good boy she rather enjoyed the mothering and correcting and bullying of these two boyn boyk she was often threatening to send them away but would have wept it if they had left her she had a curious interest in their talk and per pep versley TO BH BE |
