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1 GU11 b Auuwv uyu .........,A V...,_.. 'ere,sir, a1 oogether,*buIt there was -a _ t 0 horses picketed over near the eek. I reckon the last of them; idn"t lave until dark to-night, an j hey rode n-onh toward - the main oad. There was maylbe a dozen in V `We followed the general di.-rec- ion the fellows seemed} to V `have `aken, Conroy and I on foot, scan- ning the trail "by ` aid` of a "pine -L I`Ln A~.u:+ lav Hnlz NY] the i.an nax-I qruxus. I thought so; that s `when he is` really dangerous. Stay close here; if the hallway is clear I am gofing `to - get `into the shadow there under the stairs. Have you weapons ready. `L--A J-Ln n'|'|nmv um: \v]qn had Peady-" ` cu uu... Where the f110`W W35 W110 had What is it now?` Heard from been at the front door I could not Culver Q detemninwep He -had disappeared (To be Continued) scmehorw, and I Vslipsped along the` - 11f- '01 ?-t f t1'k ,-, IT :va.n,::." 1:..:.1e::::*:;,. ztnezih zhzt mgn co;~n1>=oxgn1 mgmgr L ---- .-. + 10 anznn 1- lltlltibbtuty LCIL .IL,\.u nu--V1 W la shadow, and crept 111 beneath the` shelter ' of the staircase. From here I could look into the room 03 ' | lwas no cloth on the table, and but few dishes, but- I coun.ted a half-Q-pr dozen` bottles.` mostly empty, and" nutmerous glasses. Grant was at one end,` his uni!f.o-rm dusty and , stained, but his eyes alone betray-" 1 ing intoxi-cation. Beside him Was` I a tall, stoopedwshouldered man, with ,. matted beard,` wearing the coat of` a British Grenadier, but-with an} 1` insiug'nia of rank ripped from it. _ He had a mean mouth, and yellow, . fang-like teeth were d~isp1-ayed 1 5 ' whenever he .9 spoke. V Beyond this`_ iifellow, and only half seen fromi _-w-here" I crouched, was a heavy-set 0 individual, his face almost purple, " with a. thatch of uncomlbed red hair. `1 ,He wore the cooked -hat of a Dra- `S goon, pushed to the `back of his I , head, -his feet , were encased in long cavalry` boots,` crossed on the table, and he was pulling furiously at ah " pipe, the stem gripped rmly be- a_ tween his teeth, Who the bearded, ry m-an, _m1'g-ht be I. had. no means of l t_ `knQ'W'lI1I , but thisfbeauty was with- 'it out _dou1h-t Fa.-g1n._ I stared at him. 1 -f~asc1na1:ed:,_ recalling the stories of y his endish cruelty, my heart I N Save Lllours [of Hard 1 Work lcauua. V Dustbaneii a disinfectant and dust killer. '5: i i Palged in barrelsvand Akcgs for store and school use. . 1 ` e ;, he said` quickly,` sizultlles 011." A M , Wlmt this all meant could not be ,g`1l(*.<;s'(`d "at, but there must be some -s<<-llmne of devtry under way. "`IIa&'-e either of you crossed the ravine? I asked, endeavoriirg to` roach some con-clus-ion. ' ._ "Ye,.~:',V sir, Joe did. He was up in, the edge of*the orchard? See any men? ` "Not -.1 man, sir, outside, an-` Some Grocers for the sake of a. prot may offer you the Just A Dvon: t-asl< for a" tin Q_..;__ Dustqbaneij a disinfectant ahd dust =A_ ;bI?)aql-::ed Abzirrels V and kegs store and ,. MADE IN CANADA `Under Canadian Patents [thumping violently, whsile my n- llgers gripped the butt of my pistol. Then, without warning, 2. man stepped out of the darkened par- lor. passed within three feet of my hiding place, and stood wi. oh;in. the dininlg-room door. The three with- in looked at him, and Fagin roar- ed out: IITTTI L :_ :4. ...-un?- nanrll +r\()n1 It Stands For Quality In Sweeping Compound MRS. MABEN \ WAS MADE WELL` VV1111 \/_\I'..l.I_'Lv\/-.14.`... -..._-, So you have left t-he Theosophi- ca*1 Society? , Yes. One of `the members kept dmming me for _$10 which he claimed to have: loaned me in a `previous incarn-a1Jion. ? I 6 6 A A313. - All kinds of Fruit and Ornamental Trees -`mall Fruits. Ever reens. Roses. Shrubs Climbers etc. Everyt ing in the Nursery line * Send list of your wants for prices. Cata- logue Free. , Apply For Terms AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE . C1 -112-..-.. \Y..-`an:-vvnnn pft Elin Ont J1`;-n-.- - J. H. wis;e, 2} own YOUR own HOME Cease wasting your m0f|Y rent. I 0`... AAA I\l\ II'r\f+I`\ I IlIJV\o Y-w`-,--_, houses and property in Barrie ` and Allandale. Small cash payments. Balance asjrent. Farms for Sale. _ Real Estate ind Insurance 1 Phone 538. Bosanko Block . Barrie iTl_u~:Es :2 By Lydia E. Pinkha.m s Veg- table Compound and Want: Other Suffering Women e To Know `It. A r the few cents extra As Good Kind. tin of A sweeping compound` `Say'--.-Dustbane ' :m:. T h I have $200,000-.00 _W"` _.. \.-.-nfun II ! 9| '"fHoia`X_ARD NAN'I'laU law can : uu ..-.-_ , Nurseryman. Port Elgin Ont. 43-17 . - each tin and get TREES ! ! .l-V ; :_1;v;;\/-.. Jt-he ~ worth of % Mm-freesboro, wanted to write to Tenn. - I have you for 3 long time to tell you what your wonderful remedies have done for me. I Q V was a sufferer from V female weakness. a n d displacement and I would . have ham Remedies -v o 117- .1. an. T ` 1:- . strong and can do all my OW %`.', r ; owe it all to Lydia E, Iflllkvh-m. table Compound and want th_}",___ M . ing women to know abO1'-It k`-M H. E. Mmm, 211 s. spring. 4 : ___L_..A l'l'|_.... 1 freesboro, Tenn. - L . , _ _' . i This famous remedy, th`_mdi`~`lx ingredients of which are der!V9d hm. native roots and herby 1" -fr=n~~!y. . forty years proved to be 8 E9.-Va'.1.ua"i' ble tonic and invigorate! of th..`7f-..`.1.~.` organism. Women everyWh.1'_; willing testimony to the wo9d'1"'>:V5;"`.1i me of Lydia E; Pinkham'8:,VS`5mj _ '. Why Lose `H0993 V " No .woma.n` suffering w .0_f female troubles shojllaff 1:11 she has given Lydia .-`;7_ )AY, Lidia E. Pinkham Iddiihii ? T ggnal) Lnmdlass. i-145., ' `-`5\vIIC|llIU \JVIlI!)UIIL|\I C. I-is vu-r,"'T.' v If You want special. ? % "olIlI.nmh sun] V1 Llllo e s quite a bunch of horses` down there 111 che rav1ne, said, _ poimslllgytoward the zuxu ; ~Uu LUVU, uvuua. " not. The dust -lay thick on the '-lay road th1'ousgh the cut, where ve had changed the foragels, and it as easy to see the "band had turn- ] east. . There was _but'one4oon- lusion possilble ; a ken, Uuuruy caves in Monmouth V y after a raid, starting `forth on some new project near at hand. Whichever was true, -Elmhurst lay in the` direction taaken. Determined to learn the `truth, we pressed fonward, riding rapidly, yet exvercisin-.g the precau- tion of keeping two scouts well in advance. It must three o c1oc-k when we reached the `summit of` the low hill w.ithin a few hundred yards of the house, and found the two scouts awaiting have been nearly` if this was Fagin s ' of cutthroats, as I suspectedm returning to I or. else were . vbc: 't'wenty-ve or thir- I c0u1dn"t get very 1-e s a ogouple of men `on top of the bank. A t down you ca11. see em 1 9 9 , Author of : Lave Undei Fire; My `Lady of the. North - ,_?etc.A un, album avi- read and _ any .a'&..Ia'l I 'I..'I2 J- By Ratldail - Pmal-ri slV\4 `saw 21 `cattlxi Th-ey re 1,1-.. _ were `awe:-ed: theuother. `;But.'I aw dowss -against the` curtams on I-;_-_-_ n-__ T --.--`l.J...M +51-`I A us. uurwlas ugmumu uuv uusuaum vu unu- lower oor. I V c`ou_1dn ?t tell how r- many; :they just came an _go, only [they wasn t9 dressed alike. . ` ` One thing `was suiciently ` ce - tain-we could gain little informa- tion remaining where We Were. . `I. `I A, "-* `~`- **-He 7'.-v-v --v -~72 V A ` Sergeant, I said , - determining ;swiIt1y on a course of action, take your men, ~dismounted, r across the ravine, and into the orchard; Keep under cover, but get as close to the house as you can r"sa~fely.A Picket your horses back T there beside the road. ' - . `_`And you, si-r ? ` I lI take Tom. With .me, and we ll circle that horse herd, and [come up to the house from the rear, ' T ------L -Ln Jdnnnvvo 11`I] Il3'I`I3 ' COIn`e' E0 EH8 IIUUSU 1.l ULLu bus Lvusg I-.wan1:e to discover where" those fel- laws are, and what they "are up to. See `this whistle, sengeant ? Yes; sir. 7 ' "`It gives'a shanp, shrill blast... If I blow it twice, get yoi1r men in- side the house instantly. I ll not `sound it unless I need you: at once. Welll wait here nnrtil you. get `a-cross. . 4 V ' ` V - ..1 , I_1___'|_ "a'U.lUan. V _ They disappeared into" `the black ; depths of ~ the ravine, moving ., cautiously "and with `little noise. 1 Tom and I plunged down the ] steep slope, feelingou-r way through . the `darkness, but moving to the ' right, torward where the scouts had i indicated the horses were being - herded. We skirted these, `creeping ` alon-g the opposite. bank behind 'a A fringe of. bushes, `certain that `the darkness concealed our movements `from the two` men `on guard. We crossed fifty feet above, gained the of the bank, and crawled down, sheltered fror`n- olbserv-a-tion, until we were directly above the -two [ guards. Peering cautiously over, we could` easily -distinsguish -the` } hlaok outlines on` , the hillside -be- | low. lJA'u.\./A IUW. . - _ _ . % One man was standing up, lean-l, `ing against the trunk of a `small tree, whilethe other was sitting on `the ground, his head bent forward, I - J LI... Ln.4- Amonxvn `nil? hvpr Copyright. A. c. Mocmru & Co.i911 you I 1"!" JUU LIV Iv c He nodded grimly. _ "Leave your weapons `her e, ,I added, o`and when you spring, e get hold of his gun so he cannot` re. 1 1l cover him the instant . you I strike. Go on. . `I u 1 I `I -11. .:..'.:;] niusvxf.` My first glance across the ravine`: revealed the outlines of the house.- ahove the low trees of the orchard. i All appearecl peaceaole enough, and I felt a sudden relief. There were ` lights hurnin'g on the lower ~oor, strean1i1tg- through several windows,- while" up stairs one window was ablaze. Late as it was, this illumi-. nation was not surprising, how- ever. as the care of the Wounded man would Ileeessitaitxe nighrt Watch- , ers. while, .110 doulbt, Olai-re would anticipate my rea-chingthere before m0rnin:g. All this ashed over me,l as my eyes hastily surveyed. the faimirliar surroundin~gs. Then I be- came aware. that -the older _scou1`. vv.-as. re1)ortin~g,'. 1 " ` --'-~1~ -L. 1;-`--coal S[I`_lliC. uu Uu. V _ L He urrbuickled his belt, and crept U |a`~long to the right, so noiselessly P that even I, watching his snak1e- ti glike movement, could hear no 5 sound. The guard did not move `17 his head, and ~` the other remained 5! motionless, his face bent almost to C lhis knees; Down below the horses 1 stamped` , restlessly, and switched -` their" tails. Watching each motion 1 like a hawk, `I saw Tom dip over ` the crest, and W0l'.IIl his Way down l (behind the rock.` Then he -disap-. ` peared, until, as he cautiously arose` ` ~ to his feet, his head a_nd'sho1`1lders . emerged shadowy just. beyond. L" Realizing he was ready, `I got to I my knees, gripping a- pistolbutt. ; Without ta. -Warning sound the dra- : goon leaped, his. arms E igriippingthe, , astounded` sentinel with the: hug of- * tr- mm ntstenanoe -to one =: .I.+&Wren9ea:.: t-hrob. ' 7 I I Who are- you 3` I `ask. Eric Mortimer? V -` - 7``Yes, he answered, i surprise. Do I know 3 `No,, and I cut the 1 :ii1g_-his} an'k`1_es. - But I I 1 . ing_`, for. yoii; . I; am 9.1 3 'u11uLx- 1. 0 it ? ' likedi rn an -ovicer Of; my :. -nittne . _ie_` whamas%% % _LT.-:.*..:.' .1.n:h]:} ``I don t' knovw "how many. _ .. "I4. A4-_nJ>~`r-u nut n'\.11H' +*lQ'l`D `U sha- A yhat igmmbxe wtvimat? 1 i`riv\_O>V1L11nta 1-i1y:%b*`-'Ac{2z- um M . Like Clan-e.!v they-a~ say 80, 7 knorwjher? ' - ' ` m-. -_ _.. L-.. ....,...m.=+ T cr`n'i here: lmoIw.`nen" A. K ? It is _at her request I am here;1 you need not fear to tell me your stovry. -ant 1' .1..'....n T nsm nee vour outmz." .. , _ . . I thought so. VW-here dld he geti you? How long -have you 'ben\3 prisoner.`i ?%,A - - _. _ _ _.T.he boy `laughed recklessly, ms. 4- _A.L.._... ` v ,'7_f"T1*1dy4 laughed r< eyes upon the ' others. TTT..-.11 wrnvr afnrv `i eye5 L116 UhuU1=. . Well, my story is a short one,` Lawrence, II. had a fellow in the! {British service. who occasional-ly` gave me information, Word ca-me` to` me_-_to- meet` ` at a certainl lspot n megn Captain Greint?` ,1 H6111 Haw did you. know that ? 3 Never mind; I- do know-i-S0 you 79 can 0 011. ' . :11 gl. -..1 .. A :n 1-cm-H nn .m" armak1n9: go on." -_ _ : I `F1 had no_ mten-.t1on of speaklng; names. ut\1 . 1-1. -LL.-.4. 'Y(l\M VA11 mm: EHAPTER 'XXIX.-(Contined) names." v - S Oh, `let that '-pass. You maylv think Gnant all right, aburt the `I-estgi of us know he is at. the bottom of | V the whole matter. " ` V S You. mean ' he lhetrayed 1"ne?. ( There is no doubt of it. He is in with Fagin. I 7 - 1 The lad drew a long Ibreath. _ I half-suspected it, he said slowly, ..`only it didn t' seem pos- " sibale. ; Now '.listen`,y and perhaps to- ` gether `we can make something out ` of all this`. ' I went to the place ` where we were .to meet, and had a ` talk " with Grant-- yes, it- was ` Grant all right. He told me some ' things, but needed aoday or two to get other inaformati-on. While I T waiting I came. over here to Elm- ' hurst, and found Clsaire. "She s` the kind of a girl you can tell things ' to, and I wrote` out Wl1at`I' `had learned, ' and left some papers. I Then. I went back to "Lone Tree. 5 It was dark when I .:go-tythere, and 5 I rode right into Fagin and three ` of `his men; 'They had me before 3 Iecould lift a hand) . y ' 3 .``Just wait a - minlurte, Mortimer, 3 I `broke in, becoming suddenly 3 aware there was a grayness in" the L eastern ` sky. I want to creep in 1 toward the house whi'l'e it remains dark. You can tell the rest as we [go along. Tom, -take "these ropes e rtnd tie your man up. `Make him 3' safe, and then come along after us. All right, sir, I ll x the lad 1'.so l1e"ll ibe -safe enough for 21 111 LIIIJLLIUII I Heavens! ibllt T _y011 I . ,l99 , ' DU uu . '1 while. CHAPTER .XXX. ` We Attain the House e`5Come on, Mortimer, ` and we soon `nd 0-ut_,rwhat is going on. -turned to the prisoner. Where at the rest; of your -gang 2 ` You 11 nd`. out -"fer yersel-f, mi ter, he answered sullenly, 5`a ,~may|be damn quiek too. 11. - ...4unnn4\ nkn 'I1lu.) |U\'J \L'a11.u1 \iu;s..- --- They are in the grape arbor to` the south of the house, broke in Erie." That was where` Fagin` told `them 1130 `lie quiet (and. wait orders. Then we will explere along the .1 -1 .1,.__..:..... {Jun -gorir-up ' vlllliu ` A wt "vlnell `WU W111 cmysvx-v u-nub -_- `north -side, keeping the fence :be- { tween -us. I ve got a handful of 1 men over ' there in the orchard. If 1 you are both ready" we _-11 go. 1 I took a look myselsf at To1n _S j trope-tying, and "found it sa~tisfa~c- : tory. Indeed, in remembrance of - `my own -suffering,` I even_ -loosened '.the strain` a little, condent A the , fellow could never free Ihimsel-f un- aided. Then the -three of us, Mor- timer armed with his late g'uard s [ gun, crazwled -up over the edge of t the hawk, `ran without: ,stopping V. across the open spa'ce,Iand crouch- ; ed in the shadow of the fence. It was. still dank, `although a faint gray t timged `the eastern sky.-line, bare1y_I y perceptiible through the intervening ,_ l trees. .The 1g`-rea't house, a hundred- __'_-- avvtlf; `mI1+ O '\]111'1'R(` rees. -`line ' ' .1Au;..;\..\,... 17 * `grew uuuw " _ out ms 11 shining ou't through open Wm-. dows. At that distance no sound ggfet 1;: reached us. However, if Mortimer nowp D0 was right, the way would `be clear Care's for for our passage `along the front, un- I am der shelter of 7 the fence, even- Then _ though a sentry was posted there, I does She .. and we could` creep up to .the`~wa11s I lwa .- on the opposite ` side, unoibserved-. bl a y? ' . - . ack fax 3 `All we needed to do was to advance Somehow _ with,` caution. Whispering, direc- him I ,' tions `into the ears `of the `others, I now ! j B ;_ inoved forward slowly, --Mortimer are _` 1 close `to my sh'ou'1der?`.. I could eee _uAuI}_)d {across the top rail of the ` fence, 1'1ev'r , di f and `the open space beyond "yielded hut in e =n,:'I3in:Wf .99ne%1me*%t-, i we were _.Tel1.me.,_`1e ~_1' _S1.; of your story, .let s. get .i-.`I j.sa.id,_".espe_ti:in 6ft1y.,*as we go we 5 along. :-Where .did_I Fagin_ ` take ~houge, , Q f`;1?o ?a,_ sgndic_av_e`;..y9e,:.rode a night straight . "and.,.'a.day;"to___~getb there;- Q p . stogd M :9 " 3 Y9uf1}j_`1:right?` dams. ?;f0`_ -1955;-:il>t"W3 guarded looked the _fe1.1`ows`f yvere_'i a. bit ` 13 ' 1,] st-he could, I suppose.._.~ I_ ugh- There bu pieketed` there ` sir. he _pdinti1 Iigzllt. How Inany? _ Oh. 1_naybe_ `twent 'ty; Joe an could] `C-lmso, as t11re con g'ua1'd 011 hundred feet yc plain a-grainst sky. \\7a. 11 t what you IT;H1:;A. NOR'%1`11ERN ADVANCE look A =1i'ke; W1} ;;; n.|a-vs. seidiers to Hlp uxe carry N out thel deception. _ ' He `paused, chuc%k1in-g`, sand" I -H halted, eager to learn` the rest. T And when you disappeared; when, perhaps, she heard of your capture, or suspected -it, a she as-` sumed the discarded _uniform and went forth in your stead. . A V That s it, Lawrence. She would, if she thought it was right; if she believed such an act necessary to ____.--1...a.:A.. T7 Raf 21143.. DCIIBVUQ bu'L'u a.u uuu uuuuuuu .....`, save my reputat1on.; I l1 found the papers in mynocket, and mistook you for `O1inton s dispatch bearer. ' ~ -4- n`-.n?r ....2.J ` DUHIBI. There is no doulht of _it, I saidi soberly. And that wasn t all she did. to protect you. It was the talk at Lee s headquarters that you had deserted. She stamped that a lie, by ridinginto our lines day before yesterday, bringing an exact report of Where -Clinton was marching. I didn t see her, but I heard) all about it, and you get the-Ac-redit. Washington told me with his own A lips, and granted her ipenmission to remove her father`, . who was badly wounded,` to Elmhurst. ` `" ` ` ` IL -_- 1......-. WUUIIUUU, MU .L4LA;;..u..,... ' Good God ! Are they here now ? A e - -They must have reached here early yesterday morning. I pass- ed them on the road at ten o c1ock. Grant had just joined their party, claiming to be hunting after deser-i ters. h ~ _. - ` " "--- -- o.4'n1\_ ters. A k V He clung to the fence 'rai-1, iing out toward the house. ` . 1` ~ -n-- 11v1t'\111 T 1- ethat fellow is at the bottom of Uub IJUVVLILIA uxnu aavv.-.-- Grant! Do you know, I believe this whole aair. He s in love with Claire, and-and he s Working some scheme to -gain power over her. ` ' ` `I A.L2....I- 77 T ,.D_` $L'11Uu1C nu sous. r-v..__ _. " Several schemes, .I.thi1rk, - I re- lturned heartily. I ve nipped two of -them in the bud" al-ready. Some- ` rway, Mortimer, he -got possession of those instructions you "received 3 _~from Washington and 4 Hamilton, I ` ran into him over there on the lawn, back of - the summer-house. He was -threatening `Claire, trying to drive her into smarryirrg him off- hand. .We had a -bit of a ght, and I `got the best of it. When I left I -wore his coat, and later found your papers in his podket. Do you] remember how they were address- "ed ,9 is 1 ,1 vJ.Ul:B-SIUII (I,l\.l\AAA\.s uv came in back 0 `house, and had just when` three horsemen straight, up to the fro W1 __:,1,. r\.f\aYI l`1 Vhimup the steps. 9 _ A ,A . The 01 091 thinks}, - -we re g'oin [ `tto kill'.him, I; reckon; ...be_enA.`pr-a,yin fdr` an.hbur`~T .n_1,st. _-zgqt .soI...;n ad A%he f<;1J1qke`i1f :1: `t it data ; long, '.)H herd -` \v` 1 she ! star- I L e man -addressed .-.granhbed the". limp gure far from gently,- and -hustled him through the door. As the obhers disappeared, leading the three horses, Mortimer grasped my sleeve. Ei1?ee"i ` UICCVCQ . ` I ` - That s V-Preacher ~ Jenks, . he .whi_'pered, from down alt the Cross, Roads. What can Fagin want of [him ? ` t .1 . 1 ___j ;..u1nu I ... . '_ ~ c -_'I,f JFa1g`in is Grant s tool. and - IG1-a_nt_ _i"s here', `I eabnsvwered soibeljlyi r -Igam ready . t O? t'hata1 * . The reco ect1on_' 6 C P l;?in s`, threat at the summer-housed iinstilntaly -`recurred Ito me1i1_o1'-y. 44He`1-9," you la,-dfs,. .sk_u?!k down mto these bushes, .wh1le try that, b*?1` cony, `That _1s. the .1.l=bF11'Y,b;Snt 3:: Enic? I thought so: _.ve_ 1 en 1_1 der guard there. 'tw1ce.- The w1n- '1 doaw, shows no 11ght,.but some one `is in the room beyond. Gave me a leg up, Tom, _and stand close -so you can hear 1f VI speafk. ` V g It was not high from the ground," * .-but I could not gm? the WP (if the I rail without help. W}tJh Tom s as- ; _si.st'ance1I Went over l1g`htly eI1_011 g11 j and without nolse. The wm-doww was the one wh1ch had been broken du'r1n'g the first as_sr:1&1t 1'0? tbs he ,, and never repal . 011-I1 Lanlfe room for crarwling through- L The _door, intn_ the hell S't00d P3}1't' ly agar, a httle hght `strez_1m1ng througzh " the c-`rack , so I exerlencedl ,. no diiculty 1n movlflg affut frei -lly. A glance told {me '~ 3031' K 1 mentlwas uno-ccupled, '_a1bh011g"h_ Id heard the murmur of d1stant_vo1(*ea earnestly` conversing. Occasuonal-ly ,1__;:- ....'A.L ..-..-.nnJ:-.1] 010%? u 5 I .4 9 L earnestly. con vcraiug. uu.aaw......_, an emphatic oath `sounded clearl and distinct. My rst thouxght wasl that the men with me would be bet? [ter concealed here than in the bushes below, and I leaned over the rail, and bade them join me. With- in another minute the" three of us were in the room int-ently listening.` I stole across to the `crack of the door. The hall was empty so far as I could see looking toward the rear of the house. and the voices yve heard were evidently in the din- -`--~_..__..`.11..'- {>1-an-urn 1-nag -Q we uuuru wcxc cv;u\_,uu._, . . . . . . V _ . -_ in=g-room.- Occasionally there was '21! clatter of dishes, o-r the scraping of] a chair on the polished oor. One voice sang out an order to a ser-. vant, a nasal voice, slightly thick-i ened by 'wine,~ and I wheeled about,l gazing inquiringly into Mortimer s `face. ' l In I. on `I ' `I -__:..l-1-v l let us hustie some `L59 . , That s G.rant, agil half drunk. ,,1_A_ ._,_ _ 5' meruc` A No, sir, p0,_si`tive1y. lmr. };~i~L-keted in line} lrke a <[-avalry troop, and they ve got th-e11` $:\(1(n(`S 011. m-eantbould ` ' I `I L 1.1..`..,\ v-nnc+ `xi: QnTY]P,