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‘O 7'“"t Tiii=;“UiJ:ioN .’JAci<"'TEZXi237’
‘ It was soiiiathiiig the 11 gmiin that brulm t’i'ctn1 Sir Ai'tliiu"'s
ll 7:‘. '
I" Tlizit snttlos it ii’ ho lirokn out. “ Ill forgotten all about
that wiiilliiiticlt-il tlunriviiy. it it ‘(ls into rt. iniall lane that i'un<
tlHWH beliiitd our 1Il'.l(‘l‘. It; 1 tit; l.)L‘('l1 used for yezirs, I
lwlu.‘i‘t>."
'l‘livro was .1 strip of turf, ]tt‘t‘lltl[)S ton i'c<:t iudt-, dividing:
the [mill lruni thr-, (l<t01‘W$)j,’. Sir Arthur made as though
to - -p -in the gi‘aw=. lint ltlzilm touc-hotl him by the arm.
Just. :1 nt-inn-nt, Sir Artliiir, plraso," he said.
The W('a.lllly l)lt.I'0llt't’, Zttttl his companions halted and
i'tut.c.lie(l Blttliu lIIt4‘!'('.K‘ll‘tlly. Stamping down, lllako EL'8l‘(‘llt:(l
about in the gr:i<.u, fllvn )II‘('5<‘(‘I1tly he nioved oft towards tho
clonrwziy, halting anal :'l'l‘iilgll[t‘llllIg himself up Wltcn ho
l'6‘(l(‘lIf,'(l tlir-rr-.
" ’I‘ii:o mr-ii lizivri p.i.=,<od out through this d0()l'“‘0y lvithin
this Like hour," he ‘ttlll; “ in fut-t, they may only liaro gono
ti ft-w minutes ntzo. linuki their tracks are quite clriarf’
'l'li-iy had nut l>L‘i‘H (lv-nr, hut as tho <lvtr-ctivo poiiited them
out, his coinpzininiis “,‘(‘i‘l: zililta to trace the lJl>illlL‘I imprints
Ml t'<)ct (in the l)I‘lll>(‘(l grass‘. lilalu: lmvlt (l0Wl) and I)lf'iiSll't‘<:<l
tho trat-ks. One was that nizitlo by a foot. not more than
Olgllt. inr-lnis l(>Xt;,', uhilo the otlior was nearly twelve. The
(1l1:)ll('t‘ footprint lliltl made the deeper impression, a poiiit
mliii-h i‘$l:i.ko X'f‘1Y)2l‘i‘l-(("ll upon.
' the smzillcr m:m who carried away the
mail-tiliitir,‘n," ; “ or ixltlivl‘, I should any, that portion
if the ziinbulnnt-o Wl1l('l‘t is, portable."
" You--you rmilly think that that is how it was wot'kml'.”’
Sir Arthur Zlaltvll.
lihike nutltlotl.
“ Jr. is tha only way possililo,” hr: ruturnml. " You must
11-Ii‘ii‘l!‘ib('r Ilia‘; the six ymiiig l1i(ll1'S “'(‘l‘0 ivalking along tho
path on the otlivr siilo of NH‘ vl-unp of l7lISltl‘S. The inzin
“ill” ‘V39 ‘Vl1""-Hill! thn aiiiliiilzitive had no time to stop, Itlllffll
loss to l)I‘l,'i1l( thr: tliitig op:-ti and take out the t‘()Illl‘nt>‘.
liI“‘lll('9, you ntlinit that you found it all you could (lo tu
up:-ti tho llllIl‘( yuni'.<vlf."
“]'l'liu'-n you think that tlit-ro was :2. thiplicato 4'HHl)llli1li(‘4)
ni;iL <21”
" We will soon he SUIT‘ al)oIit that when “'0 got hm-k to
tho ii,i.irrtiicc," Blake said. “I want to examine the door
now.
ll-i steppuil up to the little wooden l)ul‘ri(')‘ zind pzimw-tl at
the lO(‘l( for A tiioinvnt. It mm of the orcliiiary typo; tlm
I'atI'll slitling l)d(‘l( hv mt-an-= of .1 sinall knoll. The lock and
‘linult wtzro (‘0W‘X'c1l with rust, hut as Blalm prc-svvtl tlii;- knob.
it )lI]'ltlI,‘(l to the touvh nf his fingers ain't the door lV[N'I‘.I'(l
It-JIM’ 1, v.
j"l'lio hingvs lt2H'0 l)(?t'!l nilnd and so has the lo:-li," ltv
" ‘i ; "anvl ruite 1‘f'H'I1lly too. Lot-kl you will llotlvt; the
It ‘(nuts on t to wmitl."
From the slot in whit-h the cat:-li niovrzd in and out (1
ttinlile 0! oil v.'.'is f’XlltlH'ltli[.'!. Sir Arrliiii‘ ht-nt‘. his hrvntl tllltl
cvniinincil tho lut‘l( for ti timnu tit.
‘ You can :00 what hi-is ll(i])p(‘!lI‘ll,” he hrolzc nut. “ Tliai
r':it<‘h was srrmvrril riglit tlirougli, hut the shrew tlizit. ll4'l(l
it has been rviiiovml."i .
“Quito 50." 5-’lltl Blzikn, Fll‘[‘1Ill1lg' tltrougli this ilvioiwvzi
llvro he nimlu t'H10lll(‘x' (llS(‘t)Vt"t’.V. Tlie l((")'l1(tl(’. by ivliivli
the little l"l)lll(l hr‘ upr>i'ntru'l on ll‘Ull] the 4’I1l[5'l(lO of tho tlzmr.
W13 llllctl in, zintl hzirl (‘Vi(l(:Hlly hm-u paiiitctl on-r ()H(‘(‘, for
tho pzuiiu was still iiiiilistiirlm . ‘
“ And all that took plzire iv 9 iiiniiritzml frnin tho iI1‘i<ll‘.”
Ill.-ilm wont tin, painting lt)“'til‘(l:i the Fl'1tlt‘ll ltf-VVlIUl(,'.
A murmur ran rniitul tliu littln knot of ii t!tt‘lll'T>.
“ Whit-h n']V‘hY‘tSil'i'1T,il' was (‘lllt“I‘ sfnnc of our giivsts or the
sfri'.1itts'!" sziiil Sir Artliur,
" So it wnultl .’E]II>‘5,Ll‘,” Bl.il-us rrtiti‘iiml. "I14"l“‘(t(‘l"‘ the
u..'.i,in thing is that; lltvrl! is little (‘ll1tfl(‘I" of our tirulingr thi-
1‘-O"I‘])‘l!‘1ll'H‘8 now. '.l'lim'n i.-= uii tltiiiht hut “hat. tho)’ litini
rscapnrl, thi- first man ('Vl<lt‘lllly )ih'1l'(lllf.,’ ainiy uith tho lmotjv,
and tho ()illL‘T""ih(‘ rti<<‘;il who V1‘it'l(Hl tllnrt: iiiiior,-oiit latlivs
5) I;lt"i‘t>rlya(‘utiiiiig iirirk ilowii tho ])‘Illt as soon lb lit‘ llllll
ll11l)tlI’:(l ova-r the !1II]lltll<illC“, and folluiiing his (.()Hf('(lf‘:l'tllf‘
out through this (l(u‘)T.”
The tnrsn TV'l'x1tillily ii itli ‘Vllltll Sexton Blnlm litiilt ll]I tho
ClI'W‘l' trir-k m.'ivl:- il l)t‘Uf‘)1lll(l itnpr ion on his listviinr-.
“ My Juvnl 'I'li.it’.a >t)li‘I]Illll I" Nlltl Sir Arthur. " I tliiiilt
we must :ill airrvv, gt nth nit-ti, that Ht-xtun lllalqri is‘ right.
He has mn.<lr- the whulre tliiitt; .'I1>[)<‘:tl‘ liko n ]tl(‘ll1l‘t‘ in my
I-ya‘. (‘(111 follow thi- ulinli: 1'-'l‘(‘illly thing from l)('[.fllllll'l’.I'
tn riul."
’I‘hni-n waa it ntiiiniur nf await l'mtn the gmiip; thnn Ill:.l.n,
Hrfitiiiig in tliruiiuli tho‘, tl(lfil"'-Hy -!L(-‘tilt, t‘l0M'll tho tlrmr.
“'l'lu-m is nntlinit: llltllr‘ tr) bu fmiiiul out tlu-ru,” ho ,-md 7
nut. for tho pr st-tit, zit lf'.’hl. I think “C iiiiglit In xivll go
liiiv-l< tw thri HllIl'f]'lt‘“ niul "
llli n-yin ltiiul luwn 1‘(Hll1,'I on 1l.4‘ tzrnw nu lin qmlui. mu]
$ir i-‘l'f.ltlll‘ not: tl him htiill-ii xiirltlo-iilj., in a. no-ll lm rl imiiitt 1'
nilglit ll‘tV'O tlflll".
L'.J.r No, 525.
WU LING AND UR. HUXTON RYMER NEXT WEEK
” Wliiit is it, Bl:il;u'?' the litllr l)cll'Fvllt-i znliml.
“Lonl;l" suitlt Blalm. oxtviiiiiiig his tiiigvr iotrti;
g'i'a‘s Vtlllttlt ran along the :3l(l(‘ of the wall. “Al
mi<tukt‘-ii tl1“i't‘. is it thirtl lllh‘ of fuut1iri,tit< ill1‘l'i‘. I
Tlianlis to 1l1v! Sll1iLlUW' cant’. lay the iiiill, the grinvz I l' t"
‘H15 (ltlI11p("1‘ tllilll the It. , zirul, fnlloiiing lllziltt-'5 I‘Xi(‘lI(lI'll
lzund, Sir Artliur and . 9 C01J]t151!il0Yls HUN‘ zililn to ti'.'u't'
ziiiotlinr line of footi>i'iiit<. But, tlimn tilll not Willi: timii ‘thv
prirli, seoiiiiiigly lmltling along plow to the will in far in
they Could be lolloii-ml by the eye.
:‘l‘nlt1‘iiiiglit belnfnc of tdlic tu;) iii:-ili," Sir .I‘l'lllt’lI‘ Iii-,rgv<te]il.
a ‘C st--ppm Ol't"ill‘ , HIM‘ iiuing a. ('.0'."i)‘ mi 1111"’; "7
]ll(‘a'NLll‘(‘Cl it.
“It; is quite distinct frniii tithor of tli-im," lir- :.ii<l. ‘
is just about nine illCl1t‘i. -'ri; I'in iitriiid ll1('l1‘ is it. fluid
pariyAa. third pztrty who ulm I‘;7L‘j(‘( nut ilizuizgli lll.il'
diior.”
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“By ltoavciisf” Sir Artltur iuitipcd out. “ lt nttD"4U'‘ 10
nu) as if the pliicn, was hW’Llt‘llllllg' with tliiovwxf Tlircu of
thviit, and one, zit lmist, one of my giicstsl (‘soil llt'1“.“"v5u
l’lI never get over the (lisgruce I" ‘
Thvy turned thc-ii, and IJ1il(lI‘ 1lH'l)‘ nay l)(l(lx' <l0"‘J 0-“
path t0wzit'(ls thn iiizii‘qti1-0, lmix.iit.: thv qin‘.<tioii of. lliv thnil
lint‘. of footpriiits to ho soith-il, Pilalcc littlo (ll<‘2‘lllIlllLT of ill"
rval explanation of their ])I‘(“'.t'IlC“') or hv might hair fniuzd
9 grain of conif-tit; in tlieiti. .
tvhgu (11:-y rnziclind the iii.irqum> Ulaltu “Ulll at UItC’(‘ to the
ambulance, tlntl tirnt. of tlll ],Vl('l(L'4J up the loowiivil top.
" I had the tirst hint that tho alliuir vac .1 (‘me of <lUl“.l"
mitiiig,” ho bngzui, “by this.” IL; poiiitml to tlu- >lut. '.lliz-
pnim. amiintl it was uX1>1CI'(ltt,'llt"il mid Snlnntli. “I l'lt'i[1-]t('It+'Il
to know 7littl' tlitrv XI)ll“Il: l)(‘ at l“-Int one >l'l‘flt(‘ll ui Yht‘
original aiiihulziiivo,” ltlztlu: St1l(l, “ tn: the point 0:‘ H I'3‘l’.Y
iiin which I (ll‘(t[I[1L‘(l in naught on the wood, .‘l‘.ll l)t‘<,l(li“3
that‘. it was iiiitmmiblu for all tluim iii:-i‘t‘< of jt‘“t'lll'l‘j W ll‘?
put. in tliore iiitliout. dulliiig the paint it little."
Tho iiiattm‘ 5‘! l‘lI1t‘(1 uaey t-noiigli unir that it was 1‘X]tl(‘ll]t‘<l
to theiii, and tho loom top iizis lt(1.ll(lF‘Ll rr’-iiiitl [ruin liliilt to
man. -
Blake lminrid (ti-or tlin 1‘lIl[tty !‘t‘I't‘]Ji2l('l“; tlu’-n, 1-lm ing; into
hand on oitlwr Riiln of it, lit gar-‘ it it uliarp tug. Tltt‘.
hotly of the thing; ozitiio imziy in hia hantl, it-i‘:-aliiit; tho l‘:i4'tr
that the Z1lHl)Uli'LIit’l‘ (‘L)H<l‘l"(l of tin; w1:.ii’uiu 1iit'L'l'> that
fraiiir-wui-l: on “lll(‘ll tho iiluw-ln (.’lTl'i4‘Il tllltl (ll!) lJ(Nl)'
Hl1l(‘ll littml into :1 <qii:iici t"‘t"4‘l7ltlIll.‘ in tho u"iiti‘t- of thu
frtitiie.
(lit f‘i't('l‘i <"()l'llt"l‘ of tho <qiia.i'<.4l <nt'l-.'4l tliii= lltlll lntll
itlumrd to lump tllw hotly rigitl. lttit. as lllultv liatl tvi'm'wl, a.
alnirii ]I'lll ‘W425 .‘ltllllt'lt‘ltl to lU"r>4'll tli- iii.
“Tliiit. uitIl(“;,iit," Sir .'trtliui' p'i'viaitv<l. “Tlin lnllmv
rimply lliltl it (l1ll'tltt'lllI‘, iititl nae iitiitiitg iii I‘!-i'1tllll4‘>‘. As
mmi its tis <'UIIilPitlll0X1 oanin uliiiig lin .<ti.ittli+-il mil tho
limit-l>tillwl Utlw tiiul tliru-t tlm -'-iiipty I'll!) lIit('lx into tho
(':ll"llI‘>'. Tlm tilltile ziltziii‘ C'Jl'.l(l!l.L hum: lawn a ituittvi‘ of
5“(()IHlx.,
A lilatik ll'<>l( ]itiw-ti ruiiitl. tlit‘ L""Ktll‘l of [l"".‘llli'lN‘Il
ruw
hintrtl that it “its that Wu : of moi.) than an w‘ilitiai'y liiiitit.
“By Jon‘. Bliilu‘, I’ni zifiviitl that tlu‘3"V-' frtirly ‘Ln-t, it-if”
saitl Sir .‘.rtltiii‘. "And what -t l!'4'l!li"l'ltlHll< haul tlivy l'i'1‘i‘
llilw" nititln, too 1"
Tlir‘y rlorvtl iirouiul lllil:-‘ tli-1!‘. r‘j.'viuLj hint :iii.xi0‘.i-i)‘.
(In-ilitt'iilly. V
“Do 3<u tliinl: llll"l'f! i; any ynuililc clmrtc-0 of mztvltiizg
tho hrutis‘.I" iltlnI‘1)llt‘ a.‘l:rtl.
llliilit.-Vi iilvrt Live‘ "Cl. into it griiii <ttiilv‘.
“'I'lii'ru is .'ilii‘:iys' :1 clizitico of czituliiiip: t"t‘t")'OHt". ',1"l'itltv
unlit," ll4‘ sziitl. “ l’.vi'ti the ('l1‘VO‘]‘Is‘i (-1 ‘Illll.ll finds llllll"’il
ut tlit- mil of his tvilivr one thiy or Ollll-I "
tr:-iitlt‘iiir=ii, for tlxv lII'l'tll)l‘t-x ant! ciiiiiiititg tit‘ flit‘ t-lni ti‘
" NV Jmt‘. 1'tl grim .'i lll(tu.S(;n(l ])(JUl]tls' if “if mviilil viitrii
thi-iii!" 5-‘ir Artliiir hrnltn out.
mvii <:ilm in for thv milco of nt
tll('l(I"Xl> I'ni tgoiiig to it-ll lIl‘I"
la in-vnr vriiittilttvtl his ro-iii;;i'l:, for -l1(l4ll'nl)' tin‘ ii iili‘
(‘I‘t'l‘ilIl('l‘ of tho tiiarqitr.-r‘ ii 3-: dzirkr nod, antl l,.".(li' .‘lnt'it-1‘),
initli ('l:iri('.- lwliiiiil lt“l‘. lltll'l'l(‘ll into thv to-tit. M i
"Uh, Artliurl" ‘luv >-uivl. " l’va lie’-tinl (ill alir-ut. it. “link
rliull no (hi “lint: -‘hall in‘ tit)?"
Slit: SJ'f‘lIll“(l to lit‘ in it ittilo of fr-vi-rirli (‘Xf'llt‘l)if‘l-I an
lxV(‘lh‘lI]t'!ll t;'t'4‘:itt-i' than the lltl‘ill4‘l]iS iirru-.uit.'it:-(I. ll-"r tum-
iiziu iilumst glizistly in its i..'illm'.
Sir Artliiit‘ and tho rtwt of tlin gviitlviiir-ti triml to xnntlw
l''‘'‘. and grziiluully Lsirly Maijory :v‘<‘lt1“(l to !'f‘C()H"i' lhl‘
li!‘l iv iliirht y.
lt. wits lll'(‘lllt‘tl then that. tliv p'ut‘sl< =.li4'-ultl lit‘ tulrl as
uuivtly -N 1)0=>ill)ll", and it gt'ilI'l‘i1l nu.-xv l'rmii iliv li'itl'i‘l""
“(Ls iiizitlti.
Soxtnti Bl.il-in liml ilinippml livliiiul, tn l'X1‘ll.'H’l[4I‘ ri iim‘Il
with U!!!‘ of tho cotiiiiiittu-, ullll iihvii lw 9t’llllltt‘!‘l‘(l tlmiii tlw
)'t:Itl) hr: lounrl llililhvlf nlnnu lkvl‘ tlin nioitiunt.
“ It's not <0 l))ll(’l] for in)‘
ivite. I t'im‘.'t lxlIII“' limi tho
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