The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-03-24

De al the door at tcn,to take him to Gr;mwith
A"brv-one of the sights in our nc;ohbor.
hood which had tod him of the cycuin, be-
fore.
I'll be here, comm. in bv the back way
at hail past ten SAYS to the head chamber
ma'". TO take The responsibility q; makipc
VIZ ''aracers bed of your hands for the
niornln" onIy. want TO hire sun for ,,,,.
morning. Put ii down in the o.,r book tla,
u +" %" '-"''s'' rr""l to o'';....
Sam was pony. and i'd made rpn,y mind
that 1t woH,d beneficial TO Toms health. .affcr
he ta;t>, if l.c took a constitutional airinu on
h!rc hard saddle in the direction of Grim
with Abicv.
'..Nn,;ilins else said the head chamber
maid
"'n!v one more favor" SAYS I. "Would
my toy iom be very much in the way if hc
ra'n", from now ill ten. 20 help with the boots
ana shoes. and stood AT his work close hv this
window w'ici looks ont on the staircase >"
Not bit. says the head cham'crmai!.
Thank yon. says /: and stepped back to
my Office directly.
When had sent Tom of to helm with tl,c
boots and shoes, reviewed the whole case
exactly As it stood at tlra: time There was
three things Mr. Dava1er might do with the
letter. lie Nigh; give it TO his friend again
before TENN which ease Tom would most
likely see the sail friend on the stairs. lie
might take il to hi> friend or to some other
friend. after tenn which ease Tom Wa
ready to follow on Sam :hc pony And last
ly. he mi"ht leave it hidden somewhere in
h> room at The inn--in which case. | vas al!
ready for him with search warran, ot my
own granting. under favor always of uy
friend the head chambcr-mai,i. SO far had
my business arrangements all gathered up
nice and compact in my own hands Only
two things bothered me the terrible short
ness of the time at my disposal, in case I fail
ed IN my first experiments for getting hold
of :!lr letter. and that queer Inscription whic!
had'oricd out OF the poci,e,-bocS.
Mr.. , Alone. ! .crn~~." il was
the n"a'urcnrnt most likciy. O. something.
aud hr was afraid of forgetting it therefore
II was >omcthinc important. 'trery-some-
thing a'1ut him>elf, Say -" Gnchc>) ga
lone" hc doesn't wear a wiz. Say -" (tec,)
along can't he a coat wai>cost. trousers.
" unlcrclotlring. Say -" (vari>) along" ,
j; can't he ANYTHING about himself. unless
he wears round his body the rope that he
Ilrr to be hanged with one of these davS.-
;l.,n ii is no' something alou, himself What
10 know oi.i.1t is important: TO him bp>,l..>:
Know Of notkin. but the Letter. Can the
he connected with tha. Say. ,
.c>. What do -, aion." and - across meat.
hey, The measurement Of something in
lis room could ret pretty satisfactorily 10
ny III as far As that; but could get no far
her.
Tom came back to the Office and reported
.im mounted tor his ride. lis friend hal
never alpcard. sent the boy off with Ii
ro;,rr Instructions on Sans hack-wrotc an
'ncoura-nc letter 10 Mr. Frank 10 kcei, him
lnict then slipped into The inn by the back
way little before half past ten. The head
gave me i-nal when the land
u. WIS clear. | cot in:o his room without a
cul bat her seeing me. apd locked the door !
The case was to certain cx-
cn:. >mp.iiicd now Either Mr. paya"cr 4
iaa ridden oat with the lc;;cr about him. or
.c la'! ict it in some safe hiding p lace in i>
'oon. suspected it to lie in h., room. for a
'ra>on that will li.t!c a>.oni>h Nou-h;>
ru:,. his dressing lease. ard al the drawers
'nl cuihoaris were !cit c,'cn. knew my
,H>;onler. and thou. .ht tEi, extraordinary,
'a'c~>nc>> on his part rather suspicious. !
Mr.. pAsa.rr had taken one of the best bel.
rocns at the Gatliil Arms. Floor carp,'cd
all o>c:, walls beautifully rarcrtd. toar-roS-
;cr. ana general furniture ;irst-ra;c. search
ed. to hc.in with. on the us!a! Plan. cX'.n-
i"inS everything in every possible way and
t;.k;nc more tl.an an hour about y. No Dis
covcrv Then pulled on; a carpenters rn!e
Which | hau brought with me. Was t""r"
arv,l;ar IN the room wlicl,-ciihcr in inches.
feet, or va,.lS-an>wcrcd to - alon. an"
:. acrc>< :" Nothing. | put The ralc back
in nv 40, o,krt-mca>u rcmcn. was no GOOD ev-
ilcn:lv Was there anythln" IT. the room
that would count up to > one way ana 'o''f "''-
other seeing that nothing wonid measure up
to it: had cot oi.>tina'c!v persuaded st
this time that the letter mn>, he IN the room
Principally because Of The trouble i!'''
had in looking after it, And rcr>naiiH" III.
self Of ;Lat Il took it intomv head next. ln~t a.
obstinatcv. that - alon. and 4 across
mnSt hc the rcht clue 10 find the letter
principally because | hadn't len niySc!! alter
all nv searching and thinking. even :" mu'n
AS a vcstinc of another culc 10 90 by
along. where could count five along 'i'e
room, in any part Oft:
Not on the paper The pattern there was
pillars Of trcll;>-work and ilowcr-. cnclo'in"
a glain green ground four pillar 'i""-
the wall, and ONLY TWO arro>S. The furniture
There were no, fiv. chairs, or i've >"pa'at' :
piece, of anv .urn turc il. The room altogether
The irinrcS that hung from the cor''i'e "i T
The bed Plenty OF them, at any TAT" -
Up Jumped on the countcrpane, with my
,cnknifc in my hand. Every way that -
.!onr" and 4 across" could be rcckOnt'! or "