San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-09-24

be useless to hunt Tor il in that mcan-
nv chamber. it is worth tIy. 1t NAV
be there. This dim possibility drives
him to his fate.
"WeU. if Won 20 alone and uIprotrct-
ed your blood h. ON your own head +"
saws Dyuccourt LIGHTLY. nj last sruTrn-
drrinr his position. "Rrmpm1rr. wLat-
ever happens. advised Won mot To CO.."
A. NrtIrIr tiuisl,,., his snn.rb , siI,is-
fer smile nyrrsnr,.,I. hi, I,.,t,. fr1tnrns
and a urIicl Iipht ~, evil y, i, is Iirrr-
mo rn,i,r. r. jiy ,,.r. Nm Sr. ,,Iri.,u
enGs nntLinr mf mis- H. i. Innllim, 1t
hi, hnrnm ~ II .t.,,,j- .r.I,.I AMI ina.
irStic in fLr rcd Ii~It OF me .limT SIM SIM
{Ip is innEinr - n t.r obi invrr
and NJ mo m,r,,.,.. l,,i,.rr, of If wLrrr
the haunted r..,lIl,.r ,tsrIs and
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~. Nh"h IN" ghosts OF my, ancestors
claim me as lh-I NIrJi,l. ana lhcarccr-
aye me III some Ach"lHl dungeon, l
silaiI remember your words ana your
auElcc'
on dOil mean |" z" Ihere' OF
course; asks Arth'ir careIcS9lS' "iiIIsU
Matchlhg the other with eager scrutiny;
ny IS quite a Journey L" IhaI dismal
hoiG, anu II VIII De uS'ieSS'
wen, II II dIStrrSStS you, CONSIDER L
maven gone. saws oir Adflan IlghtlS;
nat Is rlgllt, reJOlliS .lfJhUr, SUN
with MS Keen eyes llNed upon ms
COUSIN knew you W"uid anahdom
consider y"u b1ynn't mona " ''''''' ''''''''
TLpv sra Of no Iii ioor nc tbnsa
words n,s. Srtj,r,is Inns md thore
thpv seharYte Cir NdIi inn LEAVING him
With a smile and ~1imr away I'm the
LARGE hoil wTistIina T,yIy
When he has tIrnrI one corner Ar
thur Uors GmirLIy after him NOT with
the intention Of Gyrrt1king him. Init Of
kerning him in virw StnaIthilv he
follows os +hnurh frorfnI Of Leinr
seen
There is no servant ,yithin si,rht No
friend comes ,rross Iii. SIrian's noth
AiI is silent rho cid hnmsp seems
wrannrJ in sIumhrr Nnnyr the nrrt-
tv CHESTS in tLnir diiuty trn-onwu5 Yre
SHINING Rnhna and ,n,.IttIimT .r,,,daI.
hdInw tLn Inmrstirt arr nrcmni"i in
their household nrTIirs
Arthur Watching c1rrfuIIv srps Sir
Adrian 90 nmirkiv nm fhc ErooJ front
st9ircasG aftrr whirh he turns aside
and M thnnrh tiIird with nnilty fnnr
PUSHES THROUGH one plssaUr or another
until he arrives in the corridor that be-
longs to the servants quarters.
Coming to il certain door. he opens
it. not without some difficulty. and.
moving into the dark Landing that lies
beyond it. looks around. To any casu-
al observer it might seem TRANCE that
some of tine cobwcbs i'm this apparent
ly lOng-fOrgOttem place have lately been
brushed away, as by Il figure ascending
or descending the gloomy staircase.
To Arthur these signs bring no sur
prise, which proves that he, perhaps,
has the best right to know whose figure
brushed them aside.
HIirrylhg mp lne STAIRS. all'f ci"Sing
tne q0or careIUiIL ANA hoiS'ItSSiy be
NINA MN, ne reaches. after C"nSldera-
PIE m"unllngS "l what seem l" De m
IermlhaDIc steps the upper doof ne
lad opened on thc uay tIlry iIau visited
the haunted chamber, when KlhgWood
ana ne had had = PaSSagc-at-irinS
about ms curiosity.
Now ne stands breathing heavily
outside tins door, wrapped III the dis
MAJ darkness OF the staircase listen
ing lntehtIy, as 1t were, Tor the coming
OF to0tStep.
III thc meantime Sr ADRIAN, not
dlsSlladGd from ms Ieterlnlliatloh 10
search Ihe tower loT I'll" MISSING pan
gle runs gayly up the grand staircase,
trayerSeS the corridors and galleries,
ana llhaIly comes 10 the hrSt OF the
lToh-Douhd doors. opening IT,, ne
STANDS upon tlle IallulllS Ihat leadS 10
I!ic OIIlei uooI ~ means vi OIlt Slilai4
stone staircase. Here ne ,pauscS. .