The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-11-26

could not restrain the cry of Joy and
thankfulness which broke from my lips
"My friends" / said to the men and
women around me, "your poor mistress will
yet DO saved"
Mrs. Cawthorne burst into tears, as did
most OF the women i can only answer for
myself among the men. 1 could not keep
hack the tears of Joy which were yelling
from my eyes.
1t now occurred to me that, NJ NEST Of the
rooms in The hall had been searched by the
police Under Mr. Eastmead himself at tho
time of Daisy's arrest, 1 might begin my
own investigation by exploring this secret
passage in which We had already found IS
important a piece Of evidence. Bidding the
servants remain where they we're. We slowly
climbed the narrow winding stair. 1t LEI
into corridor equally narrow and very
long, uhlghted and ill-ventilated so that
. more than once the candle which Epstmead
carried secmed to be OF tie poins of expir-
ing. E
At the end was apparently . blank wall of
dark oal- But looking closely at it / de.
tected tie place where the girl had intro
duced the knife on the night ,,yhSn she had
brought to me the re from Daisy had
brought the Knife With me, and in another
instant, by ineans OF it, i had caused the
panel 10 slide into q recess. 1t revealed an
opening of the depth of the wall, beyond
which there was another panel. This was
able 10 move without difficulty. pushed it
aside with my band. Still the way was
barred, but upon this occasion 1t was noth-
ing more substantial than the heavy leather
hangings of the haunted room. Great inge-
nuity had been shown in the arrangement by
which an opening could DO made at will
through these hangings without any evidence
of its existence being afforded to an occupant
of the room.
Once more found myself in that wellre-
membered chamber. 1t looked cold and
dark despite its handsome furniture. Ap-
parently it had not been occupied since the
night when slept there. opened the door
leading into the little sitting room where
had breakfasted by myself on the morning
on which left tho hall. To my surprise 1t
showed signs Of having been recently occu-
pied There was book lying on the table.
recognized It instantly 1t was the copy OF
Guy and Ferriei's forensic Medicine
which / had studied so intently during my
imprisonment on board the yacht.
I'VE are in the enemy's stronghold"
said to Eastmead And l babe him take che
book in his hand and see where it opened.
He did so with the result which / expected.
He shook his head gravely. II think, Mr..
Fenton, we shall be justified in taking @
very close look at anything we can fine
here"
There were several books on the table
They were for the most part old account
books, some of them bearing Flinter's name
They apparently related to transactions
which had taken place some years previously
in Australia. One volume was Of different
kind. IL was cheap metallic memorandum
book such as q man like Flinter might very
well have used for the purpose of keepint
notes of incidents of Importance. EastsneaS
took it up and opened it For some tims b,
appeared to be examining 10 with look d
bewilderment on his honest face.
al can't make any thing Of this, can you
Is it Creek"
He handed the open book to me, and b
my disappointment saw that, whateve
might be tts nature Of its contents, wa