Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-09-19

of dark oak. Bat looking closely at 1t |
detected the place where the girl had in
trOduced the knife on the night when she
had brought To me the note from Daisy. |
had brought the knife with me, and had
caused the panncl to slide into Il recess. 1t
revealed an opening Of the depth OF the
| wall, beyond which there was another
, panel. This | MAS able TO move without
difficulty. | pushed it aside wlthmy hand.
! Still the way was barred, but upon tins
occasion il was nothing more substantial
than the heavy leather hangingS OF the
haunted room. Great ingenuity had been
shown in the arrangement by which an
opening could be made at will through
these hanging without any evidence OF its
existence being afforded 10 IN occupant OF
the room.
Once more | found myself in that we'll
remembered chamber. 1t looked cold ami
dark despite its handsome furniture. APP
parently it had not been occupied since
! the night when ! slept there. ! opened the
door leading into the little sitting room
| where | had hrelkiiSted by myself ON the
morning ON which | left the hall. To my
| surprise it showed signs of having been re-
Gently occupied. There was a book lying
on the table. | recognized it instantly. 1t
was the copy Of Guy and Terriers For
mic Medicine" which | had studied so in
tcntly during my imprisonment On board
the yacht.
I'VE are in the cncmy'S STRONGHOLD |
| said to Eastmead. And | babe him take
the book in his hand and sec where it
opened. He did 50 with the result which
| expected.
He shook his head gravcly, Il think,
Mr.. Fenton, wcShall br justified in taking
a very close look at anything w 2an find
here
There were several Looks on the table.
/ Thrs were for the most part old account
books, some of them bearing Flinter'S
name. They apparently related TO trans
actions which had taken place some years
previously in Australia. One volume was
of Indifferent kind. 1t was a cheap metallic
memorandum book, such rs u man like
Flintcr might very we'll have used for the
purpose of Keeping notes of incident Of I'M
portancr. EI~tmead took it up and opened
it. For som" time he appeared to he eX-
amining II with Il look of bcWildgrment on
his honest face.
II can't make anything of this, can you:
Is il GreekE'
lie handed the open book to me, and 10
NV disappointment | saw that, whatever
might he the nature OF its contents, | WAS
none the crthrough possessing il. Every
PAGE was covered with cahllistic marks
like nothing | had ever seen before.
Il think we may rs well leave that be
hind us said the chief constable. Put
| am GOING To take these other books To cN-
anime at my leisure
acquirSced for the moment in his pro-
posll to leave the little note book in cipher
where We had found it, but before We had
completed our close examination OF the
two rooms | had changed my mind, and
without any scruplc regarding the robbery
/ Twas committing upon til" unconscious
Flintcr, | Slipped the volume into my
pocket.
1t would De tedious to tell OF the long
hours which We spent in examining the
other portions OF the hall. Nowhere did
we find any evidence that seemed to bear
on the crime of which the place had been
the scarn. Indeed, ElStmead warned me
before hand that this would probably he
the result. The one part of the hall which
had escaped his notice ON his first visit had
been the secret staircase. The other az
ticles which lac had found, and which
might possibly Dc of use against flintcr,
had evidently been brought t" the hall al
ter our party had landed from the yacht,
and consequently after Daisy arrest.
When our tedious task was completed,
we went To the dining room, where we
found DR.. BrankSOme awaiting us. Cold
meat and wine We're upon the table; and
we were so thoroughly exhausted by our
laborS that we were glad to make a hurried
meal before departing 10 catch the last
train 10 York. | did not care To talk much
to Eranks0me. lie had heard of the dis
covcry of the strychnia, but said wonder
| fully little about it. | thought. indeed,
that for once something must have occur
red to stay the flow of his brilliant convci-
SatiOn.