Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-11-10

which an opening could be made at VIII
through these hangings without any evidence
Of its existence being afforded to an occupant
Of the room.
Once more found myself in that well-re-
membered chamber. It 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 I left the hall To my surprise it
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 Ferrier's forensic Medicine"
which had studied so intently during my
Imprisonment on board the yacht.
1--WE are in the Aenemy's stronghold"
said to Eastmead. And bade him take the
book in his hand and see where it opened.
He did so with the result which l expected.
He shook his head gravely. II think, MIR.
Fenton, we shall be justified in taking O..
very close look at anything we can find
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. twas cheap metallic memorandum
book, such as a man like Flinter might very
well have used for the purpose of keeping
notes of incidents Of Importance Eastmead
took it up and opened it. For some time he
appeared to be examining 1t with look OF
bewilderment on his honest face
u can't make anything Of this, can youa
Is it Greek3"
He handed the open book to me, and to
my disappointment I saw that, whatever
might be the nature Of its contents, I was
none the wiser through possessing it. Every
page was covered with cabalistic marks like
nothing had ever seen before.
u think we may as we'll leave that behind
u.s." said the chief constable. "But l am
going to take these other books to examine
at my leisure"
Iacquiesced for the moment in his pro-
posal 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 scruple regarding the robbery l was
committing upon the unconscious Flinter,
slipped the volume into my pocket
It would be 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 scene.
Indeed. Eastmead warned NE beforehand
that this would probably be the result The
one part of the hall which had escaped his
notice on his first visit had been the secret
staircase The other articles which he had
found, and which might possibly be OF use
against Flinter, had evidently been brought
to the hall after our party had landed from
the yacht, and consequently after Daisy's
arrest.
When our tedious task was completed, we
went to the dining room, where we found
DR.. Branksome awaiting us. Cold meat and
wins were upon the table; and we we're so
thoroughly exhausted by our labors that we
were glad to make hurried meal before de-
parting to catch the last train to York l
did not care to talk much to Branksome
He had heard of the discovery Of the strych-
mia, but said wonderfully little about it. I
thought, indeed, that for. once something
must have occurred to stay the flow of his
brilliant conversation