Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-07-21
TRACKED.


ed by thaw succeeding severe frost
of three weeks duration. At Lehman
Court, q mansion situated Is miles OF
so from London, on the west side, great
inconvenience and some damage had
been caused by the bursting of water
pipe during the day. In special, one
room was rendered so lamp that its
usual occupant, Spencer Lady Brown
Salter's lady's maid-was compelled
to change her sleeping place. In
stead of sharing one of the housemaids
beds, she chose, with her ladyship's
permission, to make up bed for her
self in tho small room. or large cup.
board, situated at the end of the corri-
dor which runs through the whole
breadth of Lehman Court on the frs:
story. 1t was room used to store
trunks and boxes in. and Spencer placed
some of these as foundation for her
couch. Many of these trun IS had made
the voyage to India and lack, for Colo
mel Sir William Brown-Salter had dis
tinguished himself not little in John
Company service. There had been
much extra work fer all the servants at
Lehman Court that day, and it was late
before Snenrar Retired 70 be, cupboard
On getting into Ter bed she found
her novel concb Iv no means 80 COM
Portable az If locked n Ind N Ia re-
arranged, but ON extinguishing her can
die a second time she found herself as
far from sleen MS ever while She twist
Cd and t,,,-ned she heard tba stabla
clock strike . and immediatelv sfter-
ward she became conscious of n snhdned
sonpd outsidc her door Renemher;ny
tbe Jokes Of her exnense N the simmer
fable ahout the size of her he'd cham
her II occurred to Snencer that her
fellow servants might he ooine 70 nlav
her ), tric,, ~ ;ndnl.,a in soma practical
;oko O. ga ala f,o,,, nor ,,naosv co,,ob
and removing tbe key from tba Loeb
she had locked herself in on COMING IN
bed-she annlied her eve TO the kew
hole. The door as we have said. faced
directly The whole length of the corri-
dor Abont twa wards from her STOOD
!, man h1t rot ono az her fellow sew
a,ts ua hald a I;obtad candle in ono
hand sbadino # with tha other So MS
"a cast the iiobt now here. row there
His face was concealed Iv mask of
bl.cl, crane aud bo was iis,ap;ng in
+a,,tlv h,.a,thlnss ,,;,,,ta u, two
,assed md as If ,,y ,,.o;,. ,horo u,ara
a;tho,. ~, -. ,l,,oo '+ba,. tl,o
riaor ali masked i, crane behind which
their ewes shono in tha candle cleans
They wont and c,ma and consulted
no;sa,oss 70 ca ,,,.,,y snoctors T, and
ont of tho roo,ns Snal,;,,g doors coftlv
j,ab;p,l En-, NV .r,.o,,din, 70 +ha
third s4ory no. loscapd;,,5 ~ tho
basement. now tba o,,a hoi'l;,g and
sbadowing tha camilla w,s loft alone
,ga;n
Snencer drew ,acl, from tbo kevbole
a moment trvi,,r IN think If there was
ANYTHING sha could do Sir William =
room gaya on RI the corridor He m,st
he murdered tbonobt noor Snencer or
surely she wonll have heard some
sound. for he often sat late reading. and
if was round his door that the thieves
were clustered He vyos passionate
man and powerful. beloved by his sery-
ants for his bonnty. Though feared on
account If his temner surely he vyonld
have made FIGHT for il If he had not
been taken Mt some cruel aisadvantaee
What could she do? The alarm hell
even if she could muster courage to try
to get to it. was unite Mt the other
end of the house. Applying her eve
once more to the keyhole. She was terri
fed to find not only darkness. but in
the darkness some one breathing close
TO the door. Then the handle softly
brushed her cheek as il was Turned. and
lock and hinges were strained nv thesi-
lent pressure brought TO hear mon them
to such a degree that instinctiyely she
drew hack oxnectinr tba door Ia he
forced in upon her. The door creaked
as the pressure relaxed. and lust then
the stable clock struck B.
As the minutes passed and silence was
unbrolen. Spencer gathered courage TO
look from her spying place. The watch.
man stood alone. candle in hand in his
former place. She became stiff and
she could hear or see, except that the
man trimmed his candle now and then
with his fingers and turned his head