The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-01-04
CHAPTER TX.
fContinued.)

4ury uvu mean to be interrupted,
was his conclusion, "and don't think
there Is much danger Of their being over
heard"
The attempt, however, which he In
tended to mako in that direction was
frustrated In an unexpected manner.
He supposed they would seat them
selves in the lower sitting room or par
lor. but they did neither. The sudden
flaring Of light in the upper front room
(which had evidently been occupied by
the late invalid) showed they had gone
tliither for the purpose of greater privacy.
The scheme, therefore. Of creeping up
beneath the window and listening. in the
hope Of catching word or two, was
nippad in the bud.
The detective passed among the trees
back and forth until he had surveyed the
two front and each of the single side
windows. The former were impcnetra-
bly, screened by curtains, as was the one
on the left. but the one on the right had
its curtain raised about half way to the
top Whether this was an oversight or
whether it was done to assist ventilation,
since the cash was also lowered few
incles, was q question Of no importance.
Simpson moved silently back among
the trees until he was several rods from
the side Of the house. The change of po-
sifien did not give him glimpse of the
occupants nor Of any recognizable article
OF fnrniture
There is only one thing to be done, >
he reflected, sand that is to climb that
tree which grows near the building.
can hardly hope to overhear their con-
vorsation, but may see something worth
knowing good heavensi"
Wen might the eavesdropper be star
tied. for at that moment he made the
discovery that he was not the only indi-
vidual moving among the trees and seek
ing to penetrate the mystery of the Liv-
.ernore homestead. There was another
person engaged on the same crrand.
Indeed the backward movement Of
Simpson, in his effort to gain glimpse
Of the interior Of the upper room, was all
thas saved him from discovery by this
SECOND intruder. who came upon the
scene as noiselessly as shadow.
The same obstacle which shut off his
Frying attempts caused him to do as
Simpson had done only minute before.
He moved toward the boundary fence in
The effort to inspect the window whose
sFstain was partly raised. This took
him SO far from the dwelling that his
head and shoulders were thrown partly
ilisrelief against the faint light, the out
lines. however, being SO indistinct that
they were barely distinguishable, and
only proved that it was man that had
appeared 80 Unexpectedly on the scene
and complicated matters.
While the detective was debating with
himself what he should do, If indeed he
conld do anything, the head and shout
ders vanished. The stranger was APP
preaching tho house again, having found
that nothing was to DO gained by stay
ing where be was.
The officers senses were strung to that
tense point that when, minute later, he
caught a soft, faint scraping sound he
read its meaning.
He Is climbing the tree near the win
dow which would have used minute
later If he had not anticipated me-"
Such was the fact. The form Of the
man was now shown more clearly as
his head and body rose above the window
sill, cliinbing with the agility of amonkey.
s'He is one Of those sepoys," muttered
Simpson. "and the fellow means murder. :"