Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-12-09
No 81

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X Waters.
Burrows heard lysioriOus noises He
came down into tIib mans room and
found it empty. Burrows sat by bis
door all night to ask him where he had
been, and, although he did not pass him,
nevertheless in the moruil. the man
was in the room. Do you uAGaratand?'
'Not clearly"
''It is very simple! There is secret
apartment in this house. and the mur-
derer is at this moment concealed in it. "
IA secret room 1t is impossibler'
"AnythjnG else is impossible, you
mean. This is not the day of miracles,
and man cannot disappear in this way
i'll broad daylight"
"But how will you find it, if it ex,
ists?"
1T will he easy crorph to fu3 Il il
we know that it is in & .;- lu A..
first place, there must tu a ~. t.., ter
it from that room i'll which scll lLc4e
slept. Gone, we will &C there FIRST"
Together they Welt to tie rcCn:, and
Mr.. Barnes looked about fer 'i"u
that would guide him aris 7
reasoning fCI moment, as L n
done at the Epping house,
Il have il. will go : .t
Burrows heard this man in the secret
apartment and Burrows was up stairs
SO am sure that the place of which we
are in search is above. Now what is its
exact location? 1t must be accessible to
this room, and yet the room which Bur-
rows occupied is as large as this. Now
observe that the closet in the corner
projects out into tie hail. In your room
there is a similar closet. On this floor,
in the hall, between these two projec-
leading from the main hall into the DIM
ing room. | have noticed that up stairs
there are no aoscts and, Of course, no
such pGssageway. Therefore the space
occupied by them below indicates where
the secret room is to be found on the
next floor"
"But how shall we get imp
II think it will be difficult for you to
do so, for expect that the entrance is
through the ceiling Of the closet i'll this
room. will now look"
Mr.. Barnes opened the closet door,
and then started back as he saw the
great mastiff lying on the floor within.
The dog arose and went up to Virginia,
whining pitifully. Then he went back
into the closet, raised himself upon his
hind legs, rested his fore paws against
the wall of the closet and with head up
turned howled in horribly suggestive
manner.
"Do you see," said Mr.. Barnes, "the
brute knows that there is something
wrong up there?" Virginia coaxed the
dog away from the closet, and the de-
tective stood OIL a chair and examined
the ceiling In moment he announced:
II have it. Here is the trapdoor. y A
minute later he had drawn himself up
through the aperture and disappeared.
Very soon, however, he returned, and
as he dropped to the floor he said:
''He is up there-dead! Suicide,
suspect You must go at once for the
squire Pardon my not doing so, but
have a reason for wishing to remain
with the body until it be turned over to
the coroner -
Virginia gladly hurried away upon
an errand which she knew promised
the speedy release of her lover.