Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-20
eve wish to see your MASTER" said

II am afraid that is impossible, sir,
replied the man civilly. 1.-THE family
have gone out of town. The duke left
yesterday for Spain"
'The dukeT'
'"The Duke Of TERRA Sagrada. He
Is my master, sir. II you will leave
your card I will see that 1t Is sent on
to him. or any letter. I have his ad.
Dress"
I'm SpainT'
Certainly, sir. Casa Huerta Her
mosa, st. Sebastian. They have gone
to the seaside. No. please"-this was
to me. for was quietly trying to get
Roy past him into the house-"that
dog mustn't come In. My orders are
strict against dogs"
"Call him back, Miss Fairholme. at
once" said the. colonel In tone which
I resented, but he cut me quite short.
'oThis farce has gone far enough. !
wash my hands Of It. Good night
this to the old manservant as we
walked away. "And II you will be
guided by me. Miss Fairholme. you
will do the same. It's all humbug
from first to last. l give you my word.
I do not believe one syllable Of. this sto-
ry, except perhaps about the papers.
and even then am not quite satisfied,
for they were sent to Captain Wood
in the dispatch box. That we know
"But not at Captain Woods re-
quest" said *hurriedly.
"His man thinks not, and admit
the box was not specifically mentioned
In the letter. but the letter said papers.
and the expression was seemingly one
that Wood used. for the man. as mat.
ter Of course. sent the dispatch box"
"But what do you implyT
"Just this. that Captain Wood In
tended to keep out Of the way-fof rea-
SONS | do not presume to conjecture
and while out Of the way to go on with
bis work. He'll turn up In good time.
take my word for It, and will give his
own explanation Of bis absence. It
may not be absolutely satisfactory, his
excuse raay be bad, but he win make
one. and you win have to take 1t or
leave it" were the cynical police colo
nel's last words. >'
hated and loathed him for taking
this view, and I turned my back on
him. Sir Charles did not console me,
for he was thinking more about the
official papers than Willie's disappear
ance.
"By the Lord Harry. we shall be In
Queer street II they don't turn up," he
said with much emphasis. Wood or
no Wood. we've got to get them. or
there will be a, jolly row; cabinet
question, egad. and the DEVILS own
The matter can't rest
here. So cheer up. Miss Frida. Well
all do our level best"
"Why. certainly" added Snuyzer,
I'VE don't depend entirely on police
colonels. and this one Ia not 80 al
mighty clever. I've got to get on the
inside track Of this business and I'll
do it yet. you bet your bottom dollar"
1t was kind Of them, but would not
be consoled When got to Hill street,
| creps up to my room. very sorrowful
and sick at heart. and cried myself to
sleep.
Next morning while was dressing
they came and told me that Mr.. Snuy.
Ter had called. ae had something Inn.
portant to tell me, and was rather In a
hurry.
Captain Woods not In that house."
began the American abruptly. when
l got down stairs
"How do you knowf Why are you
so sure?' asked. .'
Haven't the smallest doubt Of It
| know, because I went right through
the house last night. every single
ROOM"
what! Did they let you inT'
mo. miss; I broke in-burglary you
call it In this country. ! believe. and
you may give me into custody If you
please. But the detective that's not
good enough to break the law on an oc-
casion as well as break into house
and stand the racket had better give
up the business"
The mans audacity staggered me. l
was quite terrified. but liked him for
It.
you see, miss. can't afford to stick
at trlfes. My professional reputation
Is at stake. and the more l thought It
over the more l hungered to get inside
that house In Featherstone Gardens,
and this Is how worked It: First |
set close watch on the house. front
and back, and found before midnight
that no one had gone either In or out !
reckoned that there were not very
many of them. and we mustered half
dozen. two of them practiced crooks
professional burglars. miss. We got
into the house right enough-the crooks
that-in half an hour. First
thing was to lay hands on the care
taker. There was no one else IN the
house. He swore to that, and we soon
saw that he was speaking truth. for we
drew every room. ransacked every cor
ner, turned out every cupboard, but
nary soul was to be found. They'd all
cleared out but this one critter. So l.
went back to him and threatened his
life. He was very stiff, but revolver
IS a mighty fine persuader, and pres
,ntly be outs with the story; lies may