The Jersey City news., 1902-11-08
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: :. BY MAJOR ARTHUR GRIFFITHS. !
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tecllFe. An, Well, MI. onuyZer, i Snall
now take this matter in hand. We've
got to find Captain Wood-at least 1
have whether you come into the busi-
ness or not"
Il shall be sorry to be left out. miss,
but there are others besides US have
taken it up now. Eve seen British
general. Collingham by name"
Yes, yes; know Willies-I mean
Captain Woods chief at the intelli-
gence. was just going to send to him.
He is man of great Influence and i'm
portance, man Of the world, who
knows his way about. He has been
told. then? What is he doingY
Working the police. He will take
mob of them down to where I traced
the captain. am going on to meet
them there"
Then I'll go too. Wait here, please,
while / put on my hat" and she rang
the bell When the man comes. tell
him to bring my bike around. No; I'd
better take you with me. Order my
pony cart. Say it must be at the door
in ten minutes from now"
In less than ten minutes she came
down stairs dressed for driving and
buttoning on her gloves.
Come, SIR" she said brisker and
sharper than ever. II cannot easily
forgive your previous dilatoriness, but
we must try to make up for lost time.
Here is the pony cart, and we will take
the dog"
When we reached the Strathallan
road, to my deep chagrin the boy Jo-
seph was not there. nor was he to be
seen anywhere near OF far. Now, I
could have staked my life on little Jo-
seph Walls. He was London lad
who had seen much in his short life on
shore and afoat, for although l had
picked him off a crossing on account Of
his quick tongue and bright ways he
had been to sea on Thames lighters
right round the coast. Now l was
training him to our business. He took
to it naturally, knew what was ex-
pected of him and was not the sort to
be fooled into quitting his post or going
off on fandangoes on his own account.
Miss Fairholme turned on me like a
tiger when we drove past the house
and back still without sign of Joe.
"Get out of this cart and go and ring
the bell" she said fiercely. '"The SOON
er we get inside that house the better.
Make haste, please"
| hammered at that door and hung on
to that bell till woke all the echoes of
that dead-aliye suburb. No one came
There was not sign of life within.
Presently the police came up. and the
/ general, who had been cruising about
on his bicycle, Joined miss outside.
They all stopped there. talking to her
bit, and | judge they were hesitating
to act, arguing it out with the general,
who was very fierce and positive, or
dering them about short and sharp, but
doing little good till missy took up the
running. But she soon sent them fly
ing in after me and came with them.
One of the constables ran around to
the back, where he found strip of
garden with low wall. He was over
that like fash and in through the
scullery window. Half minute more
and we heard him unchaining the front
door. Then we all trooped into the en-
try and ran through the house. some
high. some low, but none of us finding
anything. There was not scrap of
furniture nor the signs of any occu-
pancy that we could see.
But miss, she also hunted, halloing
on the collie dog with "Go look. Roy"
worry, worry, worry, which drove the
beast nearly mad He hunted and
fho
short, swapping bark, as If he was
rounding up sheepfold, and it was
he, marvellous animal, who led US into
the basement, into a sort of cellar be-
tween the front parlor and the kitchen.
Here he raced round and round like a
thing possessed. yelping furiously. The
place was all black darkness. No win
dows, not CLINT of daylight. But
some one struck match and lit q
bullseye. and we could maKe out what
there was there. One big. long table.
kitchen table. with seats on each side,
and at the end strange thing that told
its own story. ~
1t was sort Of wooden erection
something between scaffold and a
bulkhead; two great upright timbers
wedged in tight between the ceiling
and the stone foor-might have been
u support. pillarlike. for the roof or
ceiling. but we could see 1t was meant
to make some one fast to--a pair OF
stocks, you might say, or whipping
post. And so it had been used, NO
doubt. For there were a long chain and
paddock hanging between the uprights
just over low bench that served as
seat for whoever was held there
prisoner
This was where the collie ragged
about most fercely. shifting. scenting.
hunting to and fro. always uEGer the
encouraging Voice of missy. who shout
ed, "Lu-lu-lu. good dog: find him. then.
Where is he? Out with him. Lulu.
OF course his master had been there
Mono of US had doubt of that. any
more than Of the plain fact that he was
not there now. We looked at each other
blankly, after a bit. hardly knowing
what to do or say next till miss stamp
ed her pretty foot and cried, Well. r
II have my suspicious" began the
sergeant. knocking his hands together
rather jovially. till the dust flew out OF
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