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nothing but trouble herei I've not
heard of him since I left out food for
him last, and that was three days
ago"
Did you see him them"
mo. sir, but the food was gone when
next I went that way"
Then he was certainly there?'
so you would think, sir, unless 1t
was the other man who took 1t.
1 sat with my coffee-cup half way to
my lips and stared at Barrymore.
You know that there is another man
them"
Yes, sir; there is another man upon
the moor"
Have you seen him?"
mo. sir"
How do you know of him them 80
'Selden told me of him, sir, a week
ago or more. He's in hiding, too, but
he's not convict as far as l can make
out. don't like it, DR.. Watson-I
tell you straight, sir, that I don't like
1t. He spoke with a sudden passion
of earnestness.
Now, listen to me, Barrymore!
have no interest in this matter but
that Of your master. I have come here
with no object except to help him.
Tell me, frankly, what it is that you
don't like"
Barrymore hesitated for moment,
as If he regretted his outburst, or
found 1t difficult to express his own
feelings in words.
It's all these goings-on, SIR he cried
at last. waving his hand towards the
rain-lashed window which faced the
moor. There's foul play somewhere,
and there's black villainy brewing, to
that I'll swear! Very glad 1 should
be. sir, to see Sir Henry on his way
back to London again"
But what is it that alarms your"
Look at Sir Charles death! That
was bad enough. for all that the cor
oner said. Look at the noises on the
moor at night. There's not a man
would cross it after shutdown if he was
paid for 1t. Look at this stranger
hiding out yonder, and watching and
waiting! What's he waiting for?
What does it mean? It means no good
to anyone of the name of Baskerville,
and very glad I shall be to be quit of
it all on the day that Sir Henry's new
servants are ready to take over the
Hall"
but about this stranger" said I.
Can you tell me anything about him?
What did Selden say? Did he find out
where he hid. or what he was doing?"
He saw him once or twice, but he
is deep one. and gives nothing away.
At first he thought that he was the
ponce, Out soon he found that he had
some lay of his own. A kind of gem
tleman he was, as far as he could see,
but what he was doing he could not
make OUT
And where did he say that he
lved?"
Among the old houses on the hill
side-the stone huts where the old folk
used to live"
But how about his food ?"
Selden found out that he has got a
lad who works for him and brings him
all he needs. 1 daresay he goes to
Coombe Tracey for what he wants"
VERY good, Barrymore We may
talk further of this some other time"
When the butler had gone I walked
and looked through
blurred pane at the driving clouds
and at the tossing outline of the wind
swept trees. 1t is a wild night in
doors, and what must it be in a stone
hut upon the moor. What passion of
hatred can 1t be which leads a man to
Turk in such a place at such time!
And what deep and earnest purpose
can he have which calls for such a
trial! There, in that hut upon the
moor, seems to lie the very centre of
that problem which has vexed me so
sorely. l swear that another day shall
not have passed before have~done all
that man can do to reach the heart of
the mystery.
Go be Continued next Sunday.)