Warren sheaf., 1903-04-30

head, Tor moment, and then, reach
ing out his hands, drew himself ur
Win ease, so that he could look di.
rectly into the room. There was nc
place on the ledge for anything but
n his fingers, yet, owing to his great
strength he was able to maintain
] sh1mself in that position with ease. az,
II ne had been standing on the
ground. At first it seemed that the
room into which he was looking was,
unoccupied, owing to the dimness .o1
the light which came from a lamp.
burning On table in the center. AS.
his: eyes became accustomed to the
surroundings he gradually made out
that there were two men seated near
the table, one. facing him and one in
big armchair with his back to the
window. z,,.
when for a moment one of the men
leaned forward and he caught .
glimpse of white beard, he knew
it was Henslow; as for the other,
only the top of his head was visible
Inc latter was no doubt the person
he had seen slipping into the house
in such surreptitious manner.
, Il shouldn't wonder if the fellow
was an lmposter," Henslow was say
ing, "and should treat him as such. I"
Listeners hear no good of them
selves. think the rule will hold good
in this case," Job said to himself, hav-
ing no doubt that he was the subject
of the discussion.
What the lawyers visitor said he
could only make out in part, since
the latter spoke in such low voice.
He could distinguish such fragments
of sentences as "almost threatened"
seemed sure of his ground" "knew
the whole affair."
Henslow was silent for a moment,
and took a sip from glass of wine
at his elbow.
"You need have no fear that the
visitor was Martin Frale, for he is
dead,,'' he said, at length.
"Sure of that?''
''Had it from the prison authorities
themselves"
"Then who is this man?" The
other raised his voice, and spoke in
more animated way.
Henslow shrugged his shoulders.
II wish I was able to tell you, be-
cause I am glad to do Ellison any
service. Must be fellow-convict to
whom Frale communicated the story
before he died. No doubt he wants
to trade on the information"
'"That's likely enough, but he must
have the documents in the case to
speak so boldly"
"That may all be mere bravado."
"And he would take no money"
~- '''That is a poser. Didn't want any
money!"
''Not cent, even when it was Of
fered to him.
''That astonishes me-what can the
fellows object be?''
"I'm afraid we shall have to wait
and find out" muttered the man with
his back to the window. :..>...-
&"And he made 10 declaration of
what he intended to do?" asked the
lawyer, after moments pause.
.'No, nothing of the kind, except
that he seems to be interested in the
young .schoolteacher."
"Know him?'
"Says he never saw him but once
in his life, but he wants him to be
free for some reason or another.
Urged Jim to do all he could, and
threatened things if he did not"
of yIoo lo &c
watching," was Henslow's comment
as he resorted to his glass again.
A chuckle came from the chair
where the other was seated.
''Bless you, we don't intend to lose
sight of the chap while he is in the
neighborhood."
Job clinging to the window, still
smiled quietly to himself.
''Then I wasn't wrong in thinking
that~I was being watched"
He had no chance to hear any
thing further of what was being said
in the room, for the visitor had
risen and now moved to the door,
The two men stood there for a mo-
ment in deep conversation, but
though he listened intently, Job
could not catch word of what was
being said. ..
He dropped to the ground from his
uncomfortable position, for he was
anxious if possible to catch a sight
of the visitor when he came out.
With this intention he slipped
around to the front of the house and
in the shadow waited.
i, Presently the door opened quietly,
a man popped out, his hat pulled
down over his eyes so that the eager
watcher had no opportunity to get
good glimpse of his face. Then the
man stepped into the middle Of the
road, looked about him for a mo-
ment, and set off at a brisk pace
down the street. ,
Job Hendricks had just seen him
disappear among the shadows when
from the other direction man sud-
denly appeared, running and out of
breath. E.r. -.~.