Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-10-27
Observation-Disclosures
Only One !
CHARLES ~ Love s
GARVICE
Continued.

aDle TO MIN at present. ana ne ucleI
mined to wait until everything was
straight before he cut all connections
with them.
"Once let me get matters settled,
he muttered to himself over and over
again, land those two vultures shall
never darken my doors again"
And yet Hudsley was always scruDn-
lousy polite and civil, and Skettle al.
ways respectful.
With his characteristic grayeness,
Mr.. Hudsley went through the work
systematically and macbihe.like.
But stephen noticed when he came
to announce some fresh edition to the
great Davenant property, he never
even uttered formal congratulation,
or seemed pleased and gratihed.
One day stephen, nettled beyond his
usual caution, said; you must be
tired Of all this, Mr.. Hudsley. !
notice that II seems to annoy you"
And the old lawyer had looked up
with grim lmpassibility.
you are mistaken, Mr.. Stephen.
nm never tired, and ! am never an
noyed"
AT least you must be surprised,
said Stephen; you had no idea that
my uncle had left 80 much"
mo, am not even surprised re-
torted Mr.. Hudsley, II his calm reply
could be called retort. Il have lived
too long to be surprised by anything.
And there was something in his keen,
icy look which silenced stephen, and
made him bend over his papers sud.
denly.
Others noticed the change which had
come over The once sleek, smooth
spoken young man. IL got TO be re-
marked that he rarely left the Hurst
grounds, and that what exercise he
took was on the terrace In front OF the
library, or on the lawn below It, 1t
was said that he paced up and down
this lawn for hours.
II was said, too, that he rarely ad-
dressed servant In or out of the
house. All the orders came through
the valet Summers.
Mention has been made of Stun
mers. II would have been difficult to
describe him He was called In tho
village "the Shadow" because he was
70 thin and noiseless, 80 silent and
death-llke.
In addition to his noiselessness, he
had trick OF going about with closed
eyes, or with his lids 80 lowered that
It looked as II his eyes were closed
Bets had been made upon the sup
posed color OF those vlsIonal organs
but had never been decided for never
by any chance did he look anyone In
the face when speaking; and when by
were raised, they were dropped again
80 quickly that examination of what
lay behind them was impossible.
Secretiveness was part and parcel
Of this man He never did anything
openly. When he gave an order II
was In II roundabout way. The sim.
plcst action of his daily life was on.
veloped in mystery Even his meals
were taken in room apart; only n
few of the servants knew the room he
occupied, Then he seemed Ubiquitous.
He wa severywhero ut once and turned
up when least expected.
With noiseess step he came anu
went about the house; now in the ser.
wants hall, now In the library closeted
with his master, now In the stables
III. al
counting, SO said the grooms, every
oat that went into the hangers. Not
n thing was done in the house but he
was acquainted with II.
And he knew everything! Not n
secret was kept from him, Had any.
one In the village an episode In his
lie, which he hoped and deemed hid
den and forgotten, Summers knew 1t,
and managed Ly some dropped word
or look to let the miserable man know
that he knew II.
Before he had been at Hurst a week
he had half the servants and villagers
in his power.
Power! That was the secret main.
spring ul VIC man y tAlhlcHNt. nv
loved power.
Give even the flend his due. This
man had one good quality, he was de-
voted To his master. Saving this one
great event of his life-tho theft and
loss of his will-Stephen trusted him
in everything.
And Summers admired him, In his
eyes stephen was the cleverest man on
earth, and being the cleverest man on
earth Summers was content to serve
him. Yes, Summers was devoted to
his master, but he made up for II In
his detestation Of the rest OF man.
kind in general, and of one man In par
ticular--Jack Newcombe
Between Jack-honest, frank, and
reckless Jack-and the serpent-ltke
Summers had been sent with a mes
sage to Jacks room. Jack happened
to be out, and Summers whiled
away the tediousness of waiting by
onpninp n drawer n Inonnrd's fable