The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-28

My legs need stretching: I'll walk"
|gested. drawing ;le CO., air into ny
|gs. II was still. starry October
|ht. and its freshness was grateful
Pr the hot sleeper. Bates accepted the
|gestion without comment. We walked
he end Of the platform. where the
|kmsn was already tumbllng my
|hks about, and after we had Soen
(n riled upon his nondescript wagon.
fllowed Bate. down through the broad
II street Of the village. There was
r. Of Annandale than I had imagined.
several tall smokestacks loomed here
there I'm the thin starlight.
I3rick-yards SIR said Bates. waving
hand at the stacks. It's a cOnsid-
bic centre rOr rnHr KIND OF bus ness.
Bricks without straw | asked, as
passed a radiant saloon that blaZCd
5p the board walk.
|es pardon, sir, but such places are
ruin Of men. m which remark ]
| I'd a mental note that Ba.es wished To
kress me with his own rectItuda.
|b swung sl'nE beside me, answering
Etions with dTgged brevity
early, here was a man who had re-
I'D human intercourse 10 a basis OF
Assity. l was to- be shut up with
for year. and he was not likely TO
be a cheerful TALLER. My feet struck
h a graveled highway at the end of
village street, and l heard suddenly
llapping of water.
It's the lake. sir. This road leads
h out TO the house" Bates explained
was doomed TO mediate pretty stead
imagined. on the beauty of the
Escape In these parts, and I was re-
ld To know that 1t was not all cheer
prairie or gloomy woodland. The
IL 4 l. a.
he water.
he fishing's quite good In season Mr..
larm used TO take great pleasure in
Bass,-yes. sir. Mr.. Gleuarm held
Ie was nothing quite equal To a black
liked the way the fellow spoke Of my
tdfather. He was evidently a loyal
liner. No doubt he could summon
Stfrr-past many pictures -ef- grand
Ter, and l determined to encourage
confidence
" resentment / felt on first hearing
terms of my grandfather's will had
I'D. He had treated me as well as
-ved. and the least I could do was to
Dt the penalty he had laid upon me In
ne and amiable spirit. This train
thought occupied me as we tramped
k
from the lake and through heavy
Presently, on the right loomed
rk barrier. and I put out my hand
touched a wall OF rough stone that
to a height about eight feet.
hat is this. Bates" l asked.
his Is Glenarm land. sir. The wall
one OF your grandfather's ideas.
quarter OF a mile long and cost him
... a
off from the lake now. but the
rm property is all lake 'front.'
there. was a wall about my prison
I<grinned cheerfully TO myself.
b. a few moments later. my guide
Id at an arched gateway in the long
drew from his overcoat a bunch Of
and fumbled at the lock of an iron
felt the spirit of adventure
len within me.
gate clicked behind us and Bates
a lantern and lighted II with the
of custom.
use this gate because It's nearer.
regular entrance is farther down
pad. Keep close. sir, as the timber
much cleared"
underground was indeed heavy.
followed the lantern OF my gulde'
difficulty In the darkness the
seemed as wild and rough as a
nj wilderness.
" -iit+4+-farther." rose Bates
ahead OF me: and then: There =
ght. sir. and. lifting my eyes. as
nbled over the roots of a great tree.
for the first time the dark outlines
enarm house.
re we are. sir!' exclaimed Bates.
ing his feet upon a walk follow
n to what assumed TO be the front
Of the house. where a lamp shone