The Washington times., 1906-07-15
Copyright 1898, by The RoDbs-aierrin Coz
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.

Copyright. 1895, by The Bobbs-aierrih co..
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
John GIenarm. graduate Of a famous Amer
icau engineering school, has been spend hB
several years wandering about the face uI the
earth spending money lie has a genius L.F
doing nothing gracefully and lleslt1tlAs nus
fathers fortune. lr l- called nome Nf Il
CaU.e-Tam from Arthur IlCaeIluE. ais grand
fathers LAWYER IuuDuUg.uE tlr death HI
the latter lie learns upon bis arrival that
bis grandfather has belugathe4 his entire
fortune o. him uu the following conditions.
First, that h- shall live "a the Indiana nome
rights 20 the property II DE leaves there even
for few hours. the property. IN case OF
forfeiture, Co go 90 Marian bgNyft-N, OF Ne"
York Second. that DO the event ,i tn7
said Marian lrEeTeuN, the entire property 3
no 20 no a -l-I-t school adjoining tle grounds
terms Of the VIII and announces his IN
tcutirn 90 depart for Indiana next Ga2- iie
Sherry with an oit friend Larry Donovan
who has been his companion on various roam
iEgs into unknown countries. ana VINO j.
az that particular moment avoiding me al-
thorir.es who are seeking Eim at the re-
quest uf the London police. uy whom De- q
wanted for political oIau-es. While they
Is suddenly attracted bN the sight of arthur
PickegiHE and yolnE girl companion lH-Y
table The unknown glauees az 1IenaI.. ....
and De is attracted az once ty nor Won
d-IfuIiv beautiful Vet muuTniul dark eyes
The next day he proceeds 70 the Indiana e.
tate. which proves 20 be a Ealt-cemuIetal
mansion iU charge Of man named Bates.
Some of the rooms are maguidceutIy fur
nisheI-orh+rs are merely bare walls. The
entire house is lighted hy myriad of
Candles-hfuCr the name bestowed on u hE
candies AS Glen8rm IS eating slI. s- In
Ihe dining room bullet crashes through
The window. uatt-us itself against the wall
'USr above hts head and ia. IS O. tae table
o.
lantern and uTeCrde lim uu tour 0t
investigation through the grounds. nom
the shruhhery ana woods as I1F as lA, a".Ie
OF a lake on which the estate borders. uut
find no one AS they prepare % RETURN. the
sgft swish Or canoe paddle ePWr7 across
the water and Womans voice calls Good
night. merry c~1tle,aeu.' Bates apparently
can furnish no eXT lanarl0n ut the mystery,
where. as he IS prepar-r- 20 retire. le ,1--
tinues 90 question Bates In regard % tle sh"t
AMI the unknown Womaus voice bates
proves respectable but non-commltttl- NrNt
dav Glruam takes a stroll 90 the yil-ag"
and uu his way thither meets 7NilF lu-
divi1ual who gives his name as Morgan ana
furnishes the information thar ue is care
taker OF the TesorteTs' houses up the AXE
Az rha vfIIalr. GIeuarm uuds ne is evidently
known 20 the inhabitants, and still more evil
IDENTIFY unpopular That afternoon, while
wandering through the grounds. he is startled
lake, closely pursued by Bates rfll"uii[
much excited. with a club I'm his hands and
an ugly cut across his forehead Morgan
distances his pursuer and escapes. A Few
minutes later tEo more actors appear on
the Eceue-a ~ an, evidently Ca clerE}lHuI
and a girl artIad iL covert coat aul q
ra-f Taru-0'- -Shaurer. GIeuGrm cannot help
Cverhearing a part Of the couversat!on be-
tween the two. Later DE finds a canoe
heacheI on the lake shore and while he
IS examining it the Tam-0'- -Sra1rer girl ep-
pears on the scene. While helping 'rr %
unite the canoe GIauaTm mentions having
seen her iu c0uEersafInn with the clergyman
and the girl accuses him of being an caves
dropper and spy and auErily rows away