The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-04-16
The Adventures
BY H. B. MARRIOTT WATSON
cOPYRICHT. 1898. e BROTHERS


On a summer tour through the western
English counties | stop one evening at
a country inn. | hear OF burglary at
Ivor castle. which is owned by an odu
character. and | meet young Mont
gomery. a farmer, who quarrelS with
the other quests. III intervene in
an attack on Il queer old gentleman,
Mr.. kesteven. who invites me to lvor
Castle. ! spend the night With him.
II-keSteyen introduces me to Hood,
his former valet, who now keeps an
inn near the castle. While showing
. me a secret chamber Mr.. kesteven Is
interrupted by Hood. vt MIR. hes-
teven's request | take hurried trip 10
his solicitors with him. In the even
ing. at the castle. my host leaves me
for few minutes, promising to tell me
a secret. On hearing Il noise in his
room, find him dying, with paper
clutched in his fingers. remove the
paper. ". Mr.. kesteven's death is
proved to have been caused by heart
disease. The fragment OF paper gives
incomplete directions for reaching a
secret portion of the castle. | attend
to Mr.. Kesteven's Obsequies and am in
formed by his solicitor that the hurried
visit was for the purpose of making me
combe. a soldier of fortune" An
offer. which | refuse, is made to me for
the castle. VI receive Il visitor,
who tries hard to induce me to sell the
castle. | interrupt a conference be-
tween Captain Sercombe and another,
but do not see the other. The captain
tries his hand at persuading me to part
with my new inheritance. l decide
that il is hidden treasure that Is be-
hind the efforts to have me sell IvOr
castle. VII decide that the paper
taken from Mr.. Kesteven's hand is the
second sheet of the key to the mystery
and that there Is a conspiracy to obtain
the treasure. | ask Montgomery to
STAY with me. | find Hood spying about
the grounds and catch SercOmbe in my
room. The captain informs me that
the treasure hidden in the castle Is
treasure trove and the property OF the
crown. We agree to conduct our
search and contest without calling in
the police. VIII resolve 20 call my
friend Sheppard to assist me. am
spied upon by foreign looking man.
Hood admits that he is the man who
struggled with Mr.. Kesteven on the oc-
r casion of my first meeting with the
latter. Sercombe, feigning accident,
tries TO shoot me. | 90 to London to
call Sheppard and am followed. | out
wit nv pursuers. WILL return TO
Ivor Castle with Sheppard. SercOmbe
and Hood call on me, and we agree TO
compare my paper with the one taken
from Mr.. Kesteven. The documents
together give complete guide to the
castles hidden chamber. AS Hood
and Sercombe leave the castle, Shop
pard is attacked, and Montgomery and
90 to his rescue. N and N.-Ne re-
pulse the attack and visit the treasure
chamber. Williams, my farmer, is en-
listed in the defense of the castle. We
fill the moat by means of a connection
with brook. On guard at the castle.
XI.-Beseiged by Sercombe and a
party of Greeks. We hold the castle.
One of our assailauts is drowned IN the
moat. NII.-Williams tells the police
that the castle has been attacked by
burglars. We learn that Sercombe is
at odds with Hood. We are visited by
the police, who are Outwitted by Ser
combe. NIII.-We dismiss Williams.
We capture Hood in the treasure
chamber and cOntine him there. NV.
-Sercombe offers to compromise. but
we are interrupted by the police.
Hood escapes from the dungeon. XIV.
and XVII am captured by the
Greeks under Hood. While prisoner
in the inn make terms with Ser
combe. who does not keep his word |
attempt to escape and am retaken.
The inn is visited by the police, and |
Outwit SercOmbe and escape. XVII.
Montgomery, Sheppard and find that
Hood has removed the treasure, and
l. e..
cept Hood. who is rescued by Ser
combe We all proceed TO the inn and
learn there that Williams has been
adventure but am persuaded by my two
companions to see it through. NIX
and NN.-NNe hunt for the enemy and
similar errand. Sercombe turns up
wounded and tells of quarrel with
Hood, who, while escaping with The
treasure, has hired the Greeks to
murder his accomplice. Sercombe
offers his services to us to regain the
treasure.
"Oh, we'll thank him when we meet
him." said Sercombe cheerfully, land
the sooner we pay our devoirs the bet
ter So let's buckle to-"
In spite of our objections Sercombe
insisted upon taking hand with me
at the SOULS. He profeSsed himself
quite well, said he had often suffered
from the same complaint and could
stand more of it.
"A pin prick to the way they get at
your vitals in Sicily" said he
He certainly showed no signs Of IA
tigue or faiptness in his handling Of
the oars. but roWed ike a sailOr-a lit