The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-04-14

On a summer tour through the western
English counties I stop one evening at
a country inn. | hear OF burglary at
Ivor castle, which IS owned by an odu
character. and | meet young Mont
g0mery. farmer, who quarrels with
the other quests. III intervene in
an attack on d queer old gentleman,
Mr. kesteven, who invites me TO Ivor
Castle. ! spend the night with him.
III-kesteven introduces me 10 Hood.
his former valet, who now keeps an
inn near the castle. While showing
me a secret chamber Mr.. kesteven is
interrupted by Hood. At MIR. kes-
teven's request | take a hurried trip to
his solicitors with him. In the even
ing, al the castle, my host leaves me
for few minutes. promising TO tell me
a secret. On hearing a noise in his
room, find him dying. with a paper
clutched in his fingers. | remove the
paper. ". Mr. kesteven's death is
proved 10 have been caused by heart
disease. The fragment OF paper gives
incomplete directions for reaching
secret portion of the castle. | attend
to Mr.. kesteven's Obsequies and am in
formed oy his solicitor that the hurried
visit was for the purpose Of making me
his sole heir. | meet Captain Ser
combe. IA soldier of fortune" An
offer, which | refuse. is made 10 me for
the castle VI receive a visitor.
who tries hard 10 induce me to sell the
castle. | interrupt conference be-
tween Captain Sercombe and another.
but do not see the other. The captain
tries his hand az persuadiug me TO part
with m[ new Inheritance. | decide
that it is hidden treasure that IS be-
hind the efforts 10 have me sell lvOr
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 to call my
friend Sheppard to assist me. | am
spied upon by a foreign looking man.
Hood admits that he is the man who
struggled with Mr.. Kesteven on the &C.
casion OF my first meeting with the
latter. Sercombe, feigning accident.
tries TO shoot me. [ go to London to
call Sheppard and ami followed. | out
wit my 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, Shep-
pard is attacked. and Montgomery and
| go 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 connection
with brook. On guard at the castle.
XI.-Beseiged by Sercombe and a
party OF Greeks. We hold the castle
One of our assailants 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 confine him there. NV.
-Sercombe offers to compromise. but
we are interrupted by the police.
Hood escapes from the dungeon. Nv.
and NNI.-l am captured by the
Greeks under Hood. While a prisoner
in the inn | make terms with Ser
combe. who does not keep his word. |
attempt 70 escape and am retaken.
The inn is visited by the police, and |
outwit Sercombe and escape. NNII
Montgomery, Sheppard and find that
Hood has removed the treasure. and
we decide to hunt for it. We inter-
cept Hood. who is rescued by Ser
combe. We all proceed to the inn and
learn there that Williams has been
murdered. XVIII I sicken of the
adventure but am persuaded by my two
companions TO see it through. KIN
and XX.-We hunt for the enemy and
run up against the police. who are on a
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.
We had been following a footpath
which wound through the coppice close
to the stream. and a little distance tc
the left we sank into our hiding place
and waited. Some five minutes after,
the footsteps Of man sounded softly
behind us, and he came into the plane
Of sight Dark as it WAS l made him
cut for one of Jones' men. and my
opinion was confirmed by the stea.thy
manner in which he proceeded.
"We'll let him pass" | whispered,
"and then follow him. Rustic police
are no harm to u.s.
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