The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-30


so that everything 1 owned must have
passed under his eye. My money \
even. the remnant of my fortune that /
had drawn from the New York bank. I
I had placed carelessly enough in the I
drawer of chiffonier otherwise filled /
with collars. 1t took but moment to |
satisfy myself that this had not been /
touched And to be sure. a hammer |
was not necessary to open drawer
that had. from its appearance. never
been locked. The game was deeper
than had imagined; l had scratched
the crust without result and my wits
were busy with speculations as I
brushed my clothes. pausing frequent
ly TO examine the furniture, even the
bricks on the hearth
One thing only l found-the slight
scar of a hammer-head on the oak
paneling that ran around the bed
| room. The wood had been struck
near the base and at the top of every
panel, for though the mark was not
perceptible on ALL test had evidently
been made Systematically. With this
as a beginning, l found a moment
later a spot OF tallow under a heavy
table in one corner Evidently the
! furniture had been moved to permit
of the closest scrutiny of the paneling.
Glenarm House really promised to
| prove exciting. l took from a drawer
a small revolver, filed its chambers
with cartridges and thrust it into my
hip pocket, whistling meanwhile Larry
/ Donovan's favorite air, The Marche
Funebre de Marionnettes." My heart
went out to Larry as 1 scented adven-
ture. and | wished him with me; but
speculatIons as to Larry's where
abouts were always profitless, and
quite likely he was in jail somewhere
The ham of whose excellence Bates
had limited was no disappointment.
There is, l have always held, nothing
better in this world than a properly
baked ham, and the specimen Bates
placed before me was a delight to tha
eye,-so adorned was it with spices
so crisply brown its outer coat; and a
taste,-that first tentative taste, be-
fore the sauce was added,-was like
q dream of Lucullus come true l felt
that l could forgive a good deal lie a
cook with that touch,-anything short
Of arson and assassination!
Bates" l said, as he stood forth
where l could see him, you cook
amazingly well. Where did you learn
the business?"
Il can hardly say 1 know it, sir
Your lamented grandfather grew very
captious, Mr.. Glenarm. l had to learn
to satisfy him, and l believe did it,
sir if you'll pardon the conceit."
He didn't die of govt. did he?
can readily imagine It."
mo, Mr. Glenarm. 1t was his heart
He had his warning of it,
"Ah, yes; to be sure. The heart or
the stomach,-one may as we'll fail as
the other. l believe l prefer to keep
my digestion going as long as possible
Those grilled sweet potatoes again, If
you please. Bates"
The game that he and l were play.
ing appealed to me strongly. 1t was
altogether worth while, and as I ate
guava jelly with cheese and toasted
crackers, and then lighted one Of my
own cigars over a cup of Bates unfaiI
J ing coffee, my spirit was livelier thar
) at any time since a certain evening or
which Larry and had escaped from
Tangier with our lives and the curses
of the police.
, The day had offered much materla
, for fireside reflection, and I reviewed
it's history calmly. There was, how
, ever, one incident that l found IN
I pleasant in the retrospect. / had bee
guilty of most unchivalrous conduc
toward one Of the girls of st. Agatha's
: 1t had certainly been unbecoming i
me to sit on the wall, however unwil
ingly, and listen to the words-fe1
D though they were-that passed bt
+ tween her and the chaplain. l forge
, the shot through the window; I forge
Bates and the interest my room pc!
/ sesse6 for him and his unknown a.
complete; but the sudden distrust an
contempt l had awakened in the gil
a by my clownish behavior annoyed N
increasingly.
l rose presently, found my cap an
went out into the moon-fooded WOO
: toward the lake. The tangle was NJ
SO great when you knew the wa,
= and there was indeed, as I had foun'
= the faint suggestion OF a path. TIL
! moon glorified broad highway acros
the water; the air was sharp and still
- I followed the wall Of ST. Agatha's I
;, the gate, climbed up and sat down
= the shadow of the pillar farthest fro
the lake. l drew out a cigarette an
was about to light it when l heard
sound as Of a step on stone. Their
= was, l knew, no stone pavement {
: hand, but peering toward the lake
: saw man walking boldly along th
= top of the wall toward me. The moo
- light threw his figure into clear relic
Several times he paused, bent dow
- and raped upon the wall with a
= object he carried in his hand
Tap, tap. tap! The man with tt