The Washington herald., 1907-10-20
shocked friend sagger OE through the garden gate
of Briar Lodge pale death"

| he doesn't bring them into the drawing
room where the ladies are, but he takes
/ EN- and he talks 'em over in his study,
and he lets them out himself, and sees
/ them down to the garden gate himself
where they leaves him all smiling and
good-humored. Lord. sir. I've watched
/ EN- from the window on the stairs lots
/ OF times,'
Then you have no suggestion 10 make
as 10 what became of him.
No. sir. I've only heard what they said
/ free in the servants hall. sir. as he was
I Keen either on the young lady or on her
fortune and SO made away with himself
when he was told he couldn't have her,
1 p'r'aps."
All, That's the talk here, is it,
Among US. sir. but I've never heard
any one else say so. except Monsieur
| Leblanc said one day he hopes Mr.. Bur
/ dock hadn't done anything rash And
then the ladies all looked at each other,
and Miss Densley she couldn't go on eat
ing her breakfast after that"
And its not uncommon for the gen
t!emen who come here 10 go away and
disappear like that2"
on. no Mr.. Burdock is the only one
The rest-why Monsieur Leblanc he keeps
them on by keeping them off, and they
/ nave 10 wait, he says, till the young
ladys trustee. Mr. Williams, comes back
from abroad"
And who is he2"
Il don't know. sir"
And you keep q register. you say, Of
all the men who come here?'
Yes. sir. What tirae they come, how
many times, what their names are, and.
II I can, I have TO find out whether they
bring any presents.
Presents. eh?"
Yes. sir. They bring presents. most
OF EN-. I fancy. Some Of them, / know,
carry little parcels. fat parcels mostly.
that they don't take away again And
in the hall. sir. we say Monsieur Leblanc
looks 'em over himself TO see whose pres
ents are the best. and that those that
bring small presents won't have q look
in, Mr.. Williams or no Mr.. Williams"
And what does Miss Densley say to
all this?"
"Ah, that's more than l can tell Her
maid being French and not speaking
much English. we don't hear much of
what she says. And it's likely she don't
know half as much as we do of what
goes on, for, you see, sir, half of the Wis
itors have TO go away when they've seen
'Ah. Odd, certainly And now, Saun-
ders, I want YOU TO do me service"
The man looked apprehensye.
Come I'm friend worth having. am
not?''
Yes oh, yes, Mr.. Ince; and I'm sure
if I can do anything for you-in reason
and without risking the loss Of my
place"
James Ince smiled.
The place must be a very remunera-
tive one, for you TO be so anxious to
keep it,"
ITS not so much the pay. but I'm do
ing work for a pal. you see, sir. and
indeed I've done more than what I ought
in telling you what I have done And
hope you won't make no use Of what
I've told you against Bob Gurney, sir?"
My business is not with Gurney, but
with the people here. If Gurney's mixed
up in anything shady, you'd better give
him the tip to drop it, for I may have
to come down upon these people, I warn
you"
Saunders looked shrewd
Very we'll sir,''
And now for the service I spoke Of.
You say Monsieur Leblanc is IN his
study?"
We'll, sir IN there or else in his labo-
ratory. He fiddles about with chemicals
and things a good deal-his father was
great French chemist. I believe. sir
not what we call a chemist over here,
but a great swell at mixing things and
finding out new airs and all that, sir"
I see Well. I'm curious to see him
at his work. And you've got to contrive
to let me see him.
The man shook his head decisively.
No, sir, that's more than I could do,
even If l dared. Besides, I couldn't tell
you, no more than Adam. where ne is
at this moment The door on the left as
you go into the house-that dooI"-and
he pointed TO a door on one side of the
hall as he spoke-''leads into a little cor
ridor, with a door at the end that goes
into the garden. He always keeps both
doors locked and has the keys himself
On one side of the corridor, at the back
OF the house, is the laboratory; and on
the other side, in the front, is the study
Nobody can ever tell which room he's in;
and If they could, IL wouldn't be possible
for you to see in, for the windows are
ten feet or thereabouts from the ground"
You must manage to let me see into