Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-16
copyrisls isss ), Base.a.lr,ii Co.
cHAPrER xVIII-contInued

happen below. II sounded like St.
PatrIck's day celebration In an Irish
village. and went down at sallop TO
see II there was any chance OF break.
ning IN. Have you seen the room?
1well."-he gave several turns to his
right wrist. as though to test tive
all had jolly time there by the fire
place. Another chap had got In some
where. 80 there were two OF them.
Your mani suppose It's your man
was defending himself .niiantly with
q large thing Of brass that looked like
the pipes OF n grand organ-and !
sailed In with . chair My presence
seemed to surprise the attacking party.
who evidently thought l was you.-
nattcrins ! must say. To me-"
You undoubtedly saved Bates life
and prevented the rifiins Of the house.
And after you had poured water on
Bates. he's the scryant.-you came up
here"
That's the way OF it.
You're a brick. Larry Donovan.
There's only one Of you: and now"
"And now. John Glcnarm. we've got
to get down tn busincss.-or you must.
As for me. after few hours Of your
cnlivcnins society"
you don't so step until wc so to-
gcther.-no. by tho beard OF tho
prop,ot: I've q nsht on hero and I'm
going To win II I die In tho struggle.
and you've got To stay with mo to tho
end"
-Ba, under the will you dare not
take baardcr.-
O .-satt
though Il had never been m far as I'm
Concerned. My grandfather never OF.
pcctcd mo to SIT here alone and be
murdered. John Marshall Gicnarm
wasn't q fool csacsiy'"
NO. but . trifc queer. should say.
I don't have to toll you. old man. that
this situation appeals To me. It's my
kind of a Job. II Il weren't that tho
hounds arc at my hccis I'd like To stay
with you. but you have enough tfuuhlo
on hands without oprnine tho house To
an attack by my enemies"
stop TALKING about Il. I don't pro.
pose To b- deserted by the oaiy friend
I have In tho world when I'm up To my
eyes In trouble. Let's 81 down and
got some coffee
We found Hates trying TO remove
the evidences Of tho nights struggle.
lie had fastened cold pack about his
head and i,mpcd slightly: otherwise
he vas the samc-siicnt and iucxpiica.
bic.
Daylight had not Improved the sp.
prasanec Of tho roam. Several hun.
drvd books lay scattered over the aoor
and tho shelves that had held them
were hacked and broken.
Hates. II you can give Us coffee
Let the room So for the present"
YES. sir
-And Hates
lie paused and fArry's keen eyes
were bent sharply upon him.
-Mr. Dunovan is a friend who will
be with me for some time. Well az
up his room later In the day
lie iinpcd out. t.arry's eyes follow.
Ing him.
"whs, do you think of tha, fcliowr-
I asked.
tarry's face wore a puzzled look.
What do you call hm.-lsatesr
He's a piucky fellow
Larry picked up from the hearth the
S,his caadeiahrum with which Hates had
Sicscntcd himself II was badly bent
nd twisted. and Larry erinncj.
THE fellow who went out through
the front door probably isn't feeling
very we'll today. Your man was swing.
Ing this thing like a windmiii-
Il can't understand it, I muttered.
II can't. for the life Of me. see Why he
should have given battle TO the enemy.
They all belong to Pickering. and
a. =. - ~
bunch
As we ate breakfast filled In saps
I had icf, in my hurried narrative. with
relief tha, can not describe filing
my heart as I leaned again upon the
sympathy of an old and trusted friend.
I dismissed hates as soon as possible
that ve might talk freely.
Take IL up and down and all around.
what do you think of all this7-- asked.
Larry was silent for a moment: he
was not given TO careless speech in
personal matters.
There's more TO II than frightening
you OF or getting your grandfather's
money. It's my guess there's some
thing IN this house that somebody
Pickering supposedly-is very anxious
to flnd.-
YES; I begin TO think so. lie could
come In here legally II 1t were merely
a matter of searching for lost assets
Yes; and whatever II is II must be
we'll hidden. As I remember. your
grandfather died in June. You got a
letter calling you home In October
1T was seat out blindly. with not
one chance in hundred that It would
ever reach me"
Certainly. You were a wanderer
on the face of the earth. and there was
body in America to look after your