The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-12-13

Ne man Srt-iiltHi 10 sNhliON soine
thing
Yes: he's here. Is that for himg~
Yes. sir Any reply
The nan took the telegram clo~c
the door. ami the boy heard his retire
ing fOotst,DS After some minutes F.
reti ued
Its TOO late 10 reply tonight. ISM
itT' he inquired.
Yes. sir. II coom'd after hours. lar;
they'd paid L pOrterage T. Lunnon SO {
postmistress said ye'd mebbe like
hev ii at vance. I've ridden all L way
frae Scarslale''
Late that evening when the pro
tracted gloaming OF the north was fast
yielding 10 the shadows of cloudy
night, the big man from the Grange
House drove into Scarsdale He pulled
up at the Fox and Hounds public
house He wanted MIR Green.
AnsOn's valet came.
your master says you are to bring
his portmanteau to the Grange House
tonight. He intends remaining there.
You must get the landlord to sit mp
until you return. VI VIII take you an
hour and half 10 drive both ways
yGreen was ready I'M ave minutes.
He learned that 4 stable boy must
crouch At their feet TO bring the dog
cart back. II was the property Of the
Fox and Hounds proprietor
Very unwillingly the horse swung
on again toward the moor There was
little conversations The driver was
taciturn. the Londoner somewhat scar
ed by the dark loneliness. %
At the Grange House they were met |
by Philip Arson. He stood in the open /
doorway He held handkerchief to
bis lips and spoke in husky voice, the
voice Of one under the stress Of great (
agitation
THAT you. Green? just give my bag
10 the driver and return TO the village
Here is a five pound note Pay your
bill and go back to London by the first
train tomorrow. ! stop here some few
days"
The astonished servant took the note II
Before he could reply his master turn
ed. crossed a room feebly lighted by
dull lamp and passed through a cur II
tanned doorway. K
Green was staring perplexedly at the
house the kitchen, his i'll favored com z
paniOn carrying Philips portmanteaH Il
within, when he heard his masters II
voice again and saw him standing be-
tween the partly drawn curtains. with II
his face quite visible in the dim rays III
of the lamp. In
"Green?"
Yes, sir III
Here are my KEYS Unlock the bag
and take the keys with YOU. You re
member the small portmanteau In my
'afe at Park lane?" NJ
Yes. sir" TX
4 open the safe, get that bag and \
END II to me tomorrow night by train X
o the Station hotel, York" u
Tomorrow night, sir?" ~
Eyes" IN
The keys we're thrown with rattle IW
N to broad kitchen table Evidently lW
Or. Arson would not brook question H
Is to his movements, though his fea IW
words sounded contradictory. Cree n
'ot down, unfastened the pOrtmantea3i
nd went back to the dogcart
They're queer folk L t Grange,
aid the stable boy as they drove way
There's barrow night and a lady as
ohody ever sees. an dochtor, an Il
as KEN for ye,''
Surely they are well known here"
"Not bit Of 1t. On'y bin here abort
week. ~ doctor chaps very chirpy F
ut yOn uther is a rum I'M.
Green was certainly puzzled very
realty by the unexpected develop
tents Of the last few minutes, but he
-as discreet and well trained
He liked his young master and would =
0 anything to serve his Interests %
borrower. the ways of millionaire de
ere not the ways of other men All in
; could do was to hear and obey. nj
He slept none the less soundly be or.
Iuse his master chose voluntarily to
1ry himself, even for a little while.
such weirdly tumbledown old WI
ansion as the Grange House tn