The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-12-19
THE HOUSE OF |
A THOUSAND |
CANDLES
Copyright 1905 By Bobbs.sierriil Co.
CHAPTER v.-continued.
By MEREDITH NICHOLSON
Author 81 TIE MAIN CHANCE" ZELDA
CAMERON" Etc.

Hmong my neighbors, the result, prob.
Idly, of importing foreign labor to
|vork on his house. The surly Morgan
|Ereatly matter. had not come to
|kenarm to cultivate the rustics, but
Id fulfill certain obligations laid down
M my grandfather's will. was. so to
tpeak. on duty, and much preferred
HAT the villagers should let me alone
comforting myself with these refec.
Mons reached the wharf, where saw
Morgan sitting with his feet dangling
kver the water. smoking a pipe.
a nodded in his direction, but he
#eigned not to see me. A moment later
ne jumped into his boat and rowed out
Upon the lake.
q When I returned to the house Bates
Vas at work In the kitchen. This was
q large square room with heavy tim.
bers showing In the walls and low
Eeiling. There was a great fireplace
|3n an enormous chimney, fitted with
D crane and hobs. but for practical pur.
poses small range was provided.
a Bates received me placidly.
Yes; it's an unusual room, sir. Mr.
3Glenarm copied 1t from an old kitchen
&n England. He took quite pride in
H. It's pleasant place to sit In the
evening. sir"
i He showed me the way below, where
II found that the cellar extended under
every part of the house, and was di.
/ lded into large chambers. The door
|pf one of them was of heavy oak,
bound in iron, with barred opening
lat the top. A great iron hasp with a
heavy paddock and drilled area win
Idows gave further the impression of
"a cell. and fear that at this, as at
many other things in the curious
house. I swore-if | did not laugh
thinking of the money my grandfather
bad expended in realizing his whims.
THE room was used, I noted with
pleasure, as depository for potatoes.
In another of these rooms / found a
curious collection of lanterns of every
conceivable description, grouped on
shelves; and next door to this apart
1nent was another store-room filed
with brass candle-sticks of many odd
Resigns.
returned to the main floor and
Bought the comforts of the library.
where I smoked pipe over a very
tedious chapter in an exceedingly dull
book on Norman Revivals and Influ-
|ences." Then I went out, assuring
myself that l should get steadily to
work In day or two.
Bates was soberly chopping wood at
IA rough pile Of timber at the rear of
the house. His industry had already
impressed me. He had the quiet ways
|of an ideal serving man.
We'll, Bates, you don't intend to let
1me freeze to death, do you? There
must be enough wood in the pile there
Ito last all winter"
Yes, sir; am just cutting little
more of the hickory, sir. Mr.. Glenarm
always preferred it to beech or maple
| turned toward the unfinished tower
In the meadow, from which a windmill
pumped water to the house. The iron
frame was not wholly covered with
stone, but material for the remainder
Iof the work lay scattered at the base.
went on through the wood to the
lake and inspected the boat house;
then followed the pebbly shore to
the stone wall where 1t marked the
line OF the school-grounds. The wall,
observed, was of the same solid
character here as along the road. i
|tramped beside it. rejecting that my
|grandfather's estate, In the heart of
the Republic, would some day give the
! lie to foreign complaints that We have
no ruins IN America.
The buildings of st. Agatha's were
well hidden by the intervening wood,
land / climbed upon the wall at the
iron gate for an ampler view. The
pillars at either side of the gate were
|of huge dimensions and were higher
than I could reach. The little Gothic
church near at hand was built of stone
similar to that used In Glenarm house.
As l surveyed the scene a number OF
Young women appeared. and. forming
In twos and fours, walked back and
forth before the chapel. A sister clad
lin a brown habit fingered near or
walked first with one and then an
|other group of students. It was all
very pretty and interesting and not
lat all the ugly school for paupers
had expeated to find. The students
were not the charity children 1 had
|carelessly pictured they were not so
Iyoung. for one thing, and they seemed
Ito be appareled decentiy enough.
smiled to find myself adjusting my
scarf and strengthening my collar as
beheld my neighbors for the first time.
AS sat thus on the wall heard the
sound OF angry voices back of me on
the Glenarm side, and crash of I'M
'derbrush marked flight and pursuit.
crouched down ON the wall and wait
ed. In a moment man plunged
through the wood and stumbled over
a low hanging vine and fell. not 20 feet
away from me. To my great surprise
It was Morgan. my acquaintance of the
.porning. He rose, cursed his Ill luck