Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-03
THE HOUSE OF
A THOUSAND
CANDLES
By MEREDITH NICHOLSON
A.,A.s Il 'rs1 MAIN enAxeE.- zEisA
bAhE1eh." Ge.
eop,fl1a, - ), Esss.a.''iii Co.
CHAPTER v.-con,inusd.

ably. of importing foreign labor To
work on his house. The surly Morgan
had intimated as much: but II did not
greatly matter. ! had not come To
Glenarm to cultivate the rustics. but
to fulfiii certain obligations laid down
ln my grandfather's will. ! was. 80 to
\ peak. on duty. and l much preferred
that the villagers should let me alone.
Comforting myself with these reiec'
tions l reached the wharf. where saw
Morgan sitting with his feet dangling
over the water. smoking pipe.
nodded IN his direction. but he
feigred not to see me. A moment later
he jumped Into his boat and rowed out
upon the lake.
When ! returned to the house Bates
was at work In the kitchen. This was
large square room with heavy tim.
beers showing In the walls and low
ceiling. There was great fireplace
In an enormous chimney. fitted with
crane anu hobs. but for practical pur.
poses small range was provided.
Bates received ne piacidiy.
Yes: It's nm unusual room. SIR. Mr..
Gicnarm copied II from an old kitchen
In England. lie took quite u pride In
Il. It's "a pleasant place to sit In the
evening. SIR"
He showed me the way below. where
I found that the cellar extended under
every part Of the house. and was di.
yided into large chambers. The door
of one OF them was of heavy oak.
bound In iron. with barred opening
at the top. A great iron hasp with
heavy paddock and .rilicd area win
dowE gave further the impression Of
cell. and fear that at this. as nj
many other things In the curious
house. I sworc-lf I did not laugh
thinking of the money my grandfather
had expended In realizing his whims.
The room was used. noted with
pleasure. as depository for potatoes.
In another Of these rooms found n
curious collection Of lanterns of every
eai,cci,ablc description. grouped on
,,vcE: and next door to this apart.
mcnt was another storc.room filled
with brass ndlc.sticks of many odd
designs.
returned to the main floor and
sought the comforts OF the library.
where smoked a pipe over q very
tedious chapter In nm exceedingly duh
book on Norman Rcyivais and infu.
cnccs." Then went out. assuring
myself that should get steadily to
work In day or two.
Bates was sobcriy chopping wood at
rough pile OF timber at the rear OF
the house. His industry had already
impressed me. He had the quic, ways
Of an ideal serving man.
well. Bates. you don't intend TO let
me freeze to death. do you? There
must be enough wood In the pile there
to last all winter
''Ycs. sir: I am Just cutting little
more OF the hickory. sir. Mr.. Glcnarm
always preferred II to beech or maple.
turned toward the unfinished tower
In the meadow. from which windmill
pumped water to the house. The iron
frame was not wholly covered with
stone. but material for the remainder
Of the work lay scattered Mt 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 It marked the
line of the school.grounds. The wall.
observed. was of the same solid
character here as along the road. /
t.E,ped beside II. rejecting that my
grEad.fathers estate. In the heart of
thtoRepublic. 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.
and / climbed upon the wall at the
for ,t,In Tho
pillars at either side OF the gate were
of huge dimensions and were higher
than could reach. The little Gothic
church near at hand was built Of stone
similar to that used in Glenarm house.
As surveyed the scene number OF
young women appeared, and. forming
in twos and fours. walked back and
forth before the chapel. A sister clad
in brown habit fingered near or
walked first with one and then an
other group of students. 1t was all
very pretty and interesting and not
at all the ugly school for paupers
had expected to find. The students
were not the charity children had
carelessly pictured; they were not so
young. for one thing. and they seemed
to be appareled decently enough.
smiled to find myself adjusting my
scarf and Strengthening my collar as
beheld my neighbors for the first time.
AS l sat thus on the wall heard the
\ sound of angry voices back Of me on
the Glenarm side, and n crash of un-
/ derbrush marked flight and pursuit.
/ crouched down on the wall and wait
ed. In a moment man plunged
hn a ttnhlad nv
low hanging vine and fell, not 20 feet
away from me. To my great surprise
1t was Morgan, my acquaintance of the
morning. He rose. cursed his III luck