Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-02-16

I'll repair that today. sir" Bates
remarked, seeing my eyes upon the
window.
You know that I'm TO spend year
on this place; ! assume that you are
acquainted with the circumstances, /
said, feeling IL wise that we should
understand each other
Quite so, Mr.. Glenarm"
I'm a student, you know, and all
want is TO be let alone"
This | threw in to reassure myself
rather than for his Information. II
was Just as well. ] reflected, to assert
a little authority. even though the fell
low undoubtedly represented Picker
ing and received orders from him.
In day or two, or as soon as /
have got used to the place, shall set
tie down to work in the library You
may give me breakfast at seven-thirty:
luncheon at one-thirty and dinner at
seven"
Those were my late masters hours,
sir"
Very we'll And I'll eat anything
you please, except mutton broth, meat
pie and canned strawberries. Straw
berries in tins, Bates, are not well cal
culated to lift the spirit Of man"
Il quite agree with you, sir, if you
will pardon my opinion"
And the bills"
They are provided for by Mr.. Pick
ering. He sends me an allowance for
the household expenses"
so you are 10 report to him, are
You. as heretofore?"
blew out match with which had
lighted cigar and watched the smok-
ing end lntently.
Il believe that's the idea, sir"
1t is not pleasant to be under com.
pulsion.--to feel your freedom cur.
tailed, to be conscious of espionage
arose without a word and went into
the hall.
You may like to have the keys"
said Bates, following me. There's two
for the gates in the outer wall and one
for the St Agatha's gate; they're
marked as you see. And here's the
hall door key and the boat house key
1ie't SCo oHNth lpi iaot hiSilAs
After an hour spent in unpacking |
went out into the grounds. | thought
1t well to wire Pickering of my arrival
and | set out for Annandale to send
him telegram.
/ found the gate through which we
had entered the grounds the night be-
fore without difficulty, and started off
in an amiable state of mind. My per.
plexity over the mysterious shot was
passing away under the benign in
fluences of blue sky and warm sun
shine. A few farm folk passed rae in
the highway and saluted me in the
fashion of the country, inspecting my
knickerbockers at the same time with
frank disapproval When | reached
the lake | gazed out upon its quiet
waters with satisfaction. At the foot
Of Annandales main street was a
dock where several small steam craft
and number of catboats were being
dismantled for the winter ASH passed
man approached the dock in a skiff,
landed and tied his boat He passed
at quick pace, then turned and eyed
me with rustic directness.
Good morning." | said Any ducks
about ?"
He paused nodded and fell into step
with me
"No,-not enough to pay for the
trouble"
I'm sorry for that Id hoped to
pick up few"
Il guess you're a stranger in these
parts, he remarked, cycling me again.
my knickerbockers no doubt mark
ing me as an alien
quite so. My name is Glenarm.
and I've just come"
Il thought you might be him. We've
rather been expecting you here in the
village. I'm John Morgan, caretaker
of the resorters' houses up the lake"
Il suppose you all knew my grand.
father hereabouts."
We'll, yes; YOU might say as we
did, or you might say as we didn't. He
wasn't just the sort that you got next
to in a hurry. He kept pretty muLl
to himself. He built a wall there to
keep us out, but he needn't have trou-
bled himself. We're not the kind
around here to NEEDLE, and you may
be sure the summer people never both
cred him"
There was tone of resentment in
his voice, and / FASTENED to say:
I'm sure you're mistaken about the
purposes of that wall. My grandfather
was student of architecture 1t was
hobby of his The house and wall
were in the line of his experiments,
and to please his whims. | hope the
people of the village won't hold any
hard feelings against his memory or
against me. Why, the labor there
must have been a good thing for the
people hereabouts."
1T ought to have been" said the
man gruffly: but that's where the
trouble comes in. He brought lot of
queer fellows here under contract to
work for him,-Italians, or Greeks. or
some sort of foreigners. They built
the wall, and he had 'em at work in.