The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-03-28
Copyright 1905 by Bobos-Nlerrill Co.
CHAPTER xvlII.-continued


pened?" | demanded.
He put his hand to his head uncer.
tainly and gasped as though trying to
gather his wits.
He was evidently dazed by whatever
had occurred, and ] sprang round and
helped him to couch. He would not
lie down but sat up, staring and pass
ing his hand over his head. II was
rapidly growing lighter, and | saw
purple and black streak across his
temple where a bludgeon of some sort
had struck him.
what does this mean, Bates? Who
has been in the house?"
ut was early this morning" he fal.
tered, about two o'clock, | heard
noises In the lower part of the house.
] came down, thinking likely 1t was
you, and remembering that you had
been sick yesterday"
Yes, go on"
The thought OF my truancy was no
balm to my conscience just then.
"As came into the hall, saw lights
in the library. AS you weren't down
last night the room hadn't been lighted
at all. heard steps, and some one
tapping with hammer"
Eyes; hammer. Go on"
It was, then, the same old story!
The war had been carried openly into
the house, but Bates,-just why should
any one connected with the conspiracy
injure Bates, who stood so near to
Pickering, its leader? The fellow was
undoubtedly hurt,-there was no mis-
taking the wound on his head. He
spoke with a painful difiiculty that
was not assumed. felt increasingly
sure, as he went on.
81 saw a man pulling out the books
and tapping the inside OF the shelves.
He was working very fast. And the
next thing I knew he let in another
man through one of the easements
the one there that still stands little
open"
He fiinched as he turned slightly to
Indicate 1t, and his face twitched with
pain.
Never mind that; tell the rest Of
your story"
"Then ran in. grabbed one Of the
big candelabra from the table, and
went for the nearest man. They were
about to begin on the chimney-breast
1T was Mr.. Glenarm's pride In all
the house,-and that accounts for my
being there In front of the fireplace.
They rather got the best Of me, sir"
Clearly: see they did. You had a
hand-to-hand fight with them, and be-
ing two to one"
mo; there were two OF us,-don't
you understand, two Of us! There
was another man who came running In
from somewhere, and he took sides
with me. | thought at first 1t was you
sir. The robbers thought so, too, for
one of them yelled, Great God; Glen
arms come back!' just like that. But
1t wasn't you, sir. but quite another
person"
That's good story so far; and
then what happened?
Il don't remember much more, ex
cept that some one soused me with
water that helped my head consider
ably, and the next thing knew / was
staring across the table, there at you
"Who were these men, Bates? SPEAK
up quickly!"
My tone was peremptory. Here was
I felt, crucial moment In our rela
tions.
We'll" he began, deliberately, Z"
dislike to make charges against n fel
low man, but strongly suspect one o
the men of being"
Eyes! Tell the whole truth or 1t vii
be the worse for you"
IL very much fear one of them wa
Ferguson, the gardener over the way
I'm disappointed in him, sir"
very good; and now for the othe
one"
IL didn't get my eyes on him. ha
closed with Ferguson and we wer
having quite a lively time OF 1t whe
the other one came in; then the ma
who came to my help mixed us all NJ
he was very lively person,-an
what became of Ferguson and the res
of IL l don't know"
There was food for thought in wha
he said. He had taken punishment
defense of my property,--the crack o
his head was undoniable, and | coul
not abuse him or question his yeracit
with any grace; not, at least, withor
time for investigation and study. How
ever, ventured tn ask him one que
tom
IF you we're guessing, shouldn
you think 1t quite likely that Morga
was the other manT
He met my gaze squarely
81 think 1t wholly possible, NJ
Glenarm," he replied at once.
"And the msl who helped you-wl
In the. devil was heY"
"Bless me. don't know, sir! !
disappeared. I'd like nightly to S
him again"
"Humph! Now you'd better do SON
thing for your head. I'll summon q
village doctor II you say So
mo; thank you. SIR I'll take ca