The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1908-05-29
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"That was originally trench fur
natural ra. mpo There was once %
larr. pumping station 600 lhe Site ut
this house. with ulE trunk main run
ming ur acrD. country tY supply tho
towns west OF hero The rl. wI" uE.
hau.iod. and tho pipes woT" taken up
before BEGAN tu build I should
newer have Thought Of chat tunnel ln
the world if the trench halul suggest.
cd it / merely dnDuouDl and wllonnl
% ufrIp and uHHfyrnI DO with cheap
cement aH Ur as fhu chapel and that
little room there where ] uut Picker
inE'a notes had once been The cellar
OF house built fpr The upyr.ntcnd
oni OF fhr gas plant ! never had any
idea that { should use that passage us
means OF goitIuE into my own house.
but Marian mot nae at the station, told
me- that there was trouble here. and
came with tue through the chapel into
the cellar and through the hidden
stairway that winds around the chin
ncy from that room where We tavp the
candlcsiiuls."
"But who was the rhoHt7' I demand
ed. ~ you we're really alive and IN
EEypt7"
bates laughed now
"Oh. was tho Ehost' 7 vent
th h there occasionally 20 stlmu.
ier' uur curiosity about the house.
AM IA nearly caught mo once"
"Ono thing more. II we're not wear.
INK you out ia like to know whether
Sister Theresa owes sou any money
My grandfather turned upon Picker.
Ing with blazing eyes.
You scuundrcl, you Internal scoun.
drcl. Sister Theresa never borrowed a
cent Of me In her llfc' Aud you have
made war ON that woman"
Hrs rage chokod him
Ho told Bates 10 close tho door Of
tho steel chest. and then turned to
me
where are those notes Of Picker.
ing'B?" he demanded. aud ! brought
the packet
Gentlemen. Mr. Pickering has gono
10 ugly lengths In this afrair How
many murders have you gentlemen
commlttcd2"
We were about 10 begin actual Kill.
inv when YOU arrived" replied Larry.
Erinn'ns
"Tho sheriff got all his men on the
premises more or less alive. SIR" said
Dates
THAT Is good. II was all great
mistnko,--a very great mistake; l had
no idea such things could happen. 49,
and my grandfather turned to Picker
INK.
Pickering. what contomptlbl,
scoundrcl you arcl lent YOU thai
5000 to buy securities TO give yot
bettor standing In your railroad enter
prlscs, and tho last time saw you
you got mo to release the collateral ~
YOU could raise money 10 buy NOR,
sharcB Then, after died"-h,
chuchcd--" thought you'd ind ant
destroy tho notes aud that would ont
the transaction; and n you had beer
smart enough 10 lnd them you NIGH
have had them and welcome. Hut al
II is. they 40 to Jack II he shows an,
mercy on you In collecting Thorn ho'i
not tho boy think he H."
Pickering rose. seized his hat anS
backed away toward tho shattere,
library door. Ho paused for moment
his face livld with rage,
won old fool" he screamed at M
grandfather You old lunatlc wisl
TO God had never seen YOU No won
/ der You came back to llfe' You're
| tricky old devil and too mean 10 dlol"
lie turned toward me with some sim
liar complaint ready at his tongue
end, but Stoddard caught hm by thO
SHOULDERS aud thrust him out upon TN
| terrace
moment later We saw him eros
/ the meadow aud hurry toward 81
/ Agutha's