The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-21

Ur David witu his ridiculous little
sllng going against Goliath" added
she Very wen put. BERTHE; only the
good advice comes too late; the ques-
lion now Is. how TO get out with
whole skin Surprising as II may be,
] expect to--with your help"
sHonored. I'm sure growled Bertie.
There Is one thing ! meant TO ask
you'll haven't. but shall now In
stead Of making Il impossible for me
"a sleep tonight, AZ you virtuously in
tended In order 20 clear your con.
science before you tried to pull me out
Of the trap I've set for myself, suppose
you do me favor right now"
You put II so we'll, you make me
ashamed Of my moral sense. Aunt
Becky; what In II you wantg"
"Oh, nothing unbefitting soldier
and a gentleman, dear boy; Just this:
Cary has TO have some money /
meant 70 give II to Stoves, but you
hustled him on In such u rush that |
didn't get at MIN. You know where he
Is. don't your You haven't sent him
straight bsck?"
Il can find him. ! reckon"
TThen III give you the money, at
once"
How weak thing Is mani Here
was an eminently coolheaded, rea-
sonabc man Of affairs who knew that
paws which had escaped from the flre
unslnged had no excuse to venture
back for other peoples chestnuts: he
had expressed himself clearly TO this
effect to yonng Tracy. now, behold
him as unable TO resist the temptation
Of a conflict and the chance 10 haiIle
Atkins as II he were a hotheaded boy
10 plain shoulderslrapsl
'l'll do better for you, Aunt Rebec-
a. said he, I'm not only take Fire.
less the money I'll 80 with him TO the
house can make o sneak from here.
and Atkins Is safely downstairs at
this moment. He may be ahadowing
Flreleas; II he Is, perhaps can throw
him on the track"
Thus Il befel that not an hour later
Rupert Winter was guiding the shabby
and noisy runabout a second time to-
ward the haunted house.
lNNothlng doIn'," said the Joyous ap-
prentice 10 crIme Il called old Cary
up and got furious stating for doing
II; but he said there wasn't a watch.
dog IN sight and the old man had sur
rendered He was going to let him
into the library on parole"
'You need guardian" growled the
colonel where did you telephone
Not in the drug store2"
"Oh dear. no, not IN such a public
place: I've shrinling nature that
never did lntrude its private. personal
analFs on the curious world I used
the phone Of that nice quiet lltsle res.
taurant where they gave me lovely
meal but were so long preparing L
used up an The literature IN sight
which was the Ladies' Home Journal
and a tract on the virtues Of Knox'a
Belatlne When couldn't think Of
anything else to DO / routed out Cary
lid smoked all my cigarettes and all
my cigars but one which | was Keep
Ing for after dinner. And Cary rowed
me good and plenty There wasn't a
soul ia fhe room"
Has any one followed your
mot man, woman or child, not even
a yellow dog kept looking round,
100.
IT was dreadfully risky thing to
90: you don't deserve TO escape. but
perhaps you did. Atkins may have
come to the Palace for some other
purpose and never have noticed you
my own father wouldn't have got
on to me in that dlnky rig
Winter was not SO easy IN his mind.
But he hoped for the best since there
was nothing else for him 10 DO. They
we're In sight OF the house now, which
ioomed against the dim horizon. dark.
er, grImmer than ever. Where. the
upper stories we're pierced with semi.
eircuIar arches, the atarsown sky
shone through with m extraordinary
eject OF depth and mystery. All the
lighter features Of the architecture,
carving ON pedlment or Intel or archl.
volt delicate iron tracery Of reias re.
lief of arcature and colonnade-all
these the dusk blurred II II did not
ublIterate. the great dark bulk Of the
house with its massive buttressas, Ita
pyramldal copInga and recedIng Upper
stories, was the more boldly sll.
houetted on the violet Sky yet Be.
cause Of the very ialuess OF the pie.
fure. the very lack Of shadow and pro.
lection, It seemed unsubslantlal hard.
lymoreOf reality than the giant shadow
It cast upon the hillside Electric
lights wayered ana hrlalied dazzling
beams on either side Of the street;
not a CLEAN, red. white or yellow.
leaked through the shuitered windows
of the house. II lts bIacknesa. itp 81
lence. lts determined isolation Il Fe.
nowad. but With : greater force the
first sinister thrill which the sight u
Il had given the man who came .
glle 1t Of rs secrets
I.onesomeIouklng cid shanty, Isn't
~" said the Harvard boy: seems Il.
most indecorous TO speak out loud.
Heras whore We cache the car md
make a gentle detouf BY aid Of the
ahrubhefy up 10 the arroyo 20 lhe
north side Of the patio sso9r
He directed The enlonel'e eourse
through an almost llnpercepilble open.