The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-07
CHAPTER XXXIII.

<aw the detective burns IolISIlnS aSio'1
tbc street from the Walker place. So
1umieson was putting the screws on
hghtly now, but ready to give them a
npst t,e;st or two, [ felt certain, very soon.
=. & The house was quiet. Two steps of
~''9 tbc circular staircase had been pred
nff. without result, and beyond sec
mud message from Gertrude, that lial'
Lev insisted on coming home and they
Sronld arrive that night. there was noth,
Inc new Mr.. Jameson, having falled
Ia locate the secret room, had gone TO
AEbe village. | learned afterwards that
yGe called at Doctor Walker s. under
t&reiensc of an attack of acute ndlges'
uIfion. and before he left, had inquired
Ahbout the evening trains TO the city.
He said he had wasted lot OF time
nm the case. and Il good bit of the
avn, mystery was in my imagination The
:. Noctor was under the impression that
" 4tbe house was guarded day and night.
nj ,Meli. give place "A reputation like
Hhat. aud YOU don 4 need Il guard at all
rlt ,--thus Jameson. And sure enough. late
In the afternoon. the two private de
hectives. accompanied by Mr.. Jameson,
ms. i.sxalkcd down tho main street Of Casa
nova and took a city-bouud train.
MtN That they got off at the next sta
, =. ticn aud walked back again TO Sunny
= Lido at dusk was not known at the
l
.either move; ] had other things TO alb
NJ n|sorb me mt that time.
Iiddy brought me some tea while
rested after my trip. and on the tray
an |was a small book from the Casanova
au library II WAS called " The Unseen
lCE fNorld' and had a cheerful cover on
=. which a balf-dozeu sbected figures
"a Linked bands around a headstonc.
At this point IN my story, Halscy al.
ways says: ''Trust woman TO add
J, N Inwo and two together, and make six. y
TO which | rciort that if two and two
pa fplus \ make six, then TO discover the
W ;, Unknown quantity IS the simplest
y "Itbng in the world. That a bouseful
Iof detectives misscdait entirely was be
cause they were busy trying TO prove
Iihat two and two make four.
The depression due to my visit 10 the
hospital left me at the prospect of
seeing Halsey again that night. 1t was
about o'clock when Liddy left me
,n-sf0r nap before dinner, having put
Ine into n gray silk dressing gown and
lroifa pair of slippers. | listened TO her
!; hcfreating footsteps, and as soon as she
u was safely below stairs, / went up TO
YEfhe trunk room. The place had not
been disturbed, and proceeded at once
10 try 10 discover the entrance TO the
hidden room. The openings on either
Side, rs J. baYc said, showed nothing
n but perhaps three feet Of brick wall
n NJ utlc WIS no sign OF IN G0lrdnCG-0U
Lcvcrs, no hinges, 10 give hint. Either
V|ihc mantel or the roof, decided. and
Effer half fhour at the mantel, pro
t1uctlvc OF absolutely no result, l de-
Icided TO try the roof.
am NOT fond Of Il height. The few
hn |otcusions on which | have climbed
|lu ktep ladder have always left nc dizzy
= Fnd weak in the knees. The top Of
ihe Washington monument is as i'm
le0 eIp0ssble TO me as the elevation of the
presidential chair. And yeti climbed
put on to the Sunnysde roof without
second hesitation. Like n dog on
" scent, like my bearskin progenitor
with his spear aud his wild boar. to ma
now there was the lust Of the chase.
rltne frcnzv of pursuit the dust Of bat
Pc ! cot quite q little of the latter
'n me as ] climbed from the unfinished
pallroom out through window 10 the
n fpof OF the east wing of the buihlinr
NlIcb was only two stories I'm height
n I Once out there, access TO the ton
y Vi inc nam building was rendered casy
-ai least II looked casy-bv a small
vertical iron ladder. fastened TO the
EaD outside of the ball room, and per
taps twelve feet high. The twelve
feet looked short from below. but fhoy
.Hrrre dl1ilcult TO climb. / gathered my
kilk gown around me. aud succeeded
al klsiy IN making the top of the lad
I'LL pef, Oncc There. however, | was com
Weleiy out OF breath. | sat down, my
.ncc&eet on the Top ruue, aud put nv hair.
C0NP'1S III more securely, while the wind
penoWed my dressing gown ont like a
1oe fnni had torn great strip OF the
lVu fnh loose, aud now ! ruthlessly fin.
tsneo tDe destruction of my gown bv
'E"ErrEng 1t free and tying it around my
From far below the smallest sounds
20 Kahe up with peculiar distuctncss. II
C Eoud near the paper boy whstling
ppwn the drive, and heard something
~shse' ! heard the thud of \ stone. and
c.<h spl' followed by a long and startled
@p.r,TS'ou from Beulah. | forgot my fear
M ER, u hcight, and advanced boldly al.
''Is' 10 INC edge OF the roof
80 RI ~ was balf-past six bv that time
oh '>Pnd growing dusk. '''' '''"'
I'D rhlou boy. down thrrc'' / called.
~ ronna no paper boy turned and looked
.:.i p stl;s a,c I1en, seeing nobody, nc raised
W. 49, s9eS' 10 was a moment before nc
uns st"ra'ed me; when he did. he stood for
rsvo "oHent as If parayzcd, then he
IL. 'o horrible yell. and. dropping
90 tbe papeiS' noItcd across the lawn 10
peunG qe road without stopping TO look
:, 81 MAJ sn oncc ne fell, and his impetus
's' koluntarye e'eal lnat be turned an ~.
0i again without any rorcor, III ~
s,n anu ana he lcaped the hcdgc-which
harn Se cure under ordinary stress WouId
oon n leat Tor q man.
- Grav a9' glad IN this way 10 settle fbo
"A Imorseii ii'Iuy l story, which is still n choice
WI imoral IN casanova, / believe fbe
fAViai aeduccd by the village was thai
h,nsiya hJ,iwaya unlucky to throw a stone
/howwnr'as "a johnny Sweeny cloud of dust
~ /broacbd;pme. dpe road and The dinner hour an.
W. heationsH ! hurried ON with my iuvos-
Ind + ms Luckily, the roof was flat
H. :, WAS able to 90 over evcTy ;nrIi ;r"II
..dng. no onl The result was disappont.
u rls,s no trap door revealed itacjC o'%r no
II biuess window; nothing but a counlc Of Of
arban. "o inches across. and standing
Lcet apart nueen ,;e inches high and three
pnssaou ps, orunter'ng and raised to permit 'ib" Ibo
so.A from tbo VI ar l picked up pebble
n@ tning we NE roof and dropped il down, G Isl.
AN could %bsa hen. my car at ono of the pipes.
IN SHARP nat, ~ strike on something with