The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-05-20
CHAPTER ".
HE covered alleyway gave upon
Quadrant news. or so declared
a notice painted on the dead

"HE covered alleyway gave upon
Quadrant news. or so declared
notice painted on the dead
4 wall Of the passage.
Overhead. complaining as ii swayed
In the wind. hung the smirched and
weather worn signboard of the Hog
in-the-Pound public house. wherefrom
escaped sounds of such revelry By
night as is INDUCED In by the British
workingmar in hours of ease. AT the
curb in front OF the house Of entertain
ment. detected animals dropping be.
tween their shafts. TWO hansoms stood
In waiting Until such time as the lords
Of their destinies should see Of TO sal
~ forth anu infiict themselves upon a
cab hungry populace. As Kirkwood
turned third vehicle rumbled up Out
OF the news.
For between his curiosity about and
his concern for the girl be was being
led back to No. BY the nose. as Il
were. hardly willingly at best. Pro
foundly stupefed by the contemplation
Of his own temerity. he yet returned
unfaltering. He who had for so long
plumed himself upon his strict super
vision OF his personal affairs and equal
" steadfasi Inconsistencies Of hi:
neighbor's business now found himself
IN the very act Of pushing in where hs
was not wanted. as he had been ad
vised IN well nigh as many words.
He turned up Frognall street witt
the manner Of one out for leisurely
evening stroll. Simultaneously from
the farther corner another pedestrian
debouched into the thorougbfare-f
mere moving shadow at that distance
brother TO blacker shadows that skulk
ed In the fenced areas and unliyely
entries Of that poorly lighted block
The hush was something beyond be
lief when cne remembered the near
ness OF blatant Tottenham Court road
Kirkvood conceived wholly sense
hess curiosif- about the other wayfar
er. The man was walking rapidly
heels ringing with uncouth budhess
cane tapping the fiagging at brief In
tervas. Both sounds ceased abrupt,
as their cause turned In beneath on
OF the portiroes. In the emphatic ans
unnatural Quiet that followed Kirk
wood. stepping more lightly. faneiet
that another shadow followed the first
nolselessly end with furtiye stealth.
Could Il be No. 0 into which the,
had passed. The Americans bear
beat livelier tempo AZ the suggestion
II 70 had not been No. e-he was still
too far away 70 tell-it was certainl,
one Of the dwellings adjacent there
unto. The improbable possibility Cbu
why improbablen that the girl wat
being Joined by her father or b
friends annoyed him with Illogical 10
tensity.
Approaching No. with Iaggard feet
he manufactured a desire 10 light |
cigarette as cover for his design wer'
he spied upon by unexpected eyes
Cane under arm. hands cupped q
shield a vesta's fame. be stopped di
rectly before the portico. turning BIZ
eyes askance 70 the Swallowed door
way. and made discovery sufficiently
startling to hold him spellbound ant
Incidentally 10 scorch bis gloves befor'
he thought 20 drop the match.
The door Of No. o stood ajar. blaci
interval an Inch or SO In width show
Ing between It's edge and the jamb.
Suspicion and alarm set bis Wit
s-tingIe. More distinctly be recalled
the jarring bang. accompanied b. tn
metallic click Of the latch. when th'
girl had shut herself Inland him out
Now. some person or persons had fol
lowed Der. Deglecting the most obvioui
precaution Of a householder. bns
whyf Why but because the Intruder
did NOT Wish the sound Of closing to b
audible 70 her-or fhose-witbinf