The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-25

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GGlly.
''lVhGt maI who &as made great
9situss hasnt7" demanded Warnebol6
with O eaturnine wrinkle Of the lips
''Eut our enemien doEt ss4b or nhooe
W. nowadays"
"They do out peao. said eae colonel,
Oonially; "we're crude"
"Are yor In sarnest2"
ENTIRELY. | know d iran. q alina
sSperintendent gho rot into row
with his miners because he discharged
q foremEn. one ol the union lights, foT
stealing ore. In consequence he got 50
We strike on hls hands, found 9 dync.
atlte bomA under ais front piazza. md
wEs shot at ts'lce, The second time
hc wac ,oo guic1 for them; he shot
osck and killed one Oh them. ne
laought II vss tinna to put a stop TO
30 much eaoitemeat, aG &e sent iQs 2he
Gacond assassin--"
And had him 1rrsgted?H
"Oh. dear, no; he wasn't iM @aasa.
8@useIts; told you Ne wanted the
thing stopped No, he sent for him
and told him that he had no special
NJ feeling towgrd aim. 0ut That She
gsxt time anything Of the ldn0 hap.
Dened he nad made arrangements to
nave not him or eny other thug Who
was dolna the worN, but the two men
Who we're at the bottom of the whole
business, killed within ~ hours. They
ook the hint fnd Sind feel'1s nos
prevails"
Warnebold sruatea; nv declorea .s
10 De beastly creepy situation; he
'aid he seyer 1ante6 10 sis down with
out a pall against ais back sind he
atimated that the gresldeno Of the
S'niied states uns "a blame fcg more
han he reEllzed q hope you have
some o6e vateAlnG aAe house," he
ilsmed, and that he--well, Ne dosss't
lslong 90 the police lorceP
No, he's an honest mercenR,y,"
sai0 the colcaei; "gl introduce Ailm
b you"
"And you haveat found any rethod
OF entering the houee" iarse6 IL
GaancIer
mo" s&id Auht hesecoa
eYea." said the colonel
lie laughed as they bogh whlred
cound ON him. You speak FIRST, my
asar aunt" ae proposed politely "gll
eaplain later"
Mrs. Winter said sAat g. most eArf
ssl examination aad been made not
nnly by Mercer and the colonel lb
yether. but also by young Arnold
They found everything absolutely Sc
lure; sli the vindovs we're bolted and
all the cellar sratiNss lr@ sad sslpoa
3.ble to opes
"Hou. your saiG EargaholG.
4 only 1ouns out today apooglge6
the colonel "or should save spokep
Of II got TO thinking and lt oo-
CURED TO me that Ia q house brflt 2s
understood from Arnold, by very
original architect, there might be
come queer features. suca as secret
passages, With that IA my m'ad,
induced the young gentleman to hunt
up the architect, as he lives In sen
Francisco Re poe only showed US
aome very pretty secret passages
about the house, but one that led into
~ Shall show Il to you"
On their instantly expressed desire
60 see the hidden way the colonel led
them 10 the patio. He walked to the
engaged column which once before
haa interested him; be pressed con.
eealcd sprlng under the boldly carved
eight.pointed hower instantly, the en-
tire side Of the columns swung as q
door might swing Az they peered
Into the dualsy space below, the colo.
mel who had put down his arm.
pressed an electric button and The
white light flooded the shaft, revealing
an ingenious ladder Of cleats fitted into
Gteel uprlghts-
Here. said the colonel. rs 8 secret
way from the patio TO the cellar TAe
collar extends little beyond the patio
and there Is & way down from The yard
70 the cellar can quickly SHOW you.
is you iliser
mo, thank you" replied Warnebold.
who was a man OF full habit and older
than the oolonel. Il viii take your per
sonal experience instead
"rhon II you win 70 out into the
yard with me / WIN show you where
e eharning pargoIa ends in q vine.
wraained sun.dla Of stone that yoa
may tug at ana not move: but preas
your foot on certain stone. tie whole
dial swings round on z concealed turn
table such aa they have In garages.
You know. You win have no difficulty
IN finding the fight stone, because an
Inscription runs round the dial Mas
vale tarde que nunca, aud the stone
II directly opposite nunca When yoH
hnye pesed away your dial sou WIN
So q gfnilY lncllnIng tannel. hieh
eheush for i man 10 walk IN without
stooplnE vide enough for two. and
nuth hesley veatllated than the New
york subway. That tunnel ieada tola
secret door opeping directly into the
cellar 90 skillfally conlrIved Fat 4
Looks like ba ai,sEnf This doori ii
only few iees from the hhbit TO ihe
patio. We have found q bolt and Out !
It on this entrance lnl Ehere wsssl
aaY before. nor did any ono II lha
houss know Of the secret passage
rho colonel went On d aay that On