The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-15

n tic orl o. IT. IN 2 Ian q, nc wind
socmcd to ho4t. CAR eI he oagcr
thud OF Aable-hamd feel So for tho
second time I climbed the slope to
the La0cls and OH IKE way thought
Of many things to say
struck the house at new angle.
for ! found yefanda destitute OF
chairs ana furnishings, but dry and
evidently rooted II was Letter than
the terrace, and 80, by cropping along
the wall, | tried to make my way to
Hotchkiss That was how found the
open window ] had passed perhaps
six. all closed. and 10 have my hand
grope for the next zone and to find in
stead the soft drapery of an inner
curtain was startling, to say the
least
| found Eotchkiss at last around an
angle Of the stone wall, and told him
that the horse was gone. He was
Disconnected, but not abased, main
tanning that it was new kind of knot
that couldn't slip and that the horse
must have chewed the halter through
He was less enthusiastic than ] had
expected about the window
1T looks uncommonly like a trap
he said q tell you there was some
one in the park below when We were
coming up Man has q sixth sense
that scientists ignole--a sense ot the
nearness OF things And all the time
you have been gone, some one has
been watching me.
Couldn't see YOU maintained;
Il cant see you now And your sense
Of contguity didn't tell you about that
Hover crock
In the end, Of course. he consented
to go with me. He was very lame, and
! helped him arouns to the open win.
dow He was full of mQral courage,
the little man; it was only the phys
ical in him that quailed And as we
groped along, he insisted on going
through the window first
III il is trap he whispered, Il
have TWO arms to your one, and, be.
sides as said before, life holds much
for you AS for me, the government
would erely lose an Indifferent en-
ploye
When he found | was going first
he was rather hurt, but | did not wait
for his protests swung my feet
over the sill and dropped ! made a
clutch at the window frame with my
good hand when found no floor un-
der my feet, but ! was too late.
dropped probably ten feet and landed
with a crash that seemed to split my
eardrums was thoroughly shaken,
but in some miraculous way the band
aged arm had escaped injury.
For heavens sake Hotchkiss was
calling from above, have you broken
your back?'
NO" ! returned, as steadily as I
could merely driven it up through
my skull. This is a staircase, I'm com
ing up to open another window"
1t was eerie work. but accom-.
plished it finally, discovering not with.
out mishap, a room filled with more
tables than ! had ever dreamed Of,
tables that seemed to waylay ana
strike at me When had got win
dow open. Ilotchkiss crawled through,
aud We we're at last under shelter
Our first thought was for light.
The same laborious Investigation that
had landed us whore we were, re.
yealed that the house was lighted by
electricity, and thai The plant was not
In operation by accident ! stumbled
across tabouret with smoking ma
terials. and found half dozen match
es The first one showed us the lsag-
nitude OF The room We stood in aItl
revealed also brass candle-stick by
the open fireplace, a tandle.stick al
most four feet high supporting can
die OF similar colossal proportions. 1t
was tIotchlilss who discovered that
It had been recently lighted He held
the match TO il and peered at it over
his glasses'
Within ten minutes he announced
impressiyely, this candle has been
burning Look at the wax. And the
wick Both SOFT
Perhaps it's the damp weather"
yentured. moving . little nearer to the
circle of light A gust Of wind came
in just then, and the flame turned over
on It's side and threatened demise
There was something almost ridicu
lous in the haste with which we put
down the window and nursed The
flicker to life.
The peculiarly ghost-like appearance
OF the room added 10 the mcanniness
OF the situation The furniture was
swathed in white covers for the win.
ter; even the pictures wore shrouds
And In a niche between two windows
bust on a pedestal similarly
wrapped, one arm extended under It's
winding sheet, made most life-like
ghost, ii any ghost can be iife-like.
In the light OF the candle we sur
yeyed each other and we were OBJ
jects for mirth Hotchkiss was taking
off his sodden shoes and preparing to
make himself comfortable. while
hung my maddy. raincoat over the
ghost in the corner. Thus ,habitsd 4he
presented aralssh blr distinctly more
comfortable appearance
When these people built" Hotch
Kiss said. surveying the huge dimen