The Washington times., 1910-09-07

To avoid attracting attention or dis
tUrbinE his servants SlumbcTS, ne was
at pains 10 let himself over the CgAsfrail
and into the dOTy without undue nOsec.
ana pushing of from the Colleen, per-
rlitted the snail boat 10 drift for sew
eral minutes before he took up the oars.
The nlzshL continued flue. though now
With more wind-a rOwdy eaSterly breeze
clustering IN from the Gulf and grad
ualulys BY DU1S and starts, growing
stronger But the stars " ere uTiCiTurued,
and there was no hint Of a SQUalI- Three
bellS-Eaf past one-tinkIed family
across the waters from the Colleen
cabin as be began 10 TO1.
Inc eye OF the lighthouse watched him
calmly. he fauCied as he made a detOur
around the schoonerS stern and headed
for the western end Of the island once
or twice he was aware OF Z shadow
moving slowly 70 and fro between the
great lens and its plate-glass shield
Todd undoubtedly weary1nS through
his morning watch The cottage below
was quiet and ughtIess- And the blue
flicker did not again show in the win
CadOgan glanced expectantly over his
shoulder often enough TO encourage any
well-disposed specter-
If that ghost knew what a hit he was
making" CadOgan chuckled, -there'd b
a display OF pyrOtechnicS on that hill
that would make COney Island on the
Fourth Of July look Ike a Christmas
tree
L
UP on z pebbly beach and struck inland.
Up the first terraces OF the hill The
ground was rough and broken the tan
gle OF underground beneath the trees
sometimes becoming so dense that he
could not force a way through, but lad
to back out and seek another path 10
right OF left As a general rule. he vas
climbing.
After a time he struck a. little stream.
and since his feet were vet, anyway,
toiled up its rocky bed until the water
chilled him too painfully and he was
forced to leave its more open way and
scramble along the banks. Shortly after
this he noticed that the underbrush was
less lUxUriant, and that the trees were
wider spaced, and presently he broke
from a little coppice 70 ind himself
within two yards OF the rear. or north
ern, wall about the grounds.
Il was eight feet nigh, and spiked
along the top
''UnsociabIe ghost grumbled the
Investigator, and began a search for a
gateway
Little doubling that there must be
one IN al the stretch Of this side Of
the fall. he at length conceived that
the tangle Of vines, bushes, and creep
ers must have hid the opening from
him Whatever the reason, he gained
the northwestern corner without find
ing any way into the grounds other
than BY scaling the wall.
If he were TO win an entrance, he
preferred that II should serve as well
as a facile exit, IN case-well, in case
he should want to get away IN a
hurry. An eight-fOOt barrier OF ma
sorry, bristIIng with rusty iron sRikes
and for all he knew to the contrary.
streWn with broken glass, would al
ford q serious obstacle 20 even a
healthy. young man
Turning, then, he plodded manfUliy
down the side wall TO the front mo
metarily growing more sensible Of his
WEAKNESS and the fact that he had
sent himself upon a fools Grand
What possible profit did he cCueCt
from this idiOtiC ventUre2 Still, since
he was there on the EOrund, he would
be fraH Of purpose TO turn back He
went on.
Jane had mentioned, he remembered
now, that the location of the sisn-board
was by the gate Presumably she re-
ferred TO the front gate, since she had
not qualified IL more definitely He
would just take a look at that, note the
name and address of the estate agent,
and drop the whole business for the
time being
Rounding the southwest corner, he
struggled half way 10 the next. and
came to a halt before his goal Out Of
the gloom beneath the trees a era veIe1
ratr re1-es 4o5 ff-a1F hale 1,roE+e,5 80 -
shrubs and Weedy growth q path broad
as an avenue, striking directly 10 the
waters edge between walls Of trees and
running under the gate, 10 lose itself
within the walls As for the gate itself.
two massive pillars Of stone supported
two heavy wings OF solid mahogany.
bound and bossed with iron and secured
with paddock as big as a mans two
hands
Not at home unused Cadogan, in
teTpreting the impressive. fmDeTturabl bic
aspect of that high strong gate. II
don't think III intrude tonight, from
the look OF things
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