The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-01-19

began % pace northward, keeping
close 10 the fence and counting his
steps. Meantime the car followed
his course, moving along the side Of
the road just west of the fence. orms
counted his hundred PAGES north, then
turned east.
He saw that the 210 PAGES which he
now had to take would carry him
we'll over toward the lake. The girl
evidently had not realized how great
the distance would be. She would be
nearer him, II she turned back to the
corner and followed the Sheridan
road eastward toward the hfesaving
station, but Orme did not suggest this
to her, though the car was within
twenty feet Of him, the other side OF
the fence. II there should be q strug-
gle, It would please him Just az well
that she should be out Of hearing,
for her anxiety, he knew, was al
ready great, though she kept It close
ly under control.
Eastward he went through the
trees. When he had covered about
half the distance he found himself
approaching the side of large build
ing. There must be some mistake.
Had he deviated so widely from the
course? In leaving the fence he had
taken sights az carefully as he could.
Then the explanation struck him.
Walsh, the burglar, had probably
paced in eastward from the fence and
come to the building Just as he had.
There was no good hidingplacO ap-
parent near at hand, and Walsh would
hardly have retraced his steps.
What, then, would he have done?
Orme asked himself. Why, he would
have turned north or south.
Orme looked in both directions.
North and south of the building were
open driveways. Walsh must have
gone around the building, then con-
tinued eastward. This IL what Orme
now proceeded to do.
Remembering the number Of PAGES
to the side Of the building, he chose
the northward course, because there
was less light north Of the building.
He hugged the side Of the building.
counting his steps, and, after reaching
the corner, turned eastward. He now
counted his PAGES along the northern
side Of the building.
When he reached the corner Of the
eastern side of the building, he
paced as far southwark on the east
ern side as he had gone northward on
the western side, and on reaching a
point due east Of the place at which
he had originally come to the build
ing, he added the number Of PAGES
from the fence to the building to the
number of PAGES he had taken along
the northern side Of the building, and
continued eastward toward the lake.
At the two hundredth pace he
stopped to reconnoiter. Not more
than two hundred feet ahead Of him
he could see dimly, through the tree
trunks, the expanse Of the lake.
There was no sound, no evidence that
any other person was near.
He proceeded cautiously for ten
PAGES. Many trees were near him.
He would have to examine all Of
them, for it was hardly possible that
he had followed Walsh's course with
unerring exactness. II the tree was
within twenty feet of him north or
south, that was as much as he could
expect.
One thing was clear to him.
Walsh had probably chosen a tree
that could easily be distinguished from
the others, either by its size or by
some popularity of form. Also, the
tree must have = hollow place in
which the envelope could be con-
cealed. Orme now decided that
Walsh must have found his tree first
and then paced westward to the fence.
The even number, 100 PAGES north
from the gate, could be only coinci.
dence.
A little to his left Orme discovered
a trunk much larger than its neigh,
bors. 1t ran up smoothly about eight
feet to the first limb. An agile man
could easily get up TO this limb and
pull himself into the branches. A
cavity such as are so common in oaks
would furnish good place for hiding
the envelope away.
He looked up. Suddenly light ap
peared among the branches. 1t was a
short ray, striking against the trunk
Before Orme could realize what was
happening a hand appeared in the
little bar of radiance and was in
serted apparently into the trunk OF
the tree. A moment later it was