Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-09-06
THE CLOSED
DOOR
Its Secret Is Finally
Revealed
BY CLARISSA MACKI6
BY cLARIsSA MAcKI6

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u'oppeu 'no o'"p.i' anu
INTO the pieas'ht' nre Il. sioA"s
room, where rank Lahois was ENJOY
Ing an after dinner pipe OF TOBACCO
II advise you not to set out tonignt'
Mr.. Landis," warned the lahdioru as
he went back to his chair.
ITS only ten miles TO hiVerDahk' 1
can make It In half an hour protest
ed Lands, knocking tho ashes from
his pipe ana placing IL III MS pocket
You don't understand TINS cay SOIL
Mr.. Lands. I'm apparently Trying u
retain very popular guest mere over
night; but' on the contrary I'm "c-
tuaily worried ABOUT you
Thanks. smith; Deneve YOU saiu
the DINER heartily, put I've promiseu
TO DE IN hiVerDank tohght' anu ~
gong TO Try ior II nave 10 ""iA
part OF the way
very Wen, then' III Uy 10 naHe
you as comiortaDie az possible ~
you want Joe 10 pr'he your cur
around
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gihg hiihSeir INTO heuVy n,o.oieoa'
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s"lu' anu str"iRn' "ne"u '"e r""u 'ou
between hish "ooueu p""nS ne 'ioes
rum i"sheu at 'hein' 'ne hu"'S run,
s"lsneu against 'ne pro'ee'is "oou
ana drowned the NOISE Oh the iho'or'
For snort uisthilce the roa" was
comparatively shoo'h anu haiu' iheh
IL grew soi'er' anu 'he ih"eHine i"poi-
ed heaVily' heSohu the lrnnsu'"l
points OF lght OH the s'leky sun uhe"u
OF the car all was midnlght piacAheSs
III I've got 10 SICK iast ! nope II.
VIII De III front OF the halIway mousse
muttered Lahuis us the NUS ii"cnine
pumped ana totterou over the rut'y
ROAD
For awhile the way lay smoother ana
then again 1t became impossible. All
at once the runabout seemed TO SINK
up to the hubs In mud, grunted heip-
lessly and at last was silent ana mo-
tionless AZ Lands shut on the power
The devil" quoth LAMBS, thruStlhg
his head from beneath the apron ana
surveying the blackness all about hin'
What am to DOR
lie cllmbed Out OF inc machine ana
stepped down INTO the oozy mud' u
was over MS shoe tops no uetached
one Oh the mhlps ana lnre" hS "ni'e
glare INTO the DlacHneSS'
What ne saw was ihr from rehsSur'
ing oh either sac Oh MN taii trees
DENT tneir heauS 10 WIN grny shy
ana dowhpour OF ram a nttie De
yond MIN there seemed Dreak III the
trees, ana AFTER turning the ilght steau-
ny upon u Tor 10" minutes ne cou'u
discern the ruins OF an OLD mousse
There were broken packed roor ana
saggng porch across the 'front.' Cup
ing wlndows ana from some"here tne
rushing roar OF river
The haifway houser eJacuiateu
Lands In dismay. wei, l guess
better tramp Dack 10 the roxDofo mn
or else spend the night IN inc car
He turned swiftly suddenly aware
that something was happening 10 the
car Ihere was strohg smeiI OF gas
oline and then roar ana upward rush
or names from the stalled machine
The heavy rain partly extinguished inc
flames MS fast al they found new FOOT
ed parts that furnished fuel for the