Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1913-05-15


You are sure N'" >ptaN the 'ru'u
Wheh YOU say that the N"2' noe WAS
open ana 'hat No' ionaG tue 'ao''sl
tnere When you came
NJ manner " DOUBT " II. As
nave asre3oN >('u. ! "'l''Ne you 10 W
a GehtiSSau ANA htIN""N ~eh'ehleu
certain Soh""'"'e> may pass 'n"'
wouIdnt De possible between Eenti'-
man and 5h">e tAtue Gown there
lie l'rNtu ms mead NNarHtu'ly to VI
dlcate the Su'lorS below
| bowed with such dignity as is pos
sihle when addressing a nohleman
whom YOU have just Caught IL the act
Of liftinS u Goo>ehcrry pie from ladyS
pantry ME which Nou hc'd pcrtorrc
i'll your hands
The fact Is that | was without the
price of food, ami. 10 repeat, was
beaStly hungry.
Poverty and hunger. my lord, are
pardonablc sins. but gooScberry pas
tries are sacred to HcZckiah My im-
preSSionS of HeZektah are the pleas
ATTEST, aud cannot allow you to in
terveuc between her ana the pie hold
in my hands If You will accompany
me below | Will undertake. to gam ac-
cess t. the PIE vault, return TINS PIE
to its proper place and hand YOU NJ
the foot OF the ladder an apple plS III
place OF It. dare SAY II never VIII ne
missed. but from what know OF
Hc2ekiah amy tritling with her appe-
tito NnIll1 hn a rrinlp indie n Mo nj
common law
His lordSnp seemed reaSSured. an"
we were about To descend oN the con
ceaied STAIR when ne arrested me,
MT AmeS, you are gentleman ana
possess 4 generous heart We uhder
stand each other perfectly, ana us
have every reason I" believe that my
suit is hopeless ASK the loah OF -
until | can confer with my lrl'ilu, 'n'
British consul ut New YORK Shai'
sail ut once tor England,
He stepped down before me INTO 1hc
dark stairway, and closed the u""l
after me and followed hlm louhC
my way to the PIE pantry WITHOUT an
fculty, returned the GooSeoerrN PIE !"
It's proper Sheil. 'h"S' an "PP'e Fi'
ana gave II. WIN hNe u"''tr ho'e' !"
Lord ArroWood.
AT the bottom OF the ladder NE press
ed my hand teeIlnGly ana Expressed MS
gratitude in terms that would nave
touched harder hcart imam mime,
Then, having closed the coaI hole ana
hidden the ladder under pie OF wood
l resumed my pursuit OF the ghos''
l lighted my way with cahule
through the lost chambers OF the olo
house, up the hidden stairway ana our
into the fourth floor nail again. Inc
old stair, found on closer ohSerVatioh'
reached only from the second TO the
fourth floor, and below TINS had peeil
pieced with lumber carefully preserved
! from the earlier house. Ihere WIS
nothing so strange. after all ahout Tue
hidden stairway. though was con
WINGED that this had been no ldea Oh
Pepperton's, but that he had mereiH
obeyed the orders or ms eccentric GU
ent, the umbrella and dyspepsia cure
millionaire.
had no sooner let myself through
the secret door into the upper hall than
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