New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-14

@Don't be cross with me, Mira pleaded sT ~,
tell YOU if | could But 10 please you, Dearest IN !.
Give the man hint where the pearls and nv otbe, -
els are. Asa matter Of fact, the instant Conal tod
the detectives story Of the anonymous letter and .
plot / made up my mind not TO put anything in D,
Ronalds Hide Hole but TO all the thingS ~
and dav till I'm married and George can take cs,s,
them for me- Don't you think that's good plan,
aNol" cried Daura. But there was no time TO ey,l:
her reasons. Someone was at the door.
THE man who had called at the postoice was wai,,,
L for Conal MacFingon on the cliff path. He ~
sat down to rest, making cushion Of his folded ~.
coat on a chair Of rock. His eyes accustomed to n
darkness. saw Cona coming long way of, and get,,,
up quickly he went TO meet the young Scotsman.
@Wen.' he asked, us it all right,
eyes . Cona answered "Lady Annira conso,,
But she wouldn't make up her mind till she'd read H.
letter. did as you said and gave it TO her only wbe5
saw she was more likely than not to refuse
ITS a good thing you remembered it. We can p
up to the castle now, | suppose
"Oh, yes, you're expected. You're 70 pretend %
clerk to that fellow Conway lawyer and to have oc.
on business If they'd been married, you would ha
met him in Portrec; but you came on here when ys
heard Of the accident
Emmons laughed. "ETis lawyer clerk am p
That's richl But there's a kind Of justice in it too
As thew talked they walked toward the castle. IL
man who called himself detective carried black b,
small and not unlike solicitors deed bag, yet krr
enough to contain a suit Of clothes perhaps and is
toilet things
Conal turned with a sudden sha-, movement o,
hearing the laugh, and looked at The other keery
~See here. Mr. Emmons, or whatever your name is h
said his voice sharp with suspicion, 4 want you !,
know that it will not be safe to play any trick Z
you've lied if you mean to work harm r. the family q,
there, i
"Don't you be afraid Of that, answered Emmons
still chuckling "Why should | want 20 harm then,
THEY'RE nothing to me- way or the other. I've bli
Won nv business straight. When I've done it, M
frend-why it won't be my fault If you amt in Glove,
guess you'll just have to trust me now and you wli
be sorry later
81 hope not, Conal responded sullenIy.
ENIMONS did not answer. He was deep in thOusn;
II but as they came near the castle he reused hmsf
an interest in outside things. "By the way he sad
1T would save little time and trouble If YOU could In!
out for me where that fellow Troy is going to sleep
81 don't need to find out, replied ConaI, shaking q
his gloom Il know already
"Good! Can you tell me how to get TO his room, Is
we'll as the other fellow's;"
"There1 be no difficulty about that Conal laugae.
family. ITS easy enough to find your way to To:
Black Breton room. But some haven't found it cas-
to get out
@What do YOU mean, NIacFingon,'
~Well. many folk would as soon sleep in a lions Gag
with the lion as in the Black Breton at Dunun
Castle"
Haunted, is it,"
aThere's something there-or used to be. Mayb
this man Troy will know tonight whether its there still
Sounds rather creepy. What's the something like!
to do-if it is there"
Likely to spirit him away, never to be seen again
if it is up to its old tricks.
"Other folks have disappeared from that room,-
honest Iniun,-or is it an old wives tale
"Somc old wives tales are true. This one is
well but there can't really be anything to fear, O.
they wouldn't be calmly putting their visitors to sei
in the room