The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-03-12
CHAPTER VII.
The Burning Eyes.

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- ODFREY said nothing more un-
On. I'll we stopped before the Van
NE tine house. but | could see,
from hts puckered brows. how
desperately be was trying to untan-
gle this quirk in the mystery,
1.-THE siege seems to have been lift.
ed" remarked. as we aiighted.
'The sfeSeT
PARKS teiephoned the that your es
teemed Contemporaries had the place
surrounded. told him to hold the
fortr
Poor boysT' be commented. smiling
ITO think that all they know Is what
Grady is able to tell them Which
room is the cabinet in?" he asked
THE anteroom is there at the left,
where those two shattered windows
are The cabinet is in the corner room.
There is one window on this side and
two on the other"
Parks answered the bell almost in
stantIy. and ! could tell from the way
his face changed how glad he was to
see me.
We'll, Parks" said. as we stepped
inside. Everything is all right. hope"
Ives. sir" he answered. "But-but
it gets on the nerves q little, sir"
! heard n movement behind me. as
! gave Parks my coat. and turned to
see Rogers sitting ON the cot.
Hello" | said $50 you're able TO be
up. are your
"Yes. sir" he answered without
1~1f
down and keep Parks company"
Parks smiled little sheepishly.
81 asked him to. Mr.. Lester" he said
81 got so lonesome and jumpy here by
myself that just had to have some
body to talk to. especially after the
burglar alarm rang"
THE burglar alarm?" repeated God
frey quickly. what do you mean:"
"We'Te got burglar alarm ON the
windows, sir. It's usually turned off
in the daytime. but l thought Id bet
ter leave it on today. and 1t rang about
the middle Of the afternoon. | thought
at first that one of the other servants
had raised a window. but none OF
them had Something went wrong
with it. l gness-"
did you take a look at the win
dows?" / asked.
Yes. sir. A policeman came to see
what was the matter, and we went
around and examined the windows.
but they were all locked. 1t made me
feel kind OF scary for awhile"
Does the alarm work 0ow?"
"No, sir. The policeman said there
must be a short circuit somew here
and that he'd notify the people who
put 1t in But nobody has come around
yet to Ok IT.
"We'd better take look at the win
dows ourselves" said Godfrey. "You
stay here. Parks. We can find them,
all right. and don't want you to leave
that door unguarded for a single In
slant"
We went from window to window.
and Godfrey examined each OF them
with minuteness that astonished me.
for had no idea what he expected to
find. But we completed the circuit Of
the ground floor without his apparent
" discovering anything out of the way.
Lets take look at the basement"
he said, and led the way downstairs
with a readiness which told me that
he had been over the house before. In
q kind of lumber room, standing be-
fore its single small window. his cleo
trio torch In his hand, he made a dis
covery.
Look hereF' he said. his voice quiv.
ering with excitement, and threw a
circle OF light on the jamb OF the win
dow at the spot where the upper and
lower sashes met.
what is it?~ I asked after a mo-
ment II don't see anything wrong"
You don't? You don't sea that this
house was to be entered tonight? Then
what does this meaf7s
With his finger nail he turned up the
end Of a small insulated wire. And
then I saw that the wire had been cut
YES" said Godfrey dryly. "that ro-
nance OF mine 10 looking up again
Somebody was preparing for q quiet
invasion OF the house tonight-some-
body. OF course. interested in that cab
met"
he wasn't losing any time" I ven
tured
'tHe knew he hadn't any TO lose.
When you put those wooden shutters