The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-27

sieshx of relief .sa.sssI ,beens through sss much today that I felt couldn't en dure that. And now',-
 Beg pardon. sir.'' said voice at my elbow. we have everything ready. sir:'
 turned with a start to see little clean shaven man
 1.-The undertaker's assistant. sir,' ex plafnea Parks. seeing my look Of as. tonishnent .He came while you and MT. Godfrey were in the music room"
 s'Where shall we put. the body. sir?'' asked the man.
 2 Why not leave it. where it fs?. ' asked iuapatiently.k
 ..very good. sir said he. and pres ently the undertaken and his assistant took themselves off. to my intense re lief
 And now, Parks began. '.there is something want. to say to you. Let go somewhere and sit down
 Suppose we go up to the study. sir. You're looking regularly done up. If you'll permit me to say so. sir.''
 A few minutes later we were sitting opposite each other in the room where Yantine and Is had sat not many hours before. l liked Parks, and felt
  had to take the risk.
 s'Now. Parks began again, ..what have to say to you is very serious. and want you to keep it to yourself. I know that you were devoted to Mir. he has remembered you in his will. am sure you are willing to do any thing in your power to help solve the mystery of his death have sort of idea how his death came about. The mystery, whatever it is. is in the ante room where the bodies were found or in the room next to it where the furni- ture is. Now. am going to lock up those rooms. and want you to see that nobody enters them without your knowledge 7
 Mot very likely that anybody will want to enter them. sir, and Parks laughed q grim little laugh.
 q .am not so sure of that,' dis sented. speaking very seriously. In fact. I am of the opinion that there is somebody whpas wants to enter those rooms very badly. am going to make it your. business to keep him out and to capture fhin if you catch him trying
 Trust me sof tnas. sir, said parks promptly. What is it you want me to d0?'' Nsy.S
 q want you to put cot in the hall- way outside the door of the anteroom and sleep there tonight Tomorrow I are necessary, Very good. sir,' said Parks, -Tn get the cot up at once-,'
 
 on. T have given the coroner mya per sonaI assurance that none of the serv- ants win leave the house until after the inquest. suppose I can rely on them 2s'
 .0h. yes. sir I'll see they under stand how important it is.
 Rogers. especiaIly.'s added. looking at him.
 NI understand. sir, :" said Parks.
 ssvery we'll And now let us go down and lock up those rooms. sss
 They were still abiaze with light, but both of us faltered a little. think. on the threshold Of the anteroom. for in the middle Of the floor stood stretcher. and on it was an object covered with a sheet, its outlines horribly suggestive. But I took myself in hand and en- tered Parks followed me and closed the door,
 The anteroonn had two windows, and the room beyond. which was "a corner one. had three. All of them were locked. but a pane of glass seemed to me an absurdly fragile barrier against any one who really wished to enter.
 ..Aren't there some wooden shutters efor these windows?s asked.
 'sYes, sir; they were taken down yes terday and put in the basement. Shall l get them ?'' 8Fszsss z st CT think you'd better.s I said ..Will you need any help ?Ds sssss
 'tNo, sir: they're not heavy. If you'll walt here. you can snap the bolts Into place when lift them up from the outside ''~ v
 Very we'll" agreed. and Parks hur- ried away
 T entered the inner room and stop ped before the Boule cabinet. There was a certain air of arrogance about it. as it stood there in. that blaze o1 light; something threatening. too something sinister and deadly tTo be Cs,ntinned.)