Bisbee daily review., 1915-01-26

Its proper shelf. chose an apple pie and gave it. with a five dollar note. to Lord Arrowood
 At the bottom of the ladder he press cd my hand feeingly and expressed his gratitude in terms that would have touched harder heart than mine. Then. having closed the coal hole and hidden the ladder under pile of wood' I resumed my pursuit of the ghost
 lighted my way with candle through the lost chambers Of the old house. rp the hidden stairway and out into the fourth floor hall again The old stair. found on closer observation reached only from the second to the fourth floor, and below this had been piaced with lumber carefully preserved from the earlier house There was nothing SO strange. after all about the hidden stairway, though I was con vinced that this had been no idea of Pepperton's. but that he had merely obeyed the orders of his eccentric eli ent. the umbrella and dyspepsia cure millionaire
 had no sooner let myself through i tbe secret door into the upper hall than ! WIS aware of a disturbance in the l library below heard eXclamauons from the men, and as ] ran down to- ward the third floor Miss Octavia's 1 voice rose above the tumult.
 "We must have patience. gentlemen l Chimneys are subject to moods just like human beings, and we are fortu- nate in having in the house a gentle man who is an expert in such matters"
 If vou walt for that man to mend your chimney you will wait until ! doomsday."
 So spake John Stewart Dick, taking his vengeance of me with my client and Hostess might have forgiven him. but could not forgive Hartley Wiggins.
 He doesn't know any more about chimneys than the man in the moon VI my old friend was saying between coughs
 And then quite unmistakably l smelt smoke. and bending farther over the ral and pcerius down the stair well ] saw smoke pouring from the library into the hall It seemed to be in greater volume tonight than at pre-
 vious manifestations. gray blue
 cloud was filling the lower hall and
 rising toward me ran quickly to the
 third floor, Co the chamber whose fire
 place was served by the library chin
 ney. The lights in tue third floor hal
 winked out as l opened the door.
 heard a step behind me somewhere
 but l did not trouble about this. The
 switch inside the unused guest cham
 Der responded readily to my touch, and
 on kneellng by the hearth 1 found il
 cold as had expected There was alb
 solutely no way of choking the library
 fue at this point, for as l had estab
 lished earlier an the dreplaces in thil chimney had their independent aues
 The hall outside was still dark, ana did moi try the switch The pursui i was better carried on in darkness, anC had by this time become accustomed , to rapid locOmotiOn through unlighte' passages. | leaned over the stair vel
 and heard exclamations of surprise a tie sudden cessation Of the smoke
 which had evidently abuted as abrupt I ly as it had begun. The windows an'
 doors had been opened and the com
 pany had returned to the library, l quite extraordinary really quit . remarkablew they were saying below | heard Cedllas light laughter as th g odd ways of the chimney were dis 5 etssed And as 1 stood thus peerin n down and listening the swedish maid. A blond head appeared below me' bend
 ing over Cine well rail on the secon e door She too was taking note O r affairs in the library. and as ] watel il ed her she lifted her head and he {, eyes met mine Then while we st O Gro be contnued)