The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-02
CHAPTER nv lContinued.A

MT. Lester" she said. II was just 60
ing to send William to look for you.
Amt you most starved?'
scarcely starved. Mrs. TIargis," 1
petite, when you consider that l ate
breakfast only two hours ago."
We'll, come right in she said.
"Your lunch Is ready
II suppose there's a telephone some
her through the hall.
Yes. sir, in here" and she opened
the door into a little room fitted up as
a study. TITS here MIR. Godfrey works
sometimes"
call up the office. / won't be but a
minute"
found Godfrey's number stamped
OF the cover of the telephone book,
and then called the office. AS 1 had
guessed, Swain was not yet back from
lunch. and l left word for him to call
me as soon as he came In. Then /
made my way to the dining room,
where Mrs, Hargis vas awaiting me.
How does one get out here from
New York, Mrs. Hargis?" / asked. as
I sat down. That is, If one doesn't
happen to own q motor carr"
Why. very easily, sir. Take the
Third Avenu elevated to the end of the
line, and then the trolley, 1t runs along
Dryden Road, just two blocks over
NleT0 uOSS one get OIL.
AT Prospect street, sir"
'And what is this place called?"
This is the old Bennett place, sir
"Thank YOU And let me tell you,
Mrs. Hargis.' I added. that 1 a
never tasted a better salad"
Her kindly old face flushed with
pleasure.
It's nice of you to say that. sir
she said. I'VE have our own garden,
and William takes a great pride in
It."
Il must go and see it." said. "Tve
elways fancied I'd like to potter around
IN a garden. l must see if Mr.. Godfrey
won't let me in or this"
He spends an hour in II every
morning. Sometimes he can hardly tear
hisself away. l certainly do like Mr..
Godfrey"
so d o.I," / agreed heartily. He's
a splendid fellow-one of the incest,
equarest men l ever met-and a friend
worth having"
Hes al Of that, sir she agreed gree
ing and unclasping her hands ner-
vously. as though there was some
thing else she wished to say. But
she evidently thought better of it.
eThere's the bell, sir" she added.
"Please ring if there's anything else
l had pushed back my chair
was filling my pipe when the tele-
phone n 1t was Swain.
SWAIN I said, this is Mr.. Lester.
I'm at a place up here in the Bronx,
and I want you to come up right
away"
Every good, sir said Swain. How
do ] get there?
Take the Third avenue elevated to
the end Of the line, and then the troll
ley which runs along the Dryden road.
Get off at Prospect street, walk two
# h1oclyc runcS anl ac1y for the old Fen
nett place. I'll have an eye out for
you"
"All right, sir" said Swain again.
dc you want me to bring some pa
pers. or anything"
No; Just come as quickly as you
cam I answered, and hung up.
/ figured that, ven at the best, 1t
would take Swain an o and a half
to make the journey, and l strolled
u under the trees again. Then the
thought came to me that l might as
well make a little exploration of the
neighborhood, and sauntered out to
the road. Along it for some distance
ran the high wall which bounded Elm
hurst, and l saw that the wall had
been further fortified by ugly pieces
of broken glass set in cement along
its top.
I could see a break in the wall,
about midway Of it's length, and, walk
ing past, discovered that this was
where the gates were set-heavy
gates of wrought iron. very tall, and
surmounted by sharp spikes. The
whole length of the wall was, l
Judged, considerably over a city
block, but there was no other opening
In 1t.
At the farther end, it was bounded
by a cross road, and, turning along
this, I found that the wall extended
hearty the same distance in this d.
Fanfinn HNhara was an Danlng about
midway small opening, closed by a
heavy, iron-banded door-the servants
entrance, l old myself. The grounds
of a row of houses facing the road
beyond ran UP to the wall at the BACK,
and ! could not follow it without at
tracing notice, but l could see h a
there was no break in it. l was al
most certain that the wall which
closed the estate on Godfrey's side was
also unbroken. There We're, then, only
two entrances.
1 walked back again to the front,
and paused for q glance through the
gates. But there was nothing to be
seen. The driveway parted and curved
sway out of sight in either direction,
Ind a dense mass of ~shrubbery oppo-
ate the gate shut off n view OF the
grounds. Eve of the house, there was
nothing to be seen except the chin
neys and one gable. Evidently, Mr..
Vaughn was fond of privacy, and had
spared no pains to secure 1T.
Opposite the Vaughn place, a strip
Of woodland ran back from the ROAD:
1t was dense with underground, and l
reflected, would form an admirable
hiding place. The road itself seemed
little travelled, and 1 judged that the
main artery of traffic was the road
along which the trolley ran, two blocks
away. :,
| returned to my starting point. and
assured myself that the wall on thai
side was indeed without a break:
Some vines had started up 1t here n
there, but, for the most part, 1t looned
grey and bleak. crowned along lts
whole length by that threatening inc
OF broken glass. I judged it to be ~
feet high, so that, even without the
glass, it would be impossible for ny
one to get over it without assistance.
AS / stood there looking at it, resent,
ing the threat of that broken glass, ana
a cha I2 CIRC