Gunnison news-champion., 1915-11-12

n< e~ra ~ ectttsas& - - -
usver isfs n pesoe o. sssusonvs snd
Sundays. ~ksc6 of eousss 0sup Ms
,uly aaist tsmes tor srssinG" saia sAe
90. slsborssiHs bis so,s UtnA olsa
,lssy SO once whsa u - srv,ne
q de Of scarlet newer. aal - 0uaAsr
sresGht me bsck fron tsassinop ss>,r
she'd he'd me there soas slDa. ~
,ss governor told us he'd - Q place
~here he could disappsas oson tn
district at . moments notice and ySf
se back In another moment y Ue rane
he gong fancy he'd got 70 tell be-
shsre 1t was pretty quick; buf ! onl,
iosna oat for myself BY occidenf
Tears sfserwsrd he told Ne he'd gof
the idea from Jean Ingelow's place IN
Italy somewhere
Its in Florence" said Blancbe
laughing I've been there cad seer
H. and It's the exact same thing Bui
you mean Michael Angelo. ewOepi-
'Oh. do ~" he said serenely. We'll
I shall never forget how ! tound on;
its existence
No more shall You told ne al
about II at the time. as . terrifsc D..
cret and may tell you that I've kepi
It from that dsy to thisi"
you would a" he said simply Bur
think Of having the nerve to pull up
the Cover lor's floor II only shows
what q boy will do. | wonder II thu
holes there still"
Now all the time the plane.a~v a.
tective had been watching his 80
lite engaged in an attempt to render
the damage done to the mshogany
doors q little less conspicuous Me-
ther appeared to be taking any further
interest In the cigar cupboard or pay
ing the slightest attention to GAIA
let's eminiscences. But Mr.. Drink
water happened to have heard every
word. and in the last sentence there
was one that caused him TO prick mp
his expert ears instinctively.
What's that about q h0le9" mid
he. turning round
Il was reminding Miss Macnair how
the place frst came 10 be"
Yes, yes But what about some
hole in the fioor?"
Il made one myself with one OF
these knives that contain all sorts OF
e things. including Q saw 1t WAS one
Saturday afternoon in the summer hsl
tdayr l came in here from the gar
den as my father went out by thaf
door into the hall, leaving one OF
these mahogany doors open by mis-
take II was the chance of my life;
In ] slipped to have . hook. He came
back for something, saw the very door
you've broken standing ajar and shut
1t without looking in So there l was
in a nice old trap! I simply daren't
call out and give myself away. There
was q bit Of loose oilcloth on the
noor-"
There 10 still." said the satellite,
pausing In his task.
Il moved ths eilcDoth, IN the END !;
Aawked up one end Of the board duck.
ny they weroat groove and tongus)
sawed through the nsat enc to it, ~
h up, teo. end g0t through into the
fsundattoas. lsavinG everything much
- ! hol foHAA h. The place is %
snAll that ths oilclstA yes Obliged =
fall in place v n fell anywhere. Bot
! ~ pssaty - tine. because ny
Deople - g0oe n - Ainner."
"rsu osgAt - have been Q burglar,
~" an Ar. DrinkWster ironically
DO ysu covered up . sia with crime,
Nike hah TIE osetlenea who -
through ny AaaAs isr the irpt and
last tine! Dut ~ cid you get OF
q ths f0uoAatioas
%. 49, Wos - easy q pie; RI
often eEpD0e0A then. Do you remeu-
~ ths row I Got into. Blanche, foe
.takiAg yoa With me oace end simply
ruining your frockr"
Z re0embef tAs frock," sa,<
Blanche
1t Was her last contribution to the
conversation; immediate develop.
ments not only put an end to the fur.
ther exchange of ancient memories
but rendered it presently impossible
by removing Cazalet from the scene
with the two detectives. Almost with.
out warning all three disappea-ad
down the makeshift trap-door cut by
one of them as a schoolboy in his
fathers floor.
She hardly even knew how it han.
pened. The little place was so small,
that she never saw the hole until il
had engulfed two of the trio; the N I'd
explorer. Mr.. Drinkwater himself rsd
very courteously turned her out OF he
library before following the Others
And he had said SO very little before
hand for her to hear, and so quicl "
prevented Cazalet from saying arv.
thing at all, that she simply could uot
think what any of them were doing
under the floor.
Under her very feet she heard them
moving as she waited bit in the han.
then she left the house by way Of the
servants quarters. of course without
h@ding any communication with those
mutineers. and only Indignant that
Mr.. Drinkwater should have reuuestaa