The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-12-02

cRAPTER IY tcontlnued.l

CHAPTER Nv (Contlnued.)
II declare, / thought you was lost,
AZ. Lester" she said. Il was Just go
Inc to send William to look for you.
AIn't you most starvedT -
scarcely starved, Mrs. Hargis,"
raid. ''but with very creditable APP
petite, when you consider that ate
breakfast only two hours ago"
well, come right IN" she said.
.Yoar lunch is ready"
II suppose there's telephone some
,vhere about?" i asked, as i followed
her through the hall. -.
YES. sir, IN here" and she opened
the door into little room fitted up as
y study. it's here Mr.. Godfrey works
nometimes."
.Thank you" said, Tive got to
call up the office. won't be but a
minute"
/ found Godfreys number stamped
on the cover of the telephone book,
and then called the office. As had
ra1esssd, Swain was not yet back from
lunch. and left word for him to call
me as soon as he came IN. Then
made my way to the dining room.
Were Mrs. Hargis was awaiting me.
"How does one get out here from
New York, Mrs. Hargis?" I asked, as
sat down. THAT is, II one doesn't
happen to own motor carr
IA why. very easily, sir. Take the
Third Avenue elevated to the end Of the
line and then the trolley. It runs along
Dryden Road, just two blocks over.
Where does one get OFF,
eat Prospect street, sir"
nAnd what Is this place called?"
cribs is the old Bennett place, SIR
rThank you. And let me tell you,
Mrs. Hargis," added, that have
never tasted better salad"
Her kindly old face flushed with
aIPs nice OF you to say that. sir"
nhe said. I'VE have our own garden,
and william takes great pride in
II must go and see IT," said. I've
always fancied I'd like to potter around
IN a garden. must see IL Mr.. Godfrey
won't let me in on THIS" ~
HE sisshIS IAN hour Init every
morning. Some lines he can hardly tear
hisseh away. certainly 90 IKE MI
Godfrey"
$50 do T." agT eed heartily: Hes
splendid fellow--one of the incest,
suuarest men / ever met-and a friend
worth having"
md stood for a moment, clasp
ing and unclasping her hands ner-
vously, as though there was some
thing else she wished to say. But
abe evidently thought better OF IL.
There's the bell, SIR" she added.
.'Piease ring If there's anything else
YOU want" and she left me to myself
/ had pushed back my chair and
was filling my pipe when the tele-
phone rang. It was Swain.
SWAIN" said, this is Mr.. Lester.
TIM at a place up here in the Bronx.
and | want you to come up right
Very good. sir" said Swain. How
DO get there?"
Take the Third avenue elevated to
the end of the line, and then the trOl-
lev which runs along the Dryden road
Get off at Prospect street, walk two
blocks west and ask for the old Ben
nett place. I'll have an eye out FOR
YOU" INK. ...
can right sir" said Swain again.
o 'Do you want me to bring some pa
pers, or anything"
mo; just come as quickly as you
can" answered, and hung UP.
I figured that even at the best, 1t
would take Swain an hour and half
10 make the Journey, and strolled
out under the trees again. Then the
Thought came to me that ! might as
well make a little exploration of the
neighborhood, and / sauntered out to
the road Along 1t for some distance
ran the high wall which bounded Elm
hurst, and / saw that the wall had
been further fortified by ugly pieces
pf broken glass set. in cement along
Its top.
"M COulQ see n DECbh LII "S1AAp
about midway OF its length, and, walk
ing past, discovered that this was
where the gates were set-heavy
yates OF wrought iron, very tall, and
surmounted by sharp spikes. The
whole length of the wall was,
judged considerably over city
block, but there was no other opening
IN 1t. n..
At the farther end, 1t was bounded
by a cross road and, turning along
This, I found that the wall extended
hearty the same distance in this di-
rection There was an opening about
midway small opening, closed by
heavy. iron banded door-the servants
entrance, told myself. The grounds
Df a row OF houses facing the road
beyond ran up to the wall at the back,
hnd / could not follow 1t without at
tracting notice, but could see that
there was no break in 1t. / was al
most certain that the wall which
closed the estate on Godfrey's side was
also unbroken. There were, then, only
two entrances.
walked back again to the front,
md paused for a glance through the
gates. But there was nothing to be
AWAY out Of sight in either direction,
Ind a dense mass OF shrubbery oppo-
bite the gate shut off any view of the
grounds. Even OF the house, there was
nothing to be seen except the CHM
heys and one gable. Evidently, Mr..
Vaughn was fond Of privacy and had
pared no pains to SECURE II.
Opposite the Vaughn place, strip
pf woodland ran back from the road.
(. Il was dense with underground, and, L
reflected would form an admirable
hiding place. The road itself seemed
title travelled, and 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 that
Tide was indeed without break.
Some vines had started up II here and
there, but, for the most part. 1T doomed
grey and bleak. crowned along Its
whole length by that threatening line
% broken glass. judged IL to DO IL
feet high, so that, even without the
glass, It would be impossible for any
pne to get over 1t without assistance.
As stood there looking at it, resent
ng the threat OF that broken glass, and
bordering the infirmity OF character
aal, al