The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-02-09

and rock ledge, the two arch conspira-
, tors were two very different men.
Owen was shaking like leaf in his
terror of discovery-shaking like
leaf but thinking of hundred
schemes to save himself. Hicks was
deadly cool, and thinking of just enc
and cold-blooded
murder.
| But now, although he thought he
had killed Harry, although he knew he
| had Pauline gagged and bound in the
bottom of the runabout, Hicks was
afraid. He was afraid of the incom-
! pleteness of the thing. He was eager
| to have done with the girl as we'll
as with the man--to put them both out
of the way. And now this latest Plan
| of Owens was but another chapter of
representation.
The incident of the farmers curios-
ity had unnerved him, too He put
| back over his face one of the white
! handkerchief that he had taken off
when he began the flight, He uttered
final admonition to Pauline.
There's no more pity the poorgirl'
stuff in this" he said gruffly. I've
/ tOlu yUi " htSp 4uiSI' IL Jcu pNh' I
| keep quiet I'll kill you. I'll kill you
with hands while you're lying there
under the blanket | mean what |
say"
He still had the instructive crook
sense to conceal his natural voice.
| Hicks was afraid, but as mile after
mile fell behind them on the dusty
road, and the westerning sun gave
| III, cho of 1ar ri
The began to gain confidence. He
imumbled to himself reminiscently;
1.-THE old Grigsby house, Ell? No
body but"--he checked himself. No
body but somebody would thoughta
that Less people has lived there and
more people has died there than in any
dwellin' home | know of, he added
with chuckle.
| If Hicks was talking to himself
about his destination, it was the "old
Grigsby house" in front OF which the
runabout came to a stop after many
miles of travel
The building was set back from the
road about three hundred yards. In
front of it and on either side the trees
had been cut away but a tangle oil
riotous shrubbery lined the path tc
the door. Behind the house the trees
had been left untouched, and now II
it's tottering condition the venerable
building literally rested on two OF thu
great elms, like an old man OF
crutches.
The windows were few and shutter
, ed. The black steel blinds were dea'
| as the eyes of skull. The steel wa
: not rusted and only a little weathe
| stained. One might have guessed ina
2 the house had been recently inhabited
, There were no steps to the door |
l opened on the ground level, with
t cracked board serving as both pore
and footmat.
t The signs Of attempted preservato
: we're what gave the place its ominou
: air. A deserted farm house gone
It utter ruin in that lonely spot woul
e have been mysterious and perhaps
G little ghostly. but there would hay
j. been no menace in its grip on the ina
IS gination. There was menace IN II
e steel shutters of the old Grigst
house, and in the fact that the path
st the door was kept clear.
m Up this path Hicks carried Paulin
70 Before he lifted her in his arms
" tested her bonds, SO that by no cham
might she tear the handkerchief fro
Of his face. He did not know that Pa
" line was too terrified to conceive Il
lg simplest plan Of action. Compar
a with the fear that possessed her nc
T. the torturing suspense of the ballo'
* flight seemed like peace and safety.
Hicks held her with one arm VIII
be with the other he produced key a
n. unlocked the low door. Swingi
as heavy on strong hinges. it opened in
d. a narrow hall, mtldewed with t
ed dampness of decay the dust of disu
nd Paper had once been pasted over
wv upholstered boards of the wall, /
a most of 1t had been torn off or drent
ed away by intruding rains. and
nd dry shreds lay in heap of other ri
he bish at the foot Of the stairs.
nd Hicks carried Pauline up the stal
which groaned and bent under
at steps He pushed open door at
ng top. The room within was dark
cause of the suffered window. Thu
err was only one window. There was
in broken chair, a table, a cot, wa
III stand, with pitcher and bowl, and
ng small oil lamp set in a bracket on
he wall. These were the only furni
he ings.
he Hicks let Pauline sink upon the {
he He fastened to light the lamp. us
on the same match for cigarette.