Bisbee daily review., 1915-02-10
CHAPTER xxIL
Under the old Flooring.

M STABLE BOY/held Miss Octa' A wins horse at thc Inn door. A Her face. her Ggure. her voice -@ expressed outraged dignity as she tested the saddle girth
 "You need never tell mr what bad happened Co provoke your wrath. for that is none of nay aaair hut l wish lu say that your conduct and bearing won my highest approval They had un. doubtedlv hidden the Wet Of r.ubs Co avoid the 1gubNnl you would have administered Go t.r mtoruuule man who would have drawn that card if it had been in the mck.
 q was not in Che slightest dauger ut any time. Miss Hollister." l protested. By one of those tricks Of fate Co which you and 1 are becoming SO ac- customed the card had fallen Co .he floor uuuoticcd 1T you bad not arrived SO opportuuely the lost jack would have been discovered the cards reshuGied. and very likely Mr. Ormsby would have been dusuug the inn floor with me at this very miuute'
 "I refuse to believe any such thing. declared Miss Octavia. who had mount ed and continued speaking from the saddle. Your perfect confidence was admirable. and ! shudder tO think of the terrible punishment you would have given them"
 1T Miss Octavia wished to view my performances in this Aatering light it ..l.
 "It was only a pleasant incident Of the days work Miss HolIister. Tm go- ing to engage a squire and take to the open road as soon as an this is oyer.'
 "As soon as an what is over| she de- manded. eying me keeniy
 'Oh the work I've undertaken to lc here dattef myself that have made some progress but within twenty-four { hours l dare say that we shall have seen the end
 'Your words are not wholly lumi nous. Arnold"
 "It is much better that it should be so You have trusted me so far. and have uo intention of failing you now IT say that Che crisis s near at hand tn a certain matter that interests vol greatly. you will understand that l am not striking ignorautly in the dark "
 'If you know what suspect yol | know, Arnold Amcs. you are ever shrewdcr than | thought you. and yor had already taken n high place in my | regard"
 twin son tell me just how yor came 10 visit the inn at this particular hourf
 "N0thiug could be simpler l had luncheon at the house of a friend or whom l called Cecilia had left m, i Co continue her ride alone. and on my way home thought [ would ride hl the Prescott Arms to see how th, guests were faring You see"-sh, 1 paused and gave a twitch to her ha to prolong my suspense-"you see, own the Prescott Arms"
 With this she rode away. and no caring Co risk a further meeting witt the angry suitors from whom Mis- Octayia had rescued me by SO marrow a margin, l set off across the field to ward Hopedeli From Che stle saw Miss Octavia iu the highway half mile distant sending her horse aloni st a spirited cauter reached th house without further adventures. va served with a cold luncheon iu m, room, and by the time ] bad changes 1 my clothes Miss Octavia sent me wJru ] that peppertou had arrived
 Miss Octayia and thc architect wer couversing earnestly when reache the library, and from the abrupme5 with which they ceased ou my er trance l imagined that ! mad been th subject of the.r talk Pepperton is DO only one of the finest architects Amer lea has produced. but one of the joll est of fellows He grasped my han cordially and pointed to the deplace.
 "So you've at hast found one of m jobs 10 overhaul have yUu2 Yo mustn't let this get out on me. ol man; it would shatter my reputation!
 'Please observe that the nue is draw Ing splendidly now" 1 answered ." ghost had been strolIing mp and dow the chimney, but now that 1 ha' ] found his lair he will not trouble Mi, uollister's hrepaces again"
 q have waited for your arrival, NJ Peppertou that we might have d benefit of your knowledge of the hous In following the trail of this ghoi which Arnold has discovered But W D must give Arnold credit for enectiu the discovery alone and unaided. d stroyed the plans | obtained from yo' Il office so that Arnold might be full tested as Co his capacity tor managiI