The Washington times., 1917-11-30


of the strange entry Of the
ship, which IL already TAX
ing its place in local ira
dition; but no one could add to the
simple description. Fifty cases OF
common earth" / then saw the sta
tionmaster. who kindly put me In
with the men who
had actually received the boxes. Their
tally was exact with the list, and they
had nothing to add. except that the
boxes were main and mortal heavy,
and that shifting them was dry work.
One OF them added that II was hard
lines that there wasn't any gentleman
"Euch-lIke as yourself. squire" to
snow some sort of appreciation of
their efforts in liquid form: another
put in a rider that the thirst then
generated was such that even the
time which had elapsed had not COM
pleteiy allayed II. Needless to add.
took care before leaving to lift, for
ever and adequately, this source Of
reproach.
80 September-The stationmaster
was good enough to give me line
to his old companion. the stationmas-
ter at Kings Cross, so that when
arrived there in the morning 1 was
able to ask him about the arrival OF
the boxes. He. too, put me at once
in communication with the proper
officials, and j saw that their tally
was correct with the original invoice.
The opportunities OF acquiring an
abnormal thirst had been. here limit
ed; a noble use OF them had, how
ever. Nbeen made, and again was
compelled to deal with the result in
an ex post facto manner.
DELIVERY OF BOXES TRACED
TO CARFAX.
From there I went on to Carter
Paterson's central office, where met
with the utmost courtesy. They look
ed up the transaction on their day
book and letter book, and at once tele-
phoned to their Kings Cross office
for more details. BY good fortune the
men who did the teaming were wait
ing for work, and the official at once
sent them over, sending also by one
of them the waybill and all the papers
connected with the delivery of the
boxes at Carfax. Here again I found
the tally agreeing exactly; the car
rler's men were able to supplement
the paucity OF the written words with
a few details.
These were, 1 shortly found, con-
nected almost solely with the dusty
nature of the job. and of the conse-
Quent thirst engendered in the oper-
ators. On my affording an opportun-
ity, through the medium OF the cur
rency OF the realm. OF the allaying
at a later period this beneficial evil,
one of the men remarked:
That ERE 'ouse, guv'nor. Is the
rummiest ever was in. Blyme, but
It amt been touched sence 4 hundred
years. There was dust that thick in
the place that you might have slep'
on 1t without 'urtin' of your bones;
an the place was that neglected that
yer might ave smelled old Jerusalem
in IT, But the ole chapel-that took
the cike. that did! Me and my mate.
We thort We wouldn't never git out
quick enough. Lor', wouldn't take
less nor a quid a moment to stay
there arter dark"
-Iaving been in the house. / could
wcll believe him; but II he knew what
know. he would, think, have raised
his terms.
SATISFIED THAT BONES
HAVE BEEN LOCATED.
OF one thing am now satisfied:
that all the boxes which arrived at
Whitby from Varna in the Demeter
were safely deposited in the old chap
el OF Carfax. There should be fifty
of them there, unless any have since
been removed-as from DR.. Stewards
diary l fear.
I shall try to see the carter who
took away the boxes from Carfax
when Renfield attacked them. BY fol-
lowing up this clew We may learnl
good deal.