The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-21
ToDAY,s INsTALNnENT.

Dr. Grimesby RoyIotts chamber was larger than that of his step daughter, but was as plainly furnish ed. A campbed, a small wooden shelf full of books, mostly of a tech nica1 chara acter, an armchair beside the bed, a plain wooden chair against the wall, a round table and a large iron safe were the principal things slowly round and examined each and all of them with the keenest inter- est.
 What's in here he asked, tap ping the safe.
 My stepfather's business papers,"
 "Oh! you have seen inside, then?'
 "Only once, some years ago. l remember that it was full of pa
 .aThere isn't cat in it, for exam ple?'
 sNo. What strange ideal"
 well, look at this!'' He took up a small saucer of milk which stood on the top of it.
 s'No; we don't keep a eat. But there is a cheetah and a baboon" tah is just big cat, and yet q saucer of milk does not go very far to satisfy it's wants. I dare say. There is one point which I should wish to de- front of the wooden chair, and ex- amined the seat of it with the great est attention.
 Thank T you That 5nd is na4ifer Gqife sSf- Sfs lens in his pocket. Hello! Here is, something interesting"
 The osiect which had caught his eve was a small dog lash hung on one corner of the bed. The lash, however. was curIed upon itself, and tied so as to make loop oL Whip cord.
 what do you make of that, Wat son?" don;t know why it should be tied"
 "That is not quite so common, is ii An, n7e. it's a wicked world, ana when a clever man turns his PralhS to crime it IS the worst of all Miss stoner and with your perm1iis- sion we shall walk out upon the lawn IL. .o so grim or his brow so daFk o,,o as lo was when we turned from the scene F +tis irvestf cation We had walk ed several times up and down the Ia yvl7 neither Miss Stoner nor llE5eiI liking to break in upon ms thougIltS before he reused himself from his
 Tt is very essential Miss stoner;' said he. that you should absolutely follo4w my advice in every respect.
 'I shall most certainly do SO
 ..The matter is too serious for any hesitation. Your life may depend upon your compliance.
 T assure you that I am in vour Id ''"l Tn the first place. both my friend and 1 must spend the night Tn your room
 Both Miss stoner and I gazed at him in asstonishm,e let noa ex- plain. I believe that that is the viii iage inn over there"
 9'Yes. that is the Crown
 .'Very good. Your windows would 1 be visible from there?'
 You must confne yourself to your room, on pretence of head ache, when your stepfather comes ha oIl Then when you hear him re- tire for the night, you must open the | shutters of your window, undo the hasp, put your lamp there as q signal to us and then withdraw quietly | with everything which you are likely to want into the room which you used to occupy. have no doubt that, in spite of the repairs. you could manage there for one night
 The rest you will leave in our hands"
 But what will you do?"
 we shall spend the night in your room. and we shall investigate the cause of,this noise which has disturb
 .'I believe. Mir Holmes, that you have already made up your mind, . said Miss Stoner. laying her hand lpon my companions sleeve.
 "Perhaps I have
 Then for pity's sake tell me what was the cause of my sisters death"
 'I should prefer to have clearer proofs before I speak
 You can at least tell me whether nv own thought is correct. and if she lied from some sudden fright"
 .'No, l do not think so. l think that here was probably some more tangi- ,Ie cause And now. Miss Stoner, we must leave you. for if Dr. EoyIott and saw us. our Journey would be in vain. Goodbye, and be ,rave, for if you will do what l have old you, you may rest assured that se shall soon drive away the dangers hat threaten you
 Sherlock Holmes and I had no diff