Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-22
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ening with Eddie Haverton, his partner,
and Hubert Baxenter at the home Of -the
latter. returns and murders Baxenter
for money. He finds an old document
telling Of Chanville's secret (hidden
Later the body OF the murdered man
,is FOUND but Renton has made good his
Of Dartin.
In order to obtain the treasure, which
Il under the keeping Of the Bsxenters.
he goes to Canada, comes back as q de-
claim to the treasure from Robert Bax-
enter. and gets 1t. In the chest he re-
;ceives. he fnds Q key to Q vault IN the
sChauville chateau, whore he fndS enor-
accident he discovers tunnel entrance
to the vault.
Stella Benham holds the love OF Rob-
ert Baxenter, but has HIS disapproval Of
They. separate With : mutual under
standing for a year. Meantime, Stella
becomes 9 Inember Of q touring troup
manaxed BY Eddie Haverton. h troup
who upon Haverten's arrival being an.
nounced. plays sick 80 as no to 'bA
seen.
Eddie IL promised q bi-annual check
81 sen ss' s Sennas With II p &c ba 1a1sSt' ios SEst
which Dartin had, given him.
After writing : letter to stslla. in
which he asked her to wed him. tmn1e.
rishtfu'l heir to the trsas.s-S .sid BY
Dartin. He decides to an5sHs an invita-
ton to spend the week end with Dartin.
He meets Stella At the theater that
a then, tss t 1nsy e sfs esns. that 81 ! sssu e I
bogus heir. Inquiries Quebec CON
and he determined to DO considerable
detective work while vt Adderbury
Baxenter secures q specimen Of Hav.
erton's handwriting which shows him
Row kis brother was lured to his death.
Dartin however learns Of this, md with
makes plans Tor his escape.
Dartin in1prisons Baxenter In an ui1-
dsrsround vault and tells him he will
be released in q few days after he,
SDartin) has . time e escape t.
fort to gain his freedom.
CHAPTER xIx-Continued.
It. was slow work, and dinlcult to
obtain q purchase strong enough on
tho oddly shaped and brittle glass;
time and time again they broke. but
perseverance gzined the day. In q
little while his hands were free and
he could use the sluss uponSthe cords
which bound his legS. It WIS quicker
work now, and " tho time Il was full
day Robert stood free to move about.
He felt very weak, and he swaA bleed
ing from some nasty outs In his lips,
but his strength came back to him
with the hope that WAS in his heart
oon n,ssRs: h fsss' ~ ..s so oet i.aa ~,
out 81 the cellar was locked, and the
grating was barely large enough Ia
let a cat through He stood upon
chair which Dnrtln had brought
down for his WI use and was able
to bring his eyes to tho level OF the
bars.
There had again been rain in the
night, and the morning had broken
dull and cherries and the 1eaden sky
seemed destitute of promise no hie
left he could make 0it the lower
bricks in cre6per-c6vercd wall, and
before him q few tret trunks. old and
shchen patched: Between them he
could 9 4 kitchen garden, With its
rows Of ~pea-sticKs and I partly dug
over potato patch. In the ground oil
which was a long.hafdleA BpAde. The
garden appeared to have been well
tended and basket May on the
ground between the peA-rUws. II
seemed certain 70 the man behind the
grating that the horse III which he
wa had been recently occupied.
But nov there VAS no sound save
the ripple Of water In some gutter,
BY the wind from the trees, The
garden wsS 40 -desefted ana Silent a.
the house evidently was, and Robefa
commencea his stack upon the door
regardless of the noise he made
For over An hour ne worked at the