Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24

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The plot concerns some weird
underground noises beneath a sup
posedly haunted house in Byford
Moor. One day, Brown, a romantic
young clerk, overhears a rough
looking man say to another: After
heri And-if she's troublesome
don't be particular what, you do to
heri" Brown, with his companions,
Rupert, Charlie, and a laborer
named Ted, trail the girl to the
house. Brown disappears in the
haunted house. Simon Brill and
the two rough-looking men are
trailed by Rupert and Charlie, WHO
are trying to find Brown.
(Now Go On With the Story.
CHAPTER XIV
Il seem TO have been asleep"
murmured Charlie. How long is
it since you left me?"
"Abart a quarter of a hour"
And what has happened in that
quarter Of an hour?"
"A bit more's good for one, I
should say" replied Ted, and his
tone as well as his words woke
Charlie up completely.
Really" frowned Charlie. "Well
-what?"
Dunno a SOW it's easy to tell
said the laborer, scratching the
stubble on his chin. Il amt nc
good at this sort O. thing. Arr wot
ears is double-dutch ter me, but |
ears other things wot seems pretty
plain"
Leave out the double dutch. and
stick to the plain" suggested Char
lie. What did you hear that
seemed plain?"
We'll. it was like this" answered
Ted. Il goes back inter the place
see, and I orders another cup o
tea, and there at a tables them
two. see, and I goes and sits near
EN-, see?"
Believe me. I see" Charlie as
Sured him, impatiently. Get Oh
with it. mani"
We'll, that's wot I'm dom, amt
it?" retorted Ted. I'm TELLIN
yer! I listens, and hevery now and
then | ears a bit, and then agir
they speaks sc low I don't 'eal
nothin'. But it was clear as muc
the old Teller was givin' 'ot to the
little feller fer not 'av'n' done some
thin e orter've done. You bum
gled it, that's wot you done e
Ses. You bungled it. And Their
the other teller, e ses as 'ow the
luck was agin i'm, and e darn well
won't bungle it next time, e ses
Well, this IS the mex time ses
the old man. You stick round ere
and you see 90 comes along, and il
SHE comes along and gets inter
the 'ouse-well,' e ses, you see vol
don't bungle it this time That's
wot e ses."
Sounds pretty rotten" replied
Charlie. I'll have to carry this tc
headquarters. Meanwhile, do YOU
feel like sticking round the pub
and keeping an eye on that little
blackguard in the check suit?"
That's jest wot I'm COIN tel
do" responded Ted, definitely. "But
1 amt finished yet. There's a BIZ
more"
Us there? Well, lets hear it
And be quick, because I want tt
get back"
well, I'm tellin' yer, quick as ]
can, amt I? The other bit was
abart wot the OLD Teller was goin
ter do. Cos the other one arsks
i'm. 'Me?' seS the old Teller, anc
I sees i'm smile sort of quiet like
Don't you worry abart me- e ses
I've got little job Of my own or
at the Moor View e ses, and vol
won't find ME dom no bunglin'.
And then e give another O. then
narsty quiet smiles of is, an ses
1T wouldn't surprise me, Pip, Il
somethin' very ~int'restin' didn'
'appen afore long at Moor View
and If pr'aps one o the bedrooms
there wasn't hempty ternight'!"
As Charlie hurried back to tht
Yellow Stag, his mind revolvee
around the new developments.