The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-15

! Dan bent over him while the
echo of the shot seemed to cncle
! upward with the smoke to he
high ceiling.
Dead" Dams tone had the
finality of a curtain line.
Susie gave one agonized cry.
Claire looked at her half curl
ously. Of course Susie would
scream ike that. Claire herself
was only conscious of strange
feeling of relief.
Later, with the remembrance OF
Susie's agonized weeping still
( ringing in her ears, Claire stood
| in the library of the House OF
! Long Shadows where Pat and
Bob and an Dallas were grouped
about the fireplace that bore the
sign OF the broken arrow.
"Uncle Lyman must have known
about Nick" Claire said in a low
voice. Maybe that WAS why ne
suspected Susie would not be sat
isfied with the money ne left her,
and might try to find this last
treasure. He knew, too, that she
would never look in books. SO ne
left them specifically to me-
= = =
Dan Dallas walked to the book
case and looked at it closely.
HAS it always stood out from
the wall like this?" he asked.
why, nor Claire answered.
at must have moved. Maybe
when l was fussing with it"
She did not finish, for at the
pressure of Dams fingers, the
bookcase swung slowly forward,
showing a doorway with flight
of narrow stairs leading down
ward.
ITO the secret room, I'll bet!
Come onw Pat said eXcitedly, and
started down.
Another very low door at the
bottom opened directly into the
half-ruined place Eb had de
scribed, with the gaping hole
which the tree roots had torn open
NJ one side. This second door was
concealed by an old-faShioned safe
which stood in front Of 1t, and so
close that only an opening wlde
Enough to admit a person could
be made. 80 ~.
I'm, this connection with the
library is evidently one thing
Susie did not know about Dallas
decided.
mo. she came through the Gel
lar. Look az that, will YOU! Dali
las threw the ray from his electric
torch on the opposite wall. >,
The shock of the trees fall had
wrenched the big. wooden cup
board in the cellar room from ITS
place. disclosing the solid back OF
the shelves, hinged to swing open
to make another entrance into the
secret room. -,
The old boy went in for hid
den doors in a big way, didn't
he?' remarked Pat. This place
must have been built when the
house was, and that safe let down
before the library floor was IN
place"
But there's nothing in the safe
now, Even the door is unlocked,
said Claire, disappointedly. 1T
might make a fine prison for Ed
but"
'cHe said he heard me in the
tunnel Pat took the torch and
went over to inspect the outside.
Why, of course he did - see
herew
Only a thin wall of earth sepa-
rated the secret room from the
other cut where Pat had dug his
way out of the old mine.
"And we're still directly under
the house, the library and the
cupola side" Pat went on.
i'Do you suppose this is where
he hid his wonderful jewel"
Claire looked about her rather
blankly.
Yes" Bob Steele answered
positively. He had been examln-
inc one of the walls. See here,
and there? There's no telling how
pure this stuff will run: Your
uncle's Jewel was a gold mine,
Claire. and what mine"
Hannah shifted. 'Your Uncle
LYMAN would be sure to go at IT
lust that way. Gettin' us all
most killed"
There's still one thing that
hasn't been explained" Claire re-
marked. "The tapping noise
heard that night was up in Uncle
Lyman's room"
1T was probably either Susie
or Nick doing a little investlgat-
ing on their own, Miss Fosdick,"
said Dan Dallas. "Your party ar