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THE ALAMANCE GLEANER
The Siege
of the
Seven Suitors
By
MtREDITH NICHOLSON
CspTTttht, WW. by Mats** Mthihip
SYNOPSIS
Hartley Wiggins Is In love with Ceeflla
Holllster. His friend Arnold Ames masts
an elderly lady at the Asolando tea rooms.
She is Cecilia's Aunt Octavla. an eccen
tric woman of wealth. She invites Ames
to Hopefleld Manor. Ames Is fascinated
by Franceses, a tea room girl.
Ames sees Wiggins meeting Ceeflla se
cretly st Hopefleld Manor. Aunt Oct*via
Is s great believer In the potential Influ
ence of No. 7.
-Ames sees mysterious men watching the
house. He hears of Hessklah, Cecilia's
sister. Wiggins calls upon Cecilia. The
chimney smokes mystsrlously.
The house Is said to have a ghost.. Ce
cilia tells Amss she Is In deep trouble and
asks him to urge Wiggins not to call upon
her again.
Wiggins regards Ames aa s rival. Aunt
Octavla dislikes Wiggins because his an
cestors were Tories. Wiggins Is Interest
ed In both Cecilia and Heseklah.' Cecilia
has nine suitors.
Amss meets Franceses In an orchard
and learns thst she Is Heseklah. They
see nine silk hats cross s stile.
Aunt Octavla shows Amss the pis pan
try Cecilia fears Heseklsh loves Wig
gins. Her nine suitors call.
Cec|lla rejects Professor Hume and
makes a record In her silver book. The
butler tells Ames a British officer's ghost
haunta the house.
Ames finds CsoUla and her father, Bass
ford Holllster, fencing on the root. Hol
listsr Is there unknown to Aunt Octavla.
Holllster vanishes mysteriously through
the hall'wall. Hezeklah tells Ames she Is
prohibited from visiting Hopefleld Manor.
Ames seeks plans of the house, but flnds
Aunt Octavla has just secured them. Ce
cilia's suitors are jealous of Amss.
Ames assures Cecilia that' Hessklah la
not in love with Wiggins. Amss makss
another aati-S./ho thset
CHAPTER XIII.
At the Asolando Again.
I SET off at once for Pepperion'a"
office, where 1 .learned that the
architect waa out of town. But
Ills chief clerk greeted me cour
teously. 1 told him frankly that 1
wanted to look at tbe plans of Hope
fleld Manor to enuble cie to learn the
exact lines of the chimneys. He con
fessed surprise that they were caualug
trouble and expressed regret-that they
were not in tbe office.
"Miss Holllster aent for them this
morning, and 1 .have Juat given tbem
to a young woman who bore a note
from her." .
I was taken aback to find that she
had anticipated me In my rush for tbe
plana of the bouse. Clearly 1 waa
dealing with a woman who waa not
only Immensely amusing, but exceed
ingly shrewd aa well. Could it be poe
sible after all that she was herself
playing ghost merely for her own en
tertainment? She was capable of it
But 1 bad satisfied myself that she
could not bnve performed tbe tricks of
which I hud been tbe victim tbe night
previous unless she possessed some
rare vanishing power like that of tbe
Bast lndl«n mystics.
"May 1 ask who came for fbe
plans?"
"1 judged tbe young woman to be a
maid, or perhaps she waa Mlaa Hoi lis
ter's secretary." ,
1 bad given little beed during my
abort slay at Hopefleld Manor to Mlaa
Holllster's personal attendant 1 had
passed ber In tbe halls once or twice,
a young woman of twenty-live, 1 should
say. fair haired and blue eyed. She
might herself be tbe gboet now that I
thought of it But Ibla aeemed the
most unlikely by pot heals possible.
At my own office ay aaeletant pounc
ed upon me wratbfully. He was half
wild over tbe pressure of vexatious
business and bad Juit been engaging
lo a long distance conversation with a
country gentleman at Lenox which
had left him in bad temper. 1 was ex
plaining to blm tbe seriousness of my
errands at Hopefleld, rather oncon
vinclngly, I fear, and the fact that I
must return at once when tbe office
boy entered my private room to say
that three gentlemen wished to see me
Immediately. Tbey bad submitted
cards, but had refuaed to state the na
ture of their business. It waa with a
distinct sensation of surprise that I
rend the names respectively of Psrriral
B. Shallenberger. Daniel P. Ormsby
and John Stewart Dick. -
"Show tbe gentlemen In," I said
promptly, greatly to the disgust of my
assistant, who retired to deal with
several clients whom 1 bad paaeed In
tbe reception room fiercely walking tbe
floor.
1 bad Imagined all tbe suitors estab
lished at tbe Preecott Arms. As tbe
three appeared clad In light automobll-
Ing coats I could not forbear a smile
at their grim appearance. Shallen
berger. tbe novelist, and Ormsby, tbe
knit goods manufacturer, wen Mfl
men. Dick, the Nebraska philosopher,
was much aborter. though of compact
and sturdy build. Tbey growled surlll
ln response to my greeting, and Ortns
by cloaed tbe door behind tbem. Dick
seemed to b* the designated spokee
nan. and be advanced to tbe desk be
hind which I sat with a stride aad
manner that advegtyd his belligerent
frame of mind.
"Mr. Ames." bs began, "we have
come here to apeak for oonelree sad
certain other feeattamen who an stay
ing for a time at tbe Preecott Arms."
"Gentlemen of tbe committee, wel
come to our office." I replied, greatly
amuaed by bia ferocity.
My tone canoed the others to draw
la defensively behind blm.
"We want joa to understand that
your conduct in accompanying a Mr
"Do I correctly understand, »ir, that
you moan to insult tisf
that 1 sball not name to tbe city la
an act we cannot pass In silence. Your
conduct In going to Hopefleld .Manor
waa In Itself an affront to us. but your
behavior this morning passes all
bounds. We btive come. sir. to de
mand au explanation!"
At a glance this was a situation I
dare not take serious)/.
"Mr. Dick and gentlemeu of the com
mittee. you are meddlesome iiersona!"
I said.
* "Meddlesome!" cried Dick buutedly
and leaning toward me across my desk.
"Do I correctly understand. sir. that
you mean (o Insult us?'
"Nothing could be further from my
purpose. But I cannot permit you to
Imagine that I'm going to allow you to
beard me In my office and criticise my
conduct in regard to Miss Cecilia Hoi
lister or anybody else. As a philoso
pher from the fertile corn li nda of Ne
braska I salute you with adtulratiua;
as a critic of my ways and manners
I show you tbe door."
This I did a bit Jauntily, and I bad a
feeling that I was playing my part
well. But the young man before me
aeemed to swell with the rage that
■urged within blm. He broke out fu
riously, beating the air with bis flat;
then be controlled himself with pain
ful effort.
"You insult me, bnt my personal
grievances must wait," said Dick bro
kenly; "but, speaking for the commit
tee, 1 wish to say that yonr attentions
to tbe young lady whom you have
dared, sir, to name are obnoxious to
us"
"Nothing less than that!" added
Shallcnberger.
"We will not stand for it," growled
Ormsby's heavy bass.
"Mr. Shallenberger," I replied even
ly, "as a member of the great Hoosler
school of novelists' I have tbe tnost
profound nipect for your talents. My
office boy is dead to the world for
weeks after tbe appearance of a novel
from yonr pen. But your Interference
In my private affairs is beyond all rea
son. And as for you, Mr. Ormsby. I
dare say your knit goods are wortby of
tbe fame of the pentup Utics from
which you come. But to you and all
of you I bid defiance. I return to
Hopefleld Manor by the 4:14 express."
I rose and bowed coldly in dismissal,
bnt the trio stood their ground stub
bornly.
"1 tell yon, sir, onr organization is
complete!" declared Dick. "We sign
ed a, gentleman's agreement only last
night for tbe express purpose of ex
cluding you, and you cannot enter as a
competitor. You are only an outsider,
and wo don't Intend to hi -»u Inter
fering with our affalra."
"By the pink left ear of Venus," I
blurted, "la It a trust?"
"Yon put It coarsely, Mr. Amos,
but"-
"A suitors' trust? Then, If I read tho
newspapers correctly, yonr organisa
tion la agalnat public policy and In
contravention of tbe antl-traat law.
But may I lnqnlre wby. If you bavo
perfected a combination of Mlaa Hoi
llster'a suitors, I fonnd Lord Arro
wood this morning sitting on a stone
by tbe roadside, evidently In tbe great
est dejection. Can It be possible tint
an Insurgent baa crept into your organ
isation and incurred the displeasure of
tbe regulars 7"
"We ruled blm oat," Shallenberger
bant forth, "because be waa a for
eigner and not entitled to a place
among freeborn Americana! That Is
one reason, and, for another, tbe col
ors of bis half bnee were an offense
to me personally."
"And for another reason," interposed
Ormsby, "be bed no money with which
to pay bis board at tbe Prescott Arms.
For this J net cause tbe landlord ejected
bin shortly after breakfast tbls morn
ing."
"Then there is already a rift In tbe
Into!" I returned. "No trust of suitors
Is stronger than Its weakest link. My
band Is relaed against year unrighteous
compact and I am In tbe flgbt to stay I
Go beck to tbe Preecott Arms, gentle
men, and assure yonr associates In tbls
hideous compact of my moat distin
guished constlerst ion and toll tbem to
go to tbe devil."
I bad gone to tbe M. Parvenu hotel
to cad upon a Washington lady who
bad been making life a burden to my
Mriatart and on coming out Into Fifth
avenue shortly after 1 bethought me of
tbe Aeotando tea room. My interview
with the committee of tbe suitors bed
driven from my mind practically every
coos Id erst lon and every interest not
waiem in Hopefleld Manor. My
thoughts turned gratefully to tbe Aso
laado, where only a tow days ago I
bad been precipitated Into tbe strangest
adventures my eventless Uto bad
kaewn.
▲ strange face Waa visible at tbe
cashier's desk as I entered tbe tee
room. I passed on, finding tbe place
quite fall, but I took it as a good omen
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1913.
*"l nere are no biros tn tast year's
and recommended a Locker-Lntnpson
sandwich, whose contents tbe girl told
me were secret, but It proved to be
wholly palatable. As 1 drank my tea
and ate tbe aandwich I surveyed tbe
decorated menu card with Interest and
found pleasilralile excitement in discov
ering an item directing attention to
"Pickles a la nezeklab, K> cents." The
delightful Heseklah must, then, have
Impressed herself upon the deus ex
machine of tbe Asolando" bh her brief
day there, tints to bave won thla recog
nition. And further on I noted, among
tbe desserts, Peche COcllie with even
greater interest nnd satisfaction.
Cecilia occupied uty mind now. The
visit of the furious stiilora to jpy office
had stirred In me thoughts and aspira
tions that had never known harborage
In my breast before. The presumption
of those fellows had exceeded any
thing I bnd known in my contact with
human kind, and instead of frighten
ing me away from Hopefleld Manor
tbey had called my own attention to
tbe strategic Importuuce of my pres
ent position as a gueat In Miss Octn
via's house.
As these thoughts ran through my
mind I was finishing my Pecbe Cecllfe
(I spurn all sweets ordinarily) when 1
became interested In the unusual con
duct of a young woman who had en
tered the front tk>or briskly and walk
ed with a businesslike air to the cash
ier's desk. The girl/within the wicket
rose promptly, opened the screen and
j without parley of any sorf emptied
| the contents of ber till Into the Vis-
I itor'a reticule. ' With a nod and a
smile and a moment's careless survey
of the room, the girl departed, swing
ing the Mtlcule In her band. A long
roll she eerrled under her arm con
firmed my Identification. It was Miss
Octavla Holliater's Swedish maid, and
the roll beyond peradventure contain
ed tbe plans she bad obtained at Pep
perton's office.
Tbe girl was well featured, neat of
figure and becomingly gowned, and aa
I watched ber leave the shop the light
ness of ber step, something smooth
and flowing in her movements, Inter
ested me. 1 did not know what busi
ness she had to lie robbing the Aso
lando money dr.>wer, but it was alto
gether possible that she was the Hope
fleld ghost! „
. On the whole, when I had finally
torn myself away from my assistant,
who made no attempt to conceal his
doubts ns to my sanity, and bad set
tled myself In the 4:14 express with
the afternoou paper* 1 was fully satis
fied with the day's adventures. 1 bad
told the coachman in tbe morning not
to trouble to meet me on my return,
and I engaged the village liveryman
to drive me to the house for hire.
"There's a heap o' talk In the vil
lage," he observed. "Tbey do any tbe
old lady's cracked, if I may oo speak
of ber, nnd that there'a ghoata In tbo
house. And the conduct of the gentle
men at tlie Prescott la most remark
nble. The word's passed that they're
all dippy about the young Ming Mollis
ter that lives with her aunt I reckon
all rich people are a bit cracked. It
appeare to go with the money. Mr.
Bassford Holllster—he's the old lady's
brother—he'a juat as bad as any of 'em.
Yesterday be aat in the village street
conntln' tbe number of people he saw
cbewln' gum. Told our doctor In the
village be was flgurin' tbe amount of
horsepower the American people put
Into gum chowln' every year and ex
pects to find aome way of usln' It to
run machinery. It's harmless, Doc
aays. He calls It juat the Holllster
Idiosyncrasy, if that's the word. Bnt
I reckon It's kllotsyncrasy all right I
wish you good luck of your place, sir."
He evidently believed me to be some
sort of upper servant, and thla added
to my Joy of the dny. With my good
humor augmented by the Interview I
entered the housj. A strnnge footman
admitted me. and I went to ray room
at once without meeting any one else.
Tbe man followed me with a pencil
ed note, signed wltb  'eel I la's Initials,
requesting my presence below as soon
as possible, as she wished to see me
before dinner. Tbe thought that she
wished to see me at auy time filled me
'with elation, and ber few lines,
scratched on a correspondence card,
were a pleasing addendum to our con
versation of the morning. Tbe finding
of my assistant's telegraphed resigna
tion on my dressing table, to take ef
fect in January, had not tbe slightest
effect upon tbe lofty minarets In which
my fttney now fonnd lodgment. It
pleased me to beliefs that figbtlng
Wood still pulsed In tbe last of the
bouse of Ames and that I had burled
defiance at the organized bneri of suit
ors Unit guarded tbe Hopefield gates
and picketed .the surrounding bills.
CHAPTER XIV.
Tha Riddle ef the 81byPs Leavee.
MY question as to wblch Cecilia
I should find In the library
w«» quickly answered. Her
fr.nU smile, the candor of
her e.. ex. confessed a new tls between
us. We were becoming conspirators
within tbe inn in lousplrncy. whatever
Its character might he
• "As lo Providence nnd tbe cook, what
luckr I askp.l.
"Ob, I in:, tinged that eery easily. I
ran Into friends who wen going
shroud J 'jtr the winter. They bsre s
efr.fT acasn-ir servants snd were
saxli.us io keep them, together until
their nturv. I promptly engaged tbem
all. and they an even now Installed."
"Well. I hive bad aa adventure of
my own," I remarked, after expresalng
my relief that she bnd solved tbe aerv
ant dllllcnlty with so macb esse.
"Three gentlemeu representing tbe
suitors' trout now maintaining bend
quarters at Ibe Prescott Arms, warned
me solenjtily lo keep Off the grass. In
other words. 1 so not to Interfere with
tbelr designs rpon tbe heart of Miss
Cecilia Holllster."
She flung open a fan, held It at arm's
length and scrutinized tbe daffodils
that wen traced upon It
-Uo tbey dared your*
"So I hey dared me. And 1 took tbe
dan."
"Whyr
Her eyes met mine gravely, bat be
hind ber pretty poat a smile larked
delightfully.
"If I should tell yea now It woald be
flirting, w bleb Is a sin."
"I hsd Imagined. Mr. Arnee. thst sort
of thing came easy to you But If It's
give me a chance"—
My earnestness caused ber manner
to change suddenly. Hej beautiful
gravity came like a swift falling of
starlit twilight 1 had never been so
happy aa at this moment. Preposterous
as were the clrcumatancea of my pres
ence in the house the juxtaposition of
Cecilia Holllster gave me unalloyed de
light.
"I want to serve you HtU. hr milter
and always." 1 added. "These men
can have no claim upon you greater
than that of any other man who dares!"
"No; none whatever." she replied
flrmly.
"And the mystery, the whole story.
Is In the little silver book!"
Bhe started, (lushed, and then laugh
ter vlrlted her Hps and eyes. The book
was not In ber hands nor In sight any
where, but 1 felt that 1 was on the
right track and that tbe little trinket
had to do her plight and her Mm
pact with her aunt Beet of all, tbe
fact that 1 bad chanced upon thla clew
gave her happiness. There waa no de
bating that.
"You bad beat bave a care, Mr. Ames.
You have spoken words that would be
treasonable It tbey came from me, and
I muat not countenance them."
"But you will tolerate from me words
that you would not permit another to
speak? Do I go too farT"
She bent her head to one side, with
the slightest inclination, aa of a rose
touched by a vagrant wind. '■>•
"If 1 could only half believe in you,"
she said, "you uilgbt rea'ily serve me.'
"They dared me, and I took tha dare."
So those gentlemen warned you away!
Tbelr presumption is certainly astound
ing."
."They know nothing of the silver
book!"
"Tbey know less tban you do, and
you have a good deal to learn, you
know."
"I am dull enough, but 1 have no
ambition but to read tbe riddle of the
sibyl's leaves. That and the laying of
the ghost are my immediate business.
As for the gentlemen at the Prescott,
Including my old friend Hartley Wig
gins, 1 am not in tbe least afraid of
them, My hand la raised against tbem.
If it's a caae of the test of Ulysses over
again I'm sa likely as any of them lo
bend the l>ow."
I thought thla well apokon. but she
seemed amused, though without un
kindness, by the earnestness of my
speech.
"If your wit is e|ual to your valor
you may go far. But"—and she turned
ber eyes full upon me—"we must play
the gume nccosdlng to the rules."
"And as for Hartley Wiggins"-
fihe sal up very straight, and tbe
audden disdain In tier face atnrtled me.
I had forgotten my eavesdropping In
the clump of raspberries on the dny of
my arrival. Ccrtulnly Wiggins had
been decidedly In the race tlicp. and
my heart HIUIUIMMI In resentment aa I
recalled her own message, or.compact
of encouragement, which I bad borne to
Wiggins at the Prescott Arms.
"I will tell you something. Mr. Ames
This afternoou. as I drove from tbe
station I came round by tbe lake mere
ly to cool my eyea on the water, and
I saw Mr. Wiggins and my sister seat
el on u wall In an old orchard Tbey
were so liuslly engaged that they did
not see me. At least, be did not, bul
1 think llezeklsfodid."
"Hezeklah." I answered, relieved by
the nature 'of Iter disclosure, which
could not Itut prejudice Wiggins' case
"lleKekinh is fond of orchards. I dare
any tills was the aauie one lu which I
bad u charming talk with ber myself
Doubtless she was amusing herself
with Wiggins just as she did with me
She finds ine genua, homo entertain
tag."
"Mli* I* Hie dearmt girl In tb* world
-the nwrriml. Ili> lorellnat. the bright-
Mt. Mr. Wlgglue ban treated her out
ragantial). lie hn« taken ndvuotate of
her j-oath and anm-eiitlbt* nature."
•*III« pnnlalimcnt la nure." I anawar
ed complacently. "llexaktab laughed
wTiefi I mentioned lila win*. And yoo
frown today at III* thought of hliu."
"Auiit Octarbi la coming" ah* re
marked. feigning at OIK* a careleaa air.
bat I waa content that ah* let my r*
mark paaa uii'l.alletigad.
. Mia* Octarla'a •atrawe* were alwayi
efferflre. Bhe appeared tonight charm
ingly gowned. bat tb« bright twinkle In
b*r eye* mad* It clear that no matter
of drew ronid affect her humor or
aplrlt. Mi* greettt! me, aa ah* alwayt
did. aa though our acquaintance w*r»
a matter of year* rather than of day*.
I eren Imnglned that ah* aeemed
pleaiied to And m* hack again. She
aakrd no queatlona aa to ray day'a oc
cupation*. bat aa w* went In to dinner
•allied forth cheerfully upon a descrip
tion of her own actlrltl**.
"After I had baked my required
quota of plea thlx morning 1 aonght
recreation at tba trap*. Tb* at able
boy who ha■ b*on palling tb* etrtng
for me baring atrack work. It moat
providentially happened that I aapiad
Lard Arrowood banging on tba edge of
fkt maple tangle beyond tbc bam- I
ftiimntonetl lilni at once unci pot aim
to work managing the traps for me.
finding lilm most ofll lout. lie seemed
extremely desnu-ident. and after I had
satisfied myself that two out of three
wa» not an I'lipnsxlhle record for one
»f my years. I brought him to the
house and. made tea for blm. I left the
room for a moment—l had taken him
Into the kitchen, where, during the In
cumbency of the reK«lar cook I hardly
dare venture myself, and be made
himself comfortable quite near the
range. The pics on which I bad been
engaged all morning lay cooling near
him. | had composed twenty-nine
plea— l am nn excellent mathematician
and 1 could not hare been mistaken in
the count. \Vhnt wna my amusement
to And after his I mlshlp's departure
that one pie wns missing!"
"His lordship was doubtless hungry,"
I suggested. "Even nobility must eat-
I passed I-on! Arrowood ln_tbe high
way early this morning, sifting upon
a stone, wiili sundry Items of hand
baggage reposing beside him. I have
rarely seen uny one so depressed. Now
that the little mutter of the servants
biJs licen adjusted, we must have a
care lest the newly arrived phalanx,
which Providence so kindly sent to
you today, Is not stampeded by any fur
ther manifestations of the troubled
spirit of the unfortunate Briton who
was hanged on the site of this house."
"Mr. Ames." replied Miss Octavla
Impressively, "that matter Is entirely
In your handa."
"But If I could sec the pinna of this
house I should he better able to grnp
ple with his ghostshlp."
1 bad thrown this out in the ho|ie
of eliciting some remark from her
touching the Swedish maid's visit to
Pppperton's ottlce, but Miss Octavla
met my gaxe unflinchingly.
"You are u clover man, Mr. Ames,
and I have every confidence that you
will not only solve the mystery of the
library chimney, but flnd the ghost
that switched off the lights on the stair
last night. I prefer that you sbohld ac
complish these feats without any help
from the pinna. 1 myself have no sug
gestions. -I am gratilled that you are
meeting the emergencies tbnt have aris
en here with so much determination,
but It In what I should expect ef the
son of Arnold Auies of Ilartford. Op
portunity Is all that any of us need to
find ourselves truly greot, and If In the
ordluary course of our lives the gate
does not open freely we are Justified In
picking the lock. When 1 determined
to seek adventures In my old age, 1 re
solved that I should uilss no chance
and that 1 should lie prepared for any
beckoning of the hand of fate. An
odd fancy struck me at the beginning
of my new life that Boston would some
day be the starting point of some in
teresting experience. This has not yet
develo|ied, but In order that I may be
prepared for anything that may occur
1 keep a blue silk umbrella constantly
checked at the I'arker House. Tht
presence of the little brass cbeck In ui)
purse Is a coustaut reminder that Bos
ton may one day call me."
A discussion of the I'arker House
umbrella followed, Cecilia and 1 Join
ing, and It proved so fruitful a topli
that It carried us to our coffee.
Three suitors wero announced a little
later, and I slipped away without ex
cuses, while Miss Octavla and Cecilia
adjourned to the library.
The ghost, I had sworn, should not
battle me another night.
As I crossed the second floor ball 1
passed the Xwedlsh maid walking to
ward Miss Octuviu's room. 1 was
somewhat annoyed to'find on looking
over my shoulder to make sure of her
destination thai she, too. had paused,
her hand on Miss Octavla's door, mid
was watching uie with Interest. Bin
vanished Immediately, but to throw
her off the truck I went to my own
room, closed the door noisily and then
came out quickly mid ran up to the
third floor
Bassfonl llollister's mysterious exit
had lingered lu my mind as the most
curious incident of the eveutful Friday
night Having Iweu battled in my ef
fort to get hold of the architect'*
plans, my thought now was to await
in the upper jsirt of the'house a repe
titlon of the various phenomena that
had so puaxled me. By the process of
exclusion I bad eliminated nearly ev
ery plausible theory, but If the ghost
manifested himself with any sort of
periodicity (and the hour of the chim
ney's queer lieliavlor had been mine* I
was now preimred to meet him In tlie
regions he had (tan for his exploits
I bad a pretty accurate knowledge
by this time of the |s>sltlon and fuue.
tlon of all the electric switches be
tween the lower ball and the fourth
floor, but I tested them ss I ascend) I.
glancing down now and then to make
sure I was not observed. From the
sound of voices In the library I Judged
that most of Cecilia's suitors must now
have arrived, sud so much the better.
I srgued. for. with Miss Octavla slid
her niece fully occupied. I could the
better carry on my ghost bunt above
stairs.
At a quarter before 11 I switched o3
tbe lights on the third and fourth
floors snd established myself at the
bead of tbe stslrway and quite near
tbe trunk room door-. This door I bud
opened, as I fancied tbst If Baasforl
Hollister were at the bottom of the
business he would probably wish to
flnd bis way to the roof sgstn Bo fur
•• I was a.tie to uuAiage It tbe atage
waa In readiness for tbe entrance of
tbe goblin.
The clAck below struck 0. and si
•lost upon tbe last stroke I beard a
sound that set my nerves tingling. I
(Touched In tbe dark, waiting. Dome
one waa coming toward me. but from
where? Tbe bottom of a well at mid
night was not blacker than tbe fourth
floor, but the switch lay reedy to my
bend and my pockets ware stuffed with
matches of the sort that light any
where. Tbe stairways were all carpet
ed, as I have said, and yet some one
was ascending hare treads, lightly and
with delays that suggested a furtive
purpose. Meanwhile, aa a background
for this unreality, murmurs of talk and
occasional laughter rose from tbe It:
brary.
Thla concealed stairway, wherever It
waa, could not be of Interminable
length, and 1 bad counted, 1 think, fif
teen step* of tbst atrauge ascent when
out rta cwnu iresn quality wo* not In
Itaelf disturbing. I stooped and struck
a match smartly on tb* carpet and at
the same time clicked ($9 switch. I
should any that not more than ten sec
onda pasaed from the moment the soft
rush of air had flrst advertised the
opening of a passage near tne until the
hall was flooded with the glow of the
electric lamp? overheard. My match
bad also performed Ita offlee, bat, find
ing tlu» electric current behaving Itself
normally. I blew It out. What I saw
now Interested me Immensely.'
In the solid wall near the ptalr and
almost directly opposite the trunk room
a narrow iloor hid swung outwnrd—'a
neat contrivance, so light In Its pn
structlou tUut It ullll'swjiyed on/Its
concealed hinges from the tonch of the
hand that bad released It. How it hnd
opened or what had become of the
prowler who had unlatched It remain
ed to be discovered. It seemed impos
sible that whoever or whatever bad
climbed the bidden stairway bad de
scended, nor had t been conscious of
a ghostly pausing as on tbe previous
night. I had only my senses to apply
to ■this problem, and their efficiency
was minimized for a moment by fear.
The opening In the wall engaged my
attention at once, and I was steadied by
the thought that here was a practical
matter susceptible of Investigation. I
stepped within the door and lighted a
candle, and just as tbe wick caught
Are click went a switch somewhere and
out went the hall lauips. But, having,
so to speak, put my foot to the myste
rious stair. I would not turn back,'and
I continued on down the steps.
Groat was my astonishment to find,
that 1 had apparently stepped fron) a
new Into an old house. The stair
triads were worn by long use, the
plaster walls that enclosed them were
battered and cracked, and I seemed to
have plunged from the glory of Ilope
fleld Into some dim lost passage of a
domicile of another era that lay withia
or beneath tbe walla of tbe Manor. As
I slowly descended, holding high my
caudle. I recalled, not without a qualm,
tho story of the British soldier whom
tradition or superstition linked to the
site of Miss Uolltster's property.
At the foot of the stair I found two
rooms, one on either side of a small
UHII, and thexo also were clearly part
of an old bouse that seemed to be
somehow merged Into tbe Holltster
msnslon. 1 remembered now tbst the
mansion stood wedged against a rough
spur of rock and that the front aud
rear entrances were upon different lev
els, and It was conceivable that the
back part of tlie manslon might Inclosi
these rooms of an earlier house occu
pying the same silo. Why they should
have l>een retained was beyond me.
Through tbe carefully preserved win
dows, many pnuetl and quaint, of these
bidden rooms the Infolding walls of
the now bouse were blank and black.
One door only rotunlned In this shell
of the old bouse, and I hastened to fling
It open, still lighting my way with a
candle. Ilefore me lay the coal cellar,
at lyhlch I bad merely glanced on tbe
morning after my Installation at Hope
field. I now liegan to get my beatings.
I remembered two Iron lids In tbe ce
mented surface of an area on tbe east
■lds of the house where fuel was de
posited, and, mounting a few steps that
were of recent construction and had
evidently been built to afford communi
cation Ix't Veen the remnant of (he old
house and the subterranean portion of
tho new, I found to my relief and satis
faction beneath one of these openings
a short ladder, through which the court
might bo reached. Here, then, the
manner of ghostly Ingress was Illus
trated by perfectly plausible means.
The lid of Ibo coal hole waa entirely
withdrawn, and a bar of moonlight lay
brightening upon a pile pf anthracite
at tbe foot of tbe ladder.
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