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936 dated January 24, 1935, and recorded February 1. 1935, in Book 59, at page 333. of the records of Brunswick County, N. C? and according to plat of survey prepared by It. I. Mintz, surveyor, dated 9-13-34. now on file with the Home Owners' T,oan Corporation, reference to which is hereby made. The purchaser at this sale will be required to make a cash deposit of 5 per cent of the purchase price to show good faith. This the 13th day of June, 1936. T. C. ABERNETHY, Trustee. S. B. Frink, Attorney. 7-15-c 1 FORECLOSURE SAI.E REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain mortgage deed executed the 21st day of January. 1931, by Julius Wilson, to G. T. Stanley, duly recorded in Book 58 at page 360, Records of Bruns" ick county, to which reference is hereby especially made. Default having been made in the payment of I the debt thereby secured, the undersigned Administrator of the estate of G. T. Stanley will offer for sale at ; public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the court house door in the City of Southport, Brunswick ! county. North Carolina, on Saturday. 25th day of July, 1936, at 12:15 o'clock P. M., the following described lot. tract, piece or parcel i of land lying and being in Town Creek Township. Brunswick county. North Carolina, and bounded and | described as follows, to-wit: Beginning, at a stake in John Brown's line, runs thence S. 64 degrees W. 520 feet with the old Bolivia Road to a stake in said road; ! thence N. 56 degrees W. 790 feet to | a stake in Pine Bog Branch, a cart i road; thence up said Branch 920 feet to a stake in the old line; thence with said line S. 56 degrees E. 890 feet to the point of beginning, containing ten acres of land, more or less, and being the same Ten Acres that Mary Jane Wilson willed to I James Miller out of her Estate in her Last Will and Testament. Dated and posted, this the 24th dav of June. 1936. ' R. B. STANLEY. Administrator G. H. Stanley, deceased. Robert W. Davis, Attorney for the Administrator. 7-22-c FORECLOSURE SALE KEAI, ESTATE MORTGAGE Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain mortgage deed executed the 20th day of September. 1933. by I. N. Todd and S. M. Todd, his wife, to R. M. Marjlowe. duly recorded in Book 52, at page 543." records of Rrur.swick coun] tv, to which reference is hereby es| peciallv made. Default having been made in the payment of the indeb| tedttess thereby secured, the underictt-np,! Administratrix will offer for /AY, JUNE 24, 1 <7 ads"1 \i.N" Brand new 1a.dio for sale for 'ATE PORT PILALS ~j It IX XOTIt'E I - administratrix \V. Jiuss, deceas-1 id; county. North I o notify all per-1 ii against the es-; d to exhibit them ;?t Kreeland, N. Ihe 27th day of notice will be teir recovery. All '.ho said estate mediate payment. May, 1936, .Administratrix deceased, y for Adminfss Notice as adminise of William ate of Brunsthis is to no1 claims irsons e estate of said dexjiibit them to theunt Leland, N. C., on or 10th day of June, 1937 ice will he pleaded in recovery. All persons said estate will please diate payment, e 5th. 1936. KETH COOK, >r of William S. Cook r. Attv. 7-22-c TOK'S XOTICE ilified as executor for 0 IV. Mulford. deceasrunswiek county, this is persons having claims state of said deceased em to the undersigned C.. on or before May r this notice will be r of their recovery. AH ed to the said estate take immediate settle3LL. Executor for ford, deceased. Attorney for Executor. E OK DISSOLUTION 1 Carolina, Stale:? These Presents May ting:? appears to my satisy authenticated record ngs for the voluntary eof by the unanimous the stockholders, deoffice. that the WatCompany, a corporalate. whose principal ?d at Xo. 106 Moore town of Southport, swick. State of North 1. Posher being the ad in charge thereof, cess may be served), ith the requirements Consolidated Statutes, rations." preliminary f this Certificate of I Stacey W. Wade, ite of the State of do hereby certify rporation did, on the 1936. file in my ofecuted and attested ig to the dissolution tion. executed by tiers thereof, which the record of the isaid are now on ffice as provided by hereof. I have hereind affixed my offiMgh, this 25th day 936. W. WADE. cretary of State. ALE OF REAL 'ATE power and authora certain deed of 24th day of May. X. B. Leonard arid Leonard to T. thy Trustee, which deed of s duly registered in the office Register of Deeds of RrunsCounty. North Carolina, in page If1', securing a certain lyable to Home Owners' Loan ition. default having been made eriod of more than ninety (90) i the payment of said note as d therein and in the perforof certain covenants set out deed of trust, and demand of been made by the of said indebtedness, the until Trustee will otfer for sale lie auction to the highest btd>ash at the court house door insvick County, in Southport. Carolina at 12" o'clock noon on f 1'th day of July. 19S6. flowing described real estate. hat certain lot. tract or parcel 1 situate, lying and being in i?ti of Bolivia. Town Creek ip. Countv of Brunswick. <f North Carolina, and more arly described and defined as toi'ig at a stake in the W. B. Railroad right-of-way between and 5 as shown on a map >> Walter Leonard, surveyor, ipnl. 1913. of the property of hrcer in the Town of Bolivia, >'? county. N. C? which mar ded in Book 21. at page f>51. records of the said Brunswick reference to which is hereby runs theme south 31 degrees utes west with the right of the said W. B. & S. Railroad take located between | f and 7 as shown iif the <J tnap. thence south with and tie southern line of said lots -'9 feet to the northwesKe .of North Carolina State ' wo. 3ft. thence north 31 de1 minutes east with the northMKe of said Highway 100 a stake in the edge of said thence north 58 degrees 45 *'*ft 329 feet to the point of s the same being all of lots 15 and IS. as shown on the i map recorded in Book 21. >rds of Brunswick Ogether with one-fifth of an less, fronting on the side ,,f i,?.s lr, ;in(, lf) as ' ie- i tied, bounded and desallows: Beginning at the n.rn corner of the aforesaid ' 1 inning thence south 58 minutes east 85 feet, rtn 1 degrees 13 minutes eet: thence north 58 degrees ' west 85 feet to the southerner of the aforesaid lot "3 'legrees 15 minu' f' ct with and along the a'/! ,he aforesaid Lots . " to the point of begin. t'Rng however. 24 ft. x 100 end of the aforen on plat of sur; ,?L ' f- Mintz. survey 11. which 24 ft. x 100 . \ Part and portion of v "f the State Highand being the same ' f w hich tracts being R Mercer to N. B. dated Jan. 28. 1915. ' lv l<t. ifns. in Book other tract being R Mercer to N. B. d May 31 1919 1920. in Book of the Repisir sv iok County, and ' rne nronertv de?' . "r de<?d frr?m A. 'x N. R, Leonard, I sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the court house door In the City of Southport, North Carolina, on Saturday, July 2.>tli. 1936, at 12 o'clock noon, the following described lot. tract, piece or parcel ol land, in Brunswick county. North Carolina, in Shallotte township, and bounded and described as follows, towit: Beginning on a stump at the corner tree hole thence about north tr Ben Inmon's corner, thence with said line to a stake on the old Avenue thence with the old Avenue to a cedar tree stump at the mill pond: thence about east with the Mill Pond back to the beginning, containing j 1544 acres more or less. Dated and posted, this the 24th day of June. 1936. I JOSTE MARLOW, Administratrix of the state of R. M. Mariow. i Robert W. Davis. Attorney for the ) Administratrix. 7-22c NOTICE I State of North Carolina, County of Brunswick:? In The Superior Court George A. Cairns vs. Anna P. Cairns | The defendant above named will I take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Brunswick County North Carolina: that said action it for absolute divorce on the grounds of separation for more than twc years: and the said defendant will further take notice that she is required to appear before the Clerk o< the Superior Court of Brunswick County. North Carolina, at his office In the City of Southport. North Carolina. on or before the 22nd day ol July. 1936. and answer or demur tc the" complain of the plaintiff, now on file in the office of the saic Clerk of the Superior Court of Brunswick county. North Carolina, or tht plaintiff will thereafter apply to tht Superior Court of said Brunswick County. North Carolina in term time for the relief demanded in said complaint. This 19th day of June. 1936. B. J. HOLDEN. Clerk 7-15-c Superior Court. NOTICE OF SIMMONS State of North Carolina. County of Brunswick: ? In The Snperlor Conrt L. E. Long vs. MauJe E. Long m1? j-fAnjon, Maude E. Long, will I 1IC UCIGMUB..H | take notice that an action entitled ; as above has been commenced ir the Superior Court of Brunswick I County, North Carolina, by the plaintiff for absolute divorce upon the jgrounds of two years separation, as i provided by the law of the State oi North Carolina, said defendant will ; further take notice that she is reoulred to appear at the office of th< Clerk of the Superior Court of sale' j county at the courthouse in South| port. N. C? on or before the 25tl day of July. 1936, and answer 01 demur to the complaint in said action, or the plaintiff will annly fot relief demanded in said complaint. This 22nd dov of June. 193ft M. P. WATKINS. Assistant Clerk Superior Court. S. B. Frink, Attorney for Plaintiff. 7-15c NOTICE OF SIMMONS BT PT'BMCATION State of North Carolina, County of Brunswick:? In The Snperlor Court Castello Goodman vs. Ida Goodman The defendant, Ida Goodman, abovt named, will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Superior Court ol Brunswick County, North Carolina bv the plaintiff, above named, foi absolute divorce unon the grounds 01 two years separation, as provided bj the laws of the State of North Carolina. and said defendant will furthei take notice that she is required t< appear at the office of the clerk ol th< Superior Court of Brunswicl County. North Carolina, at his offlci in Southport. N. C? on or before th< 26th day of July, 1936. and answei or demur to the complain of th< plaintiff in said action, or the plaintiff will apply to the court for th( relief demanded in said complaint. This the 23rd dnv of June. 1936. IB. J. HOT,DEN. Clerk Superior Courl Brunswick County. N. C. j J. W. Ruark, Plaintiff's Attornev. 17-15-c Southport, N. C. NOTICE TO CREDITORS This is to notify all persons in th( | counties of Brunswick. Columbui I Bladen. New Hanover. Pender. Cum berland. Hoke. Sampson. Scotland I and Robeson, having unpaid bills 'against the North Carolina Emerigency Relief Administration, to prej sent them at the office of the under j signed on or before the 16th day ol | July. 1936. or this notice will b< pleaded in bar of their collection. ' This 26th dav of -Tune. I'm. CHATHAM C. CT,ARK. Administrator Emergency Relief Admipietration. Fayetteville, Nortl Carolina. 6-24-< Subscribe to The State Porl Pilot $1.50 a year. THE S' COPYRIGHT BV MINTON.BAlCH.t CO. W.N.O.I I began to tremble: my kneesfelt suddenly loose: my cousin's ; words came leering Into my mind, "I never liked blindman's buff." . . , It was the remembrance of Hel-' ena that put to shame my fear. 1 had heard her whip Pharaoh?here, j in this very room: whip him beforei his fellows; cut him across the face, | and the whip she had used was my i courage. "You fear him . . you! fear his hand." For an instant l] ! thought upon her and strangely j \ enough remembered the way she j had pushed her hair from her temples, as though by that pretty ges I ture to banish care. Then I turned ! refreshed to my duty, which was j to take Pharaoh's life. At once I set out to find him with my left band stretched before j me and my pistol all ready. I truly believe that my action 1 saved my life, for Pharaoh passed me In the darkness and came upon j Itush. I knew this was so, for he | fired upon the body, supposing it I to be me, and the flame that leaped i from his pistol gave me a mark tc aim at. Instead of lighting my face. In a Hash 1 had tired and had1 | drawn his tire, tor, before I couW ; think, a bullet had tiic-ked the sleeve ! of my pistol-arm. | This showed me, once for all, that i so far as snap shots were con-1 j cerned, I stood no chance whatever j | against such a man. As I whipped | to one side, I made up my mind 1 , must not tire again until I knew! I for certain that my bullet was going to kill. In a word, if I was to win, I must come to close quar-| ! ters with Pharaoh, If not to grips. I had now come back to the table, II and, as I edged my way round it, I thought of the knee-hole below. . I think it will be admitted that ' in making yon way to and fro in a room that is dark, your j tendency is to skirt the furniture ! which you encounter, keeping In ! touch with its edge, because, I suppose, you like to be able to feel | your way. After all, this Is nat, ural: blind men move by the wall. If, then, I entered the knee-hole | and let Pharaoh move to and fro, i sooner of later he would skirt the ' pedestal table, and, though I should ' not hear him, I had put out my ; hands, and I should feel the slack of his trousers as he went by. , An instant later I was crouching j beneath the archway, with my pistol on the carpet before me and ! my empty hands outstretched upon either side. ! I had not long to wait When I did not return his tire, I fancy the man was uncertain whether or not 1 was dead. He, therefore, sought the spot from which I had fired and. finding nobody there. turned and came to the table ex! actly as I had done. * i-t- T ka ado exacuy as i mu u?uc, I began to edge his way round It... The slack of his trousers brushed : my hand. | In a flash I had him by the i ankles and. ripping his feet from [ beneath him had brought him down on his side. Then I snatched my [ pistol, thrust it into his stomach and pressed the trigger?in rain. I The magazine was empty. Slov enly to the last. Hush had never troubled to replenish his clip. Pharaoh had fallen on his right and so on bis pistol arm. While this was taking his weight, he could not aim, and though in a flash be My Pistol on the Carpet Before Me. i had thrown his weight to the left, ' in that instant my fingers had ; caught the wrist of his pistol-hand. For a momeDt he fought for his rATE PORT PILOT, SOUT! freedom :^therT he let himself fall on his hack: but now my wits were working and before it could reach his pocket, I had hold of his other wrist. And in that instant the room was flooded with light. . . . For a moment I thought that someone had entered the chamber And then I guessed that Pharaoh had turned the switches when first he came into the room, and the switchboard itself might report the repair of the damage which he hac done. So far the first time that night 1 saw my enemy's face. I think he must have known thai T U t ~ nn/,nilAn? kill' nt?kt 1 was ins ussuimui, uui mc ai&ui of me seemed to send him out oi his mind. He fought no more like as a serpent, but like the madmar he looked, his face convulsed wltl passion and his eyes staring out oi his head. At last, to my relief, the tempes: blew itself out, and he lay back spent and panting, to take his rest but, before I could think of moving he had lifted his head once mori and was staring into my eyes. I looked back, grimly enough. He did not struggle: he simpli gazed upon me, as though he wouh brand my image upon his memory Then the fellow spat in my face. So a madman made n madman. If he resisted, I knew not. bu I used him as a lay figure from tha time on. | I dashed his hand on tin massive plinth of the table, to breal hts wrist, and when his pistol hai fallen I brought his hands togethe and got to my knees. And then was clear of the table and hai jerked him up to his feet I let his broken wrist gr whipped out his second pistol am pitched it across the room. Then I seized his throat with botl hands, turned him back to the table bent him across its corner an< broke his back on the oab_ * * Sitting on th? bench by the fire place, I wiped my face and mj hands on Helena's black silk scarf This had been wrung and creased and I had no doubt that Pharaol had used It to gag her, before hi had carried her off. Now that the business was over I found it hard to believe. I lookei at my watch. The time was twenty minute past twelve. Not an hour had goni ' by since Pharaoh had "talked" fron | the ramparts and Dewdrop ha< j read his message to Rush and Hugh i and me. And now thev were al four dead, but I was alive. The reflection brought me up t< ! my feet. Alive. If you please: but I wai j shut In a chamber from which ; could see no way out. . . For twenty minutes I sought tha j secret door. I shouted and bea j upon the woodwork, using Helena'i | name?all In vain. Helena was locked in the turret my hand in my pocket fingered hei master key; which I had take: from Rush, but the turret, no doubt had embrasures, and she would b< found and released so soon as shi could make herself heard. She had of course, heard the firing, but i: the thieves were fighting what die that matter to her? Let Pharaol revenge her escape upon Rugle am Rush : or seek to blast his way oui of the secret room. (Here perhaps j I should say that though Helen: 1 heard the firing, the sound was sc | muffled that she could not be sure S what It was, while, so thick were I the walls of YorlCk. that nobodj else in the castle heard It at all.) Now when Helena's release wai effected and Geoffrey and the war den were found, the three woul< take counsel together upon her re port The position would be con j sldered?but not for long. The thing was clear. To open th< room would be madness. The coun ell would surely decide that Pha raoh and his companions must tx left to die where they were. Somewhat dazedly I surveyed mj surroundings. No windows, no doors. How dl( one get out of chambers that hat neither windows nor doors? It was then that I thought of th< fireplace. A grate must have a chimney and if the chimney was wide. . . I must have climbed forty fee when my hand encountered a rldgi and I felt a current of air. An< then I came to a fireplace. As I crawled out of that fireplace I 1 knew where I was. I had comi to Helena's bedroom. Roughly I washed the filth fron my head and my hands, hut thougl I did what I could to wipe the soo HPORT, N. C. i from my sltpes, I v.-ry soon saw that1 until 1 could chance my clothing, I ' should not he tit to move in a furI nlshed room. And what clothes I ! had were at Plumage. . . . At ouce to set to the farm beI came my burning desire. I | Before I did so, I must set Helena * i free. That was simple enough. I j had her master key, and there was ] her private stair to bring me down to the hall. And yet I dreaded the 1 duty. I did not want to see her? 1 at least, not now. I dreaded the I explanations which I should be forced to give. I did not want her to know that I had been there, in that room; that I had seen Pharaoh I break her, that I had heard her purchase my safety for ten thousand ! pounds a year. i I heard the whine of a dog and ; then the scratch of claws on the door that led to the ramparts. In a ' moment I had it open, and there to i j my joy was Sabre. 'l I afterwards learned that, perceiving the bustle above him, the 1 dog had declared, by barking, that he was down in #.e moat His res: cue was effected. The great dog seemed pleased to i see me, but none too pleased to see : that I was alone. ' "Come and find her, Sabre," I i said. "I know where she is." I The Alsatian started and stared. ] Then he bounded toward me, put i I his great paws on my shoulders and j licked my face. t One minute later we stood in the t little hall. f With the master key in my hand, > I turned to the turret door. For a i! moment I hesitated. Then I took a II deep breath, fitted the key to the f lock and pushed open the oak. Helena was not to be seen. [ Neither, for that matter, was Sa, bre. He had gone to Join his mis: tress at the head of the turret stair, , I was wondering whether to fol> low or whether to wait where I was, when I suddenly saw that my duty to the lady was done. j The appearance of Sabre would 1 show her that she was released. . The way to her hedroom was open, and she had no need of escort, because the terror was laid, t With trembling fingers, I whipped t the key from the lock of the turret door. Then I opened the door which e gave to the winding staircase, Ij passed through and locked it behind j me with all dispatch. Five minutes r later I crossed the moat by the footI bridge and entered the tunnel which j would bring me into the woods. , As I walked to Plumage, I remera^ bered those terrible moments?how I In her pride she had flung my puny l, efforts in Pharaoh's face and how in , her fear and trembling she had j sought to buy my safety by com-' mltting a breach of trust No queen could have done more for the king she loved. ? j , Although I had come to regard with increasing apprehension the ' opening of Helena's eyes?to the truth, of course, that It was I and I not Bugle that had stood In the ' secret chamber and listened to all she said?it had never occurred to | me that, if ori'r T held my tongue, 5 j neither she nor >'"<-one else need I ever suspect that I had entered the n castle that Friday night. Yet before j my cousin had spoken a dozen B words, I saw that, if I was careful, my secret would keep Itself. He found me finishing breakfast 5 In his room at The Reaping Hook. J "Well, you have missed something," he said. "Let that be your j punishment for deceiving three simple souls. Not that I blame you? ( this time. My lady had no right to treat you like that. I told her as much In the coupe. Rut she wouldn't listen to me. But that's by the way. You've missed?In a way you've missed the most astounding show that ever was seen. Lady Helena saw a good bit?more ^ than enough, I'm afraid." He threw * himself Into a chair. "Upon my " soul, I don't know where to begin." 1 "What do you know?" I said. "I feel sure," said my cousin, "that you will be glad to hear that ! your failure to arrive at the castle knocked the three of us flat. We couldn't assimilate the fact that ' simple, honest John Spencer had ' laid himself out to deceive us?and s done It so devilish well. You cer[ tainly got your own back. Lady ' Helena was wild. 'I'd never have ' believed It of him,' she raged. "Well, now that she was safe In the castle. I was only too glad of j an excuse to get out, and so I an nounced that Barley and I wouli seek you without delay. She in slsted that we should take Sabr and gave the dog his orders befon we left It's right you should knov that she was extremely worried." ^ My cousin paused, to frown on bh finger-tips. "I hope, in the merciful coursi ' of time, to forget the way wi . employed the next two hours. Ws , used Sabre exactly according t< the instructions on the box. Shouh the dog display emotion, releasi 1 him at once. Remain exactly wher< you were when he left you, unti ' he returns. Then take hold of hi.' collar and he will lead you to John.' I began to shake with laughter "Quite so," said Geoffrey. "Quitt so. After about an hour the dog dis played emotion and was released After another hour Barley and I 1 displayed much more emotion am withdrew to survey the mouth 01 1 the entrance drive. . . . t "We hadn't been there ten mln iites when we heard the Carlott: coining?coining from the c::>;le al s out. Ily the use of our torches wt t stopped her, to find that she wa> to manncil by a tlyinir squad. Watch ! r men, porters, grooms?alt of then . f armed to the teeth. They were go- s in? to compass YoricU, traveling t ea.st; and the coupe was coming s after, to travel west. The Countess t Helena had been kidnaped. Yorick was plunged into darkness and my r lady was gone. I.et down in a sheet e from the ramparts. Her handker-1 F chief had been found on the draw- ^ bridge and fjabre bad been found in r the moat." ^ I felt that it was time to say e something. j " "But how," I began. ... d "Don't interrupt," said my cou-1 ' sin. "Listen to me. Well, I let the [ Carlotta go, deciding that Barley j and I would do better on foot. I ' sent him east and ran west?yes,' " ran, with my heart in my mouth. \ The idea was to find the Bolls . . . if the Bolls had not gone. "I found her at a quarter to one, " up a little track?and very near i to cried with relief. You see, that c meant that my lady was yet in the s park. to "I rushed off and stopped the j coupe, which was lapping for the | ' twentieth time, told the chauffeur i to go on patrolling, but to send me [ ' reinforcements and tell everybody " he met. Then I went back to lay | s my ambush. I soon had plenty of * men and I did the job well. Pha- j * ruoh simply hadn't an earthly.! * Though he didn't know it, that | 11 track had become the scaffold on i d which ho and his little friends were ! 1 going to die. "At a quarter or two a wanan j comes pelting with a message?we c very nearly killed him, of course. | v But by the time he'd said his piece I he was nearer death than be- i fore. The Countess Helena's compliments, and will Mr. Bohun come! back to the castle at once." I My cousin covered his face. "I don't think I've ever felt such j a blasted fool. But blasted . . . "Well, I took the Bolls and drove back?to hear Lady Helena's tale. "She was lying down on her bed when a gag was clapped over her mouth. Pharaoh, of course; but mi 111 : ! A Gag Was Clapped Over Her j Mouth. alone. She put up a fight, but he | very soon had his way. He bound | her wrists and ankles and took her i master key. Then he carried her down her private staircase and into j a secret room?the ante-chamber, in ' - * " --11 - - ?* ~tUn I raet, 10 ine ceiiur wuert: nea tur i gold. "I'm afraid there's no doubt that she suffered: but, except that Pharaoh put it across her, she simply leaves that bit out. But he must have been pretty ruthless, for in the end she opened the secret panel concealing the cellar steps. "Well, Pharaoh and Dewdrop went down, to view the gold: but Rush and Bugle remained in the chamber on guard. I ought to have said that her hands and her feet had been freed. Still, she hadn't much chance, for they kept a torch on her face. "I shall never understand why Pharaoh employed two such washouts as Bugle and Rush. The first | thing those two bright lads did was, ; between them, to drop the torch. By the time they'd found It again their prisoner was gone. The door to the secret room is a secret door. It cannot be opened from within. It was, therefore, standing open. I; a flash my lady was out and hat: shut the door. "Well, though she was safe, sh wasn't clear of the wood. She wa locked in a staircase-turret, ant Rush had her master key. Shi called from the embrasures, but, a: the castle was empty, there weren' any ears to hear. Then, after t while she found Sabre standing be side her, licking her hand." I felt that such a statement de manded some sort of expression o disbelief. "But you said?" "You shut your face," said Geof frey. "Truth is stranger than flc tion?every time. The door to th< turret was open and so were thf doors to her room. But her room har been used. The thieves had escapee , by the chimney, entered her rooir by the fireplace, cleaned themselves up in her bathroom and disap pea red." FIVE "The obvious thing to do wits tc earch the rustle forthwith, ! ought o have said that long before I got ack the switchboard had been repaired and the lights hail come on, ind while my lady was talking, the taflf which bad bepn scattered was riekling hack. Florin anil I Induced ome sort of order before beginning he search. "We began with my lady's bcdoont. Onb look at the hearth was nough. There was snot all over the dace. But nothing and nobody else. Ve left the watchmen there and ay lady and Florin and I went lown to the secret room. It was mpty now, we knew, tor Pharaoh nd company were gone: but the loor to the cellar was open and my ady wanted It shut." He took a deep breath. "I'll tell you what we found. We ound Pharaoh. Dewdrop and Rush -all three of them dead." "Go on," said I, incredulously. "Fact," said my cousin, shortly. I'm glad you weren't there to see t. It was a dreadful sight. Bugle ad done the three in and then leared out. I fancy there'd been ome scrap. Pharaoh's hack was iroken: he had no wound. "And here's my interpretation of his astounding find. "In Pharaoh's absence Bugie and tush between them let Lady Helena ;o. Warrantably fearful of the coneqitences of what they had done, tush and Bugle quarrelled, and iugle killed Rush. Afraid to face 'haraoh?such a dereliction of duty nennt almost certain death?Bugle lecided to kill him and Dewdrop, oo. And so he did. Then he esaped by the chimney, with Lady lelena's master key. This let him tut of the castle by the way by vhlch he came in. Why he waited o let her out. I cannot conceive, 'ossibl.v some twinge of conscience ?you never know. That's one of he points which we shall never dear up." "Then everything's over," said I. 'The terror Is laid." "The terror is laid," said Geoffrey. 'Bugle remains, of course. But I .?> ? ?/>!< d.\nLt if u-o oh all odu i LI V LIJUV II UUUUl IL n v OIIHII nvv Bugle again." Thoughtfully I regarded my napkin. Was It five or six days before a corpse rose to the surface of the water In which it lay? "Then everything's over," I repeated. "Except the Interment," said" Geoffrey: "which Is fixed for tomorrow evening, as soon as It's decently dark. As yon seem to have had a night off, I think you might help with that." . Six days had gone by, and my precious secret was safe. , This was hardly surprising. Only two beings knew that I had approached the castle that terrible night: and of these one was a dog and the other was dead. I had not used Barley's pistol: I had cleaned my cousin's knife: my filthy garments lay hid In the Plumage woods. Nobody knew that In my notecase was Helena's master key. But another secret was safe. On the Sunday night Pharaoh, Dewdrop and Rush had been laid In a common grave, not far from the mouth of the tunnel that ran from the moar. Though nobody knew It bub' I./. Bugle had yet to appear. For some unaccountable reason the moat still withheld Its dead. My cousin was painting Plumage. Twice a day he visited Yorlck: but I was not invited and would not go up unasked. Neither would I go to Plumage?although I ooa bos honatioo T ntna lUIljiCU IU nrc net yr*.rt hoc a " ao sure that Helena sat with my cousin and watched him at work. I had made up my mind to leave Annabel and to go and stay at Innsbruck which was a city I knew. My cousin was to follow with Barley In four days' time. And so I was sitting at Annabel, cursing life and regarding my half-packed trunks with a listless stare, when the host of the Inn came bustling with a note In bis hand. Dear John: Your cousin tells me that you are leaving tonight. Before you go, will you be so good as to show me where young Florin lies? I would not ask you this favor, but I was fond of young Florin, and you are the only being who knows the site of his grave. I cannot believe you will refuse me, and so, if it will suit you, I will call for you today at a quarter to three. Please will you tell the bearer "yes" or "no." HELENA I went down to the door of The Reaping Hook to speak to the groom. "Tell her ladyship 'yes,'" I said ** As the coupe stole Into the fore court, I descended the steps of the Inp. Helena smiled and nodded and 1 took off my hat. "Will you drive, please*' With a pounding heart, X took my seat by her side, perceived the glow of her presence, discovered her faint perfume. . . . The spot to which we were going lay 12 miles off, and, after leaving the car, we must walk half a mile through the forest to come to the dell. Be sure, I drove slowly enough. . . . But though half an hour went by before we left the coupe, in all that time we never exchanged one word. (Continued Next Week)
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