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The IvoryQueen. By NORMAN HURST. Copyright, 1899, by American Press Association. Findicg it useless to linger, Darrent left the jail and returned to bis own room at the raiace hotel, and. having locked the floor, took out the two ivory chessmen and carefully examined them. The pawn was cut on t of one solid piece of ivory, with the exception of the flat base, which!, with a dexterous Irwist of his strong fingers. Darreat nnscrewed. There was no mystery about that, and he laid it on one side and picked np the .ivory qnecn. The little statue stood about thrje and a half inches, high, and . the base had a diameter of about an inch and a half and formed a email cir .cnlar platform" npcn which the figure stood, the flowing robe reaching to the ' edsre all rrnnrL - Gripping the base, Darrent twisted .v it to the right, and the figure unscrew ed. - revealing a long, , narrow cavity, running the whole length of the body, into which, tightly rolled np, a scrap of parchment had been pushed. With ' the blade of his penknife he carefully withdrew, the little scroll, which was : about an inch long by two inches wide, . and spread it out before him. It was covered with very say 11 writing, and. although the ink was somewhat faded, he made out without much difficulty the following inscription: When the full moon shines through the center pane of red glass in the top of the library win dow, 1U track along the floor will reach at mid night a knot in the wood. Mttsure from that knot three feet to the west and eight test to the - north. which will reach to the wainscot; then measure aix feet ud the wall to the rarved pro!l. and pull forward. . J. M. V Three times Darrent read the paper through. What could it mean? What mystery was there hidden behind those dark oak paneled walls in the dreary library at The Grange Was there some ' guilty secret stowed away that old Marsden had hidden all through his life, but had wished when he was dead that Astray, should know? Was there possibly some clew to the real murderer, something that 'should tell an avenger where to search, for old Marsden's ene my, the deadly enemy that had struck the murderous blow, of waa there some concealed wealth lying behind that panel for which Josiah Marsden had been murdered ? If he had been mur dered for that wealth, those who had killed him knew where the treasure was hidden and no doubt had stolen it "al ready. It was useless to speculate. He must go to The Grange at once, follow out the instructions of the parchment ana see what was the result. VNpw." said Darrent to himself as alone he entered the library at The ' Grange. "I'm not going to wait for any hocus poena of moonlight and mid night. ; I'm just going for this, prna- mental Bcroll work, and if there's a bit of it loose I'll find it and what's behind it too. " In th'3 gathering dusk he took a rule from his pocket and measured six feet from the ground on, the portion of the wall not covered by the bookcases and found I that that r.as exactly the height cf the ornamental scroll work on the panel;:; Then, with a portable electric ; lahip. and n,. large magnifying glass, he t jr clly t suinined the carv ing. Present j ho cura'S to .1 piece where a join in the wood conJd be discerned. . and. pulling .. It fiorwar.l. a- panel ome eight inchei or ten inches, long came with it, disclosing a narrow space be- 1 With the blade of his penknife he car f ully withdrew the little scroll. , bintl. In wliirh lav a Rmnll Ipnthpr rev ered volume. Darrent took the book out tn'd pushed back the panel ; then, seat if 2 himself ia one of the corners by the fireplace, proceeded to read : JOSIAD MAESDEN'S DIAEY. PaTwIS. Oct 8. 1871. Back in my hotel at last, and now I can pause and think of what I have , gone through in this' accursed city. Paris, the city of light I Bah I Paris, tho city of death I " Was it fancy or did each passerby shun mo as I walked through the de parted streets this; morning? Did they see murder in my eye. the coming brand or uain . upon my loreneaar iUet me write clearly what has ; befallen me, eo that if it shpnld war chance that this is tend it may tpaair in ray defense. It mp.r show at least that I am not an as sassin by choictf. bu: by circumstanca': Who can say what gaides7 us to our late? If there had .been 'a heat at the opera tonight, I Ehould not be what I am now. But the opera is a great suc cess, there was not a. seat to be had, and sa I strolled about until I lost mv self in the, labyrinth pf squalid etreota and alleys on the south side of the river. Suddenly a ccrciiin broke ' out uponthe night, the cry of a woman, proceeding fron a house in darkness, save for an upper story, whero a beam of light cut a pathway through the blackness. It would have been well if I had passed on unheeding, but without thinking I rushed to tho entrance. It was open, and I sped up the shaky staircase, and pushed open a door upon tho third floor. Not a light, not a sound. . I paused, ir resolute, and then folt' the cold barrel of a pistol against my temple. A dozen hands held me powerless while my arms were tied to my sidea "Who is it?" I gai-ped. "Shoot, you fool, shoot I" a man re plied, and, I :avo myself up for lost. "Tt is a pi of an Englishman." one grpwiea, auu then there arose a sub dued mutter of vo:cc3 in German which I could not follow, ."Why did you come here?" someone asked in French.. "I thought I heard a scream." "You're a spy!" , "Why den't you shoot instead of talking?" ' A "What's the good of that? What are we to do with the body ?" Once more the consultation was held. Now and again I caught a wprd in French, but most of the language was in German, with occasionally a sentence in an unknown tongue. Perhaps it was Russian. ' And ail this time I was securely bound, with not a glimmer of light to shew me who my assailants were. The consultation became more excited, and then at last it subsided into grunts, and some one addressed me again. "You have pu yourself in this posi tion,' he said, speaking in French, with a foreign twang, "by interfering in other people s business. ; You will be allowed to depart" my heart beat' wildly "when' you have become one of us." , "Who are you?" "That will not concern you if ycu were born r.ndcr a lucky star. If not you will havj cause to know. We are about to draw lots with ,nn object." The pistol barrel touched my temple again.' .V.Will,' yon chare in the drawing or say goodby to hfo?' . "vnat do wo draw rorT" 1 gasped in terror. . y, "To decide who shall kill the daugh ter of a traitor. We never kill tho cul prit himelf. Our revenge is more inger ions. We leave him to the last. Do you consent to become one of as in this lottery?" ' . . : ;"No, I faltered, and then ere the word had left my lips, so strong is the love of life. I relented and gasped, "Then drawl" , A - box" was placed underneath my hand, and again a voice cried, "Drawl" 1 inrui in my nana ana drew out a small marble.- J " K , "You have had a fair chance," thd same voice said. VY03 are the first There are SO white balls end 1 red." And still we were in darkness as the box went round. ' " .' . A lamp was lighted, a lamp only throwing a small circle of light upon a blade table, and each man approached, held his hand in that circle and open edit; White, white, white, white! I knew mine was the red. I felt it burning my flesh as I gripped it within my hand, and as I opened it beneath the light it rolled forth rod! "When you iave earned your admit tance, you will be one of us, " the spokesman said, ana then I was . con ducted down the piich dark stairs and thrust out into the street. -. . 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