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11. HODGENS, 'Town Ticket At.
J. B. MACDONALD, DiStriet Pease*"
. ger Agent, Torente
Baskervilles
Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes.
BY A: CONAN DOVI.;E:
Atithiiiiirrie-GreerTFlit" and °The Great Boer War"
Copyright (1902) Conan Doyle.
wonder that my uncle, got a little lune
PY if be lived all alone in such tehouse
0 tbjs. IIowevez,, t sults YO.
will retire early to -night, and Perhaps
things may seem more cheerful la the
morning."
I drew aside "my curtains before I
went to bed and. looked' out trona MY
window. It opened upon the grassy
space which. las in front of the ball
door. Beyond, two eopsea of trees
moaned and swung in a"rising :vvind.
A. half moon broke through the rifts
of racing clouds. In its cold light 1 saw
beyond the tee a. broken fringe of
rocks, and the king, low curve a the
4.+4+ ++++44-++++++++++.44: 4+-0-44-++++++++++++:44-4-** melancholy moor, I 'closed the curtain,
feeling that my last impression was in
The young heir glanced round With keeping •with the rest.
a gloomy face. And yet it was, not quite the last.
"Ws po wonder my uncle felt .as If found myself weary and yet wakeful,
trouble were coming on him in such tossing restlessly from side to side,
a place as this," said Ile. "It's enough seeking for the sleep whicla would not
to scare any man..I'i.1 have a row of tome. Far away a chiming clock
electric lamps up here inside of six struck -out the quarters of the hours,
months, and you won't know it again, but otherwise a deathly silence laY
with a thousand candle-power Swan upon the old house. And then suddenly,
and Edison, right here in front of the in the very dead of the night, there
hall door." came a sound to my ears, clear, re -
The avenue ce..ned into a broad ex- sonant, and unmistakable. Xt was the
panse of turf, and the house lay before sob a a woman, the muffled, strangl-
us, In the fading light I could see that ing gasp of one who is torn by an un -
the centre .wasa. hoary block of controllable 'sorrow. I sat up in bed
inefrom which a porch projected, The and listened intently. The 'noise could
whole front was draped in ivy, with a. not have been far away and was cer.
patch clipped bare here and there tainlv in the house. Porhalf an hour
where a window or a • coat -of -arms I waited with every nerve on the alert,
broke through the dark veil. From but there came no other soundsaVe,
this central' block rose the twin towers, the chimney clock and the rustle of
ancient, crenelated, .and pierced with the ivy on the wall.
many loopholea. To right and left of • .
the turrets were more raoderi wings CHAPTER VII.
of black •granite. A dull light shone " • '
observe that by the gate there stood through heavy mullioned windows, and The fresh beauty of the following
two soldierly men in dark unifornts, from the high chimneys which rose moraing dM something to eftace from
who.leaned upon their short rifles and from the steep, high -angled roof there our minds the erim and grey impres-
glanced keenly at us as we passed. sprang ,a single black column of • Mon which had been left upon both of
The coachman, a herd -faced gnarled smoke. . .• . ue by our first experience of Beaker.
little fellow, salptedSir Henry Basket,- "Welcome.; Sir Henry! Welcome, to ville Hall. As Sir Henry aed 1 sat at
, 'e
ville, and in. a few minutes we were Baskerville Hall!" breakfast thsunlight flooded tn.
flYing swiftly down the breed, white A tall . man" had stepped from the through the high mullioned :window's,
road. Rolleig pasture lands curved up- shadow .of the porch to open, the dem* throwing watery patches of coler from
wards on either. side ,of *us, and old of the • wagonette. - The figure of a . tne coats of arms which covered them.
gabled houses peeped out from anijd woman' was silhouetted against the yel- The daric panelling glowed like bronze
the thick green foliage, but behind the low light of the hall. She came out in the golden revs, and it was hard
peaceful and sunlit country -side there and helped the man to 'hand down our to realize that this was indeed the
rose ever, dark against the evening bags. Chamber which had struck such a
shy, the Icing, gloomy turve, of the You don't mind my driving straight gloom into ,our souls upon the evening
moor, broken' by the jagged and sinis- home, Sir Henry'?" said Dr. Mortimer,r, before.
•ter hills. ' • "My wife is expecting me" guess it is.euraelves and not the
. The wagonette swung round into a "Surely you will stay and have some
side toed. and we curved upwards_ dinner?"
- with his tweed suit and his American
ccent, in -the corner of a prosaic rail-
way -carriage, and yet as I looked at
his dark and expressive face I felt
more tnan ever now true a descend-
ant he was of that long line of high;
blooded, fiery, and masterful men.
There were pride, valour, and. strength
In his thick brows, his sensitive nos-
trils, and his large haZel eyes. If on
that forbidding moor a difficult and
dangerous quest, should lie before us,
this was at least a comrade for whom
one might venture to take a'risk with
the certainty that he weuld bravely
share it
The train pulled up at a small way-
side station and we 'all descended. Out-
side, beyond the low, white fence,- a
Wagonette with a pair of cobswas
waiting. Our coming was evidently a
greet event, for stationmaster and
porters clustered•round,us to carry out
our luggage. It was a sweet, simple
country spot, but I Was surprised"to
through deep lanes worn by centuries "No, I must go1 shall probably
of wheels, high banks on either side, find some work awaiting me. I would
heavy with dripping mess and fleshy stay to sho* you over the house, Ind ,
hart's -tongue ferns. •Bronzime bracken Barrymore will be a better guide than
and mottled bramble gleamed in the L Good-bye, and never, hesitate night •
light of the sinking sun. Still steadily or_ day. to send for rad. if..1 can be of
rising, we passed • over. a narrow service!' - •
granite bridge, and skirted a noiey • The wheels died away clown the
stream which gushed. swiftly down, drive while Sir Henry and I turned .
foaming and roaring amid the grey . into theheel; and*tite deist clanged •
boulders. Both reed and stream wound. 'heavily behind us: It was a fine apart -
up through a valley dense with scrub ment in which we found ourselves,
oalLand fir. At every turning Ba•sker- large, lofty; and heavily raftered with
ville gavean exclamation of delight, liege balks 'of ago blackened oak; in
looking eagerly about him and. ask- the great 'old-fashioned fireplace be-
ing countless questions. To his eyes hind the high iron dogs a log -fire
all seemed beautiful, but to me a tinge .crackled and snapped.. Sir Henry and •
of melancholy lay upon the .country- I held out our hands to it, for we were
side, which bore so clearly •the mark narrib from our long drive: Thepwe
of the waning year. Yellow leaves car- gazed round us at the high; thin win-
petecl the lanes and fluttered down dow of old stained glass, the oak
upon us as we •passed. The rattle. of ' panelling, the stags' heads, the coat- ;
out wlieels died away as we drove. of -arms upon the walls, all cliin and.
through driftsof rotting vegetation- sombre in the . sulsdued light of the •
sad gifts, as it seemed to me, for Na central.,lamp. • , •
tare to throw beforethe carriage of "It's just as I imagined it," said Sir
the returning heir- of the Baskervilles. Henry. 'Is it not the very picture of
"Halloa!" cried- Dr.. Mortimer, '`what , an old family home? To think that •
is this?" •, this should be the same hall in swlsich
**.A. steep. curve of heath clad land, ' for five hundred years my people have
an outlying spur of the moor, lay in lived. It Strikes me solemn to think of
front of us'. On the summit, hard and it" • '•
elear like an equestrian • statue .upon • I saw his dark face lit up with a
its pedestal, was a mounted soldier, 'boyish entlnisiasin as hegazed about .
• dark .and stern, his rifle poised ready. him. The light beat upon him where he
over his . forearm, He was :watching stood, but: long shadows trailed dciwn •,
the read ..along.,,which:We traveled, " the Walls and hung like a black canoPY • '
"What is 'this,. Perkinar asked Dr. .above him. Barrymore had returned
Mortimer. '• , ' ; -: • • . from taking our luggage to our rooms.
: Our driver half turned in . his' seat. •He .stocel in front Of us new With the
. "There's a convict .• escaped. from subdued 'manner Of a well trained ser-
Prineetown, eir. He's been out three vent: Ile • was a, retnerIcahle4oeking
days now and the_ Warders" 'watch mak tall,• hendsome, with a ' square
every; road and every • 'station, but 'black beard, and pale, distinguished
they've had no eight of hint yet.' The • features• . •
farmers about •hese den't' like it sir, ''Weuld you wish dinner to be 'ner.
and that's n 'feet," - " red at once, sir?" •
• understand that they ' get 1 Is it,teadY?"• • "'; •
.five ponncre'!if they can give informa 1 In a' very few minutes; pin; You
erome ' • : . will ,find hotwater in your •rodnie. My
"Yes;* Sir,' but the Chance of ' five ,Wife and I Will be hanek, Sir ,HenrYi
pounds:is but a poor thing cornpared to to stay- with you until you have Made
the chance Of having your throat 'cutyour fresh arrangements, but you will
You see; it isn't like any•ordinary con- ..midefSUlicl that under the nese condi
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Viet. This IS a than that would stick tions • this house will require a consid-
at nothing." , • etable staff." •
`Whole he, then?" • • • "Whet new conditions" .
:"It Is, Selden, the Notting Hill niur. "1 .only meant, sir, that „Sir ,Charles
deter'," . • ' led a very -retired life, and We were
I remembered the case well, for it able to look after his wantS, You . turned a shade paler still as he listen.
was One in Which. Holmes bed taken Would, naturally, wieh to. have more ' ed to his master's questiche •
an interest on account of the peculiar
'ferocity of the crime and the wanton
brutality w,hielf had:marked all the
actiona of the assassin. The coinmutee
tion of his death bentehee had been
due to some doubts as to his eope.,•
plete sanity, ee atrocious was his con-
4uet Our wagbilette had topped a: rise
and hi front of us rose the huge ex-
panse of the moor, raottled with gnarl
• "Has .41r. .leerlock Holmes?"
house that we have td blame!" said
the baronet. "We were _tired With our
journey and chilled' by our drive, so
we took a grey view of the place. New
we are • fresh and well, so it is all
Cheerful once more." •
"And yet it was not exitirely.a question of imaginatitue" I answere\cke"pid
you; for example, litippen to hear some-
one, a woman I' think, Sobbing in the
iight?"
"That hi curious, for I did .When
• -Was heft asleep fancy. that • heard
-some the sett welted quite a
time,: but Otero ,Was fie More of it, pe
I cop cled ;that it was all a dream."
"I heard it distinctly, and I am Sure
that it was really •tlie sob of a woman."
• "We : Must ask.'.abou,t this right
away," He 'rang the bell • and asked
Barrymore whether he 'could •account
for. our experience., It seemed to me
that. the pallid features of the butler
company, and so you,will needchange
in your household." •
•
"Do you mean that yeur wife and
You wish to leave?" • • •
"Only when Will quite .convenient to
you; sir."
' "But your fainilY have been-Witn. us
for. several generations, have they
not? I should be sorry to begin my life
here by breaking an old faMily con-
ed and craggy cairn's and tors. A cold nection." •
wind swept down froni it and set as I •seem to discern some signs of emo-
shivering. Somewhere there, on. that •tion upon the butler's white fade.. -
desolate plain, was lurking this fiend- . • "I feet that also, sir, and so does
ish man, hiding in a burrow like a wild my, wife. But to tell thetnruth, sir, we
beast his heart full of .malignaney .were both very mtich 'attached to Sir
against the whole.. race which had
cast hlin. 'Out,. It needed butthis to
complete the grim suggestiveness of
the 'baleen waste, the chilling wind and
the darkening. sky. • Even Baskerville,
fell silent and pulled his overcoat
More closely., aroutid him.
We had left -the fertile tountry he -
hind end beneath us. We looked, back
on it now,ithe slanting rays of a low
sun turning the streams to threads of
gold' and glowing on' the red earth
new turned by the plough and the
broad tangle of the woodlands. The
• road in front of us grew bleeker and
wilder over huge russet and olive
slopes, sprinkled with giant boulders.
Nr' and then we passed a moorland
cottage, walled a,nd roofed with stone,
with no creeper to break its harsh out-
, line, Suddenly we looked down into a
cup -like. depression, patched With
stunted. oaks and firs which had beezi
twisted end 'bent by the fury of years
of storm. Two high, narrow towers
rose over "the trees. The driver pbinted
with his whip.
"Baskerville Hall," said he.
Its moter had risen and was staring
with flushed 'cheeks and shilling eyes.
A few minates later we had rea,oh the
lodge gates, a maze of fantastie trace
try in wrought iron, with weather -bit-
ten pillars on either • side, blotch.
ea 'with licnens, and surmounted
•by the boars" heads of the Bas
ker•villes. The lodge was a ruin
Of black granite and. bared ribe
of rafters, but. facing It was a new
building, half constructed, the first
fruit of Sir Charles's South African
gold.
.
Through the gateway we passedin,
to the tweeue, where the wheels were
again hushed amid the leaves, and the
old trees shot their brandies in a som-
bre funnel over our head. Baskerville
iihtuldered as he looked up' the long,
lark«irive to where the house glinn
hue ed Mc a ghost at the farther end.
' "Was it here?" he asked, in a•low
Voios.
"No, ns, the Yew, Alley is on the
Otherside." .
"There are only two women in the
houee, Sir Henryr he answered, ‚"One
Is the scullery -maid„ who sleeps ,dri
the other wing. The other is•nay wife,
,arid•I• can answer for it that the sound
could not have come froin her '
• . And. yet he lied as • he said it, for
'. chanced that after breakfast Inlet Mre.
Barrymore in the long corridor with
• the sun - full upon her .face., Sne was . a
large, impassive heavy-featnyed wom-
an, with a .stern set' expression . ef
raeuth. But tier tell-tale eyes were red
and glanced at Inc fresh between swol-
len• lids. It was she, then, who wept in
; the.night, and If she did so 'her •hus-.
Charles, and his death gave is a shock band must know it Yet he had. takea,
and made. these ' surroundings' very the bliviouS risk of discovery in • de
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painful to us. I fear.. that, we shall claring that it • was not so. Why had
.never again -be easy .in our minds at he done this? And Why did she weep
,Baskerville Hal". . • • so .bitterly Z. Already roupd• this pale -
"But what do. you intend to no?" faced, handsome, bletk=liehrded • Man
"1 hive no dopbt, sir, that we Shall -there Was gathering an atmosphere. of
succeed in establishing ourselves in .nlYstery.and .of gloom, It was he who
scene business..Sir Charles's generosity had been the first to discover:the WO
has given us the Means to do So.. And. of Sir Charles,- and, we had only his
now, sir, perhaps I had best Shove you word for all- the eircumitances :which.
to your rooms" • • led .up to the old man's death, was it
A square balustraded gallery . ran possible that it was Barrymore after
round the top of the Old • hall, ae- ,a11 whom. we had ,Seen in the cab in
proached by a double stair. :From this Regeot Street? The beard might wen
central point two long corridors ex. have been the same. The cabman had
tended the whole length of. the build. described e somewhat shorter man, but
big, from which all the bedrooms open- , 'suer an impression might easily have
ed. My own was in the .same wing a,s been erroneous. How could r settle, the
"At; "You.nc Was hi the
loft,"
know he was in the left?"
"If YOU didn't see birn, how do you
"Well, surely his own wife ouMit to
know whete he Is." Bald the postmast.
or, testilY. "Didn't he get the telegram?
if there is any mistake it is for Mr,
13arrymore himself to cony/lain.' -
It seeraed hopeless to pursue the in.
quiry any farther, but it was deer
Abet in spite of liontes's ruse we bad
no proof that Barrymore bad not been
ft were so -suppose that tr• llara-Coltor
in London all the time. Suppose that
had •been the last who had seen Sir
Charles alive, and, the first to dog the
new heir when 'he returned to Eng-
land. What then? Was he the agent
of ethers or had he some sinister &-
Sign of his; own? Whiit interest could
he have in persecuting the •Basicer-
ville family? I thought`of the strange.
warning clipped out of the leading ais•
tile of the Times. Was that his work
or was it. possibly the doing of some-
one who was bent upon counteracting
his schenies? The only conceivable Mo-
tive was that `which bad been, suggest-
ed b,y Sir Henry, that if the family
could be scared away a comfortable
and? permanent .norne would be se-
cnreti for the Illarryinoree. But surely
such an explanation as that would be
quite inadenuate to account for the
deep and sebtle scheming -which seem-
ed to be Weaving an invisible net
round the young baronet. 'Holmes hinn
self bid said that no more Complex
case had come to hint in all the !Ong
series of his sensational investigations.
I prayed, as I walked back along the
grey, lonely road, that my friend might
aeon be freed from his preoccupations
and able to collie clown to take this
heavy burden of responsibility. from
my phpulders,
Suddenly my thoughts were interrup-
ted by the sound of running fest be-
. hind in.9, and by a vciee which called
me by name. I turned, expecting to see
Dr. Mortimer, but 1:0 my sernrise it
was a stranget who was pursuing inc.
He was a small. slim, clean-shaven,
prim -faced man flaxen -haired and lean.
jawed, between' thirty and forty yea.rs
of age, dressed in a grey suit and weal"
Ing a stravehat A tin box for botanical
:specimens hang over his shoulder and
he carried a green butterfly -net iroone
of his hands.
"You will, I. ani mire; excuse my pre-
sumption, Dr. Watson," said he, as he
came panting up to where I stood.
"Here on the moor we are homely folk
and do net wait for formal inteoduc-
tions. YouenaY possibly have heard my
'name from our mutual friend, Morti-
Houe": • • • , •
mer. I am Stapleton, Of ,Merripit
"Your net and box would' haVe told
the as much," said I, "for I know that
IVO. Stapleton., as. ar naturalist. But
how did you know me?" •
"I have been ceiling On Mortimer,
and he pointed you outto rne from the'
ewindow of his surgery as you pa,ssed.
As our road' lay the same way I
thought tnet would overtake you and
introduce mYself.' I trust that Sir
'Henry is none ,the Worse far' his Jour-
.
ney?" • ' • • •
,FIe is very 'thank yciu."
"We were all rather afraid that after
the sad death of Sir Charles the new
baronet mignt refuse to live here.,It is
asking much of a wealthy man to come
and bury himself in a place -of this
, kind, 'but need tot tell•You that it
means a very great deal to the Country-
. side. Sir 'Henry has, I suppose, -no
perstitions fears. in the matter?"
"I do not think that ft is likely?"
Of coarse pail. know the legend. of
the 'fiend dog which haunts. the fam-
ily?" • • •
"I have heard it."
"It is. extraerdieary •bow credulous
the peasants are about here! Any num-
ber of them are ready to swear. that
they have seen seen a, creature •upon
the moor," He spoke with a smile, but -
.1 seemed to read in his eyes that he
took the matter more seriously. , The
'story took a great hold upon the ma-
gieation of Charles, and I nave no
detest that. it led to his tragic end'
f‘But hew?" •
"'His nerves: were so Werked un that
the Appearance of any nog might have
had 'a fatal- effect ' upon his. diseased
heart. -I fancy that he really •did see
. something • of the 'kind upda that,lest
night in the Yew Alley. feared:that
•
some disaster might occur, for 'I was -
very fond of the old -man, and I ItneW
that his -heart was. Weak."
:Sow did You know that?"
11.1Y friend Mortirnet told me."
• "Yon think, then, that (some deg min
Sued Sir Charles, and .that he: died of
. fright 'in 'consequence?" - - '
' "Have you any better explanation?"
: "I have :not tome to any conchs'
"Has Mr. Sherlock Holmes?"
The words took away my breath for
an instant, but a glseke at the placid
face and. steadfast eyes ot ,coni:
Panion shoWed that no Surprise was in-
tended. • • • ,
'It useless .for us. to pretend that
we do not Icriow•you, Dr. Watson," said
be. "The records of" your detective
have reached lid -here, and you.could
not , celebrate Min without , being
known yourself; When Mortimer' told
me your name he could not deny •your
identity. If •yOu are here, then, it fol•
lows that' Mr. Sherloelt. Relines is in'
teresting himself in the matter, and
• am naturally curious to .knowwhat
view he May take."
41 am 'afraid that cermet answer
:that question." ;
."May I ask -if he is going to honor
tie with a visit himself?" • '
. "He cannot leave town •at present,
He has other cases which engage:his
atteNrivthioant .a" p
itYIekle might throw ;me
light on that which is so dark to us,
But as to your owe researches;
there is• any possible way in which l
can be Of service to Yon. trust that
you will compiand me. Tf bad any
indication of the natute of your sus -
pinions, or holy yen propose to investi-
gate the case, I might perhaps even
now give you some ald dr advice." -
'1 "essure you that I. am sirnplY here'
upon a. visit to eny friend Sir Henry,
and that need no help of any kind."
"Exeellehtl" said Stapleton. "You
are perfectly right to be wary and
discreet. I am justly reproved for what
I feel was an sjuetifiable intrusion,
• ancil promise you that I will not men.
.etioAr hheadiacaonitteer
to aainpii"int where a. nar-
row grassy path struek off from the
road.and wound away across the moor.
A 'steep, boulder -sprinkled hill lay
upon the right which had in bygone
days been cut into a granite quarry.
The face which was tinted teviards us
formed a dark cliff, Withl' ferns and.
brambles growing' hi its nieties.ftioni
over a clistatiterise there floated a grey
plume of smoke.
"A Moderate walk along this moor.
path brings us to Merripit House," said
he, "Perhaps you will spare an hour
that I may have the pleasured lame
clueing you to my sister." •
My first thought was that I should
be by Sir Henry's side. But when .1
remembered the Pile of papers and
bilis with which. his study table' was
littered. It was certain that coula not
help him with those, And Holnies had
expresslY said Oa I should study the
thn noteh,eri
Stapletores invitation, and we turned
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• Baiskerville's and annest next door to point for ever? Obvioustv, the first
it. These morns appeared to be much thing ,to do was to see the Grimpen
more modern than the central part of postmaster, and find whether th teat
the house, and the bright paper and, telegram had really been placed in
numerous candles did something' to Barryintoe's own hands. Be the an.
remove the sombre impression which sWer what it might. I sbauld at least
our arrivalhad left upon my mind. have something to report to Sherlock
But the dining -room width opened Holmes.
out of the hall Was a plate of shadow Sir Henry had numerous 'misers to
and gloom. It was a long chamber with examine after breakfast, so that th
a step separating the dais where the time was propitious for my excursion.
family sat from the lower portion re. It was a pleasant walk of four milce
served for their dependents. At one along the edge of the moor, leadieg
end a minstrel's gallery overbooked it. me at last to a small grey hamlet, in
Black beams ,shot across above our Which two larger lattiMinge, which
heads, with a strioke-darkened ceiling '
proved to be the inn apd the house of
beyond them. With rows of flaring
torches to light it up, and the color Dr.niortinIer, stood high above the
rest. The postmaster, who was also
and rude hilarity of an old-time an. t, collece
.quet, it might have softened; but now, the village grocer, had aclear re
don of the telegram. .
when two -Week -clothed gentlemen sat "Certaitily, sir;'' said he, "/ had the
In the little circle of light thrown by
a shaded lamp, one's voice became eteiegtriayasmddelhi,vetertLd.,,to Mr. Barrymore
hushed. arid -one's spirit subdxa
subdued. A "'Who delivered it?"' •
dim line of ancestors, in every variety "My boy here, Sarno, you aelivered
of dress, from the Elizabethan knight that telegram to Mt. ilarrymore at the
Hall last week, ed sou not?"
"Yes, father, I delivered It."
"Into .his own hands?" I asked.
"Well, he Was up in the loft at the
Wile, so that, r could hot nut it into bis
own hands, but I gave it into lite.
Itarrynaore's• hands, and she premised
to deliver it at once."
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'v tlerOW*14,1140"
to' the littek of the ItegencY, stared
down upon' us and daunted us by their
silent company. We talked little, and 1
for one was glad when the meal was
over and we were able to retire into
the modern billiard.room, and smoke a
eIgarette.
"MyWord, it isn't a very elmerfui
place,", said Sir Henry, "1 suppose one
ig a woneerrat pace, leis moor,
*told be, lonsieg round' over the tire
dinettes; downs long green rollereo
with crests Of downs,
granite foaming
up into fantastic eurgen, "You never
tire of the moor. You cannot think the
I7tfoorinotlues71 secrets wnich it Contains:.
t is so vast, and SO barren, and semis
"You know it well, then?"
"I have only boon bore two year.
The residents would cell me a, new
comer. We came shortly after Sir
• ,iChdaoi7s settled, But my tastes led me
ar'ealti-OrrreVerrliart-Ortlfe-nOrtntry-
round, and I should think that there
are few men who know it better than
"Is it $o hard to knew?"
"Very, nerd. You see, for example`,
this great plain to the north hereTwitir-
the queer hills breaking out of it. Do
you observe anything remarkable
abDutwtthoanldt
"It " be a• rare place for a gal-
-
•
"You Would naturally think orenucl
the thought has cost several their Three
before now. You notice those briglat
green spots scattered thickly over it?"
"Yes, they seem more fertile than
the rest."
Grimpea Mire,"
,sta
, Thpaite Tan, :ebeen gghied.at
said he, "A false step yonder means
death to man or beast Only yester-
day I saw one of the moor ponies wan-
der into it. He never came out. I save
bis head for quite a long time craning
out of the hog -hole, but it sucked him
down at last Even in dry Seasons it is
a danger to cross it, but after these
autumn rains it iS an, awful place. And
• yet I can end nay way to the very
heart of it and return alive. By George,
'there is .another of those miserable
P°SnOnterse"thIng brown was rolling and.
tossing among the green sedges. Then
long, .agonized, writhing neck shot
upwards and a dreadful cry echoed
over the moor. It turned me cold with
horror, bet •mir companion's nerves
'seemed to be. stronger than 'mine. •
"It's gone!" said he. "The mire bas
him, Two in two days, and many more, .
. perhaps, for they get in the way a
going there. in • the dry weather, and
never know tbe difference Until the
mire has them in its clatcli: It's a bad
niece, the great Grimpep Mire."
"And you say you cao penetrate 'itr
• "Yes, there are one or tw.o patbs
which a very active man cap. take. I
have found thein put."
"But why snoald-yon wisb to. go int&
so horrible a place?" '
, yeti see the -hills beyond?:
They are really Wans cut off on ail -
sides by; the impassable mire, which
has crawled round them. in the course.:
•of years. That is where the Tare plants
'and the butterflies are, if you have the e
wit to reach them." •
"I shall try my luck someeday." -
He looked at Inc with a surprised
..f,"c4t4o.reGorre sake' Put site's en idea
ant- of yotir 'mind," said he. "Your
' bleed would be upon My head. I assure
. you that there would Pot be the least •
..chance of your coining back alive. It is
'only by remem-bering certain complex
landmarks that .1 are able to do it," -
011alloa!". I cried. "What. is that?"
. .4. long, low moaneindescribably sad,
swept over the moor. It Ailed the whole .
air, andyet. it was impossible id say'
Whence it came. From a dull murinur
it 'swelled into "a deep rear, and then.
sank back into a melancnoly, -throb. •
rieurrour mice again. :Stapleton
Adolted. at me .with a curious expression
• in his, eace.
'Quer place; the moor!" said ne.
•• "Bat, what is it?" ,•• . . . •
"The peasants say it is the Homid
of the BaskerVillee calling for its Prey.
I've neark,it Once or twice before; but
• never quite' so loud." • ,
- I locece.d round, with a. chill' of fear
In my heart; at the h'uge swelling plain,
mottled, with the green • patches of
ruehee, Nothing stirred over the vast
expanse save a pair of rations, Which;
croaked loudly from a tor behind US:
'`YoU are an educated man. • You
don't believe such nonsense- as that?" •
said T. "What do you :think is thecense,
of se Strange a sound?"
130gp make queerenoisee sometimes
It's
it's the inud 'settling; or the waterr1s--
ing
or something," •\ .• • .
No no that vrae'.a Thving 'voice."
Well'Perhaps•it was. Did. youever
hear a blame' beoming?"
'"No, I:never . did:" •-•
. • "It's a very rare bird-•enractfcally•
extinct -in England now, but all tniegs• :
are possible upon • the 'miser. yes, -X
should not be Surprised ;to 'learn tbat
wnet e ha,ye heard.. ie the cry .oe_the
• last of the bitterns,". , • ". •
"It's the weirdest, strangest. thing
that' ever I heard in my life."'
• "Yee, it's rather . an uncanny 'plats
altogether. Look at the hill -side yens.
• ,def. What de you make of those?"
The. veliole step -slope was covered
.:with grey -circular' rings of stone, . a :
score of them at least.,
; "WE& are they? 'Sheen -Tem.?" .
. "No, /they are the hordes ,of our 'war" -
thy ancestor. Prehistoric Man lived
thickly on: the moor, apti its no one in
CONTINUED INeele'EXT .JSSUE
ithithit RE lrORNS HUME..
•
Has Learnt Many Things puri,s
Stay In India.
After more theme -two months' visit
to" India, the Aineer 'of Afghanistan,
Habibullah Xhan, has recrossed the
frontier Mto his own . country,and
has started for Kabul. His Majesty, ;
unmistakably enjoyed every day of hie
stay in India,. •He was for the flott
time • officially • designated as ,.".Your
Majesty," 'in a telegram of Welcome
from .King,Edward when the Ameer
entered' Inia, 'Which is regarded here
as significant:
While no proposals of • a .political.
or military character have been made
on either side; and no modification
df the British Afghan relations as es.
tablished by the treaty of Kabul in --
1905. was suggested, the- visit is re -
gelded . as farther wielding the tie.
whieh make Afghanistan a buffo .
state Against a Possible Russian ad.
vance on India.
The Atheer, during his stay in -In-
dia, went tip in balloons, became a
keen motorist - s a result. of which
ha has "taken several automobiles back
to Afghanistan with him; clevelopect
an immense liking for playgag bridge'
whist, sod 'made the Afghan courtier
learn the „genie, so that he Could play
it at Kabul.
The Arneer sent from the frontier
a message; the original of .which was
written in his owil hand, whieh has
caused marked satisfattion nenongthe
Indian ofileials. The message begins:
"In the name of God," and goes on to
declare that "dining my short tour of.
India 1 have made more trite friends
for Afghanistan then could lutve beeri
Made in twenty years if I had not paid
the visit." The Ameer concludes with,
expressing the signifitant desire that
his message be published itt the news.,
papers "ler the information of the •
whole world,"
outterffieir.
Butterflies inive been noticed in the
Andes tip . to hoight of very nearly
/1.000 feet.
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