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The Wingham Times, 1906-03-15, Page 7ifirtie, mem .onwev Pte. gpMws. wise War • `Y. ewe smensiesmor ommeseeeamp. er 1 9 The Adventurers By H. B. it.AflRICTT WATSON ' COPYRIGHT, 1898, BY HARPER G. BROTHERS ts,r.useno .�"kg.a0 ro sot misunderstand me. I shall be in- finitely obliged by your company. It's long since I had an intelligent conver- sation. But I would not detain you it you had any scruples about staying." I laughed. "Not II" said I, "I will stay and gladly." And in truth I meant it, for the adventure interested me not a little. Was it burglars? It was in the dining room that we spent the evening. This was a long, low roofed chamber occupying the ._ground floor and opening with win- • down upon the cobble courtyard on the one side and the meadows of the park •on the other. It was a great chamber to contain but two people, but some- how the Bleck oak of the walls and the general air of the upholstery prohibited, the thought of discomfort. These walls were not vacant, nor this space, but tenanted, if one considered duly, by a concourse of illustrious faces and high. stepping ghosts. Upon this pont, as it, happened, I was not long left in curi- osity, for Mr. Kesteven was in the' mood to confide the history of the cas- tle to me. Iie was a queer creature, partaking, as it seemed to me, of the most diverse and incongruous emo- tions. Constantly he would set me wondering upon his statements, striv- ing to pick some order in their appar- • cat confusion. One moment quite a sounding pride rang in his pompous annunciation of the titles of some great noble, while the next I was driven to i uppose by very clear signs that he dis- played nothing but a pitiful contempt. toward the whole prejudice of race and family. The man struck me as wear- ing a mask, and that a mask of such severity and primness as to offer very few secrets to his company. And even stalls moments of most spacious frank- ness I was never able to determine the depth of its genuineness. He fetched me out some wines, giv- ing me a generous choice, but himself drinking but sparingly. "No, thank you; I have never smok- ed," said he In reply to my offer of a ;cigar. "Will you not smoke yourself, Mr. Greatorex? And pray try that port. I understand it to be of a partic- ular year." He insisted gently upon helping me from the decanter and then -dropped softly into his chair. Suddenly he rose and going to a win- ‘ilow threw it open and leaned forth. I beard somewhere from the deep re- •eesses of the old house a clock striking the hour of 1. Mr. Kesteven closed the 'easement and turned to me. "I fear, Mr. Greatorex," he saki, with :a smile, "that I have fetched you here 'lender false pretenses, but at least you ,rust not eve the Swan a villainous reputation." "Oh, it was not I," I answered light- ly, keeping up the triviality, "but a young gentleman of the Gwent." Air. Kesteven ceased to smile. "May I ask his name?" be asked. "Montgomery, I believe, but I under-. titan(' we are sworn friends Aow, so that no harm is done." "Montgomery!" he repeated slowly. "Yes, I have heard the name—a very young and thoughtless man," and he regarded me with a certain reflective- ness. But it was not of Montgomery I thoughtwhen I went to bed,but of the g window and the silence of the night, with the moonlight striking on Keste- ven's head. • Why had he thrown open the casement and discharged me, so to say, from my obligation as police- man? For that was bow I interpreted his words. TUE WINGLA I TI k.S, DIAI CIZ 15 006 that occasion got my first knowledge of the topography of the Gwent, a knowledge which, as you shall hear, I was glad enough to profit by at a little later period. And here I may set fortis in a few words the character • of that country trhieh was destined to be so strangely connected with my fortunes, The castle stood upon a little eminence toward the higher parts of the hills and looked down toward the east upou a long, broad valley as upon its special domain. This valley, 'which was some three miles long and little more than a retie across, was inclosed by undulat- ing hills and enveloped in a dense growth of forest. Two roads ran from the castle toward the east downward, one upon either side of the ravine. One of them — not that by which I had mounted on the previous afternoon— we took upon this walk together. I. We had gone about a mile or rather less upou this road when we came up- on the first signs of life. The country was but sparsely peopled, but here, at any rate, was some remote and faith- ful settler. The inn—for such it was— bore the name of the Woodman and was, as I conceived, of the sixteenth century at least. It was small, but the outbuildings attaching to It rambled away into the forest behind. The sign swung, creaking, on a green patch of grass before the door. As we •drew near, a man lounging in front of the inn suddenly drew his pipe from his mouth and touched his hat. "Good morning, Hood," said my com- panion quietly, pausing and leaning on his stick. "These are very pleasant days for us all." "They are. sir." responded the man. CHAPTER III. BEFORE breakfast I had the op- portunity to make a narrower inspection of the castle as it appeared from without. The morning was fine, the air of those hills delicate and stimulating, and the sun- light struck the woods and valleys with a golden glory. Smoking a cigarette, I strolled round the edifice, surveying with admiring eyes the details of the design. The entrance by the portcullis lay between two solal drum towers, very formidable to look on. The bat- tlements, which were extremely plain and by no menus perfect, the machico- lations being worn into great chasms here and there, stood two stories away from the base of the castle, and three if the bottom of the moat be couuted. Upon the one side of the irregular square which the buildings made the stonework, as I have said, had fallen into disrepair, and, indeed, no rooms were habitable here. The detritus of centuries had flowed over into the courtyard, and the stones were heaped in a solid accumulation and overgrown with masses of huge Irish ivy. The southern fate of the castle was, so to speak, but a hill of rock. It was at the junction of the southern and western walls that the keep stood, itself raised some twenty feet above the level of the battlements and the termination of the habitable portion of the fortress. The moat, which was some ten feet deep, was grown upon with grass, and its sides were covered with blackberry and furze and divers wild creepers. He was of middle height, with a great appearance of activity in his sinewy body, and his thin dark face bore a ha - 1 ltual expression of polite deference. It was as if his air apologized for not already interpreting your unuttered wishes. I understood the reason the next moment. Mr. Kesteven, turning to me, nodded in a friendly way toward the man. • "You have heard me speak of Hood," said he, with a faint smile. "He was the valet I mentioned, whom I lost a month back. A mouth, isn't it, Hood?" "Yes, sir; just a mouth—four weeks and three days, that is," replied the man respectfully. "Ah, indeed; it's wonderful how long time tarries," said my host cheerfully. "Business good, Hood? I hope you are not losing by the experiment. I sup. pose," he said, turning to me again, "that it is a trying position to be in a subordinate state. Every one llkes his independence." I assented conventionally, and Hood waited very courteously until I had made my answer before he took up his to reply to his former master's ques- tion. "I can't complain, sir," he said. "There's not much traffic in the Gwent, sir, but I do a certain business." "Ab, I should have thpught it a wiser policy to have gone nearer civilization, Rood. Why not have taken a place at Itlanellan?" A faint but respectful smile hovered on the man's nervous face. "I don't hold so much with Llaainellan, sir. This Completing my circuit of the castle, I is a tidy house, and business will im- struck upon a stream which ran in a prove, I hope." full body through the park aud, reach- "Well, well, let tis hope so," was Mr. Ing the verge of the woodland, leaped Kesteven's answer as his eyes wander - suddenly into a torrent and scattered ed toward the inn. "A. pretty place, Into a waterfall down the steep face is it not, Mr. Greatorex?" And then of the hill. While I was wandering with a glance of scrutiny at the land- s blies the margin, watching the tide and lord, "You have had an accident, swirl of the tiny eddies with lazy sat- Hood?" • isfaction, I encountered my host, who "Yes, sir," was the answer; "a slight greeted me courteously. accident, sir—nothing of consequence. "You are admiring my little brook," 1 I fell against the bar yesterday," and he said. "Yes, it is pretty, but prettier 1 he put a finger apologetically to his in the copses below, where I think you I clean shaved lip, whicli I now per - must have observed it yesterday. Here ceived to be somewhat swollen. It runs very gravely; below it is a noisy " p. nasty fall, a misty fall," said Mr. vagabond. You see it has uses here." Kesteven, shaking his head. "It is "You draw your water here?" I ask- lucky it • was no worse." He moved ed, fascinated with the primitive idea. away with a courteous nod of his head, "Not ' unusually," he replied, "but to which the innkeeper responded with there is a well within the castle, doubt- a salute. As he did so he turned and, less from the same springs. Yet the ; taking my arm, smiled back at Hood. brook rendered a more important serv- "You see the Gwent has its visitors ice in my predecessors' times." I sometimes, Hood. ;Cir. Greatorex is I looked at him inquiringly. He staying with me. So perhaps we may R,• „He threw open the window and leaned forth. have saved an old man from his own company, which is, after all, somewhat dull fellowship." +'No," said I, echoing his smile. "I pave been myself preserved from the .hard chairs of a very crowded tap - Ham and the quarrelsome attentions -isi half drunken farmers." "Come, come," said he genially, "you Intestinal CURED HER BOY OF PNEUMONIA Newmarket Mother is loud In her Praises of the Great Con- sumption Preventative smiled. turu the Woodman in time into a fash- "Let me see," he resumed, "If I can !enable resort of society:" give you ocular proof. It should be He laughed as if at his own small here." He stopped and, dipping his i jest, in Web the innkeeper joined, stick into the water, poked among the and, pressing my arm, walked •on. He pebbles of the stream. "Ah, here it isi seemed a very kindly master, I I think I leave' iti" He looked toward thought, and I had no doubt but that the castle, above the battlements of which now flamed the morning sun. They rose some fifty yards away. "There Is it connection with the moat by means of a conduit," explained Mr. Kesteven. I uttered an exclamation of delight and vowed that I must explore farther. lett the wa • Assenting graciously, he y i toward the house and, letting himself gently down the sloping bank, walked, peering about him, along the. bottom of the moat. "You will find it over - Indigestion. • grown, no doubt," he said. "But your eyes are better than mine. It is ten 'HIS severe and painful form of • years searcl ed am de the trailing creepers indigestion arises from sluggish and presently discovered the mouth of .action of the liver in supplying the the conduit. It was of thick stone and bile necessary for good digestion and ! mortar and from its appearance must the healthful action of the bowels. ' have been of very ancient construction. The food decays and gives rise to , But the opening was choked with earth Colicky pains, Flatulency, Feverish- and grass and probably had been se ness, Pains in the Limbs, Headache, for centuries. I Bald as much to Mr. Loss of Appetite, Gas on the Kesteven. Stomach, and Irregularity of the "No," he returned, "I ,think not. I Bowels. believe my predecessor in the tenancy isabsolutely necessary to set of the castle had it opened some fifty It y y years ago, and Hooded the moat for the liver right before anything like bis own amusement. I understand that cure can be expected, and the most the experiment was quite successful certain means of accomplishing this and entertained a party of guests, one result is the use of Dr. Chase's of whom," he added dryly, "fell into I idney-Liver Pills. the water and -was only rescued with i This great medicine has been some difficulty. But you shall make especially successful in the cure of better acquaintance with our neigh - intestinal indigestion, which cannot borhdod after breakfast. 1 assure you, be reached by stomach tablets or Mr. Greatorex it is worth your study, .ordinary dys�pepsi , cures and this castle of mine is by tab mentos 4 . tr. Chase's Kidney -Liver Pills, one pill singular." .a dose, 28 cents a box, at all dealers, or I was quite at his dtspoeal for a Edmanson, Bates A Co., Tomato. ittfoll We/ 10 the Morning and upon ■ I. tet Y;e 00 NEKY l ` PERFECTIONS (44 r • •9 Sod 1'(11CC4Er BISCUIT e C:.NOY Ct. StF.:Tr3RD .:.^lacy Food Value Mocney's Perfedtion Cream Sodas are crisp squares of wholesome nourishment. They are the food that builds strength and muscle. They are as easily digested by the chid and itwaiid .as by the sturdy workman. They contain ALL the food ,,, r.:. of finest Cana, dawn wheat flour, in a farm that duster the appetite. Always fresh and crisp in the roCistuttiito f packages. At all 'poem hi 1 Arid I pima /ate . a•faint noise taught his ears, and he turned abruptly. I had followed him into the room, and the door stood open. But I turned now with him and followed the direction of his gaze• '.Cho man Hood stood forward in the door- way with an apologetic air, Mr. Kes- teven's hand dropped sharply, and with .t certain brusqueness he demanded, "What do you want?" The ex -valet touched au imaginary kat. "I beg your pardon, sir, I um "My son Laurence was taken down sure, but 1 called to know if you would with Pneumonia," says Mrs, A, O. Fisher, wanting that gun you spoke of the of Newmarket, Ont. "Two doctors at- other Clay. Mrs. anal' didn't know, tended him. He lay for three months and I thought that maybe it would almost like a dead child. His lungs save time if I was to ask you myself." became so swollen, his heart was pressed Ile was a perfect model of servile over to the right side. Altogether 1 think deportment, displayed no sign of nerv- we paid $14o to the doctors, and all the ousness, but only the rigid good man - time he was getting worse. Then we secs of the trained servant. Mr, Ir`es- commenced the Dr. Slocum treatment, teven stepped down from the choir The effect was wonderful. We saw aDI difference in two days. Our boy was soon and leisurely dusted his coat sleeves. strong and well." Then he looked up, and the westering stere is a positive proof that Psychine stin struck full upon his face, which I will cure Pneumonia. But why wait till could not but observe was more color- Pneumonia comes. It always starts with less than usual. a never develop tints Cold Pneumonthe i Coned willr I "No, thank you, Hood," he said Pneumonia into Consumption. The one suavely. "1 have changed my mind. sure way to clear out Cold, root and branch, It was good of you, but I shall not need and to build up the body so that the Cold it." won't come back is to use The two men eyed each other for an instant, and then the servant's eyes fell with civil politeness. "Thank you, sir. Sorry to trouble you, sir," he said and turned about on the threshold. But Mr. Kesteven stop- ped bine "As you are here, Hood," he said, breathing hard, as from his exertions, "I should be obliged if you would kindly close that panel for me. I am not so young as I was, naturally, Mr. Greatorex," he explained, turning to me with a faint smile. • There was a perceptible pause for so ready a servant, I thought, as Hood moved from his place by the door to obey the order. I thought, too, that I noticed a sudden flash of amazement pass in his eyes, but when he went by me they were merely deferential, and I imagined that I had been mistaken. "And now, my friend," said Mr. Kes- teven genially, putting his hand through mine when the panel had been closed, "we will get into the open air. We can- not avail ourselves too much or too of- ten of these summer days; eh, Hood?" "No, sir," said Hood promptly, with the promptness of a machine and with no more inflection than a good servant should have. "Ah, I feel it myself, Mr. Greatorex," said the old man, leaning somewhat heavily upon my arm as we issued from the chamber. Hood closed and locked the door after him. "The key, sir," be said respectfully, holding it out. "Oh, the key will do where it is," re- plied Mr. Kesteven, without looking round. "Leave it in the lock, Hood." As we retraced our steps along the corridor, which echoed dull to the tread, he conversed about other things, 1», PSYCHINE (Pronounced Si -keen) 50c. Per Bottle Larger sizes 01 sand *2—all druggists. DR. T. A. SLOCUM, Limited, Toronto. Ilood had been an excellent servant. I remarked as much, to which lie as- sented cordially-. "I have never come upon a roan 11-110 fell into my ways better and knew his work more efficiently," he said. "An admirable servant—altogether admira- ble." Our walk had exhilarated me and, what is more, had given me it huge appetite. The result was that I ate heartily of lunch, which was delicately served by the agreeable old housekeep- er. Mr. Kesteven also seemed to rally his appetite, for he had eaten but little the previous evening, and drank a good deal of brown sherry, in which he jest- ingly invited me to join him. But I was for the sour or perfumed claret, which I found much to my palate. Whether it was the sherry or not, my host'a tongue plied very continuously during the meal, but always in the most possessed and civil manner. He spoke of his house, of his ancient de- scent (which was as ancient as the castle) and finally of himself. The Kes- tevens had been people of note in oth- er centuries, bad boarded gains and fulfilled the pomp even of courts,, had fluttered briefly and very brightly and in various characters across the stage of history. But now they were dwin- dled to this one old feeble man. The race had lost its physical vigor. From contesting tournaments, fighting bat- tles and intriguing against courts it had come to philosophizing over life between four walls. And then, falling silent for a time, he inspected his lin- ger nails and suddenly and after a space rose and pushed back his chair. "I beg your pardon, Air. Greatorex," he said, with a gesture of apology. "I had not noticed you have not finished. Pray forgive my discourtesy." Of course I put myself at his dispos- al, for, in truth, I had eaten and drunk quite enough. But, seeming not to hear me, he looked upon the table, and at last, raising his eyes to mine and playhig gently, but scarcely in a nerv- ous fashion, with the forks before him, , he said very quietly: "I have had the honor of your ac- quaintance for some twenty hours, Mr. . Greatorex. It is little two men may know of each other in so brief a time. ; But I am wont to take quick cogni- zance of people and content to risk a mistake. You bave, if you will forgive zee saying so, an admirable habit of si- lence." Isle paused, and, as if it had been to justify bis sentence, I held my tongue. "A recluse like myself—that is how you would style zne," he re- sumed, "must have some occupation for his thoughts. I have explained that I am no student. It follows that I bave some other hobby—shell we say?' A ghost of a smile glittered on his face, and then his head turned sharply toward a window which overlooked the courtyard. There was the sound of footsteps upon the rough cobble. "I am about to disclose to you, Mr. Greatorex, the secret of my seclusion." I rose with him, strangely influenced by this solemn scene. Was it really solemn, or was it the mere whim of old age, the pompous revelation of se- nile eccentricity? I followed him down the stone passage to the eastern wing of the castle. Fifty paces farther brought us to the entrance to the keep, but a dozen yards from this Mr. Kes- teven paused and, turning the key in a heavy oaken door, entered a room of considerable size, whicli, as you will see, looked forth upon the hack part of the parit from the second floor. Like all the chambers In that ancient build- ing, it was paneled with oak. The room was devoid of furniture save for a rickety chair or two and was wholly destitute of carpet, so that our feet rang loudly upon the stone floor. It seemed to me at that mo - meat, and with the odd preparations roc that mission, that I was, so to speak, upon the rery edge of it mysterious dis- covery. Mr. Kesteven placed a ehair against the wall and, stepping upon it with difficulty, t'aised his hand till it touched the topmost panel near the window. There followed a slight Break, and the panel slid back, disclosing a dark and 'vacant space hi which I could dimly discern the separation of shelves. 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