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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1906-05-31, Page 79 The Adventurers By 11, 13. MARRIOTT WATSON CO RIGilT. I8p8 8Y HARPXIt ISROTfi1ER.5 Cat: • ....�e.....�r_�N,.,..�...►t,.. could arrest my thoughts for a reply Sercombe intervened. can recollect what I said very well," -he said, taking the cigar from his mouth, "if it interests you, ser - gout, I said: `Greatorex, there's a number of very indifferent looking scoundrels down the valley. You bave some valuable plate, and this is a lone, ly spot, Moreover, I saw a couple of them hanging furtively about the plan- tations as I came up. N'ow, I'YO never seen a moat Pull nor a drawbridge work, and if I were you and you were me, I fancy this ditch would be filled and the bridge hung up for my satis- faction and your edification and for the confusion of any nefarious scoundrel. with a big maw.' These were the ex- act words, as I happen to remember, in which I introduced the subject, as Air, Greatorex will no doubt recall, though he is not likely to have the terms on his tongue, like myself. But that, I reckon, is what started it" And with this Sercombe replaced his cigar between his teeth aud went on smok- ing tranquilly. The sergeant thanked him, frowning in some embarrassment; then he turned ou his heel and, saluting to the com- pany, vanished after Lis superior through the doorway. Sercombe got up. "Well, we can break up now, gentlemen," he said. "Sorry to interrupt harmony, but I've got business to do." "I am greatly obliged to you," I said, , somewhat sheeplly. "You're very welcome," says the captain, with a wide smile. . "But what about the gypsies?" I con- tiuued. "Oh, I suppose the police will catch them," he remarked, his grin growing broader, "But, you see, none of you would be able to recognize them." Sheppard burst into laughter, and I was fain to follow him, but Montgom- ery stared in amazement and with a. certain latent dislike at the adventur- ' er, pursuing him out into the courtyard with his steadfast ayes, CHAPTER XIII. ERCOMBL'S frankness proved of a piece with his conduct hither- CoId a to. I u not imagine the old >a nose. But one question more, Mr. soldier making a bad blunder, pGreatorex. Would you be able to iden- t and the news that came to us later ,tify any one of your assailants?" demonstrated the method in his candor. "I fear not," I said. "You must re- 1 Sheppard encountered the sergeant near Llanellan aud found that his ex- pedition into the Gwent had had no luck. There was no camp in the bot- tom. Evidences of the recent presence of strangers there were in plenty, but not a sign remained to indicate into what hiding place they had withdrawn. To move a number of persons, with their effects, and the men foreigners, too, and thereby certain to attract the attention of the villagers, would seem impracticable without some public no- tice. But apparently no one had seen a trace of the fugitives. They had van- ished as completely as though the en. campment had been a mirage of our disordered brains. It was clear, however, that there would be no assault upon the castle that night. Jones and his troopers hung about the village, and the for- mer tgaas too zealous to allow any dis- order under his nose. Sercombe would not dare to risk a second attack. That much was for stir comfort. He had put it to me ingeniously tat the inter- ference of the police wd3uld embarrass him, and I was heartily glad to hear it, for we needed some further re- sources for our defense. That was plain enough. We had been able to resist the enemy on. his first two at- tempts, but we had a most cunning and deadly foe, and I began to doubt if we could hold out against a renewal of hostilities unless, indeed, we broke our silent compact and called in the asslstanee of the law. We had de- cided to discard WiIllams from our so- ciety. He was too hazardous an ally, and we Could not hope to circumvent the police a second time. As it was, I saw that some suspicions were breed- ing in the sergeant's mind. I suppose we took too lightly what Was bruited about the country for a great "sensa- tion." The storming of the castle even in the distorted narrative which Wil- liams had delivered to his friends, sounded remarkable in so dull and un- eventful a place as that countryside. Pieces of rumor concerning it crept into the London papers subsequently, and we Were most unwillingly become the figures in a tragic and heroic ad- venture, We resofted despite the promised respite to pretermit no ono of the pre- cautions, end Montgomery mounted guard at B o'Cloek on the keep tower. AS Sheppard and I sat over our wine we were interrupted by Mrs. Main, who had been greatly stirred by- the visit of a justiee. She came ostensibly With a question, but in reality to breathe the air of our central excite - meat "I am to give Williams his supper tonight, as lett night, sir?" she asked. I told her "No," and her wits wan- dered to the events of the dajr without snore ado. But presently she tame back. ""Then I'm not to prepare supper for Wil - lima, tlir? v "Williaaiisi will not be sleeping hero tented'," ]i replied, ".lib left at the usfl*I hotlr6 o'eloek." lite, sir. And when x nee a fact I re - Cord it That's a hint which is of use in your profession, as I make no doubt .you know well enough," he said cour- teously. "Tills affair of the attack is a bad business; there's no denying that. But it might have been worse. No lives were lost, you see." And he glanced .out of his ensauguisled cares at Shep- pard. "No; we must be thankful for that," observed the justice heartily. "But do 1 understand, you that you had indeed .actual evidence that the burglary was Planned?" "1 can add two to two, Colonel, and make them four," says Sercombe, :seeming to be very complacent. "And, staying by accident in the same neigh- borhood with my friend Greatorex, I ,put a point on his edits. That was all. I make no claim 'to extra smartness, but when I see a number of lazy look- ing gypsies about, there's no good promised, according to my notions." "You are right; you are right," -agreed the justice. But here the ser- geant struck in for the first time, cast- ing a glance from sharp, beady eyes eon the captain. "Where were these gypsies, sir?' We all looked at Sercombe, who :showed not the least discomfiture, but bit the tip off a eigar. "I trust I have your permission, Greatorex?" said he. "The gypsies, sir, .are encamped at the bottom of the Feeney; have been so, indeed, for a !week." I was astonished at the man's au- •cdaelty. Ile had actually revealed the secret of his nest of cutthroats. The sergeant turned the pages of his note- book. "The man Williams, examined this morning, states that one of the men, seen closely, looked like a foreigner -- •dark, stoutish; shouted in gibberish." gIe repeated the evidence mouotonous- .1y. Sercombe, puffing at his cigar, nod- ded. "That bears out my belief," he said. "Precisely --I thought so." Colonel Landell turned to the ser- geant "This is important, Jones," he maid. "You'd better attend to it at =member that it was quite dark." "Nor you, sir, I suppose?" he added, Looking at Sheppard. Sheppard shook his head doubtfully. "We were engaged in a penmen strug- gle. The utmost I saw was the out, lines of the men, but I can recall that ,one looked very like my friend Cap- tain Sercombe—that is to say, in the dark." Sercombe laugbed. "My dear fel- low, I wish I had been there. I'm sor- ry I missed it. But I shall have bet- ter luck another time, if I stick to .Sergeant Jones." The officer smiled without emotion, .and the colonel put his question formal- ly to Montgomery, who promptly re- turned a negative. Landoll moved to- ward the door, but suddenly the police officer touched him on the shoulder .and whispered in his ear, then faced us .again. "It was lucky you had that moat filled and the dravbridge up, sir. What made you take those preeau- tipns?" he demanded. . "We were forewarned, as you have beard," I answered. He referred to his notes. 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"I was leaving the kitchen for the pantry, sir, just preparatory with some dishes like, and, the blinds being down against the window that faces the courtyard, I see Williams' shadow —foastweys what I took to be Wil- liams'—pass across the blind, sir," "It couldn't be Williams," said I after a pause. "Williams has never been in the castle since 2 o'clock, and, besides, the drawbridge is up," "Did you see his face?" asked Shep- pard. "No, sir; it was on the blind like, but happening to have a question to put to hhn I just drops the dishes on the sideboard, and I run to the door, but when I'd got it open Williams was game." "It was not Williams," I repeated testily. "What I took to be Williams, sir," corrected Mrs, Main, with gentle ob- s Linney. -ma you hear any sound of foot- steps?" "No, sir, but then I was making a noise with the dishes like, and Wil- liams walks very gentle." "Oh, well," I murmured at length, "you must have been deceived, and if Williams was here he has gone since, and at any rate he won't want his supper." When the housekeeper had retired I fowl Sheppard watching me. "What do you make of it, Ned?" "I make nothing" I answered. "It's practically impossible for any one to get into the castle. We have lead the bridge up nearly all day, but—you know my old adage, that It's better -to be sure than sorry—we may as well have a look around," Taking a candle we made a tour of the castle rooms and investigated all the corridors, peering into the Clark Corners. It was an arduous business, for I hardly realized the cumber of t"assages and crannies to be explored Presently we both Came to a stop on a simultaneous thought. "This Is really no use." I said. "It's eluate impossible to exhaust uli the possibilities of this house. And I still adhere to' iny previous notion that Mrs. Main was hardly in a sufficiently pa- cific state to judge between shadows." "I'na with you there," said Sheppard cheerfully. "Very well, then; bed," said 1, and to bed we went, admirably tired with our excitement and our labors. I exist have been asleep for some _ !sours when I awoke from dead uncon- sciousness with the presence of some one in the room oppressing me. Al- most as I sat up I beard Moutgomery's voice. "Are you awake, Greatorex? There's some one about the house." I sat still, striving to dissipate the confusion of my brain. Somewhere, far off, I remembered that I had heard this before. But with a strenuous effort of the will *I threw off the dwindling hands of sleep aud got out of bed. "We'll go and see," saki I. "What time Is it?" "I don't know," said Montgomery as I lit a Candle with fumbling fingers. "But my watch is over. I think it's about 12 or 1." "Now, young man," 1 said, having pulled ou some clothes, "what about this alarm of yours?" "It was a noise it woke me up," ex- plained Montgomery. 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"Wait," said Montgomery eagerly, A silence ensued. -Don't you hear anything?" he asked. I shook my head. "ally dear boy, it was fancy," I said and was raising my head from the pillow when suddenly a slight sound struck upon my ears, and I paused in the act and in the center of my speech. "I clear something now," I said. "But It's only the patter of rain." Montgomery set his ear to the wall. ""That's not rain," he wbispered. He was right; it was not rain; it was the noise of feet falling Lightly upon stone. At once I took fire. "What is behind this oak?" I asked. "There must be some passage here." I sounded with my knuckles on the board. "It's hollow." A careful inspection with the caudle revealed a seam in the oak, which might mark the site of hinges, and to- gether we pushed firmly on the panel. It fell back slowly, being, as I found afterward, without lock or spring and merely held in its place by disuse and dirt. Within, the Iight shone upon a black hole and a dark flight of stairs leading downward. "We must see the end of this," said ;Montgomery, and hopped into the dark- ness like a frog.. I followed. Below there was now silence; the footsteps had died away. The narrow flight in the wall continued for some thirty steps and brought us, as I reckoned, to the fouildatious of the castle. Here we were fetched up promptly by a blank wall of wood—no doubt a similar encasement of oak as that in which the panel above was set. Groping about, we fumbled upon a Iatch and opened the door quietly. The candle flared on the walls opposite. We were in the dark corridor leading to the treasure. As this discovery flashed on me I heard once more the sound that I had The pane/ felt bath slow/p. detected in ;Montgomery's room—the sound of delicate footfails on the stone flags, Blowing out the candle and putting a detaining han.'. on Montgom- ery, I drew back into tl, • niche of that secret place. The sound alrow nearer, dropping regularly on til.• air and echo - Mg faintly in the long tunnel. And then a figure, wrapped in darkness, but palpable to every sense save that of the eight, emerged, passed and fad- ed before us. The footsteps pattered away into the distance. I waited a few moments, and then, stooping, shook off my boots, bidding my companion do the same. That done, we stepped out into the corridor and plunged into the blackness of c night. The blood in my body ran like a mill race, but left my brain clear and bright in eddies. I was not blind to the probabilities of this adventure, whi h. had now stepped out of the supernat• ural anti become merely binnan and prosaic. Here was one of our determined foes peranihulating within the precincts of our hold, and even admitted to that privy place near which the hoard. of treasure lay. • Slowly and with great caution we followed. Our naked feet matte no sound, but it was difficult to grope one's way in the darkness. Our direction lay round the •eastle walls and toward the drum towers, and it was upon the flight of stairs mounting to the guardroom in the northern tow. or that we carate presently, The door at the top of this 'stairease steed filar, and, proceeding with still greater tore, 19 )6 we climbed up and Looked through the deaths. A lantern, .newly lit and shedding a dull glow through .the opaque glasses, was set upon the floor ,baud east the Jong, black shallow of a plan against tie wall. Me was standing near the short, deep eiubrasure that yawned in the massive steno waits of the drum tower, scrutinizing the valley below. What Could he be there for? As 1 wondered, turning over the eircum• ces st in an my excited nasal mind, he stoop- ed, and, picking up the lantern, thrust it into the window, waving it (rout sets to side. I suppose this was 111 re- sponse to souse sigu1 from the valley, but I paid little heed to it at the time, being suddenly interested in a reeognl• tion.. It was Iloodi I will confess that the ideutftieation of that unmistakable lean body and black head filled me with a sudden dis- quietude of which it would have been itatd to give the reason. The very 81- letace of the man sowed fear and mis- trust in my heart. Ana so it was that instead of breaking from our hiding place and seizing the impudent In- truder I put a hand on Montgomery and Constrained him to retire with me into the lower passages. We concealed oue•selves in one of the side gaIieries and there awaited hood's return, for that he would return I had no doubt, Evidently he and Sercombe commute. sated with each other by means el flashing lights, and it was equally eve deist that Serconebe's signal must bave been to postpone action, I could see pretty plainly the method hood intend. ed. to adopt. IIe was to admit the marauders to the castle by lowering the drawbridge and raising the port• euilis, after which they would have the three of 115 at their mercy. But the presence of the pollee in the neigh- borhood diad saved us from that fate lir one night at least, and, thanks to aloutgoeuery's quick ears, it would be strange if we did not manage to put another face on the position by the morrow. I was right in my conjecture, for shortly afterward we heard the re- atarteing feet sound along the stones. IIe passed the eud of our passage; holding Itis lautern before him, and when be had disappeared we hurried out into the corridor and sped after hien. Once we saw the spot of light that glowed in the vicinity of that shadow pause and waver. 1 Clare say that some sound had caught his ear, and he turned and listened. We shrank into the protection of the wall until the footsteps had resumed their way. By this time I had guessed his errand, or at least his destination. IIe was bound for the treasure Chanter in the keep and had probably come from there previously. Possibly it had been bis hiding m place. Here again as- e g y sumption proved correct, and we . watched him open the cupboard in the wall and vanish like an expert, lautern I and ail, into the abyss. "We must take him tonight," said I to Montgomery, "It won't do to let him get out of range." Montgomery nodded and, cautiously approaching, pulled open the door in the wall. Drawing himself up, he clambered through the space and slid down into the farther room, making wonderfully smell noise for so huge a. body. I followed. But Hood was not in the Iower room—at Ieast there was no light to. pierce the utter darkness -- and, moreover, I think we *both knew that he was in the loft above us. To. gather we crawled up the steps and once more looked in through the friend- ly aperture of a door upou the chief of our bitter enemies. Hood, kueeling up- on the floor, was bent over the chests which contained the treasure. Suddenly he started and lifted his head. It may have been that the door creaked, or perhaps he caught the sound of our breathing. All I know is that the next moment, and just as Montgomery leaped forward at a stride upon: him, he put out his arm and with a swift movement overturned the lan- tern. The room was at once plunged in darkness, darkness so thick and gravelike that it was incredible. Eter- nal night dwelt and brooded in those rayless dungeons, and she resumed Ler empire greedily from that meek, usurp- ing candle. Montgomery's rush Carried him to the corner where the boxes Iay, but he encountered no one. hood by some slippery movement bad gladad away, and where lto was in the solid darkness neither of us could say. 1 gathered this from the silence that en- sued upon Montgomery's spring. I heard him pick himself up, and then there was a hush. I stood with my back against the door In a state of in- tense ntense suspense. 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