The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, October 14, 1920, Image 8
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Mil,” 1 said, "not sooIhk any necaaslty
for (loltiR anything. I mljfht merely
suggext to yoii^thHt there are legal
provisions against hlaokmall.”
The q’ulet little man, with his no
tions of profit evaporating, suddenly
be< •ame savage and desperate.
*‘I ean’t be fooled with,” he cried.
4 T know you. You won’t assail me
with a blackmail charge, because you
do-not dare. I know l am guilty and
can he punished unless I have a real
hold on this family. I have takeiuthe
chance that 1 have a real hold. It wan
not certain, but now I know It. It
Js not enough of a hold, hut It is
enough to keep you from making trou
ble for me, and I’ll ***e that *oon It
will lie enough to make you listen to
me ’
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cue out for a hit of air—Just arrow*
the lawn. Jed Appeared."
"What did he say?"
"I don’t know—something Incoher
ent, violent; and he took me by the
sleeve. 1 was not frightened, but I
drew hark suddenly. My sleeve ripped
out. We were at the edge of the woods.
Three men appeared, strangled Jed be
fore he could cry out, picked him up
and carried him off.”
I spent the evening wjjh Mr. Sidney
and told him that Jed was ill. He jyas
concerned, and I made the lie a kindly
one.
"It Is Insignificant." I said. “With
Ids habit* he tyust occasionally pay a
\ price.- A touch of Indigestion this
time."
To extemporise a few lies to get
through the night was. easy enough;!
hut .led was not hark In the morning
and Mr. Mhlney had to he de*-etvei| In |
noire enduing fashion.
V explained to him thot Jed hod lieew '
rglled aooy on on urgent mot ter ;
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household was prepared to dm! ret*
nmohly with a reasonahle man."
"Where, Is Jed?" I asked.
"That’ll none of my business.*
“It will In* made yours."
"Harking dogs—moonshine—things
to scare huhies," said the little man.
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McGuire came hack. •
"1 guess I ve seen all I want of the
grounds.” he said, "and there’s a train
hack in half an hour. We’ve our rig
waiting.” ^
"I'm not going back,” said the law
yer. "I stay at ^Hartley.”
“What i* he to do?^ asked McGuire.
"Merely leave the house,” I said, and
I rang for a maid.
“I’ll not he bulldozed," said the
lawyer.
"Y’ou are not being” I suggested.
“The maid will show you out."
He wa* at a loss hut had nothing
el*** to do but go when the maid mine.
! held McGuire for only a moment and
a/k«*d him to have operatives watHi
the lawyer constantly, with an him
1 hut Ih* actually would remain 1^, Hart
ley. and Im oHitinue ta srnrHi far Jed.
Mr. Sidney IswAel and I bad a rimer
fwl dtamer that e»mmg tkwrMad aa
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suggested
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now present with a threat af Imminent
• onsequence., 1 ran for tha stairs,
dashing the light, up the ytalrs and to
Jed's room.
His door was open. As I have said,
this wing was not w Ireil for electricity.
I turned my light about the room, saw
that the fear which had caused me to
patrol the house was realized and then
hunted for the lamp, which I found
and lighted.
Jed's room w^as In the disorder in
which a hard-working housebreaker,
intent on hodlng Jewels he knew the
room contained, might have left It. It
seemed almost ripped to pieces.
On a tabla was a small pearl-inlaid
ebony box. The lid was open; the box
was empty.
Aa I stood In the midst of the dis
array of the room, with the empty box
the most significant thing In It, the
manreloua unreality of Hartley bowse,
a smiling dread, seemed to have visible
taken
The empty box. I thought, bad
mined the manuscript which
Mr ftldney’a m* rei. Tha hash af vfcMa
which I bad seen M tha had laQratad
tho method bv which N had dftsop
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ta the afire and, lighting the llghtg* aft
there. I was In the extreme dejection
af a weakling when the door opened
and Isobet came In.
"What are you doing. upT* I naked.
"I’ll ask the same thing of you.
What are you and the whole household
doing, awake and moving?"
I told her that housebreakers had
been surprised at work and had es
caped. js • -w
“If you hav$ been disturbed," I sug
gested, “probably your fa&llMfass, also.
You had better go to hla room snd tell
him that the servants have Seen flus
tered by a burglar scare, and then yog
had better go to your mother's room
and stay with her until things quiet
down."
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hut when laobei had gone I was left
wondering again what to da next It
was out of the question ta notify tho
authorities. The fhlovas bad stales
something which, from what I knew of
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additional mills shall he levied in the
r hove district.
The said election shall be conducted
aa is provided by law for the holding
of general elections. The polls will
be opened at W. I. Jower’s store and
the following trustees have been ap
pointed managers of election: H-
Jeff Hair, J. JLRay, I. Keoler.
v Those favoring the proposed levy
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HORACE J.. CROUCH,
Sec. Co. Board of Education.
Barnwell. S. C., Oct. 2, 1920. 10-7-2t.
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“I>o you want a Mil?” he asked.
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hla dimppeumnea the detective* tele | —(,,,1 sinrtl***! hut Inmed—by a noise }
at the further end of the hall. At that
end of the hall were the stairs to The
second floor, where Jed had hia room.
There were no windows at that end.
and It was In complete darkness, al
though three faint rays of moonlight
traversed the hall from tbe wlndftws
nearer me.
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sound I beard was the creaking of old
stairs under a light and stealthy step.
Thot interested me, and I went as
quietly as I could toward the sound.
I must-have made some noise. The
creaking stoppt^dPY stood still—In one
of rhe shafts of moonlight. There was
an Instant of alienee. I took another
step toward th* stair and hit my foot
against a chair, almost loaiug my bal-
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t boro bod beow aay rbowco of and lag Ik
wo abould bav# taken It away from
bim. In bla attoeiwa we have score tied
bis room frequently."
"These people are after tbe tnanu- !
script, ond they are satistted that they .
have It." I sold. "I am sure of that, j
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■south by a very faithful girl who
wanted ■ amutb • leave. Ho* anythlug
of grout value beeu tabeuf*
"Nothing of any tnirtuelr value
whatever, Mrs. Aldrich. I Imagine tbe
robber* were alarmed before they
found aay Jewel* or plate."
"That'a a consolation, In any event."
said the housekeeper; “but we never
shall bmable to take In a new servant
again with any ease of mind."
The- chauffeur telephoned aa lira.
Aldrich went away. The chase in tbe
night had been useless, as might be
expected, and I told him to return
home.
Mrs. Aldrich brought me a light
breakfast, and one of the gardeners
came to aay that the dogs had been
found In the woods. They had been
fed drugged meat and were tick and
even now barely able to stand.
I was preparing to go to Mr Sid
way's mom wbua the
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