The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, May 26, 1920, Image 12
The House
of Whispers
BY
JOHNSTON
Emustratons by
IRWIN MYERS
Copy1ght by Littlo, Brown & Co.
t. on tihilnue fron i Ist pag. this sect ion )
"Yes, I think I hnld better. The
whole tale soitunds so preposterous thit
I neeIl every hit of corroborative Cvi
denceo weo ('n inu1ster."9
For half an hour weo ' intgered over
the tablh, dii nnile ' the aspects of
the 'w. -:vent uiahlv I thInk I per
suindo'l *\I*,;- Ivkadford- that the-, evi
difii' iniiiio ist i:1ni y i n.Ziy i t liet
tlhonil.ie girl :s oneo of the (onspira
!s at l-1 on- of, the.ir tidles. She
waos cvn--er to knowv wha t in of netioin
Goran we. :n111 iis' aid as we' p:irt
cd \e arr l t1 it) h It oIr -Idjoinin
windows a thai \!t ovein ii order
thait wev 'ni t hve o he b
The nexit time
ask for
The purified and refined
calomel tablets that are
nauseal-ss, safc and sure.
Medicinal virtues retain.
ed and improved. Sold
only in sealed packages.
Price 35c.
orud / n yo'l '.jv~ a dl
cious, refrichig tcent I Pure 'mnd
golden-ta exquisit'i tavor is
deriv/ed fromi chioice~ fruit oil,
prced from freshly-picked ore
angiue, combilned with pura
uar and claic acla (the patu.
?a! acid of citrue Cruito.)
Paepaed by Orunge-Crush Co., Chsicaigo
Laboraitory: Los And~ees
Sed fe,' Il-ee book.''T he St'ory of Orantw.Crau
aznd Lumum.Cru.'
Ii'Votid inl iinrensi~ by
((0U.d.00LA U20'1lNG CO.
r- f5itivciliGoiisis ni%7ilii~ for iine at
,he place hie had muentioned.
"I told you that girl -was a bad on1C,"
was his greeting.
"What <do you menn?" I cried.
"What have you learned about her?"
"Nothing exce)t that the address
she gave you last iight was phony.
The nituher she gave is the hospital
grotnds"l-he pronounce(d it "hors
pital."
"Where does she live, then?"
"Sie's keeping that under cover.
She shook the taxi lit Fifty-ninth nnd
'Third."
"Anti the nubter she called up
(lite private nuiber-did you find out
about that?"
"Sure, that was easy. It's ole of
tie apirtinints lin the Gratit(eck
Ihlenry Keiit's. Who's he?"
"I never henrd of' hiu. I'll try to
find out, thougl."
"I wouid, itir hot cllrfil how you
"o Iskiig (imesi'ttis 111oural the place.
i'hie Moorinie womani ay have a pal.
'iTey :ien'rally worik inl par."
Thev one*asenid ce-lerity wvith wich
Gmriian hail learntid ll these things
aioutj th ' gIrl I fill: rssv. l I e greatly,
fil 1 :11(1 1as fni eh. Ihe rveeived iny
cinillieilts with a1 dejtre(nting wave
of* the bane1l.
"NOthilni: to it, boy. wh-,nt yoi know.
the rope 4. hInit lIst- nilit youi tol
tin you had tanken the ;:irl oit to ily
' putop seinethilnl- out (if her. W halit
Fro!n he11!nnii to ild I told him
.' whole story ill :ll of Its plix
1i- <l(tails. st wtin: with the d1ay that
h:itl receivel tiy great-u 'le itufus'
hl:: with .kliss Bir~olforfl. 1rn ig i
liy <nischar'e niui thli sapp:nii nt e
W, thef, (;Instn p nr :1111 w\xplainin:"
I y i n I :<- 4i lf wit h Ih aI q (at
in p 1o hi * v ::I III the lr i I .
I I3 I! I : I tu I I-1:1 t W 'I I' a
"Wh- r! o u ko o f t? 1 i, ill
l K,!1. )1 4, :110 toi (."31vi t f ill, \\t'a 5
11ti, * : 1l3l V.y in4 rrative. " h ( ela
y * % i l a t h : n i It
"il -,i't think." h. r tr . "nld Ini-1ur
bu lhwt' t do1 :ay tI Iy ':itl thinm t
<ilt~v l u nrt t o li onv. lit. te qa' wro
(1 l(3 nt .i1 al l1t l1iiiin : 1ti ei i , It
"i-e think." :li ii, suia sloly tnilstenl
tet i l", "that p ti'r' a tlot lfarel: af
.11 ywu :1111 Mli -i u l re' pretty
I('-( t et in tin ' i n t er' Zt i It' it."
"Thr . 's, l i l f r1\...n 1 in a
lwye~r thwt ain'tI h:w . 11'1take his
lint n' Viaut 1h1 In tie v lter of t
hi.: (ih'elo wi"t h 11in.-; rui nniIl i I ll <l11i .
r4ect Iions - nlibli, insan i y11N, milstal .knl
Wient itIy, no proof' of guiilt, la k, f
juri tl Iictin ir.'n l
ity--he'd 111nik oilt lvery ins iss il il
ft nse. Th ' follow ach Hilo Oltt
:11113 whri' el it 24 at41 (i wh at pll
the (11piltising hlwyers wot:l be likely
to Sprints lit h1 n11. Generally h1et goit
his n f:11 (1ff. "
"I dlon't (lite see ow that applies."
"Youl ln't, (h1?""
i e tI:'114 :il 11 hunfina-y elI 33 with
his I'l fiil t tbil !in thei little
b k roni4 wh re wit were sit Iin'.
"I - ' y u Ul '1114 i. r : rd Inl
the cnrSurroino1h.-l by a lilt of)tIy
l44 l. vi i r * v. We'll niullk tw\-:\ -Ir
vls. This . intble wn i443lit, th h h ::
t'3' en tl ::f ' op tu: the, ''a3 rs
' l I n t I I nin-. 1 t :n ntn I l
no , tI t h v
a i !- ! 'h4.'' who. 3ol4b he4
i I nji i i I1 ' I :i 31 t 4el!! - | 1 . '
1 r3' 3'k. llii Then wh < .iw- s in '.- I -
'1(n 4. It her?14 Tlii-'' 'it 1:5.:1 ' t wi M-'
.!r.ta~ \ 441 I;: wf'. R. t e s i-it n p - that33
hliNt' herki: 4nd thi .\1 sliltnciy 1-:nt
i -: 't h-- 'sa 31al'4 8 4 l i~n <e f t hel 4 'in'
tl' 4-4-us 'l. .\ny t'n of'4 : tutn in '::h' he
.-i o' C . 3 Then ls thi re'I's ith l'li:i hty
~'''t a i 1 : -'t'e plar. <! you?"i ca
nfa'' ii ator T bt l l:1i-1 of n:j:
"l :a't bothu' 'to ex3: pha frn Youl\' ~fer
ti\ a''ti'h! (r l dain' e, l:y! t a it j'arw
a'to al to kew i tg ofw. This eah! .Cr.
( '1. '3:tn n hit wife.a tk's( ju1r. :)<
Tailu't'Y duOif wut se tobly ltolit
let' a - no I ip'al1res ','but tunybr e t Ca atr
:t t'[n. nir~lf rd it va nt I lad It heii
''nrll ta ftileis whoin live intthiei ho
3red. havenof'tu'3awiIheI" lv tii
More i'and inrl Ca hadb'untol
"It ou here,'ornliuti as." I nwh
:ln'('1 lgvt you tkchreveryhi cae I'or
got lin-ties w~rlU." -
Ho shook his head.
"It ain't enough. It I take this case,
It wvon't he for the money that's In It.
For that matter I can get all I want
fromt old Gaston for getting his pearls
hack. That'll be enough."
"Then yoil wl take the case," I
erieti jubilantly.
"On one condition. That you'll prom
ise to keep everything away from the
police."
"I'll promise that for myself and
Miss Bradford, too. That was the
one reason she advanced against my
telling you about things. She was
afraid you'd call in the police."
"Never fear about that. There's
nothing I'd like better than to put it
liver that buinch of young reformers
they've got down in Center street. This
lotel work don't stilt ue, anyhow. I've
heel thinking of opening 111 an oflice
of my own. The recovery of the Gas
ton penrls would b a nice feather in
illy Cp to start with."
"I see," I replieitd, "hlt you'll ieed
Ilnlcy for 1xpens1s nuel tiutt sort of
thing, wton't you? I have-"
"ixovotai t 11ar1t of it to m,"l he
Potorl ''ii with a ilizzitl smile.
"After alI the years, I wasI- on) the po0
11ev force I nin't exnvlly bro!w by a
long sho . All you 'lv to o 14 is to
keepl yourl oyes4 1oen and 4 let tuo kow
:Ii thiit gots lint Ill In RI the pa tnliten
houI'. I'l l .0t.nd Io the rest. Don't
(I(' nthn lath ou I .:hwiHto t Costts lt
Ing n ll-fiSt."
"Ill gbuilly pr tie that."
"Goo enugh.\\''d bettler arranger
telnll to invt hr every day it three
sharp1. It.' li a1 .: d :1 1n1:1 it RI ."(
"A l i lik out yol l 'r not trailed.
TI i'y v u'iny I try lish: Iov t' y tt nI y no n."
II\' It tlo r ti ie n y It e ? I
asked ify
"''Tii i 't t t ll 11yo''u yestlrity,"
reiiplioed ("orntonl \*ith al grinl. "if youl
don' knw, do't r.mw vither--yt ."
Fri i hit' sII ii1t 1 ticr I : w l s R'e nnlileit
11111It os .11rently h rl :I !shreiwel ssd
sin tIt t o tht it linit y I)[ hiel'e of the
iI i' I i. Th I I': iaz( in tII he e titer
(if whi. hi h l i U ll tRitRadt foril
nii lu Il in nt f t uorilt e t ol hun, i
:. 1 I dly . n li t I h:I t t il III
1111 lv~ ti 11 11:1ii I .\.( f Ia! I I . rel
Ihn! i'il hi1 v . knowbz f Ithi I q
inlt ht,!, of crii ald 11.1Z and his e lia int
;n.' ip w1 ' 11 ith ther I 1il (i lit ll: 1 'efty a too e
hl I In I h a 1 ti (l ui 's In ;:hli s I ;tt 1)
w i 1. i 1 I I o I o Ik t 'I ) I rs. I raIl
Il tat i tt wo h h I I I ' I li leS . to Iltes
hln hlill fur1ther. lit, would .14hn1!t
wul-tillr fil one tnil he wns" surle
f t ir il , I quaIllli y It it i I ld
"Y I In Coui nt fnl 111," I1 1e p n tedllil.
It b hi e e t it th ie loilorr o .' I
Yet h11w fololish it wa-:s f'or aIIny oif
11s to predict whalt we svill bel Inoing or
w r we w I ii I w Iit w In 'I r t r ill ot-r
fromt w Sld m dI' o th 11in hI w -Iliwn'
ill Ithe routili (if ouri lives, aIs we 'lu l
anlleiRatI1 l. I y ot there Il net
d tit Ilho tio appointei'd.lii liy pos
sIhily couild I lt'a bhe th re, lowti
ever.1 11n11h 1 n 'Iht inive w.ishel t o.
.I :ny ('I1 II i I I: ( u i ie ed i ri ulk
bathefetid n. 'ii'iilriiinst
lle w it in ft ht tihat y promn
to in14t ;iriiinnn iii wenht tuntfilfillCd enn
))o s ho- explail1wd t .\ by 1:11rratin1" thel
evenrt: (fit'n h veing iftor I retujr.wdi
to) thw (;::bh 1. . was, nent11ly f've
wx lit I leb ft 1 !1(, detl ivo. I Striolledf
I-\uel <lownl ltwn Itl h1d):Il lanrinl
1hopi ' (-11( 0 14ill 41,i4. ll' t e i l 1i p 1a1.
posl1itTM'~h iZncref'iisagePior6,~T
elimibed up on a chair just as Claire
Bradford had done, and began in
specting the wall inch by inch. Even
as I dd Ro T could not help laughing
at myself. The iden that a modern
apartment building might contain a
secret passago was utterly ridiculous,
yet 11 1 pounded lightly on the wall
it gave forth a hollow sound, vastly
diflerent from any other part of the
room. I was convinced that between
my room and tho hall there was space
enough at least for a passageway In
which a man might walk.
(To bo continued.)
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