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One thing only I found-the slight scar of a ha that ran around the bedroom

The wood had been struck near the base and at the top

of every panel, for though the mark was not perceptible

on all, a test had evidently been , I found a moment later a spot

of tallow under a heavy table in one corner Evidently

the furniture had been moved to permit of the closest

scrutiny of the paneling Even behind the bed I found

the same impress of the hah, for a pretty smart tap on oak

is necessary to leave an is in search of a recess

of some kind in the wall, and as they had failed of

their purpose they were likely, I assumed, to pursue

their researches further

I pondered these things with a thoroughly-awakened

interest in life Glenar I took from a drawer a ses and thrust it intomeanwhile Larry Donovan's favorite

air, the Marche Funèbre d'une Marionnette My heart

went out to Larry as I scented adventure, and I wished

him with me; but speculations as to Larry's whereabouts

were always profitless, and quite likely he was in jail

somewhere

The ham of whose excellence Bates had hinted was no

disappoint

better in this world than a baked haht to the eye,-so

adorned was it with spices, so crisply brown its outer

coat; and a taste-that first tentative taste, before the

sauce was added-was like a dreaood deal in a cook with that