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I heard a sound as of a tread on stone There was, I

knew, no stone pave toward

the lake I saw athe top of the

wall toward ure into

clear relief Several times he paused, bent down and

rapped upon the ith an object he carried in his

hand

Only a few hours before I had heard a si of my own room in Glenarm

House Evidently the stone wall, too, was under

suspicion!

Tap, tap, tap! The ate, and very likely he

would carry his investigations beyond it I drew up s and crouched in the shadow of the pillar, revolver

in hand I was not anxious for an encounter; I much

preferred to wait for a disclosure of the purpose that lay

behind this randfather's

estate

But the matter was taken out of my own hands before

I had a chance to debate it The round, sounded the stone base under the gate, likewise

the pillars, evidently without results, struck a spiteful

crack upon the iron bars, then stood up abruptly and

looked an, the

caretaker of the summer colony