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THE 1EGISTER.GU ABD, EUGENE, OREGON
OUSE OF SHADOWS
LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE
Far and Near
By HAROLD GRAY
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CHAPTER X
-ft waifht of the mountains
s I . to fU as Claire famed
mmn' r..,tbiog about her
L..n air. , . i
r i -rH npflCflUI
normal ,
L was beginning
L of k irigbt.
rMisure Burner Jw
,:M,r Tito rabbit
f,, ,iret noise you cant ex-
,he icoraeu ...-
Mt down the empty lamp and
1101 ,....t. through the aspen
mo""";, . ..i.ii ,
tb tooi - -
..-.thine and see if I
Dallas couio "s --
thought she decided to see
eonld do aioor.
( .toot Dan Dallas.
...,,!, the crowbar and a
rkero,ene,fbep.edth.op,n
door. . --v.-'
.bout getting supper nd talk-
ii.ii.. who sat by tie
Leling potatoes. Claire pawed
fir voices came to ber.
Ltd anything from your brother
Suaie did not turn from the
But he's n" riht- J,
none. He often goes off half-
like that, if be Bappena to
toBiPtnu'g ne wooi uu.u
r Eb always was closer
'.k.n a word politician. At
oulJn't help think of the white
but when I got to figurin
decided El) a gone to tue
s all there is to it.
grnnted Dan. "How do you
the cap witn me uioou
ain't trvin' to work up a
itorv 'round here, are you? I
tee such a ecary crowd! ra
banged bis neaa on odiu
other and come in and got his
bat. It s gone out ot nis room,
T Ififlkpd to See.
us" Dan glancea up at ner
"And you figure Mr. fcteeie
fI in an accident, too?''
I heard the uoc say ne
llr slipped and fell against some-
Its easy to do on mem pine
They re slick as grease alter
walked on 'em long enough.'
lat's Miss Fosdick up here for,
housekeeper shrugged. "It s
LWe. ain't it? I suppose she a
right to come and upset things
Lue she takes the notion. But I,
will be glad when she goes
IVei that old hell-cat of a Han-
hta her. The men are all right
t woman!"
tea jou think Bhe jiist happened
mm here?" he persisted. J'How
explain the gun with the silenc-
k the dog being killed, and the
arrow mark?"
w should I know?" Susie's voice
ti sharp. Then she turned with
ttish smile. "Try one of these
If I do say so, as I shouldn't,
sure make 'em."
wailed a minute longer, but
id not return to the subject, so
;nt on to the cellar. Queer that
alias should be quizzing Susie.
bad put the 6ilencer on hia own
roof, why should he mention it
nas he testing her to see if
pew Eb had borrowed the gun?
walked to the farther wall of
illar, where she had heard the
sounds. Dead silence. She put
r against it and thought she
something, but could not be
Experimentally she struck the
hnth the crowbar. Almost at
Ibere was a response, like a big
Stating with horrible regularity
Ibere in the darkness.
fwardly she began digging, and
pvtral minutes had quite a size'
Pole. Painfully she fleied her
fi muscles. On the floor at her
it a pile of dirt half as high as
e Barrel of salt pork nearby.
irrj. what a mees!" she gasped
It I don t find anything, what-
ill Susie say?"' But Claire
nat feel vary penitent. After
! House of Long Shadows be-
to her, not Susie,
st she was forced to stop, and
pore she put her ear against
M. Certanly something . was
K behind there. She must go
only she dared to ask Dan
to help her!
far u he could see. all aides of it
were- firm anough. Apparently there
was no sign of anything falling from
abore.
Wearily she started In again, and
the Tery next stroke thudded with a
different sound. Claira stopped in
fright and listened. Deed silence. If
there had ever been any movement or
noise beyond that darkness, it cer
tainly waa not there now. Half-tim-idly
she dug farther.
Now the crowbar waa eutting
through an opening. There could be
no doubt about that. Breathlessly tbe
brought the lamp and held it close to
the small place Where the sharp point
or the instrument hsd gone through.
bat was her astonishment to
not darkness, as she expected but a
dim, wavering radiance. She blinked
ber eyea and looked again. It was
gone. Then it bad been only her
imagination. She carried the lamp back
and started making the bole larger.
After much effort ahe again brought
the lamp, for now the opening was
large enough to put her own head
through. Carefully ahe moved the
light ao that she could see for quite a
radius In tbe gaping darkness.
Apparently siie bad cut into mother
small tunnel. The air seemed fresh
and cool. Files of fresh dirt lay be
fore her, and at oue side a piece of
wood. Then she gave a stnrt. Some
thing black was crumpled close to the
wall just below ber. She turned the
lamp so she could see, then gave a
little cry.
A man! Though he was so covered
with dirt he looked hardly human. He
was lyiug face down in the soft esrth.
quite motionless. Claire wntched for
- i-lf:-.l !.. i. Ki
ll lerdiiru iuuuicui, luru b,whb iu mm,
tnougn ner voice sounuea strangely
cracked and unnatural.
He did not move, so ahe reached her
hRnd through and touched him on t'he
shoulder. Vas it a corpse or had he
juist dropped unconscious? She must
go for help. Quickly Claire started to
back out of the hole, when her atten
tion was caught by another aound be
fore her.
She stopped, listening and holding
the lamp ahead of her to throw as
long a light ray aa possible. Some- j
thing or somebody was certainly stir- J
ring on the other side of the opening.
Miiybe the man on the ground
Without warning and for the sec
ond time since she came to the House
of Long Shadows, the lamp in her
hand shattered into bits. There was
a sudden runibliug, and then darkness
closed about her.
But not for long. Almost imme
diately from behind her another circle
of light swept the opening and there
waa a deafening report. Olalre col
lapsed in a frightened' heap. Then,
finding she was not hurt, she turned
to see Dan Dallas, flnBhlight in one
hand, a still smoking revolver in tbe
other.
He leaped to her and drew her back
into the cellar, being careful to keep
out of range of the hole.
"Hurt, Miss Fosdick?"
"N-no. I guess not. But what ?"
Claire began.
"Another close call. Tou aren't due
to be s-hot. evidently." His tone sound-
ad relieved. Without wsiting for fur
ther explanation, he crept back Into
the hole, his gun ready.
Ttnt now there was only silence.
Then Susie's frightened voice called
from the steps outside.
"Dsn! What is it?"
Claire ran to her and grasped the
housekeeper's arm as she came down
into the cellar. "Husur utaire com
m.ndad tenselv. Still clutching Susie
firmly, she dragged her forward and
held her firmly against tne wau.
After what seemed an endless wait,
Dan crawled back. "He got away
aErain."
"But he was on the floor he didn't
mora. I even touched him, Liaire
"On the floor?" Dan turned and
want hack into the opening. After
listening for several minutes he cau
tiously lowered his flashlight to the
other aide of the hole and turned it on.
"There's aomeone here. Can you
hold the light for me while I make the
opening large enough to drag mm
through? Keep to one side. There
wss someone else in there, too. This
fellow didn't do the shooting because
he's already dead." Then, seeing Susie.
t you
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Claire held the electric torcn wuue
Dsn dug with quick, strong move
ments. Then he reacnen nown
dragged the inert form through the
hole. Claire held her breath, while
Susie made queer little clucking noises
in ha. fhrnat as though she were bslf-
1U..A -Hh fr cht. CaretullT uanna
tnnied the man over on Ba oaca.
Clsire gars a gasping cry.
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(To B Continued)
Id ton for bresfh. she fancied
IHndS irpre cron-intr tntidar.
ahe be nearinz the solution of
Intery? And irhaf -nM aha
Rupposp she ahonld
throiuh k retaining wall anil
F'r some horror better left
r'l nervousness br this time
ginning to E.t the bast of her,
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I neit alia ionn..i
FJbt site could hear a new
aiBBt the wall. Like someone
f, J aesvuyo, was it only her
"wring luncs and Bounding
e sat down on iha nil. r
I" r!t, th.n moved the lsmn to
'of the 1,0.1, h. i .i..:
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"1 directly over her shoulder.
tlm" '"e hole closely, but. so
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