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the stones to make some vevelation, Pre sently a blaze of Tight suddenly appeared in an upper chamber. A white hlind was drawn

at the window, and on this blind the shadow

of My Trelawney was thrown, the outlines of his features being plainly visible, Then

came another shadow - - that of Miss Tre-

lawney. The shadows Dlended, separated, formed fantastic pictures, and moved in grotesque way, as shadows ol hiving Beings will when thrown on to a sereen by o strong lizht,

Those pictures on the blind were viddles, and lorg 1 stayved trving to read them, until the Tight was extinguished and all was dark: ness thereo T ostll Tingered still vagucely

cxpecting a revelation —when the stillness of the night was hroken by the harsh grating of

the opening of a door. It was not the main door, but a side entrance. behind a clump of bushes, T watehed and walted, and in a few minutes there came forth a man and woman, carryving what

seemed a large box between them. As recognised 0 that man and woman Mr, T Lowney and his sister, the movements of the vhadow pretures T had scen on the blind The Drelaswneys

were intelligible cnough.,

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Concealing myself

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had Been engaged up in that room packing somethmg up. The something was in the box, and they were going to dispose of it The box was heavy apparently, and they rested occasionally. As they moved off 1 [olowed cautiously. The rovelation was coming at lost. They went towards the stream ol which B have spoken, and when thev reached it they shid the hox into the wates o and T heard the gurgle and splash i made asot sank to the bottom,

[Laving given their seeret into the safe keeping, as they supposed, of this dark stream, the Trelawneys returned 1o the house, and I went to the spot where the hox had heen thrown i, and noted the place by ixing a prece of stick i the hank, Then 1 hurried away, and obtained the assistance of a constable - plain clothes, and, provided with a boat-hook and a rope, i and my com- panion retwrned to the “ Dingle ” grounds. [ casily discovered the marked spot on the banks of the stream, and in a short time we had fished up the boxe We Tost no time in conveying it to a house in the neighbourhood, where T temporarily rented rooms.

The box was an ordinary common deal wine case ol the capacity of two dozen hottles, and the lid had been carcfully serewed down, neces sitating the use of o serew-driver to o re- move it. The hour was very late long after midnight - but [ had noideaof seeking rest until I'learnt what the contents were of that Bemg a stranger i the house, [ knew not where to look for a screw- driver. But, placing the box on the tahle, with two tallow can- dles on the mantel- piece to give light, my companion and I, by means ol a broken- hladed table - kaife, combined with in- finite patienccg, managed to o draw those screws, and thus release the Tid, The boxwas lined with tin, and, nside, securely

wrapped 1 oan imndia

Case,