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I then rapped at the door, and getting no invitation went in without one. The room was dark, but having matches I found a candle and lit it. I tried to enter the adjoining room, but the door was fast, and although I heard the old man's heavy footsteps in there he made no response to my calls. I THEN RAPPED AT THE DOOR AND GETTING NO INVITATION WENT IN WITHOUT ONE THE ROOM WAS DARK BUT HAVING MATCHES I FOUND A CANDLE AND LIT IT I TRIED TO ENTER THE ADJOINING ROOM BUT THE DOOR WAS FAST AND ALTHOUGH I HEARD THE OLD MAN'S HEAVY FOOTSTEPS IN THERE HE MADE NO RESPONSE TO MY CALLS
nce and continue his journey afoot. “But where did you pass the night?” inquired his wife, after he had briefly related his adventure. “With old Deluse at the ‘Isle of Pines,’” {372} was the laughing reply; “and a glum enough time I had of it. He made no objection to my remaining, but not a word could I get out of him.” Fortunately for the interests of truth there was present at this conversation Mr. Robert Mosely Maren, a lawyer and _littérateur_ of Columbus, the same who wrote the delightful “Mellowcraft Papers.” Noting, but apparently not sharing, the astonishment caused by Mr. Galbraith’s answer this ready-witted person checked by a gesture the exclamations that would naturally have followed, and tranquilly inquired: “How came you to go in there?” This is Mr. Maren’s version of Mr. Galbraith’s reply: “I saw a light moving about the house, and being nearly blinded by the sleet, and half frozen besides, drove in at the gate and put up my horse in the old rail stable, where it is now. MPELLED HIM TO ABANDON HIS CONVEYANCE AND CONTINUE HIS JOURNEY AFOOT BUT WHERE DID YOU PASS THE NIGHT INQUIRED HIS WIFE AFTER HE HAD BRIEFLY RELATED HIS ADVENTURE WITH OLD DE LUCE AT THE ISLE OF PINES WAS THE LAUGHING REPLY AND A GLUM ENOUGH TIME I HAD OF IT HE MADE NO OBJECTION TO MY REMAINING BUT NOT A WORD COULD I GET OUT OF HIM FORTUNATELY FOR THE INTERESTS OF TRUTH THERE WAS PRESENT AT THIS CONVERSATION MISTER ROBERT MOSELEY MARIN A LAWYER AND LITERATURE OF COLUMBUS THE SAME WHO WROTE THE DELIGHTFUL MELOCRAFT PAPERS NOTING BUT APPARENTLY NOT SHARING THE ASTONISHMENT CAUSED BY MISTER GALLBRAY'S ANSWER THIS READY WITTED PERSON CHECKED BY A GESTURE THE EXCLAMATIONS THAT WOULD NATURALLY HAVE FOLLOWED AND TRANQUILLY INQUIRED HOW CAME YOU TO GO IN THERE THIS IS MISTER MERRIN'S VERSION OF MISTER GALLBRAY'S REPLY I SAW A LIGHT MOVING ABOUT THE HOUSE AND BEING NEARLY BLINDED BY THE SLEET AND HALF FROZEN BESIDES DROVE IN AT THE GATE AND PUT UP MY HORSE IN THE OLD RAIL STABLE WHERE IT IS NOW
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