CHAPTER XXXIII

Jim Explains Abe Bellamy was staring into vacancy. Slowly he turned and faced his questioner. "The water-pipes, I guess; they make that kind of noise when we set the radiators going." Jim waited to hear the sound repeated, but it did not come. He looked hard at Bellamy, but the man met his gaze without flinching. "What is under here?" he asked, pointing to the floor. "Nothing--the dungeons start under the hall. There used to be a stairway down to them, but that has been bricked up." Leaving the library, Jim made a …