



Produced by Charles Bowen from page images published as
a serial on page 2 in the Cheshire Observer starting 18
January 1902
(http://newspapers.library.wales/view/4281236/4281238) and
ending with 26 April 1902 as provided on the internet by
Welsh Newspapers Online.











Transcriber's Notes: 1. Transcribed from page images published as a
serial on page 2 in the Cheshire Observer starting 18 January 1902
(http://newspapers.library.wales/view/4281236/4281238) and ending with
26 April 1902 as provided on the internet by Welsh Newspapers Online.






THE TURNPIKE HOUSE.



By FERGUS HUME, Author of "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab," "The Crimson
Cryptogram," "The Golden Idol," "Aladdin in London," "The Dwarf's
Chamber," etc.




CHAPTER I.
THE CONVICT'S RETURN.


It stood where four roads met--a square building of two storeys, with
white-washed walls and a high slate roof. The