The Doomsday Men by J. B. Priestley
Author:J. B. Priestley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Valancourt Books
Published: 2016-11-19T00:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER SIX
OUTSIDE THE GATE
It was rather late when Malcolm came down to breakfast, for he had not had a very good nightâs sleep and then had dozed on past his usual time. Barstow seemed to have been up for hours. The dining-room was deserted. He tried the lunch-room and there, with his long legs wrapped round a stool at the counter, was Hooker, cleaning up what looked to have been once a noble plate of ham and eggs.
âYou see, Darbyshire,â he observed with a grin, âwhy Science makes progress while Art stands still. Art has just got up, but Science has been up and out these last two hours, making enquiries. And if weâre going exploring to-day, youâd better have a good breakfast. The hamâs good.â
âIâll try it.â Malcolm gave his order, then apologised to Hooker for being down so late, and asked if he had discovered anything about the MacMichaels.
Hooker had. âI figured that if I went round early, before the fellows were busy, some of them would know something. Henry MacÂMichaelâs a multi-millionaire, and heâs not the kind to live in a shack somewhere. Heâll live in a big way wherever he is. And even if he gets most of his stuff in from the Coast, he must use this place now and again. Besides, those instruments from London had to be sent here, I knew that. So I went round with a packet of Luckies. Tried the railroad here first, then one or two of the garages, and the drug store.â
âThe MacMichaels are here, arenât they?â asked Malcolm eagerly.
With an air of leisurely enjoyment the other spread a map out on the counter. He pointed a long stained forefinger. âUp here somewhere.â
Malcolm leaned over and stared not very hopefully at some grim shading on the map. Lava Mountains. Quail Mountains. Granite Mountains. Copper City. Leadpipe Spring. Eagle Crags. Not a very promising lot of names. And he said so.
âI know,â said Hooker. âBut between the road here and this end of Death Valley thereâs a little valley, might be a miniature canyon, and there they are. None of these fellows has seen the place. If they had workmen up there, I think they must have brought âem in from the Coast. But one fellow had a brother whoâd done a job for them up there. Some miner whoâd struck it rich started building a big placeâlike Scottyâs Castle at the north end of Death Valleyâyouâve heard of that, eh?âwell, this miner seems to have died before it was finished, and then the MacMichaels bought it two or three years ago. Itâs called the Castello, and itâs at Lost Lake. So what weâre looking for is the Lost Lake Castello, somewhere about thereââhe pointed againââand if that isnât romantic enough for you, my romantic friend, I give you up.â
âItâs romantic enough,â said Malcolm, âbut do you think itâs true? Why, there isnât even the ghost of a road marked here, and theyâd have to have some sort of road.
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