CHAPTER XII 

THE ENEMY WITHIN 

It was getting late, but the Allenwood Sports Club prolonged its sitting at the Carlyon homestead. The institution had done useful work in promoting good fellowship by means of healthful amusements, but recently its management had fallen into the hands of the younger men, and the founders contented themselves with an occasional visit to see that all was going well. Some, however, were not quite satisfied, and Mowbray entertained suspicions about the Club. He was an autocrat, but he shrank from spying, or attempting to coerce a member into betraying his comrades. Some allowance must be made for young blood; and, after all, nothing that really needed his interference could go on, he felt, without his learning about it. Nevertheless, he had a disturbing feeling that an undesirable influence was at work. 

Carlyon's room was unusually well furnished, and several fine London guns occupied a rack on the matchboarded wall. The cost of one would have purchased a dozen of the Massachusetts-made weapons which the prairie farmers used. The photograph of a horseman in English hunting dress with M.F.H. appended to the autograph was equally suggestive, and it was known that Carlyon's people had sent him to Canada with money enough to make a fair start. Unfortunately, he had not realized that success in farming demands care and strenuous work. 

He sat with a flushed, excited face at a rosewood table, upon which the cigar ends, bottles, and glasses scarcely left room for the cards he was eagerly scanning. Gerald Mowbray leaned back in his chair, watching him with a smile. Emslie, the third man, wore a disturbed frown; opposite him, Markham sat with a heavy, vacant air. 
Who was suspicions about the sport club?
Why was he suspicious?
What gave him that feeling?
Was Carlyon's room bare?
How was it furnished?
Where were the guns from?
Where they expensive?
What was the table made of?
What did Carlyon not understand?
What was one the rosewood table?
What else?
How many people were sitting there?
Mowbray
and Mowbray entertained suspicions about the Club
because he had a disturbing feeling
he had a disturbing feeling that an undesirable influence was at work
because management had fallen into the hands of the younger men
but recently its management had fallen into the hands of the younger men
no
Carlyon's room was unusually well furnished
unusually well
Carlyon's room was unusually well furnished
London
several fine London guns
yes
The cost of one would have purchased a dozen of the Massachusetts-made weapons
rosewood
 at a rosewood table
that success in farming demands care and strenuous work
he had not realized that success in farming demands care and strenuous work
cigar ends
upon which the cigar ends, bottles, and glasses scarcely left room for the cards
bottles
rosewood table, upon which the cigar ends, bottles
four
Gerald Mowbray leaned back in his chair, watching him with a smile. Emslie, the third man, wore a disturbed frown; opposite him, Markham sat