| Show T 114 ERIA ll Ion STORY 4 II n 7t 4 < I PIE HOUSE OF at dl A THOUSAND or h I CANDLES N M V eai i w Etg s < j I By MEREDITH NICHOLSON U4i Ii 1 t Aether cl THE MAIN CHANCE ZELDA I kM UAMERON Elc J C I ei ctu Ih f l CoPlrllbc 11103 bl lIobb1Iortlll CO HJlipHAPTER I XII Continued I It MSSBull suppose the Sisters aro awful KfcUyBtrict j Theyre hideous perfectly hide 1a I i6us elt i jiJ Whoro Is your homo I demanded + oti OhjSaEo Louisville Indianapolis Cln chi iclnnatl perhaps celt jHu pph n you are dull You ought 1 1i know from my accent that Im not into1wfromjChicago And I hope I havent LI l r r a Kentucky girls air of waiting to be 0110 flattered to death And no Indlanapo J llglrl would talk to a strange man at UJGjJedgo of a deep wood In tho u7 I q go gray iv1gr tftawllight of a winter day thats from l r JbTJblt and the Cincinnati girl Is with I I iputfOny elan esprit whatever your rat t apteasel i to call It She has more Ten laCIS wnlSJJreposo more Gretchcn of theca the-ca h valley about her Dont you ° ° m fajJoqf French Glenarm iq fFrench Squire she rto1 concluded breathlessly and with no 1 ope pauso ln her quick step I L Adore yours Miss Armstrong I rider assorted yielding myself further to tho the l 5yjat idiocy and delighting in thoM f tho-M < ° iinockery and whimsical moods of her yat taUcSgl did not make her out indeed cd b X pittforred i not to I was not then ttack ndlltam not now thank Godlof and an-d analytical turn of mind And as I Moat i I prefer even after many n rlnjl blowito j i take my follow human beings Ity tip sJ find them And as for women old la f fTir ypung I envy no man his gift of 10 inectl < Solving them into elements As well Cos carryla spiay of arbutus to tho labor nhej atoryor subject tho enchantment of is Jin moonlight upon running water to the fli mo and blowpipe as try to analyze ed rf tlio heart of a girl paitlcularly a girl ld lih1 who paddles a canoe with a sure stroke resscjf and puts up a good race with a rabbit W bump shone ahead of us at tho en while iltrancB of one of the houses and lights h + oph Jep v appeared in all tho buildings t iJtSSl IfI knew your window I should certainly sbd talnlS sing under Itexcept that ldseliyourp going home You didnt tell me avhp they were deporting you BooLG Im + really ashamed tol You would NorbIli3l qvet htaiui fJTOlyes I would Im really an old hu irieadj I insisted feeling more hate lmtfBan < dpt every minute be hi a W oll dont tell But they caught eel fttrUngwlth tho grocery boy 1 t eivr8rent you disgusted I t Thoroughly I cant believe It n vVTiyTfyoud a lot better flirt with me omen I ehggested boldly lea SVVell Im to bo sent away for good with ttCl rJstmas i may come back then for fjflcan squaro myself My Thats ion slang lsnt it adorable end fithO Sisters dont like slang I sup lout Impose JJ until They loathe It Miss Dovereux iyoulmbw who sho Issho spies on us dellvraadtells yle3 MgYpu f dont say so but Im not sur ppropTjle < t her Ive heard about her or a r1 declared bitterly caYutj W ilai reached the doof and lox n SeaTectOdher to fly but she lingered 1 In Tl < COh f If you know her Perhaps the r 4irota spy too Its just as well we icjlctj 8lKuld never meet again Mr Glen arfiSi sho declared haughtily men of f wall kejl memory of these few meetings I ° lingerlwith Miss iYml a1wnys linger with me Miss ArmStrong Arm-Strong I returned In an Imitation of go WiheCoWn tone at DcfIII i aIl scorn to remember you n cWjand < ciwo folded her arms under the led lacloalfjragically ring f 0ffi meetings have been all to few J fotfMlMffllfmstrong Two exactly I be s fofflievejJSj mountj + rhen you prefer to Ignore the first HeIn tlm sIjever saw you sho said hor rleveteltiatMjrpn the door 110 u > tllcro In your canoe Never 1 tl jlefAndJyouvo forgiven me for overhear ccldetslne toU and the chaplain on tho wall icr Rltpleasei I L trt ShJ grasped the knob of tho door nger yandjpaused an Instant as though pan akderla4 oro a oIdenH t vMSko It three times without that one t nd not counting once In tho road landiottfer times when you didnt know K d SfulrelGlenarm Im a foolish little ink Ck girl to have remembered tho first I train I tra gee nQw how bHnd 1 I have been nil guOoOdb I or ln I f Slie opened and closed tho door soft amnlgly jfana I heard her running up the ntenesteps Ithln I ran back to tho chapel roundl has abusing myself for having neglected Out B myj glue serious affairs for a bit of ato t JCfaUly talk with a school girl fearfu racUcilost lie openings I had left at both Identtendajof tho passage should have been nd oflulgcpvered Near tho chapel I nar at N rowlj escaped running Into Stoddard but I BlIllped past him found my that flan em pulled the hidden door Into bad ttyUSfcJand l traversing tho tunnel withes with-es l iifotuJtaBldent soon climbed through the that tlbatehyfly and slammed tho false block jld at ecurgjy Into tho opening 17 omIll1t CHAPTER XIII fil LInd oJr Jt Pair of Eavesdroppers Freed Whwa I came down after dressing G9mapunTor rdlner Dates called my attention Colo pQ a belated mall I pounced < agorl elvingp oSI letter in Lauranco Donovans at pafWellknovm hand bearing to my sur Ho park 5 prlso nn American stamp and postmarked post-marked New Orleans It was dated however at Vera Cruz Mexico December De-cember 15 1301 and gave a charac ert3tlcally racy account of his efforts to dodge tho British detective who was pursuing him Ho hoped ho wrote to cross the borders Into Texas but declared de-clared that ho should keep clear of Indiana In-diana as lie vas unacquainted with tho Indian language Bates gave mo my coffee In tho library as I wished to settle down to an evening of reflection without delay Larrys report of himself was not reas surlng despite Its cheerful tone I know that If ho had any Idea of trying to reach mo bo would not mention It In a letter which might fall Into the hands of tho authorities and tho hope that he might join me grow I was not perhaps entitled to a companion at Glenarm tinder tho terms of my exile but as a matter of protection In tho existing condition of affairs there could bo no legal or moral reason why I should not defend myself against my foes and Larry was an ally worth having My neighbor the chaplain had Inadvertently In-advertently glvon mo a bit of Important Impor-tant news and my mind kept reverting revert-ing to the fact that Morgan was reporting re-porting his Injury to tho executor of my grandfathers estate In Now York Everything else that had happened was tamo and unimportant compared with this Why had John Marshall Glenarm made Arthur Pickering tho executor of his estate Ho know that I detested him that Pickerings noble alms and high ambitions had been praised by my family until his very name sickened me and yet my own grandfather had thought It wise to In trust his fortune and my future to tho man of all men who was most repugnant repug-nant to mo I roso and paced the floor In anger My rage must fasten upon some one and I passed him and went on Into tho grounds A whim seized mo to visit tho crypt of the chapel and examine ex-amine the opening ta iho tunnel Ac I passed the little group of school building a mat came hurriedly from ono of them and turned toward tho chapel I llrsi thought It was Stoddard but I could not make him out In tho mist and In my uncertainty waited for him to put 20 paces between us beforo I followed Ho strode into the chapel porch with an air of assurance and I heard him address some ono wlo had been waiting Tho mist was now so heavy that I could not seo my hand boforo my face and I stole forward until I heard the voices of two men iKstL ctly Hates Yes sir I heard feet scraping on tho stone floor of tho porch This Is a devil of a place to talk In but Its the best wo can do Did the young man know I sent for you No sir I kept him quite busy with his books and papers Humph Wo can never bo suro of him I suppose that Is correct sir Well you and Morgan ale a fine pair I must say I thought ho had some souse and that youd seo to It that ho didnt make a mess of this wholo thing Hes In bed now with a hole In his arm and youve got to goon go-on alone Ill do my best Mr Pickering Dont call me by name you Idiot Woro not advertising our business from tho housetops Certainly not replied Bates humbly hum-bly Tho blood was roaring through my head and my hands clenched aq I stood there listening to this colloquy Pickerings volco wasand Is unmistakable un-mistakable There was always a purr 1 i < i > 1 > < f < purr A I Y 5 i r4 ta tyx 1 Y 7 i f rv tIt i t-It k i laii ii t3J EM t f s A a 1 Try < I I t i4 f I N ft Tryjk1f 4 x e lJ > i < I oY A v f ij < j Aft i imS < t I < < > f r f c u w < rt f e < r tll > 1 tI jW f > lflvJi > y Then You Prefer to Ignore the First Time I Ever Saw You and Bates was tho nearest target for It I went to tho kitchen where ho usually spent his evenings to vent my feelings upon him only to find him gone I climbed to his room and found it empty Very likely he was off condoling con-doling with his friend and fellow conspirator con-spirator the caretaker and I fumed with rago and disappointment I was thoroughly tlredas tired as on days when I had beaten my way through tropical Jungles without food or water but I wished In my impotent anger against I knew not what agencies to punish myselfto Induce an utter weariness that would send mo ex haunted to bed Tho snow In tho highway was well beaten down and I swung off country ward past St Agathas A gray mist hung over the fields In whirling clouds breaking away occasionally and slowing slow-Ing tho throbbing winter stars Tho walk and my Interest in tho alternation alterna-tion of starlighted and mistwrapped landscapo won mo to a better state of mind and after tramping a couple of miles I act out for home Several times on my tramp I had caught myself my-self whistling the air of a majestic old hymn and smiled remembering my young friend Olivia and her playIng play-Ing In tho chapel Sho was an amusing amus-ing child the thought of her further lifted my spirit and I turned Into the school park when I reached tho outer gate with a halfrecognized wish to pass near the barracks where she spent her days At tho school gate tho lamps of a carriage suddenly blurred in the mist Carriages are not common in this region re-gion and I was not surprised to find that this was the familiar village hack that met trains day and night at An nnndulc Some parent I conjectured paying a visit to St Agathas possibly possi-bly and the thought gave mo pleasure pleas-ure perhaps the father of Miss Olivia Gladys Armstrong had como to carry her home for a stricter discipline than I Sister Theresas school afforded Tho driver sat asleep on his box Ing softness In it Ho used to remind me at school of a sleek complacent cat and I hate cats with particular loathing Is Morgan lying or not when ho says ho shot himself accidentally demanded Pickering petulantly I only know what I heard from the gardener here at tho school Youll understand I hope that I cant be seen going to Morgans house Of course not But ho says you havent played fair with him that you even attacked him a few days after Glenarm came TO BE CONTINUED |
