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Show 4Er . - CHAPTKR XXXI. A Houae of Mytry tt Between t . Mountain and tha tea. Tha rheeiing of men on troop train, punctuated the atope we made on our Journey In Dr. rri' eetal omewher on the Atlantic. 1 waa Intereeted, for with Juat auch a Jolly crowd Hoh had doubtless traveled to th seaboard. It I tot.k aome of the gloom out of the war , to hear the aoldler yelling Ilk col leg I box" on a ' foot-tiall atecial." I And I needed to have a little gloom I subtracted from my thoughts. I haven't had a single line from my husband yet. W traveled mile by auto after leaving leav-ing the train, making th trip In dinky machine, the only kind. Certel ei-plalned, ei-plalned, that could poaeibly pull through the wagon nil and climb th narrow twist in; road over the mountain rtda. Huddenly we dropped down a sleep grade snd stopped at our destination, The Mansion, with the sa spread out before It like a gigantic bin fan. "The Mansion" la a curlou house built by a rich recluse yeara ago. A double veranda runa around It and "butt one tn the back." A cuirola which looka Ilk a IlKhthouae act in the middle of the ! tquare roof, la the aecgiid alrlklng feature of Ita architecture. The houe waa fitted up recently with the mnti elegant of modi ri appoint ment. Tha electricity la generated h a mountain tovrem. A aearchlight replace re-place th lantern which one guided th ft her men home after dark. But the nw Ugh, accord inr to a wartime regulation can not be uaed. "H'a a manlon of mvatery. Romance lurk s every where," I exclaimed In hign plrita aa we dined at the corner of the lower veranda, with the aea dancing before be-fore u. the rwuntafn ahuiiing out civilisation civili-sation behind ua, and the shadow dark- nltig the foreat to th east, " 'The Mansion' must Bland at the edge of he world," aald Ihtddy I primer. I "Almost anything could happen here." wa Mother Lonmir'i comment. "But nothing ever doe happen here," put in the doctor. 'That'a jut why v are going to cure Mr. t-orlmrr here' "Norn. Jane, here your big chance." chuckled Ii'iddv. touBling my hair tn h most tearing way. "Th. Ilttl gtrl ban a wy of rtrrlng UP aomthlng wherever ahe goee. We were a pceful family until un-til ahe broke Into It. I'll bet you. Cartel, that ah ruin your record for quiet In till old place.' "We It fl UP hat bet." Or tela agreed rlty Then he added thoughtfully, "Rut hop, little lady, that you'll not wander too far to the eat in aearch of excitement. excite-ment. The Manaton' really etanda at the edge of tha wild ernes. If not of the world." . (To ba continued.) (Copyright. 111. by the Kwapaper Fnternrie ""lTt"" |