Show THE HOUSE HOU SE OF A THOUSAND CANDLES by MEREDITH 11 NICHOLSON abor at I 1 tiff KAIR CHANCE etc elc lai 1 arl 1 hanhi lw lif by it 1 tot til 0 morrin lu CHAPTER continued then they were silent and I 1 heard him futi futilely futile leiv lv stinking king a match when slid denly the lantern ml fell its wires rattling on its it struck the ho gionni and ho two exclaimed with renewed met me ariment upon livon their misfortune it if iou wll will allow gift I 1 called out fumbling in my pocket for my own matchbox I 1 have sometimes thought thi that it there is really some sort eort of decent courtesy to me an aix old roan man ca caubit in a tough path that was wag none nane too good at best beet and a girl edli my enemy hut but these were not I 1 fancy the reflections that crossed crosan cr osao my mind at the moment ali ah its it a jack exclaimed my grand brand father Ala mailan ilari was showing nie me the tho the way to the gate and our light went 0 out t I 1 miss aima Devel cux I 1 marmul e d I 1 have I 1 hope an ley icy tone for poisons who have incurred my and I 1 employed it then and thre there with no doubt Us its fullest value she and my Arand grandfather father were grop ing in the dark for the lost lantern and 1 I putting out my hand touched ter her lingers fingers I 1 bg your pardon she frostily then I 1 found and grasped the lan ian tern one moment I 1 said and see aee what athe a he trouble I 1 thought iny grandfather took it but the flamo flame of my wax match aho sd d her ber findeis clas clashing ring the who frame tho the cloak slipped awny avay showing he bet arm arms a soft curve the blue and white of her bodle bodice the purple blur of alo lots and for a second I 1 saw her fae face with a fir cirrillo rillo quivering about her alpa my grandfather was boating beating the ground impatiently with hla his stick arg ing us UH to leave tho the lantern and go ou on let it alone I 1 lie said go down through the chapel there 9 a lanstein in there somewhere ini im awfully adny she said eald lb but ut I 1 re recently vently lost loat my beat lant lantern ertil to be bine auto she bho hadl had I 1 was waa angry that she ahe should so BO brazenly recall thil the light I 1 found her looking for pickering a notes in the passage at the door dont of she ile had lifted the lantern now and I 1 was striving to mhd wax taper to the wick with imminent danger to my mv baie fingers they dont really light well voll when whan tho the oils oil s out she sha ob observed Nerved with nn an exasperating air of wisdom I 1 took it front from her hand and shook tt it close to my ear yes yea of course coin be its empty I 1 anut disdainfully and thipa it from me ine oh mr Glen arnil she cried turn jap avay amay toward ray my grandfather I 1 acard his stick beating the rough path several yards nual ile he was hastening battening toward glenara glemann house I 1 think mr glenarm glenara lina has gone home oh that la Is too bad she ahe ex claimed thank sou oil HOB probably at tho the chapel by this unto time it if you will per mit me I 1 not at all A man in the sixties should not tax hla his art eilea too se severely verly I 1 m was as quite suie that my grandfather ran vp up the chapel steps I 1 could hear bear hla his stick boating hurrI tilly on the it you mish to go farther 1 I lie be gan I 1 was indignant at my iny gi giand landfather and fathera father a conduct bf h had deliberately run off U living ino file alone with fill a young woman whom about I 1 had resolved never to see BOO again I 1 thank ou I 1 all all go hack back now I 1 waa mas merely walking to the gate with mr lunam it la Is fo BO fine to have him back again so BO unbelievable it mail just such ft A polite murmur aa one might employ in speaking to an old foe at a friend a table she listened a moment for blo step then apparently turned bacic bac ic toward board ft t ag athas I 1 followed tin mi certain hesitating marking her definite ite onward fight eight from the folds of her cloak stole the faint perfume of violets the sight ot of her the sound of her olie allce combined to 10 create and to des destroy troyt a mool mood with mith every at step ep I 1 was waa seeking becking some colorless thing to say cay m when hen she spoke ovet hor about der you are very kind but I 1 am not the least afraid mr air Gle glenarva narra dut but there la Is something I 1 wish to eay is ay to you now BOW that we e have met I 1 should like she slackened her step yes t f I 1 am going away ayes of course ou are re going aw ay adv p 4 4 1 nor her tone implied that this was waa some come thing that thad had been ordained from the alro and mat lter t erma Wf T an wish ansay a mord worda about edtl V P mckering ck ering 1 I 1 id added ded 01 iff sh e bluntly at lt e wood choo Is near sho w caught the boak oak closer about nebout her and kae gae hi h i i head a lit little le loas gozs I 1 rebern trick N hied i ed n w 11 as an a trick compel compelled lol by the v vai tails iila of woman a lit address I 1 in i talk to you help mi ali glen arm I 1 had no intention of ev i w n e ln iou u again but I 1 must bay th this ia to you those not is of Pic kerim a I 1 ihal ahall nak ask mr air to civi alvi I 1 th h in to vou fis as a trial mm h k of if ete essec in tr from n me site blie st t api 0 d backward buckward buc hward as a I 1 had SOUP hp tiar risked you alski 1 much tot toi thin alx in and tot foi 1 I went wen on AT mr r ott olf narin I 1 nine hae no intent intention ton of abit or adiv otha j mat ter ler hit vou alx it II in 14 lie axtt t i 1 50 nut lint yom ole lie things you imal are unjust infamous inow the quaver in lit ti vote shook nil resolution to deal harn lil with her it I 1 had not if N 1 n a wit wil ness I 1 begin yes iou ou have the roncal of at own wisdom I 1 date dan sai but that hil hillenga lenge to follow vou iou to break mv idge iny running away amay only to lo find that thai lic bickering kering was waa close at mv heels your visit to the tunnel in march or of those notes don t you know that those things mete it blow that hut hurt you had ben the spirit of this woodland to me ine through all these rno months nth from the hour I 1 watch ed iou paddle off into the sunset in your canoe tile the thought of you on made the laya days and cher alner ed iii UK and awakened that I 1 had forgotten abandoned long ago knot nd tills this hideous struggle here bere it seems seeing so BO idle so BO worse than useless boft no hut but im I 1 m glad I 1 followed you I 1 ni alad lad neither fortune nor duty kept mo me back and now I 1 want mant you to know that e ong shall nt not stiffer buffer for anything that hat has happ happened enod I 1 shall not punish him for your sake he be shall go eo free A sigh so BO deep that it was waa like illie a sob nob I 1 N 1 I wanted you to come squire glenara glenarm Gl broke from hei bei she t thrust forth her hand entreatingly why lon 1011 t ou oil go to hini him with our generosity you yon ate aie so BO ivady to bo be biele ill III of 0 me and I 1 shall not do de tend fend m self but I 1 will say these things to ou mr Gle olenard narni I 1 hutt huil no idea no thought or of seeing him at the Arnis tiong a it was waa a surprise to nie me and to thern them when he telegraphed lie he waa mail coming and when aben I 1 went in to tho the tunnel tinnel there under tho the wall that night I 1 had a purpose a pur pose 1 i es eab I 1 she paused and I 1 bent for ward earnestly m waiting ailing for her m words knowing that heio bete lay her ber great of fending I 1 was afraid I 1 was afraid that mr air Gle glenarm narin might not come coma in time that you might le be lose tho the fight and I 1 came back with mr air flickering because that was waa the easiest 08 lat and quickest way amy and I 1 thought some borne dreadful thing might happen here to you she turned and ran from rne me with mith tile the speed of the wind mind the cloak flut out atit darkly about her at tho the door under the light of the lamp I 1 was waa close upon her iler her hand was on the vestibule latch dut but bow should I 1 have known I 1 tried ried L I 1 when you vou had bad taunted me m ulta my imprisonment at glenard glenarm Ol Gl you yak had dared me to follow 5 ou on it you yott can tell oil me it if there Is an answer to that 11 1 I stall abah never tell ou oil anything an thing more morea you were so BO eager to think III orme 0 mo to accuse mol me it was waa because beci use r love foil oil it was waa my bealo clyl of thili that man mai on rn boyhood enemy that made me catch at any doubty daubel you are so BO beautiful fl you aro are so BO much a part ot of the pence the charm ot of all this biad hoped for spring for you and the spring to gettier get lier berl I 1 oh please I F hep der flight had the toque to an unwonted unwanted angle her ber breath came find and hard bard as she che tugged at the latch eagerly the light from over ii head wag full upon us ua but I 1 could not go with hope and belief struggling butoy heartie hear oclad her ah to look in to bei a JUlL ibi W S W r vj gT dut on challenged meto me to follow you yon I 1 want to know why you did that she drew away awai struggling to tree free lie ho self in HUH ah it II mariana I 1 hi I 1 wanted Y iw I 1 w buted nou ou to come squire glen arm |