| Show A WONDERFUL WOMAN BY MAY AGNES FLEMING Where is With all my lay heart healt Bracken Hollow Not a 0 quarter of or a 0 mile off This way Gaston 0 or 01 we VO shall get the drenching after all nIl Tho The place belongs belongs be lIe- longs to my old nurse she nurse she came camo 1 us from India India- and papa gave ga her the tho place to end her days In and to g gt t rid of or her liar she and Ninon Inon my maid led a perfect cat cat-an dog cat dos life Quick Gaston Good gracious what a n. deluge deluge deluge de de- de- de luge The h rain rafn was falling In torrents now fairly flew fiew before It and It-and and Mr lr followed the leader They were wr close to the coast far Car awa away the he white foaming o mins sea heaved It Its dull booming on the he shore mingled Ie with the he rush of or the rain mali Here Heie we are Katherine cried cried- an and we have got s-ot the he drenching after all ill And nd then Gaston looked up and beheld Bracken Hollow low IOV black looking house A long Ions lying ying in a fi sheltered green r hollow close to the lie shore the brake brako or bracken bracen growing thick and high h all aH around 1 1 tan q s ss s A olle t ht m my down thc aJ ri Iy y spot with no other Inhabitation lien r. r Gaston was nas In no way a or imaginative man I but hut now as he lie looked hooked that chill creepIng creeping creep creep- Ing ng feeling stole over OVI him that him that impressible im Im- in- in shudder which mal makes es people sa say some one is walking over o my grave lave thrilled through himA himA himA him A ghastly place enough Kathie lie he said Isal leaping off ott his hor horse e a n murder murder mur mur- der er might bo be committed lucre hero and no noone noone noone one bo he the thc wiser A murder once w wa wap committed lucre hele Katherine answer answered d a terrIble terri terri- ble bie murder A young girl no older than I am shot her false also lover lever dead un under r those hose funeral elms The They took her hen tried her condemned her and amid hun lung hung her lien and amid they sa say those ghostly S lovers overs keep tr tryst st here still It Gaston still sUIl stood by hy his horse hore looking with extreme disfavor at it the black cottage at the blacker er li treesA treesA trees cesA ces A horrible story find and a horrible place I dont don't Ii know now why but If you'll believe m me Kathie Kathle I feel afraid to 0 enter that house Im I'm not a coward In Ina Ini ina a i general wa way ivay and once out West cst slept a whole night In a room with a lead dead man a fellow who had cut cul his throat without feeling nn any particular qualms about It but hut Ill I'll be hanged ICI If IC I want to enter here If IC I believed helleved It In now or if there wore I should awful such things s sa say some sonic fate ate was going to befall me at Bracken Hollow Gaston dont don't be bo a goose and dont don't be German and metaphysical Some awful fate will overtake you at Bracken Brack Brack- en Hollow and that hint s speedily If you youdon don lont como come In out of the rain rain uri an attack at- at tuck tack of inflammatory rheumatism She with uplifted skirts Into in- in to o tho the low porch and anti her lover slowly slow slow- ly iy y followed Katherine knocked cd loudly and Imperatively imperatively im Im- at tho ho door hoer deaf dear poor POOl soul she he said Its tho the only one of her faculties except ex ox- her teeth that she has lost Arcones Arcone's Arc Aro ones one's teeth ones cues faculties Gaston Yes my dear and anti extremely important im Im- im- im about dinner time I cant can't say bay I envy your our ex nurse the cheerful spot lot in lii which sho she is spending the he lively remainder of her days Ah Mi the lie look door Now r-ow for fur tho the opens presiding witch of or Bracken Hollow Hullow Bracken en Hollow there there's theres something ghostly ho lly and amid In Iho tho gloomy s oer very name A tall tail old 01 woman hale and erect with iron gray hair and Preternaturally ally illy bright e eyes es held open tho ho door and 1111 nd looked stolidly at her hor two visit visit- or ors How Hoi Hodo do Hannah Get out of the way you ou hospitable old soul an and let letus letus letus us In Yo You needn't mind talmud If it youre you're not lot dressed cd for or company compan considering company considering the weather we wont won't bo ho fastidious lous An Any port lorl In iii a n storm you ou know This I Is s Mr fr Gaston Hannah Youve You've heard of oC him bin I dare say ay Old Old Hannah reared herself hersel a more moro upright and transfixed the thu with her brilliant oyos eyes Ive 1 heard of Mr 11 Gaston e yes yes Miss Katherine and Im I'm glad youve you've brought ht him to see me You dont don't seem to be ver very cordial bout about It then hen you ou dont don't say my youre you're glad to see him Im not a fin fine lady Miss Rather Rather- ine I me-I I dont don't tell polite lies les Im I'm not glad Youre You're going to marry him they say Is say Is It true Well yes CS laughed good s Im iiii afraid It is You pity him nursey dont don't you You tool took care of ot mo me a decade of or years eat or so 50 and amid you ou know leno what he has to expect I pity you you ou old Hannah answered with a second solemn prolonged stare Itaro at her nurslings nursling's lover Io I 1 pity you youl I r I f T I. I oJ ir t 1 t 7 t L fA fi fi t U n. H. H Only seventeen and amid trouble trouble trouble before bore you It was not nol an on easy matter to stare Mr irr Gaston out of or nn as ns a general thing but his eyes foil roll now before old Hannahs Hannah's basilisk gaz gaze Confound the hag he muttered turning to tho the window what does she mean Katherine Kathorine was fond rand of her old nurse too too fond to be Irritated now by her croaking Dont be disagreeable Hannah she sIte said and dont don't stare In that like Gorgon way Its It's rude and Mr 11 Is modest to a fault See how you put him out of oC countenance Sit down own here her like a dear old thing tIming ant and tell me nie all al about the rheumatism and amI what you Oll want m me to got get you OU Corthe for Cor forthe the lie winter you'll ou have lots of time before the he rain raim holds up The Time rain rin Is Js holding up now Kathie Kath Kath- ie he Ie her hor lover lo el said I lime knew It was too violent to last ast In ten minutes It will wi have censed ceased Come Com we cnn can go He ic could not hOt account to 0 himself for forI I I his I ha haste haste- to lo oL I place foi jl t onS t t dislike lice I iH jut 1 w wo- wo ma man I Ill Il go and auth see seo to the lie horses h he said sid and smoke moli a cigar on the porch hite you ou talk to your our nurse nurse nurse I He lie quitted the room oom Katherine I looked after the graceful fi figure ure and negligent ns walk with eyes es full rul of girlish girlish girl girl- Irl- Irl ish hh then she turned to Hannah Isn't he ho handsome nursey Now confess youre you're sixt sixty or more but you ou like handsome people still dont don't you Isn't he just the he very ery han handsomest man you over o saw in all your yonI life Hes rare and amid handsome Miss ls Kathie Kathle the lie old ohl woman said slowly rare and handsome surely But Dut my little one dont don't you ou marry him Its It's Is not the face to trust trust Its trust Its It's as false as asIt's asIt's asit's Its It's fair Call Na Hannah I cant can't listen to 0 this I I really cant I thou thought ht you would woul have wished me mo jO joy if Ir nobody else Everybody E t. t says s 's horrid things noth noth nothing ing I Is too bad ball to be said of or 1 Mr Mi Dan Dan- tree tree amid trEe and and all al because ho Is poor and andI I am rich rich hunter hunter fortune adventurer at er em false Calse Its It's Is I's a shame Its 11 the tho truth my Be lIe warned warnell and thaw draw back while thieve there Is yet time Miss Dang Dangerfield aro arose arMe c with wih Cl calm m dignity It IL I wasn't worth while losing hosing ones one's temper with wih old ohl Hannah Im I'm You Good by Im I'm going Joing arc are disagreeable today tOllay and I always alwa's go away Immediately from Crom dl disagreeable disagree a te- te able people I shall send you those hose flannels though all al the same Good- Good h by She was gone gomie as she spoke The rain had nearly nearl ceased and Mr r was wal waiting In for her hel- iem Impatiently Ills His Ils dusk dURk hUsk Southern face faco aco looked hooked strangely pallid In iii the gray twilight of the lie wet iet October evening Come Com Kathie Kathle it i will ivill wi rain rin again pre presently enty and night ht will wi fall tal In hallan half hall an ami hour rue Tho sooner we wo see ce the last lat lator of or Bracken Bradeen Hollow Holo the better lettel How frightened he Is of Bracken Hollow Kath rine said alt laughing like 1 0 a child of oC a bogle bos Why I wonder wonder won won- der Why Indeed Why rhy do you hate Mrs Van SOI Katherine She hasn't given you any an c cause yet I do 10 not like you Dr Foil Fell Fel The Tho reason wh why I cannot tell i I cant can't tell lel you why but I never want amit to see seo r Hollow a again She looked up Into his face What a darkly arl ly moody expression It I wore It I spoiled half his beauty And all ali th tha the a way vay home thru through h tho lie chill chi rainy gloaming ol old Hannahs Hannah's words rang ranJ nice lIke a warning In iii her cars cats cars False Falso as fair false fair falto o as fair VIII hll A Letter New Orion us Mr dined at nt and rode homeward through the wet wot darkness somewhere before midnight It I had been heen a very pleasant evoking evoli- evoli ing and tho lie Loul was ii In the best besl possible spirits as ho he ro rode o back hack to Morecambe The day was isas drawIng drawIng drawing draw- draw Ing near noar when a more splendid abode than thai would be bo his his when when he would reign supreme a at at wood Park Parle The Tho governor go cant can't hold out Ve very long hong IonS no now Mr 1 mused musel After After Af ter thirteen years enn of hlll life life hi-life In India his liver lver cant can't be the size of a walnut and then hes he's apoplectic Your short- short necked faced norM healthy looking old od buffers aro always 1 fragile bios bios- sonic some ome Its It's Is I's touch-and-go touch with wih them at atal al any moment And hes he's ta taking Ins Ins- hl his daughters daughter's engagement to m my noble self sel desperately to h heart lies heart he's hes been bleal breaking over every day since I wonder what's up between en him and amid the hue little widow It I wouldn't be pleasant If If- f f r h t. t v t J c c- c 1 L I she he should turn urn out to be bo a first wife or Oh C something of ot that sort Olt and amid at his death produce an art interesting heir hel or I heiress and amI oust Mrs Dantec It I Ino looks s suspiciously like hike Ikc It she's got a a strong claim of some sonic kind upon him and lies he's more afraid of her than he lie over ever or l' was of the lie out yonder I wish I T could get at the lie bottom bottom bot bot- tom torn of or the matter mater before I commit m myself further and slip sIl tho ho ring over Miss Mis Dangerfield's finger Not that It matters maters very Vly greatly neither greatly s reaty neither matrimonial matrimonial matri matri- menial nor any other fetters ever over could bind me It I may moy all nl turn out outright outright right however and I may reign grand seigneur sels-nour of ot Rather a change In a few fow months for a 0 penniless penniless penni penni- le less penn penny a a Maries Marie's tho lie only drawback If I ever she finds this out therell there'll therol be the lie devil to pa pay In Now New 0 Orl Orleans ans Miss Dan Dangerfield had been beon rather surprised when on entering the lie draw w h-w- room ing-room that evening after her wet ride from rom Bracken Hollow she found her hr cousin Peter playing chess with wih Mrs hs h's It I was the tho first time since their quarrel that he lie had en entered entered en- en th tIme the house She Sho went over to him with th the he frank frnk girlish irl h grace that alwa always s 's characterized her and ind gave him her han hand I Welcome back hack to to cousin sho she said I r began to think you ou had hind quite quie deserted us us Is it I to the claims of kinship or to the fascinations fas fas- of Mrs 1 v io o 0 owe the time I present visit I wonder 7 1 I 1 I Continued tomorrow e 1 |
