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Show Magazine Section Ohe Puter-tlountain Republican | Pan 1 ws re 2 Ee SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY. JUNE 9. 1907. DB Love Shadow 2 ON: PENDERGAST | ----- could the have door With opened fact, Was A =< a he had so that io the sense had he jumped o » and the attention his the of |‘ ould which weeks it be that eee well, and ee 1 ke ¢ answer ; Here wan he pas it tomb. He ee were going it, smelled to] ing of a engared sto before on which lunch Iris 4 had he siesta { was dreamed. As saw in a vision a hue, the wrinkled had been strange thing he} face of of the the grassy His first | as who usual, e atte in the smoke rings | better slowly ascend, and , direction absorbed| ntion until the had had thread OU) c#ught the Was detached Itself from the line disappeared, while the latter! to an the bottom exclamation the rod and of disgust savagely . Bae line on to the reel until slopped unexpectedly ° "Weeds, oe ¢ rrowle ‘ I ane : suppose," we ne ao he} wound | the first Charles. eens trap. and | dated Visible, indi to | hooks had attached themselves ‘it Tho date signature the read Pendergast said. : ho Mar 1) msl D A epaRoes the back iting and signed 1631, but faded > action | Pendergast 1) ae ee ne aah 7 siw looking is it isj}am still) too is : was going might No toward the mturude?" intrusion > village. Tump up, if MratoTceael ae my ~ rod rod und jiand. get ust 5 looking down the road to where 1a TTP tic nae lee ay uot be a minute. as : 1 (and fime of Churles ‘daughter of an old €¥€-right eye I.'" he went gentleman on.| with "Now sho missing.' you must saic John bare,' bag," they ~ ‘How did | his did as wonderful conversation. "But, of. cburse," ; and ey there, before nets what the old man was doing there, | showed that how he got there, where he came from | kind of skin and what difference it mado to him! with wir; And there?" as went to Bradport or Jer i- | f what am had been T to do when his query: We onace fay the outer wrapping bound round many eee) a 1 get lig. snave fie ae ae sen « ‘ re j find beneath the: "Things will work themselves out." }formed key, and a Then the dream had been mixed up} trey, : le only dreams do, and Pendergast | a ida a erothine was a] times} rae nee sel ‘ yee acc a . curiously | leather bag,; : rs an t OUS!Y The brown prise. naan aan ; latter small ES ares o a xtracted saw himself fishing "on the bank of a|> "Fite heute oval ever rg eyes were bela vohiohy so ‘0 ecu filled aa us jstream, and sur-/1 forgot to key in it with sen lanne de ee and ; hand, I believe, him. sut 5 ""T) 1e evil | dergast heara| it that men ou 2,Shame do," know said cried, and some swore terri-]yp and endeavor to elicit heid it-out and the to mystify rest and his anceswhy this sur- tell) cee took it in her | + teeaest _ eed ayreas reMArKe be, here is certainly | approached it by ever thought there | from the road, I Have Still,| to supply? you any missing You haven't T'iname yet." A i a 4 a2 ey Mea 0 andene e links And told me vour} cheerful, the the drive interior that was led ore me He -aaked to ° a x | prises that dey old.manshat tt All Dondargast.Iie that go to Bradport. There want to save. She must is too good, too young, she?" and he die, ian't"t. she?" is one T}and looked back she had be saved. She) fie stood in the middle of too pretty, tO|snceechiess, gazing after her ‘ nd! had pulled.a Tor ¢ ome surprise the he had ever vas before-the seen ract ae tr: the ft le =? Penderga sles Py Pena ST CHAPTER ena I gece e |bhi had'to tell. ofwas point | probably lo Mr. : ; Yer r Vi, "ou regard him as to"speak a f , madman ‘to,-me?" z ; YY, hhee ttyi Ly TP Vf GZ "a ;Ws ee , = (ce | \ : ; -? bey ra Bt AE ; 2 AY , NU AY ‘ E i i; Lg Ye F YY Lp |See | ! sae]; % §///3) iy A matter of ten day had Pe nder- | isked, finding he said nothing ‘Tami ‘ wast been at Bradford, enjoying such | jy , a great hurry." 1 7 good sport that he determined to stop | Pendergast found his tongue another ten, and so a week. beyond "Yes. he answered, "I have seen dream a. had T is. before-that you. himeselt ed promi had he period the if importunate editors did not call him lan old man came to me--I-oh-I can} on, stumbled he here, explain tt | hi sat watching. Often us he to town belone| thing this dot here, look re-\}"but thoughts his float line and restless from portrait the out you?" pulling |to the and dream, strange to his verted : 2. f r. Z| , S iv a : - rf ee ere E Ea . - sS SS SYA ¥ A< 2 x hier ae , Pips ¢ Mey Q a >, 7 ~ ‘ WMO } = 5 5 yf Y yi 5 SSE : = A BE ri at 1 C , a fx; LA Bar| MIEN | Net eere ye aes Mi en A \ \\\ BE Se AW \ a 4 wre ay evens é e sae U/AE ae \V / but' seemed to The match more tightly in to share it with round > : you'll with Rr think | ‘their lips his own, "I me. I want refused want you you to be thi an oe it seems sudden, Ms Tequest, may be unreasonable, seeWe loved only metyou a Elizabeth, few hours £ ago, but T 228have ¥ . , from the moment I saw your face in my dream." It Is not for me to say anythi my dear,", Howard said Mug bel ee Ree oan you.‘ I like a er me one of his hands other, their eyes thanks speech what She awfully ave his You know your dwn te ot, Do it tells turned gave him 7 said. "I you, Elizabeth." ac ohn Porites both o I love her hands give you. cart, t a ergast anc you my heart," I felt it ahi une she my cruel," y elomee 1 ; hands on his| into his face.) I don't think| his eyes Seat ieea 4iq, looked So ea ane was siinramineadel fell on the oe Ae ene ernest put as he renegade nad COS >c LE THE atl Hae Gras ier the farther end Horracat, eeAibid ‘ eke at By se hi et & ne took the chair the tf cae wpe 1 ae. Jayne, Se , es ee y estimating the cost of every~ 7oey are. sitting. down ‘and cost, men thinking of the old parable of the man who went to war and failed to count the cost. Counting the make fewer failures and mistakes than they otherwise would. : sn SL But have you ever considered the other " ae cieanaesic eos. John Anderson are the 4a A These ergast oF ae nodded, rT tri ook o tt epate toned coWhat don't UGE) know my name," re- I y) ies aes "i - : "ee x , ‘ of knowledge no had vou "Then "I candidly," eee But Carnforth vinced "You = ° aes ee was j noon. dark, s of were ‘ cheerles ‘ relieve' the. to: nothing' ; . .o! monotony ae vd or) ; ky - and . 16 the the r eared wardens hy WO -ays( OF Be) never} rule ‘ foot. l| cal He nd hurt long-| Lue stopped eos pes . a ator on rey et du am ing \ I Bee the quiet brick In noon. hour. the wall was Behind} asharp] ao read "when en \ disappeared | -he Ve t ae oy té eer end etl e tn ae. thal saeo i ener nd The tatamein~|tie e Pirie‘6 eur i; d tT I and -th er to Avo!rds Suddenly the smile) in ow place came a, ‘ xpr 1 ; Ai neaked hbiees, 33 ; Oud ‘ 4 wn shoulderéd, well e long nourished oe he and seif- eR conviet Fn the ag fie at not With down ped ppea, ov ‘ a gtnatt any to be limb he in t he was not he had a pubule i3 ae cause sometime will rat] break in apparently a mysterious manyer, All the while the preachers are the "the strange the oarelessnesg. pays to jy in yessness Cae eR it was box fron-bound dare of oak of the room the corner open it." ee head. apparently are r The answer $ > occupied] c word, carelessness. raze gazé his which on Careless life. care- young moved found is eee than m- up in over the his one easy thing to fall into an t's' such inquired] and of habits establish young carelesspeople, continuing in their ness, rarely come to an on age ee any a eontented and serene. self one : turned ag yk cause he is not why ¢lerk wonders 0 f less ability s si others hers while no ee me railroad nothing to had accident-that mystery, but finishing the in that Ij be. I vw thinkre a there ld might "sometimes ‘ ‘solvee some cou there box think ps that Pendergast thought- one only work, Providence Providence that ,,| lost simply in the car and lives workmen careless were CON-|(yjKing animosity? a A ven haif asleep looked} foliage blue] follage <at the clouds beyond. , To say of a careful of his "Not in my time. I did not think it} he threw himunder a shady|right to imperil any ones life. And) out, grass sinner to whom the gates had opened could feel no the of hea- . happier) key lost." is ' a his e. traditions 1snguage, mee that be = ifs a ression young ae Ce 14 the oie he he gives‘ out, the in. that 7 vork, careful Is to say young does his work, Mion andcwill man is in line for promd - n vor tilfe "Perhaps this key ; will unlock ; 31 the)I box: anyway, with your permission will try it. I'm not afraid of curses and| " a win - arg tote ‘ in the > struggle even staring xi the hall: Every listened = and , < had : now reached OOK s he| Ste The ly ‘lumph. tata TR rail and convict, , who : |in ants revealed to the of day,)ures lig are bunche C > 3 Carelessness a ee oC Ce of neatly . tled-up documents] bundles revea | contents » race an that oe peniten: the Now, it Is for 9 ‘ch ite y ely }block, If himse . . meee lbled something soundedoe like quiet, vaulted» to fall downoveron the the wall| out-| sent might him inform ey eres as : I rdoned." eh TT ees 16 a as alah agetn withou fe an 10 eee ae >a among} ami momé nt} hand and foot, cast down his eyes and | The documents proved to be "Cas looked| seemed absolutely : broken, He mum-) private eno i Peaaer ic for arest © ie a to the > pre:Bo the yard.| to an himsejf, . which) forth, of no interes' excuse: "Why did oF Use 7 : ie ate = bring you ; he} ; sent were generation gone Th ougwhateva e you you herehad that that been! Ij urdererarieswas v murdere led © t abet S came : Carnforth and ac back tied ae oe The -| Wistory of 20th President Roosevelt = (frontispiece). Ce ereatient P esident : it och ‘bs 5, resi Roosevelt Roosevelt he > is that it should be returned to fearful ans on rewards to everything Century. on horseback inon camp. i his favorite f ae hent President Roosevelt Roosevelt amends a Oe ania President Roosevelt it stated, _contained gole "re p venenting "g at livenddle the value of the estate ont Bs One may aident. Roosevelt he Pendergast family. e ae mR eee tae . from the e ; ce (tailpiece). rected e.3 f eee directio in every cost deavor brings great 1 caret ‘ulness a those who persist in do ing just right. a bags. heavy end sony s for you to search among} | of the| for a solution documents in his office be-|these said, rising to his} Pendergast mystery," him} }lreet. at looked "If the bags contain gold there : . 6 re,» > f: slearlv > | | ‘is clearly ehe was . now r chained a¢ fortune here : ostly to back carried Nae It was as if heaven itself had decided; come" s 7 . Ree en ait . paper signed John wild be a free man. Near| A shadow of sincere sorrow camé)one paper signee dan that he Bey vr: ae and alinto the inspector's face as he answer-| bearing on his crime, the thn wall tod a chopping block ladder. He placed the ladder on topjed in an almost inaudible voice: "I} tailed, and cle sy are |»"Steps: 7 Rio reaper eal' outside aE As ay b-4 the| of the. were ‘heard' oe lelet hall. It was the turnkey. The convict!) and let him, so to with his ears, ) side ij#aw Ispeak, 3 ning ‘a that ater acih : nti - @ The} lay bound and gagged on the ground, leg. a h a rifle bullet in his one mo- ots ain joor. can ‘ - singing : turned in 1 it i key Sits ‘ a a plainly good Ww ‘ mad shi eo an } than hg went ieron os ;To - :to { > ‘ 9 oe he < had sharpened| he e ate did So Pendergast his - knees} . careless say a indit vita haphazard of Sat piece of iron, which sna asomat and some vigorous and tried the key; after given} was hour short 1 only But been' had he months long tl during. and isto Lf Se rabead ways, his yielded,|jn lock the part his on efforts his liberty to enjoy | him IL. ‘ te tl onaain Oat the io un was shining the! Too many men were following him,|and for the first time for nearly a disapproval Oi sae Sohne: SHAR slaughter the fae a apt ne brand : ee lid the centuries later the giant) minutes Five woods were| however. an 1 the inging act 1) . ca teat" cel felt i ly tired PT aale was He if struck as ground fell to the he trength and violent temper. Just now a? iu u vas tryi i] ) : een eae aL VEU Meh Gates by: dawn, «bath basket, y. ne time and ryt again hi hands dropped) the giant .had buried. the sharp in-| Phe listened to trument in his. te at 1 ; tc i lhind 7 a the v1 to.) lap ana ¢) "PY broken he Had , No. time| this here yas the whi the convicts? The oti + with fury. da ihe eet cell vlho-was| birds were i s ellow > ereen \ fetiow/ereen..2 and: -his' ig I Meee bun ak phe ithe door Remoitsidi like|cei¢ down in the » though t shot |), I r th Pon gh the econviet's brain lhe h tree, and, DAs he wa aewasba ‘aly | through "4 atwen alone. , Undoubtedly! thees green ‘t-even a guard inthe hall| sky and the white th the he tha flelds grew ol! the} s| 1 | } it Ta nen gg e ate NonpaS = te 7 x Re the -by d sme y. syeen | aie tock ens behind lowly ‘ ° iee) ee c @ his want for formula the know You work. glant Was! to get a / slip-shod methods of doing things. So iS rs uy Was he to} -F[e jumped to his feet and ran as why. once self of them one's to break hard down} is handed the tradition lio punished once more for some petty| fast as his wembling legs would carry that‘Well, any one who tries to open it will) the method of the slip-shod aE as ore, pare, - r outside) violation of-the rales The Keepel! al-| him across fields, over hedges and : established said.|peen Carnforth month," a within \ WItD | aya knew how to find fault in those) fences until he reached the woods, | die < as , > 2d ?"' establish habits of carefulness. ‘ Pl thes ot HNke. Nearer and nearer! panting and exhausted Has any one tried? ay | £0 e8te » their blinds, but printed. copte of the pt m regulations, which con isted i Eewhos dh walls)satisfied, carrying s "at hand he cuit ao 53 Ofo LREOAY, disturb not me anxiously. curse?" inquired Pendergast with hu-| mor in his voice the ansWer.} was know," "J don't baking}! the burning sur which | ' hx throus the little searchlights throug e into the narrow XS was bear don't inquired |] "Not in the least," answered John.| a bit rough on you. And] "I think noit is way -___-------- ] there's this] obviating of LE oe hn Bh CAR sY DT : a gray: were penitentiary old the the ae Wo The he c J Lr | | " ed ST <r | It a skyline of the workshop of the 1 i interesting. i After er th @ exc aworld so vating had all been done a heavy retaining wall of cement was being placed in position. You have scen that : of their recKON curses. in believe don't said themselves tol they just all frighten death, and you are doing the same."| = means day, the |shops , thirty. of age the reuched "Well, --= that other the heen wrecked, ypecause some Pr€-| proved true in every case. All MY None) decessors married but me, but) ever p Pmp your. Just . stor "Ard to me," said curses Penderthe tramping. The great wall was raising higher and higher approaching I see." in them, believe don't "You completion. One night the workmen "Not when they Pendergagyy laughed. went home, and while they were restare centuries old,' he answered. ing, the wall gave way. What caused John When me. to listen "Well, it? This: A lot of the cement had killec 1631 _ year the in Carnforth not been properly mixed and thoroughus." cursed wife his ancestor your ly tramped, and this soft mass resting his his couch, from up starting Then. on solid cement with a pressure of sleek hand outstretched and trembling, solid cement resting upon it gave way ‘ was uttered she curse "The he cried: and the wall collapsed. Suppose it of every hat had remained until the heavy stee the reachedfamily they before die member should girders and beams had been placed in all died. and ‘they have of thirty, age position? Think of tak the awful tragtmen aia carelesmeas. of Pay sister." then my the next and I am conthe cost It was, fs At rising from]‘o2e¢g Pendergast, cried "No," to remoney and timé much tractors for he felt his flesh creeping, his seat, tne wall aiid "T can't believe it, it's too inhuman. know they what men railroad ‘Ask it Is true." persisted Carnforth. "But They ens. cargleann of cost the about = my Elizabeth, twenty-nine; "T am as train a many that you tell will has It It is true, is twenty-three. ter, \\\ Uy (4 /// a name aT} B a tasband of one of your | vitiine'the and stealing his birthright?" Se of Vy family fa ~ is all new anh‘It ontonlaned. ------ 4 , y "Ouv pue Carnfor Yes?" : ancestors MA PL Boe " 4 cement one walls, partsmix'well, sand then and Syour e Tohancestors?" aan tea ae Tie Tra gravel, part two cement: hipYou never : while In theppebatha plastic ana form place knew of a Pan feud that , ex-] (Oo) pn eat a isted between our families? You never of the curse that was brought/-he composition while It. is hardening knew on our family by my ancestor's action GYjyfffA "if fj Wy LE: e Yi ( | one La \ \Y : WngL EE se AE AWMLT AVE Ze RAwy | et ay 2.) ALLTE ML WYLTE, /, MM hy , \ iSY py ~ WA, ine 4 Yip \ 4, yy A fy » Uff UMM GY HEP NS be ij if Uh HALLE Rhee a> ». Zs SF , < Ze f GU § feu e windows o> RW IP YMA IE jo ty, j c ij WE Ae? ay Beet aT) ; lof GGy & LLP oz "You 4 bad prophet, Elizabeth," and laughing, his heart filled with a great joy, he kissed her on the lips. ed. - Witte "zo / I fame Ger COA S ' | We SS i, NG _Y / | , ore The, | ZAW money, looking \the "You don't seem surprised?" "I've never heard it before, Mr. Carnforth,"" Pendergast replied. ""Why| should I be surprised ?' s Carnforth rose on his el-| Howard bow, a look of disbelief on his face,| "UNovar he Never heard it before!" we he repeat- Be Ui iY} if ,) Vy4 fy Up wy Yf Yy (bcm seed fli SSS py Ll . .- YY YIP, SEL, bite. Wj L BSbh YEA tol UyVj, by a F Z WA, Mu, 7 wi Zi JM ‘ . f ° aN ; SH; f =e ‘ uf u eas é c = A Me 2 ‘ SAN ‘ TPP) \\; ba) NN 4 \ A) \ \| ? ie SG" WY it to her handing and pocket |his the in him haunted the of face long and -at the painting She looked his | from lazily trose the color cam-} sy oke, she ere I\steadily air summer in the hung and pipe of ex-} light the and © ing nt | eyes her filling citement day four morning till one way their pres-| murmured she "lt is strange,' | bik of his departure that before | ? fine you did Where jenth wondering {ream the beside strolling Pen-} yonder," ove stream. the ‘In when,| line, where he should cast hi with a start, he came to.a dead stop |dergast replied stolen from your Although he had never been at this | place recently he suggested, interro- | particular spot before he could have atively wagered he had, for he was familia No,' she Lid, it's not: me nor | with every tree every bush evel blade of rass; and jooking across, to ut the novelist expostulate: bank where there hould |} *"t kene almost, almost . the oppos yuare rusted biseuit tin| Give mie he lie' she laughed y i ‘ vie the scene as he, had ized no 1@ examined the miniature to comp! ete it over turning carefu to.) surprised not was he it before, on lool ere bending out of the URAL, SSN 9 L9H could mind what TI think," she without a trace of displea- ‘ked | |ihe. oUagr. jmarked rent girl WW" Wy) yy 4 : =a . Y Ki ab- was of the be said at length, "if it will any satisfaction," lookin to the other, "I will accept commenced, would be SH, ae Afoates f/ wonderful enough would from|} woman the view, wished L, : J his y Carnforth too eyes met yours on the road today." "And now knowing your name, I do not hate you," answered have John,proved taking her in his arms. "You is beautiful face of oe } oung worman hi \| Ne ee EeShe heardeee him ere presently sem Oe anne eautiful aoe vorar loudest and DEEYouLOLA will OL ae ; When, out of breath, he hac save her ; Gods bless _|Stopped. | fencned inecvehiclenl( avis. Bomansece you!" And then suddenly\the old: man \onds ere he could find sneech and then a oer og oerst eee from the chair AR had Siseh tim , sae a lif lty of ceaex aCex ‘losing behind: hi he 400F |wlainine ehinkelf "struck or he| stor thd recallcd'| Nte had PiU wi \ aude i Li : bane s ieWME i ae a - rucosnisaa' recognizes that ‘th ut alhoMen. alt rough the stor the "T's : sure in her voice, and she led the way| from the room down a long passage| to "You a door.will find him in there," she| A es > he one eye defiantly. a awit : ~% afraid he ace road, ti find he. your strange dream, your visit here,|let things slip, to pay litele att ranger : > DOabi Ben seat ( forfor ng« a Think Ist ae Sauv ine withe find her." Bae xeoux STARE pi , ‘che the face indicated, a ana hin, robbed ain of seca miniature from his neck, to whieh it foe was attached by a blue ribbon att OTOL Tilt OTMAMerT Gin ent ithe » ergast gnzed on on aa swecter | no, eee and Pendergast gazed sweeter face fa mext he -had Pa dropped rod and bag than to and and as they passed along a passage| thought he might be either. His cheeks| Tine. passed ae shadow, Pendergast was ; determined Howard "Well," give you from one thin and emaciated, and he lookli a man suffering from some wasting, incurable disease, stood..and gexed with when But were cant, za ing mouth at an Gneoming yehtel "All those people owe their deaths) for the @river was a lady, young and to me," was the anSwer. "And many | pretty, the lady of the miniature! Sh e more must die because of me-unless | g\anced down at Jack as she sped by you he is in ill| said said: and putting her shoulders and looking "You will have merey? information individual as I'm ae It was dark and foreboding,| Ce 2 Pendergast." "Nonsenset"" Sura!" and examined pietures. He the ehals Bani teiae ho until he looked around and saw sitting | jng the sections together, started along at his side the same queer-looking in-/ rye dusty road. y Te Adus ec moment before naar It ever a man was destined for surs that averted, to "utter. But," he went on, turning his gaze 2% Elizabeth, whose hand he held you up not brother; he the "Never answered the} on light some throw will which Sen eisaiene to the sulting the action cen | matter,' and § 2 he thought, |] word, he disjointed his rod and pack- water the © of, out raised water , raise threateningly at himself, be not see it well, so he lighted a wax match to gaze upon the portrait of the old man of his dream the very coun-| : and.see ime beg th: "He ‘will answer| now?" she asked | was not a cheerful looking mansion that as they the exterior.; He saw to : think,' he} from what sari : : need i laughingly. in it than But! would you so. she es j said, more Pen-| ed } up at him,. faces young . and old, of {find In his pocket. : ian ms as though , men and women, pretty and Ugly, /inere ‘is something in dreams-anypleasant and unpleasant; some laughed / way, in this one, after all... I'll pack some assured Howard grasped and Elizabeth the rude," | oon must come } er, she answered. " him in she asked, To bane .the | Prise? concluded, of was grandfather | FY fished out this packet, and | Phat Vou HLneTanns ay tell you, but: there was a Fined heb bn the tp ' 1G RIESE ' Ohe ae nr. | What he said when he visited me."" | ‘And you think he's been dead a few years,'| -© "I don't Z know: sh¢ But inienod stream, from whose waters faces péer-| of," said Pendergast aloud, putting his | (0° Story 18 too long to tell here." and with| went out and he lighted another and then, while he was still regarding the picture, the gitl's voice broke the1€ Si-!| si-| / lence, ay v : a, ? ...| Vill you please come with me? eeo "Pendergast "you must not change your mind;{minutes it was on the surface, when He smiled and continued "Not ex- | never yhought there was anything in it ,yOuE question ; there is work for you at Bradport.' [he swung it on to the bank, where it}®CUY @ Christian gentleman, éither, as/ untii [-" And since you know my name, Then Pendergast, feeling sore at so/revealed itself as aCloser small, | examination irregularly- | | »eT ( ae 1c Sr eva all cventsPeo-} "Until?" tice aa x iemee aie.ne teased an intrusion, had ask« shaped packet didnt like disappeared: mryste- | "TUL L reeognized that part of the) xi) tell ou wt oe = = he felt would of| "all these bags are your property, with its face turned to tho wondered what or who. it and curiosity getting the terpart, and glare into his she] ; "‘Chris-} . et eried, and her| into his-"Good : je a seat great-ereat-great |lived | tors yours," answered, ne she terror ; Sie aia: oththe him along Tre igwen , "My know he Pendergast! gazed with seat leyes | requested, dream he don't | | tinIe name-" eee tell me your story,"| Pendergast relating as| he rl started visibly few | You Know that?" she asked I leugled, | "Pendergast," please." unwarrantahble whether cho want he curse ont. Dragging a chair beneath it he). mounted and turned the picture round. It marl it suggests some, ancestor," eat? She watehed him go and return, and.» tA oe "Your surmise fa rigtt." was the an- | peer Teeevs place . for 7 him beside her, i« to rose | 0% he had) readily without offering resistane chair,|/he again turned the reel In a prepare my found one wall, and could be, parchment-like| surprised to find on pulling persuasive-| >" "7, go to Bradport,"' forward in his with age and then Mr. Pendergast," Elizabeth said. must take it; indeed you must." on to stay must which lacked the right eye; and} ly that his anticipations were incor- |} man was dressed according to the}rect, for whatevet _Wa shataltie fushion "You must said, leaning musty for terrible So," said Elizabeth, who in the Meantime had entered the apartment around the upartment, the furniture and the lout, he dropped determined to 228d Tun With him, the quaint-| ) vas Seneu \ | the Same opinion as his sis ter, and Insisted that Pendergast would haye pie It an is your duty to take thisa money, float and run, ex-| troubled to{them, health and any sudden shock migh t| Be ae > i prove fatal. You won't be impatient?| . = explain everything Pendergast, left alone, to him." rouinat fh . d 5 he slept in his chair) the form of a man/| ; inook the seat rure opposite looking | figu ft of : ous he would not that had seemed building. fresh air, an ill-lighted apartment again, closing the door behind him,|0!f, ‘em was broken by the distant and;-taking ‘his seat at the table, he} bellow of a cow; then he. dropped his| picked up his pen to continue the writ-}C¥eS (0 the stream to find that the] But his thoughts cept to the dream of their fotsteps whole that Individual madehardly his appearance, Pendergast would have been | ; ; : eee _- Admonishing himself aes as atm a supersti- ; room the rey a walt here, please?" she , admitting him into a room that} | furniture in keeping, so far as years went, with the building's. exterior, "{} | framed, his) sound fil his hour| °Peration was to replenish his almost door|®™Pty Pipe, his second to fix his rod and cast the line Phe girl's face was | opened Into" in looked see the and hadj| door, turned sat with a shock. | things and, going intoythe passage, he stood | 48 h® watched them listening... The house was as quict as!\!'* thoughts in this a had t! work themselves out: He | about him, half expecting to |Strange old man approaching, not his | tious | %@nk, he at remembered next moment, ditectto the key, he found it was even as he had left ft an before, when he had locked the against possible intruders Unlocking two He feet : and swiftly crossing& the roor nh e| turned the handle or the coor : pulled it. rac ot " edee a a‘ aie1s | SRAM 2 ing spot In| dream convineed| his el nee Hace so Cnew he as eyes, the Pas | ee this , toi . elos bang his ae hearing been deceived sworn | j ar cy meeting killing a cougar. jumping a fence. denouncing a at a cabinet : |