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Show STQRV' I THE HOUSE OF I A THOUSAND CANDLES i. . i ! I!r MHHEDITII NICHOLSON I Aik.f.i-mr iti-i cmct" zcica I iiiitioi tn l llit IMt t IU(b Urn t I l CHAPTER V Continued I shrunk' I my alnml 1 m and turned Inward ( I mirm My grandfather lull led mi- a cheerful It kui y f distrust MinniiK lit) iiolRlilHim I hi result prnb Hbly of Importing fun lira lalmr In work nn III" hume I hi url) Morgan I ml Intimated aa much lull It ill I mil ureal ly matter I liml not come to (llonarm ciililvite tin rustle Imi to fulllll certain obligations lnlt down In my gran Ifathers villi I was n In uptak on rimy nml I inuili pn forn.il that the vllliiti m shniil I let mo nlnne ('miifntlliin myatlf with tin so reflec thma I reached I ho vthmf vilitiro I snw Morgan sitting itii lit feet dangling titer the water smoking a 1 I nodded in hi direction lint Iih ft Igned nut tn hi me A liniment liter l) jnuiHil Into 111" iHMt ami rowed nut tiimn tli" lull" ,1 Whim I return d In Ih" house llali'ii ' wns at work In tilt hitch n ThU wns n largo spurn mom with heavy tlm bin showing In tlm walls nml low colllnR 1 hero w is n great fin place In nn enormous chimney flttml with I n crane ami hubs hut for 1 radical pur I KHte a small rang" via provided Ilatca leeelved mi) plat Ml) m Ita nn unumiHl nMim sir Mr (Hi nsrm copied It frnm nn "IJ kitchen In l.nglaml llu took null" u I rl Ic In . It. Ita a leasunl place to alt In tin ounliiK. air lie showed mo the way below when I found that the (ellnr exttnded iniilir ovir part (if the house nml was ill ldod Into largo cliamhers The Uonr (if omi of tin m was of heavy oak bonml In Iron, with n barred opening nt tho tui A groat iron hasp with a i heavy pidlock and milled area win (lows ruvo further tint Impression of n cell, ami I fear that at thin, at nt many oilier thlnga In tho curlou j , houo, I aworv If I Old not laugh thinking of tliu money my Rrandfnther had oxpt nded In rcallilnR hi whims Tho room wan used, I noted with pleasure, on a doiKisllory for potatoes I In another of these rooms I found a ' curious collection of lanterns of otcry J concolvahlo deacrl) tlon Rroui ed on ' sheltea and next door to this apart mint was nnnther atororoom Oiled I , 'with brass candle-sticks of many odd I deslRns 'j I returned to the main floor and . sought tho comforta of tho library where. I smokid n pile mir a ir I tedious chapter In nn exceedingly dull book on "Norman ltelals and Inllu incia Then I went out nssurlnR ,, myself that I alioul I Ret steadll) to work In a tiny or two Hates was wibirl) chopidnR wood at a roui.li plln of tnnbi r nt tho rear of tho house Ills Industry had already Impnssed ni Ho had the quiet ways of an I leal Hcrvlng man IWtll Hate )ou don t Intmd to lit mo freizo to death do ou Tlare must bn enoiikh wood In tho pile there to lost all winter ' ci air I nm Just cutting a llttli more of tho hickory sir Mr Olinarm always pnfcrnd It to beech or nmle I turm d toward tho unfinished liiwi r In tho men low from which a windmill puni(d water to tho housu Tho Iron (rami) was not wholly covind wltb tttono but mitcrlal for the rimalnlir of tlio work lay scatti red at tho base I went on thniuRh tho wood to tho lake and ln ectod the bout ho ise thou 1 followid tho pi hbly shore to tho atone wall whiro It marked the line of tho school Rrounds Tho wall I observed was of tho same solid character hem as alunR tho road I tramped ImsIiIo It rilUctlm; that my Krandfnther's nutate In tlm hi art of the ltepubllc would noma day Rlvo tho Ho tn forulRn complaints that wu hato no ruins in America Tho bulldlnRS of tit ARathaa were well hlddin by thu IntervenlnR wood and I cllmbod un tho wall at tho Iron gato for an ampler vlow Tho 1 lllars at cither side of tho Rato ware nf Iiuro dimensions and wcro hlRhcr than I could reach Tho llttlo Oothlc church near nt hand was built of stono similar to that used In Olenarm house As I surveyed the sccno a number of young women appeared and forming i In twos and fours walked back and I forth before the chapel A slsti r clad - In a brown habit HnRnrod near or 1 walked first with ona and then an other croup of students It was all ' very pretty and Interesting and not at all tho ugly school for paujHB I had oxpeated to find Tho students were not tho chaitty children I had carelessly i Icturod thoy were not so young, for ono thing and they seemed ! to bo at paroled decently enough I snrllod to find myself adjusting my BBBSj scarf and straightening my collar as I HHBW behold my neighbors for tho first tlmo HHBW As I sat thus on tho wall I heard the H sound of ansry voices back of mo on jHH Ibe Olenarm side and a crash of un HHI derbrush marked a flight and pursuit flj I crouched down on tho wall and wait Hj od In a moment a man lunged H through tho wood awl stumbled aver H a low banging vine and fell not SO feet H away from mo To my gnat surprise IH It was Morgan my acquaintance of the VDjgW yiornlng lie rose cursed hla 111 luck i I an I hiiKklnR the wall close ran! tiwarlthi lake Instanlh I ho pursuer i ki Into tlew It was Hales evl I nilv iiiiuh txrlted and with an nitly i in as his forehead Ho rarrlec' i 1 1 nt dub and after llsumng for i nn unit for sounds of the entmy hi hurl. I after the caretaker . It was not my mw Ihouah I must j Mit It wakinul my curiosity I itintKl lewd myself out threw my I u v Hie aehmil alili nf th wall ami II jln. d a elKar fwllnit (""reil t die i xrttinl( the stum liarrliade IT nil fin obscnlnR the world 1 linked oft toward the little hun h I fount two other actors ai-h ai-h nrlnK nn tht scene. sclrl sIihhI In a little iipiinnR of the wikkI talklim in a man Her hands were thrust Into Hie ikx-KiIs of her covert eimt she won a red tauwi ahatuer that made In lUit bit uf eulnr In the wnod The wire imt mure than a ilnseii ) arris away hut a wild growth nf youiiR maplia lay luiwefin us Their profiles wen. toward me and the tones of the iclrl a Mill i n ached mi clearly aa she uldressiil lur comiankm lit wore a cliriomant hlah waistcoat an I I aa turned Dial lit was tho chaplain whom Hates lin 1 in. ntlnued I am not by inline an t nw-sdroppt r but tho stlrl was cltarly makliiK n lm of some kind and the rliaplnln a atalwart ll nre awakt In mi an antagonism that held tno 1 1 111" wall If hi conns httie I shall go awny tn you mil) as well understand it and t II hlin I shau t ace him under any i Ircuinstanre nml I m not going in Horlda or ( allfmnla or anywhere else mi n prhnte tar nn matter who chap- rontm It itrtalnl) not unless ou want to -ci rtalnl n it said the chaplain nu iimlirstanil that I in only Kiting ou Ida iiiissaa" lit thought It to wrlto to mo or to Slstir Thcroaa! ' broke In tho girl contemn- She Wore a Red Tarn o'Shanter tuously IMiat a clovtr person ho Is' And how unclcver 1 am' said tho clergyman laiikhlng Well at any rate I thank you for giving ma tho opportunity to irosml his message Kho smlltd noddtd and turnid swift ly toward tho scluol The chaplain looked uftir In r for a few moiumts then walktd sobirly away toward the lake He was u young fellow clean shaven and dark and with a i air of shouldirs that gave mo a twlngn of envy I could not Riitrs how i,rcat a factor that vigorous flguru was to by In my own affairs As I swung down from tho wull and walki 1 toward Glenarn House my thoughts worn not with tho athlitlc chaplain but with tho Klrl whoso youth was I riflected marked by her short skirt thn uncon corn with which her hands wtro thrust Into tho iwckots of lur coat and the Irresponsible tilt of the tain-o shnntor There Is somethtni. Jaunty a suggis tlon of spirit and lndiendcnco In a tam-o shantcr particularly a red ono If tVo red tam-o shanter expressed so to speak tho Ley noto of St Agatha s tho proximity of tho school was not so bad a thing after all In a high good humor and with a sharp appttlto I went In to luncheon CHAPTER VI Th Olrl and the Canot Hates did not refer to his encounter with tho caretaker and I resolved to keep my knowledko of It to myself I always prefer to let a rascal hang him self and hero was a cose, I reasoned whore, If Hates was disloyal to the duties Pickering had Imposed upon him tho fact of his perfidy was bound to disclose Itself eventually Glancing around at him when ho was off guard I surprised a look of utter dejection upon his face as ho stood wltb folded arms behind my chair Ho Hushed and started then put bis hand to his forehead where a strip of piaster covered his wound 'I met with a sllnbt accident this morning, Mr Oleuann The hickory a i ij lUL-- i very tough sir pine of wood flour up and struck me Jj Too bad! I laid with sympAth;! oud better rest a bit this ntteri eoon Thank you, sir but It only a small matter only you might think the tut a trtflt dlsflaurlna He struck a match for my ctgaretloj and I left without hulking at hltri again Hut as I i mm I the threshold nf the library I In i niluled this note: Hates Is a liar f r n thing and a person with nrtiti en niles for ani other watch him All things ennui h ml the day ai paaalns; well tnoiiah I picked up t liook threw myself imi a romtortabll dhan to aintike anl reflect before eon tinning in) HXlUtiratWiiie a I la there. Hates brought me a telegram a n ply to m message to llckerlng II read otira announcing arrival recelteJ and llhil j It was certainly a queer Imslnese, my (rrand to (llinniin I lay for a couple of hours dn anting and counted the caiitlleH In the grtat crystal chan teller until my eyes ached Then I Inok my cap and was sunn tramplni tnwtnl the lake There were several small bnnta ami i naphtha launch In tho boat hoiisti I rirnppel a latnie Into the water and piddled off Inward the aiimmi r colony wh( se gahles and red roofs were 1 lain ly visible from tin boat house 1 landed and roamed Idly tner leaf i rewn walks past marly a hundred ftittngca tn whnae windows nnd Ivtrandns thi winter blinds gate s dreaiy and Inhnspltablt air Ther was at nne (mini a casino whose broad veranda hiina nvtr the tdge nf (the lakt while Inn alh on tho walir lib was a h '' In i"t ' I walkel back In tin wharf where I Iliad left my canoe an I was atioiit to slip Into It wlun I saw rocking nt a similar lauding (lace near-by, another slight craft of tho same typo as my own but painted dark maroon I was suro tho canoo had nut been there when I landed Possibly It belonged to Morgan tho cart taker 1 I walked over and examined It I oven lifted II slightly to tost Its weight Tho pad dlu lay on the dock besldo mo and It too I weighed critically deciding that It was a trlllo light for my own tasto Please If you don t mind' ITO II L CONTINUED) |