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Show ySTQRV I THE HOUSE OF I A THOUSAND CANDLES Ur MEREDITH NICHOLSON Aiitit .1 ire min entitt" intiA DeHtlO.I" (lc eMtUhl I It ftMHrtlll e CHAPTER Xll-Contlnued. Hut I suppose the Hlstcrs are awful ly strict ' Tlieyro lileleous utrfectly hideous" hide-ous" ' Whcru Is )our liotneT I tlemaneleel "Clueaiio, lmlsllte. Indlannolli, Cln clnnntl erliaiMT ' ' 1 1 mill ti you nre lull o ought to know from my aceent that I in not from ClilruK" Anil I hope I tiaxent a Kentuck) Rlrls air ot waltliiK to tie llattrreel to ilcslli nil no lnellanaH-lis lnellanaH-lis ftlrl woulel talk to u strange man al the iilse ot a deep wimkI In tlu Krny twlllalit of n winter elay that from n book ami the Cincinnati alrl Is with out my elan esprit whatever )ou please to rail It 8liu hits more Toil tonic reKte ninru (Iretcheii of the Itlilne x-alley about her Don t you Bilore Trench Snulre (llenarmT1 she coiictuiteel breathletisl)! anil with no pa line In her quick step ' I nitnre yours Miss xrmslroiiK," 1 asserteil )ltlelliiK myself further to the toy of Idiocy, niul didlsMltm m thu mockery nnd whluislcal iihkxIs of liar talk 1 did not make her out Imleisl, I preferred not tot 1 was not then and I nm not now, tlmnk (Imll of an analytical turn of uiliiit Ami ns I grow nidi r I prefer, ewn lifter ninny a blow, to take ni) fellow liuiuan belnga as I find them And as for women old or jotitiK I envy no man his nlft of ro-soUIng ro-soUIng tlinn Into elements As well carr) n spray of arbutus to the latior ntory tr subject ttie enrhnuttiient of moonlight iixn ruunlim water to the name anil blowplw as try to analyse tliu heart of a aid particularly a irnrl who iHiddle u caniMi with a sure stroke nnd puts up a rimhI race wlih a rabbit A lamp shone ahead of us at tlu pti trance of tine of the humus and llxlitn RPiearnl In all the bullilliu ' It 1 knew our window t should cer tnlnly slnn tinder II -exee pt that youro koIiik home' x.ou illdn t tell me why the) were eleporllnic )ou" ' 1 in really nsliamed to! You would never " Oh, yes, I would, 1 m really an old friend I" I Insisted, feeling moro Ifte an Idiot every minute "Well, don't toll! Hut the) caught nio flirting with tho grocery boy' r-'w nren t jou disgusted!" ' Thoroughly I I rant bellntn It1 Why, joud n lot better flirt with me I suggested boldly ' Well, I m to be sent away fnr good nt Christmas I may como back tin n It I can square myself My! Thats slang Isnt It adorable!' ' Tho Hlstora don't liko elane, I su()-pose?" su()-pose?" "They loallio Itl Miss Doicrcili, 5011 know who sho Isl sho spies on us und tells " "You don't ny so, but I m not surprised sur-prised nt her! l'o heard about her! I declared bitterly Wo had reached tho door, nnd I oi peeled her to Ily, but sho lingered ' Oh, If you know horl Perhaps jouro a spy, tool Us Just ns well we should novor moet ngnln Mr fllen arm," sho diclareil haughtily Tho memory ot tliwia few meetings will always linger with mo. Miss Arm strong," I returned In an Imitation of her own tono I shall sceirn to remember jou!" and sho folded her arms under the cloak tragically Our meetings havo been all to few Miss Armstrong Two, exactly, I bo Hovel" Then you prefer to Ignore tho first tlmo I over saw jou," sho said, hor hand on tho door Out thoro In our canoe? Never' xnd jou'vo forgltcn mo for overhear lng)ounndtlia chaplain on tho wall pleasa!" Hlio grasped Iho knob of tho door nnd pained an Instant as though pon ilerlng ' 1 make It threo times without that one and not counting once In the road nnd other times when jou illdn t know Hipilro Glonnrm' 1 m a fimluli llttli girl to hao remembereel tho first I see now how blln-il I hae been Good by!" Sho opened ami closed tho door soft ly, and I heard her running up the steps within 1 ran back to tho chaiel, roundl) abusing myself for limine neglected my moro serious affairs for n bit of silly talk with a school girl, fearful test the openings I had left at both ends of the passage should have been dlscenered Near the chapel I nnr rowly escaped running Into Ktoldard hut I slipped past him found my lantern pulled tho hidden door Into place, nnd traversing thu tunnel with out Incident soon climbed through the hatchway and slammed tho false block securely Into the opening CHAPTER XIII, A Pair of Eavesdroppers When I came down after dressing for dlaner Hates called my attention to a bolated mall I pounced agorl) upon a letter In Kauranco Donovan's well known hand bearing, to my sur I rise sn Hf Iran stamp and post ninikcil I'Wiliini It was dated I wnet, Wf i ra C rur Mexico !) e ember' Boi mil Rne a chsrsc lis liH fc mi mt of his efforts up da I'll 'HtHI liti-e live who was irsulnf ll II h 1 1 I hi wrote tn i ss 0 li " into Texas but lie elan-el sho ild kiip clear of In liana s Is m unacquainted with I the IneWsnkinRiiai.1 !ltate e nu tin coffee In the tlhraryr'l wishe-d tn settle down to an eveslnfof rtflocllon wltliemt dels) t.arry'i'r1it of htmsetlf was nut reas surlnn'N'lte Its cheerful tone I knew UiatU he had an IiIhi of trying to reah te he would not mention II In n !" which mlslit fall Into the hands it i' authorities and the hope that be Mght Join me t,rew 1 was not. tr"ips entlllcd to n cennianlon at aieasan undir the terms tit my exile, iutss a matter of protection In tho oxbitfag condition ot affairs there could iolo legal or moral reason why I slioull lot defi ml tnyse If ngnlnst my foes, ml l-rry was an all) worth hnilnf MytnHtlibor the chaplain had In aitvirteaaV rUi.ii me n bit of Important Impor-tant soi and my mind ke t reert mg If tie fact that Morgan was reporting re-porting Ms Injur) to the oiecutor of my njnoefsllicr s estate In New York CterftlaV else that bad happened was feiM and unlinotlant compared wlttiltMs Why had John Marshall (llenim made Nrthtir i'lckerlng the oxecltitof his estate ' He knew that I defwJt him that IMeke rings noble nlmst Mil hlxli ambitions bad been praised by my family until his ver) name ackeneel me and set my own grnndlKhi'r liad thought It wire to In trust ) fortune and in) future to lhe mametall men who was most npug nanttoiue I rose and pared tho lloor In neiw Mf nge must fasten uion somo one and I passed him and went on Into the grounds A whim sHseit me to visit tho crypt of the chapel and examine ex-amine the opening lo the tunnel Ac 1 pasiu d the llttln group of school butleti iks a man ca ne hurriedly from one of them and turned toward tho chapel 1 first thought It wa Rtoildanl but I rbuld not make him out In the mist and In my uncertainty waited for Mm to put It) paces betwn us before I follnweel He strode Into the chapel porch with nn air of assurance nnd I heard him address mime one wlo had been waiting The mist was now sn heavy that I could not see my hand lieforo my faee and I stele forward until t heard the voices of two men distinctly. Hates!" ' Yes, sir ' t heard reel scraping on the stono floor of the porch This Is n dell of n place to tnlk In but It a the best wo can do Did Iho young man know I sent for you?" No sir 1 kept him quite) busy with his books nnd paper" ' Uumplil Wo can never be sure of him " I suppose that Is correct, sir" Well you and Xlorgan am a flno tlr, I must sa! I thought he had nine sense and that )oud see In It that he illdn t make n mesa uf this whole thing lies In lied now with a hole In his nrm and oue got to go on alone" III do my best Mr l'likerlng" "Don t call me ti) name )nu Idiot Were tint advertising our business from the mmsetopi " Certainly not," eplled Hates hum bly I'lio blond waa roaring through my bead nnd my hauls clenched as I stood thero listening to this colloquy. I'lckerlng s xolce was and Is unmistakable un-mistakable There was nlwajs a purr- iTF cvr fe'3T VmW "Then You Prefer to Ignore the First Tlmo I Ever Saw You?' ( and Hates was tho nearest target for It I went to tho kltclun, where he usuill; spent his evenings to int my fultaSH upon him, only to find htm gone I climbed to his room nnd found It empty. Very likely ho was off con doing with his friend nnd fellow con splntor, thu enrctoktr. and 1 fumed with riRo nnd disappointment I win thorouihly tired, as tired as on da)s when I had beaten my way through troikal Junglos without food or water but I wished, In my Impotent anger agaltst I knew not what age ncles to punlih myself, to Induce un utter weariness that would send mo ex hautted to bee) Tke snow In tho highway was well l beaten down and I swung off country ward past Rt Agatha's A hrn) mist linns over tho fields In whlrllngilouds breaking nway occaslonnll) und show , Ing tho throbbing winter stars The! walk and my Interest In the nlternn lion of stnr-llfhted nnd mist wrapped hndscape won me to n bettir statu of mind, and after tramping n cotqlo or miles, I set out for homo Set oral times on my tramp I had caught my self li!tllng thu ulr of u majestic old hymn, nnd smlleel remembering my )0ung friend Olivia and her play Ing la the chapel Hlio was an minis Ing cilld, tho thought of hor further lifted my spirit, and I turned Into the I school park when I rencheel the outer , gate with a half recognised wish to I pass near tho barracks whore she spent her days At tho school galo the lamps of a carrlsie suddenly blurred In tho mist . Carriages are not common In tills region, re-gion, id I was not surprised to find that thin was the familiar Ullage hack I that moj trains day and night nt An nolvlsl. Borne parent, I conjectured pnjliievi visit to Bl Agatha s ssl bly ajllthe thought gavo me pleas ure I U baps the father of Miss Olivia aiad)sVmstronR had come to carry hor hoilUfor a stridor discipline than Sister fpvircsa s school affordod Tho H) or sat asleep on his box Ing soilness In lb He used to remind me at school of a sleek, complacent cat, and 1 hato eats with particular lonthliiR Is Morgan lying or not when ho says ho shot himself neoldontally?' demanded I'lckerlng petulanll) I only know what I hoard from the Hardener hero nt the school You II understnud, I hope that I cant bo seen going to .Morgan s house " Of course not Hut he says you havon t played fair with lilm that you men attacked him a few da)s after Ulenarm came" ITO UK COSTIMIl D) |