Record and Chronicle. (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 3, Ed. 1 Monday, August 18, 1913 Page: 3 of 4
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81m Mt down
upon the tabla
believed that she was serioua There
waa In fact, a troubled look on bar
manence upon the bowlder. Patience ! "There a abort time to allow your-
~ 1>ve heard that it’s a dreary bust
planted. Ho teemed in do mood for chasing the employment agen-
converaatfoa. ao 1 sped on, with no **““"
plause that greeted their scenes.
At the Airdome. . (
Saturday night's usual large crowd
enjoyed a good show at the Airdoine.
Tonight Manager Berry ’offers three
reels. The Lesson," “The Rube and the
Baron,” “A Wife Wanted,” and “The
Suitor and The Monkey.”
| “Not If you know where not to go.
SR you’ll get me a machine of some
tached to the 10:18 with aome lorn of »ort FI1 be off at once.”
dignity, the porter yanking me aboard 1 “I fear I shan’t conclude my own
under the conductor’s scornful eye. business ao soon, but If you will honor
gers were still In «*e at luncheon”-
surveyed them 1 “Sorry. Mr. Ames, but it’s out of ths
-Can | fliva a lift t“
Fresh and tender meats.
VETERINANlAVB.
W. E. BOTTS, GRADUATE VET-
AND FOUND.
AUTOMOB^UL UWE.
of money collected
172tfc
RENT -FURNISHED ROOMS,
Hickory street, Qld Phone
UNGMY, old phone 134. Koi
paono 448. Automobiles repaired.
LADIES' : WATCH, SOM£-
more likely to have been
Im street. A cheap metal
Ung Carnation Mill was
inder will please notify
y, oare Oil Mill, and get
ILE OR RENT—A I0-R00M
mr>Normal campus. See R.
» ......- ... „
\0VR DRAY BUSINESS-FIRST
class service at reasonab’e rates;
household moving a specialty. Lec-
ter A Miles, office Lester A Sherrod.
New Phone.
■> Denton Commander?
Knights Templar meets
■F tonight. Work In the
F Temple degree. Cod-
I ferrod by Past Grand
■ Master S. K Hallum.
Full uniform.
DON’T FORGET TO CALL 81
for quick messenger service. W A,
BRASHEARS. N. B.—Will took
at
days at the home of
with a very painful
While cranking an
back-fired, breaking
FOR SALE—18 NICE
Woodson Harris at Long
STED—TO RENT, ONE 3 or
house. Inquire at this -office
FOR SALE—BAY MARE AND MARE
eolt. See M. B. Whitlock. 294tfc
PIGS. SEE
A. King’s.
Slld&wtfc
FOR SALE—FRESH MILK cows. a.
KrnMU- 3i9tfo
BUTCHER'S OUTFIT,
new. C. H. SMITH, 41 Ave.
Aug21c
WANT^ TO SELL 20 ACRES
—ith improvements, one-ha If mile
nrtb of town. Also lots to sell,
business houses and lots to
JL Phone 183 er see L. FULTON.
(Condensed from the Post-Signal)
Mrs. Rebecca White died August
7th at the home of her sister, Mrs.
J A. Powers, in Pilot Point. She was
seventy-five years old, and had been
a member of the Methodist church
since she was sixteen years old. Mrs.
kWhite had no children of her own,
but previous to her removal here a
year ago, following the death of her
husband in Jacksonville, Alabama, had
taken into her home and raised seven
orphan children. W. H. Tatum of
Aubrey was a brother.
Morgan Perry of Barry, Texas, who
visited for several
Sam Norrod, met
accident Sunday,
auto "the engine
and shattering two bones just above
his wrist. He was taken to Fart
Worth for treatment.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bellew received
word from their son, Conley, who is
in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada,
Which stated that he is just recover-
ing from injuries received in a run-
away. He had three ribs broken, col-
lar bone fractured and shoulder
thrown out of place.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Linden-
born, August 6th, a ten and a half
pound boy.
FOR SALE—ONE 7-R00M HOUSE
-on Hickory street One block east of
Normal Bath and electric lights. See
W. J. Simmons, at Taylor Hardware
I Co. 307 tf;
FOR SALE—NICE 2-YEAR-OLD F1L-
ty. Lone Star Marble Yard. 305tf
Furniture and Gas Stoves.
CO.
Oak street. If ’you want
8-Acre Truck Fare
For Sale
JT. SELL AND EXCHANGE
rs. Registered Jersey bull
ce. McKELVT A CAR-
McKinney St. Wagonyarfi.
888tfC
HORSE FOR HIS FEED.
' tte
COOK, GERMAN PRE-
Rraak Mahan,
St., Benton, Texas.
The sharp shower which fell here
Sunday afternoon covered much of the
county and in some places was suffi-
cient to be of benefit. The shower
played out west of town, but began
again in the countrty about Itostin,
where it laid the -dust and cooled the
atmosphere. Wm. W. Wright, ■north-
east of town, reported a heavy shower
sufficient to run tn the road at his
place and extending within two miles
of Denton..
SHOWER SUNDAY WM HEAVY IN
SPOTS AND WILL BE BENEFICIAL
Pat and Jim were trudging along the
dusty road when a big touring ear
passed them with a whiz like the roar
of a gigantic rocket, disappearing in
a cloud of dust.
“Begorryexclaimed Pat, “thim
chug wagons must cost a hape of
cash. The rich in this cotmthry to
fairly bumin’ money."
“Indade, thin,” replied Jhn, "be the
smell of it, it must be that tainted
money st do be bearin’ so much
about."
Cheap until Sept. 1st About
■’ANTED—A COMPETENT DAIRY
M; single. Springetee Jersey Farm,
11 F. Parks, manager. tfc
r sanitary sulk and cream
Portwood A Hodges. Naw
» 484. Old "tone 8>7.
_________, 600
peach trees; about 50 goose plums; 12
or 15 yellow plums, 8-4 acre JSnest
dewberries in the county; all in good
condition. Home has four large, rooms,
hall, front and back porch, fully fin-
ished inside and out; cistern and well.
GASH BASIS—Hereafter the cob and
transfer fare will be on the eaeh basis,
ptesee remember this sad pay the
driver. Skiles Transfer Co.
House practically new; cheap barn.
I am going to leave Denton (and I
FOR SALE—NEW fr-HOOM BUNGA-
BOX 306.
SALE—4500 WORTH OF GOOD
i Den notes. inquire at this
In-
wagon yard,
312d&wtfe
’OR SALE—FINE FRESH ^ERSEY
v, gives 3 1-2 gallons milk daily;
e saddle pony; several horses;seo-
1 hand buggies and wagons,
re at Will Lochnane’s
It McKinney street.
CONCRETE WAUU.
J. M. GURLEY, THE CEMENT
Contractor. First class work dons
at the right price. Get esticaatoa.
OLD PHONE 578: NEW PHONE
931. For high grade cement and
bitek work ihone or see me and 1st
me estimate the work for you.
ft A. BUSHEY.
NEWS FROM ABOUT PILOT POINT
FOR SALE CHEAP, ON EASY TERMS
kroom house on East Oak street; 4-
*oom bouse on Bolivar street. Small
torment down, remainder monthly.
„Jress George Fritz, care P. A O. Im-
jteaQCBt Co., Dallas, Texas. 25p
M. L. MARTIN, A. B. M. D.
Treats diseases of eye, ear, nose,
throat. Fits glasses. Office over Ra-
ley « Oo, ddw
DENTIBTS
CHAR. SAUNDERS, DENTIST.
Office over Long A King after Feb.
1st Both phonto.
DR. W. A. JONES, DENTIST.
West Side Square.
W. N. ROWELL, D. D. 8., OF-
ffce over McCray’s, south side
square.
J. W. FRALIN, DENTIST, SOUTH
«ldo Square, middle of block, up-
•tolra. Deuton, Tosno.
v - ■ ————————
ANYBODY WANTING 8CAVEN
ger work done call No. 807 either
phone. .
FOR TRADE—41,500 Io 82,000 of my
interest in a good farm near Ponder
to trade for well improved residence
outside of the city limits in Denton or
in Krum. Farm of 136 acres, 125 in
high state, of cultivation; two houses,
two granaries, stables, deep well,
windmill, tank, water piped to one
house; small orchard; no Johnson or
Bermuda grass; no waste land; two
miles from Ponder elevator and gin
.--Price 875 an acre. My interest 84,358
ffitn trade, and cash balance easy. C.
C. McKinney, Ponder, Texas. 10d-3twc
sweet whimsical face. It occurred to
Provl-
DUH NICHOLSON
world. Miss Hollister."
Denton Trust
ThePseptoWho Do Things.
Amn sees mysterious men watching the
came for the
LATE NEWS FROM LEWISVILLE
X intended that this should bo s busy
tbs visits of suitors. Without quite
not careful.”
out toward the stables.
?
Mt jaalousr
(To be conunued.»
denlyr
•Osciil* hasn’t Aust Octavia’s confi-
has left a note on the kitchen table to
AMUSEMENTS
Hesektah laughed.
any reply to
Aunt Octavia yet? She will be perfect-
1 shall Hke
erstly at Hope Held Manor. Aunt Octavia
Is a great beilever In the potential Influ-
tavia heading for the stables and Ce-
cilia at tbs kitchen window, I pedaled
boldly in. Cecilia wanted to borrow
sister, I gave it to her. She aUeo said
that you required food, oo I told her
struggle between Greece and P?r-
a story complete in Itself, which
a plot and moves along with all
stately form of a great drama. A
fectly, but bad attached no importance
to it, but if Cecilia's fortunes were so
intimately related to it as Miss Hollls-
were now at the end of our journey.
"I count on finishing my errand and
victim the night
possessed some
like that of the
Too hot to co
food Lunch eu
known to her.”
“Oh, ail of them, certainly."
“And Hartley Wiggins among the
sister. Winrtns calle open CceUta. The
eblmney smokes mysteriously
"With this she left me, and 1 began
peeking at a grapefruit. It had been
in my mind as I dressed that morn-
ing to play truant and visit the city.
It was almost imperative that I take
a look st my office, and I bad resolved
upon a plan which would, I believed,
give me the key to the ghost mystery.
If Pepperton bad built that bouse he
must know whether be bad contrived
any secret passages that would afford
exists and entrances not apparent to
the eye. It would be an, easy matter
to run into the city, explain myself to
my assistant and get hold of Pepper-
tosu My mind was made up, and I had
even consulted a time table and cboeen
one of the express trains.
I assure you that at the moment I
made the Inquiry I felt justified.”
She retreated toward the door as 1
rose, and then, with her composure
fully restored, she courtesled grace-
fully.
“Luncheon here win be a buffet af-
fair today, as I shall be engaged with
matters of pastry. I’m sure, however.
(Condensed from the Enterprise.)
The Enterprise says in part ooncern-
ig the death of James Cates, a citi>
TESTS OF MANHOOD IN
DAYS OF ANCIENT GREECE
errands at Hopefleld, rather uncon-
vincingly, I fear, and the fact that I
must return at once when the office
boy entered my private room to say
that three gentlemen wished to see me
Immediately. They bad submitted
cards, but had refused to state the na-
ture of their business. It was with a
distinct sensation of surprise that 1
read, the names respectively of Percival
B. Sballesberger. Daniel P. Ormsby
and John Stewart Dick.
"Show the gentlemen in.” I said
promptly, greatly to the disgust of my
assistant, who retired to deal with
several clients whom I bad passed in
the reception room fiercely walking the
Dove community, who died at bis
home 4 miles north of Lewisville
Wdnesday afternoon: "Mr. Cates was
64 years of age and had lived on his
farm the past 17 years. He and his
"You become the tlcareas of
deuce? I admire your spirit*’
| BMW ai€
feel In doing thio—but can you tell me them.
1 whether you have seen tn the bands ,
PRESBYTERIAN UNION
IS UPHELD BY COURT
conflict to Miss Hollister,' the tnink j hardly reached
suddenly, bolding up her there before my father appeared. The
- She whole situation—my being there and
seemed deeply moved and cried in agi- alJ that—has distressed father.
I tation:
“Do not answer me! The question
was quite unfair—quite unfair—and yet
CHAPTER XII.
I Ptey Truant.
AS I sat at the table absorbed in
/W my - plans for the day my
nerves received a sudden
shock. 1 had beard no one en-
ter, yet a voice at my shoulder mur-
mured casualty:
Heat thou seen gboata? Hast thou at o>M-
ni<ht heard—
It was the votes of Hezekiah, I
knew before I faced her. Sbe wore a
blue sailor waist, with a broad red
ribbon tied under the eoliar. and a
blue tam-o’-shanter capped her head.
She bore a tray that contained my
omelet a plate of toast and other
sundries incidental to a substantial
breakfast which sbe distributed deft-
ly upon the table.
“How did you get here?" I blurted,
my nerves still out of control.
“The kitchen door, sir. I had ridden
They have four married sons living in
this vicinity, three single sons el
home, and a married daughter in
Roanoke. Mr. Gates was an honor-
able, upright cltisen who enjoyed the
confidence and esteem of all who knew
CHAPTER XIII.
At the Aselande Again-
I SET off at once for Pepperton*s
office, where 1 learned that the
architect wax out of town. But
his chief clerk greeted mo cour-
teously. I told him frankly that 1
wanted to look at the plans of Hope-
field Manor to enable me to learn the
exact Hoes of the chimneys. He con-
fessed surprise that they were causing
trouble and expressed regret that they
were not In the office.
“Miss Hollister sent for them this
morning, and 1 have just given them
to a young woman who bore a note
from her.”
I was taken aback to find that she
had anticipated me in my rush for the
plans of the bouse. Clearly 1 was
dealing with a woman who was not
Only immensely amusing, but exceed
ingly shrewd as well. Could it be pos-
sible after all that she was herself
playing ghost merely for her own en-
tertainment? Sbe was capable of It.
But I had satisfied myself that sbe
could not have performed the tricks of
which I had been the
previous unless sbe
rare vanishing power
^ast Indian mystics.
"May I ask who
plans?”
"I judged the young woman to be a
maid, or perhaps sbe was Miss Hollis-
ter’s secretary.’’
I bad given little beed during my
abort stay at Hopefield Manor to Miss
Hollister's personal attendant 1 had
passed her in the halls once or twice,
a young woman of twenty-five, 1 should
say, fair haired and blue eyed. Sbe
might herself be the ghost now that 1
thought of it But this seemed the
most unlikely hypothesis possible.
At my own office my assistant pounc-
ed upon me wrathfuliy. He was half
wild over the pressure Of vexatious
business and had just been engaging
Id a long distance conversation with a
country gentleman at Lenox which
had left him in bad temper. 1 was ex-
At the Tent Theatre. ..
A big Saturday night crowd was in
attendance the last night of the week
at the Guy Hickman tent theatre, and
from the frequent applause and shouts
of approval, the show evidently met
the general approbation of the audi-
ence. The Play, “The Can of His
Mate,” was a Western drama, and the
leading man and woman were highly
by the rounds of ap-
black land farm right now. It won't
tigate this offer.
it myself. - But'
narrowly—“you i
"And may i ask whether-snd agate
1 must plead deep concern as an ex-
euse for making such an inquiry—
, whether you by any chance aaw her
; making any notation in that bookr
her of the Baptist church and i
charter member of the first Woe
Lodge organized in Denton c<
His remains were interred in ok
cemetery Thursday morning at <
o'clock under the auspices ol
Lewisville Camp, of which be i
member. #
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Wilkiheos
Ing northwest of Lewisvill
dinner at their home August vo
occasion being to celebrate Mr.
kinson’s fortieth birthday. Those
“It’s mere self preservstion. Aunt
Retail* would here me chained to the
kitchen if 1 didn’t do something about
T. L. Huggins, Dave Street,
Whyburn, Fayette Nowlin; Mr
Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Simpson an
dren, Mrs. Mitchell Buckner a
dren.
all—not until Cecilia has found a bus- '
band. Isn’t it perfectly dettciousF
But
has
lish
for
their wisdom had been accepted and
preserved, we moderns would have
nothing left to learn.
Herodotus tells the story of one of
the suitors of Agariste. As we read
this story, how plain It is that the
same class of events constantly recur,
evil propensities, forces of temptation
are constant, and one age is but the
repetition of another. There is noth-
ing new, not even in mental effort.
The grandest expressions of genius are
but the inarticulate aspirations felt
and expressed by minds and hearts
long ago, Cleisthenes, the last of the
TyrAnts, who ruled the city of Sicyon,
which Is situated just west of the
Isthmus of Corinth. The Greek sense
of the word. Tyrant, is very different
from the English, our equivalent
would be master, and these so-called
Tyrants were often mild and just, and
gained power by espousing the cause
of the people, Cleisthenes won in a
chariot race at the Olympic games,
this making him forever famous, his
statue was erected in the hall of Del-
phi, his native city received him in
triumph, he was not allowed to enter
by the gates, but a part of the wall
was beaten down, Ynd for five years
the city was the talk of Greece, and
its citizens were welcomed every-
where. After his victory he made a
proclamation “that whoever of the
Greeks deemed himself worthy to be-
come the son-in-law of Oelsthenes
should come to Sicyon on the sixtieth
day, or even before, since Chisthener
had determined on the marriage of
his daughter in a year, reckoning from
the sixtieth day. How strange this
sounds to us. Herodotus tells nothing
of Agariste, the woman in the case.
How different this Is from our mod-
ern romance with its episodes of love
and jealousy. Haemon and Antlgono
are the only lovers we meet in Gre-
cian history. The parents selected
and made the marriage contract, and
history says domestic happiness was
the rule and social misery the excep-
tion among the Greeks. What a pic-
ture of faithfulness we have in Pene-
lope, Andromache and Alcestfc. Who
came to Sicyon in answer to Chisthen-
er’s proclamation? Such of the Greeks
who were puffed up with themselves
and their country. What a multitude
there must have been. A race course
and palistra was made for the suit-
ors, and there the young men exerted
themselves to please the father of
Agariste. Cteisthenes inquired of their
country and family, detained them
for a year, making tests of their manly
qualities, dispositions, learning and
morals, sought to know each separate-
ly, then afl together. He entertained
them most magnificently at the ban-
quet, and here watched them more
closely. Of *11 the suitors, a young
man from Athens. HippocUdes, pleased
the father most on account of his
manly qualities The day for the mar-
riage arrived. At the end of the great
feast the successful suitor was to be
named. There was a musical contest,
"and subjects proposed for conversa-
rowood—is to one or two «*s7”
“On« 1 think the noble lord uses."
She seeiued to write tbo name, sad
I saw her counting on her fingers,
touching them lightly on the open page
of the book.
Then she dropped it into her purse,
which she tnrust back carefolly into
•her pocket She sighed and was sHeat
I gave her In detail the story of the
ghost and my recital seemed to amuse
her greatly.
“You thought it was Aunt Octavia
'I
of my niece Cecilia a small, a very
sosaR. sliver backed notebook."
“Yes; I have," I answered, greatly
Mrs. C. L. Hogue contributes an arti-
cle of interest brought to mind by the
recent conflict between Turkey and the
Allied nations.
The recent conflict between Greece
and Turkey perhaps will remind us of
the great crisis and turning point of
Grecian history, the conflict between
Greece and Persia. If one can free tlie
mind of seminary criticism and read
Herodotus as it should be read (a
story-teller and traveler telling of
what he saw with the natural eye,
untrained to scientific, observation',
you will find him stripping history of
its poetic diagnosis, and putting it
into the language of the common life,
thus giving us in part a history of
the
sia,
has
the
gossip, some say. Had the primitive
.world produced more gossips of this
charming type we might know more
of the good and great of past ages,
who pleased ahd blessed their pene-
rations and lived for a while in the
memory of posterity. The language
of Greece proves this. Before Homer,
and after, there must have been great
authors, for language must have exer-
cise or it becomes defective. The
Greek language preserved its beauty
and freshness even in its last age.
all things are for good. The world
been kept busy trying to estab-
the truths taught by the- ancients
about five centuries, and if all
Well Lend You the Money
on your black land farm or your city
There's no difficulty in getting money ot i
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 16.—The union
of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States of America and the Cum-
berland Presbyterian Churches, effect-
ed in 1906, vtas upheld by Judge Van'
Valkenburgh in the United States Dis-
trict Court here today. Members of
the Cumberland Church were forever
enjoined from interfesing with the use
by the United States Church of
church property in Missouri
Title to all property of the church
in Missouri is quieted In the Presby-
terian Church in the United State* wf
America under the decision. The
property involved amounts to approxi-
mately 8L500.000.
ville Water Company
was commenced Moi
tlon. The concrete
been laid and the j)
up. It will be 100 fi
furnish abundant pre
for domestic consul
in case of fire.
Miss Edna Cowan
honor of Misses Mar;
ington and Cecil Leei
Born, to Mr. and Ml
south of town, a boj
The little child of I
Duwe of south of 1
purple Sunday. It wi
sicians at Lewisville
treatment administen
himself. Wise old Cleistbenes was
suspicious and watehlng The daocs
tired the young man, it must bay*
been the baboon bounce. When be had
rested he ordered a table brought up,
leaped on It, danced different figures,
then standing on his bead, tegs in the
empty air danced. What must we sell
this dance? The first and second dense
caused Cleisthenes to revolt from hav-
ing such a son-in-law, but he restrain-
ed himself, but the last dance caused
him to cry out, “Son of Tisandor, you
have danced away your marriage."
HippocUdes answered, “No matter to
ll’ppoclides.” This foolish, drunkeko
answer became a proverb. Cleisthenes
then commended the suitors, wished
he could gratify all, but had but one
daiighter, gave a talent of silver to
each for condescending to take a wife
from his family. He choro Megacles. x
and I he marriage was performed by
Cleisthenes. From this marriage was
born the Chisthener who was the
father of the first genuine democracy.
Through hl in the people establiahsd
the free state, the first in the Aryan
family, with power of local self-gov-
ernment like the modern American
township*. Today we hear much of
our responsibility IO the race. Did
the father of Agariste understand his
responsibility, not only to the present
race, but to the race to eomp. Would
it not be well for parents ’ to have
tests, moral, physical and mental, of
the young men who come into the
homes. We do not know, hut there Is
nn telling how many marriages have
been broken off by the. modern "tur-
key trot,” “bunny hug,” “banana
split," etc. The ancients knew and
taught that abstinence, from tow
pleasures is the only, mean* of merit-
ing or of obtaining the higher.
Does the spirit of Cleisthenes walk
abroad in the club women of America,
who have heard modesty’* ary, “I am
bound, I am tortured; save me?”
Every woman is answering this cry.
knowing that modesty once extinguish-
ed in our children never returns.
The request is, stop that danee, stop
that song, destroy that picture, so
that modesty may return to us and
live. MRS. C. L HOGUE.
Denton, Texas.
son, a boy.
Born, to Mr. and I
a girl.
Wiggins regards Ames as a rival Aunt
Oetavta dislikes Wiggins because bls an-
esstors were Tories. Wiggins to Interest-
ed la both Cecilia and Hezekiah. Cecilia
has nine suitors.
Amos meets Francesca in an orchard
sod learns that she to Hesektah. They
see nine silk bats cross a stile.
Aunt Oetavta ehowe Ames the pie pan-
try. Cecilia fears Hesektah levee Wig-
gtas. Her nine suitors ealL
Cecilia rejects Professor Hume and
makes a record In her stiver book. The
butler tells Ames a British officer’s gbost
haunts the house. | llke c^Ua Hollister. Something ' ^red f^ the mgbtTwT changed' my
Ames finds Cecilia and her father. Base- to my face must have conveyed a bint dregg and carrled the foils uo through
ford Hollister, fencing on the roof. Hoi- of this inner conflict to 2 ,“-a— 1
lister ta th~. unknown to Aunt Oetavta. | for ghe r<we auddenly, h2lC_. .
Holitoter vanishes mystertoffiHy through hand as though to silence me.
the ball wall. Hezekiah telle Ames she to
prohibited from visiting Hppefield Manor.
SYNOPSIBr
Hartley Wiggins to in tovo with Cecilia
Hollister. His friend Arnold Ames meets
an elderly lady at the Asolando tea rooms.
She to Cecilia's Aunt Octavia, an eccen-
tric woman of wealth. She Invitee Am4e
1 “You think,” she asked, “that those
lights couldn’t have winked out twice
by themselves while you were on the
, stairway?”
I “I am positive of it And somebody
i —a being of some sort—passed me on
t the stairway. It might imaginably
hare been you.”
“But I tell you positively it was not"
“Then it might have been your father.
A man who can enter a-bouse at will
. might easily play any manner of other
tricks. His disappearance after 1 bad
gone down into the house with him
. was just as mysterious as the ghost”
“It was natural for father not to want
1 you to know bow be got in. The mo-
tive for that would be the fact that he
io not supposed to see me or communi-
, cate with me in any way.”
I “It must have occurred to you that
there is one member of the Hollister
family we haven’t mentioned in this
connection.”
“If you mean Hezekiah”—
! “None other!”
j “If Hezekiah or my father should be
caught In the bouse while I am there
just now we should al) pay dearly for
IL Believe me. this is true. Some day
you may know the whys and where-
fores; at present no one may know
But why should Hezekiah wish to
prowl about there at night—to assume
for a moment that she is doing it?”
I Her manner waa wholly earnest. It;
' was plain that sbe bad entered Into
come sort of compact with her aunt!_____________ __________________
and no doubt the arrangement was in plaining to him the serinpanere of my
the characteristic whimsical vein of
. which I had enjoyed personal expert-!
ence. I did not wish to press Cecilia ;
for explanations sbe might not be free ,
to make, but I ventured a suggestion or
two. ' '
I “Hesekiah may be entering tbo bouse
and playing ghost for amusement?
\ merely ta a spirit of childish rebellion
against the Interdiction that forbids
her tbo bouse. That to quite plausible.
Hesektah being the spirited young per-
son wo know her to be. And it may
amuse her, too, to plug the chimneys
' not really the slight matter sbe bad
. previously made of IL *
| “Mr. Ames, will jmu paraon me for
asking you a question of the most in-
*•- ■rttr ““cl1 I Bb. tad permltttd ~ » will. W>
i ,hl,t 1 dtL,to'. conductor, and when I bad com-
. > curiosity ! fMK1
folly aroused. |
silver booklet about which Miss Octa-
i W,B.a W0UJd via had Inquired so anxiously, fiberais-
' ? e*I>refu’ the dlxilke 1 1 |d her eyes with the faraway look Id
a an... . . herself at first, then you thought 1 was
ters manner Implied, I Colt that 1 must aod now arw
be careful of myanswer. I was trying p.reuaded tbat lt ta not my f.tber. 1
i to recall the precise moment at which yoa fatd m_ confidence this
‘ ’“'"‘“I 11 don’t know bow ftber prt
evening after Homa's departure, and . lnto the h Iaat He wrote a
white I wre intent upon thta my sll«c.inote t0Xt him on the
must have been prolonged. I fett roof and bring the folia That was not
obliged to make an answer of some unllke hlm< J he u tb< dearegt fatber
sort, and yet 1 did not relish the to tbe world> and hU whlma ara Juat
thought of conveying information that M Jolly ln way „ Aunl Octavia’s,
j might distress and embarrass a noble. j WM rore that Aunt Octavia bad re-
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