Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-18


 4 tall. slight 1roman had quietly scotcd
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 The next day they met the man who had passed by Maj. Haringfield on the cliff.
 "Ah, saw you both last night" he began, in the voluble fashion of 0 man who makes great deal out of very little. "Yes, quite right quite right; enjoying the moonlight, breathing in the sea air. hope you did not catch cold, Mrs. Haringfield."
 II was not there; my husband took a moonlight stroll" replied Calista, smilingly. 'Oh, by the way, no, no. Of course thought it was you, the face was in shadow at least mean the moon was shining full on Mai Haringfeld's face. That was all, you know. No, no. To be sure, my first impres sion, you know; stupid thing how one for gets. Charming morning. Going back to town soons Good-by.n
 Calista was much inclined to laugh, when glance at her husbands face checked her. She had never seen him look angry, and she saw now an expression of bitter anger, and at the same time-what? Just what might be expected if he had suddenly been con fronted with some sight terrible and dreadful in tho extreme
 "What a fool the fellow is! I always thought him the greatest fool I know" ex- claimed haringfeld. Then, trying to re-
 
 Calista was wise woman. If anything did occur that he does not mean to tell me it is because he cannot, in honor, for some req son." she said to herself. ''Of course it might easily be-"
 They went home and he soon became him. self again.
 As he could not leave London at present for more than few days at time, they next went to Folkestone, and Calista found great amusement in sitting out on the Lees watching the motley crowd and listening to the band
 'There is something little bit weird in this crowd of people in the darkness she said brightly. You hear sentences floating at large on the air and cannot trace them to the speakers Only those gifted beings who collect money for the chairs and the band have the abnormal faculty of recognizing every one at glance. They make no mis- takes, and never overlook newcomer Yes, by the way, I want you to look at some one; she is an odd looking woman, or rather girl, quite alone. She has passed by two or three times, walking swiftly, and now she is sitting near you-don't look too soon-and no one has gone to her for pence" Haringfeld gradually brought his eyes to the point indicated by his wife. "See-tall, red haired, handsomely dressed" He started from his seat, catching his breath in his vio- | lent start. Here, too!' Calista fancied he exclaimed, but the words Were half smoth- cred. He stared fixedly at the woman The white face, the hollow blue eyes of Agatha were once again looking into his. Come away he said abruptly; ''it is get ting damp"
 Calista rose promptly, but she was still watching the lonely figure, and saw that the girl also left her seat and walked swiftly and 1 quietly on to the path; threading her way skillfully through tho promenaders, she went 1 before them for some yards, and then the darkness swallowed her up.
 q could have declared" said Calista. that she disappeared over the cliff, foated over, regardless of the railing. There is cer- tainly something weird in it all."
 Haringield muttered an inaudible response and Calista was aware that strange gloom had fallen upon him. Drop by drop collect ing, rivuletis soon formed. Calista could not close her eyes to the fact that some un. known factor had entered into her husbands life. She grew thoughtful about it and waited. Next she caught cold and Haring- field was alone for three days. An acquaint. ance called and commiserated her for being shut up. "And you have a friend staying with you, have you nota" the lady went on to say. 'So tiresome for you not to be able to go about with her. She must be good l "sA1AoA. AAOo AeA "iIu -hdJ 0dT1uSue1O out at Sandgate; was driving"
 II am glad he had companion,n returned Calista; The dislikes solitary walks; but ] have no one staying with me. He must have joined one of our friends; we have severa here. What was she Gke7'
 every tall and slight, handsomely dressed with remarkably bright red gold hair and 6 plain face, so pale and haggard."
 Calista did not say that this description applied to no friend of hers, but she though over the coincidence of the resemblance tt that figure on the Lees, and when her hus band, in answer to her question, said that he had had no companion in his walks she was little, just a little, disturbed.
 In London again. And now Haringfelt hoped and believed that he was safe iron the extraordinary visitation, that he would have unhesitatingly put down to troubled conscience, optical delusion, and so on, if i had not been witnessed by many eyes beside his own.
 One night he went to the St, James thea Ire without CaliSta, and there happened t, be vacant seat next his So far as he wa aware it remained vacant through tho per formance, in which he was so. much inter ested that he scarcely looked about him t, see who was in the house. In coming ava, he exchanged mods with various friends ant something peculiar ia their looks, one an, all, struck him. In the crowded entranc tAlt La 1ai&SA1ia -i,sxS-EaAi.sd a nan +.