The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-13

/ should think you would lee
timid as It is,' remarked Susie, with I
glance round the room We were eat
ling fruit in the dining-room, where
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Where 40 you keep Al theset'
asked Mr. Hemine ssYou surely Ii
not leave them exposed ii this val
during the night
"Oh, no, indeedl They are all car.
ried up into mothers room Mine Il
next to it. 1t Is terrible nuisance
and II they were mine / should jus,
leaye them here The house il safe
enough. e..
| You have burglaf-alar1ns. sup.
poser
mo. we have not Father talks Of
getting them, but there II stands al
talking. y 4.
Then you do not sleep alonep', &
Indeed, / doe The boys are In the
nursery and the servants. in the attic.
Bit Ike TO be atone. Dear me!
don't think could stand 1t without a
lew hours to myself bisten4 That's
thesway It Is from morning until night
just excuse me while settle them. :,
ran upstairs, and when / came
down Susie and Mr.. Heming were
ready to take leave, and waiting under
the hall-lamp.
II believe this will be match j
thought, as 1 kissed Susie. AND
really, " carrying on the same thought
as went slowly upstairs again, Il
don't see why it would not be a good
thing. Susie is certainly quiet, pref
| ty little thing! And he Is not half
such a fright as thought him. There
was quite q glow in his=eyes tonight.
Usually, he Is as dull as ditch=water..
Not much like those everlasting Child
ester Brothers. =
AS | set my candle on my dressing
table, / saw reflected in the glass the
scornful curl OF my lip at the mere
thought OF those Cheap Johns, as
had named them. No respectable den
fist would do such a thing as this bust
ness of theirs Where did they get
the means to live as they did, while
they carried it onp Mzzling over it.
/ fell asleep and dreamed of-Mr.
Heming and Susie mixing and rolling
pills together upon mothers silver
salver.
Two weeks later party Of the
young people came out to spend the
last evening of my loneliness with me.
Father and mother were coming home
the next day, and was heartily glad
Of it. Jim was in Boston, finishing his
trip with some college friends. Among
my guests Of the evening were Susie
Brown and Mr. Heming. Molly Hayes
and one OF the Chichester Brothers.!
could hardly believe my eyes. But
Molly was as unconcerned as possible,
introduced him with that little air OF
hers which always says to meas plain
ly as words: .'See what / have
caught! and ratified away all the
evening as usual. As for him, he be-
-haxed very we'll, and, although did
not exchange words with him after
the introduction, must say enjoyed
looking at him on the sly. Nothing
had heard of his looks had done him
injustice.
Fhey all stafd fate. Mr. Heming
and Susie were the first to leave, and
Molly and the Chichester the last.
After they had crossed the doorstep l
saw him pause and glance back at the
hall and the stairway. 1t was Pc
culiar and searching glance, and gave
me a chilly sensation ,of~fear and
dread. My suspicious were all re-
newed and strengthened. For, will
confess, the man noble face and bear
ing had influenced me, even in the one
-.-z-zz------
Under the effect of that last glance,
however, had all the silver gathered
up most carefully and packed in sew
erai baskets, and concluded to sleep
in mothers room instead of my own.
Acknowledgement the=doors between
the nursery and our rooms. l was not
at all mindful of the delights of such
utter loneliness ! went back and forth
several times to the tumbled beds in the
nursery, envying the rosy sleepers,
and it was late, indeed, before joined
them. V
Almost instantly, it seemed to me,
was broad awake again, and looking
straight before me at a terrible, terri
BILE sight
There was light in the room--a
pale, uncertain, Pickering light which
acknowledgements from the floor at the
foot of the bed, and cast strange shad-
ows on the ceiling. The door into my
room was shut, but the one into the
hall was wide open, as we'll as the
window beyond it. opening upon the
porch-roof. l felt the night-wind from
it blowing over mes ] think that woke
me, and not any noise or movement, for
/ lay perfectly still and calm until my
scattered senses returnedA and | knew
what to fear, A
"Burglarsm beat my frightened
heart 1.-The Chichester Brothers!'
came choking. into my frightened
throat.
/ had too much sense to move or
scream. l lay still as ddeath, only
drawing long, even breaths as if sound
in sleep, and using my eyes for all
they were worth. The shadows on
the ceiling showed that things were
being taken up and put down sill
verify gigantic hands. but all other
outlines were so confused 1 could dis
tinguish nothing How long the time,
how deadly cold the chills OF terror
that swept over me, no one will ever
know who has not passed through it
ALL
Suddenly, | heard sound-a sound
which filed me with sickening dread.
The boys were awake-were moving =
were calling me.
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