The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-06-16

CHAPTER III.
Thursson and Hsveineycr ~: ios; whIs
hunting ara .nsp refuge In the neast 4 an Old
hermit in the moantaiBs. payHi'- namt
mentioned. Tho oil man cDsrEs- he younf
fellows IL ten Davarisi Come &. Isis u fast a.
korhs can bring you."
CHAPTER ".
7hprssm apa EaserElsyer wake in the morn
ing and nnd westerly dead. Hayrrmeyer takes
o Kodak Of bin. Seth Dove sspry Of tbs
hertni. and bis elegance aud breeding when b
arst came IL the w8alF long agp. seth mails
packet given him W Westerly addressed
Philip Davarls. Paris.
CHAPTER V.
pawarl- .rsper.ed ~ stealing the picture
Ho conios on. frtm the house In a strange
nahrp.- nj fiias tslaars she IL puzzled al
this. Haycrnlcycr sius Davsris the hermlt.i
message did You ever knew man BY The
name u Cyrus Westerly payaris repeats II
a dazcd tone scyras Westerly.
CHATTER VI
Duvarfs recognizes rho picture Hayermeyei
took u tho dead Westerly as that Of a man ht
knew when q boy IN Greece. Davaris plays OF
the violin 70 lindys he is about 70 propose q
her and acting h;rnnsely leaves hurriediy.
Ned Lawrence did not find the dinner
party he attended that evening very
entertaining. Il was q stag dinner, o.
very nearly 50. for the ore lady present
was the mother Of the younger son Of the
house which was entertaining.
They we're left to themselves over their
wine, ard the motion, Shall we join the
ladies?" never came, for the old lady re.
tired promptly at half after nine each
night. The men began TO talk horse oyeI
their cigars, Of the recent tSurburbaL,
and how the desplscd horse, unheard Of
and unthought Of. In connection with the
Queen OF the Turf" had won in June
Lawrence did not care for that sort q;
thing now. The only recollection Of thu
races he had was Of hot dusty day, a
lonG-sufrering crowd, and fina!lya dash
OF rain to run the hats and gowns Of TIE
woman. and also complete the rnin Of the
ruin Of their tempers. Lawrence had
In truth been in the thick OF it. and haa
lost good deal OF money on the .ayori;e
but be lad .Ost il like a man an wcll--hs
did rot care for these things now
STE had taught him to think Of other
things and i've for other things. The rae.
ing was al very well In its way, and quite
the proper thing 10 talk about, but 10 hiE
the stores !, The gtca. race were old. Ar.
whom yo4Ig Earcrmeyer lighted h;
secoua cigar AMI LeG.n to tell thu s.orJ
OF, Wien wath in Canada last spr.ng
don't you know. ] caught trout weigh.
ing exactly -" Lawrcncethoughti waa
about time for him to go.
He was very sorry to leave so early, az
he had spent a very pleasant evening, 81
leas, he told his host SO, but it was with a
feeling OF great relief that he found him
self in tie open air. 1t was long before the
time he hal ordered carriage, SO hi
started TO walk up the road briskly. II
was rather long distance back to the
cottage and tie hour grew late as he ec.
proacled.
The right was warm, although there
was breeze from the southeast, and Law
renee unbnttoned his coat and took of his
bat to Il: the wind cool his heated head
He felt that something had sent h;,~
away from the dinner-party. A feeling
vecue and lpdetinei came over him that
Gladys wanted him. or what was muct
more 70 .t5e ront re wanted Gladys. I
was during the solitary walk that a 70
solve shaped itself in his mind that be
could not sleep that night until be knew
whether she loved him or rot. He felt
strangely happy as he walked along the
road 1t did not seem that he knew ex-
actly where he was. Everything was
strange and unreal.-the twinkling lights
In the cottages about him, the roads and
the lawns here ard there that he had
known almost from his boyhood. The
road stretched out before him like gray
path, and he idly wondered If he knew
after all where it was leading him, and it
seemed that he had never been on it be-
fore.
He remembered dimly seeing carriages
pass by. the lamps cleaning on the road,
and once when he stood for moment un-
der street lamp. he remembered how
some woman had nodded cordially to him
| from passing brougham. Then he
reached the cottage and silently entered
the hail. As he stood for moment near
the door he was conscious OF strange
| feeling. He did not know what 1t was,
but coming from room near at hand
was strange music that found an echo in
| his heart and made him stop in his tracks
VII HlS manu- On Tue kuOD, dlu listen.
Ire tones came like the far away sound
Of waves beating on the shore and then
grew louder until Lawrence felt tempted
to put his hands to his ears to keep but
the sound. The house was quiet as death
and so the sound of footsteps stealing
along the hallway were more readily dis
tinguished.
A woman as,coming along the hall and
paused before the half open doorway.
She did not see Lawrence for her back
was partly turned toward him; hut as
she came from passage way be had OBJ
tanned view Of her face and had seen her
flashing black eyes. The face reminded
him Of someone's face, but then he could
not think whose. 1t did not seem like a
woman's face and there was look on 1t
that frightened Lawrence It was set
determined look and to him as she
crouched near the door, it seemed that
she was like apanther ready to spring,
Lawrence did not remember ever seeing
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