The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-15

Slowly she ran her fingers along the IN
side. MY precious boyl To think hi
darling, soft little head should be GOV
cred by such thing as this.
"Oh, Lawdr'
Mrs Martin was afraid to trust her
self farther. She got up with jerk.
81 reckon the madam needs somebod,
70 help pack that big box. Old Dolbea
and Nam Lucy can't do everything. {"
She disappeared inside the big from
door, leaving Annabel without an au
dience. Another nap was her only re
source. She composed herself as com
Portable as the rigid conditions of tn
settee admitted of, and, drawing he
slippered feet carefully under the fold
of her silken train, closed her eyes Ian
guidly, submitting TO the gentle infiu
ences of the bees droning about the hello
tropes and the honeysuckles in Gabri
elias garden.
And up at the loom house the clumsy
| hand loom stood still. The coarse pur
| pie and white threads of plantation
woven thread were in a hopeless snarl
Mamie Colyer's day at the shuttle
had not advanced the heavy texture by
single yard.
1T all came of this, Liza" She walk
ed cautiously from window to door OF
the loom room (the Martins old dining
ioom) before handing Liza a soiled and
carefully folded piece of paper. "What
do you think of that? Twas sitting here
weaving away for dear life, wishing-l
must state Observation-Disclosures your
vaulting ambition had not inflicted
those purple stripes on me, when hand
was stuck up over the window sill and
that thing flung right ON to the loom. "
"What color was the hand?"
BLACK, l think, but won't swear
to it. If it had been canary colored or
sky blue, it wouldn't have frightened
me worse. / gave an awful Jump, but
fortunately did not scream. You know
l generally do scream, especially if
there are mice or snakes in view" Liza
nodded assent
but your mother was in the other
room. rummaging in those trunks that
always do make her cry, poor thing, so,
after l read that thing, just concluded
to have you up here for consultation
over it. You see it is addressed to no.
body"
Yes"
$50 just asked Mrs. Martin please
to go down to the big house and send
you to me in hurry. l told her to tell
you the whole stuff was in snarl So
it is. When that black hand came into
sight so mysteriously, gave jump
that jerked the shuttle out of my hand.
and there it is, shut up in the middle
of the warp A body loses all control of
her nerves such times as these. Do read
that thing aloud. Perhaps your voice
will make it degree less mysterious
No, it won't" But she complied:
If any two of you women will come
out to the family burying ground this
evening at 6 O'Clock, you may obtain
some information about Adrien Strong
No man need come unless you desire to
Illustrate the whole scheme. "
THAT leaves us without any protec;
ton. Seth can't go with us. What are
you going to do about it, Liza?'
Il am going to be there
AT the graveyard! At 6 o'clock
Why, Liza Martin, it is quite dark by
g."
"Almost dark, not quite. imagine
the writer of this would have set the
hour later if he could. Evidently he
wants to be screened. "
"But''-
Every well, Mamie, l see how you
feel about going. should prefer having
you with me, but / have plenty of time
to row across the lake and get Amy
Chambliss. +"
Mamie turned upon her Indignantly
"Of all the imperious, impatient.
wretches on earth, you are
the greatest. You know very WELL Liza
Martin, that if any one is going out to
that graveyard tonight to be murdered
in cold blood am that person.
Very well. then, that is off our
minds until 9 o'clock this evening
1T may be off your mind, but mine
is OF too meager capacity to hold any.
thing else until the mystery is solved 4"
Liza laughed and seated herself OH
the loom bench to release the imprison-
ed shuttle.
"Lizar'
eyes, dear. !"
kiss me. You are remarkable wo-
man. A tower of strength to every ono
Of US, from Mrs Strong down to Dren "
NAnd the ceremony of OSCILLATION was
audibly performed
but, Mamie" Liza drew back to
ask impatiently why ON earth didn't |
you try to find out who the hand be-
longed TOP
Couldn't. When a woman is i'm
state of collapse from terror, she doesn { |
90 into particulars. -
At which they both laughed trifle
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