The Portland daily press., 1899-07-15

rnere = mighty ntt,e suners,,,,on. IN ms
naturp. NV friends saw m, el,f,1. l,l,,,,d-
cd ana cynical Thav a,A rv,.o,,y o,
merely ana1vfic 81 far III GOOD No,v
,for tl,e ircst cf-gfR
1,yon ren,e,,,l,e, the .ror-stor,,, la.
sotnrds,,.S s55r.ls3 S.5y,a ~, ~.
aftarn.a 4. ;sh NJ,
,nost fnforess;,,s sail,,r 49, - as-,.;s
ccnt coliect;o,, sId 80
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sart ~ th;,,~ .ac,.s ~ ~, , W. ~ s.a, n
= n, a,ss ,,,, ,,,..'s,,-s.s ~ 20 900 30 -
jnncho,l tho.s s-s..,..' -. - n1-N
Girordss ,lsca soasN ,ras 1Inass oeAo1e 'ts .n~
bsad ~ ,,is ,aI,, ",s a r,,.s,s "a sns
VIC ,,-,s 49,. ~ syu .'se l,'s
=. - ~ ~ ~ WY e.seu win uer
-, .,'"uS ',,,,, ~ neI
~ " nli,ie: 1'aussneu neal'ily ue
20 '..''.'s .as s',c maui - lesuln ",u repeae-
~ ~ .nenl 70 lie. never eouiu see any
en-. ea..,,s, ous y oee.'leu " ny lronh ene
uIse .,a"' iASessrrHrp was hlereiy aetlne ne
WIS enc most eonsehlhlate actor ! hau
ever seen on OF on the stage Almost un-
CONSCIOUSLY 1 came 70 treat the vacant
chair at the mead OF the table with deier-
ehtihi reverence 10 its supposed occupant
ou. 70 me II was never ahytning Dut an
empty ehalr. l nau not known AIRS. Ill
raru IN the iiles put sslrard insisted that
some 'ime or otner shouid DC able TO
see her. Anere was something uncanny
~ nrst IN the spectacie OF man uefer-
.ing ~ every p'iht Oh conversation 70 an
Invisible third party, but in time l be-
came used 10 II ana lost my sense OF dis
comfort In the spiritual presence. At 4
O'Clock IN the afternoon Girard received
q telepnone message. 1t related to some
important matter and necessitatcd his GO
ing at once to the West hotel. | wanted
to go with him, but he wouldn't hear of
it. III be back in an hour, he said, and
Wen have quiet evening together
ITO tell the truth about it, didn't
care about being alone there Ordinarily
| am the reverse Of timorous. but / had
witnessed such strange proceedings in
that very room that the idea of remain
ing there alone IN sthe twilight was dis
quoting. | believe Girard read my SEN
sauons, Tor he said, You're not afraid of
margaret, are your
margaret was Mrs. Girard. OF course
1 was not afraid of her, and told him so.
a moment later he was gone. The house
was quite empty. The servants were all
out. The coachman has apartments over
the stable. The clocks licked more loud
There Is big clock at the head of tho
main staircase, and 1t has disagreeably
audible hating tick-a-tack that seems al
ways ON the point of stopping. There Is a
smaller clock in the front parlor and a
still smaller one in the library. There
seemed 70 be jealous rivalry between
them that afternoon.
DUSK was gathering, and l parted the
curtains to size up the weather. A ter
rinc snowstorm had set in. Already the
walks We're heavily covered. 1t occurred
10 me tnat Girard would never get home
IN street car. lie would have 10 take q
mack. AS the storm increased IN violence
l uoupted whether he would find a hack
even.
oppresseo py tne loneliness OF the
pia.e, ht u clsar' pulled Glrard's big
seasner arlllenair up TO the blazing log hire
ana sat there smoking. 1t didn't occur to
.e s ~ hsnt ,he gas unui' hearing all three
" .ue Siocks strike 9 l was about to
.naAe isnt. Wheh the door OF the room
open'u, anu woman entered. At hrst
supposeu pup one OF tne maids had returned,
rac,ad ,.as Iast,..s .ne Impression was cor
rected. lnsrnctively l knew that Mrs
room, hrs;.e.;., Tse pe,ofe me one crossed the
Cd IN nc ,'rasa apperentiy emoarrass-
lnoy ~ ,,."r1 -. ~ 'ssh sue did NOT
from thai ;nsta,,. n : ~ ouu % yoa' out
A mora attractive , nau ~ SeIse oi rear.
looked nnon Sbe ca..;aa L,s never neter
princess after fba ;rst sa,,. 80. -.o.l my d
direction rosa fro,,s az s.eps ~ .ny
/ had been lounginr hov,e5 =, -. -
introduced myself SN "e' anu
"'Oh. YES She ranl;od .r 49,,
unite weili sbo,,,d M hnoW you
- 4 lnfrHAaH
upon You. She added .hrt NJ, 'n1,uSea G;na.a
has met with an ace;Sa,. u. nv Nir. uiraro
which he was RETURNING has ~, "a, .l'pli upV1
in and is now stnnd;ns on a. .sas,, snJMeu :.
Fifteenth street. Tho stor,,, - - 80 -. a.
that am afraid he will NOT roaoh az 'iC1sas hnra1s
tonight unless'~ - ro' ieaen nome