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miseiyinRs. for which az yet he had no name.
he left the window and set out on foot for

miseiyinRs. for which az yet he had no name.
he left the window and set out on foot for
home.
It. was now dark. but n silvery CLEAN on the
horizon gave promise OF the speedy rising OF
iull moon. Otherwise he would not have
attempted, TO walk over a road proNerhially
The churchyard in witch they had Just laid
away Agatha iav In his course. Az he Az
pronched II he felt his heat fail. ald. stop.
ring II moment at the stone wall that sernratel
II from the high road. lie leaned against tho
trunk Of II huge elm that guarded the gate Of
entrance, As, he did 40 he heard n sound of
repressed sobbing from some snot not very far
away AMI. moved 10y some undeilnahle Impulse
stronger, than his will. he pushed open the
gate and entered the sacred precincts. ,
The snot struck him, He wished. yet dreaded.
to advance Something, in the grief Of the
upon his heart strings, and yet. as he hesitated.
me sounds came again and, forgetting that his
n i9irss' 6e p rt,sst i E%t TTGv slI " he ssms within, Gs1,
q few, feet of the spot from which the sobs
lie had moved quietly. feeling the awe Of the
place. and. when he paused it was with a SEN
sation OF dread not, to he entirely explained by
was. he lisccrned the outline OF n form lying
stretched IN spcechlcss misery across n grave.
hut when. imnclIed hv an almost Irresistible
Glove To the roof Of his mouth and he only
drew back further into the shadow.
grave that OF Agatha Webb,
n rev minutes InIer MT. NutneTlhn0 reap
peared at the door Of the inn and asked fora gia
and driver to take him back to Sutherlandtown.
lie said, in excuse for his INDIGESTION. that he
strength Inadequate to the e%xertion. He was
looking very pale. and trembled 40 that the
were i'll. But Mr.. Sutherland insisted that he
was quite well. only in 2, hurry. and showed
the greatest impatience till he was again start
cd upon the road.
For the first half mile he sat perfectly silent.
The moon was now M nnl the road stretched
running beside i Mr., Sutherland held himself
of anxious inquiry. But "a soon as any sound
came to break the silence or there appeared in
the d nf ! ni%1G ahead 1s Of them hen III the r Least ,s appear .nd
hid himself in the recesses Of The vehicle.
This hanpened several times. Then his whole
arick. walking. with bowed head. toward Suth-
But he. was not the only person on the road
at this time. 4 few minutes previously thew
had nnssed another man walking in the same
direction. A. NJ: sutherland unused over this
window at the back OF the buggy striving to
catch another glimrse Of the two men p%lodding
form throwing IFS long shadow over the moon
III road. followed only too CLOSELY bv that other
whose u~ngainlv share he feared TO cknowl-
edge to himself was growing only too familiar
Falling into a troubled r~everie. he beheld the
well-known. houses. and the great trees under
whose shadow he had grown from youth to
manhood fit by him like phantoms in n dream.
his attention with a force that started him
again into an erect attitude. and. 81 i2ing with
the "t he at Al the door Lnr Of the Ih1ee cottage Hei thew w wsrn
passing. saving in choked tones:
See! see! Something dreadful has hap
naned since We passed bv here this morning.
Lhat Is crane. samuel. craze. hanging from
the ,doorpoSt yondar!'
Yes. 1t ia Grape answered the driver. Jump
Ing out and rum ing ,up the path to look.
Philemon must he dead; the good Phile-
Here was n fresh blow. Mr.. Sutherland
bowed before it for n moment. then he rose
lurriedlv and stepped down into the road be-
Get in again said he. md drive on. Ride
a hall W!,c, then come back for me. must
The driver. awed both by the occasion and
t '1if feeling 1t hHd ca, rn,ssd un In Mr.. Snthsrland,
land. with a glance back NJ the road he had
Iust traversed. walked painfully up the path to
Mrs. JoneS's door.
who answered his summons proved the
dryers superstition to be correct. Philemon
the shock he had reserved He had joined his
beloved Agatha on the .dav Of her burial. and
the long tragedy Of their mutual life was over.
as she saw the ah@li:tion' her tidinrs caused in
chanical; He was anytouslv studying the road
Will you he so good as 10 let me sit down
IN YOUR pnrlor for n few minutes?" he asked.
II would ike to rest there for an instant alone.
This final blow has upset me-
The good woman bowed. Mr.. Sutherland's
word was law in that town. She did not even
dare to protest against the alone which he had
so nointedly emphasized hut left him after maxi
ing him; MS she said. comfortable. and went
back TO her duties in the room above.
i, was, fortunate she, WIS 50 amenable TO his
wishes. for no sooner had her steps ceased to
be heard than M Sutherland rose from the
easv chair in which he had been seated, aud,
uniting cut the lamp willow Jones had Insist
ell on lighting. passed directly 10 the window.
through which he began.to peer with looks Of
the deepest anxiety.
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