The sun., 1900-11-18
THE CLOCK AND THE VOICE.
THEORY HIILT GN HOHfNTS
LOSS or PtTTLNfE.
Aha C,opLit.. view Of the Nurder of BenjA-
min Provost aud lis Wfe"'he 'o"o
nephew and the wicked \ccn'au"" OF
Handkerchief aud its True hean'"s'


sleep and n,fu dreams. Now ard ncaIn 'he
would start a, u some one we're 'ailiha Tor hep'
and then after listening intently. relapse into
that drovsv state which i "a poor a .ubstitnl"
for sIuInber ~ - o'clock, however. she was
M wide awnte A. 20 note the time winch 'he
Iluininsd dial on the inantel showed so hp-
prenensively awake. i~dced, ns 10 deba'e
whether she should not dres. herself and de-
scerd 10 her uncle's library. directly below;
fgr there had been q success ion Of harsh sI-
rued tones and then ~" crash Of glassware
But silence uumedintcv succeeded lhrse
alarming sounds. q si.n,e TINT continued.
Prudence. TOO, recalled old Benjamin Pro-
vo.,'s peculiar,ie.. his fpntness for enter
tanning hi- friends until tie early hours his
dlslikc Of observation. which caused him 10
admit them hi,nse'f hv Ih" side door Nf'er
all hoI.ternIs words and too energetic sweep
o. an arm uye- the tqil, ware not unusual
Occurrences and so inactiun strengthened into
Yeassur,nce and that into res'funess. which
lasted until tho light q another dav
4 queer hou-ehOd. the spins'cr thought, 80
ole slipped down the broad stairway 10 p"r-
form some 81 those nlauifoli little duties which
rado up her fe There was her uncle, retired
from business. and wasting his latter years IN
trivial pursuits and mid Ivivia.ity There
Ni- her aunt, a confirmed Invalid. confined 20
many physical promises of a long li'c ITor"
wa she. heir depondcn, nearing middle age
ir a routine which left a weary hlanl; hntw"cn
the dun urc,en, and her joyous gIrlhood
Weary, ve- vet once and agnln. A. nov, across
this barron l,lan would come CLEAN ~ en-
ory. eurI,hing IL wiz, th, verlure II love All.
well. how in vain ncr, such recul,rctions'
Uerheri Rnvrri1ro had been Al exile from the
home which Iuigh, have been hi for many
wear and she. who sill thought of him. SO
fondly. $50 ;ooishly ,7a. horoainE a lonely
Old ,yonan'
"Iv,r, ,,. - I,,r fui. rlnrpiN-" ruused
Mss Racine, l. shc i~i..ly watored the plants
And ,ncoyor,i tho h,ri- and 10, in tho sun
chino Strange. ism, t.. t'i7' uncle =, c,ge-
Cor . r.nrri,r rarcr shouldn't be down.
strange I.Y', II. that Janet l-n'i preparing
Ann, N,.iIJa'. tr,,.
F,en vino she thus rcrected. therc ca me-
..rie. ~ ,craor,s growing tl.. .h-illcr a. reet
.,o,- grey neo-er oh Nj Rachel. Ni.s
po,i.o, criet rho recre,n, ,hi,au daring
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Lac vi.- p,obo, sr,J nm tro .,,irwo, into
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,r , .r,relo os ritir,rlv in,n,,,n, os no,y
M. ,,e rr,v-b.,r.J hlrnd. .ook,d form, on
tho Moor TIN, Lcd cIotbinr Ind brcn dragged
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