Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14
SYNOPSIS.


CHAPTER 1.-The Rev Granville Mason, who
is travelling In Wales. writes his brother, DIR.
Reginald Mason, that he is about to go on an
excursion !n the hills witha wild, uncouth. red.
headed guide. After this nothing Is heard OF
the clergyman. Dr. Mason goes to Wales finds
the inn from which his brother started and
learns that no was going to the house of Mr..
miles distant, under the guidance of a man
nicknained Coch Tai. Reginald starts in the
afternoon, and, in his haste without guide. to
make his way In face OF snow storm to Mon.
aehlOg farm. ll-Perceying figure ahead of
him, Reginald hastens and comes up with
large, redheaded man. who, on seeing the doc
tor. shows signs of great terror and darts ahead.
Reginald follows. feeling sure that the man is
Coch Tai, and, overtaking him, calls him BY that
pursueS the fugitive down ravine till he arrives
at the edge of cliff. from the bottom Of which
comes groan. 1V-Aboye him he hears
on farmer. who conducts him to his house.
The mans daughter is Ill, and reginald agrees
to attend her On the farmers finger Reginald
sees ring that md belonged to his Nor,ther.
V.-The house and the people In 1t are myster-
ious. There arc an old woman. the farmers
young son, Tom. and farmland called Myrick.
Reginald goes ~ the room of the sick girl,
Gwyn, and upon seeing him she is struck with
horror. vi and H:-R. ginald sleeps in the
tered the room and has evidently tried to rob
him. suspicion pointing to the farmland Myrick,
Monachog farm. Tregaron tells Reginald that
he found the ring on hillside near by. VIII
warns him to leave the place before morning.
TX. X and XII Everything aid everybody about
the place is mysterious. The old woman never
speaks but appears 10 he spying; Coch TIL Is
moody, while CIV, is in constant terror. Regi-
maid. seeing Coch Tai climbing a ladder to loft
follows him. corners him In his bedroom and
questions him alb ut his missing brother. Co,h
Tal admits that he was Granville Mason
guido and says that Mason insisted on climbing
whore 1t was not safe. He disappeared. and
Coch Tai never saw him afterward. NlI.-Gwyn
E, AID nIgss Resnaid to depart heavy
will never get out of the place alive. MIL
lille he is with Gryn. Coch Tai comes TO the
door i!eginall gNes on: to him. and oca Tai
Jelous OF kegnuu and tlir, atoms hun In case he
does not depart " rnce Reginald paciics him
and returns TO Gwyn. who dscloses that she
maid feels thai sSS ' the secret Of lis
covers q pl on the place and. while examining
It ssss th old woman Watching hin she wives gives
Wathins With her fails asleep. He Wakes to
find himself bound, a cloth over his head, aud
someone, "He loves me. and love him. and he
ao ss viii IL hsr Xvii xviii Sn and msFu Z y,
declares that the Al, iek ll.,on him was trick 10
brighten him She does not explain why she
had said that she and Reginald were to be mar
ried. but declares that such must be the under
standing I'LL she can secure his departure, when
he will be Free. Teegaron congratulates fegi-
maid, Reginald determines to sleep In the loft
with Coch Tai. He awakens to find Goch Tai
and help him control his desire to kill him.
COch Tai confesses that his enmity is on account
OF Gwyn. but hualy nObly admits that he de-
sires Gwyn's happiness even at the expense OF