Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1902-04-10

tient at tho intrusion, and In the pale
moonlight recognized the face Of Miss
LacroIx.
Miss LAcroixl" / exclaimed.
"Yon herel"
"0h, Mr. Unwin," she began, In
evident tension OF feeling, ~ could not
rest indoors, and 10 came down 10 SEQ
Uncle Jaques; could not remain with
him, and so | came out here 10 look at
this, which always fascinates me.
'LOokl"
/ stood by her side and looked; this
IL what / saw: An inverted reflection
II the tall chimney Of the chemical
works which was emitting, as II often
did late In tho evening, It's strange
pinkish vapor; this vapor in the reHec-
tion looked as II Il were slowly rising
from the bottom Of the pond, and, a.
ita color blended with the tinta the
water somehow took as the breeze ruff.
fled II this way or that, produced the
impression Of slowly simmering caul.
dron OF red, green, and copper.brown
fame. This was 80 wonderfully weird
q fancy that I confess / felt my skin
creep. ! turned my eyes away, and
then looked again, and again, but the
impression was ever the same.
"lt's indeed very strangel" I said.
rs II not?" said she. "You see It
also7 Mr.. Unwin," she went on, turn
ing suddenly to me, and speaking with
q yehemence which increased az the
words came, ~ have wished TO tell you.
You are clergyman, and must hear
me make my confession; and you will
keep 1t secret to yourself. You have
heard, perhaps, that my father--my
dear isther!--is thought 20 be dead.
now just year ago2'
81 have" said 1.
HE went TO London and to Paris
on business, and he never came back.
II happened while he was away that
lived all by myself at home. slept
sound that night without dreaming,
when suddenly | had a dream. saw
vapor or fame slowly rising just like
that saw man plunge into It, and
/ knew the man was my iather--I felt
he was. ! awoke at once all trembling
and did not 60 TO sleep again. That
was all my dream"
"Are you sure" said, ''that you
had not heard some one-Mrs. Stein
hardt, for instances suggest that he had
been drowned, and then you went and
dreamt OF the peculiar appearance Of
this pond9"
"No, no, no!' she protested with
rapid yehemence. "Did not say that
/ dreamed 1t the very night on which
all trace Of him was lost from his hotel
in London? Nobody thought then that
he was not coming home soon. And
do not think had noticed this pond
then. | have dreamed the same dream
several times since. but that may be
nothing at ail. ahall very likely
dream 1t tonight."
turned away from the pond and
she followed me. We walked along in
silence for some distance.
"Oh!" she exclaimed, at length, s"I
do long 30 very much TO know what has
really happened to my dear father-my
poor fatherl"
~ wish could help you to find out, I"
l said; 'indeed do. You may be
sure shall think Of all you have told
me, and shall try to discover anything
more. have friends In London who
may be of use, II l may mention IL to
them"
"Oh, certainly, she answered. "You
are very Kind. Bacon's Hotel, Great
Queen Street, is where he was last
heard Of"
At certain corner where the lane to
Timperley Hall diverged from the way
through the village, she insisted on
parting from me. / let her go with lit
tie hesitation, for knew there was no
fear of her being molested.
Il may be presumed that while
smoked my post-coenal pipe thought
over the strange scene at the pond, and
all that Miss Lacriox had said. II was
certainly very mysterious, but all the
conclusion could reach concerning II
that night was a resolve to go and look
at the pond by day.