The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-12-16
MYSTERIOUS
MISS DACRES
By Mrs. Schuyler CrOwninshield.
Copyright 1901. by ]. L. Lppincott Co.
CHAPTER I.-CoNT1NUED.

neatly, SalU L IdlCeTlHgIy, L 90
not think that you should expect me
not to let my rooms when 1 can.
They have stood unoccupied so long,
I must let them when possible
"Oh, have you only just let it?
Was it when l was asleep?
yes" said 1. ''The stranger came
Just after you lay down. He likes
likes the room and shall have to
let him have it. He will pay me
well; he pays more than you do, and
/ cannot afford to lose him."
what does he look like?"
ooh, he's pleasant faced"
"Clean shaven?"
NO." said I. "He has whiszers and
a mustache."
81 hate a man with whiskers," she
exclaimed. "What is his name?''
The same question he had asked
about her.
81 really don't know" said I. "He
is coming back with his credentials
tomorrow"
"And you take a boarder, an utter
stranger into your house without
even asking his name. He might
murder me all alone down here"
81 forgot" said ]; "but you forget
that do not know yours"
The girls face flushed.
mo- she said, 'you do not. Well
then, Jo-Josephine Dacres. 1 ought
to have told you before. But I'm a
woman. This is a man-among lone
women-in the room next to this"
He's a harmless newspaper man, -
said 1.
And I'm a helpless woman"
glanced at the dressing case. 81.
A. d." said 1. What does the "A
stand for?"
81 can't see that that makes any
difference
mo, it makes no difference at all,
only can't see why"
''Why shouldn't tell you my whole
name? Well, don't suppose there
is any reason exactly. It's Amaran-
the"
'AmarantheP" I exclaimed,-"Am.
aranthe?'
Eyes, why not?"
Nothing" said I. give heard the
name before, that's all. It's a sin
gular name, one you do not otter
hear"
"Yes," said she, San odd name. ]
don't think that l ever knew another
person who was named 'Amaranthe.' >
She put her hand to her head with
a weary gesture. 81 declare / get Sc
tired sometimes that l almost forget
who l am. Yes, 1 am Josephine
Amaranthe Dacres. 1 ought to have
told you when first came, 1 SUP
pose. Well, good-by, 1 am going.
She picked up the dress-suit case
from the floor.
Going! Going whereof" said I
aghast, partly because 1 hated tt
lose my boarder, and partly becaus,
the money paid in advance had par
of it been sent to Tom, and part O.
it by our old factotum, Badly Tow
ner, to the store for -four, potatoes
sugar and butter, coffee, tea and sucl
like necessities. Our credit was no
particularly good in those days.
Don't co. I said Don't, don't
don't believe he'll bother you a
all. 1t is likely that you will never
see him. He hated the idea of youl
being here as much as you hate tn,
idea of his being here. He want.
quiet too"
Its an awfully comfortable bed,
said the girl, with a succession o.
yawns. well, if yoH promise m,
he won't have men IN there, drink
ing and carousing, I'll stay my weel
out anyway. 1 wish had some slip
pers. 1 must send for my-no,
won't; 1 won't send for anything un
til I've seen that man and found ou
how he's going to behave. When car
/ see him without his seeing me?"
'He said he'd come out tomorrow
morning." said 1. He's very inoffen
sive, I'm certain. All he wants i.
peace and quiet, and I'm sure if YOU
both want it, you're sure to get it,
just here thare was a humping OF
the floor overhead from Aunt Jan,
Aary's cane. My boarder jumped
and looked over her shoulder.
what is that?" she gasped.
"Only my invalid aunt. She thump.
for me in that way"
well, don't let her do it again,
she said sharply. "Ten her, please
~ nerves WON'T stand It."