Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-09-05
LOST MANS LANE.
Bv ANNA KATHARINE GREEN.
rCopyright, 1897, by Anna X. Rohlfs.
CHAPTER XXXI.


RELIEF.
The plan succeeded. Mr.. Grycc'
mans usually do. William Went imme
ao,cN 20 his room, and in littl
ubila came down and FASTENED into tn
cellar,
II want 70 see what mischief the,
have done, said lie.
Wln he came back, his face wa
beanius
eAll right" he shouted to his sis
t+r.. who had come into the hall to
meet him, Your secret 5 out, butt
"Tlae, there' interposed Loreen,
"vou had letter 90 up stairs and pre-.
rare fer supper. We must eat, vii.
liam. or rather, Miss Butterworth must
eat whatever our sorrows or disappoint-
mnts y
He took tl.o rebuke with a grunt and
relieved us If his company. Little did
he think a~ he went whistling up the
staI, TINT he had just shown Mr.. Gryee
e. where Ia search for whatever might he
viug under the broad sweep of that Gel.
lar bottom,
That night--it was after supper,
which did not eat for all my natural
goicism - Hannah came rushing in
where we all sat silent, for the girls
showed no disposition to enlarge their
couddonoes III regard to their mother.
and III other topic seemed possible, and.
closing the door behind her, said quick
" and with evident chagrin:
"Thc,e men are here again. They say
they forgot something What do You
think it means, Miss Loreen? They have
spadt, and lanterns and'-
They are the police, Hannah. If
they forgot something, they have the
right 70 return, Don t work yourself ND
about that, The secret they have already
found ut WAS our worst. There is moth
lDg 10 fear after that. And she dis
missed Hannah, merely bidding her let
wh,n the house was quite clear.
W., ,ae right: Was there nothing
wr.etr them to fear? | longed to leave
the,a u milling sisters, longed to Join
The party bolow and follow With them
IN Inv. ir.,.raysionu nod hr +Ea tnl1-.
: hi I,4,.,L, ir+o William, s01.s r.
tlee WAS anything hidden under the
cellar bottom. natural anxiety would
NJ, ..,,.;zI hin, r. rho s,,a+ l,a 1,,,1 -,
-r ~ th4v wouId only have to die AZ
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Prr ,ra. t5.ra a,,v+hirc, bi5do, +baro.
7rap. III. sisters, ,Gords and an+ior.
r5-.d -b.r. vac ,o+bi,,, so,,i,,,, H.
rm'a t6.r know Wi17ia,n ,yos c,,i+o
or,l,.. q docei,,i,,,, Than, IL ho ha5 ~
RI Had he dome So If was a n,,e.tion
# v.,, .o1vad for NJ NV NJ, C,,,.,nIs,
-on,.a,r,ren in rho NOON, an horr ~ -
,rlr From, tba n,onant rho Iiob+ fa11
Nm hid l.ird1,, fortunes in tho donrv.a,.
tpev ,,ar 7 ,nigl,t hraot,o a,,ain f,,aH.
r. yros.n.r rho faoe ha Showed IN +no
,n.- n. a crininaI nor ID he bow. {
ave- qpy IF rhar fo1so. 5afernrca - - l
IN wifcb bo yo,ne+;,nos triaS 70 hido '
i scorer do,,h+ ~, nop+a,,nt I
~ have COME 10 trouhie Won for the i
st time. ladies. Wa have made a dou- !
e search through this honse and a
rounh the stables and feel nerfectlv (
,ritiad in saving that our dutv hence v
rh will lead MS elsewhere, The Sc. b
n, We have sprnrised are your own. t
d if pos.ihle shall remain So Your
Their, uropensitv for viyisection and Il
e return and death Of vour mother b
ar 81 hrrIe ON the real ouestion which a
tpre>re This community that we NAV h
able to prevent their spread as gossip n
rough the town, That this NAV be a
lie con,cionriouslv. however. I ought il
know something more of the latter a
eunsrauce If Miss Butterworth will tt
IN la gcnd anonoh n GRANT mo a few RI
uur4, conference with these ladies.
NAV 'a able to satisfy myself so far II
To ler tbi, matter rest where it is" CO
r... win ri,l,+ GOOD viii 4 NOM sr
Il v,5.bt had been lifted from me, re
of r.~i-ive thar had really come 10 a,
q tIIa4e Girls, al
WlIr r,,,- to1d him, whether II was
or more than thew fold me 7 cannot d.
. and fer the moment did NOT know. ri
AT If 1gl nor sb,I,o,, bis fai-b in them I'll
, evident. for when he came ont to OF
ere wa. WAITING, in +be hall his as. W
{ wa- evsu more encouraging than so
.3l, bsen loforo til
No opi1a in tbose cir1s 8, he vbis- so
I'd. ~ he ,.ssad NO ..Tbo claw civ.
nv zvlo+ seemed ,,v.+eriors in this on
IA has Coma - ra,toL+ Tomorrow X,
take mn anntbor Tho +rirl-ets fonnd dr
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