The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-08-29

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cllanlng before tnat I'm
49, viii are evenly tablets which 4
. happened 10 contain NJ the ttlle. and ua1s
uncle g yalet was ssEas q - - =
IIffliJf III iot,og. OF the iEttle golden cassret.
afr. Greer always held e Trecsous The
It's dwelling place. upon N1ts eveiitt
thought he put Is away With IN espseia ~
caresslng gesture Then ne kissed 0iAtiHF
upon the red gold curlN above ner tenn
plea q kiss upon each side, a. has been
his custom stree she uslss = el1ilu4 y Cod
help herll she = OILY g & 4. e, -. "
roma nee VIVA fever tnpfTig they hicef The
garden Of young iovo - vide. and theTe
are perlous places. yes st9nlo 5 5as's 80 4, 8
girl like gladys st indoors sate BY the,
chimney corner watching the ashes
when Mr. Greer hAd Withdrawn 70 his
repose 4 found myself alone with Gilacysas
Ormnnd had left the room, know not
how but there was something IN the &i-
Ience and the mystery OF Il that Inspired
were ON edge. / would have started Ct 2
shadow.
'tGIadys'. said I. checking her at the
door. Edo you know which way We are
..HIo two OF us the Same way, fancy. 8
she replied "Sut let's not speak OF II
There Ii no enlargement, no promise -
s.I3etween whom? - she asked. smiling.
And then with a Ear different manner: II
viii not pretend that do not know, what
you mean I am going to tell you secret
which Is between ourselves absolutely
Uncle Henry wants me to marry him, ana
I shall do tiff can. I love him Who
could help it?' He u a very noble. stead
| fast. honorable man.
This 10 no secret, said L THE very
servants know il
Let US pretend that It IS secret" she
replied, and for its greater security we
win not mention It even to each other
| Good night"
| remained alone In the room Pres
entity servant entered and put out the
/ lights. not perceivlng me, for had walk
| of the long and heavy curtains When
the man had gone flung myself Into a
| great chair and lost all track of time In
| the depth of my meditation.
The opening OF the outer door startled
me. I heard a stealthy step In the hall.
and, turning. saw Loren. my uncle's
valet. He had taken some late excursion
/ without leave and was stealing in secret
| ly. There was no harm In this fellow,
! and so shut my eyes to his little mys-
| terry. Ten minutes later followed him
| up the stairs.
/! To my surprise Loren was lettering near
| the door OF my room. AS I was about TO
! speak to him he made gesture of eau
ton and then passed into the apartment
| ahead Of me.
| 81 don't quite know what to make OF
| 1t. sir said he. II was in the hall few
| minutes ago. and I Mr. Ormond
coming out Of Mr. Greer's room. He
| didn't see me. sir. for stepped out Of his
! way, but he passed quite close. and saw
! that he had that gold box in his hand
! Go on said I. seeing that he had
| more to tell.
IT looked into his room. through the
| keyhole," continued Loren. He had TAX
| en- the little tablets out of the box and
seemed to be painting one of them sir,
| with brush no bigger than match
that he dipped into bit of a glass saucer
| like a watch crystal. Then he put them
| all bacH-the one that he had painted
| with the others. What do you make Of 1t.
| sir?''
81 make this of it, said J. that you
must not repeat one word of this story to
| any one You hnve done right to tell me,
| but you must tell nobody else
| had some slight hold upon the man
| and his liking besides. he had let me
| know. and SO got a promise from him
| which could be relied upon. After that
| sent him to bed and kept watch In the
| hall until. saw Ormond. pale. tremulous,
| unsteady, creep to my uncles room bear
| ing the little gold box.
| An hour afterward I. too. crept softly
in, hnving made n plan meanwhile. Mr..
| Greer slept heavily. and after the first
| few minutes / moved about his room
| without constraint. The gold box was in
! it's place and found also the old silver