The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-08-14
CHAPTER TX.
MYSTERY OF THE PRINCETON PROFESSOR,
@ RRS. KELVIN insisted upon
EWAM ordering the carriage to
Nv take us home. though 1t was

the trouble she OVerW 0elmeQ DOndlC
with expressions of gratitude and as
surances of her great and triumphant
faith in his powers.
The poor boy was dazed as If by
some sudden and weighty sorrow. He
repeated, THANK you; thank you, Mrs
Kelvin" in the manner Of one who
receives condolences that are power
less to draw his mind away from his
bereavement While we were riding
home he was unable to restrain his
tears, and being at the age when one
is most ashamed of them. he knuckled
his eyes diligently.
The deacon and Dorothy were on the
veranda as we drove up, and Car
Archer came out of the house a mo
ment later.
"Uncle viii tell YOU" said Donald
evading questions and questioners with
a nervous haste. 1--WE got to dress for
dinner"
He vas half way up the stairs, as
/ judged by his speed, before any one
could utter word to restrain him
Thus deserted by the hero Of the oc-
casion, | told my story as briefly and
clearly as | could. Carl occasionally
interrupted me with a question. but
Dorothy and the deacon said nothing
Obviously they viewed the story in a
different light
Before | had finished Donald thrust
his head between the wings of the
screen door.
Mother" he called, "can have my
dinner served in my roomY l don't
feel very we'll"
The tone in which the last words
were uttered was intended to be con
vincing but it made us all laugh.
Come out here, you big stupid said
Dorothy. eve won't talk about it"
He advanced with hesitation and
embarrassment Presently we sat
down to dinner, which was served out
of doors In the red rays of the sunset
and throughout the meal Dorothy
made good her pledge, checking every
reference to the adventure of the day
Late in the evening l had a word or
two with Donaldson upon the subject
DOAObli0 anu ia We NiAEQ " lain Ills
matter over two OF three times" said
he, "but it results in mutual recrimina
tons, so we have tacitly agreed not to
mention it again
"RecriminationsT | echoed
"She says Don inherits this from
me-" he replied, with a smile. land |
say that he inherits it from her. That's
80 : bn
don't know what she has said to Don.
/ haven't said anything. He'll stop of
his own accord"
| knew from Old experience that any
attempt to draw him out upon this sub
ject would be futile Three minutes
was the limit of time that his mind
could be held upon it. SO we passed
to other matters, and said that l was
glad to have heard him sing with Doro-
thy that evening, of late years he had
sung so little
"Aly voice is getting old and worn
out" he said. Il am past my singing
days"
assured him with sincerity that
their two voices had never sounded
sweeter than on that very evening.
"Dorothy's is as fresh as a girls" he
replied. ITO my ear, certainly, 1t hasn't
changed at all"
at seems to me that IT has improved
in the last two years." said l.
"She has used It more" said he. "A
singing voice needs exercise, and after
mine grew rusty Dorothy neglected her
own until Archer came. She likes to
sing with some one else. wouldn't
call Archer a great tenor" he added,
with smile, but his voice has the
ring Of youth IN it,"
Donaldson" said somewhat impa-
tiently, that gray hair of yours has
made crank OF you
He walked up to q mirror and con
templated his image.
81 look like a big old weather beaten
gatepost in a snowstorm," said he.
Dorothy came in just then and In
sisted that we must go out to see the
beauty Of the night She was In high
spirits and throbbing with lifeA The
moon then rising, she declared, was the
most glorious that had ever risen. and
we must look at it from the high gate,
MS we call that entrance to the grounds
which is on the brow of the hill.
Donaldson leaned back against the
mantelpiece, with his elbows upon it,
and surveyed his pretty wife, who
stood there eager and 6smpatient as a
child.
This reminds mes he began, but
Dorothy broke in upon him.
"Now, deacon, dontr' she cried
"Don't be reminded of anything. Isn't
this night good enough? Come out
and see the moon"
SO we all went up to the high gate
together
On the following morning | met Kei-
win, and we exchanged growis. moth
ing more. The affair of the diamond
collar seemed not to have improved his
disposition nor to have altered his at
titude toward me. Kelvin WIS begin
ming to be somewhat Of puzzle.
There was and had been from the first
a queer look in his eye that lacked an
explanation I could not account for
1t by anything that ! knew. Indeed,
It seemed to have it's basis In some
thing that he knew and | didn't. A
sly and waiting hook 1t was, a glimpse
of treason, stratagem and spufls, but
what 1t BODIED l was unabte TO guess.
For some days following the affair Of
the diamonds / met him frequently
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