Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-03-03

head rs they ie-an II ascend the path
which ran dlaEonally mp the side u
the hluh. The evening seemed 10 clos
upou them suddenly among the tall
al S,n:ircr ir,s-s.
We rius' hurry " S-si Carol - they
reached the iuP. ~N.l it's only httle
way. AMI Il VIII De- IL : again when
we cUme 10 the end q thc vath.-
Il hope we shan't nert lot 81 pen
pie"
They'll ala Ice "n the other side 81
the house ar on the tennis court. I
wonder We don't hclF voice."
The path slIpel Il onward ami made
a sudden turn. They saw a. greh 81
gIeen - sharply outlined rs the Inuuth
OF a tunnel.
why. where's ;hr ho~sc;' c-iei the
Girl. And she began TO run.
Haven overlook tt' IN s,rilr or
two and helped her mount knrI ~
tie edge o. tho -r'vc. I've rrr"u cr'-s-
cent Of the wood curved o. tho shore
on either hand. embracing q ~ ,le bay.
with a r,cc :Hl q hIaiho .se. le rOof
Of which was blackencl ar na-tly
stripped OF shingles IA tho middle Of
this picture hear - r'.ns marked
tie place where C;avc-'ns's hotel had
stood. II had cen c''.sumed like bit
Of paper. and lis shes scarcely SUI
Coed to OIL the shallow cellar
Raven whistled softly.
This is Indeed merry JEST" said
he.
"But I had a telegram from grand
father this forenoon" exclaimed Carol.
hev-idercd. lie ,ail. Shall expect
Won this evening. We are very nicely
located thought that last sentence
was odd"
This house burned down Yesterday"
said Haven Your grandfather sent
you word of II TO Toronto. not knowing
that you had gone ON to Annandale.
Your mother had the message forward
ed. but 1t missed yuu. And Tom learn
ed all this at MusLOka after | appear.
ed, and lie and GLADYS put up this job IS
"But surely Mrs. Earle
You may depend upon 1t that she
doesn't know. Tom bribed that Old
villain. Haskell This Is why we were
set ashore on the back OF the island
It's why we took the launch, In the
first place"
"They can't mean TO leave us here
long"
mo. indeed" said he. You'll see
the launch come around that point in a
minute or two At the worst. the.''l i
send it for us after 1t has put then
ashore Mt TIE Bluffs. and that wont
, be more than twenty minutes TO wait
I They waited twenty minutes 10y Ha
ven's watch and then ten more foi
good measure but the launch did moi
appear. In the meantime they had
visited the ruins and tie wharf and
had made up their minds that TIE ia
land was entirely deserted except fol
/ their own unwilling presence.
40 you suppose that Gladys really
meant to leave us here until after
! SUPPER asked Carol. You remembel
what she said"
/ Haven answered in vaguely reassur
Ing manner. for his real opinion wa'
too alarming for expression. lie per
ceived clearly enough that this jcs
had gone beyond the inteation of th'
testers and that some accident had de
layed rescue How serious the mis-
hap had been he could not know.
Lets walk over this way" said he
/ pointing toward the right horn If Tho
ever darkening crescent. We can lool
out toward The Bluffs and see then
coming
The suggestion suited Carols impa
tence, and So they crossed the aban
aoned tennis court and struck into th'
woods by path that Carol though
that she remembered. The path decriv
ed them and they got LOST and wander
I'd aimlessly, hearing bewidcring voice
calling from the lake, as it seemed t
tllem. and answering aS best TIE,
might from the smothering depths o
tie grove
y
somewhere. ana the lake before ten
was all black and as strange as new
sea Carol sat down upon i white rocl
and sobbed, while Haven walked alona
little way i'm the hope of seeing lights
Suddenly he uttered a cry. and then h,
laughed
Saved, Wvedr' he shouted. "A boat
This II indeed a mracle,' he added AZ
Carol came up beside him.
"A miracle3 Where are the people,"
Aha" said he That's the wonder
of it, This boat wasn't tied She was
just grounded She's been adrift or In
no judge. See the broken twigs wher,
fhe's bumped along the shore She's liz
tered with them. tell You. Carol. tn,
angels have sent her"
"They couldn't have sent her wher,
she would be more welcome" said tn,
girl as lie helped her aboard. "Whlcl
way shall we go?'
At that moment they heard the sount
of steamers whistle 1t came from
behind a point that doomed darkly D.;
mile away.
That's the Nip" said Carol. refer
ring to one of the Muskoka steamers
shes landing somewhere, and wee