The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-03

T hQEv ! AUla haHBN H44e+N 4S A13 @-NAAS E Hattie. It's decidedly queer, and don't like the look of it. It makes me think of Whitecappers. See, Aunt Hattie, what can it mean?"
 Go We'll, I neyer!" Miss Hattie sprang to action like a well-trained fire horse at the first note of trouble ''Why, of course, it means you've a deadly enemy here. Now, we can easily reason who that enemy is Let's see-there's the Adamses moved to town. You know what a fool Ben Adams used to be about you; maybe that wife of his is jealous lunatic
 and"
 "oh, Aunt Hattie. don't be ridicu-
 lous. Mrs. Adams is a nice sensible
 woman. That's nonsense
 Well, then, there's only one expla- nation left; it's your husbands past
 cropping up, and one of his former friends is threatening you. My, Jessie,
 there may be- dynamite under the house right now-they may shoot you
 through the window! Jessie Graham lyou must go!"
 But where aunty? If it had only
 said where to go. and why. Oh, I
 don't know what to do," moaned Mrs. Graham.
 Well, certainly wouldn't sit still
 and fold my hands while some vixen
 poisoned me, or burned the house over my ears. Why, 1 am not safe. A bull
 let intended for you might strike an
 innocent victim. Pull that shade
 down, Jessie. Theassassin may be
 passing any minutes"
 Aunt Mattie Oh, I shall die!
 Can go off into space at moments notice and with this face?" Mrs. Gra- ham turned pittfully swollen cheek
 to view. ,.-,@..s.... f..-.
 Well. it's your own fault entirely that you have such a face. Eidon ; and have begged you to have that . tooth out, you great baby. That suff- l ering is all your own fault; but this mysterious order EIdon Graham l should be at home. Send for him at
 once" .t
 i When he only left this morning and his business was so important { must I do that? I know Eldon isn't Ito blame in any way; it is some dread Iful misunderstanding Yet, his place lis here, when my fife may be in dan
 ger, I'll telegraph him to come home at
 once. He can't reach here before to-
 morrow morning, and I may be dead
 then, but shall stay here until he ) comes. If you are afraid Aunt Mat : tie, go to Aunt Jennie's, I will stay | here alone. tonight" ...s ''No, I will never leave you in dang ger" declared Miss Mattie, with the t resignation of an early Christian mar tyr nearing the stake. Pull all the shades down and I'll lock the doors. Don't use any of the things that came } from the grocer's today; we'll use whatever has been in the house quite , a while and caused no funerals. Mercy me, think I've lived to be : afraid of being blown up!5 Miss Mat i, ties angular frame shivered as the , doorbell rang. Jessie hesitated, then , crept to the. hall and peeped through r the glass door, to See a boy throw a , small package inside the screen door and run down the steps. ..-....-.-
 Aunt Mattie, it's bomb! What
 shall we do-it may be just ready to lgo off! We will be be blown to pieces land poor Eldon will find us when he . fcomes home! Aunty, aunty-" Mrs.
 Graham collapsed into histories on a couch.
 Miss Hattie, with set face, grasped 7, the tongs and opened the door with
 the greatest care There lay the pack age, and she read in large black type
 Ion the front: Snowflake Cold Starch, Sample Package Miss Mattie showed : the package inside with tongs and
 examined it ginger1y. G ...,s..s ..
 Nothing but starch, Jessie; but 1t
 was close call. Don't you open that door for anything or anybody. Now, I am going to make some coffee, be- :. cause there will be no sleep in this 3 house tonight. We will watch until 0 tEldon comes. Then perhaps he can Q lexplain the situation in which you find Iyourself. D. Q It was night of terror. A nervous 0 wreck of her usually cheerful self 0. Jessie opened the door just wide l Ienough to admit her breathless hus-
 band the next morning.
 [. Jessie, my dearest, what on eartt
 lis the mater? caught the next trair s after getting your telegram and raced
 There from the car, when I saw tht e lshades down. the house closed. Wha e awful thing has happened?"
 e Jessie thrust the mysterious en
 velope into her husbands hand anc
 broke into an incoherent flood O words, telling Of the nights horrors e Eldon Graham gazed in speeches. ' wonder at the sheet of paper, dismay n (and could it be laughed) fought witt IT curious varitey of expressions fo mastery of his countenance. At las l- he spoke, slowly hesitatingly.
 e why, wouldn't worry over that n dearest. It's probably joke, or e follow-up' advertisement. We ge e them at the. office every day. Jus l. wait and it will come out in the end
 Go to Riser's for your baking pow t. der.' Don't let it cause you mo 70 ment's uneasiness. That tooth ha Il made you nervous. I'll let that busi ll ness at Seyton wait a bit and not g lS away until tomorrow.
 A The morning mail brought tn 70 word "to'' on another plain sheet c 76 paper in a typed envelope, the after S4 noon mail announced "the" and Mr' |.