The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-06-29

man. eyid.ntly-and extremely good q
look al. Just nov amu-tmgHt StfuE-
glyd with admiration ga thu Clyar-eut
iraturys as hc stepped forward and
again held cut his hand.
"Plcasc forgiye me- hc begah. quite
AZ cOntrilely az II hc really were O.
blame. a did not kn0w-tt was ~
iusuneTabiy stupid 81 me" He
stupped. C'YOu are altogether charm
Ing. said his Cyes.)
Annc's face sUftcncd.
Il am sure Dr. Nelson will Intercede
for me-" he went on. pursuing his adj
vantage.
Anne smiled. CDR. Nelson Il not AZ
home. am his daughter" she said
simply.
Then we arr already old friends. %
declared the man eagerly. In camp
last september your faihcT-but first
allow me % present myself. ! am"
"Mistah ReNall" announced johnson.
NJ the library door. bowling pompprsly
as h. held aside the hangings To admit
slender, dark-eyod man. who adj
Vanccd a step into the room and then
stood uncertainty In the dim llght.
The surprise on Annes face was
equalcd By that OF the man beside her.
he turned with a quick start. glanced
sharply at the newcomer. then stood
motionlcss In the shadow.
With a most unreasonable sense OF
disappointment Anne advanced 10 wei
come the new arrival.
Father viii b. delighted. He has
counted 50 on your cOming-Nc were
quite distressed over your tels gram.
- glad you managed TO get here after
al" she fOrced herself 10 the usual
cunventionalitiss.
50 this was John RexaIl this man
whom she instinctively dreadei-per-
haps Il was the fiickering freight that
give that shifting CLEAN TO his eyes.
She touched a bell. "A light. John
son." she commanded. half ncrvOusly.
" AIR. Recall. allow me 10 pTesent-"
Her words trailed ~ into amazed 81 |
lence. The room behind her vas empty. |
4 door closing softly a. the further end |
where the eTstwhilC admlrcT had gone. I
One o'clock chimed the tiny time !
piece on the manteL Outside the sound |
was repeated somewhere In the de |
lance 60 gravcr. deeper tones. Anne /
Two hours had passed since i
the household had settled into silence. \
rut - far no sleep had cUmc g. her .
yes. she had not even undress, !. but
.flil sat upon the hearth rug In front 81
INTO Tho glow iug Goals.
II was drvlry waiting, but some
.aCu, fear had kept her awake. hop
< uyrVOusly for her fathers return
st'ning anxiouSly for the first sound
" his horses houfbeats on the gravel /
inside. Indeed. II NJ did not come
n she had the horrible conviction
at she would scr, am. In vain she
led 90 reason IL away. sitting. her face
% her hands. her eyes on the cl,ar
lowing Goals. What matter u she In
tiuCUvCly dlstrustsd the man her Ia
her had found CompIrionahle? Was
& such an extraordinary thingg
Is lat II the man she had found cOn-
lli-'f0r you know you did like
..u." she said Go herself. "even II you
-" Here her checks supported by
Dr.. slim hands grow unaccountahly hot.
Mat II this man lid chosen 10 take
.l- departure suddenly?
Was that 50 strange? lie had come
y see her father, and she herself told ,
i'm that her father was not az home.
Bat reason as she might. the vague
a.-givlng remained.
At the sound - the clock she shlvered
lightly. and getting up from her luwiy
stzlfi0u she drsw hack The curtains q
,- window. The storm had ceased. ,
nd the snow lay lightly on BRANCH and
an: the u,ght was brilliant with noon J
.Eht. dear As day. full Of haIlOWed
Oftness.
she stood for q vhilc. spelIbound by ,
h. Story % the seen, before her, then
.urnod again toward the IRE. The |
roCusgs she had worn that evening In ,
Yer b'lt. now lying Wlitsd on her dress /
ng table. caught her eye. Il forgot 10
o0k az the ii0wers-if the fire dies down ,
he library will - too cold for them.
wih attend them now: anything h
,etter than waiting here
she lcft her room and walked swiftly
long the Lall. her soft slippers making
70 sound on the floor.
A. she reached the staircase a little
'ensatiOn a fear ran through her. sh,
hsr footsteps ami ran hurried
y along thu lower hall. which was al
most az light as day. ID was the cerie
lime % night. Not until she was close
10 the iihrary did she notice a tiny
gleam % llght creeping from beneath
he door.
johnson has Ten a lleht for daddy"
ne thought. going STEADILY on and de-
,idedly checrcd BY the thought that
gloom did not await her.
Pushing open the door very gently.
ne entered the room.
az first the Ilght dazzled her sirht.
ne advanced n few steps. unconscious
y TRADING lightly. AZ she had done all
long. list she would wake some MEM
,er OF the household. and then. pass
ng her hand over her eyes. looked leis-
Ircly up. The IRE was nearly out. She
urned her head. and thcn-then-she
Uttered q faint scream and graspcd the
,ack Of a chair % steady herself.
With his back % her.-an unaware Of