The Washington times., 1906-08-19
The House of a Thousand Candles

He rose and put ou- HIS hands
Il didn't mean tEat- 7 sou'I care
about that, u was nothing more than
deserved. These months here have
changed me. Haven't you heard me
say I was going % work"
And I tried 20 laugh away further
discussion OF my future
1T viii be more cheerful here IN
the spring be said, as though seek
ing an iuducement for me TO remain.
"When the resort colony down here
comes % life the lake is really gay"
7 shook my head. The lake. that
pretty cupful Of water. the dip and
glide or a certain canoe, The remem-
brance OF red tam-o' -shauter merg-
ing sfar or in an October sunset-my
purpose 70 leave the place strength
ened as 7 thought OF these things.
lIy nerves We're keyed 10 a breaking
pitch ard I turned upon him st0rmlIy.
so Miss DevereuX was the other
person who shared your confidence.
DO you uuderstsnd-do you appreciate
the fact that she was PickerIugs
aIly2"
Il certainly DO not" he replied cold
~ I'm surprised 20 hear you speak
NA a ffrAaat--- fft-l-lA g0A NEA4A a-eLl itA
know"
Yes. 1 know her my God, I have
reason 20 know her But even when
/ found her out I did not dream that
the plot was as deep as IL is She
knew that Il was scheme 10 test me,
and she played me into Pickerfng's
hands 1 saw her only q few nights
ago down there 81 the tunnel acting
as a spy, looking for the lost notes
that she might gain grace IN his ewes
by turning them over 10 him. You
know I always hated Pickering-hs
was too smooth. too SNUG. and you
and everybody else were forever prais-
ing him 70 me. He was always held
up TO me as a model. and the first
time I saw Marian DevereUx she was
with hint was II Sherry's the night
before I came here. 7 suppose she
reached ST. Agathas only a few hours
ahead Of me"
yes. Sister Theresa was her
guardian. Her father was dear
friend. and I knew her from nor early
childhood. You are mistaken. Jack.
Her knowing Pickering means nothing
they both lived IN New York and
moved IN the same circle"
"Egt IL doesn't explain her efforts 90
help him. does it, I hlazed. lie wish
ell 20 marry har-Sister Theresa told
me thaJ-and I failed I failed miser-
ably 20 keep my obligation here-I ran
away L. follow herr
"Ah. 20 be sure! You were away
Christmas I've, when those vandals
broke IN. Bates merely mentioned IL
in the last report / got as / came
through New York. That was all riaht
I assumed. of course. that you had
gone on somewhere 10 get q little
Christmas cheer don't care anything
about it,"
But J had followed her-I went TO
Cincinnati 10 see her. She dared me
10 comet was a trick. a part of tie
conspiracy 10 steal your property"
The old gentleman smiled 1t was a
familiar way Of his, % erow calm as
the other people waNed anSry.
she dared you 10 come. did She!
That is quite like Marian, but you
didn't have 10 so, did you, Jack?'
cot course not Of course didn't
have 10 go, bUr-'
I stanmered. faItered. and ceased
I saw her on the stairway al ths
Armstrong;; heard her low. soft
laughter, L felt the mockery of her
voice ana eyes! I knew again the ex-
Guisite delight OF being near her. My
heart told me well enough why l had
followed her.
Jack, I'm glad I'm not buried up IN
that Vermont graveyard with nobody
TO exercise the right of guardianship
over YOU. I've had my misgiviuss
a born tramp: and you disappointed
me in turning your back on arehitee-
ture-the nCblest of al professions;
but this performance of yours really
beats them all Don't you know that
a girl like Marian Devereux isn't like