The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-24

I Her soft, southern voice had in II n
note Of distress. Come right back,
this minute"
He turned his six feet three quick
/ ly about, and looked down ut her OK
/ pcCtnntly as she stood in the doorway.
! She smiled up. and the flush on the
fair, laughing face dccpcncd a bit, as
she went on IN her pretty, impulsLyc
/ way.
/ Don't you know. foolish man, that
, you must not go off that way Its
such bad luck TO come back, Come
. right in here and turn around thee
| times nc-two-threc-lh atsit, Now,
sit down. She gave the Ercatcoat a
/ gentle little push toward the sleepy
hollow chair. He went down; she
breathed a sigh OF relief. There, YOU
can go now" Sh, held the door IN
willingly open.
lie sat quite sfIll in the big, com
Portable chair, AMI looked stcrnly a;
the other man. who was leaning aegli-
gently against the piano.
Take her back south. Jack, before
the commonwealth finds out, We burr
witches up here
She made a little moue, and The
other man shrugged his shoulders.
Il used to be % believer in hcradi:y.
I'm not now. give you my wo:d.
Townshend she has sensible ancestors
| know TWO OF thcm--aud look at icr
he pointed gcoruully at the dainty fig
ure in the pale blue crepe. "Stcepcd
In superstition, Wears fetish OF
some sort round her neck, and ha7
Cor her high prIestcss the wrinkIcdest
blacklist old
a blue cloud swept across the room,
soft hand covered hts lips, and
voice was raised in indignant pro-
tes,:
1T isn't! Its only my-rabbit-io1t'
And you shau't make fun Of dear old
Aunt Liza! And who was It that
wouldn't pull wiki the Varsity crew
last year. because they had lost their
mascot? And
And who was it" The Girl in Pink
] Udu Ilhtu ana WIS pplhAlhS ~ dN'Ho-
ing finger ut the man in the great
coat, that only last week. at Bobby
Fairs mess. wouldn't sit down until
the steward was brought in-because
there werc--th-ir-te-en!"
He gave one look at Jack-thrn,
without word the two men bolted.
pursued by little, delicious, hooking
Gibca
Mollic turned suddenly and looked
searChingly at the girl who had thrown
herself down upon the rug. elizabeth
Van Alien, | believe I'll trll-yOu-
something. The strangest thing" She
came slowly toward the fire.
For three nights. Bess, havo
dreamed the same thing-that In
certain place In this very house, there
IS something valuable, silver or gold,
hidden. And, Bess, believe It! There
was no earthly reason why | should
dream such thinE-I have never
thought Of Il! 1t just came TO Ele.
md know Aunt Liza would say It
was sent, Jack laughed at first, but
last night when | woke him up and
showed him-come, III show you!"
She sprang lightly to her feet and
gathered the soft blue draperies about
her.
The Girl In Pink followed quickly,
Us she led the way TO the dining room,
straight across the parquetted floor.
"Herc, right behind this buffet" she
tugged rccklessly at the pretty piece of
furniture. Now. put your ear to that
wall, and listen when tap. Don't you
hcar-it's hollow" The two girls
looked at each other breathlessly. The
Girl in Pink had caught the fever Of
excitement that glowed In the blue
eyes
There isn't another place In the
whole room that sounds that way. /
know, for we have secret cabinet in
the library down homeland itg the
very identical spot of my dreams!
You know, this--these apartments
were once a house, enc OF those old
colonial mansions; 1t belonged to
Jacks great-great-gr grandfather, orsome.
body. It's Jacks own property. lie
can do as ne pleases. and I've made
up my mind-he's got to dig in there
and see! And this very night"
"Gut. dollie. think of the mess all
over your pretty room. And won't
.s.- .-!lD in the other apartment"
They've gone away. Mr. Crosby
won: be back till o-morrow-thars
why want Jack to do It tonight.
Ana what do | care for mess, II
only--oh. Jack. let's DO it--now!" She
lifted two coaxing blue eyes to the
man who had come In quietly and
was standing in the doorway. watch
ing the two with the shadow of u
smile on his dark handsome face.
There was silence for time. The
man In the dress suit looked dreamily
at the bit OF tinted wall. The Girl in
Pink laughed a little. aervously-her
prosaic. Sasible self had vanished