The Washington times., 1906-08-05
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hensihle human being I had ever
known / had been torn with d thous-
and conflicting emotions since / over
heard him discussing the state OF af-
fairs al Glenarm house with Pickering
I'm tho chapel porch; and Pickering
acquaintance with the girl in gray
brought new elements into the affair
that added TO my uneasiness. But
here was "a reasonable dog on whom
the stress OF conspiracy had no out
ward effect whatever.
u was al amazing situation. but Il
called for calmuess and eternal vigil
suce- With every hour my resolution
grew To stand fast and fight it out on
my oWn account without outside help.
a thoIsand times during the after
noon 1 had heard the voice Of the girl
in gray saying 90 me, You are a
man. and / have heard that you have
had some experience in taking care Of
yourself. AIr. Gienarn."
Il was both a warning and a chaI-
lenge. and the memory of the words
was at once SOLDERING and cheering.
Bates waited. OF him. certainly. 1
should ask no questions touching
tfllh l1 ~ taA0tl tia%a % AH1fHfIT lla4 Is lLlA
d dackguard servant even To- gain
answers TO battling questions about her
was not 10 my liking. And. thank
God, / taught myself one thing. II
nothing more. in those days al Glen
arm House. I learned 70 olde my time.
III give you a note 20 Mr. SJoddard
in the morning. You may go now.
Yes. sir"
The note was written and dispatched
The chaplain was not at his lodgings.
and Bates reported that he had Left
the message. The answer came pres
entity by the hand Of the Scotch gard
ener, a short. wiry. raw-boned speci-
men. l happened 10 open the door
myself, and brought him into The
library until I could read Stoddard's
rer.y. Ferguson had. I thought. an
uneasy eye. and his hair. OF an ugly
carrot color. annoyed me.
Mr. Paul stoddaTd presented his
compliments and would be delighted
To dine with me. He wrote a large
even hand. as frank and open as him
self
THAT is all, Ferguson And the
gardener took himself OFF.
l faced each other across the table in
the refectory that same evening under
the lights Of a great Candelabrum
which Batas had produced from the
store room below. And / may say
here. that while there was slight
hitch sometimes In the delivery or
supplies from the village; while the
fsl which Bates caused to be shipped
from hicago for delivery every Friday
morning failed once or twice, and While
the grapefruit for breakfast was not
always what il should have been-the
sunpIv of can Hes seemed ineNhaustioie.
They were pr roduced in every shade and
sfza There we're enormous ones, Such
as had never seen outside of Rus
sian cburch--and one of the rooms in
the cellar vas filled with boxes OF
them The House Of a Thousand Cam
dies deserved and proved its name.
Rates bad certainly risen 10 the oc-
cas{on silver and crystal Of which
had not known before glistened on the
table. and on the sideboard two huge
candaIabra added 10 the festal air of
the little room
Stoddard laughed as he glanced
about.
Here I have been feeling sorry for
YOU. and yet yoU are living like "A
prince. I didn't know there was so
much splendor in all Wabana county
I'm a trife dazzled myself. Bates
has tapped a new cellar somewhere.
I'm afraid I'm not a good housekeeper,
to speak truthfully. There are times
when I hat- the house; when IL seems
wholly ridiculous. he whim of an ac-
centric old man, and then again I'm
actually afraid that / like its seclu-
sion"
Your seclrston is better than mine.
You know my little two-room affair
behind the chapel-only a few books
and a punching bag. That chapel also
is one of YOUR grandfather 3 whtms-
He provided that all the offices OF the