Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-25
THE NJ IN THE CASE.

CONTINUED IRON SECTION ONE.


II am afraid I startled you I said. cour.
t ,sG%siy, s. 'd an I'm n q stranger wss ,, hsrsi an Nj MI
not think of intruding upon anyone"
While I was speaking was noting her mp.
enter the pOstOfiice the day before. She was
dressed as then. except that the blue veil
was pushed up on the bri% Of her smaIi hat:
regular, save that the mouth was a trihe
large, according to cnnons Of beauty. Her
her face was very pale. Her breath came
She laughed family, wonderfully gathering
self-cOntrOl. 81 am nervous, easily startled"
she apologized. This is a beautiful wood.
Did / understand you to say that the owner
"He IL away I smiled. But I assure you
I'm not poaehing. l have permission to fish
~ did not know that these woods belonged
to the grounds of that big house" she said.
and the ferns here are very attractive
~ am sure Mr.. Glencoe would be pleased
TO have you visit the place as often AS you
little that she fingered.
She drew her veil down closely.
she asked, carelessly. Dr.
II understood tl;st he was married many
and he lives quite alone"
How sad !" she murmured, coldly. She
s9,sraoa sl!sh sGor, ana s,e w isrnss n ms a n,! pls1"n an,
All that afternoon my thoughts were of
her. Her. high bred dignity was incompati-
BILE with the fact that she fingered to talk In
n lonely wood with a stranger. The beauty
Of her patricinn face and the fine carriage
the while I wondered over the incident Of the
footprint In the mold OF the wood.
Next day. on my. way to the brook for an.
highway.
! wondered whether or not TO salute her
she ended my conjcctures by stopping.
We spoke Of the fine autimnal weather and
she threw back her veil. Her beautiful eyes
looked at me not quite frankly.
Ito Mr.; Glencoe the fact OF my trespaSs in
his woods" she said. Il should not Ike him
TO know that | have so little regard for the
I noted the even pearl Of her teeth.
Il trust you WIN not think me so NEEDLE
Glencoe Is too gallant to forbid n lady his
premise, should IT please, n%, ser to ylSit them
THANK you. Please forget 1t, and | shall
be sure not to infringe again.
Il cannot promise to forget IT," ! dared
She thanked me again with gravity and
passed on. ! could not help wondering If she
came Tseo ihat Ssr worm :" mG leak me md I; a, th ,ne ri name ANIME t,mt
the dark eyes, seemingly from unrest or lack
Of sleep.
cast, the rustic Of dead grass behind me her.
aided an approach. A burly, stOlid looking
man In rough corduroys came down to where
"How'dy - he growled, surlIly. Zine day.
sir hOw's the luck =
II haven't begun" ! answered.
I rightly conjectured this to be the keeper
Of the grounds. lie certainly was an I'm.
prepOssessing fellow.
He stood watching me In silence for some
time then he said NJ Glencoe said you
was to have the run Of the grounds. sir. but
wisht you'd tell me II you seen a woman
"Er-no." ] answered, pretending to think.
"wait-yes. I did. too. That Isl met a
young lady just outside the gate. Why.
"Well, they's been a woman prOwlin'
around here for several days. Last night she
got clear to one Of the windows Of the big
house. They's. been burglars round these
parts lately and my orders IL not to have no.
buddy skvlarkin' over Mr.. GlencOe's grounds
lie shifted a wad OF tobacco to- the other
cheek and regarded me with n suriy eye.
well, we'll. my good man. we are certainly
safe from harm as far as this young lady is
concerned"
I did not like the fellows grouchy air nor
his familiar manner. turned my attention
strictly to fishing and In a little while he
went away.
The more I thought about the mysterious