The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1908-02-14
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THE HOUSE OF
A THOUSAND
CANDLES
BY MEREDITH NICHOLSON
Authsf Of TIT MAIN CHANGE" ZLtDA
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cHApTER XII.-contlnued.


but suppose the Sisters are awful.
~ strict"
They're hldcous.-pcrfcctly hide.
ous."
where Is your homer" demanded
Chicago. Louisville. Indianapolis, Gin.
cinnati, perhaps"
"Humph, you are dun You ought
to know from my accent that I'm not
from Chicago. Aud I hope I haven't
Kentucky girls air OF waiting 10 be
nattCrcd To death Aud mo- lndlanapo-
DIS girl would talk to a strange man at
the edge Of deep wood In the gray
twilight Of winter day.-thats from
q book and the Cincinnati girl Is with.
out my elan. esprit, whatever you
please TO call II. She has more Tou.
tonic rcposc. more Gretchen Of the
Rhine valley about her Don't you
adore French. Squire Glcnarm?" she
concluded. brcathlcssly and with no
pause In her quick step.
81 adore yours. Miss Armstrong" 7
assorted. yielding myself further to the
Joy OF idIocy, and dclightng M the
mockcry and whimsical moods Of her
talk. I did not make her out. indeed.
| I preferred not to- was not thcn,-
and am not now. thank God! an
analytical turn Of mind. Aud as !
grow older I prefer oven after many q
blow. TO take my fellow human beings
ns find them Aud as for women. old
or young, / envy no man hls glft uf re-.
solving them into clements. As wei
/ carry a spray of arhuius to the labor.
atory or subject the cuchautment OF
moonlight upon running water to the
dame aud blow.pipc as Try TO annlyzc
the heart of q irl,-uarticularly O. Wrl
who paddles canoe with o. sure stroke
and puts mp q good race with % rabbit
A lamp shonc ahead OF us ut the on
! trance of one Of the houses. and lights
appeared In an the buildings
N knew your window should Ger.
tainly sing under it-cNcopt that
you're going homcl You didn't toll me
why they were deportlng YOU"
I'm really ashamed TO! You would
never"
"oh, yes, would; I'm really an old
friend!" insisted. feeling more lik,
an idiot every minute.
Wei. don't toll! But they caught
mo nlrtlng-with the grocery boy
NV aren't you dlsgusted!"
Thoroughly! cant believe III
Why, you'd a lot better nirt with me.
I suggested boldly.
We'll. I'm 10 be sont away for good
at Christmas. ! may come back thot
II | can square myself My! That
slang.-isn't II adorablc7"
The Sisters don't like slang, l sup
pose2'
They loatho ~ Miss Doyeroux.-
you know who she lsl-sho spies on III
and tells"
You don't say so; but I'm not sur
prlscd at her! I've heard about herl'
/ declared bitterly.
We had reached the door. and I OK
pected her to fly; but she fingered.
"Oh, II you know hor Perhapl
you're a spy. tool It's Just as well ",
should never meet again, Mr. Glen
arm" she declared haughtily.
The memory OF these few meeting
Will always linger with me, Miss Arm
strong" ! returned In an imitation o
her own tone.
Il shall scorn TO remember youl"-
and she folded her arms under tn
cloak traglcally.
our meetings have been all to few
Miss Armstrong. Two, exactly / be
llevel"
Then you prefer to Ignore the firs
time ever saw YOU" she said. he
hand on the door
"Out there In your canoe? Never
And you've forgiven me for oyerhear
INK you and the chaplain on the wall
| pleased"
She graspod the knob Of the doc
and paused an Instant as though pom
derng
Il make Il three times. without tina
one, and not counting once In the roa,
and other times when you didn't know
Squire Glenarm! I'm a foolish it'll,
girl 10 have remembered the FIRST.
see now how blind / have been
Good.byl"
She opened and closed the door soft
ly, and heard her running up IN,
steps within
ran back TO the chapel roundl!
abusing myself for having noglecte,
my more serious AFFAIRS for a bit o
silly talk with a school girl fearful
lest the openings / had left at boil
ends Of the passage should have beer
discovered, Near the chapel / mar
rowly escaped running into Stoddard
but l slipped past him, found m!
lantern, pulled the hidden door int,
place, and, trayerslng the tunnel with
out Incident, soon climbed through m,
hatchway and slammed the false blocl
securely into the opening,