, 1908-02-13

pleasure, as a depository Tor potatoes.
In another of these rooms I found q
curious collection Of lanterns of ever
conceivable description, grouped On
shelves; and next door to this apart
ment was another ~store-room filled
with brass candlesticks of many odd
designs.
| returned to the main door and
sought the comforts Of the library,
where l smoked a pipe over a very
tedious chapter in an exceedingly dull
book on Norman Revivals and Infu.
ences.' Then | went out, assuring
myself that I should get steadily to
wor in a day or two.
Rates was soberly chopping wood at
O rough nile of timber at the rear of
Nn hous" His Industry had ilr"ndy
Impressed me. He had the quiet ways
Of An ideal serving man.
We'll, Bates. you don't intend to let
me freeze to death, do you? There
must be enough wood In the pile there
to last all winter"
Yes, sir; l am Just cutting a little
more Of the hickory. sir. Mr.. Glenarn
always preferred 1t to beech or maple"
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in the meadow. from which = Windmill
pumped water to the house. The iron
frame was not wholly covered with
stone, but material for the remainder
Of the work lay scattered at the base.
l went or through the wood to the
lake and inspected the boat house;
then l followed the pebbly shore %
the stone wall where it marked the
line Of the school-grounds. The wall,
/ observed, was of the same solid
character here n along the road. I
tramped beside 1t, rejecting that my
grandfather's estate, in the heart of
the Republic, would some day give the
lie to foreign complaints that we have
no ruins IN America.
The buildings of st. Agatha's were
well hidden by the intervening wood,
n l climbed upon the wall at the
iron gate for an ampler view. Tho
pillars At either side of the CAT were
of huge dimensions and were higher
than / could reach. The little Gothic
church nea at hand was built of stone
similar to that used in Glenarm house.
As l surveyed the scene = number Of
young women appeared, and. forming
in twos n fours. walked pack and
forth before h chapel. A sister clad
in a brown habit fingered near or
walked first with one and then m
other group OF students. It was all
very pretty and interesting and not
at all the ugly school for paupsrs I
had expected to find. The students
YER not the charity children / had
carelessly pictured; they were not so
young, for one thing, and they seemed
to be a%ppareled decently enough.
smiled to find myself adjusting ny
scarf and Strengthening my collar ~ !
beheld my neighbors for the arst time.
AS | sat thu on the wall I heard the
sound of angry voices back of ne on
the Glenarm side, and a crash of I'M
derbrush marked a flight and pursuit.
| crouched down on the wall and wait
ed. In a moment a man plunged
through the wood and stumbled over
a low hanging 1 and fell, not 20 feet
away from me. To my great surprise
it was Morgan, my acquaintance of the
morning. He rose, cursed his Ill luck
and. hugging the wall close, ran
toward the lake. Instantly the pursuer
broke into view. 1t was Bates, evt-
IDENTIFY much excited and with an ugly
cut across his forehead. He carried
a heavy club. and, after listening for
a moment for inc OF the enemy, he
hurried after the oaretaker.
II was not my row, though l nust
say It wakened my curiosity. I
Strengthened myself out, threw ny
legs over the school side OF the wall
and lighted 4 cigar. feeling chssred
by the opportunity the stone barricads
offered for observing the world.
AS l looked OF toward the little
church / found two other actors ap-
pearins on tho scene. A girl stood In
a little opening Of the wood. talking
to . man. Her hands were thrust into
h pockets OF her covert coat; she
wore 4 red tam-o'-shanter, hat made
a bright bit Of color in the wood. They
were not more than a dozen yards
away, but a wild growth of young
naples lay between US. Their pronlss
were toward me-, and the tones Of the
girls voice reached me clearly As she
addressed her companion. He wore q
clerEyman's high waistcoat. and l As
sumed that he was the chaplain whom
Bates had mentioned. I am not BY
nature IN ea~vesdropper, but the girl
was clearly making a plea of some
kind. and the c%haplain's stalwart nG.
urs awake in me An antagonism that
held me to ths wall.
IF he m here l shall go away,
SO you may as we'll understand It and
tell him. ! shan't see him under ANY
circumstances. and I'm not going to
Florida or California or anywhere else
on a private car. no matter who chap
erones it"