The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-03-12
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THE HOUSE OF
la THOUSAND
n CANDLES
BY MEREDITH NICHOLSON
Author Of THE MAIN CHANCE" ZELDA
CAMERON" Etc.
CHAPTER xvi.--Continued.
Copyright 1908 by Bobb.-Merrill Co.

'Z#*Pray do not trouble ABOUT IL, Sis
far Theresa. There are a good many
ff{fngs about my grandfathers affairs
4xst | don't understand, but I'm not
F5Ing to see an old friend of his swim
d}ed. There's more in all this than
4{ipears. My grandfather seems to
haye mislaid or lost most of his assets
f6fore he died. And yet he had the
r&putation of being o pretty cautious
SSusiness man."
The impression is abroad, as you
I ryIx,st know, that your grandfather CON
xealed his fortune before his death
me people hereabouts believe so; and
Pickering, the executor, has been
Unable to trace it."
ayes, ! believe Mr.. Pickering has
:fl{f been able to solve the problem"
Ibad and laughed.
tBut, of course, you and he will CO.
MIGRATE in an effort to find the lost
prpperty."
She bent forward slightly; her eyes,
Nd they met mine, examined me with a
ZEN interest.
Why shouldn't be frank with you,
8fster Theresa? | have every reason
tof believing Arthur Pickering a
scoundrel. He does not care to CO.
.6Serate with me in searching for this
money. The fact is that he is very
Hnch wishes to eliminate me as fac
stof in the settlement of the estate.
LAX carefully; l know exactly what
I'm saying"
She bowed her head slightly and
vas silent for a moment. The silence
VAS the more marked from the fact
that the hood of her habit concealed
her face.
What you say is very serious"
Yes, and his offense is equally Sc
rious. 1t may seem odd for me to be
8aying this to you when am strang-
III when you may be pardoned for
h1ying no very high opinion of me-"
.i2 She turned her face to met was
.'f1ngularly gentle and refined-not a
tee to associate with an idea of self
I&1e liking or duplicity.
!HfI sent for you, Mr.. Glenarm, be-
use I had a very good opinion of
IN; because, for one reason, you are
~ : grandson of your grandfather
e the friendly light in her gray eyes
I've away any lingering doubt I may
he had as to her sincerity. 81
3hed to warn you to have care for
III own safety. l don't warn you
inst Arthur Pickering alone but
inst the countryside. The idea of
hidden fortune IS alluring; a mys-
Eious house and a lost treasure
NIKE very enticing combination.
f1zcy Mr.. Glenarm did not realize that
A was creating dangers for the peo-
no he wished to help"
She was silent again, her eyes bent
Nqditatively upon me. Then she spoke
&Fuptly.
Mr.. Pickering wishes to marry my
niece."
All, l have been waiting to hear
{hat. l am exceedingly glad to know
thet he has so noble an ambition. But
Alss Devereux isn't encouraging him,
~ near as | can make out. She re-
fa8ed to go to California with his
'1X@4 " II udppou W buOW IUdC.
That whole California episode
}uld have been amusing If it had not
Pm ridiculous. Marian never had
Se slightest idea of going with him;
she is sometimes a little-shall /
~ perverse?-"
Please do! I like the woodland
e quality"
And Mr.. Pickerings rather elab-
Rte methods of wooing-"
He's as heavy as lead!" / declared
-Amuse Marian up to a certain
4&ht; then they annoy her. He has
ephed pretty strongly that the claim
INST me could be easily adjusted if
ran marries him. But she will
H7Fer marry him, whether she benefits
1 your grandfather's will or however
tnat may bel"
should say not" declared with a
~"' ihth that caused Sister Theresa to
s#fep me with those wonderful gray
S' but first he expects to find this
.pst uhe and endow Miss DevereuX
It, mat is part of the scheme.
my own interest in the estate
n'ast be eliminated before he can
fhg that condition about. But, Sis
@ theresa, l am not so easily got
t,4 Oh as Arthur Pickering imagines.
M staying qualities, which were al
I,"Es weak in the eyes of my family,
tase been braced mp trifle."
fYes."
thought pleasure and hope were
I, Pressed In the monosyllable and my
warmed to her.
sister Theresa, you and I are I'M
as'' landing each other much better
s''eh | imagined we should"-and we
p laughed, feeling a real sympathy
Aspw'ng between us"
es, | believe we are"-and the
7nnle lighted her face again.
so | can tell you two things. The
LEVY Is that Arthur Pickering will
'er md my grandfather's lost for
WI assuming that any exists The
sssond is that in no event will he
~ your niece"
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