The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-21

ing. she had seen Mrs. Webb through
the crack of the sitting room door
walking toward the fireplace cupboard
with a huge roll of bills in her hand;
that listening she heard her say: Just
fifteen hundred! Too much money by
far to have in the house. After which
she heard first one lock turned and
then another, and. satisfied that the
money had been put into some recepta-
Gle in the cupboard, she erept out as
quietly as she had come in n ran
away to tell the ~neighbors. Happily I :
was the first one she told, but l a v
no doubt that in spite of all my injunc-
lions she has related the news to every
one who would listen.'
Was the young woman I see down
yonder at the table with you hen
Judy told this story?" asked the coro-
ner. pointing toward the yard.
Mr.. Sutherland pondered. No; l do
not think she was. Frederick was
seated at the table with me, and my
housekeeper was pouring the tea. but
Miss Page had not yet come down, [
think. She has been putting on great
airs of late"
Can it be possible that he does not
know that his son Frederick wants to
marry this girl?" muttered the clergy
man into the constable's ear.
The constable shook his head. Mr..
Sutherland was one of those debonair
men whose very mildness makes them
impenetrable.
The coroner on leaving the house was
followed by Mr.. Sutherland. As the
fine figures of the two men appeared
on the doorstep a faint cheer was
heard from tho two o- tbraa f.yo~a1
persons who were allowed to look
through the gate. But to this token Of
welcome neither gentleman responded
by so much as a look, all their atten-
ton being engrossed by the sight of
the solitary figure of Miss Page, who
still held her stand upon the lawn.
Motionless as a statue, but with her
eyes fixed upon their faces, she awaited
their approach. When they were near
her, she thrust one hand from under
her cloak and, pointing to the grass at
her feet. said quietly:
See this?"
They fastened toward her and bent
down to examine the spot she indi-
Gated.
What do you fine there?" cried Mr..
Sutherland, whose eyesight was not
good.
Blood" responded the coroner,
plucking up a blade of grass and sur
veying it closely.
Blood" echoed Miss Page, with SO
suggestive q glance that Mr.. Suther-
land stared at her in amazement, not
understanding his own emotion.
How are you able to discern a stain
so nearly imperceptible? ?" asked the
coroner.
y - = II IL
l see In the whole yard" she retorted,
and with a slight bow which was not
without its element of mockery she
turned toward the gate.
"A most unaccountable girl" COM
mented the doctor. but she Is right
about the stains. Abel" he called to
the man at the gate, bring a box or
barrel here and cover up this spot. I
don't want it disturbed by trampling
feet till the jury / shall soon call shall
have had an opportunity to look at It,"
Abel started to obey just as the
young girl laid her hand on the gate to
open it.
Wont you help me?" she asked.
THE crowd is so great they Won't let
me through"
Wont they?" The words came from
without. Just slip out as l slip in. and
you'll find a place made for you"
Not recognizing the voice. she hesi-
tated for a moment, but seeing the gate
swaying, she pushed against it just as
a young man stepped through the gap.
Necessarily they came face to face.
"Ah, it is YOU" he muttered. giving
her a sharp glance.
II do not know YOU" she haughtily
declared, and, slipping by him with
such deXterity. she was out of the gate
before he could respond.
But he only snapped his finger and
thumb mockingly at her and smiled
knowingly at Abel, who had fingered
to watch the end of this encounter. Z
Supple as a willow twig, chi" he
laughed. 'Well, l nave made whistles
out of willows before now ~and-halloo!
where did you get that?"
He was pointing to a rare flower that
hung limp and faded from Abel's but
tonhole.
This? Oh, I found it in the house
yonder. 1t was lying on the floor of tho
inner room. almost under Batsy's skirts.
Curious sort of flower. l wonder where
she got it?"
The intruder betrayed at once an un-
strange glitter In his light green eyes
that made Abel shift rather uneasily on
his feet. Was that before the pretty
mink you have just let out came in hero
with Mr.. Sutherland"
ITO BE Continued Tomorrow