The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-20
CHAPTER XIII.
In the Tower.

IN the cottage the clock struck Il IN
the hesitatinE and dif5dent way
= peculiar to it. The girl, reused
from her reveries by the sound.
counted the strokes abstractedIy, then
again rested her dark head against the
dOor-iamb and let her eyes, with her
fancies, stray out into the profound
mysteries OF the night
She thought she had never known a
night so perfect and so still, a strange
and wonderful blue night, with sin
gUlarly luminous atrnosph ere, almost
phosphorescent in its effect The huIIs
OF the two small vessels at anchor OF
the sound shore was as sharply out
lined against the fair dark face OF the
waters as were their unaSrs and rigging
against the eXtravaSantly starry hrma-
ment-against which, too, the far black
rim Of the world lay CUTiOUsIy motion
less TO eyes that were used to beh0Iding
Il in TIE serrated ridges Of driven waves
It was as If the world stood at atten-
ton, on tip-toe, holding its breath, lis
teuing with all its heart for the whisper
Of some mOmentOuS secret But all the
world must know her secret, than which
nothing could be more strange and more
joyful! The surf spoke Of it generously,
the waves, tapping against the rock
the sands sang Of II in their slow, in
scrutabIe shifting And had these been
silent her heart would have betrayed II
by its beatiugs.
InYOlUntarily her Caze sought the
house upon the hilI-as how MANY fines
that day had II nOL--and drew comfort
and assurance from the feeble CLEAN Of
light that penetrated the ranked trees
OF the hillside and told her that he was
there, almost within the sound Of her
yo1ce-he whose coming to the island
had brought peace Of mind and com
Tort 70 her father, happiness Unspeak-
able TO herself
She sighed gently for sheer fncredu-
lOuS happiness such as Is given 10 men
and women but once in their SPAN the
lEldeScenT md OpaleSCeuC JOY in living
that comes only with the dawniDsZ
knowledge OF ones first rounded and
complete love II IS so seldom that
one larry tales come true, 50 seldom
mat the prince proves In truth the
the throne.
But this time there could be no 7o11b+-
he was the prince, and he was true
willing had brought I.estrauee's LET
Ter confirming IN every detail the mar
TatIEe OF CadOgan as to the purchase
Of the island. and. Furthermore con-
tanning certain passages which her
1dIner, reading the letter aloud 20 her
mad SJaUDeTed and hUTune6 and Hav--
81 over and lauShInSly refused TO let
HeI see but she could guess old
N sleur LestranEe, whom she had
known and loved from her earliest rec
DIRECTIONS, had a peculiar gift Of pene-
trdunS INTO the hearts and minds OF
men he had read Peter Cadoear- a,75
read him Alright
1t IS illustrative OF the girls freedom
L1OIn aEIllclal ana conventional habits
OF JnouShJ that she made no attempt TO
disguise from herself the fact thar So
read tacOgan's heart like an omen HOOK
ana knew, even while he himself. per
E&Is' but vaguely realized It. that he
had come to love her
A single stroke. half. after IL She
SfOser and with a. last lingering glance
tHHaIu lle mouse on the nil turned into
tAe coIJdges passing through its small
kitchen
:. In less than half an hour John Tone
HIIs would want his coffee. ere -eoiue- at
midnight 10 relieve Willing In tha Tgr7.,
room She set about preparing il win
= llght heart Notwithstanding the fact
mat she had for years been in the hab5r
task
II was made, and she was wondering
whether or not she had better cali her
1alhef just Yet, when the sound OF foot
steps descending The iron steps of the
spiral staircase IN The tower give nrr
thoughts another turn II was odd, dis
tinctfE out OF the ordinary for the
watcher IN the tower 70 come down be-
IoFe being relieved. So u1r1cT Of 5ss-
cipline the head keeper was accustorue I'd
20 insist upOns however lenient he might
be IN TeSTyt CO 10 the other rules
She waited. turned in expectation to-
ward the door Of the covered passaue-
way TO the tower Vikings footsteps
sounded quick and decisive. as usual.
IN another moment he had thrust his
square, honest-featured face within the
door and addressed her
still up. Miss Todd though She,
rarely went TO bed before midnight
II m perishing for a smoke Forgot my
tobacco, and Just couldn't wait another
minute Must be mighty nigh on 10 the
Cap s. watch ain 1T
He glanced at the clock. confirmed his
suspicion, and nodded satisfaction
commonly good tonight d you mind IL
] take my cup nOw2'
surely not" replied the girl. pleas
antly- But you'd better hurry It's
time for me TO call daddy.
That's So Willing sided into the
room with an inEratiarine air Would
you mind now slipping into my room
ana bringing me my TOBACCO p0ucl-lt 8
on the bu-eau-before YOU calls him?
Then III hustle I'D and he won't take
my hair on
She yielded without hesitation There
was no harm IL II. this once, and. be-
sides-this she could not fOrget-she
would soon be rid Of Cedar Island and
OF the lighthouse, with all its ap0ur-
tenanCes. including Willing And she
would DO wei TO treat him as nicely as
she could IN the meantime Somehow
she had feeling that. though his man
neT was against him. there was no real
wrong in the man. that her father. and
Peter CadOgan, even. suspected him
wrongly.
When she returned 20 the room three
minutes later Willing had finished his
coffee and was smacking his lips in
reminiscence-
Puts heart into man. he declared.
''Thanky kindly. Miss Todd Now III
hustle"
He took the tobacco pouch from her,
and was as good as his word, disap-