The Washington times., 1910-09-07
CHAPTER V.
Misadventures OF an Imaginative
Man.

-ODD wayIaid Cadogan as the latter
appeared al the foot Of the stairs
accompanied by Jane The young
mans design 70 return at once 10
the Colleen and get some OF the rest
that he felt he needed was thus frus-
trated, for nothing would suit the head
keeper but that Cadosan should sit and
smoke and gossip with him.
CadOEan yielded without a murmuT.
His patience, indeed, was worthy Of a
greater reward than he received For
two hours he sat and listened 10 the
rambling flow Of the old mans T minis
cences, Interested in spite Of himself, at
times BY the fund OF memories upon
which Todd drew freely as from an in
exhaustfble store. He heard the char
acters and policies OF the SOuths buried
great discussed from a standpoint Of IN
innate knowledge; it was evident that
Todd has associated and been in the
confidence Of the leaders Of Southern
sentiment both before and after the civil
war
But Of himself he never spoke. nor Of
his daughter. To their present or their
mast fortunes and estate he never al
I,lded even by inference. Once and aSain
Cadogan believed him to be on the point
Of making some personal revelation, but
in each instance the old man checked
his tongue abruptly, dropping into
proud silence for a. little time And when
ne spoke again it was of matters uncon-
nected with aught that had gone be
fore. ,--=,.,,
saddened, sensible, as he was, that MS
hosts eyes saw nothing OF TO-DAY he
was. in effect. blind man VINO nae
known light ere being stricken Win
darkness now in its twilight ms sJart
81 mind turned and fed Itself unnaJ-
aIrauy upon the past
When at last he was permitted 20 q
Cadozan received his TecOInpenSe n
the lOvv-toned thanks the girl gave hin
as she stood, her hand mOmentarlly III
his on the threshold From neT man
neT. as much as from the words tneIla-
selves. he understood that she was GIv-
inc him thanks from 1ull hearL IOI
Ms s-u7DatFv and patience, and since
this facitIv established a personal bond
between them. he turned away Ieeiins
that his evening had not been wasted
CreaZn who had preferred 10 aWaU
him on the doorstep, rose and extin-
S1lished the pipe in which ne had beer
burning uuhOly incense before the aiIal
of the placid night, and IN dlSapprOElns
silence led the way back TO the dOrl
md rovyed him out to the schooner
Ca6ocan gave him brief instructions as
70 the uorning-he did not wish 10 be
disturbed until he awOke Of his volt
tion-and turned in Creagh dId IKE
wise and a silence rendered only more
irnnressfve by the soft noise Of The
waves settled down upon the Colleen
IN II Cadogan heard seven bells. fol-
lowed BY eight-midnight5 then one Dell
and then two. For he could not sleep
4 sensitive imagination, stirred TO un-
yvonted activity by the variety Of new
IMPRESSIONS 1t had received in the pas
twenty-fOur hours refused 70 lie oor-
{ a
her of exceedingly futile trains Of spec
IIIation, all radiating from common
ce1fpT-Cedar Island Lighthouse and its
inhsl5sSe1Ls-
AND in the course oF time, striking
of at a tangent, II succeeded in ORA u
/ ing the body OF a weary young man on
from between comfortable and sOOthlnl
sheets at the unearthly hour Of hal