The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1910-12-16
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right hand. and the other weapon Of
defense she had mentioned In the
other.
I laughed. II one may be said TO
laugh In q whisper, and Rugged her
for her spirit. armament and all. Then
we turned to the folding doors again.
Beneath them and through the crack
between a faint light showed.
Making himself pretty much at
home for burglar to light the lamp"
] remember thinking. And I slowly
and cautiously widened the aforesaid
crack until space Of some two or
three inches wide was obtained, the
doors rolling back softly on each side
without any noise at all. Then we
looked In. my wife making II possible
for us to do this at one and the same
time by kneeling on the floor at my
side. and thus obtaining a chink to
look through all to herself.
II was lucky she was SO near the
floor. I thought sfterward. or she
would certainly have fallen upon II
with surprise when she beheld the
thing our eyes asked OF US to believe.
For there at the far end of the draw.
ing room dimly distinguishable by the
light Of q lamp on the table. turned
low, was Agatha First We recog.
nized her even in that light without
fail. dressed as she had been that eve
ming for dinner. and standing with
his back toward US and his arm around
her was man In an attitude unmis-
takably lover-like and possessive. And
through the hush Of that late hour
the low murmur cf their absorbed
voices penetrated the Utmost recess Of
our staggered consciousness. Agatha
First and a man meeting In secret at
that hour,
What could II mean' Who could II
be? The surprise Of my discovery In
the woods the day Of our trip to North.
bury was as nothing to this, But
alas. We knew only too well this
time who the man was. and withoL.
requiring any further proof such a.
we had had on the other occasion
when We had waited until the discov-
cry Of the checked coat before we felt
sure In this instance we neither Of
us doubted for q moment the identity
OF Miss Endicott's companion In her
equivocal position.
Freer had said good night and gone
on down to the village at ten o'clock
when the party had broken up. II
could not be he. Then II must Of
necessity be Terhune. Indeed, what
other man would have the opportu-
nifty for such q meeting? Who else
vas staying at the castle!
The conclusion was obvious and We
fell away from our point Of vantage
n the door and looked at each other
with scared and troubled faces. Our
attempts to make a match for Agatha
sixth and win Terhune . fortune were
certainly going wrong with . ven
geance.
But the worse was not yet. Before
We had time to more than breathe a
new complication presented itself In
the shape Of the sudden appearance Of
Agatha Sixth upon the scene.
We met her at the foot Of the stairs
1ust AZ We ~e'e so'"s .p' srsppe''
clad and with long black braids hang.
ing over her shoulders. ! felt myself
crown au"e e"nAe IN .es~u W se
who she was and the vital necessity
of keeping our discovery q secret from
her. before my wife had time TO more
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stairs ana oy Jove, ! ie" 20 sorry ,oI
the poor girl II she snou'd see ~nat
We mao just seen tns' ! 'a'he' 'os'
my head.
Dogs. ] sa'd. my voice quite noarse
with whispering. one OF ems sot
shut In the dfawing'room some way
and he's Knocked over . vase!
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