The Washington times., 1910-03-09
CHAPTER XXI.
Watching For the Ghost.

a S RODNEY studied the footprints
Aand the strange marks Of the curl
Gus shoes he suddenly exclaimed.
by Jove"' There may be more in
your chauffeur's queer noises az night
than we think. There's a well worn
path here"
Where does it iead2" the girl asked,
peering after him.
1T leads TO the brook and ends there
Whoever uses IL, uses the brook for
the rest of his journey.
And by following the brook you
could ind this strange person
4 think so. OF course. IL might be
just some tramp; but the moccasins are
queer"
Don't YOU think it might be the mur--
the person who was connected with
some crime hcre?" Elizabeth asked
1t might be any one Of dozen
probably IL Is. Still, there is a chance
that the place is used as a rendezvous
for some band Of thieves. Whatever
10 Is. I am going 20 md OUT
Are you going 10 follow up lhe
NO, Miss Warren-I have a silly de-
sire 10 live a little longer And ! don L
want 10 let any one else into this case
just yet
What then. are you going 20 do
81 am going TO watch this place for
a few nights.
Are you coming ton!ghtT'
Yes, ] shall begin tonight.
Il shall come. too.
Rodney WIuigms had started 10 re-
turn into the house through the breach
IH the wall lie was so asJOnisncd at
Elizabeths statement OF her intention
that he looked up too quickly, ana
bumped his head against a JaGged ialh-
But ne did not notice the DruIse- lie
only stared at the girl
What in the world DO you wish 10
do that for?.. he finally asked. ....,
because do" she answered What
time will you be here2'
Right after dark. about half-pa~t s.
As they walked again toward the ROAD
and the waiting automobile. ne Jrled 10
think Of every possible reason TOT dis-
suadlnE hcr from her purpose. he could
think OF none, because he could not
imagine why she should wish 10 be
there at night.
II the truth were told, Elizabeth her
self did not know why sn" wished 90 pe
there. Yer the thought Of it fascinated
ler beyond resistance
If she had been able TO analyze her
motive. she would probably have real
lied that there was "a possibility or
something happening which might bear
tremendously on the case OF her lovers
father 10 might be the sealing for
ever Of their fates- She could not eVen
contemplate waiting 20 receive The EeWS
al second hand.
Sharply ~ half after she came walk
Ing from The station She had not tried
tu get Patrick 10 come and bring her in
the automobile Telling her parents
that she going to visit her cousin iu New
y Ork, she had taken an early afternoon
tram 10 the city, returning as far as
NorrisDurE in time for the meeting with
the young lawyer
r have discovered perfect hidinS
place where we cannon be seen. from
which we can see everything that may
happen he told her. Il Will say
frankly. however, that I wish you
would not Won't
see YOU 10 the statiOn2-
Il VIII not" she spoke with a note
Of defiance i am not afraid.
Very well, come on he spoke
grudgingly.
silently thev wended their way to-
ward the dila itatcd house. Rodney had
gone over the CrOi I'd a dozen times 10
learn every safe stepping place I'm the
de-ayed boards Of the foor
He turned into the second door in
the LITTLE hallway The roof was gone
from this room and the light OF the
rising moon streamed into show that
the. boarding or the floor had entirely
r0ited awav-
The beams will bear YOU" ne told
her, and they a re only q foot from the
Eround' hut be careful not 20 spralu
your ankle
lie took her hand and helped her leap
from beam 20 beam till they reached
the rear of che room Here stood a lit
lle more than waist high, tfe remaining
bricks OF an old fireplace An overhang-
ing tree covered the top Of IL with 70
liaEe.
See" said Williams. There Is the
path from the brook The hole In the
wall Is right over here. Through that
crack we can see all there is to see in
the room where the entrance il made
The break in the wall gives full view
OF the hall"
Three hours they waited in silence.
standing with their heads in the branch
eS of the tree, not even daring 20 lean
eEainst the topping wall Of the FIRE
place lest il fall with their weight
The thousand slight sounds OF night
seemed 10 wear upon their nerves At
the leapinC OF a frog into the water
of The St-1a inlet Eliza hprn CAUGHT bo-