Putnam patriot., 1910-03-25

nx HAD A GLIMPSE OF A sLExDEE. gIs
 KTED roCSo WOMAN.
 ed and maae vlId gaesses as t0 the Identity of the persons in those upper
 rooms. Having no starting point. no
 eiew to follow. he arrived nowhere
 Give lt up.s he said ~ouesz I'll
 % fo bed"
 Why be should rise af the uTsarthiy
 hour of 2. however he explained h
 qaile a different wa3. lie accused few twtttering spafrews of waking
 him. Perhaps. toe. t sas the spar
 rows whieh drove hlm eBt tS make
 circuit of the grounds Quite lnci-
 deataliy be glanced up al rhe win
 d0ws be had satehed tIe night before
 Tie cit5sed shutters revealed nothing
 Finding beHeh Under 3 tree. be sat
 down and begaa fo weuaer hsw ieag
 il would be before he might cali for
 Dis bfrakfazt wisasnt seeming uusea-
 s0nabie He was aroused By crunch eraneh of footsteps en the gravel
 sam une aas waking down one ef
 the iuiersei ing paths. DHring tue brief instant that he
 stared he had T glimpse If slender
 big cred young woman whose balr hung in A thick. dark Drald over enc
 shoulder Across the hslIow If her left arm was il sheaf ef freshly cut flowers. in her right hand q pair of shears. And then she saw him. aGhe
 Down fell the roses. The shears 1 elaftered en the stones By the time he could scramble to his I feel she had gathered up her flowers and the shears. She stood quite still. sying him with apprebensive expecta- 1 ton
 -Ehf' said the cherub Fl said nothing" replied the young l woman
 "But you squeaiesi didn't youT'
 Possibly"
 Well l was scared out of years l growth Next time yeu feel Ike squeaI= Ing you might send me word. so 1 can brace myself. Live here. do youf" "why =er-that ts-not exactly" Neither do 1. thank the Lord, I | just own the place But don't mind
 me. Go ahead with your posy pick. | mg."
 '.You-you don't object to- | Great Scott. nol Cut 'em all if you 1 Ike"
 | only after she was out of sight did | Mir Deyine realize that here was aD- 1 other person whose presence at Hew- | tngton Acres was not fully accounted = F.f hx.
 servants He was snre Of that But 1 when you aud llersan about the 1 grounds of private house. apparent
 y quite at heass. aud they reply. when asked fl they llee taere. -Sot exact ly." what Is oae to mfcrf Sue couldn't be guest Who v-az there for hef | 10 lsltf Nor buareier Strikes ne ought to take cen sus. commented the Cherub. ] Going baek to the house. he rang
 bell until Epnlngs appeared. heavy eyed and lugubrious. Breakfast ready yetT'
 Breakfast. sir it's rather early
 slf bnt+-
 Early It's tue middle of the fore i ! en,s
 As EpningS departed the hali clock
 ehlmel The Gherub grinued He
 had net breaktasted af for years ln
 less than an uuar though. breakfast | was an at accomplished fact. and Afr | neviue ueN southed by one If hls black cigars. sei out for a more ex
 teuded tour ef the grounds. He dis eetere1 ihe Iath leading to the soana
 and had sfeal some time on the porch af tbe boaInHasc watching the steam l CTS and cuastlug vessels crawl past when Timus4as eame down. evidently l tn seafch gf hiin
 sNaxbe didn't mention last night, sir" began Fimmins suayely. any thing ateut The IieNingteusT sl guess you didn't, Timmins."
 The fact k. sir. they haven't gone. % Haven't goael Why. where are
 theyy"
 Rack at the house. sir. It's all on
 account of the old lady. sir. MT Hew | ington's sister. who has took so bad I sine couldn't be moved. Perhaps r. ~Its all right. There's Mir Hewiug
 ton aud his sick sister. is theret That | anrs
 And the Countess vecchi. sir The whichg Mir. Devine grabbed
 the cigar from between his teeth and
 turned quickly on rimminsl The Countess Necchi. sir. as stayed
 to look after the aunt The countess ss | the marrissi daughter. sir. The counts teen dead two years. sir. and" "-here Timmlns eoughed apolegeticaliy ee l hind his hand -.the uewingtons wa [ | precisely sorry to lose him" Net 4 bowling success. chr "Hartls. sir The countess left him
 two hours after the wedding"
 she must ee hummer observed
 the Cheruh and then renecfiveiy ''Coantesscs are hardly in my line
 and drive ne back to the station l don't wanE te disturb the old lady" I Lord. sir. you wcnt see any of them. Nc sooner did they bear you were coming thaa they moved into the top teor of she east wing. and ther~ 1 they've shut themselves ur like the house was quarsntlned Besites. air. there snr another express yea could | gcf to the city until the l0.SS tonight @oh. well. ther~s plenty cf time then. Perhaps you'ti he able to dfg up some more reports before nixht.- Mir. nevine vas thinking cS tAr l young persoa ne had seen fn the gar den. n tsdar matter vho uhe wna. of