The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-03-08
CHAPTER Xxx.
The Haunted House.

THE storm which had begun Just
As Wallace Green reached the
| sranty Of tie Italians outside of
I A3rrlslurS hac tEe effect Of causing
| RODNEY NllliNGlS 10 postpone his visit
| 10 me ruined house, the scene OF the
/ murder, until IN, next day.
| lie spent the remainder Of that after
! neon IN further Investigation OF the
1 evidence, that discOuraginE mass Of
! testimony which showed more clearly
! the guilty of Hollis Meade the more
! carefully ne studied il.
! Ia leaving the courthouse he got from
/ the Janitcr directions for finding the de-
I serted cottage on the edge o. the
swamp. on his return I'm the morning,
/ about II O'Clock. he started direct for
I the spot
lie had reached the dilapidated fence
/ ia the hollow below the level OF the
ROAD and was looking for a suitable
place 10 step through IL when his at
/ Jenton was drawn 10 an approaching
red automobile.
He FIRST noted that. beside the cnauf-
Iehr' the sole occupant was a young
, woman. Then he noted that the young
woman Possessed a face ne Tecog-
niZed.
Nor did il take him long to recall that
MS acquaintance with the face had
been made al the junior prom which
she had attended with her mother as
wallace Gre1I's guest when they were
both in their third year together.
lie was on the point Of lifting his
| hat without waiting for her To recognize
him. but she called his name in greet
ing and had her car stopped.
And what the world has brought
/ YOU 70 our ely neiEhbOrhOOd % she
/ asked nIm' n gdyety which was
/ evidently MOI .ore than skin deep
I am here on business for Wallace
I Green. he told her promptly.
instantly her face showed intense in
terest.
..NE-bero Je lX-.us-e9,- -r- ..t--z g. .
! low tone OF GREATNESS eagerness.
Il don't QuF know where he is this
morning The last I saw OF him he
WIS going to see some one who he
! believed, could give him some clue 20
| the whereabOu Of Hollis Meade"
DO YOU '.now what he wanted OF
! Hollis Mead - she inquired. lowering
her voice thai the chauffeur might not
/ hear.
Miss Warren. he's trying 20 clear
his fathers name Of this awful crime
I'm here 20 help him in doing it-or
trying 20 do IT,"
And YOU are going 70 succeed.
aren't EOu. The words were more Of
a plea than a question
II am going TO try" Rodnef tried
10 say with some show OF cor hdeuCe.
Isn't there 4 little bit Of hope
she asked disCouSoIarcly. revealing that
| his efforts 20 deceive had failed.
Il m afraid there Is no nope az all. "
She sat silent for moment, then
turned the questioning to another tack
What We're YOU going 10 do now
Il was just going 90 take a look 81
this queer old ruin he replied. try
Ing 20 appear not specially Interested
iu the matter.
Better be careful she smiled
They say lis haunted
Hardly had the words escaped her
lips when she must have realized the
connection of the house with the his
tory of WallaCe'S infancy. Her eyes
!. turned 20 the dilapidated structure with
a look Of hOrrO'-- Her cheeks blanched.
Then sine suddenly mastered herself
] would like 90 70 with YOU. II YOU
don't mind" she said I've always
wanted 10 see the place"
The Continuation OF This story VIII
BE Found In Tomorrow
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