Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-10

1Fiss GRAYMAN was the first
~ to awake On the morning fol
" lowing their arrival at Pay
toms mysterious lodge, aG3
Immediately she called Susan.
II am SO in hopes that my friends
have arrived" she said. II want to
get downstairs as soon as possible"
Susan hastily dressed herself, her
mistress In her Impotence performing
her toilet unaided, and then they de-
scended. 1t was moi much after 8
o'clock, but Payton, as usual, met them
In the hall.
please send Susan back at once to
get your wraps, Miss Grayman," be
said. ut Is cold this morning, but you
viii enjoy a spin on the water to give
you an appetite for breakfast"
but my friends?"
'Oh, not 80 earlyi' he said, hugh
ing. '-They have laid up for the night,
not being as familiar with the woods
as l am, but they'll be along IN the
course of the morning. Send, l beg
!, you. for your wraps. You cannot d.
vine how charming the woods are at
this hour. Every bird Is awake, and
the trout are leapinR for JOY"
Miss Grayman concealed her disap-
pointment and sent Susan for the
wraps Once more In Payton's com
pany, she felt her spirits revive. He
was more entertaining than ever. And
the air, the water and the forest were
equally deHghtfui-so cool, fresh, fra
grant and musical. 1t was a new life
for Miss Grayman, and she began to
feel the zest of 1t. Her thought OF
yesterday came to her again, and once
more her face flushed.
II her friends really had intended to
throw her into the company Of Com
modore Brown and get her interested
In him in this unconventional way be-
fore a formal presentation she was
hardly disposed to find fault with them
for the t~ndiscretton.
He padded them up the stream to a
pool below the rapids, The trout were
flashing on all sides In the bright
morning air, and here and there along
the shore strange birds rose and fut-
tered off at their approach.
They landed in a little blight among
the rocks and stepped out on the elias
tic bed of brown pine needles
See here" and he pointed to a de-
preston alongside q huge stump; "a
bear slept there last night"
"a bear!"
"Yes. Look; here are some Of its
hairs. And just come this way a bit"
and he approached a sandy spot on the
shore. "Do you see those hoof prints7
Three deer have taken a drink here be-
fore you were up"
"Oh, l should SO love to see a real
wild deeri"
"Then perhaps III show you n be-
fore you are a day older. And if you
are skillful in the sports of Diana we
may have someS vension of your kill
ing"
81 believe / can FIRE a gun without
shutting my eyes," said Miss Gray
man, laughing. But Of course we
shall postpone the proof until the ar
rival of the Others" B.
"OI course, anu tuey eOSut u AAilfe
at any moment now."
Upon their return q of the men
she had seen on the Chameleon up
preached and handed a slip of paper to
Payton. He read 1t and. frowning,
snapped his fingers, exclaiming, half
under his breath: "By Joye, that's
really too badi / am sorry to have to
announce a slight mishap, which,
while It accounts for the delay Of our
friends, also makes 1t certain that they
cannot reach US this morning"
The blood fed from Miss Grayman's
face. She felt an inexphcabls premo-
milton Of evil.
"Ch. don't let It distress you" said
PAXTON cheeringiy. Here, please read
this dispatch. Just come BY wireless.
I havs electric communication with oil
part1. 20 We are not lost you see"
he held the paper before her, cover
ing tho lower corner where the signs.
turs would DO with hl thumb ~