The Van Buren press., 1911-12-30

was q Dark
! str1ctura y tunaFd the small We ~ aat.
giassea eIs sSsure. A little Old Se'asrs
wbita 'I, n,,s, aer head cOye,ss ,a0I viz Il
II came to SEA- eaSa q, her rias '''
tprtdgS timidiS next e. door, sr,a.. r,a, l''sp s
me?" Pe 10 one T. :, Nea
nUts nUns Td OF t them appeatsSS arteSSIsaaa, ca. a
mi.l. n@.d open Pc the door. al @p.'1 away
MISS; S5 then We can tai, ,p,'g va
,.r5 r5aneesca's nee heart wax va. S'tter''
np,,,i nard and md very fast as ssi Is. beating !,
Doim Doiso little, little parlor, but ''s s,s sais's
De otll turned away! -'' Il She .Ass|
The owner Of tba u.
rope, l~S. believer She sesa, place Ah d
Yes. Jim's abon, asked
s,.,d. pe[t He, He's my nephew. ''' yob 'Soi 9
T'5}Sr P5}Iasai5, and came up last t'a so,.s Lao'
10 take charge Of tba a ae asked d
there" 'ne house ~,
After half an hours ,D,..,
lslactory Isl Arrangements v.s''''S vs,' "
In ed an. and with the key tlrStS sStS 'sl'pt sl
ho.f'1, IN her cold fingers, Frasce,.,' s1e,g ','et
ne5ss pepssIf for the first time Vs'a IN tS,.. 'lat
io,v &o"er,oordered I,l path that n y !, n n
,, low veranda? Her breath - !. . a
,,o,i9 bor Jerks Jerks and the blood povn1a, Saa' !
ne ner a temples. She applied g'sae'i n. J.
TO the lock almost in a 5,s,, =, y y
pushed open the door ''''a W
With, '.eu' OF The familiar Ob,..,
"ithln a sudden sense of ,ns'' SslHa
came upon her. 1t passed 'ia,'sa' h !, o.
ment and she entered the s,,, =
sue came to mechanically. tn, /.
was fresh and clean, and M, .' :. y
OF dust was in evidence Tho ,',..'' y
aunts had attended to that ,nI sy'''a y
girl sank into a chair with , a.,
relief. "sl
She must have sat there A, .,.
quarter Of an hour. her dry eys, =.
shng from one wellremembers3 !,
ect to another Her emotlon nj,
Ter physically weak. and tbs % Il,
hing she could do was to SIT And \,
lie for self-mastery There v. n
reed to explore further po 4,
louse; every nook and corner ~
printed on her memory. A clock st-A
ng three reused her. She rose BY a
n9Tf and crossed to one Of the vi,
doWs an looked out at the booni.,
ho"e5 below How well she "A |
caiSd the day they had made ns
Hover bed together
be my dear James, how Absurd
The 'lace was going to rse',a and +
Tor ant OF a tenant i We lmagii
you'dte highly pleased"
Francesca caught at the sill for
port Every atom Of color fed
Ter face.
Il appreciate your inter
course, Aunt Sophie But for
-, 80, 'Io%T s,,nIosmg Itonsmgrself kPretl
rush Of things. omitted to do so "
as long as the people haven't mo's|
in therell be no trouble about II
Francesca turned as the man "
preached the room alone, NV
impulse had been to fly, 10 nae-D
seek refuge In any way she coua. "
all avenue OF escape was cut oa W
the only alternative was to s'ay Nus' =.
she was, and hurriedly draw cow -
thick veil she wore
q beg your pardon LansuO' y,
gan. apologetcally, "but It was !" !.
mistake about this house Oslns ~, -
rent. The fact is, rye Just come a,.' '..'
from Europe Unexpectedly an' ''N
want to occupy 1t for myself
Francesca nodded, i.
I'm awfully sorry you've V''' y
,o mis- trouble. but you see
,Tm sure you needn't aPoos's .s ~,
sbe Interposed quickly, 10 a 0' vs.
oI-perfectly understand .r,,.
I.angdon smiled graleluIIy' '
Won very much" he said ~. AN
Francesca moved across 1 'a' = q !.
,owor% noT5' the doorway To reach y y y
,o"'," Uos compelled nIc to pass close 10 ia, sT
Son %"S 'II,, He was watching her nj a'frpr, M,',
snb,onIy so%. ,Iy he caught his breath. 'v1s, Ts'
SpHuIp,' Ho,e ,bcn then pale again. 1l',N W, l
pS,e' DSo wovIa yogi' have passed through '
oponlng he barred her way ay..,,,,sl
oFrancescal" he cried ,,I.o1 ore1's sslI
oway pass'" she ta,irT'a. ,,. 1snS.I, ssl,
, "Mgj i,,,cJ 'IS the we, veil from her t., face NJ
,yo.aT y .',I'I long ,' and deep into the =. p" y
goIG.brown ,gGG eyes sn,,'"yo. .l1 s,cr i Sc
most roughly into .s.,o", his n,'ps. pair Of u
skulls. haven't we'" he aI",r" %onr'
npn, uo'yc ,J,,' learned wi'd0" '''''
experience, e0'"
u,s TJ'' l,ps touched her hair, ,,1 NV M, 4
urh,sncd' l,,S ,,pD "And It's not it,, TOO cSS, h%
s'S"5C"vp' oa DOWN and look at that ''''
daloT on.