The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-04-24

r. this fashion. ] held Ii to my face. an
that faint perfume that had been
|. mystifying accompaniment of tn
. passing of the mansion ghost becam
4 nothing more unreal than the orris 1
4 Hezekiah's handkerchief cilse Tn
r wind whipped the bit Of linen spiteful
Hezekiah. the iDexplicable. had no
, meant for me To know the manner o
her exit she need not have left thi
plain hint behind. but the swayin;
, maple bough did not tempt me.
hurried back across the roof to secur,
the trunk tray. resolved 10 dispose O
1t. seek the open and find the erran
Hezekiah II she still fingered In the
neighborhood.
l looked or across the windy land
scape before descending. and as my
eyes ranged the dark ! caught the
glinmer Of light as of lantern
borne IN the hand in the meadow be-
! yond the garden. 1t paused and was
swung back and forth by Its unseen
bearer 1t shed curious yellow light
and not the white fame of the COM
mon lantern. and now 1t rose trife
higher and slowly resolved itself into
a weird fantastic face.
Three minutes later | was ont of the
house. using the back stairs to avoid
the company In the library. and had
crossed the garden and crawled through
the hedge. Az rose to my feet a
voice greeted me cheerfully:
well. done. Chimney Mani You
were a little slow hitting the trail. but
you do pretty well considering. How
did you manage with Aunt Octavia
about that slipper? had narrow
escape in the second floor hall when
came out of Cecilia's room. must
have lowered record getting upstairs.
And one shoe isn't bit comfortable.
Allow me to relieve your
Here's your slipper You ought to
be ashamed of yourself"
For losing my slipper? thought
Cinderella had made that respectable"
She placed her hand on my shoulder,
lifted her foot and drew the pump on
with a single tug.
"Well. what did Aunt Octavia say?"
'Oh. she had thoughts too dark to
express. You probably heard what we
said. 1t was she who found the slip
peri"
Hezekiah laughed The wind caught
up that laugh and whisked it away
jealousy.
'She found 1t and carried it to you,
man. and I skipped just as.
you began that beautiful story about
fnding 1t in Beacon street I'm not
to see her, you know. until
Cecilia is all fixed. Hurry and tell
ne how you got me out of It,"
How did you know | would try to
explain 1t? You did a perfectly fool
hardly thing in roaming the house that
way. soaring Lord Arrowood nearly to
leath, to say nothing of me. Why
hould help you?'
"Oh. you're n man and ! was Just a
title girl who had lost her slipper"
he replied. 81 was sure you would
x 1t up"
yhich we stood a pumpkin of portable .
lie. which surmised had been carved :
ito the most hideous OF Jack -o'-an-
srns by the shrewd hand of Hezekiah.
Come" she cried IF you are good
nd won't begin preaching about my
ms III show you the funniest thing
)u ever saw In your life
In my Joy otoseeing her l was neg
citing Cecilias commission. Very
kelly Hezekiah had forgotten all
bout her theft. Hers. reasoned.
as nature that delighted In the
arrest pleasure. ! would follow her
ck-o'-lantern around the world for
e chance OF seeing the fun brighten
her brown eyes. but / had made a
omise to Cecilia. and meant to full
! 1t. III
She led me now across the meadow.
er stone wall. up steep slope
ID by devious ways through strip
woodland. | bore the jack-o'-lan L
IN. She had hidden me do it with -
me notion | did not question of
liking me party In whatever mis-
lief was afoot. z
Also. she demanded that l repeat 3
lly the story ! had told her aunt or Z
2 finding of the slipper.
You are better than ! thought you Z
re. Chimney Man." she declared 3
len | had concluded and added her z
nt's comment. You may be sure )
1t tickled Aunt Octavia. You can re
almost as well as an architect :
mt Octavia says architects are bet 7
liars than dressmakers."
1t was my weakness for the truth (
It caused me to abandon architec-
e. For heavens sake, what are you !
to?''
had kept little account of the d. T.
ton of our flight. and | was sur =
sed that we had now reached the
e over which | had watched the
sing of the suitors on the afternoon
my meeting with Hezekiah in the
hard
This is the appointed place" she re-
rked. taking the pumpkin from me
dropping down on the far side of
stile.
HeZekiah. I've trotted across most
county after you. and
arm Is pnroIvzad from aorrvino