Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-02-14

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you know. Immediately after You came
back and hurried down to see yon."
Yes: | recall that. You were In the
library when ! anne Down. And |
think | remember having seen the little
Enthusiastically smaller than a card
ease. silver backed aud only a few
leaves. You had it In your hand the
Hume had left"
She flushed slightly Mt this, but rcndi-
ly acqniesced in my description. Miss
0ctavin's inquiry AZ to whether | had
seen the book came back to mo aud
no less clearly her withdrawal ~ her
spoken 1t.
/ felt the sudden infringement OF
Hezekiah's slipper upon my ewn ron
science. II ! may 40 state the matter.
IIezekiah. playing ghost. had confessed
to ME that she had visited Cecilia's
roonl HeZekiah. amusing herself with
the library chimney and frigh, enng
the servants by stealing into the for
hidden hOus- through the tvnlhole. war
n cuiprit 10 he scolded and forgiven.
Rut what Of Hezekiah miA'hievously
filching HI article of real value to her
sister? | did not like this turn of
Z fairs. | must get back to the roof.
sud Hrgekiah and compel her to re-
turn the silver book. Only by tactfnl-
ly managing this could. well oil
the members Of the house of Hullister.
But first ! must leave Cecilia with q
tranquil mind.
Il thank you for eonfding this mat
ter to me. Miss HolIister. Please do
not attach suspicion to any one until /
have seen you again"
but II you should be unable to re
store
Il assure you that the book Is not
lost. 1t has been miskiid, that's all. J
shall return It to you at breakfast. ]
give you my word"
DO you really mean it?' she fal-
tered. please keep this from Aunt
Octavia. | can't tell you how impor
tant 1t Is that she he kept In ignorance
of my loss. The consequences, If she
knew. might be very distressing"
Miss Octavia was carrying the In.
vlncible John Stewart Dick away to
the billiard room. He glared at me
murderously as he trailed giuniy after
III Indy of the manor. The others
We're crowding about Cecilia again. and
l yielded to them willingly. As ]
sa untered toward the door Ormsby de
tainpd me IL moment. His manner
was arrogant and he Kissed rather
than spoke.
I'm directed to command your pres
encp at the Prescott Arms tomorrow
ut II O'clock. The business IL impor-
tant."
II regret. my dear brother. that l.
shalI be unable to sit with you at that
hour in committee Of the whole. and
for two reisons. The first is that /
am paired with Lord Arrowood. You
refused to take him into your base
compact md allowed him to be thrown
out Of the Inn for not paying his bill.
The net was deficient In generosity and
~gailantry."
" . PuiIO"C yoh Wouiu uiii AZ
4 tine thing for such a pauper to marry
a woman like that-like that. | sayT'
and he jerked his head toward Cecilia.
Il consider Il lord Of Arrowood as
good I'm the proprietor of u knitting
mill any day. tf'you press me for an
opinion" ] replied amiably.
And this from a chimney sweep
he sneered.
"iOu iatter me my dear sir. I've
renowned SCOT and become a gentle.
man ad%venturer merely to prevent a
type that hong illumined popular hc-
ton from becoming extinct. | advise
you to ill the void existing In the
heavy villain class. Believe ne. your
talents would curry you far. Study
Dumas and forget the wool market
and you will lead II happier life. My
second reason for declining TO meet
you ut the Arms at II tomorrow is
merely that the hour IL i~nconvenient.
l assume that you mean TO urge lunch
con upon me. aud Iauever eat before l.
My doctor has warned me to avoid
early luncbeons II | would preserve my
figure. Of which you may well believe
me Justly proud"
You're a c~Oward-that's all there Is
to that. ! dare you to Gomez
We'll. as | think of 1t. I'd rather be
dared than invited. If | find 1t quite
convenient | shall drop In. But you
needn't keep the watiles hot for me.
Good evening"