The Detroit times., 1913-12-23
CHAPTER l.
tr.Inr 4ha Curse

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'Yen havc read enough Mls
( Hurst said 4 an tired I'D lhe 'iial
troubles me put Is cu. 10 fll -eliA
cooler ,u 20 1arknes
very well-og SHALL Z stfe. il.
Then II You SHOULD wan, ANS mus
Mre Hurst 'Jfaud A.te aDo
Yleasurod her coulranicu If'H h'-'
20 foot.
You are afraid SHE saia Faint
note OF amusement creeping lilo
tired voice "a vungtr wht TO
cxocot thot cobra @iA take le "t
,portunity 90 d. away f.tl tet
rff-rs.t ='
PRAY look and see y11 nii perhaps
feel easier in y0ur mind.
ne English nurse bis #
~ "a not afraid ML h snr
said rssengfuly 81 Only Thought
wouid ~ i-or$ convenient i.
course
she made movement as tfoaeh go
turn out the small lamp M' ..''l
by the bedside. .bgt her mistress
,stretohed out a OBTAINING hano
wet She, said. thoa-ht l.
heard s0methin1--hOr@e hoois
hstenl"
The invalid had lifted herself on
her elbow. her head raised ln an az
titnde OF tenRo concentration. heF
hrows contracted with the EFFORT the
nurse turned fo~urd the open window
SHARPLY. rs one expecting a sudden
hstack
Kit was7nothing she said IN q airy
Noice Il heard nothing
u ftsA ltf IA
sank back and her hair hung aoou
her face like . black curtain.
"He will be here in tiTe minutes
Bhe said decidedly. You have nor
hearned ia distinguish sounds Then
she raised her tired eyes again 10 the
mmses face. Why are you so
kfgaids' she asked.
8 Nrrse Campden shrugged her
Mtoulders. The movement was rude
land In her own country 'she had been
huoted for the suavity Ut her manners.
but her nerve was gone and the on
lspring OF q cheap London suburb
tbroke through The hard layer 81 ac-
Eqstired polish She looked back fear
f1lly at the window.
" 81 should think there was cause
enough. Mrs Hurst she said almost
I'm whisper Last week house was
broken into ana the owner murdered
And only yesterday poor MIR. Harris
'who Knows whose turn it VIII 0e
next"
The smile deep6ned about Mrs
Hafstis firm mouth
3, "You have been listening to the
ayahs,' she said. There is nothing
: to fear''--a subtle change OF express
sion passed over her young face
which seemed to make II old and hard
--''and II there were. we should not
be afraid. she finished quietly
80 Nurse Campdcu said nothing she
+ was gazing about hCr wtrl widc-open
straining eyes irving 10 penetrate
the shadows tina shifted nOiselessiy
In the farthest corners 0l the room.
Tie silence oppressed her. While she
had read aloud her own dice, break
Ing In upon the absolute hush, had
sounded strangely threatenine bnt
this silence MAS more terrible 7 Was
fun of inaudible movement III she
looked toward the open window she
knew that eYers now aud again
something white would tlit across the
darkness. u should have comf0rted.
nut lnSttdu TT ANU "a 70 III AtlAbi sue
knew that Il was one OF the commits.
sioner's leyies on bis way round The
compound but he! too. seemed unreal.
a ghostly intangible something when
was all part OF the shadows and move
ments. She tried 10 concentrate her
attention on familiar objects. Every
thing was in its place The silver
ornaments blinked at her from the
dressing table, close at hand a small /
pile OF white delicate linen. lay in
readiness: a general atmosphere OF
refinement almost OF luxury peryad
ed the low-built room on the sur
face--quiet: and beneath the cori-
slant uoiseless activity Nurse Camp /
den had little imagination but she
heard il. Suddenly she cried out With
that sharpness which betokens long
self-repression. Mrs Hurst turned !
her head
"Who is there she asked quietly (
The curtains hanging over the door +