Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-02-07
(Coutinued.)

tally answered u second later as we
pHssed the road that fork~i OF 10 the
inn. On stUne by the roadside aat
Lord ArnEood. desolntely guarding
kit bag and suit ease He was dress.
ed In sif,bhy Norfolk Jacket an0
kni'kerhTkerS and sucked a pipe.
| bade the driver pause and greeted
the nnbleman nffabiy.
Can | give yuu "a lift? You seem to
be bound for the station. aud i'm tax
ing II train myself"
NO. thinks" lie replied sharply
They're lot OF bounders- bounders
| say
An. or whom do you speak. Lord
ArrowoOd?" ! asked. glanring ut my
watch
Those ~oundrris at the inn. They
have thrown me out-thrown ME out
me-
Hard lines. for y fnct. out II you
are Interested in trains
II refuse to leave the county" he
shouted ''lf they think tf,-yr going
to get rid of ME they're mistaken
BoaSd~rs. I .ay. i~s,.Ndrs>.'
He Uttered this op,~etwious term
with great bitterness and crossed his
legs. as though Ia smrhastze his per
manence upon ihe tswlder. rRtieuce
on n monument Is not more ~t~rnaiiy
planted. He seemed In no mood for
copverSa ZION. 80 ! sJs~d on. with no
time to lose
gained the step of the chair ear q,
tached to the ID:la With SOM. loss OF
dignity. the porter yanking me aboard
under the conductors N0rnfnl eye
The kafonnh passengers We're still In
the nisi~. and AZ l surveyed them
saw Cecilia take s~at In rhe middle
Of the car She WAS Just unfolding y
newspaper wien ! moved to seat
behind her and ha,i- her gN,d morning
The look she gave me in turning
round had In II something of Iiezpki
abs 1utxziral humnr. This Interested
me. herause | had not previously seen
any hut the most sup-rtiriai resem
hance between the sisters. Her cheeks
We're agInw from her sprint on the
wheel
We are both trnHpts You m,fst
have breakfastrd in II hurry TO have
eangh, this train
Not MI ! eDjoypd a brief CONVERSE.
tfoD with your sister. and after she
hid gone your nunf came bnck and
fingered for moment
''Sh- told ynu. ! supfr~e. that I'revi-
ien'e would look nftpr the servant
question I'm Enins to assist rrvvi-
dencr little"
"fou become the ricnrc>s Of l'rovi,
dence? admire your spirit
TITS Mere self preservation Aunt
Ocsn'i IN would have nr chained TO the
kitchen " l didn't do something about
It"
She had permitted me- 10 settle with
the conductor. ana when had tr,m.
pleted this tra txactioD / found thai she
had drawn from her purse the little
silver booklet about which Miss U-tn-
via had inquired ~ nnxioilsy. She rails
ed her eyes With the farawuy look In
them.
Can you tell me how to spell Ar.
rowood-is 1t one or two VS.:
"One ! think the noble lord uses"
She seemed to write the maine. and
saw her counting IN her fingers.
touching them lightly OH the open page
VI the book.
Then she dropped II into her purse.
whith she thrust back carefully into
her pocket. She sighed and whs silent.
gave her IN detail the story OF the
ghost. and my recital seemed to ainu-s
her greatly.
"You thought II WAS Aunt Mtavia
herself ut first. then yon Thought was
the sI,ouk. and now you are not fully
persuaded that 1t ix not my father. l
will take you into my confidence this
far-tha, | don't know how father Eut
into tbt. house last night. He wrote
note asking NE 10 meet him on the
roof and bring the fois That waS not
unlike him. aa he X the dearest father
IN the world. and his whims are just
as jolly In their way aS Aunt O.tavia's.
wus sure that Aunt Octavia had re-
tired for the night. so | changed my
dress and carried the folS up through
the. trunk room. had hardly reached
there befOre my father appeared. The
whole situation my hein" there ana
all that has distressed father.
'.iou think. she asked. that those
lights couldn't have winked out twi'e
by themselves While yUL were on the
stairway"
Il nm positive Of It. And somebody
II being of some sOrt-paS$pd me on
the stairway. 1t might iniagnabiy
have been you"
But tell you positively II WAS not
Then 1t might have been Your father.
a man who can enter ii house Mt will
might easily play any manner of other
tricks His disappearance after ! mad
gone down into the house with him
was jus, as mysterious AZ the gh"st "
ut was nntural for father not to want
you to know how be got In The mo
i've for that would be the fart that he
II not supposed to see me OF comnuni-
cate with me in any way.
@"lt must have occurred to vou that
there * one mp,nh-r Of the HOIiis'er
family We haven't mentioned iu this
connection
III you mean HezeKiah"-
Meme other
III Hexekiah or my father should te
caught IN the house while AN there