The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-04-29


roof. To my disaNpoint.ae and
chagrin my young lady of the
single slipper was nowhere in sight I
found. however. lying near the library
chimney trunk tray that required no
explanation. With this uezekiah had
blocked the flue, and smiled us pic
tured her tiptoeing to reach the chin.
ney crock and dropping the tray across
the top. How ,gleefully she must have
chuckled as she waited for the tiue to
oil and send the smoke ebbing back
Into the library. to the discontinue of
her aunt and sister and the suitors
gathered about the hearth. The spirit
Of mischief never whispered into a
prettier ear trick better calculated to
cause confusion.
! had thought Hezekiah secure when
! locked the trunk room door, but l
had not counted upon the versatility
and resourcefulness Of that young per-
son. l dropped to the second roof lev
ell and inspected the down spouts, but
II was incredible that she had sought
the earth by this means. I swung
myself to third level and after much
cropping for my bearings decided that
an athletic girl of Hezekiah's venture
some disposition might, II she set no
great store by her neck, Chamber of
the kitchen roof by means of a tall
maple whose branches now raspingly
called attention to their slight contact
with the house.
As the moon cruised into a patch Of
clear sky something white futtered
from maple limb, and l bent and
pulled It free. took counsel of a
match behind the kitchen chimney
and found that II was handkerchief
that had been knotted to the tip of the
bough. No one but Hezekiah would
have thought Of marking her trail In
this fashion. held It to my face. and
that faint perfume that had been a
mystifyiny accompaniment Of the
passing of the mansion ghost became
nothing more unreal than the orris in
Hezekiah's handkerchief case. The
wind whipped the bit Of linen spiteful-
ly In my hands. I reasoned that If
HezeEiah. the inexplicable. had not
meant for me to know the manner Of
her exit she need not have left this
plain hint behind but the swaying
maple bough did not tempt me.
hurried back across the roof to secure
the trunk tray. resolved to dispose OF
L. seek the open and find the Grant
Hezekiah II she still fingered In the
neighborhood.
/ looked Off across the windy land.
scape before descending, and as my
eyes ranged the dark caught the
glimmer Of light as of a 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 flame Of the COM
mon lantern, and now 1t rose trifie
higher and slowly resolved itself into
a weird fantastic face.
Three minutes later ] was out of the
house. using the back stairs to avoid
the company In the library. and had
crossed the garden and crawled through
the hedge, As l rose to my feet a
voice greeted me cheerfulfy:
"Well, done, Chimney Man! You
were little slow hitting the trail, but
you do pretty well considering. How
did you manage with Aunt Octavia
about that slipper? had a 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 slipperi thought
Cinderella had made that respectable"
She placed her hand on my shoulder.
lifted her foot and drew the pump on
with single tug.
"Well. what did Aunt Octavia sayf'
"Oh. she had thoughts too dark TO
express. You probably heard what we
said. II was she who found the slip
PERI
Hexelxiah laughed. The wind caught
up that laugh and whisked II away
JcuiOusiy'
"she found It and carried It to you,
chimney man. and skipped Just ms
you began that beautiful story about
finding It In Beacon street. I'm not
supposed 10 see her, you know. until
Cecilia In all fixed. Hurry and tell
me how you got me out of It,"
"How did you know would try to
explain II? You did perfectly fool
hardy thing In roaming the house that
way. soaring Lord Arrowood nearly to
death, to say nothing of me. Why
should help your
"Oh. you're man and was Just a
little girl who had lost her slipper"
she replied II was sure you would
fix II up"
She drew from behind bowlder by
which we stood a pumpkin Of portable
size. which | surmised had been carved
into the most hIdeous of jnck-o'~lan.
terms by the shrewd hand OF Hezekiah
Come" she cried. ''If you are good
and won't begin preaching about my
sins ri show you the funniest thing
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