The Springdale news., 1913-01-17


 ing of kindly emotion But the night that the McLanes COW lost her happy home nobody In the summer comment ty sat up and wept In tender commits eration
 Just why the COW should have chosen to wander from the comfort able. hay stuffed barn toward dusk when the McLanes man had his back turned for fatal instant is one Of the mysteries of bovise phychology which nobody can figure out In something like a panic she lum- bered along through the trees until she saw a light. Aha" said the COW. home at last
 The light shone from the cottage oc. cupied by Miss Atkinson. a maiden Of considerable number Of years. who was entertaining at the moment three other staid and elderly women at bridge
 Just as one of the three had said disgustedly that she made It spades Miss Atkinson. who was facing the porch, gave a bloodcurdling shrek and her cards flew all over the room
 "A man." she hissed There was man peering in through the porch screen door, He disappeared when 1 jumped!
 One of the bravest of the four ven tured out to the porch and in quay- ering voice demanded 10 know who was there. while the others supported her with the carving knife and the broom
 Nothing answered from the silence. which made 1t all the worse
 The guests put Mss Atkinson to with the hot water bag and the smelling salts and locked every win dow in the cottage Then. shiyering with fright the three held hands and bolted for the hotel
 It was little later that the Bundy cottage was upset Mrs Bundy had put the children to bed and was cro- eheting while her guest Mrs Hutton, was reading aloud a particularly grew some detective story Suddenly Mrs. Bundy made startled clutch at Mrs. Huton's wrist and said 'Lis.s-ten
 Mrs Hutton heard it. too @Th=th- there must be 1.-two of .em, stam- mered Mrs Hutton T can hear tour f=ffeet just as plaint'
 There certainly were several differ ent footsteps outside the cottage slow. careful footsteps There was also deep breathing Then something blurred against the low diamond paned window oyer the corner win- dow seat Thereapen Mrs Bundy gave eheeP like q strangled chicken and nearly went over backward in her rocker
 Holding the family revolver al arm length and with her head turned the other way Mrs Bundy sat down again and they listened There was noth. Ing To be heard They passed the resf of the night on guard
 Farther down the lake shore, on the rustic seat facing the moon. Laura Spilger and her young man sat talk iEg Their absorption in each other was so great that they heard nothing until something strange vas thrust over Laura's left shoulder Young Burmaster made wild but futile grab at Laura as she leaped Tn the air
 Landing on the extreme edge O. he slippery terrace she tumbied down Into the tapping waters with a gur- gliug splash
 Then as young Burmaster. too sensed the presence of something weird and inexplicabIe he felt his scalp tvftch in freezing horror and leaped after Laura Hand in hand they arose. dripping. and stood affrighted in the two feet Of water al the shore s edge
 From the spilger's cottage came questioning rumblings Eaara's ia. ther was demanding to know the req son for all that uproar Getting DO answer. because the two in the lake were still paralyzed vocally he came forth 10 investigate.
 What do you want?s he roared al something creeping by I'll teach you 10 prowl around my house eonsarn you" Presently there was the spite ful pop Of the little Spilger boys air gun.
 Nothing happened The Sptgers and young Burmaster sat up very late discussing the mystery T. wae dis, couraging to the Spilgers to find that their peaceful summer home was get ting just like every other place. and one had to lock and bar doors and windows and take in the washing at night
 The Doggetts were reused from slumber by some one fumbing al the Kitchen window At the Plunketts' some one was distinctly heard at the chicken house Mrs Pilkins said she heard footsteps on the Pilkins' front porch that night and the Pikes report. ed that their mignonette bed had been trampled
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