The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-04-22

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silver booklet about which Miss Octa-
via had inquired so anxiously. She rails
ed her eyes with the faraway look In
them.
"Can you tell me how to spell Ar
rowood-is It one or two w's"
"One ] think the noble lord uses"
She seemed 10 write the name. and
I saw her counting on her fingers,
touching them lightly on the open page
Of the book.
Then she dropped it into her purse,
which she thrust back carefully into
her pocket. She sighed and was silent.
gave her In detail the story Of the
ghost, and my recital seemed to amuse
her greatly.
"You thought 1t was Aunt Octavia
herself at first, then you thought l was
the spook, and now you are not fully
persuaded that 1t is not my father. !
will take you into my confidence this
far-that I don't know how father got
into the house last night. He wrote a
note asking me to meet him on the
roof and bring the folls. That was not
unlike him, as he is the dearest father
in the world. and his whims are just
as jolly In their way as Aunt Octav Was.
I was sure that Aunt Octavia had re-
tired for the night, SO I changed my
dress and carried the foils up through
the trunk room. had hardly reached
there before my father appeared. The
whole situation-my being there and
all that-has distressed father.
"You think" she asked, that those
lights couldn't have winked out twice
by themselves while you were on the
stairway"
II am positive Of 1t. And somebody
"a being Of some sort-passed me on
the stairway. II might imaginably
have been you"
But tell you positively 1t was not
Then 1t might have been your father
A man who can enter q house at will
might easily play any manner Of other
tricks. His disappearance after I had
gone down into the house with him
was just as mysterious as the ghost"
1T was natural for father not to want
,yM-t to know how he got in. The mo.
tive for that would be the fact that he
is not supposed to see me or commune
cate with me In any way"
"It must have occurred to you that
there Is one member Of the Hollister
family we haven't mentioned In this
connection"
IF you mean Hezekiah"-
"None other!'
"If Hezekiah or my father should be
caught In the house while am there
just now we should all pay dearly for
1t. Believe me, this is true. Some day
you may know the why's and where
fores; ut present no one may know.
But why should Hezekiah wish to
prowl about there ut night-to assume
for a moment that she Is doing it,"
Her manner was wholly earnest. 1t
some sort of compact with her aunt,
and no doubt the arrangement was In
the characteristic whimsical vein Of
which had enjoyed personal expert
ence. I did not wish to press Cecilia
for explanations she might not be free
two.
"Hezekiah may be entering the house
and playing ghost for amusement,
merely In a spirit of childish rebellion
against the Introduction that forbids
her the house. That is quite plausible,
Hezekiah being the spirited young per-
son we know her to be. And 1t may
amuse her, too. to plug the chimneys
at time when her sister is enjoying
the visits of suitors. Without quite
realizing that such was her animus,
she may be the least-the very least
bit jealousr
Cecilia flushed. and her eyes flashed
Indignantly. She bent toward me ea-
gerly.
please do not say such a thing!
You must not even think it!'
"She may be little forlorn, alone
in your fathers house over the hills at
times when you are surrounded by ad-
mirers, and 1t is my assumption from
what have learned In one way and
another Of your flight abroad last sum.
mer that some Of these gentlemen now
established at the Prescott Arms are
known to her."
"Oh, all OF them, certainly"
And Hartley Virgins among the
rest?''
THAT, Mr.. Ames. Is most unkind,"
she declared earnestly. "She has told
me that she was not In the least in
terested In Mr.. Virgins"
"And she told me the same thing, but
I do not feel sure of 1t. But what II
she Is? You are not really Interested
In HIM YOURSELF"
She did not vouchsafe any reply to
my statement, but changed the subject
abruptly. My description Of the ghost
had taken considerable time, and we
were now at the end Of our journey.
II count on finishing my errand and
taking the 2:07," she remarked.
That's a short time to allow your
self. I've heard that it's dreary busl-
ness chasing the employment agen.
cies."
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