The Delta independent., 1913-02-14
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER Mrs. Keziah Coffin, sup
posed widow. is arranging to move from
Trumet to Boston. following the death
OF her brother for whom she had kept
house Grace Van Horne. ward of Capt
Eben Hammond. leader of the "Come-out-
financially il She will remain. She de-
clnes. Ryan Pepper. widower. offers mar
rage. and is Indignantly refused.
CHAPTER II-capt. Elkanah Daniels,
reader OF the Regular church. offers Ke-
nan a place as housekeeper for the new
Trumet
CHAPTER III-Keziah takes charge of
Hev John Ellery. the new minister. and
gives him advice as to his conduct toward
members of the parish. Ellery causes a
Doe-',-e
CHAPTER IV-Ellery's presence is Dit
feriy resented by Eben Hammond. leader
guardian and Ellery escorts her home in
me rain. Capt. Nat Hammond. Eben's
son: becomes hero by bringing the pack
et into port safely through fog and storm.
Ellery nnds keziah writing a letter to
some ,m one inSlosing money in response to
demand. She is curiously startled when
INFORMED OF the arrival of Nat.
It develops that they have been lovers
since youth. Daniels demonstrates with
Acs.
CHAPTER vI-Ellery is caught by the
tide and Is rescued by Nat. They become
friends.
CHAPTER VII-Ellery meets Grace
day.
CHAPTER VIII-The clergyman takes
dinner Sundays with the Daniels. Anna
bel. the captains daughter. eXerts her
self to make an impression on him. She
notices with vexation his desire to get
sway every Sunday at a certain time.
she watches him through spy glass.
why, no-er-not exactly"
I'm sorry Good-by. Will you come
again next Sunday? OF course you
will. You know how dreadfully disap-
pointed l-we-shall be if you don't"
Thank you, Miss Daniels enjoyed
the dinner very much. Good after.
noon"
He hurried down the path. Annabel
watched him go. Then she did an odd
thing. She passed through the sit
ting room, entered the front hall, went
up the stairs, tiptoed by the door Of
her fathers room, and then up anoth.
er flight to the attic. From here a
steep set of steps led to the cupola
on the roof. In that cupola was a
spyglass.
Annabel opened a window a few
inches, took the sypglass from its
rack, adjusted it, laid it on the sill
Of the open window and knelt, the
glass at her eye. The floor of the
cupola was very dusty and she was
wearing her newest and best gown,
but she did not seem to mind.
Through the glass she saw the long
slope of Cannon Hill, with the beacon
at the top and Captain Mayo's house
near it. The main road was deserted
save for one figure, that Of her late
caller. He was mounting the hill in
long strides.
She watched him gain the crest and
pass over it out of sight. Then she
shifted the glass SO that it pointed
toward the spot beyond the curve of
the hill, where the top of a thick
group of silver-leafs hid the parsonage.
Above the tree tops glistened the
white steeple of the Regular church.
If the minister went straight home sne
could see him. But under those silver.
leafs was the beginning of the short
cut across the fields where Didama
hdu SecH MI EiItTy Walking on tne
previous Sunday.
Slowly she moved the big end of the
spyglass back along the arc it had
Travelled. She found a speck and
watched it. 1t was a man, striding
across the meadow land, half mile
beyond the parsonage, and hurrying
in the direction Of the beach She
saw him climb a high dune, jump a
fence, cross another field and finally
vanish in the grove of pines on the
edge Of the bluff by the shore.
The man was John Ellery, the min.
lister. Evidently. he had not gone
home. nor had he taken the short
cut. Instead he had walked down.
town long way and then turned in to
CROSS the fields and work his way
back.
Annabel put down the glass and,
needless OF her fathers call, sat think.
ing. The minister had deliberately de-
ceived her. More than that, he had
gone to considerable trouble to avoid
observation. Why had he done II
Had he done the same thing on other
Sunday afternoons? Was there any
real reason why he insisted on leav.
ing the house regularly at four O'Clock /?
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