Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-24
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR MAY "a. 1914

Dean of Camford uncle by marriage, there too,
with his daughter, and he would perform the wedding
ceremony. 1t at his house the girls had visited in
London; but since then his wife, Lord Gormes sister,
had died. and because of her death the wedding
be quiet one with few guests.
DAURA grew restless and tired of lying STILL for
Annira's sake. At last, when it half-past six
o'clock she very cautiously slipped out of bed, and
went into her sisters room next door, to battle and
dress. 1t in her mind to Hamar his way up
to the castle from his cottage not half mile away.
She wanted to talk to him about the old story of the
piper, and tell him what she had-not heard-oh, no,
not heard!-but imagined
Just outside Annira's door of the four wind
ing tower sarcases of the CASTLE 1t led down to door
that opened fight of stone steps that de-
scended into walled courtyard. In the wall of that
courtyard comparatively modern gate by which
you could get out to cliff path. This the short
est though steepest way down to the bay Shore where
Hamar's cottage stood, among group of Others be-
longing to the impoverished Dunum estates.
1t was few minutes after when Daura opened
the door at the top of the steps, but the servants
were not stirring yet in that part of the house. There
not sound except the rmur.of the sea- and the
cooling of doves in the big picturesque dovecote fastened
to the top of the courtyard WALL and supported also by
tall posts, gray with age and shiny satin.
@Could it, after ALL have been the doves?" the girl
wondered.
No great precautions taken at night for the
locking UP of Dunulm Castle Everybody knew that
anything portable and worth stealing except the books
had been sold long ago. and even if not there wasn't
creature the island who would have walked in to
steal, if all the doors were flung open.
Just now, however, the circumstances rather
different for there valuable wedding presents
in the house. Daura expected to wrese with two rusty
bolts for she knew the servants had been told to be
little careful than usual Not that there any
fear than before of the island folk but there had
been paragraphs in the Edinburgh and even in the
London, papers, about the approaching romantic
rage of the beautiful Lady Annira Gorme with young
American millionaire and the reporters had heard of
and mentioned string of pearls and some other jewels
that George Conway had given the bride, as well as
the motorcar
Daura had been slightly surprised, therefore, at
finding the door at the top of the steps unlocked She
still surprised that the two big bolts the
gate were pushed back. Had the locking up been for
gotten had already passed out this way
early in the morning.? She little puzzled but not
really anxious, knowing she did that the pearls
lying Anniras dressing table Besides in her pres
mood she would have been almost glad to hear that
jewels had been stolen. If only something like that,
which wouldn't really much matter in their lives could
account for the sound of the pipes in the dawn
Out on the cliff path, where strangers grew giddy,
Daura walked as calmly if in drawing room. She
expected every minute to see Hamar appear; for he
as punctual a clock: more punctual than some
of the clocks in the castle He due begin playing
under the west windows of which Lord Gorme's
one, at quarter to eight, and to get there in time he
ought to be coming along the cliff path But
Daura walked and down toward the bayshore, with
out seeing the ggantcay tall figure with its swayng
kilt and long, thin brown legs. 1t seemed to her that
Haar ought to be earlier than usual rather than LATER
if there to be any change in his habits Niras
wedding day.
At last she to promontory of rock whence the
path slanted down with steep obiquity giving view
of the cottages and the road behind them. Not far
from the road stood Hamar, talking with someone