Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-11-20
CHAPTER VI-Contlnued.

"Oh, it's you, Lanny-Colonel Lam
StToni" he exclaimed thickly. Il saw
that some one had come in here and
naturally / was alarmed, as nobody
but myself ever enters. And Miss Gal
Iand!" He removed his hat deferentiai-
ly and bowed; his stoop returned and
Che lines of his face dropped. 81 was
so stupid; it did not occur to me that
you might be showing the tower to
Colonel Lanstron."
I'VE are sorry to have given you
fright" said Marta very gently.
"Eh? Eli" queried Teller, again
deaf. Fright? Oh, no, no fright. 1t
snight have been some boys from the
down marauding."
He was about to withdraw, In keep
7ng with his circumspect adherence
70 his part, which he played with a
sincerity that half-convinced even him
Telf at times that he was really deaf,
when the fire f1ickered back suddenly
30 his eyes and he glanced from Lam
atron to the stairway in desperate In
quiry.
wait. Felfer! Three Of US share
the secret now. These are Miss Gal
lands premises. l thought best that
she should know everything" said Ian
stron.
"Bverything!" exclaimed Teller.
Everything" the word caught in his
ahroat. "You mean my story, too?" He
was neither young nor old now. 'She
1nows who l amp" he asked.
"His story!" exclaimed Marta, with
o. puzzled look to Lanstron before she
turned to Feller with look of warm
sympathy. why, there is no story!
You came with excellent recommends
G*ons. You are our very efficient gar
dener. That is all we need to know
Isn't that the way you wish it. Mr.
Eeller?"
"Yes, just that!" he said softly rails
Qng his eyes to her. Thank you, Miss
Galland!"
He was going after another "Thant
you'll" and bow; going with the SLOW
step and stoop of his part. when Ian
stron, with a masculine roughness o
impulse which may be sublime gentle
ness, swung him around and seized hi
hands in a firm caress.
Forgive me, Gustave!" he begged
s'Forgive the most brutal of all in
auries-that which wounds a friends
possibilities"
"Why, there is nothing l could eve
have to forgive you, Lanny,' he said
returning Lanstron's pressure Will,
for an instant his quickening muscles
gave him a soldierly erectness. TheI
his attitude changed to one of doub
and inquiry. "And you found out tina
was not deaf when you had that fal
on the terrace?" he asked, turning t.
Marta. THAT is how you happened t.
get the whole story? Tell me, hon
estly!"
Yes"
you saw so much more of me thai
the others, Miss Galland," he said wit
u charming bow, "and you are so quic
10 observe. / am sorry"-he pause
with head down for an instant-'ver
sorry to have deceived you"
"But you are still deaf gardene
TO me-" said Marta, finding consolation
An pleasing him.
"Eh? Eh?" He put his hand to hi
ear as he resumed his stoop. Eyes
yes" he added, as deaf man wi
when understanding of a remark whic
NE failed at first to catch comes to hir
I'm an echo. Eyes, the gardener has n
past" he declared in the gentle oil
gardeners voice, when all the flow
ers die every year and he thinks onl
of next years blossoms-of the t,
kure!"
be sitting him, that of the roofies
world of the garden calling him. TIL
bent figure disappeared around tur
An the path and they listened withot
moving until the sound of his SLOW
dragging footballs had died away.
when he is serving those Of hi
own social station l can see how
would be easier for him not to hay
me know" said Marta. "Sensitiv
proud and intense" and a look {
horror appeared in her eyes. "As b
came across the room his face wa
transformed. / imagine 1t was lii
that of man giving no quarter in
bayonet CHARGE"
Feller had won the day for himse
where q friends pleas might ha,
failed. This was as 1t should be, La
atron thought.
"T'he right view--the view that y<
Msrs hound to taksl" he said.