Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1914-02-19
CHAPTER XIV.
Connued.

BAT An3EA had no ra10-eGat. l
remember that her shen1dsra we're
wet Whan she came in fsM the Lane. +"
''Ns. she had no protection bat her
blouse, blaOk like her drssS. pre-
suMs that her hot bleed resented
every kind Of wrap"
Again that sidelo1g glance frsm his
keen eye. "She wore a checked silk
handkerchief about her nsek-the one
she afterwards put over her head"
"YOu were on the saas train with
my wife and sister-in-laW," Ransom
now said. did you sit near them
Converse with them, that is, with
Mrs. RansomW
'sI have no reason for deeeiving you
In that regard" replied Mr.. Harper.
81 did not come UP from New York
on the same train they did. They
must have come up in the morning,
for when I arrived at the place they
call the Ferry, saw them standing
On the hotel steps ready to step into
the coach. I spoke to Mrs. Ransom
then, but only word. My grip-sack
had been put under the drivers seat,
and I saw that was expected to ride
with him, Notwithstanding the in
clemency of the weather. Mrs. Ran
som saw it too and possibly my natu-
raj hesitation, for she turned to me
after she had seen her sister safely
enscoRnad inside and said something
about her regret at having subjected
me to such inconvenience, but did not
offer to make room for me in the body
Of the coach, though there was room
enough if the other had been the quiet
lady she was herself But she was
not, and possibly this was Mrs. Ran
SONS excuse for her apparent lack
Of consideration for me. Before we
reached the point where the lane cuts
In, l became aware of some disturb
Rnce behind me, and when we really
got there, I heard first the coach
door opening, then your wife's voice,
raised in entreaty to the driver, call
ing on him to stop before her sister
Jumped out and hurt herself. She is
deaf and very wild was all the ex-
PLANTATION she gave after Miss Hazen
had leaped into the wet road and
darted from sight into what looked
to me, in the darkness, like a tangled
mass of bushes. Then she said some
thing about her having had hard
work to keep her still till we got this
far; but that she was sure she would
find her way to the hotel, and that
we mustn't bother ourselves about it
for she wasn't going to; Anitra and
she had run this road too many times
when they were children. That is all
have to tell of my intercourse with
these ladies prior to our appearance
at the hotel. I think it right for me
to clear the slate, Ransom. Who
knows what we may wish to write
upon it next?"
A slight shiver on Ransom's part
was the sole answer he gave to this
innuendo; then both settled them
selves to work, the eyes Of either
flashing hither and thither from one
small object to another, in this seem
ingly deserted room. In the momen.
NSA 0I1SnCS WHICH 1S1IOW Gu, Tic Gwen
breathing of the woman in the adj
Joining room could be distinctly heard
1t seemed to affect Mr.. Ransom deeply
though he strove hard to maintain the
business-like attitude he had assumed
from the beginning of this unofficial
examination.
'She has confded nothing more tc
you since your return from the river
bank?" suggested the lawyer.
mo"
The word came sharply, consider
ing Mr.. Ransom's usual manner. The
lawyer showed surprise but no resent
ment, and turned his attention to the
bag both had noted lying open on tive
chairs.