The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-03-12
CHAPTER vl-contirue5.

All, Judge Ostrander." she ex.
in a hasty but not u~ngraceful
greeting. you are very punctual. l
vas not looking for you yet" Then,
as she noted the gloom under which
De was laboring, she continued with
real feeling. Indeed, | appreciate this
aacrIhce you have made to my wishes.
il was asking a great deal Of you to
GONE here; but l saw no other way
OF making my point clear. Come over
mere, Peggy. and build me a little
house out of these stones. You don't
mind The child, do you, Judge? She
may o1er a diversion If our retreat is
invaded"
The GESTURE of d~isavowal which he
made vas courteous but i~nsincere. He
sd mind the child, but he could not
explain why; besides. he must over
some such folly.
Now. she continued as she re-
Joined nm on the place where he had
3aken his stand, 81 will ask you to
SO back with me to the hour when
Dohn Scoville left the tavern on that
1atal day. | am not now on oath, but
. might as well be for any slip | shall
make In he exact truth. ! was max
3ng pies IN the kitchen, when some
on came running in to say that Reu-
ther had strayed away from the front
yard- And here l found her, sir, right
n the heart of these ruins. She was
playing with stones just as Peggy
dear is doing now. Greatly relieved,
was taking her away when I thought
AAssrS! John calling. Stepping up to
xhe edge close behind where O are
staI.iing, sir-yes. there, where you
get such a broad outlook up and down
he rayisN--I glanced in the direction
-0m which | had heard his call-just
ait a moment. sir; l want to know
1e exact time"
Stopping, she pulled out her watch
and looked at 1t, while he, faltering
up 70 the verge which she had pointed
ut, followed her movements with
range intensity as she went on tc
ay in explanation of her act.
The time Is important, on accoun,
Ut a certain demonstration | am anx
Gus 10 make. Now il you will lear
q little forward and look where | an
pointing, you will notice at the turf
OF the stream a spot of ground NOR,
pen than the rest. Please keep you
eyes on that spot, for it was Their,
4 saw at this very hour twelve year
ago the shadow of an approaching fig
ure. and it Is there you will present.,
see one similar, IL the boy | hav,
tried to interest in this experimen
does not fail me. Now, now, sir, W.
should see his shadow before we Sc
him. Oh. l hope the underbrush an
trees have not grown up too thick!
tried to thin them out today. Are yo
watching, sir?"
He seemed to be, but she dared nc
turn to look. Both figures Leaned
intent, and in another moment sh
had gripped his arm and chung Their,
Did you see?" she Whispered
Don't mind the boy; it's the shado'
I wanted you to notice. Did you oil
serve anything marked about it?"
DuC q old"h hllI UdCh lltO IN
ruins. They were standing in ths
one secluded corner under the ruil
GUS gable, and she was gazing up {
him very earnestly. Tell me, Judge
she entreated as he made no efol
60 answer.
with a hurried moistening of h
Dps, he met her look and responde
with a slight emphasis:
The boy held a stick. / shouI
say that he was whiting it,"
Ali" Her tone was triumphan
That was what ! told him to do. d.
you e anything else?"
mo. I do not understand this e
pertinent or what you hope from 1t
Il will tell you. The shadow whic
i saw at a moment very like thi
twelve years ago, showed a ma
whiting a stick and wearing a ca
with a decided peak in front. N
husband wore such a cap--the on
one I know of in town. What mo.
did / need as proof that 1t was h
shadow | saw"
And wasn't it,"
Judge Ostrander, | never thougl
ainerebtly till after the trial--tt
after 4ne earth closed over my pc,
husbands remains. That was why
could ~ nothing in his defense
why ID not believe him when /
\ that he had left his stick b
IN when he ran up the blu
luther. But later, when it W;
when the disgrace of b
md the necessity of seekir
elsewhere drove me into Sc