The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-10-14
A FOOL AND HIS MONEY.

fnl II over quickT' sho commanded
promptly
Perhaps ia better run ont and get
Max aud Rn"-
III my hus II NJ. Plra- should IMAM
that secret door frum the other side.
MI smart. II viii be- very embarrassing
for you und me Ter
! PAT m, shouldcr 20 the huge creeky
hcd ana shaved There wcrr no cas-.
irrs II dil not nudge Ia. couptes.
INSISTED mr hy putting the tins of her
small fingers against one end oi II ana
pushing. II WIS not wnat one would
rnll u fmniir 'nurt uu her pnrt. hut n
served 10 make me- exert myself 10 the
utmost
Don't de- THAT protested. II can
manage ii alone thuuk YOU
! secured o. strong grip on The bot.
tom ~ the thing ana hrnvcd mnnfnlly.
"N"u might lrl mr hclp" she cried
hrmlv eraspinr SIDE pi,-rr with both
hnnds
The bed moved by means Of great
strninine got the heavy thing over
against the mirur One OF the lcgs
"as hopcirssly -pllutprcd Ia the drop
rom The uis"d platform
There. she -nld Standing on to sur.
yes our Joint achievement. we've
stopped u 40 yer, nicely She brush
cd thr uls of hu uurcrs dnintily.
THIS Afternoon yuu may fetch up
mmmri 1ui sfmr nails and fnsien the
miIrm permanently Then you can
NOV" the bed back 10 its proper place.
Gooduo~s' What narrow -uuaakr
Madame. slld 1. my hand ON my
heart uut not through lllIautry. THAT
bed stays where " a. Not all the
Kings horses nor nu the kings men
can put u back again
Was IL sp n,u,y. Mr. smnuY'
I swallowed very hard 4 prophetic
crick already had planted itself ia my
back VIII you forgive me n sub.
nit that you sleep quite distance
from humcr | Remarked with justi
liable irony Why the deuce don't
you stay on the upper no0mT
"bccHuse ! hm mortnlly afraid she
Eaid With a little shudder You've
no idea how lonely. how spooky II ~
az there NJ the dead hour OF night
I couldn't sicvp After the third night
I had NV things moved down here.
where could n least feel that there
were strong men within-you might
say arms length Of me l'm-I'm
sboctingly timid
she smiled. a wavcring. pleading ~.
tle smile that conquered
"of course I don't mind. countess. .
hhstenrd 20 SAY Only ! thought
II would be- cuEicf up there with Rose
mary and the two maids Tor company
She leaned a little closer 60 inc. We
ell sierp down here" ahc said coma
dentially. We bring Rosemnry's ~
tie mattrcs. down every night and put
II IN the tin hathtuh Il IL very
! good ~ aud makes quite n nice cradle
fof her Helene aud hlake steep Just
icruss the bail. and W. leave the door
sle lfrn. ~. sou see were not on,
ult AFRAID
I'm said iudicinlly And Nd
my stud, h. just beyond this mirror
yb' Mas { inquire how you happen
fr Know TINT have nay study thcrcr'
ooh l.,rgcd 10 the other day" she
.aid -rrrurl1
90, dru., ,uu didr
q uH- quite -ur. that you were out.
20, ,,unurd = oprurd Ludwig IN,
! UrI 1000 mU ui Two. tuats all YOU
Hu quite .u., m there aren't your
ru,, ,uu Iu, grand uId rhnisc lougc"
Nr returned iU The curridor 81,
r.o.sI tb, I..nf softly. O. mocecry n
view l' iHr ,Hticr had made in shift
/ Iue tn, fa-l auI lts lmpcdimcuts
Listen whispered suddenly
| emspns ner uum pid YOU hear foot
strfs boo tb,. ~h''
som, uur WINS walking over the ston'
1upf Boo th, iowrr mail. brisk strides
! mat uug ont quite clearly as thcl
drew urarrr
"ItI. IT'S Mt rlrss." she whispers
ln q psuic Il recognize bis tread. Al
\ IA could ever forget u. on, how
hntc him He
Don't .top here 20 tell the about H..
rui 100 sharply Make haste! Ge
90 20 your unms and lock yourself In
rll 90 Stop him
Assuming uuuchnluncc ! certainl.
ala not nvri. ! descended the stairs
NJ. met boz the uruld halfway below
. Nr plc.s approached slowly, EVIDENT
having checked MS speed on hearin
IN, Footsteps 1000 the stairs.
Hello I uid ngrvnbly "lo'
dld 5000 get M
lie SURVEYED mc coolly II know IN
,nsfI, frum top tu bottom. Mr. Smnr
To be- perfectly frank with you, | trie
ia, SECRET prur M your study bu
found the Opposite door blocked. 70
b,y, no objection trust 10 my 1908
INC over the castle, II IL Ike nom
to me-
N, prnn WINS to dctniR him in conve
.nflou until snc had time 10 secret
tt .., "a. upper Npur SnmehO'