Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-08

great things of you over here, Edgar.
We hear that you have been on the
point Of proving most unpleasant |
things with regard to our origin
oh! there is no doubt about that"
the professor observed. Where we
came from and where we are going to
are questions which no longer afford
room for the slightest doubt to the
really scientific mind. What sometimes
does elude us is the nature of our
tendencies while we are here on earth"
/ There was brief silence. The port
had been placed upon the table and cof-
| fee served The servants, according
| to the custom of the house, had de-
parted. The great apartment was
empty. Even Quest was impressed
| by some peculiar significance in the
| long-drawn-out silence. He looked
around him uneasily. The growing re-
gard of that long line of painted war
riors seemed somehow to be full of
menace. There was something grim,
too, in the sight of those empty suits
! of armor.
"I may be superstitious, Lord Ash
leigh said, "but there are times, espe.
cially just lately, when l seem to find
a new and hateful quality in silence
What is it, wonder? I ask you, but
think know 1t is the conviction that
there is some alien presence, some
thing disturbing, lurking close at
hand"
He suddenly rose to his feet, pushed
his chair back and walked to the wins
dow, which opened level with the
ground. He threw it up and listened.
| The others came over and joined him.
There was nothing to be heard but the
distant hooting of an owl, and farther
away the barking of some farmhouse
dog. Lord Ashleigh stood there with
straining eyes. gazing out across the
park.
There was something here" he
muttered: something which has gone.
What's that? Quest, your eyes are
, younger than mine. Can you see any
+ thing underneath that tree?"
Quest peered out into the gray dark
, ness.
i 81 fancied l saw something moving
in the shadow Of that oak" he NUT
q tered. Wait"
a He crossed the terrace, swung dowr
e on to the path, across the lawn, over
Y wire fence and into the park itself
i All the time he kept his eyes fixed OF
r certain spot. When at last ht
Il reached the tree there was nothing
Y there. He looked all around him. H'
/ stood and listened for several mo
e ments. A more utterly peaceful nigh
D or more utter peace it would be hart
K to imagine. Slowly he made his wa,
back to the house.
81 imagine we are all little nerv,
K tonight" he remarked. There's moth
of ing doing out there"
is They strolled about for hour 0
j. more, looking into different rooms
showing their guest the finest pictures
even taking him down into the wonder
to full cellars. They parted early, bu
At Quest stood, for few moments befor
e. retiring, gazing about him with an al
~ almost of awe. His great room, a
~ large as an Italian palace, was lit by
IN dozen wax candles in silver candle
y, sticks. His four-poster was supporte
of by pillars of black oak, carved int
ne strange FORMS and surmounted by tn
ed Ashleigh coronet and coat-of-arms. II
,r- threw his windows open wide an
or stood for a moment looking out acros
in the park, more clearly visible now b
er the light of the slowly rising mool
in There was scarcely breeze stirrin
ed scarcely sound even from the amin;
Irt world. Nevertheless, Quest, too, as r
rs, luctantly he made his preparations IL
on retiring for the night, was conse1ol
ed of that quer sensation of unimagine
as and impalpable danger.
Is. (TO BE CONTINUED9