Bisbee daily review., 1915-01-29
CHAPTER XVII.
Loss Of the Silver Notebook.

0N HE memoranda or my a0Neus
 lures at Hopeneld Manor fall
 under two general headings
 On the one hand were the ghost and the library chimney. on the other the extraordinary gathering of Cecilia's suitors As | followed at Miss Octa- via's side she seemed to have dis missed the ghost and the fnctious chimney from her mind Her hum0r changed completely. As lu the morn. Ing. when. uuoccountabIy abandoning her habitual high flown speech she had asked me about Ceci,ia's silver note book. she seemed troubled aud when we had reached the second floor she paused and lost herself in uuwoutcd preoccupation
 "Let us sit here a moment" she said. indicating a long davenport in the broad hall. For the first time her man. ner betrayed weariness. She laid her hand quietly on my arm and looked at me dxedly. Arnold" she slid-"you will let me call you Arnold. won't you?" she added plaludvely, and never in my life had 1 been SD touched by anything SO sweet and gentle and kind -"Aruold. if an old woman like me should do a very foolish thing in fol- lowing her own whims and then find that she had probably committed her self to a course likely to cause uuhap- piness. what would you advise her to do about itF'
 "Aliss UoIlister.' answered. "if you trusted Providence this morning Go send you a corps of servants when yours had been most unfortunately scattered by ghosts or rumors of ghosts, why will you not continue Co have COu- idence that your adairs will always be directed by agencies equally alert and henefceuts
 "I don't know the game. but have found oUt a lot OF things without being told, SO tell me nothing Remember that | have something quite rem8rka- ble. startling even, Go show you t0mOr row. have even overcome. you know, the obstacle you placed in the way of my discoveries by sending in ahead of me this moping for the plans of the house."
 I watched her narrowly, but she was in no wise discomhted.
 Well, ] burned them the moment Hilda brought them back" she laugh ed. "I had faith ln you. and ! wanted you to manage 1t all for yourself rather guessed that you would go to Pepperton. That was when ] stilI be- Iieved"
 "But you must go on believing Makebelieying is the main cornerstone and the keystone of Che arch of the happy life"
 "You are sure you are not mockng a foolish old womant'
 "You are the wisest woman ! ever knew" asserted and my heart was in the words.
 or believe you have persuaded me, but Ceciliu"-
 "Leaye it to me- trust me; lean upon me. assure you that on will be we'll"
 She bent her head and yielded her self Go reycric for a moment Then she sprang Co her feet in that lude- scribabIy Iight graceful wny that erased at least dfty of her years from the reckoning and was herself again.
 "Arnold Ames," she said laughing a little but gzing up at one with unmis- iakablc confidence uud liking in her eyes. eve will go through with this to the end And whether that slipper really fell at your feet In Beacon street or in the even less likely pre- ciucts of Iuttenlouse square or under the windows of the Spanish embassy In Washington, l believe that you are my good knight and that you win see me safely through this singular adyeu- tuFe.'
 And ], Arnold Amcs. but lately a student of chimucya bent and kissed Miss Octavil's hand
 She led Che way to the library where ] thought it well to appear for moment, and ! was heartily glad that l did go. lt was joy enough for any man that he should have earned such gIances of hatred and suspicion as the suitors bent upon me There they were some standing. some seat ed, about Cecilia bowed low from the door, feeling that to offer my hand to these gentlemen iu theiI present temper would be too severe a stmil upon their manners As Miss Ocnyia appeared several Of them advanced cautiously aud engaged her iu con versatlon. She found seat and cai- sd the others to her on Che plea that she wished Go asN them their opinion touching some matter believe it