Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-12-29
Two of
Them 4
They Met In a VacaEg
House
By AGNES q. BRodAN

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The European war had brought an
abrupt ending to Jack HsSden's impor-
tant commission, sending him back
unexpectedly to his own country. he
was not surprised, therefore. at finding
the old Homestead vacated and his sis
ter Cynthia away, presumably upon
one of her customary visits. aI.l
Cynthia Insisted upon keeping up
the old estate and living in solitary.
grandeur, while her brother trayersed
the world in his civil engineering ca
pacity. his. latchkey fitted now into
the lock with old time easiness. Going
upstairs to his room, now evidently &C.
cupied by Cynthia, he lit cigar and
threw himself into a chair for smoke.
He must have been more tired than
he supposed, for the cigar turned to
ashes in. his fingers and all became
oblivion. How long he slept he did
not know. 1t was slight grating
sound which first attracted his atten-.
tIon Then as his senses became more
mar, he discovered +. hlack connad
head upon the outer side of the win
MI, iss ~ n l',on,
"as 10 uouD. .ne ~, uue nay
n.eu " sne sei 'sas ~, any vas
y
NC "nuo". ,-'.nA- ness anu sienee
lou avu ~ 'ne "ol". a 1.,,., ~
tnY' '.e nou'o ""S erp'y' 'n ,as
u ~, VS. Sa'H 0 ayuen " s"N.,S.
,ne o,''sA eup % ne ".nuloM lai'ne' I
my s.e suruoNs' lns SINUS w,
tuu suarp ,ns. ul. uppestSY
apoNe we siii anu 'ne eaten was ueiti
hoNeu usiue. .i. .1sJ b.
'seA Mai'eu no ionsel. One S"n.
pacA"sru reach ior nis valise ana ns
slooI re'o,'eI III manu- ~ asn'nsl ny
Panes VI lne "an -, was ~
sounu ior a noiien' ~. nis 9wn iapip
ure"'lns' lnen lne "inuo" was nu'is
W hoiseieSsiy anu SIM siinoue.teu
nsure shppeu into -.ne' rum, Snuf
.aneousiy win .ne CLICK ~. .ne e,eceM
button came snarp cry, instantly lol'
lowed Dy u low eAciamation from nay
ueh. Inc ngure stanuing uhaer cover
u MS threatening weapon was tue
hgure OF girl LAttie more tnan
giri sue seemed, at least WIN her Iair
nair curing IN tenorlls ABOUT the close
ntuhs VeiVet turpan'i "nlcn SO resem'
oied cap
her eyes met MS woe ana startieu'
WINE tne mana "hlch ieil 10 ner siae
neld Dut long ana 1eweied hatpin.
rms was tne instrument ne realizeu'
whleh nau uhtastened the latch' Inc
giri' SUI iacihg hln' wlthdreW almost
inpeFcepioV to"aru tue open WIN
COW.
Stahu stiii JACK commanded
me shocK OF being confronted by
TINS snaii' Appearing ngure aiter MS
tense eApeetaht waiting. unnerVed
JACK hayden strangely Ills very I'M
gers tremoied at the reVoVers NIT
Sil ao"h ne oruereu nuskily' 81
ientiy tne girl opeyed' from the VIM
10" MS Keen eyes searcheu the moon
III saruen' tue portico outside, ror a
possiDie aeeonp,ice' 'lnen ms gaze re-
turneu 10 the girl
why ure you mere : ne asked,
me young woman slahceu over tne
s'eanns punt Vi uis re'oifer'
WY ure !ou sne salu eooiy.
hayden eoihpresseu MS ups. AN,
sNei me, ne 'iisis'eu' oeiore cai'
'n r,, po''ce
sn. su soo,hauhS, vu
Mon 10 nut sue saiu, woulu o1
ss'ner 'oo uanselous,,or yourself.
one .euneu ,orwaru suuceny. naye
sUu saAe" 80 any .nins ye, sue aSAeu'
peeause you haven't anu VIII W
a"' f"'eu! "o o"e "eeu e'ei A"Vw
nns sou W., % ~ -, N ny as
am as iUoH ou' ie'o''ei ili"Ae co
"e qui'e SIN .
10. usn Dsn' 'o"aiu uet. ~" ,.,r, ~
sou mean ne asA a,, sio"V' ""a'
"v YOU .aAe me TOT -,
ns' Nou,u any que 'aAe you ~,
.ne eni ie.or'eu' Wno pu' pursia,
iou,u "'iheu At nisne III "a Nae"'eo
"ouse'
1hvA s'areu' .heh laueneu snortiy'
so' ne saiu' ''u 'ninn 'nere "ie
W. Vi US
~, eni spAns ~ ner .ee', wv
u u' sne vrieu inu,snan'iy' Do YOU
u. .S 70 ,.inN 'na.
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