Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-05-11

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~ am glad of that" said the musi
clan shortly; at is the best policy to
pursue with me-to mind nothing ex.
cept your own business"
The train stopped before Evan coul,
put into shape the thoughts which
Trelowsky had startled in him by this
tacit command.
"Wa are arrived" said Trelowsky.
"Come-keep close to me-"
Evan strained his ears for some
sound that would indicate the nature
of their surroundings. He felt GER
tain that they were only passengers
who had alighted there. Listening
sharply, he failed to hear any of the
usual hustle of even the smallest kind
of station.
1t must be an exceptionally lonely
and deserted place.
They were walking rapidly along
some hard road, and it had begun to
rain; that was all that Evan could
make out. Occasionally they passed
a tree; his marvellous gift of hearing
indicated to him difference in the
sound of his own footsteps when pass
ing anything like that on the road.
There were high fences, too, he felt
certain; sense of being shut in by
something told him that. Sometimes
eh knew by the rush of little eros
current of air that there was a break,
or gate, in one of the fences.
At last Trelowsky laid his hand
upon Evans arm and muttered: "In
here"
They turned to the right and pass
ed through a gateway. Evan observ-
ed slight rise in the ground. The
rain was increasing rapidly; the wind
began to moan among the trees.
Again Trelowsky gave him sharp
command: "Wait!"
They paused at the top of three
stone steps. Evan heard key CRATE
in rusty lock; he felt a rush of air,
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disused house.
"Come in," said Trelowsky.
Evan started and followed him.
son your right" said Trelowsky,
"is the drawing-room; the piano is
there. l would like you to begin on it
at once. 1t makes me nervous to
know that there is a piano in the
house that cannot use at any minute
that may feel inclined to do So"
Evan had heard that this was one
of Trelowsky's idiosyncrasies. He
felt his way into the strange room
and found the piano, which seemed to
be standing rather far back in the
large apartment.
Presently Trelowsky followed.
"You find your way eesily in
strange Places" he commented irrit-
ably. "Well, why don't you begin?"
"Begin?" repeated Evan, astonish-
ed.
"Yes; commnece to tune the piano,
and don't stop, no matter what hap
pens"
Evan turned quickly to his work; he
began to feel that working for Ire
lowsky andp leasing him were going
to be rather difcult things.
Evan had worked, he reckoned, for
an hour when he heard the front door
open. To his sharp ears, at the same
time, came the sound of light step,
decidedly not that of Trelowsky's, on
the stone terrace outside. Then there
was cry; something fell.
The next moment he heard Ire
lowsky locking the front door on the
inside. He seemed to have difficulty
III walking down the passage. AS
nearly as Evan could make out there
was some one with him, but that other
one seemed to be dragging his feet.
At the door of the drawing room
Trelowsky paused, then walked in that
peculiarly difficult way over to the
other end of the room, where Evan
surmised there must be windows CIV
ing upon the terrace. AS he paused,
the blind boy could hear by his breath
ing that he was laboring under some
excitement.
Evan turned again to his task, ap-
parently unnoticed by Trelowsky.
Outside the wild storm had howled
itself quiet for a time.
Like a soft interruption of Trelow-
sky's regular breathing, there came
to Evans across the room long
drawn, quivering sigh. He could no
longer doubt that some one had enter
ed with Trelowsky, But how? Be-
yound that queer, dragging sound in
the passageway, he had heard no
other footsteps save those of the plan