The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-09-16

was mo- answer. she became quit" "N-
cited about il and persisted. sud
denly a bored voice broke IN.
Number. please
You cut me on" June answered
sharply.
What number were you talking
to-"
Il don't know They called ne
IF can locate the party. II! call
you again Hang up. please.
ON bother
+ June put the received back on the
hook and turned to Gordon.
The reason I'm so put out and irrl
tated about it," she explained. is be
cause | thought it sounded like my
nurses voice. II was so like hers
as though she were terribly fright
encd, II couldn't have been. though.
she added mcditativcly. She dldh
know | was coming here didn't want
her to. And she hadn't any reason to
call up Mr.. Lamar. In fact | know
she'd avoid him. suppose 1t was
only my imagination.
At the Travis house Mary shrank
away from the telephone ana CoEerc"
her face with her hands. in terror.
June at I.amars Office. Why? And
; secretly. too. Horrors were pllinG up
1t had been wild. unrcasoninE fear
, that drew her to the telephone TO
} communicate with Lamar. sense OF
dcspcration and complete helpless
ness. She knew, as soon as the cen
r trail repeated the number after her.
= that she had done a foolish thing. Ana
, then June had answered!
+ Mary crcpt to the foot of the stair
g way leading up to the attic ana MS
i tened. She thought she heard a slow
:. measured breathing. Then the sound
i of something heavy being dragged over
g the floor made her fly to her own room
in instant terror.
, There. sitting erect and tense in the
n comfortable old chair where she was
"a accustomed TO take her afternoon nap
is she went over the happenings OF the
past hour.
10 Hour. Had it been only an hour
d II was incredible to suppose that 81
N much disaster could accumulate II
sixty short minutes. She looked at tn
= little silver boudoir clock, one q
Ie Junc's gifts Just an hour since, sh
mr. had looked from the window to SO
A Yama coming up the walk, carryln
Is his suitcase.
only an hour since he had put tn
grip on tn" front porch and handle
he her the key TO Junc's big trunk. Mar
IF licked of the dreadful events in sol
AT of morbid tabulation-thc events tina
or had followed:
When she had gone into June's ROOF
il TO get the rest of the unpacking III
ar isbcd Yama had followed her closcl
in. His face must have been unnatural
CHASTITY at the time. She had not n
I'd ticcd until afterward. when its pail
SIX. was hitrOus.
Of Then the trunk A slight Difficult
ND in opening il, on account of the X
sticking-thc lid flying up suddcnI
is, and a squat. ugly, grinning face, vi
nor cracked lips parted over ugly sna
,th Of teeth. showed close to her own.
.cb Mary now caught her reflection
the mirror over the bureau Of h
ol,. room. There were blue hollows aron
Won her eyes and pinchcd. starved 10
n chung about her nostrils
a Smiling Sans threat rang in b
av, ears.
ito" Thought you'd shake me, CHI VI
hit you've got to hide me now OF by
nks Ill"
Ids She had hidden him aided
o &c Yama-thc coward who had made q
,irg rcarsom, situation possible Tog"ti
mn they had urged Sam ~ the steps ID
hon the attic. He had gone. -narin
and them. mounting gutter "a'as "r.
frr, threats. Just before be hat CLOS.
had attic door he had fouri-h"l
Ais. with mcuaciug gesture II
Ia. iDdclibIc warning TO Mary. as
,rv alone. recalling the scene.
all Suddenly. with "a smother.
the old woman jumped p" bier E.
and caught q, the eds. u. i-. ".
keep from falling. Upstairs %
'gcd. attic there vas
you walls Oh 'N' 'o'''''
moan!
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