The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-06

] Eetnng along nicely. She'll have tx be
kept quiet tor astew Hays
1 was looking at Swat ~curfously. He,
was rubbing his head prepiexedly, as
though trying to bring some confused
memory &c the surface of his mind.
q seem to remember he said, thai
Miss Vaughan tainted, and that 4
stared at us. rs her father deadg
ded slightly at Human. and he nod
bded slightly. I took it for assurance
that Swain might be questionable God
frey, who had gone indoors to get ON
of us. including Swain, lighted up.
swain, I began. 81 var you
to tell us all that you remember OF last
night,s happenings. Both Mr.. Godfrey
n DR.. Human are in my confidence
and you may speak freely before them.
want them to hear your story, be-
AUS 4 want their advice
SWANS face.
"Tve been trying. over since I woke
remembrance Of last night he began.
slowly; but I haven't succeeded very
well. AT least, everything seems to
stop right in the middle"
Go ahead" said, and tell
Maybe !. viii ILL gro " cleaner Ismen0s Is
you recall 1t, or maybe we can fill
IN the gaps. Begin at the momen you
went over the wall. We know every
tning that happened up to that time.
1o an renaemner that clearly don't youY'
all that" and he settled back in his
chair. We'll. after / went down the
ladder I found myself In q clump OF
s~hrubbery. and beyond that was a path.
! knew that the arbor where I was to
meet Miss Vaughan was In the corner
OF the grounds at the back next to Mr..
Godfrey's place, so ! urn back along
the wall. leaving the path. which curved
away from 1t. 1t was very dark under
me trees. ana ! had to go slowly for
rear Of running into one OF them. But
! finally found the arbor. / struck a
match to assure myself that it wa
empty. and then sat down to wait. |
Once or twice I fancied l heard some |
one moving outside, but it was only |
the wind among the trees, I guess, for
It was fully half an hour later before |
Miss Vaughan came"
| could see how his hand was trem-
ping on h arm OF his chair. and he
PAUSED a. moment to collect himself.
What Miss Vaughan told me-" he
Went on. at last. andeI saw that OF the
details of the meeting he did not intend |
to speak, convinced me that her ia
Their was quite mad-much worse than |
| had suspected. knew, OF course. that
he was a student of the supernatural, |
but sine the coming Of this yogi
This what? Human interrupted.
"A yogi" Swain answered, turning |
toward him. lis, as nearly as I can
make out. a sort of high priest OF Hin
duism. He knows all its secrets, and is |
supposed to be ablof to do all sorts of !
supernatural things. This fellow who |
lived with Mr.. Vaughan is a yogi. Mr.. |
Vaughan was his disciple"
Where did the yogi come from ~
Godfrey asked.
II don't Know. I don't think Mr..
Vaughan knows. He arrived. with his !
attendant. about six months ago; and
since then things have gone from bad |
to worse. There has been crystal gaz-
ing and star worship and necromancy |
of all sorts. / confess / didn't under
stand very much of it," he added. 1T
was all SO wild and weird: but it ended
only in Mr.. Vaughan becoming a
convert 10 whatever religion 1t is the !
yogi practices. but in a determination
that his daughter should become a
priestess OF the cult. 1t was from that |
she wished me to help her to escape.
He stopped and again rubbed his head |
slowly.
"As I tell It," he went on. at last, ut
sounds absurd and unbelievable; but,
as she told it. there in the darkness
with those strange rustlings around us.
it sent the chills up and down my
spine. Perhaps those Orientals do
know more about the supernatural than
we give them credit for; at any rate,
I know that Miss Vaughan had been
impressed with the yogi's power. 1t fas-
cinated and at the same time Mortified
her. She said he a a hideous snake.
a cobra. which he petted as she would
pet a kitten. ;"
His voice broke again. and he wiped
the perspiration from his forehead. II
myself felt decidedly nervous Godfrey
threw away his cigar. which had brok-
en- in his fingers.
"At any rate" Swain went on. II was
SO upset by what she told me that
could think of nothing to do except tel
beg her to come away with me at once.
I remembered my promise to you Mr.
Lester. but I was sure you would ap-
prove. I told her about you-that it
was int your hands the letter had fall
en-. She said h had seen you looking
at her from a tree and had known at a
glance that she could trust you. YOU
didn't tell me you were In a tree" he
added.
Yes" I said awkwardly. IT was just
taking a little 'ook over the landscape.
Rather foolish of me. wasn't it?"
well, it was mighty fortunate, any
way. She had written the letter, but
she had no idea how she was going to
get it to me-"