The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-08
REVELATIONS
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6V &eie GorrjSon~
How Mrs. Allis Justified Her Presence
on the Stairs so Late.
tISCPpONE VIC might as we'll 60 to
bed again fancy We were
alarmed for uuihlug

bed again. ! fancy We were
alarmed for nothing
Mrs. Alls the woman who had the
ucNt room to ours ~ the CoSgrove farm
house in the Cat>klll mountains, where
Dlcky and | wee Soiourulng Tor an au-
Itumu outing came back up the stsrS To-
where | stood I'm the hall
watched hcr'ta>clnatcd. Her tread
was absolutely noiScicsS as she came up
the stairs ui the Old farmhouse, stars
which knew would have Crcdkcd loud
! " ~ my step
Ny earlier suspicion, OF the woman
revived Her proficiency IN creeping
,tcalthlly aloug passagcways and up
and down stairs must come from Ions
prdrtl,c, practice which could only
mean that She had hccu under frequent
Necessity ilr mnlilg surTcpuuou,ly
! hrrc was tiny, amused, sardoulc
smile PLAYING around Mrs AliIS' lips
a, She pressed the button Of her flash
/ light and threw its CLEAN full in my
lace. | scnscd the hidden antagonist,
Of the woman toward me a she spoke
although her tone was friendly enough
and even held note OF confidence,
DO YOU know" she said putting her
face close 10 mine and speaking IN surh
low tone that II was less audible than
Whisper am certain that no one
two feet away could have heard hcr=-
"tha, | believe there IS something queer
about this place and these noises al
night Doesn't It seem strange To you
that they should be ~ such ignorance
as they profess tr"be OF the value oi
those paintings. ! believe that II the
truth we're known those painting don't
belong to them At all They've gotter
possession OF them IN some undcrhand
way. Tell me, IS their value really st
enormous as your brother SAID 1t was
He is an authority, suppose: :"
There were several things about THE
little speech which made stronger my
| resentment against the woman llCr
thnly vc,lcd >nccr at Dlcky's Iudgmcn
concerning the pictures, her cvldcn
ylndiCtNcncSS against the CoSgrovt
family almost like a personal grudgc
/ the secret of which | could not talhom
intensified the feeling OF dlstruSt ha,
for her.
The personal equation IN my iccllni
toward Mrs Allls was growing strong
cr.
, could not help a malicious lit,l
thrill at the thought ot her coming dis
cOm,iturc when she should find out he
mistake concerning the relationship be
tween DiCky and me- She had assume
that we were brother and sister. Dick
IN his love ior resting had iostcrcd th
deluSlon, and Mrs. CoSgrove, who va
sure di>likcd Mrs Allis even more cor
daily than did, and with more rcaso
Tor her feeling, had also abctcd IN
mistake.
With a sudden mental nausea ic
that ! could not stand the woman
presence any longer
II think YOU can he very sure tina
Mr. Graham's valuation ~ tho picture
Il, absolutely correct | SAID. SuiiN
AS to the other matter, having ~
rived here only last night. |, of couS,
know nothing Of H. agree with yor
that We would better go to bed again
good night
An Early Rising
We were standing close TO my bed
room door opened II, slipped swift
!, inside and locked !, alter mc with
ou' waiting to hear whether or uo
Mrs ALI, made any reply to me
As ! crcpt back into bed again an,
drew the covers over me, Shlverng. io
the autumn mountain ait was crisp
wondered at the vindicliyeness towaru
the toSgtoyc family which | had no
tircd in Mrs All> tone.
My earlier suspicion against IN
woman had been that she was the un
SctupuouS agent II picture thieves. bu
the mallclouSncW with which she ha
emphasized her remarks concerning III
CoSgto,cS Savoted OF personal feel
ing, which could only mean that sh
had some private reason for her en-
nifty
| rcyokcd the mystery in my hrai
iof long while Finally. worn out.
fell asleep and did no, awaken until
: felt Dlckv gently shaking me
: Wake up sleepy head" he was Va,
! ing "Nou cant catch any trout h
| pounding your ear besides. ! can SINE
, breakfast
| Sptaug out of bed. wide awake