The Washington times., 1918-06-20
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II - place calleQ AGoerley.
she replied. 1T Is on the way 20
LGrchmont, so thought you might
know OF It It. Is that house which
g associated with the family mys-
tsry." she added, with q faint smile.
Il didn't know IT," he said, ''But
am not surprised that the family
haunted house-is Il a hGunted
\ hous0s-Sh0aid be In that part OF
Nthe country! don't know why. bot
q seems % be peculiarly appTo-
pirate 90 EhoBta and mysterieR-
Esar New York, - IL is. there are
Gpott which might Be hundreds
o. miles away from civil
iEation- ] had q very curious ex-
pe=ience myseif while I was at
LSrrhmont-an axperionco which
shan not forget a. long as ! live"
He spoke very earnestly, and a. IL
q 9 lnsmoFy which was unpieasing
INDEED" said EstheE -SAs had
listened 70 many Of his stories. He
always told them with much good
2 temper and Appreciation, even
When-ag was not lnfrequsatly the
casp-they were against himself.
WIN yOa ten ne about itgT she
added
Secret Haa Bardeaed EInl.
He iGuEhed aEkWardiy. srm
a4raid Il 10 story which you might
not care g hear" he said. II mean,
gou might net think the better q
ne for Il, aad IslFalus eyosf GOOD
opinioa vert highly. Nrs. Borradale.
But ~ q matter Of nct, should
nles % tell you, for I've never
Spo,een Of Il 10 q soul and Il has
ben 3 burden upon my Mad for
YeEAoIt seams like years" he add-
- Cd lalghiAE again, though, as a
matter % fact, Il is barely two
IS@ siad 20 have your eonfi-
esnces she said. "Rnd to listen to
onythtg you care 70 tell me"
Yea So" he went on, II lead
make VUEf few friends, and there
aro Mt Many men IN whom I caro-
20 co1nl In my student daya q
was difieFent, and was glad 20
knock Ubsut with any one. wa
q vsry irresponsible sort OF fellow
then; It's onlg quite lately that
have KANT wisdom" He rose from
his eh4ig 20 put down his teacup.
EftheR Gh0ught he looked very boy
IN and handaOme a. he stood On the
great be4EEril llE- ~ the hearth
and begaa q tolf hia terry. She her
self 80 we'll forward, her hands
caaGped F0and her knee. What a
rich, deep voice he had-it was a
pleasure 70 hear him ppeak.
Il told you,' b began, ''that I
DID not get % well AZ Larchmont.
don't know what indled me to
sc there, but was fired "a taking
9oeumS' and wanted 20 start on my
own account bought'a little prac-
dee; I gave 90 little for Il that
might have known IL wasn't worth
much Il Wasn't exactly in Larch-
mont bot IN village IN that neigh
borhood. =
7 soon fOuBd that I was not
gSing 20 have much 10 DO. The
competition OF tia town crushed
me- II Il hadn't been for DR..
Erench- fH
'DT. Freneh?" iuterruned Esther.
Yes, DR.. David French He kept
z small private asylun not far
from me Do you know him?"
A8OGheF KotabIs SCoIneiaenee!S
Z have heard Of him." said Is
hsr. Coincidence once more-oF
perhaps this was hardly coincidence,
for Il was natural that living close
have known each other.
He was q good fellow, and helped
ne when he could did some small
operations on his patients when
nscesBETy, for he is a physicfan, not
. Eurgoon- But, taking d alto
gsthOT, I was very slack, and was
Beginning 70 think OF throwing Il
- and going back TO New York
WhGn the event am telling you OF
took place.
1T was somewhere in the late
a1tumn the year before last, q cold
sd wretchSd night was Just
blinking Of going TO bed, tired Of
ny own society and OF an unfnter-
GEting novel, when I heard an I'M
Tonted sound outside in the street.
! drew the curtain aside and looked
cut 4 was q motor car, driven by
enc mEn, and IL had drawn up be-
FORE NY door"
Esther gasped. Was thiE another
Sotnc3dencs7 DR.. Fleetwood's ad-
venture had happened at the same
time - her own. Could there be
s1y connection between the two?
What vas the man like?'' che
&hSrSG.