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thing that We thought worth the
saying.
Captain Wharf did not seem to
think that he was called ON to
make any further efforts. He
looked at a book or two, held open
the door for me. saying Good
night" when ! left the room and !
went upstairs sincerely grateful
that the miserable evening was
over.
Aunt Enid did not come down to
breakfast the next morning. and
much the same comedy between
myself and the two men had to be
played out as on the night before.
Uncle Ralph began to show himself
to me In something OF a new light.
making phrases, as a diplomatist
might, putting an obvious restraint
on himself and acting quite an un-
TCdi fOics Il buOuiu hot haFO bO-
lieyed him capable OF it. Captain
Wharf was again singularly silent.
began to wonder, /as ! went
20 see about some household busi-
ness, how long life was to continue
in this delightful manner, when /
saw, looking from the window, the
station car coming round to the
door. l was surprised, Jor | was
generally informed Of any comings
or goings, but was immensely re-
lieved when | passed through the
hall to find luggage. which ] knew
must belong to Captain Wharf, be-
ing brought through and placed on
the Car.
SO he was going, and Uncle
Ralph had not told me; therefore !
must send word to the cook that
there would be one less at luncheon
and dinner than had told her.
That was the first, the purely do
mestic, thought that came to my
mind. The second, and the more
lasting, was one of supreme thank
fulness that he was going.
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fall on the books page began q
laborious entry.
Corpse discovered" he read
slowly, sgiving us the benefit of
each word as he wrote It down,
"by George Livesay, gamekeeper-
at what hour precisely?" he de.
mandej of the keeper.
"I should say, as near as l could
Judge, a quarter to twelve"
eleven forty-five," Larncombe
corrected severely, noting It down.
"And nothing had been disturbed
from the time of the discovery Of
the corpse until the police APP
peared upon the scene2" What
ever his limitations Larncombe
evidently had a retentive memory.
He had all the language of the
police court report to the very
letter.
81 didn't make to touch her lady.
ship when l seed as she was dead,
II that's what you mean, Joe Larn.
combe," said the keeper obviously.
IL just went right up to the house
and told Sir Ralph"
For a minute or two the stubby
pencil travelled over the pocket
books page, ana then the con-
stables request for information ad.
dressed itself to Uncle Ralph and
to me, in order to elicit how we
had received the news. There Is
no need to repeat, with all the
wearying unimportant details which
Larncombe's questioning extracted,
a story Of which all the points that
matter have been given TO the
reader already. Several pages Of
Continued on Neat Pd0e)
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CHAPTER v.
The Vigil In the Summs,Ifous

The Vigil ia the Summs,Houss.
A LII these miserable happen
~ ings, with many more un-
= recorded details. kept en-
acting themselves over and over
ag9n In my brain as | sat In the
Summer-house with my uncle dur
ing our weary vigil. The time no
doabt was much shorter than 1t
seemed before we heard steps
quickly coming from the direction
OF the village along the shrubbery
path.
II was the doctor on whom Live
say had called to tell him OF the
tragedy; and much ! regretted, In
these terrible circumstances, that
Il was not our old friend DR.. Rum
ford, who had brought two gen.
erations OF Cartons, counting
myself for one, into the world.
besides the greater part OF the
present population Of the vii
lage Of Upper Scotney. But DR..
Rumford had retired from his
practice lately, having grown,
to tell the truth. a little old for
his job and being left a little In
a backwater by the current Of
modern medical science.
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He said goodbye" to me very
pleasantly. He thanked Uncle
Ralph, under Graingers' observant
eye, for his pleasant visit" to
which Uncle Ralph said nothing.
The two men just touched hands
1t could not be called shake-and
he went.
He went; but his going did not
by any means dispel all the tension
that his visit had created. What
had passed between Uncle Ralph
and Aunt Enid did not know, but
he, in his new role of polished dip
lomatist, was almost painfully
courteous in the few words which
we're all that I heard him address
to her either on the Thursday eve-
ming OF the following day.
She was far less unlike her nor
NAL self. The little vertical fur
row which came now and then be-
tween her perfect brows was a
tri1e accentuated. She was pale,
and the slightly petulant express
sion which was the one fault of
her beautiful little mouth was
rather emphasized by a drawing
down Of the corners. The look OF
wilfulness was more marked. But
otherwise there was no change in
her. During those hours she never
once, so far as I know, said a word
to Uncle Ralph on her own initia-
tive.
Again, Just before Captain vi.
bart's going, was asking myself
how long this miserable state Of
things was TO endure. The an.
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The practice had been bought
by a man of a yer, different stamp,
a young fellow, DR.. Pratt by name,
of rather bustling-perhaps he
could have called. them "hustling'
ways, reputed to be exceptionally
clever and really kind and con-
siderate, especially to the poor
people in their illness. But he was.
as my uncle said, "a bit of a boun-
der, or, at least, on the boundary
line" | think there is little doubt
that he was clever, but l am quite
sure that the person who had the
least doubt on that question was
DIR. Pratt himself.
: Very likely It is a good point
about a doctor that he should have
confidence in his own ability, and
certainly IL was a good point not
lacking to this new young doctor
to Scotney. He believed in him
self and he seemed to think It a
good thing to let Il be known that
he so believed. Perhaps he was
right. Il is an age Of advertise
ment, when people take others a
good deal at their own valuation,
and DR.. Pratt, very much a child
of his age, asked no better of them
than this. II they accepted him at
his own rating they would not place
him very low in the ranks Of his
profession.
He was a kindly young man,
however, as I have said, and not
without sympathy. could see that
he was moved now with real pity
for my uncle, and never had ! liked
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did speak it was in a feverishly
quick way, with q laugh higher
pitched than usual. Little though
I liked her I must admit that she
had some self-control, and / think
It needed q considerable exercise
of that useful quality to save her
from Mysteries.
Captain Wharf hardly noticed
these little sall!es, though they
were generally addressed to him.
He had none of his usual smiling
and careless air with which to
greet them. Once or twice | no
ticed quite a different expression
on his face from any that / had
seen 1t wear before-a hard, cruel
CLINT in his eyes. And what struck
me as curious was that they had
this CLINT in them almost as mark
edly when he looked at Aunt Enid
as when he looked at uncle.
He had none of 1t when he was
so good as to favor me, to whom
he was completely Indifferent, with
a glance, and as matter Of fact
the greater part of the very little
conversation that passed during
the whole. of that most disagree
able dinner was between him and
me and on topics which had not
the faintest interest for either of
us.
The meal came to an end some
how And Aunt Enid and Il left the
men to themselves. She did not
say a word when we went into the
drawing-room, but sat down In her
usual chair and made pretence OF
reading a book whose pages she
quite forgot to turn. Presently she
got up, still without word, and
went straight out of the ROOM
really think that she could not
trust herself to speak. She banged
the door behind her and | did not
see her any more that night.
sat there alone, for half an
hour or more, after she had gone
and still the two men did not come
from the diningroom. I was on
the point of giving them up and
going to my room, when they came.
They were both very pale, but per.
fectly composed. My uncle held
the door open, with a studious po-
liteness, for Captain Wharf, and
said, In strained compressed
way:
"oh, is Enid not hereH Has she
gone to bedl"
said that l believed she had,
and then he went on, making con-
versation to me about nothing at
all, Just as unlike his usual self as
possible, for uncle and I had been
long at that delightful stage OF
friendliness in which we could be
together without feeling any neces-
sity to talk unless we had some
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swer began with that violent ring
ing OF the house door bell by Live
say. the keeper. at midnight ON the
Friday when the harvest moon was
IN the sky.
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At dinner that night
the atmosphere seemed
very highly charged with
electricity. l do not think
that Uncle Ralph spoke
more than twice all
through the meal, and
then 1t was to Granger,
and on each occasion to
find fault with him for
some trivial or imagin-
ary misdemeanor. Aunt
Enid. too, was abnormal
ly silent and when she
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always 61niiinBiy cafeioop onu ~
most Indifferent. ! gathered, too,
that she saw him more than once
In London. and thought that maybe
they met far more often than she
said. I did not then know. but !
suspected that Il was 80.
The last time that he came TO
scotney was on Saturday, the
Saturday OF the week preceding
that in which the tragedy hap
pened. There were one or two
others here for the weekend. but
by the Tuesday all except Captain
Wharf left. He stayed on and
showed no immediate signs OF go
ing. How long he was to stay had
been arranged. presume. between
him and Aunt Enid. but neither
Uncle Ralph nor was told.
when the deuce d'you think the
fellows going?" uncle had said to
me on the Wednesday. and could
give him no information
He had asked in a kind of humor.
Gus evaporation We had not
said much to each other about Cap
tain Wharf. expect we both felt
he was a subject best left undis-
cussed. But think each of us un.
derstood toIerabIy well what the
views of the other about thatigen-
tleman were, and that they had
much in common.
Then something happened on the
afternoon of the next day, the
Thursday, which changed my
uncie's mood most completely from
the humorously exasperated.' Aunt
Enid and Captain Wharf had been
out walking together as usual, and
whether uncle had seen or had
overheard something which they
had not intended him to see or
hear, ! do not know. All / do know
Is that he came In at the front door
when happened to be in the hall,
walking more quickly and. as 1t
seemed to me, with heavier steps
than his wont.
His face was downcast, frown-
ing. and he passed me without q
word. which was a most unusual
thing for him to do. hardly know
whether he as much as noticed
that I was there. He went on into
the library.
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JheMtstery ofthe S1uumerc4ouse

him 90 wen as ! did during that
brief and trying consultation, II
that is the right word for II, In the
summer-house.
He came In. blockins out the
moonlight as he stood In the door
way. and just nodded, as
he looked at the white
form ON the floor, as
much as TO say 1t was
only what he had been
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Continued on Neat Pa0e)
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told that he would
find. He did not
attempt to say a
word OF sympathy
or sorrow either to
Uncle Ralph or to
IN Us elf, but he
pressed my hand
hard. In order as !
X n o W, TO convey
that he did feel
for US, and ! do
not doubt that he
expressed himself
In the same tacit
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Mountain ledge carrying free gold sold it gladly for trfe
and curious probably rather than regretu when they
learned that the ledge turned into OF the greatest copper
mines in the world They remained free from the angle Of
high finance, from political turmoil and disappointment
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and they had no master If they located mine they
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WILL SINK FOR OIL

Continued from page one)
to receive bids for the building OF
bunkers and the mining Of coal. It is
the intention of the corporation to
use the tractors and trailers for haul
ing of coal to the railroad station at
Wilson until such time as a spur
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The present plan is put the COM
pany on a paying basis by the devel-
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and later to sink we'll to the oil
sands which the biologists believe
lie at depth. Regarding the oil posi-
bilities, the following quotation from
the statement of MIR. Price, after his
examination of the district speaks for
itself "On this trip | found many
fossil evidences that this area of shale
and sandstone is of the tertiary age
and belongs to the same formation as
the Greenwater formation, which is
PA OlAiAiOto III lSi 10 W w v OiliillS
Utah and Colorado. The freedom OF
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faults is favorable condition for the
retention OF oil | recommend that
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Though Mr.. Price is now devoting
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mining for the Guggenheims, he was
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was superintendent OF the Pine Dome
Oil company OF Wyoming.
The officers and directors of the
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The Times extends the compliments OF the season to Its
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In the matter of the estate of
Gregoire Edouard Susperreguy, de
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ceased
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
that the undersigned was on the 18th
day OF October, A. D. 1919, appointed
by the above entitled Court as Ad-
ministrator of the estate OF Gregoire
ldouard Susperreguy, deceased, and
hat thereafter on the 18th day Of
October, 1919 he duly qualified as
such administrator.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to file the
same with proper vouchers and statu-
tory affidavit attached, with the CLERK
OF the Court within forty days from
the date OF the first publication Of
this notice.
J. |. WILSON,
Administrator of said Estate.
Mack & Green, Arthur + Lasher,
Attorneys for the Estate
First publication, December 81, 1919
Last publication, January, "a, 1919.
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Presidential Electors-Yote for Six
Geo. w. Allen.
James w. Archibald.
E. NJ. Brelsford
w. r. Bryant.
x Martin CarabalIo.
I'll. L. Clough.
Fred Cole.
Charlotte r. Coffin,
x p. W. Corr.
J. Fl. Drummond.
Leland M. Chubb.
Mrs. L. L. Hays.
Mrs. Al. Z. Henri. III
A. N. jackson.
* Charles E. Jones.
L. M. O'Kelley.
r. A. McAuley.
x w ". Knott.
j. w. Locke.
J. B. Moffett.
w. NJ Nanney.
Herman w Pilsbury.
f. F. Fl. Pope
Wesley G. Richards.
x j. G. Sharon.
Ernest nj. Smith.
b. G.. Smith.
x G. B. Wells.
Geo. p. Wentworth.
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Fer Justice of the Peace-Vote foz
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w. A. Jeffcoat.

Messrs. Meffert, Pickett and jeff
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K marks before their names because
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There will be at the end of the
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