Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1921-04-21

from shocks of every kind. For an
other ten minutes she leaned her chin
on her hand, still keeping her eyes
on the window. Then she saw the
futter of a wistaria branch against
the screen and knew that the hour
had come Another tense silence for
several minutes, then little scraping
sound as if a sharp instrument was
moving over wire. Some one was try
ing to get in Tonnibel crawled for
ward on her knees until she was di-
rectly in front of DR.. Paul.
She sank back against the bed and
waited.
The scraping sound at length ceased.
| With a forward shove of her head,
Tonnibel saw that the wire netting had
been ripped fully foot and then she
| saw hand move little by little
through the opening, until long arm
was fully inside the room. Tony
watched it, fascinated Then she saw
it waver toward the table, pause, open
and lay some little pellets down with
out sound. Then long white fingers
drew off the covers of the glasses
roiselessly and picked up the pellets
one after another and dropped them
silently into the medicine. AS quietly
the covers were restored, and the arm
slowly withdrawn. Directly beneath
the window, Tonnibel rose up
There through the faint light she
was staring into the face of Reginald
Brown. Instantly she recognized him,
and all the terror of that day when he
and her brutal father, had placed
menacing shadow over her swept her
nearly off her feet. Reginald had come
not only to harm Paul Pendlehaven,
but TO get her!
"Stand by, Salvation of the Lord"
shot across her tortured soul, and then
through the break in the wire netting
she thrust her clenched fist. Reginald
took the blow she gave him without an
audible sound and fell backward into
the garden below. He was paralyzed
by the blazing eyes dhd the memory
that the body of the ghost-girl was
somewhere beneath the broad surface
of Lake Cayuga.
Tonnibel heard him land on the soft
grass, and for few seconds she stood
painting against the window. Then she
withdrew her arm and crouched down
on the floor.
What had her fathers pal put in
70 M win
ute she became more acutely sure that
no good had been intended. Silently
she took up the glasses and carried
them to her own room. Then she Slip
ped out into the hall, ran along the
corridor and raped softly on John
Pendlehaven' apartments. Twice she
repeated her summons in nervous little
rap-taps that penetrated DR.. Johns
sound slumber. When he recognized
her, opened the door and noticed how
white she was, he drew her instantly
q to him and shut the door.
Between chattering teeth she began
to tell him the dreadful tale. AS she
4 went on With the story the listeners
n lace grew Inucn concerned.
q Somebody's tried to poison him.
n he cried, taking a long breath. my
q God, who could be so damnable as
9 that? Come, let me get the stuff"
9 Together they stole back to Tomb
" bel's room and DR.. John carried away
n the medicine with him, leaving Tony
/ with a caution not to speak of tht
n matter to his brother. Putting on hi
1 clothes, John went outside and made
a tour of the house. 1t wasn't Difficult
h to find the place where the man hat
o fallen, but there was no sign Of hin
!. anywhere.
e Tonnlbel did not sleep at all tina
g night. But very early in the morninj
l. she arose and slipped into DIR. Paul.
d room and put back the medicine Dr.
John had given her.
l. During the morning DR.. John Pen
IL dlehaven softly entered her room. II
4 came forward, his hands outstretched
!? his face white and very grave
a Darling little GIRL" he whispered
er with much emotion. "You have save
Re my brothers life. The villain. who
s ever he was, put the rankest kind @
I'd poison in it. He must have gotten
is from some doctor, for no druggis
ID would have sold it to him.
ne "Mebbe he's dead" replied Tony ger
lg thy, with an expression of awe. 81
a was a long tumble he took"
mo; he got away I've hunted tn
er place over for him. Would you kno'
m him again if you saw him."
as Sure" replied Tony, nodding, bt
s. she said no more. To tell him VIII
ce the man was would mean to break til
'el solemn oath she had madeS on ii
ID, Christ to her mother.
In A timid knock brought the converts