Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-04-21
CHAPTER xII-cOntinued.

tot"
The boy nodded and shivered again
II sure did, but but"
"But what?" cried Devon.
Il put the stuff in the medicine all
right, but something happened" Reg.
maids voice was low and wavering
as he finished the statement.
What happenedY repeated Devon
hoarsely Don't sit there like a id
fool and look as If you'd swallowed
live EEL"
Il was going to slip back from the
window sill to the tree" faltered
Reggie, land Tony's ghost rose up be-
fore me and showed me clean off the
ledge and down to the ground!"
Uriah's eyes almost protruded from
his head. Then a slow smile ran
around his lips.
rats" he calculated huskily
"Rats, you fool! There amt such
things as ghosts"
Eyes, there is. Devon" insisted Reg
gle, in dreary monotone. 1--WE seen
one! I've seen Tony, say, and many
a time she's come so close to my
eyes ! could have touched her If she
could have been touched. The fall
made me sick. I've been in bed ever
since"
"And your cousins still alive, eh?"
gUriah's voice had a snarl in 1t.
"Still alive" muttered Reggie.
what you goin' to do about 1t
now?" demanded Devon. 'Try 1t
again?"
Brown shook his head
mo, not yet, Riah," he muttered.
mot just yet. l can't"
"You got to get me lot of money
some way" Devon came in with.
"Tve got to get out of this country,
or I'll be hooked to Jail If those SYRIA
cuse folks find me. You'd better be
getting home and back to bed. Best
take a stiff swing, too, to settle your
nerves."
Z He watched the tall thin boy walk
slowly away in deep meditation. Then
he laughed and went below to the
cabin. 4h
p Almost a week after Reggie's futile
attempt to poison his Cousinr Paul,
Tony Devon was sitting in her room,
reading, when servant appeared and |
told her some one wanted to see her |
downstairs. Her heart bounded with |
delight, for she was sure Philip had |
come again and had sent for her. She |
rushed to the glass, caught glimpse
of her rosy face, pushed back g few
stray curls and went downstairs to
the drawing room.
AS she stepped inside, she came to
a sudden terrified haN Her father
was seated in a large chair and his
eyes, red and swollen, were ,centered
upon her. Then he smiled, that wick
ed smile that always widened his
thick lips when he had succeeded in
some evil thing.
"Hello, Tony" he chuckled. you've
made fine nest for yourself, huh?"
Tony only stared at him. She felt
Suffocated by his sndden appearance.
II came to talk to you, kid" he
said, the wheedle coming into his
zones that always augured bad for
he person addressed. "Sit down."
Tonnibel sat, not because he told
Ter to, but because she couldn't stand
IN her trembling legs.
"You don't appear to be very tickled
o see your old dad" he threw at
Ter, frown wrinkling his face. Get
lp and come over here" His wicked
yes seemed to be swallowing her
Whole. In fact Devon could not make
limself believe this beautiful creature
Vas the Tony who, he thought, had !
cen drowned in the lake. He felt
new sensation within him as his
axe took in every line of the lovely
CURE.
"Come over here" he said once
lore, "and tell me how you got out
t the lake that night. Did you swim
shOre?"
Tonnibel shook her head.
"Tm not going to tell you anything"
be murmured almost inaudibly.
i,hyell keep 1t to yourself, then" e
\ IA Uriah. "When get you back 6
Dirty Mary 1 know ways
ring out Of you what l want $
!, Sc get your things and "
pme." 4
,ef felt as If the bottom had
out Of the world. Then a boys J
me, and a boys words, Salvation, o.
tile Tony, is always at hand, for "
cd is good" seemed to strike both
sr vision and hearing. IL
Tony believed every word Philip n
acCauley uttered. He couldn't speak el
/ untruth If he tried. If as he had
Id, Salvation was at hand, then she j
uld be saved at that moment. hi
"Tm busy here, daddy" she man.
ed to say. 'Tm doing some nurs- e
z, so can't get away just nowr h
''You1l come just the same" replied pt
won. getting to his feet. az
'Divine Love is everywhere" fash
through Tony's mind as she too II
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