The Snowflake herald., 1921-07-22


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slowly withdrawn.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 a
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 and 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
DR.. Pauls medicine? Minute by min
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's 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
to him and shut the door.
Between chattering teeth she began
to tell him the dreadful tale. AS she
went on Rith the story the listeners
face grew much concerned.
Somebody's tried to poison him"
he cried, taking a long breath. MY
God, who could be so damnable an
that? Come, let me get the stuff"
Together they stole back to TOnni'
bells room and DR.. John carried away
the medicine with him, leaving Tony
with a caution not to speak Of the
matter to his brother. Putting on his
clothes, John went outside and made
a tour of the house. 1t wasn't difficult
to find the place where the man had
fallen, but there was no sign of him
anywhere.
Tonn1bel did not sleep at all that
night But very early in the morning
she arose and slipped into DR.. PauPs
room and put back the medicine DR..
John had given her.
During the morning DR.. John Pen
dlehaven softly entered her room. He
came forward, his hands outstretched,
his face white and very grave.
Darling little GIRL" he whispered,
with much emotion. "You have saved
my brothers life. The villain, who
ever he was, put the rankest kind of
poison in it. He must have gotten 1t
from some doctor, for no druggist
would have sold it to him.
''Nebbe he's dead" replied Tony gen.
tly, with an expression Of awe. 1T
was a long tumble he took"
'NO; he got away! I've hunted the
place over for him. Would you know
him again If you saw him?"
"Sure," replied Tony, nodding, but
she said no more. To tell him who
the man was would mean to break the
solemn oath she had made on the
Christ to her mother.
A timid knock brought the converse
ton to a close. Mrs. Curtis was at
the threshold when Pendlehaven open
ed the door.
"I've been looking the house over
for you, john" she began. Boys got
a headache! He said for you not to
bother to come to him, but to give
me something to make him Sleep"
as he drunk?" demanded Pendle-
haven.
Mrs Curtis began to cry.
"John, how unlxind!" she sniff1ed
from the haven Of her handkerchief
"The moment the child complains ev-
erybody accuses him Of drinking. No
Of course, he isn't drunk"
Z
For many days Reginald Curtis
tossed ftfully in bed, tortured by the
thought that he would never cease
being haunted by Tony Devon's spirit
He dared not get up, for he was COW
cred with bruises from his fall, and
added to his misery, he imagined ev-
cry time the door opened he was go
ing to be arrested. But no such thing
happened, and one afternoon when
DR.. John was gone and his mother
and Katherine were shopping down.
town. he crawled out Of bed and made
his way softly from the house.
Uriah Devon had ventured back to
the Hoghole with his canal boat, 80
when Reginald appeared aboard her
Devon met him with a growl.
"Where in hi you been all this