Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-28

4RAInnIA a. AHAAtA &C., hi ~ N In NhAAHvt&k 49,
Ma r,,ests' - Sssvns
SO that il how il hapnaned 4hat i
tyas acriIstorded To AxATrise "a I,,n+A
authority over the househnId sts6&
than d niece Of the husband IistiaIivs
would where there Is d young reitrf.
Ing wife, and that IL why even Grain
ger, who wa rather inclined to pre-
sumo On this fact that he had been
uncle.s servant lone before uncle came
~ ScGtney nesiIaseo 70 carry out
,Mvttsas ! De.ievsa 20 ge ms naiL-iornned
irs n,st /. " .. aasS1e oaHs me from go
Ias,,ss : puisuie " ancie ano the
furAtyrytY M
80 :
What Was F0d1d HI the Summer
House.
It only shows how imm.rsa1,
quickly our minds work that 1 should
have been able to think OF ali this,
and indeed OF a great deal more de-
tall ger 70 1t, In the very short
slme ina u look me to reach ths
ummer-nouse
The door, facing me, stood open as
I went up the short side paths o.
little by-path I could see q curious
yellow sleam within the Summer.
House itself struggling with the pure
silVery ray Of the moon which flooded
everything. A change in the direction
OF the kleAm enabled me rs nder,
stand its meaning; II came from the
~bulls-eyei lantern which the ,keener
always had with him when he went
hiG rounds in the coverts. But now.
"a / saw. my uncle held At.
Already I had becofns drsaafp1,v
aware Of thA aernbiansA ~ 4. h,,,sy
draped figure lyinr 81 The ~ a1snI,as-
in,s a. :. 1 NY Gtacie hneellng az
must Ia Tdvassv y nasas a,.t
cn~nfssedlv ana thar tha aste,a,sas
same 4 ma daSr ~ ssst go :
stiffsnine ~ 10 Sssk so W.. $3.50
abiif fhan xsith = +sti Srra sata~ 49,"
~ a. aansri-ad - 80 % o1s
80, - ; = snu
= Wa ethat : reacnea ~ door
anu, ioohing m, seemed TO know the
worst AT a-siance.
On the floor OF the Sun1mer-house
lay the form OF my young aunt, mo-
tionless, her face absolutely paind-
pallid With even an exaggerated
deathly wilderness given to it by those
there was enough, lying &c she did.
to suggest all the elements Of / trag-
edy, but palmer evidence stared up at
us from the recumbent body in an If
regular patch Of crimson staining the
bodice Of the dress around ana below
the left breast
I had d sitting feeling az II my
heart had leaped up to my throat and
was beating there 90 a. to impede my
speaking. It was with A. great EFFORT
thAtI gasped out the entirely sfooliahS
Question, Good heavens, Uncle.
Ralph. what Is lt3 What HAS hap
pened!"
Small need indeed to ask what had
happened, with that awful evidence
OF the fact lying there before It's.
that crimson witness. AZ for the
further question, the how OF its nap.
pening. that was a problem crying In.
sistently for solution, destined to &C.
cupy us for many q day to come.
I had said the foolish words before
the ray of the bull's-eye lantern,
turned full in my face as I stood in
the open doorway, blinded me for a.
moment. I think ivesay had made.
q movement as II to stand between
me and the poor body-as Il there
any additional horror still LETT for
to know!-but then perhaps he
realized the utility Of it, and did
back vs. before and let its raw fall
across the figure and reveal what It
would
Uncle Ralph did not try to answer
question. Probably he knew that
It meant nothing, came out almost
unAwares. and that T should not real
ly expect It answered. All he said
was. t'You there, Netty?"
Ny coming did not seem to sur
prise him at all. He wa much a.
customed to having me at his SHOW.
to talk to about affairs Of the house
and estate. I hope, and think, that
it was a conhpanionshtp which troil-
bled him 80 little that he was hardly
aware when I was there-tha mort
ultimate OF tests. I looked 1t his
face and at Liyesay's to see whether
either Of them Contained anv nrnnnlsa
Of elucidationi Of the Dreadful horror,
but the saf1aa .aslank and aasnnirinv
iook-that and no ra nas ~.
pressed on each.
in 4 voice DICE which / ! eratefu, q s ana
ma favstmnA az atAsainnss ..tha1
Enid was not IN har ron,n that
her hed haS 4 hean slart ~ y
enc" he said sahsent1v ana AGO rcaE
" inokinr "A ma sNn. r sunnos.
inot.U
The summer-housa an baxa gonaI
~ WOOD was Behtadsnn si+h.
a. sids of TIC dnnryav ~ r,o.ad
and iSttica6 rrind ox sns mnar;i1h+
straar,sa thrSs,rh that An : yrera
aoiitharly sd1s. The 6nr rnw ansn
occ,,,iaS Z Ma rart "a nas
of i ~ sections ~ the sxterior az