Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-05-13
CHAPTER Xll-Continued.

you mean Just drunk don't you?
Didn't you try dom what I told you
TOT"
The boy nodded and shiyered again.
Il sure did, but, but"
but whatT cried Devon.
81 put the stuff in the medicine all
right but something happened" Reg
maids voice was low and wayerlng
as he finished the statement.
"What happened" repeated Devon
hoarsely Don't sit there like a id
fool and look as if you'd swallowed
a live eel"
81 was going to slip back from the
window sill to the tree" faltered
Reggie, "ond Tony's ghost rose up be-
fore me and showed me clean off the
ledge and down to the ground"
Urlahs eyes almost protruded from
his hesd. Then a slow smile ran
around his lips.
Rats /" he CALCULATED husklIy
"Rats, you fool There olh't such
things as ghosts"
eyes, there Is, Devon" insisted Reg
gle III ureaTy monotone. i've seen
one! I've seen Tony, say, and many
tlIne sheS come SO close TO my
eyes ! couIu nave touched her II she
could have been touched. The fall
maze me SICK I've Deeh IN pea ever
elnce'
ana your cousins sun aII'e' eng
Oriah voice had a sharl IN IT,
olIIl awe Hullereu he8SIe'
what you Eolh TO 40 aDout II
no" demanded Devon Lry II
again
Brown shook ms head,
no, NOT YET hlaN, ne ilu''eleu'
nv JUST Se'' l va" t.
Aou got 10 get me Il lot OIL Inonel
some way Devon came III Will
I've got 10 get out Oh TINS country
or I'll De hooked TO JAN II NOSE oyIo-
cuse Iolks ma me- lou u OeIIer Oe
getting nome ana PACK 10 Oeu, best
take SUN SWING 100 u seIlie 'ou'
nerves
lie watched 'ne '"' I'M" BOY , w"IN
Slowly away III ueep lieuI'auoh. lnel'
ne "usneu anu "en' Oe'o" ~ 'i'0
e"D'"' o-,-, An
Almost d "eeA "itet i,essle > I n'
ht'elnPO " poiSou ms Cou''" ''u''
1ony Devon was S'''ins III i'ei ,ool",
reauIng' "hen servant appear eu anu
to'u 'e' sumo o'ie ""L''Gu ~ sc l ,t,
uomnSta'.S' iie' l'e''i' Oou n,i,,, w. wa
uel.s''. IUl Sn1 we, wa ao out0 ea har Sha
I'm "s"'n ""u l''' Se"' ,l io' - ,o
u','eu " 'i'I 7''''.' erDs'' 49, eo,,,
u H'i 10y az pu'i'0, o',l. ~,
Su"' ou''' anu "'"'
'iie VI q " us '00,",
AS sue sleipeu InSiue' SIle O''.nt "
Il Suuueil 'ei Il'ie', i"N iie' 80 w.
was Sealeu III 'uiSe r'"'i anu no
eyes, reu anu S"o'e"' "eie Oe'''I'SN
upon Hcr' men iie S'li'e"' ,''"l ~
',, - s.1a,1.,, H.
tlilck ups "nen ne N"u Sue'e9''e' -
Soihe eNll u''ns'
memo, ion1' ne '"u0N'1u' % :
Hiau0 " IN, e.,.
Tony ohiy Stureu at n'ii' one lel'
SuilocaIeu ny MS snuuen "pl''i any
y came TO TAX TO you ku' ne
SAID the "heeule coming in'o ms
tones that always augureu Dad lor
the person addressed. SIt GOWN,
Tonnibel SAT- not because ne 'o'u
her TO- but because She couiuh S'anu
on her tremp''hs legs
You don't appear TO De very uckleu
to see your OLD dad, ne thre" at
her, frown Wrinkling MS race Get
up and come over here HIS wicked
eyes seemed to be swallowing her
whole. In ract Devon could not make
himself believe TINS Deautltul creature
was the Tony VINO, ne thought mao
been drowned IN the lake lie lelI
a new sensation within MN as MS
gaze took IN every line OF the loVeiy
figure
come over mere ne salu ohce
more, "and tell me now you got out
of the lake mat nlght' Dlu you SWIM
ashoreF
Tonnibel shook her head'
I'm not gong TO tel you allytnln6'
she murmured almost lhaudlDly.