Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-02-25

What happenedT repeated l'evon
| hoarsely. Don't sit there like id
fool and look as If you'd swallowed
live eel"
| ~ was going to slip back from the
window sill to the tree faltered
Reggie. land Tony'> ghost rose up be-
! fore me and showed me clean Off the
; ledge and down to the ground"
I Uriahs eyes almost protruded rom
his head. Then a slow smile ran
around his lips.
Rats" he calculated huskiiy.
Rats, you fool! There amt such
things as ghosts"
Yes, there Is. Devon" insisted Reg.
| gle, In Il dreary monotone. "1ve seen
one! I've seen Tony, l say, and many
a time she's come so close to my
eyes I 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, ehT
Uriah's voice had a snarl in it.
Still alive" muttered Reggie.
"What you goin' to do about 1t
| now;" demanded Devon. TRY 1t
! again?"
Brown shook his head.
mo, not yet, RAIL-" he muttered.
"Not just yet. l can't"
"You got to get me a lot of money
some way" Devon came in with.
"Ive got to get out Of this country,
! hn 70 inil
cuse folks find me. You'd better be
getting home and back to bed. Best
/ take stiff swing. too, to settle. your
nerves."
He watched the tall thin boy walk
slowly away in deep meditation. Then
he laughed and went below to the
cabin.
Almost week after Reggie's futile
attempt to poison his Cousin 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 81 few
stray curls and went downstairs to
the drawing room.
As she stepped inside. she came to
sudden terrified halt. Her father
was seated in 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, huhT
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
tones that always augured bad for
the person addressed. "Sit down."
TOnnibel sat, not because he told
her to, but because she couldn't stand
on her trembling legs.
"You don't appear to be very tic.lled
to see your old dad" he threw at
her, a frown wrinkling his face. "Get
up and come over here" His wicked
eyes seemed to be swallowing her
whole. In fact Devon could not make
himself believe this beautiful creature
was the Tony who. he thought, had
been drowned in the lake. He felt
new sensation within him as his
gaze took in every line Of the lovely
figure.
"Come over here" he said once
more "and tell me how you got out
of the lake that night. Did YOU swim
ashore?"
TOnnibel shook her head.
"I'm not going to tell you anything"
she murmured almost inaudibly.
"Well. keep 1t to yourself. then"
snapped Uriah. "When get you back
to the Dirty Mary I know ways
whichll bring out of you what want
to know. So get your things and
come along home"
Tonnibel felt as If the bottom had
fallen out Of the world. Then boys
smile, and q boys words. salvation.
little Tony, is always at land. for
God is good" seemed to strike both
her vision and hearing.
Tony believed every word Philip
MacCauley uttered. He'couldn't speak
j an untruth II he tried. II as he had
| said. Salvation was at hand. then she
| could be saved at that moment.
"Tm busy here. daddy" she man
aged to Say. "Im DOING some nurs
ing. so I can't get away just now"
you'll come just the same" replied
Devon. getting to his feet.
"Divine Love is everywhere" flash
ed through Tony's mind as she too
struggled up. She dared not scream.
and even II she did, there was no one
In the house who would help her.
Mrs. Curtis and her daughter would
he delighted to have her gone and
DR.. John was out among his patients.
There seemed to be no escape for her
now. She dared not appeal to the
weak, sick man upstairs.
Thinking of him made her blurt
| out:
! did you send that awful Brown
Teller here to put poison in DR.. Paurs
! medicine?"