Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-03-18

bother TO come to him. but to give
me something to make him sleep"
rs he drunk = demanded Pendle
| haven.
Mrs Curtis began to cry.
"John, how unkind"' she SMILED
from the haven of her handkerchief.
'The moment the child complains ev.
erybody accuses him of drinking. No,
of course. he isn't drunk"
For many days Reginald Curtis
tossed fitfully 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 yentured back to
| the Hoghole with his canal boat, so
when Reginald appeared aboard her
Devon met him with grOwl.
where in HI you been all this
time. Rege?" he demanded in SIMS
| ter tone.
Reggie shuddered, as he sank down
| on the bench.
I'm going crazy" he muttered.
| give been awful sick"
you mean just drunk. don't You?
Didn't YOU try dom what | told YOU
| tor
The hoy nodded and shivered again.
IL sure did. but. but"
"But what?" cried Devon.
II put the stuff in the medicine al
right. hut something happened" Reg
| maids voice was tow and wavering
as he finished the statement.
"What happened?" repeated Devon
! hoarsely. Don't sit there like id
fool and look as If you'd swallowed
Il live eel"
81 was going to slip back from the
| window sill 10 the tree" fatered
| Reggie. ''and 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
around his lips.
"Rats." he calculated husklly.
Rats, you fool There amt such
| .hings as ghosts
Eyes, there Is, Devon" insisted Reg
| gle, In a dreary monotone. "I've seen
one! I've seen Tony, I say, and many
IL 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, ehY'
| Uriah's voice had snarl In 1t.
"Still alive" muttered Reggie.
what you goin' to do about it
now?" demanded Devon. 'Try 1T
sgain?"
Brown shook his head.
"No, not yet, Riah," he muttered
"N0t just yet. ! can't"
"You got to get me lot Of money
some way" Devon came In with
give got TO get out Of this country
or I'll he hooked to Jail If those SYRIA
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 bd 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 G. glimpse
of her rosy face, pushed back a few
stray curls and went downstairs to
the drawing room.
AS she stepped inside, she came to
n sudden terrified halt. Her father
was seated in a large chair and his
eyes. red and swollen, were conferred
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 a fine nest for yourself, huh?'
Tony only stared at him. She felt
suffocated by his Sudden appearance.
II came to talk to you, kid" he
said the wheedle coming into his
tones that always augured bad for
the person addressed. ''St down."
Tonnibel sat, not because he told
her to- but because she couldn't stand
on her trembling legs