The daily Alaskan., 1921-03-22
A New Romance of fhe Storm CountrV

branches was the quiet figure of q man.
 Her mind went immediately to her father, but she put the thought of him away, for the form In the tree was much more slender than Uriah Devon's.
 Dr. Pendlehaven still slept, his face turned toward the wall, and Tonnlbel squatted down at the foot of the bed, keeping the dark figure in the tree In the line of her vision. She dared not leave the room, nor dared she call out. How often Dr. John had told her that his brother must be kept free from shocks of every kind. For an- other ten minutes she leaned her chin on her hand, still keeping her eyes on the window. Then she saw the futter of 6 wistarla branch against the screen and knew that the hour had come. Another tense silence for several minutes, then 6 little scraping sound as If a sharp instrument was moving over wire. Some one was try Ing to get in. Tonnibel crawled for ward on her knees until she was dl- rectly in front of pr. Paul.
 She sank back against the bed and waited.
 The scraping sound at length ceased. With forward shove of her head, TonnIbel saw that the wire netting had been ripped fully a foot, and then she saw a hand move little by little through the opening, until long arm was fully Inside the room. Tony watched It. fascinated. Then she saw 1t wayer toward the table, pause, open and lay some little pellets down with out a sound. Then long white fingers drew ofr the covers of the glasses noiselessly and picked up the pellets 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 As quietly the covers were restored, and the arm slowly withdrawn.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 menaclng shadow over her swept het nearly of 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 panting against the window. Then she withdrew her arm and crouched down on the floor.
 What had her fathers pal put in pr. Paul's medicIne7 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 rapped softly on John Pendlehayens 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 Elth 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 as 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. It wasn't difficult to find the place where the man had fallen, but there was no sign of him anywhere.
 Tonnlbel did not sleep at all that