Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-08-31
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window could see it no more Sud
denly a bright dot glowed through
the darkness light upon Resur-
rection Rock, a light yellow with
distance illumining a window. Ethel
thought. 1t went out as suddenly
as 1t appeared; then it glowed again
and once more went dark. n
watched steadily for some time
longer; but no light appeared again.
She heard a soft tap, rap. tap at
her door; and she went over and
opened it to find the c~ollies, Lad and
Lass. who had been out with Kin
cheloe when she arrived. The dogs,
wet from the snow melting on their
long hair, turned Ethels thought to
Miss Platt's husband.
He had always affected the man.
ners of a gallant and always before
had made it a particular point to be
on hand to greet Ethel when she ar
rived at st. Florentin. She mad been
/ too excited to attribute any signii-
] canoe to his absence this time; but
now the fact stirred ~disquiet.
AS he had taken the dogs with
him. he probably had oeen on the
lake, for the dogs would not have
been able to run except on the ice
where the wind had cleared the
snow. Now what had kept Miss
Platt's lazy, comfort-loving husband
out so late this evening in the dark
and cold?
Every one was at supper when
Asa Redbird returned with a tele-
gram which-like all Cullen business
telegrams-was in code.
Lucas at nee left the table and,
with Miss Plat, went into his office
90 dnntnhnr tha hriaf IN m m 11n1HQ-
ton from his son. When he re-
turned to the table, it was so plain
that he had exciting news that his
wife could not repress her question::
Something has happened in Chi
cago, Lucas?"
Nothing" he denied, and he
gulped half a cup of tea, hot. Ethel
watched Kincheloe as Miss Plat
returned to her seat.
He was trying to catch his wife's
glance; but Miss Platt avoided look
ing at him.
ASA saw several foxes about"
she said casually to Ethel: Il sup
pose they're after our chickens
Lucas was taking another cup OF
tea. and Ethel was watching his
hand reach for the sugar bowl, miss
it and reach again. He was drink
ing when suddenly he dropped his
cup and jerked up and away from
the table; Kincheloe and Ethel her
self started also as the :-eport OF a
rifle rang, sharp and clear, outside
the house. The gun fired again.
Miss Plat and Ethel's grandmoth-
er alike had revealed no alarm. .
ASA said he would get his gum"
Miss Platt volunteered quietly.
land come back for the foxes"
"Of course her husband said,
dropping back into his seat.
Lucas remained at the table only
a moment before he proceeded to
the front room where, in recent
years, family prayer was said each
evening after supper.
While Ethel knelt, listening to
her grandfather's voice go on and
on, an amazing panic possessed her.
She was feeling that the long. de-
liberate reading and now the end
less su%pplication was for a purpose
other than devotion, n that pur-
pose was to keep her kneeling in
that stuffy room with her face to the
back of a chair. Suddenly she arose
and slipped into the hall where she
found her coat and cap and skis. She
drew breath. when h opened the
outer door, as though she had been
sitting; and she went out upon the
snow in the direction of the lake.
She heard her grandfather's voice
shouting after her; but she did not
heed it, and he did not pursue her.
It was after eight o'clock and very
cold, with a constant wine blowing
off the ice. The Rock lay lost in
obscurity. She gazed frequently for
the temperance of the light which
she had seen the hour earlier. Its
absence filed her with dread.
She turned back to st. Flcrent1ne
and soon heard a shout which she
recognized to be Sam Green Skys
voice. When she replied. Sam has-
tened up, reporting friendly:
"Old man send me after you, aw-
! full mad; old man tell you to come
right home and stay there"
Ethel found her grandfather TO De
lawful mad" indeed: he met her al
the door and ordered her to go TO
her room and to bed and t a there.
What did she mean by gong out IN
the dark to see a stranger wnom she
had met on the train? She was his
pranddaughter and at his W
house. and he would be obeyed.
At eleven o'clock when the house
hold. except Kincheloe. a gone
To he'd. Ethel rebuilt the fire in her
stove and sat in a chair by her win
dow. From the room on the other
side of the wall at her left she could
hear sounds which told her thai mel
grandfather was still restless: she
heard him open his door and go out
n the hall and come to her door
and stand there. He was listening,
She knew; but he probably supposed
her to be in bed and asleep. At any
rate, he moved away and went down
stairs.
In her stocking feet. she moved
noiselessly across to her door which
she opened carefully, she crep'
halfway down the stairs. Something
clicked; she recognized that he
grandfather was loadlng a repeaun
riAe. and a few moments later his
| great figure came dimly into view
when he halted before a window.
She could see that he was holding
his rife ready but lowered; and mel
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