Evening journal., 1922-08-31

her grandfather say distinctly. "All
right; all right"
They had lit the office lamp, and
the beam of light from the door
showed Ethel her grandfather stand
ing while Kincheloe went past him
toward the kitchen where he turned
on the water.
Her grandfather slowly turned
about, and the light from the Office
shone upon his face. inclined down
ward a little, strained and with mus
Giles OF the jaw drawn tight. She had
only a glimpse before he stepped
into the room and turned out the
light: but. having seen. she grasped
hard at the stair rail for an instant
to steady herself before she crept
back to her room and shut herself
In to think.
Kincheloc and her grandfather
were planning some deed--some
wrong. secret act of violence. In no
other way could she account for
what she had witnessed in that
glimpse OF her graDdfather's face
vindictiveness. triumph, fear.
She heard of a whine at her door
and the pat of a dogs paw at the
panel and, opening the door. she let
in Lad and stroked his head. Some
thing matted the white hair under
his neck-something which seemed
TO have frozen and dried there.
When she realized this was blood, !
she set her fingers to feeling for a !
cut from which it might have fiow- |
ed; and when she could find no
wound, she clung 20 Lad, demand |
ing of him:
1t was the fox. Lad, You caught
the fox! Lad, tell me-tell me. you
caught the foxl"
But her own terrors denied her:
her own terrors satched at her
heart and overwhelmed her strug-
giles for calm thought. The dried !
brown mat in the dogs hair was not |
about his jaws where It must have |
been had he caught and killed the
toX; II was under his neck where IL |
would have come If Lad had shifted /
over some one who lay bleeding
That deed, secret and violent
which kincheloe ana her grandfath-
er had considered--was il already
done? What sort Of deed2
All, j'y etais mousquetairel"
The voice. Barney L.outrelps
voice, seemed to float to her from
far away over the snow; and she
seemed to see him. when she shut
her eyes. lying stretched out with
Lad smiling over him.
They've done They've done II "
she repeated again and again to
herself, without yet daring to allow
any closer defining of "It." But
whatever it was. 1T" was done.
She waited until dawn was
spreading over the eastern sky be-
ore she went downstairs. carrying
Ter shoes; she put them on and
ound her skis. The dogs reused and
ianced about her; she took them
'ut with her and made for the lake.
The light had strengthened suff-
iently TO show her the gaunt out
ines OF Resurrection Rock, white
nd lifeless above the lake fee.
When she glanced back toward ST.
'lorentin, she saw that some one
vas following her from her grand
ather's house, a man who must be
Suddenly Ethel changed
Ter plan and swung from the direct
Inc to the shore and cut into the
woods to the little clearing where
Asa Redbird lived.
l want you 10 come right away
.,T 70 the Rock, Asa" she said.
~ going there; come after me
qulSK as you can. You understand? ?"
sne turned away and started d.
leotly Tor the Rock. Kineheloe was
aneao OF her now and hurrying
without apparent regard for her and
without looking back.
Ito Be continued)
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