Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-08-30
Go On With the Story

Go On With the Story
The sun, only a little lower to the
west, was glaring down upon the
snow, and as the road reached the
top OF a ridge the smooth ice-sheet
over Lake Huron came into view.
The western rise of the rcck. upon
which the sun was shining, seemed
sheer and towering: only about the
base. where the lake had tossed up
heaps and hummocks of ice, and
upon the top had snow gathered.
Resurrection Rock!' Ethel said,
gazing at it with no need to point
as they stood upon the top of the
ridge.
Loutrelle nodded, his eyes narrow
ing a little as he tried to see it better
through the glare.
why's the house there" he de-
manded. He had asked this before
but not with the present amazement.
"Of course it's quite different in
summer" "fs
But you said it's never been &C.
cupied, summer or winter"
No, never
Except possibly" he said, glanc-
ing at her and away to the house
again, "by the dead"
He spoke in a queer, neutral tone,
neither quite seriously nor at all
lightly.
Ethel went ahead slightly to guide
the way. The Rock now was con-
stantly in sight; and, glancing again
and again at it Ethel felt it dominat-
ing her mood.
They entered woods again and
soon heard a whip cracking and the
voice of a nan calling to straining
horses.
That's sam Green Sky" Ethel in
formed; and they came upon a
white and roam team.
"B'jou, Miss Ethel" Sam hailed
and waved his arm, while he set
about turning his team back into
the tracks they had just cleared.
He was a younger man than Red
Bird. not more than thirty and fat
n swarthy.
"Old man pretty well; pretty mad
this morning; old lady well too"
Green Sky vouchesafed genial infor-
nation without urging. Somebody
come to Wheedon's yesterday: and
go out to Rock. Old man want to
know about it; damn mad"
Ethel glanced at Loutrel;e whom
she found gazing at her and waiting
for her to ask h question.
THE name of the man-Sam?"
"Mr. Bagley. That's ALL"
Ethel gazed at the Rock again and
felt the blood running a bit colder
within her. She looked back at Lou
trelle who had pulled off his glove
to offer his hand.
"B'jou. Miss Carew,'' he said. his
eyes meeting hers. you've been
mighty good to me-"
He turned about once and waved
pt bAN. : IA, pranaa1in ~ 80 end 81
ly, he soon vanished in a ravine.
A few hundred yards further on, she
heard the distant echo of a vigorous
voice singing the lively tune of an
old French song of the time of
Napoleon:
"... a Paris, a Paris 80.
All, j'y etais mousquetaire!"
Danger! Nc fear for MIN if the
danger were honest and open. She
glanced ahead and suddenly saw a
dark figure, tall and broad but bent
a little. standing with hack toward
her or the top of the ridge - her
grandfather.
"Well, my dear, you're here, are
you? Where's your friend from the
train? 2"
"He said to thank you; he'd call
later. He wanted to go first to the
Rock"
$50 he'll call later, Ell? Now who
is he? I'll know all about that fell
low
Ethel gazed into her grandfather's
eyes-little, blood-shot but keen n
der his low, bushy white brows.
She said nothing aloud as she closed
her lips; but to herself. defiance
MOT from me-" the unuttered
words determined. Never from
me-"
CHAPTER Nv
When she was obliged to reply,
she only repeated the fact of her
meeting with Barney LoutTelle as
she had related it over the tele-
phone.
Every one was well at the house,
Lucas assured in reply TO Ethels
questions.
The persons whom he grouped
der "every one" were his wife and
Miss Platt" and Miss Platt's hus-
band" Miss Plat had been his
private secretary for many years.
Her salary was sufficient TO enable
her to attract a lazy. good-looking
youth named Merrill Kincheloe.
seven years younger than herself.
She married him and thereafter sup
ported him, to her employers ex-
ceeding disgust.
Lucas never let her marriage
change her name~to him and, when
he had been obliged to refer to
Kincheloe. it had been always as
Miss Platt's husband"
All but Miss Platt's husband were
at the door as the sled drew up be-
fore the porch: and Ethel felt a rush
of love as she saw her grandmother.
She was a little woman, thin and
shrunken now but erect. with spirit
unbroken by her many years.
Later in the day Ethel had her
business talk with Lucas.
i've come for money, grand
father" she confessed at once. "a
good deal of money. some of which I
need Immediately"
well. how much"
I've the total here: the dates
mean the time when I ought to have
ne different amounts" she ex-
planned, trembling in spite of her
self.
Those are the I'M of irriga-
water power plants in Montana and
Wyoming. I want the money
marked Immediate to complete the
first five and get them running. If
I do not do that, the leases-or the
purchase eontracts-will lapse"
He only grunted as he glanced
over 1t and stopped chewing his
cigar. "All right; what happens if