New Britain herald., 1922-08-31
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''Nil'lt plA
 LUCAS CULLEN, SENIOR, who had
 won millions in violent struggles
 for timber lands in northern Michi.
 gan, She asked for money tc
 carry on the engineering propects
 undertaken by her father before
 he had been killed in France. BARNEY L0UTRELLE then entered
 her life The young army officer
 had received messages from her
 father during a seance, He must
 go to the ResurreGtion Rock. He
 felt that the trip would solve the
 mystery of his obscure rarentaga
 and Of his rearing by Indians. The
 news of his presence throws Lucas
 Cullen into a fit of rage and he tries
 to bribe Ethel to tell what she
 knows of Loutrelle.
 GO ON WITH THE STORY
 CHAPTER V
 It was fast becoming dark. as the swift, midwinter evening closed down, With the night came wind: and upon the wind returned the cold. The gaunt outline of the Rock withdrew to dinner and dinner distances until Ethel at her wondow could see it no more. Suddenly bright dot glowed through the darkness-a light upon Resurrection Rock, a light yellow with distance illumining a window, Ethel thought. It went out as sud : denly sit appeared; then it glowed again and once more went dark. She watched steadily for some time longer; but no light appeared again.
 She heard soft tap, tap tap at her door; and she vent over and opened 1t to find the collies, Lad and Lass, who had been out with Kin cheloe when she arrived. The dogs. wet from the snow melting in their long hair, turned Ethel's 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 had been too excited to attribute any signifi- canoe to his absence this time; but now the fact stirred disquiet.
 AS he had taken the dogs with him. he probably had been 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 Flats lazy, com fort-loving husband out so late this evening in the dark and cold?
 Every one was at supper when Asa Redbird returned with a telegram which-like all Cullen business tele- grams-Nas in code.
 Lucas at once left the table and. with Miss Platt, went into his office to decipher the brief communication from his son. When he returned 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 Lucts?"
 Nothing he denied, and he gulped half cup of tea, hot. Ethel watched Kincheloe as Miss Platt re- turned to her seat.
 He was trying to catch his wifes glance; but Miss Platt avoided look ing at him.
 Asa saw several foxes about" she said casually to Ethel; T suppose 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 drinking when suddenly he dropped his cup and jerked up and away from the table. Kincheloe and Ethel herself started also as the report of a rife rang, sharp and clear, outside the house. The gun fired again.
 Miss Platt and Ethel's grandmother alike had revealed no alarm.
 Asa said he would get his gun" Miss Platt volunteered quietly, and come back for the foxes"
 "Of course" her husband said. dropping back into his seat
 Lucas remained at the table only 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 Srandfather's voice go on and on, an was feeling that the long, deliberate was feeling that the long. relberate reading and now the endless suppli- cation was for a purpose other than devotion. and that purpose was 10 keep her kneeling in that stuffy room with her face to the back of chair Suddenly she arose and slipped into the hall, where she found her coat and cap and skis. She drew breath, when she opened the outer door. as though she had been stifing; and she went out upon the snow in the direc- ton 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 o'clock and very cold, with a constant wind blowing off the ice The Rock lay lost in obscurity She gazen frequently for the re- of the light which she had seen the hour earlier. Its ab- sence filled her with dread.
 She turned back to St Florentin 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- ful mad; old man tell you to come right home and stay there"
 Ethel found her grandfather to be lawful mad" indeed; he met her at the door and ordered her to go 10 her room and to bed and stay there What did she meaen by going out in he dark to see a stranger whom she lad met on the train? She was his