Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-05-09
By Elizabeth Jordan
% BY The Century Cal

followed the butler. who had stopped
at the sound Of his name.
When the door closed upon the two,
Campbell drew a long breath Of re-
lief.
MY dear" he fervently calculated,
IT am beginning to think 1t viii be al
most worth while TO have that fellow
around for the sake OF the frequent
rapture Of getting rid Of him"
yerity's black eyebrows rose trifie.
''Why did you engage him. If you didn't
want himY She asked
STANLEY wished him on me. The
whole episode 70 an amazing piece Of
folly. and I am afraid I don't show
up IN It any better than Stanley and
Renshaw," her grandfather confessed,
with growing irritation. lie described
his Interview with Renshaw, while
yeritys expression, incredulous at
first, changed to one Of deepening In
terest and perplexity.
you don't imagine there Is some
thing back Of it?' she slowly suggest
ed. IAN effort to get into the house
and"
NO. nor her grandfather testify in
terrupted "The last two years Of the
mans time are fully accounted for.
He has been IN sauatoriums, poor chap.
Besides, Stanley knows all about him"
II wonder what happened to hlmT
Verify spoke almost under her breath,
her imagination clrellng among yari-
Gus dark possibilities of which she
had heard and read
The old man shook his head.
Il haven't an idea. What / want to
know is. what's going to happen to
me under this absurd arrangement
can't imagine why / let myself in for
H. For a second or two ! thought
saw way of making him useful, but
! don't believe II viii WORK out" He
broke on. Il suppose the felIog has
some magnetism" he ended.
Not a particle Verify spoke with
conviction IN fact It's the ether way
aroune There's something almost re-
pelleut IN him, something a little
OH what IS the wordf Well, some
thing unhumun. lie is unusually
handsome. Of course. there's even a
certain nobility about his head and
face. And yet, he's like ghost. Yes,
that's what am trying to get at" she
added with quiet satisfaction. "Ile
/ looks at us as the dead might look II
/ they came back-as n he had passed
1 through exis,ences and experiences we
could never understand and could not
even dream Of"
NO doubt lie has" the old man con
coded. "He affects me like a human
/ draft. But we must not let our
/ maglnatious run away with us II he
/ Is too depressing. we will get rid OF
/ him: I'll ship him or and make him
| useful somewhere else, He's got to do
what l tell him and go where | send
| him" And now let's forget the fell
1 low and 70 on with that book you were
reading
UPSTAIRS. I'm the chamber to which
| Campbell had sent him, Renshaw was
/ doing some thinking OF his own His
/ first impression VAS that II was oddly
remote from ot,.cs rooms. Only one ad-
! dltional door opened from the narrow
corridor he had traversed. The second
/ reflection. as jerks turned n knob and
/ stood back to let him enter his new
/ quarters. was that the room was very
/ large and extremely comfortable
/ jerks touched an electric button and
| the shadowy room flashed into soft
4 light which brought out the details OF
/ a mahogany bed in a far corner, facing
the door. hlgh-boy. low-boy, and a
large bullt-in wardrobe The rooms
north wall contained two windows. and
through two additional windows. very
4 wide and with built-in cushioned seats
he could look out on the front grounds
/ Of Tawno Ker and follow the maple
/ lined avenue leading to the highway
/ lie was TO have plenty OF light and
air. he reflected with content
lie went to north window and
CHANGING out found this first impress
Sion changing There would be air
without doubt but numerous oaks
and naples crowded close 10 the house
50 close. indeed, that an athlete such
az Renshaw had once been could lear
from window into the widespread
Ing branches OF at least one yenera
bile tree The trees were rather un
expectedly thick in front, too he dis
covered. and he was surprisingly fan
from the ground lie would be almost
among the treeteps II he leaned fsl
out OF the windows on the front sid,
Of his room
Jenks threw open the door Of sec
ond room in which could be seen n,
outline Of q shower apparatus and IN,
nickel and porcelain fittings Of bath
tub
THE bathroom is very small, sir,
the man apologetically explained
"and there's no window In Il. II wa.
made two years ago. out o. blI
closet But you viii Be quite comfort
able And you with always find extr.
linen IN the closet Just outside YOU