New Britain herald., 1930-05-15
THE BROKEN GODDESS

'.'. HI ltLr h 4iIi N III IAiI ' CIl.f doon was pretty severe, and some ion seconds elapsed before [ was sule 70 climb to my feet X door which had softly opened as sof:ly y.osed. lt was the hall door. and as threw myself upon it a key turned in c1e lock on the other side, tried the handle The door hnId
 Furious at myself. l switched on The Hghr The Brent collection VAS j0'aCl. apparently. My eyes rhen rell upon tho door to the library and [ hurried toward l' The door was unlocked. and pushed mo the room beyond, hoping that the door . herHcen the library and the hall would he also The darkness WIS neaNv. and found myself holding my breath and shiyerinr. TO my dlsmay tho door VAS lcc&cd. samuels would have the key l0 his pocket All chance Of SetrLs glimpse of the intruder vas Eo0a now l switched on Inc hEht, and tho shadows vanished into . fhemselyes. Feeling better. I glanced ! across the room a the shcetsd fig ure or inc couch. Parados vas daad T tha flesh only; the evil .:o had done still uEed.
 Furnng out -he light. I returned 10 ,he billiard room Nondertrg what l should do.
 " i' occurred to mo then that some door or other lower window 0, the house might have been inadyortelt- lv left open. I would try all Of them. Miss Jahries' window except od- f all were fastened. l would rouse Miss Jahrios.
 l, % Happened tha. th- first do0r tried vas open. and l found my sl.f much 10 my relief. in the kitch- c0. ] passed mo the hall where ceiling lamp burned. looked no tho dining room. the drawing room and 'he sun room as q matter of acUrse. bur there 1as no one about.
 1t occurred to me tha. !, might be 7Iso 10 rouse Fllq4a and tnIt him of my e%pcrlenc-. but 1 decided morn ms would do as NcII.
 AS ! reached ne head Of rro star was attra-'sd by thread O 1Ight beneath ta@ door nearest mo. i ooncildsd th4. inc occupant or 'his loom naa tre person nho had .lclkai m7 jn he billiard room.
 decided Q 20 70 bed and ind oat Hho occupied the room in the or-trG.
 Ra, as I entered my room at inc --zd of the corridor. 3 door latch -.-cc4d. l edged one evc around the s~ar'e ot :ae door. To my astonish- -s-.. Miss Janrlos thrust her head ot- e the dCor Of the room I had ree- zqecu,attrs about, turned it wEn- and -er. and complere,r emerged iron the room. X 1igrt e7.t-a c,acE>z. door close | Mss Jahr.es ls.cred in'entIr Tor 8 momenr th-a ran swiftly down The e-air.
 That's not her room.' I muttore1 n parr.aE-f" T wonder whose 1t .- And ! wonder hat she was doing in t s- -h1s hour Of the morn
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 Footsteps on inc stair became audttl. monen. Iater-Mlss Jan -es' had baar Dolselass-and as I G'an.-1 around the door CeGa and Annr~=Iey ascerd7d 1nro vie7. A rna -op or th4 stair they embraced -aH6erlE
 "Goos 0'Efl Claude"
 'Good nlgh. deal"
 she raa svlrIy along the hall and turned -cno tho cast unS. An mersIav s.ood s.aring in thc djrc'- ron I0 "r5sn she had gone: then H- pus-at 1r-o inc room Miss Jal- rl-s had lett t.ra minutes hefore,
 had been -airins 10 see what ! room hz would rnrer, buc had not -ar.ogsLr conz.drrod the possibIht, that # would br the one Miss Jan TICS had lof'. and 1 shut my oDr door more ornlderod than ever.
 Mss Jahrlcs and Annersiey W -e allies I had supposed. To find Mss :, Jahrles rrac.lnE the appearance O scma'hing else took all the sta1cl out o' my heories Had Nj s' J1hrreS heen seeking for sometime that AnnArsia- did not want her te ind. l 7ondered2
 And nov Mss Jahries.' I mI. tered | wonder who'll he th, rrHt2'
 = Tha, had bron Samueis' phrase and went 10 bed eith it echoin: ! lr my brain
 awoEo around seven. T. to3I | me 2 minute or so to orientate m
 sell. then sprang out Of bed an