Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-01-10
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CHAPTER fIII-Continued
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Arthur explained. He saw that
Berenice's desi e to ask Wilton ques-
lions gave thA latter deep satisfac-
non. I don'tH wonder she's nervous"
ne commenteN. Perhaps Haskell win
explain eve5Fything satisfactorily this
evening. He doesn't seem to have
"Oh, yNes, he hast He's afraid of
tnose w fax figures"
Il stAould think he would be. AL
ways 70 me-and I'm rather healthy
specln ten-there's something stealthy
ana kdiotic about a wax figure-at
once &helpless and menacing. don't
Diane him-but what am curious to
Know Is, why such properties have to
De Eept around when it would be SO
easy to dispose Of them? Meanwhile
I've made a discovery. On that shelf
70 he left under the encyclopedias
lou nd these books-school books, some
pre- Ecious possessions, like Little Wom-
en- and Treasure Island Young Peo-
PIE es Anthology of English Verse; and
81 Nmilar works. On the iy-leaf in
III I'd, boyish hand I read in one of
III -wait-I think Wen not be dis
~ ed. I'll fetch it."
brought the book, an American
Dry, turned back the dy-leaf, and
Il Aur, looking over his shoulder,
- Lives there a man with soul SO dead
dol Who never to himself hath said
n This 10 my own-my native land7
Below was carefully written: Eyes,
g. HI His native country is Satans.
i wish he would go there, and not
come back to plague US any more with
his fancied learning. He made Althea
cry this morning with his stern
ness about nothing. l hope he reads
4 this. Then he'll know what we all
think of him. N. B."
Il wonder II he ever read it," Ar
thyrofnmeRted.
ssate Ses The top of the book
t0cs 'afe sesEs on it"
VI u ok with a very
i "A Gordon Haskell
H. 10 u - @sretrA ScDrluge, anu
A4 tnex <fd written beneath: Art
Is truest to nature, then nature to
Art"
\ They must have been interesting
childrenl With a sharp perception
Of character, Haskell told me to use
the library freely; so that had no
compunction In looking at these books
In fact, did not know / was coming
upon anything significant but these
n testimonies to Haskells unpopularity
with the younger members of the fam
lily are significant--justifies our own
feeling about him."
The dinner bell put an end to their
conference. Janet and Mrs. Denver
were coming down the hall. "We've
been out" the latter said II can
breathe better out there in the gar
nut Mrs. Denver"
k4NNhe put her finger on her lips. Has
ihl Tell was approaching.
I'LL M"Ah, I'm glad to see you all alive
NJ md well l am dining with you to-
lieht, and I've asked Mrs. Denver to
II DIN us. 1 want to clear up the mys-
~ m cry / knew you would soon find out
II nyway-the mystery of the four wax
n cures. But we won't have it for a
N dinner topic"
ENk He led the way down the east wing
to a rather stately room; probably
cnce the dining room of the Brace
ridge family. Its oak-paneled walls
Iore two portraits-one Of a young
woman walking in the grounds Of
III Lostland academy, the other Of the
five Bracebridge children, with Ber-
enice, baby of two, on the grass at
Ed the feet of her sister Althea.
n "The late Mrs. Bracebridge-the
M lchildren," Haskell said briefly, and
assigned his teachers places at the
liable. Il would have asked Berenice
n TO come in-but she would not like to
l. Ahear what am to tell you. She
NJ kdored her father. She was, you see,
Anvil t quite thirteen when he died"
sAW Payne looked wistfully at the por-
% ait, as II to comfort himself with
le thought that one at least Of that
oup was still alive.
|Dinner was quickly finished. Four
ople were too impatient to hear the
4 \ bry. Haskell began 1t quite informal
after having passed cigarettes.
4 Miss Mercer-or one Of you-perhaps
h Of you had eyes keen enough to
y the immobility Of these scholars
\ wei passed n lschOOlrOOm. They