Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-21
CHAPTER NINE

At HER fathers piteous utter
-..s. Il am afraid your sister is
ae-ted," Mrs. Gould cried out a
..ssty:
oh. 10, Father"
Then why does she act as
Hcsgh she were?" impatiently.
she knows she has no right to her
.o,ner'S papers, no right to raise
d. ass about Cary'S writing. Tomor-
.uv I'm going to have DR.. Barnett
SCI, her. He'll soon tell us what's
wong with her. 1 can't go on this
..av. Bculah. She's wearing me out,
.-.s-T want to live to read the
E-ss> Book" He smiled affection
Ally NJ into Cary's face, then
.~~et 20 Mark:
And as for you, young fellow,
vcg're 4 true ESSEX, q credit to the
name! Now pile thosF papers to-
-s.Ner. Wen take them back to the
u.-la room. get the others and carry
them all to the library"
The RanGS" exclaimed Mrs.
C3MG. y forgot all about them"
They're all right" declared the
ca0caiN. Quite old enough to take
care Of themselves for a time. I'm
surprised that they haven't ap-
reared in here before this"
Mr.. Rand did look in the door
While You were talking to Aunt AL
thea" Mark explained. He couldn't
help but hear some of what you
were saying. I presume when he
found it was purely a family mat
ter. he decided the best place for
him was in the other ROOM"
I didn't agree with Mark. I, too,
had caught that surreptitious
.hrusting in and immediate with
Grawal of Horace Rand's head. His
meaning glance had conveyed some
message to Miss Althea, was sure.
I was just after that that she
seemed so completely to regain her
control.
wondered if while we were in
he- room Rand, his son and daugh-
ter. were peering and prying into
the other chests and the desk. But
I was Understanding the cap
GAINS Intelligence.
Oh Jabez was placed on guard
while The family was absent. Cap
tai ESseN's last words. before he
followed US 20 Miss Althea's room,
were for him not to leave the room
- anything. After that command,
jazz would not o. ouSted by a cy-
c.-~e.
Sorry 70 leave you so long alone,
- began the captain when he
was again comfortably seated.
"N-- - all, not at ALL" muir
rUgtG Horace Rand in a voice as
smooth as boiled mustard. 1--WE
were very comfortable here. I hope
YOU recovered the missing articles"
"Ererr last one Of Them"
laughed the captain. His strength
was amazing. Only few moments
aEo he was dropping with fatigue.
Now he seemed as bright and alert
rs ever.
"A,chea had a rash idea of puri-
Gcal9H by fire or some such thing"
lie continued, in a facetious voice,
"but We arrived in time to rescue
the sacrifice"
I caught a peculiar flicker of
Ra1d's eyelashes and a momentary
t!a".irg in of his lips. The captains
news was certainly unwelcome to
him.
Well, as long as it has all ended
IN your favor. I think We'll run
along home. We didn't intend to
say so long when we dropped in,
but this uliN-up rather compelled it.
Before leaving, I wanted to know
now things turned out with you"
The captain nodded. He did not
seem inclined to say more, and
Rand appeared eager to get away.
Irene and Proctor exchanged few
words with the others, but I felt
that tbs 5codbys on both sides
were strained ard not too cordial.
They had scarcely left Us when the
captain began to issue orders.
"Beulah, you and Janet &c '!2Sc
the library, clear the things off the
Big table, and when these papers