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annasia west leases brides house connecticut farmhouse with a sinister refutation several previous tenants had died there mysteriously and a bride had disappeared the lease- stipulates that the new tena it ask nj question john oiamond owner of a new york newspaper is ktrunkeiy lniste t that ann leave her stable boy otto is murdered then a deputy put on guard is shot to death a stranger rescues her from a morass when sh- seeks id at the house of lr craiison a veterin ary surgeon alva q psey managing editor of diamonds paper comes up to try to solve the mystery he learns of a mysterious naturalist who oes all his searching at night- the stanger who rescued ann is hired as statolo boy giv ing his name as david smith he and amtussa rind the entrance to a tunnel which davit refuses to explor annassa is disturbed when she realizes that da vid in whom she has come to trust hay evaded the questions of the sheriff issue no 333 chapter xvi contd inveigled asked uavid yes ann was quite btside her self smarting from the backslash of ler own words i suppose it would suit your plans better if there wore no one in authority here tonight of course it would he rose and looked at her much as a bear cub might look at the wren which attacks it after what had become an uncom fortably long pause miss west the ability to take another person on trust is a sign of breeding youve defi nitely catalogued yourself in my mind as a thoroughbred so now ill not quarrel with you if your second thoughts are less generous than your first- generous indeed thoroughbred aloud miss wst said im not go ing and then though she knew repetition would only weaker her po sition nothing could tempt me to go as you like he said with sudden stiffness and without another word turned and left the room for an houi annassa fidgeted about trying to decide what she want ed to do three notes declining the invitation were written and thrown into the wastepaper basket at last she called abby when ini scotch woman appeared ivo changed my mind about to night please cyme upstai- s and help me get into my things miss berth needed no second bid- d ng one of the two dinner dresses which she had slipped into the trunk for just such an emergency as the present was brought out and laid on the bed unfigured cloth of gold plain to severity with a long straight bo dice and a wide bow of turquoise vel vet ribbon on the left hip by exper ience she knew how well it suited the creamnndcopper coloring of her young mistress youll wear your mothers sap phires she asked lifting cut a small metal jewel box i think this dress looks better without any ornament casting an appraising look over one shoulder at her reflection in the mirror get da vid and have him wait for me in the living room i want to speak to him before i go the limousine from berkshire tow ers was before the gate when at last miss west trailed down the narrow stairs and into the living room where t new stable boy stood lamplight and firelight walls mellowed to deep ivory by the passing of half a century no background t uld have been more perfect the grl took hold of a tall rushbottomed chair with one hand and rested the other fingers widespread on her hip the picture was one that goya could have immortalized on eanvns david caught his breath you are right it is better for me to get away from here for a little while she said and knew in her heart that the lasthour decision to accept john diamonds invitation had been made solely because the gold gown was among the items in the wardrobe trunk which abby had prcked so unwillingly for this mad adventure into the fourthdimensional part of connecticut the man inclined his heart in token that he understood understood more than she had meant that he should despite an effort to be calm her voice trembled with annoyance you will please not leave the house until mr tobys two men come on duty at eight abby says she is not afraid but i am afraid for her with a coldly polite goodnight she turned to go but the man had sprung into her path the flame that leaped on the hearth seemed to have caught fire in his dark eyes youre wonderful he whispered wcidcrful for a moment she feared he meant to take her in his arms but when the tribute to her beauty had been paid he stepped into the hall and stood well aside holding the door open for her to pass out john diamond always dinod at eight nothing vould have tempted him to sit down a minute earlier nor was he content to dino informally night after night though the long table in the state dining room was lrid for but one the same fastidious care was taken that might be expect ed at a banquet for a hundred flow ers in the centre a great bouquet picked in one of the many green- fcuses service plates with heavy goldencrusted borders a cloth of fine lace from antwerp the best of everything it was what the owner o the establishment demanded for himself in the arrangement of the table this evening there was one difference tail wine glasses stood grouped about two of the three placs the owner if berkshire towers never drak his own place had but one goblet and that was intended for water it was not until miss west entered the dining room on the arm of her host that she knew they were not to dine ilone another guest was ex pected but where he was and why he- had not put in an appearance john diamonc did not offer to explain though a tall man and heavy the owner of the new york daily free press put his guest in her chair witn a grace that hinted of mu experi ence afterward walking around to his own place with the leisurely tread of on who anticipates an hour or two of good food and good company used as she was to the homes of wealth miss west felt a trifle op pressed by the magnificence with which she found herself sirrounded perfection of detail became monoton ous the clocklike precision with which dishes were presented and re moved was unreal theatrical too she felt as though the man opposite her were acting a part hamlet or king lear something that required considerable histronic ability to put t over her former distrust of him returned magnified a hundredfold she wished she had not accepted the invitation that she had stvck to ner first tecision and remained at brides hcuse and with the intrusion of brides house into her thoughts she legan to wonder uneasily how things were going there chapter xvii the dinner dragged out intermin- njy not urtil it was half over did john diamond mention his absent gues ive i surprise for you miss west someone coming i thought youd like to see a man whos rathei taken my fancy in the last day or two annassa made no comment conversation drifted to the hap penings on the farm at the end of the wood road john diamond said well try to see that the last part of your summer is pleasanter than the first he assured her toby tells ne theyve found out who committed the two murders i shouldnt wonder if thered be an arrest tonight did mr toby mention the the name of the murderer no i dont think he did afraid somebody will beat him to it i sus pect you knoy i offered a reward ten thousand dollars for the man who did the killings at brides house alive or dead the salad course had been placed upon the table when annassa became aware by the expression on her hosts face that his longdelayed guest had arrived a wellremembered voice greeted hcrwith ann do my eyes deceive me or is that really you why gately she cried wonder ing why her heart did not burst for joy the next moment she was in his irms annassa felt a slight cooling of her first enthusiasm she was surprised to find how much shorter gately was than she had remembered him to be and that scrubby little mustache he affected how ridiculous it looked on his long upper lip surely six weeks separation ought not to make a girl notice things like that especially about the mai she loved better than anyone else in the whole wide world no more absences in the future said terhune fatuously how about it ann no more absences she echoed in a voice which soundeo flat in her own ears im glad to see you two young peo ple have come to your senses dia mond had been watching his oppor tunity to put in a word theres i othing so disorganizing as a false start the sooner ou and miss west get the license and a preacher here terhune who had no taste for a sermon no matter what its text might be slapped his breast pocket thats all been arranged sir an- ss goes back with me tonight and tomorrow we get married but there are things that must be settled between us first she fenced desperately terhune leaned across th table ann i know whats on yur mind you neednt worry i was wrong about william prentice and you were right turning to their host this little beggar who got himself in such a mess up here last year was in my employ i suppose i should have stood back of him after all he couldnt help it if his wife disappeared but he made me so damn mad with his utter lack of intelligence during the investigation that i well i guess i as a bit hard on him once more addressing himself to annrssa the part that really matters is that i was pigheaded enoigh to let ou engage ment be broken on account of it can you forgive ne cherie my punish ments been a heavy one youll neyor know what tortures ive gone through thinking of you up here in a haunted house to be continued a blend of distinctive quality 83reeill tea fresh from the gard 21 ens motor hints tliere may bo parts of the ear which look more important than the cotter pins which lock the wheels and various parts of the- steering mechanism but none actually is nior so the motorist who does his own repair work should exercise suffici ent forssight to lay in a supply of spare pins to replace any that may be broken in removal it is safer to install new pins in any case valves will stick engine valves are not the only ones about the car that are subject to sticking the carburetor choke valve also may hold fast an undesir able point it sometimes explains an overrich carburetor mixture mr multirox have you the nerve to say you will make my laughter a better allowance taan i do mr littlepurse sure thing you give her only ten per cent of your income and i intend to allov her twelve per cent of mine selfmade men there are no selfmade men are what we are mad by w j bryan we others when a dog growls over his food he likes it but with a man it is dif ferent dietrich favors mannish mode fix tht flat at once putting off having the flat tire re paired is equivalent to driving with out a spare keep eye on shock absorber th driver was traveling at a steady speed of fortyfive miles on hour over a highway upon which the hot sun had expanded tho expansion joint filler he noticed a serious whip in the propeller shaft and a decided discomfort in the operation of the car the universal joints he con cluded must he seriously worn a stop at a service station revealed that the rear shock absorbers were em pty permitting excessively free spring acmon on the rough road for use in a pinch if the owner of a car fitted with hydraulic breaks cannot get the pre scribed fluid for filling them he can mix a harmless combination of liquids to tide him over the emerg ency the combination is one of equal parts of medicinal castor oil and no 5 denatured alcohol it will not harm delicate parts of the hookup hard starting is explained installation of new rings or tighten ing of th crankshaft bearings will make the engine harder to start for a short time to help the battery car owners should remember that a high generator charging rate not only is bad for the generator but causes an excessivelj rapid rate of evaporation of water in the battery delay may be costly motor car doors are ol heavy con struction these days and the checks which limit their outward swing per form a distinctly useful service a motorist who failed to replace a broken check discovered this fact re cently he opened th door hastily and allowed it to swing ire with the result that th hinge was badly sprung the repair expense was many times more than replacement of the check would have been professor forecasts new music culture romance in a world secretary f academy of music optimistic for future the confusion caused b the pres ent crisis which lias hit th inter na ional centres of music very hard may prepare the soil for a new musi cal culture although we cannot at present see clearly the future de velopment this is tiie opinion ex pressed by professor olallo morales the secroary of the royal academy of music stockholm in one of his usual interesting speeches at the an nual meeting of the academy he deplored the unemployment amongst the musicians abroad and the general lowering of the musical standard caused by the world de pression which however fortunate ly has not so far seriously affected the musical life of sweden the professor staed he had observed a tendency in modern music towards greater simplicity and harmony and towards the classical and preclassical forms the young composers seem to regard the former musical revolu tionists with respectful awe the young ones he said now have th task of building up new musical works of art linking the spirit of the present age with the golden ages ot the music of the past it is how ever only a few great spirits to whom it is vouchsafed to lift tho curtain of the future and to conquer new words for the growth of human culture to counteract the unemployuieu amongst th musicians professor morales offered an interesting sug gestion he urged the organization of ambulating orchestras as a kind of unemployment relief work these orchestras should be sent to play in communities in such parts ot the country where there is a lack good orchestral music a summer fancy the poppies in my garden are cups of an elfin king the larkspurs swaying so lightly are chimes the fairies ring and the gladiola blossoms pure gold and flaming red fell from the clouds of sunset when a lovely day was dead o mignonette and marigold o bee and butterfly shall i find another garden beyond the starstrewn sky jean mitchell boyd in congregational money lost in speculation is drop ped by men who are trying to pick it up marleno dietrich likes comfort as the above picturo shows also a good publicity idea marlenes famous legs can thus only he seen on tho screegi some men and women fight colds all winter long others enjoy the protection of aspirin a tablet in time and the first symptoms of a cold get no further if a cold has caught you unaware keep on with aspirin until the cold is gone aspirin cant harm you it does not depress the heart if your throat is sore dissolve several tablets in water and gargle you will get instant relief theres danger in a cold that hangs on for days to say nothing of the pain and discomfort aspirin might have spared you all druggists with proven directions for colds headaches neuralgia neuritis rheumatism aspirin tbaormark reg in canada at ergth the natter autumn uaj- ed its fogs its rains withdiewi frim egland theii lournina ao ther tears its winds swept on m sigh over lands far away behin1 november came deep wirer clearness still ness frostaccompany ng a -j- day badsettled irto a crys talline evening the world woieit north pole colouring all its ignis and tints looked like he refects i white or violet or pale green gem- h- hills wore a lilac blue the sit ting sun had purple in its red sky was ice all silvsvd izuie- hfii the stars rose they were of whro crystal not gold cray or cerulean or faint emerald nues cool pue ai d transparent tinged the gras of tht landscape wht is this by itself in a wood r- stockholm i u longer evaii russei a woou neutral tint this ia blun moving object why it is a school boy a briarfield grammar scbij o- who has left ns companion now trudging home oy the highroax it is seeking a certain tree ith a 2ertai mossy mound at its rcot con- enient as a seat why is he linger ing nere the air is old and die tunc wears late he sits down iyhat is he thinking about docs he fil the chaste charm natjre wears o- light a pearlwhite moon smils through the green trees does he care fc- her smile inpossible to say fr he is siienr and his countenance does not spcik a tt it is no mirror to reflect sen- tion but rather a mask to conceal it this boy is a stripling of fifteen slight and tall of his years in bis tact there is as little of amenity as servility his eye seems prepared to note iiiy incipient attempt to con- tiol or overreach him and the rest of his features indicate faculties alert for resistance wise ushers avoid unnecessary interference with that lad to break him in by severity wuk be a useless attempt to win him by flattery would be an effort worse tban useless he is best left alone time will educate and experience tiain him professedly martin yorke it is a yoong yorke of course tramples oh the name of poetry talk sentiment te n and you would be answered b sarcasm here he is wandering abne waiting duteously on nature wiile she unfolds a page of stern vi silent and of solemn poetry beneath his attentive gaze being seated he takes from his sat chel a book not the latin grammar but a contraband volume of fairy tales there will be light enough yet for an hour to serve his keen young vision besides the moon waits on him her beam dim and vague as yet fills the glade where he sits he reads he is led into a solitary mountain region all around him is rvde and desolate shapeless and al most colorless he hears bells tingle u the wind forthriding fiom the formless folds of the mist dawns en him the brightest vision a green robed lady on a snowwhite palfrey he sees her dress her gems and her steed she arrests him with some mysterious question he is spellbound and must follow her into fairyland h iihl shut the book hide it it the- satchel martin hears a tread ho listens no yes once more the dead leaves lightly crushed rustic on tho woodpath martin watches tho trees part and a woman issues forth she is a lady dressed in daik silk i veil covering her face martin never met a lady in this wood before nor an female save now and then a villagegirl comes to gather nuts to night the apparition does not dis please him he observes as she ap proaches that she is neither old nor plain but on the contrary very youthful and but that he now re cognizes her for one whom he has often wilfully pronounced ugly he would deem that he discovered traits of beauty behin the thin gauze of that veil she passes him and says nothing ho knew she would all women are proud monkeys and he knows no more conceited doll than that caroline helstone the thought is hardly hatched in his mind when the lady retraces those two steps she had got beyond him and raising her veil re poses iter glance on his face while she softly asks are you one of mr yorke s sons no human evidence would ever have been able to persuade martin yorke that he blushed when thus addressed yet blush he did to the ears i am he said bluntly and en couraged himself to wonder super ciliously what would come next you are martin i think was the observation that followed it could not have been more felici tous it was a simple sentence veij artlessly a little timidly pronounced but it chimed in harmony to ine youths nature it stilled him ike a note of music charlotte brchte in shirley of the simple arithmetic the two chorus girls were having tea together do yon know said ono uhen tho manager asked me my age j couldnt for tho life of me remembei whether i was twenty or twenty- one what did you say asked hei friend oh replied the other 1 split th difference and said nineteen