HERE A A EE Axuthor of Capn Eri, Etc. IMustreations by Ellsworth Youn SYNOPSIS —Continued, rambling Then 1 hh y ap Mr. Pepper, crawling 1 his I was front CHAPTER There Mor 3 around peared was a sound of sc soot floated the corner hands and yr waked with b t collar and shirt sleeves were and smeared with ack; and spot ted from his flamed like the last a fire-scarred ruin blackened cheeks embers in Keziah fryvin to help gtovepipe,” he ex- “1 was take down her plained. “You see, man " “Yes, 1 see, down. Now and wash your face earth! Look at them clothes!” “1 do hope didn't yourself, Abishali,” said the sympathetic Keziah Then, as remembrance of had led to the upset came to her, she add ed “Though I w ay ‘twas your own fault and n« Lawvinia whirled “Dear me! We've got plenty w 2 wr W ldOwers with Just - Well, I you go out to the Heavens and sink you hurt Everybody And they 1 al a thing—oh, no! Folks don’t that ~-that Well,” the direction of the anywheres nigh coat and le. traction to us. yes! She Came important an to at the face was ture of para- Miss Van Horne, that young iv gave vent to a 1 gk ’ her friend d ribed y2ed azement. what afterwards bolted out as a ut of eful the seclusion of door CHAPTER IL In Which Keziah Unearths a Prowler The fog gossips of Trumet that day Mrs. Didama Rog who lived all alone, ex for 18 society was crnel to the spa " ers, ent of three cats, a canary, and a white pc ' the little honss kanan's Odile named “Hunch, next to Captain El stablishment, never Ventirels from the chag and dis ippointment caused by that provoking recovered mist. The fog prevents Rogers’ not Ing the entrance of Mr. Pepper at the front Also hi sisterly arrest. It shut the majestic approach of Daniels and face dimpled with smiles laughter at Is. For a young lady, supposed to be a de vout Come Outer, to hurry along the main road, a handkerchief at her mouth and fun, was a circumstance calculated to furnish material for enjoyable scandal And Didama missed It, Other happenings she missed, also Not knowing of Captain Daniels’ call apon Keziah, she was deprived of the pleasure of wonder at Coflin gate 8 exit, under Captain El (irace’s flight, her and breaking kanah into frequent interva pany with Mrs. Coffin, go down the road in the opposite direction from that taken by Grace. and parting at the gate, two later. It vas thwee o'closk in the after. noon before a visitor ame again to the Coffin front gate, entered the yard and rapped at the side door, Keziah opered the door, “Halloa she exclaimed. ‘Back, begun to for good.” entered said, “1 don’t thought 1 was scared. think it Kyan Grace lau as she she and then them ex- you alone tay {rst Elka and pressing their wishes pointedly I m to BO a little dell Horne! there's town wi I ain't for the h of earnin’ Hvin' right here 'm goin’ house both of {0 gee BO~—01 hought It you give ithout your present, my The girl tur “Ohi ment Keziah ‘That was her hand itter astonish nodded Yes,” she affirmed hat Elkanah’'s proposal Ha, ha! Deary me! Sud roposal t know = in I was But he amounted to Vhen he { what prepared for wh ho the parish com ed to keep house ind couldn't be must be hired right xpected by And the cap's and see day come id, and we ge the down to parson efore dinner and looked There's an awful lot d dustin” to be done for a body to live In." ded her hand Keziah,” she sald, * why and 1 ich other Boe take © re Ain't It" Coffin's Comment. “Cheerful’'s a Tomb, Mrs, yiders had ion robes The omin’ for them, en 2p fire for the better pu end of i igh it Millerites when they hat doin's a few years ago can stay here and wait, If ‘twon't be too lonesome. We'll have supper when oven thot their She threw a shawl over her shoul ders, draped a white knitted “cloud” over her head, and took from a nail attached by a strong cord to a block of wood eight inches long "Elkanah left the key with me.” she “No danger of losin’ it. is thers, Might as well lose a lumber yard’ They left the house and caméd out wet mist. Then, turning to in the direction which Tru met, with unconscious {rony, “downtown,” they climbed slope where the main road mounts the the right, a passed finest | of the | into | cor- be- | ridge of Cannon «afl, Captain Mayo's big house—the in Trumet, with the exception Daniels mansion--and descended the hollow beyond. Here, at ner where the “Lighthouse Lane” gins its winding way over the rolling | knolls and dunes to the light and fish shanties on the “ocean slide,” st the plain, straight-up-and-down ing house of the Regular rectly opposite was the little age, also very straight up and Both were painted white with blinds. This statement to those who remember ture at this period; practically building from Sandwich town was white and green. They entered the yard, through the fn the white fence, and went around the house, past the drip evergreens and the bare, wet lilac the door, the lock of here outlying the the meet society. Di parson: down Cape architec- every side the front no one thought of that That once during door, of meddling with door had been opened but gtor's thirty f his the late pa tenantry On the occasion « ral the mour Mrs. Coffin keyhole of the Well already ttor ut some thing gh about others ain't had She lec way into the NAge the windows had been opened wh Daniels made their 1 gray light made the and forsaken in appea: than a could ¥ have nee deeper gloom done. The black walnut osed te Par ous pictures on Was “and a stlll more hington,” vant to do anything dark. I'm goin broom." n to get the hurried ou turning in a ment or t 1 and a most disgusted “Hon boo Y mao frayed utensil, which was worn to a enough sight nigh dust enough this take off I'M ever get Well, there's for a shove the top a shovel, lay S'pone this house fit for Mr. Ellery to lve In before omes? | wonder if he's a particular man? Grace, was struggling with a re fractory window, paused for breath “I'm sure I don’t know)” ed. “I've never him Nor 1 either Was 80 who he re sae n Sol bad to meetin’, They say his sermon was all about those who ge the gea in ships. That's parish committee, 1 they're all old salts. | wonder if he's as fine-look. in’ as they say?" Miss Van Horne her head She was resting, prior to making an- the window down to what got the BEUCES | tonsed other assault on | “I don't care. celted little snippet { the sight of him. ! Auntie, you musn't | you I was A selfish plg. But don’t you i i sk mo to like this precious minister of yours, because I shan't do it. He has no business to come and separate me from the best friend I've got. I'd tell him so if he was here What was that? Both women looked at each other with startled faces. They listened in. tently. “Why, wan't that funny!” whis- pered Keziah. *“I thought I heard" “You did hear. Bo did I. What do you suppose-4 “Seaashh! It sounded from the front room somewhere, And yet there an't be anybody in there, because My soul! there tis agaln. I'm goin’ to find out.” She grasped the stubby broom by and 1 shall There! mind me. 1 told hate there! moved determined’y to wed her the handle and ward the front by the arm Don’t you do it, frantically hall Grace auntie!” she is- “Don’t you - hy he sver or what in this and piain in a Just like as ne it's un cat en Elkanah here this fore Don't be scared, Grace, Come right along The enthusiasm dark, narrow house, hurry got was not with gh the but toed throu came along, They tig hall and Eiri peered into the This apartment was dim and and gloomy, as all proper parlors but there no sign of £411 sii was back down gsion of slancing ANRe eXpre broom 1 e rr } upon the ‘ve That lamp, remember somethin’ kK from the ' “Whoey commanded ind yme out thi ninut Ido door this you *Ar I'n The then a vol a man's “Mad out fust be “Come "ey From Dimness © tered Study the Voice the Qs * " “ Stepper opened huddled close Ui gether the broom Ike ready for whatsoever From the ht study stepped the owner A stranger, a man his hair rampled, his tie disarranged, buttong of his waistcoat filling buttonholes Degpite this the hasty tollet in gemi darkness, he wag not unprepossessing Incidentally, he was blushing furiously “I didn't speak,” he sald, "because took me by surprise and 1 wasn't explained—er-—presentable. Be I was afrald of frightening you. you | hurried as fast as 1 quietly, and when you began to his expression changed and there was a twitch at the corner of his mouth-"1 tried to hurry still fast er, hoping you might not hear me and I could make my appearance-—or escape—sooner. As for entering the house—well, 1 considered it, in a way my house; at least, I knew 1 should | live in it for a timé, and— “Live In It?” repeated Keziah “Live | in 1t? Why! mercy on us! you don't mean to say you're" She stopped to look at Grace. Keziah holding tle-ax, dimness of the of the voles young the WIong of description. “My name ig Ellery," sald the stranger, “1 am ths minister~the new ininister of the Regular gocloty.” Then even Keziab blushed, To BE CONTINUED) THE WAR ZONE Boston Girl's Story of Outrages By Turks. 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