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14 THE FABMER: JANUARY 31, 1913 S . (Con tiixued.) taken--. She rose as 1 crossed the room, and front her manner I ' judged that she welcomed this chance of address ing me. Tea have scorned the library to night. Has there been trouble? Is Aunt Octaria . alarmed.:-about any taring " '' Cecilia was a beautiful; charming woman of the world, bat I felt her pell less tonight. It may be that the presence of IIeekiah"s slipper In my lnnide coat pockets' .pressing rather In sistently against, my Ibs.acted as a conn terirrl tan t '"J "Ton are In difficulty, Miss Cecilia," I said. "Please tell me in what way I may eerre yon." ' ' . t "I don't know why I should appeal to yon" ..'..,.' l ; -.. "No reason is accessary I hare told you before thatJyroiu iee-only to com mand me. We may be Interrupted at any moment. . Pray go on." - "I have lost an article of thesgreatest Talne to me. It has. been taken from my room." - For a moment only X read distrust and suspicion in her eyes as it occur red to her that I had access to every part of the bouse, bat my manner seemed to restore her confidence. And she could not have forgotten, thather own, father. had met her secretly on the roof - of -a bouse- that 'was denied him and tbat.,1 jwas perfectly cognizant of the fact ' . 7 . "I am Sore you can be of assistance," she said. "There's something behind this ghost story. . Some one has been In and about the house. You believe thatr . V-- - --: . . "Tea." Them has really been a sort of I ghost, you know." .' ' -She shrugged' her shoulders. ' Cecilia had no patience with ghosts,' and we were losing time. " My conversation , with Cecilia was annoying Wiggins, as ' was plain from his nervousness. - "I went to my roomfor a moment while 'Aunt Oetavia w&s) ipioye, with you, I suppose. Just after the chimney gave another of Its strange demonstra tions. Z remembered that I had left my little silver bound book, thafl usu ally carry' - with me, on my dressing room table. It contains a memoran dum of great importance to me. It positively cannot be duplicated. I am sure It was there when I came down to dinner. But it was not on my dress ing table or anywhere to be found." Too may be mistaken as to where yen left ft. Too would not be absolute ly positive that you left it on the dress ing table r - "There 1 not the slightest question about It. I bad been looking at It just before dinner. I had sent you a note, you know, Immediately after you came back ad bunted -down to see you." - Yes; IcaU that. Ton were in the Horary -when X came down. And I think I wmexnber having seen the little trinketslightly smaller tham a card case, sliver backed and only a few leaves. Ten, had U In your hand the other night when I came in after Mr. Hume had left." She flashed slightly at this; but readi ly acquiesced in mydeseri&tion; .Miss - Octavla's Inquiry as to whether I had seen the book came back to me and no less clearly her withdrawal of her question almost the moment she had spoken it. .-' f A,"-E" I felt the sudden Impingement of fleseilah's slipper upon my own con science, if X may so state the- matter. Hezekiah, playing ghost, had confessed to me that she had visited Cecilia's room. Hezekiab, amusing herself with the library chimney and friehtenlne the serrafsDysa1RgTatQLthe for- Diaaen nouse inroagn tne coaicoie, was a culprit to be scolded and forgiven. Bet what .of Hezeklah mischievously filching an article of real value to her Bister I I did not like this turn of affairs. I must get back to the roof, find Hezeklah and compel her to re turn the silver book. Only by tactful ly managing this could I serve well all the members of the house of Hollister. But first I must leave Cecilia with a tranquil mind. "I thank you 'for con a ding this mat ter; to me; -Miss Hollister. Please do ' not attach suspicion to' any one until I have seen you again." - - "But if you should be unable to re store" "I assure you that the book is not lost. It has been mislaid, that's all. 'I shall return it to you at breakf ast. X give you my word." "Do- you really mean it?" she fal tered. "Please keep this .from Aunt Oetavia! I can't tell you how impor tant it is that she be kept in ignorance of my loss. The consequences, If she knew, might be very distressing." jAiam -Oetavia -wan- carrying the In Tincible John a Stewart JDickv. away to f the billiard room. Se glared at me murderously as he trailed glumly after the lady ' of the manor. The others were crowding about Cecilia again, and I yielded to them' willingly. As I sauntered toward the door Ormsby de tained me a moment. His manner The Siege of the Seven Suitors MEREDITH NICHOLSON . n Copyright, 1910, by Meredith Nicholson -'- was arrogant "and "he hissed rather than spoke. "I'm directed to command your pres ence at the .Prescptt Arms tomorrow at 12 o'clock. The business Is impor tant." ' "I regret, my dear brother, that I shall be unable to -sit wjlth you at that hour: in committee, of the whole, and for two reasons. The first is' that I am paired with Lord Arrowood. You refused to take him Into youi base compact, and allowed him to be thrown out of the Inn for not paying his bill. The act was deficient in generosity and gallantry." "Then I suppose you would think it a. fine thipg for such a pauper to marry a woman! like 'that like that, I say?" and he jerked his head toward Cecilia. "I consider a lord of, Arrowood as good as .the proprietor bf a knitting mill any day. If you press 'me for an opinion," I replied amiably. "And this from a chimney sweep?" he sneered.. "Tou flatter me, my dear sir I've renounced soot , and become a gentle man adventurer merely to prevent a type that long illumined popular fic tion from becoming extinct. I advise you to fill the void existing to the heavy Villain class. Believe me, your talents would carry you far. Study Dumas and forget the wool market and you will lead a happier life.. My second reason for, declining to meet you at the Arms at 12 tomorrow is merely that the hour Is inconvenient. I assume that you mean to urge lunch eon upon me, and I never eat before 1. My doctor- has warned me to- avoid early luncheons if I would preserve my figure, of which you may well believe me Justly proud." v , 'Tfou're a cowaf d that's alT-there is to, that" I dare you to come!" ' - "Well, as I think of it, I'd rather be dared than invited. If I "find it quite convenient I. shall drop in. But you needn't keep the waffles hot for ' me. 1 Good evening.,' - CHAPTER XVIII. , ' ! Ia5fc Lantern. . " ( HURRJED 'back, to the trunk room and -had soon gained the roof. To my disappointment and chagrin my young lady oT the' single slipper was nowhere In sight. I found, however, lying near the library ehimney a trunk tray that required no explanation. With this Hezekiah had blocked the flue,' and I smiled as I pic tured her tiptoeing to reach the chim ney crock and dropping the tray across the top: How' gleefully she must have chuckled' as she waited for-the flue to fill and send the smoke ebbing -back Into the library, to the discomfiture of her aunt and sister and the "suitors gathered about the hearth. The spirit of mischief .never" whispered into a prettier ear a trick better calculated to cause confusion.',. . - ' I had thought Hezekiah secure when I locked the trunk- room door,- but I had not counted upon the versatility and resourcefulness- of that young per son. I droDDed'to the second roof Tv- el and inspected the down spouts, but It was Incredible that she had sought the earth by this means.. I swung myself to a third level and after much groping- for my bearings decided that an athletic girl of Hezekiah's venture some disposition might, if she set no great store - by her neck, clamber off the kitchen roof by means ' of a tall maple whose branches now raspingly called attention to their slight contact with the houve. - . . As the moon cruised into a 'patch of clear sky - something white fluttered from a maple limb, and I bent and pulled it' free., I took counsel of a match behind the kitchen chimney and found that it was a handkerchief that had been knotted to the tip of the bough. No one but Hezekiah would have thought of marking her trail in this fashion. I held it to my face, and that faint perfume that had been a mystifying accompaniment of the passing of the mansion ghost became nothing more unreal than the orris in Hezekiah's handkerchief case.' The wind whipped "the bit of linen spiteful ly In my hands. I . reasoned that if Hezekiah. the Inexplicable, had not meant for me to know the manner of her exit she need not have left this plain hint behind, but the swaying maple bough did not tempt me. I hurried back across the roof, to secure the trunk tray, resolved to dispose of it. seek the open and And the errant Hezekiah if she still lingered in the neighborhood. I looked off across the windy land scape before descending, and as my eyes ranged the dark I caught the glimmer of a light as of a lantern borne in the band in the meadow be yond the garden. It paused and was swung back ad forth by Its unseen bearer. It shed a curious yellow light and not the white flame of the com mon lantern, and now it rose a trifle higher and slowly reselved itself into a weird fantastic face. Three minutes later I was out of the house, using the back stairs to avoid the company in the library, and had crossed the garden and crawled through the hedge. As I rose to my feet a voice greeted me cheerfully: "Well, done, Chimney Man! Tou were a little slow hitting the trail, but you do pretty well considering. How did you manage with Aunt Oetavia about that slipper,? 1 had .a narrow GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL IN NEW F f $ vv ' j ' ' " i - 1 i r t ? fife- rW T l l- if ' s 7A g '-s - it," tKa jkir ttF I I ' s4 - New York, Jan. 31. The opening of the Grand Central terminal, jointly used by the New York Central and tlie New York, New . Haven and Hartford roads, gives New York the. two most expensive railroad stations in. , the world. - The Grand Central, located on the. site of the old station at For ty-second street and , Park avenue, escape in the second floor hall whenI came out of Cecilia s room. I must have lowered -a record getting upstairs. s And one shoe isn't a bit comfortable. Allow me to rwiieve you!" "Here's your slipper. Ton ought to be ashamed of yourself- " 'For losing my slipper? I thought pinderella had made that respectable." She place her band on my shoulder, lifted her foot and drew the pump on with a single tug. " "Well, what did Aunt Oetavia say?" "Oh, she had thoughts too dark to express. You probably heard What we said. ' It was .she who found the slip per!" ' Hezekiah laughed. The wind caught ip4 that laugh and whisked It away lealously. "She found, it and- carried it to you. chimney-man, and I skipped just as you began that beautiful story about finding it in Beacon street. -I'm no.t supposed to see her, you know, until Cecilia is all flxedb Hurry and. tell me how you got me out of It" . "How "did you know I-would .try to explain it? You did a perfectly fool hardy thing In roaming the house that way, scaring Ixra Arro wood nearly to death, to say nothing of me. Why should I help you?" KJ II, yuu-re ti man ajuu. x w jubi. a little- girl who had lost her slipper," she replied. "I was sure you would fix it up." . " She drew from behind a bowlder by which we stood a pumpkin of portable size, which I surmised had been carved info the most hideous of jack-o'-lanterns by the shrewd hand of Hezekiah. "Come!" she cried. "If you are good and won't begin preaching about my sins I'll show you the funniest thing you ever saw in your life." ' In my joy of 'seeing her I was neg lecting Cecilia's commission. Very likely Hezekiah had forgotten - all about her theft. Hers, I reasoned, was a nature that delighted r in the nearest pleasure. I would follow her jack-o'-lantern around the world for the chance of seeing the fun brighten in her brown eyes,, but I had made a promise to Cecilia, and I meant to ful fill it. . .. , She led me now across the meadow, over a stone wall, up a steep slope and by devious ways through a strip of woodland. I bore the jack-o'-lantern. She had bidden me do it with some . notion I ...did not question of making me a party in whatever mis chief was afoot. Also, . she demanded that I repeat fully the story I had told her aunt of. the finding of the slipper. "You are better than I thought you were, Chimney Man," she declared, when I had concluded and added her aunt's comment. - "You may be sure that- tickled Aunt Oetavia. You can lis almost .as well as an architect. Aunt Oetavia says architects are bet ter liars than dressmakers." Vlt was my weakness for the truth that caused me to abandon architec ture. For heaven's sake, what are you up to?" I had kept little account of the di rection of our flight, and I was sur prised that we had now reached the stile over which I had watched the passing of the suitors on the afternoon of my meeting with Hezekiah in the orchard.. "This, ist.be. ajTjQpinted Pjace.l she re- WORLD'S GREATEST RAILROAD STATION though it covers much more ground than the old structure, has been erect ed at a. cost of millions for buildings and ground. The terminal has a floor area of seventy-nine acres, including both track levels. Local and subur ban trains and through expresses will be on separate levels, and incoming and ; outgoing traffic will be entirely separated. Close connections will be marked, taking the pumpkin from me and dropping down on the far side of the stile. ' - "Hezeklah, I've trotted across most of Westchester county after you, and my. arm is paralyzed from carrying that pumpkin. I must know what you're up to right here, or I'll go home. Besides, . there's a mist falling and you'll be soaked. What do yon sup pose your father thinks of your ab sence at this time of night?" "Oh, he'll- never forgive me for not letting him in on this. This is the grandest thing I ever thought of. Sit on this step and gently incline your ear toward the house. It's about time those gentlemen were leaving Cecilia, and they'll be galloping for their inn in a minute, and then" - Hezeklah, whistled the rest of it. While we waited I . tried once or twice to revert 'to the silver notebook. but without success. Hezekiah Was a mistress of the art of evasion with her tongue as well as her feet. - "Walt till the evening performance is over asd I'll talk about that. Sb! Quiet! Orawl over there out of the way, and" when I say run. beat it for the road." These last phrases, were uttered In a whisper, her faee close to my ear. She gave me a Utile push, and I withdrew a few yardsand waited. The ground. I may say. was wet and the drizzle had become a monotonous autumn rain. , The light of the lantern, fell warmly upon Hezekiah's face as she held its illumined countenance - toward her. crouching on the stile steps. I heard now what her keener ear had caught earlier the tramp of feet along, the path. The suitors ' were returning to the inn, and the voices of one or two of them reached me. The nature of Hezekiah's undertak ing suddenly dawned upon me. Near er and nearer came the patter of feet and I beard, for I could not see, the scraping of Hezekiah's slipper a wet little shoe by now as she crept higher mu our side of the stile. .The first suit or groped blindly for the steps, slipped dn the wet plank, growled and rose to try again. That growl marked for me the leader of the van. Hartley Wig gins, beyond e doubt, and in no good humor, I guessed! The others, I judg ed, bad trodden upon one another's heels at the moment Wiggins stumbled. Thus let us Imagine their approach six gentlemen in top bats headed for a stile on a chilly night of rain.v It was at this strategic movement that Hezeklah pushed into the middle of the stile platform, its grinning face turned toward the advancing suitors, the Jack-o'-lantern her band had fash ioned. I marked Its position by Its faint glow an instant, but an Instant only. The world reeled- for a moment before the sharp cry of a man in fear. I cut the dark like a lash, and close upon it the second man yelled in a different key, but no less In accents of terror. The first arrival had flung himself back, and so close upon him pressed the others and so unexpected was the halt that the six men seemed to have fluncr themselves together and to be struggling to escape from the hideous thing that had Interposed itself in their path. All was over in a moment, . In the midst of. the .panic the lantern" winded YORK made with the city subway, and 100,- uuu passengers can oe nanaiea in day without serious crowding. - The various waiting rooms, concourses. platforms and restaurants wlll hold 30,000 persons at one time.. Over the tracks new buildings have been built. and other structures to be used as ho tels, theaters, office buildings, etc. will be erected. Struggling to Escape From the Hideout Thing. out, and instantly "Hezekiah was "be side me. ' "Skip!" she' commanded in a whis per, and, catching my band, 'she led me off at p. brisk run. When we had gone a dozen, rods she paused. "We heard voices from the stile, where the gentlemen were still engaged in disen taneline themselves, and then the planks boomed to their steps as they crossed. They talked loudly among themselves, discussing the cause of their discomfiture. The lantern, I may add, had been knocked off the stile by the thoughtful Hezekiah when she blew out the light. ' "Oh. that Hartley Wiggins! I might have known it!' she cried. "Known what?" I asked, pricking up my ears. - - "That he would be afraia of a pumpkin with a -candle inside of t. Did you bear that yen ? "Anybody would have yelled," I sug gested. "I think I should have drop ped dead If you'd tried it on me." "No, you wouldn't," she asserted. with unexpected flattery. "Don't be deceived. - Hezekiah. I should have been scared to death if that thing had popped up In front of me." . "I don't believe it. I gave you a worse test than that. When I switch ed off the lfents and swung a feather duster down the stair well by a string and tickled your face you didn't make a noise like a circus calliope scaring horses in Main street, Podunk. But that WiggLas-nisin!" Ts Be Continued.) Keep Foley's Honey and Tar Com- nound always on hand, and you can quickly head off a cold by its prompt use. 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