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It was not until they had explored What say you?”
“ Confound you, sir! I —I ” — But his
the hnsement and found It utterly
brave effort failed him. He staggered
wltUunt signs of human oooupanoy
and would bare falleu bad not the
that the truth of the situation began
duke caught him from behind.
to dawn ttpon tlrnn.
Barmlnster’s
“Thanks, old chap,” said Barinluster
face was wbttv. and his voice shook as
to Shaw. “ We will come In for a mo­
he ventured the horrid speculation:
ment I say, perhaps you could give
"The good Lord save us—It's that
us a dry dud or two. Bazelburst Is In
(ietnmed huunted house Hen was talk­
a bad way, and so Is the count It was
ing about!”
a devil of a storm.”
"But ze lights?" queried the count
Penelope came down from the porch
"Ghosts
to meet them.
Without a word she
"L et's get out of this place.” said took her brother’s arm
He stared at
Lord Bazelburst. moving toward the her with growing resentment
door.
" I t ’s that beastly ltenwood
"Dem It all. Pen," he chattered,
house. They say he comes back and •‘you're not at all wet. are you? Look
murders her every night or so.”
at me! All on your account too.”
“ Mon Dieu!”
“ Dear old Cecil! All on Evelyn's ac
“ Penelope Isn’t here. Let's move on.” count, you mean," she said softly, wist
agreed the duke readily.
But even
fully.
fear of the supernatural was not
“ I shall have an understanding with
strong enough to drive them out Into
her when we get home," he said ear­
the blinding storm. “ I say, look ahead,
nestly. “ She shan't treat my sister
there’s Shaw's place!”
like this again.”
Peering through the door they saw
"N o,” said Shaw from the other side;
for the tirst time the many tights In
“ she shan't”
Shaw’s windows, scarce a quarter of
"B y Jove, Shaw, are you with me?"
a mile away. For a long time they
demanded bis lordship In surprise.
stood and gazed at the distant win­
"Depends on whether you are with
dows. Dejectedly they sat down, backs
me.” said the other. Penelope Hushed.
to the wall and waited for the storm
Hot coffee, chops, griddle cakes and
to spend Its fury. Wet, cold and tired,
maple sirup soou put the contending
they dually dozed. It was I.ord Cecil
forces at their ease. Bazelhurst so fai
who drst saw the signs o f dawn. The
forgot himself ns to laugh amiably at
rain storm had come to a mysterious
his h.-st's Jokes. The count responded
end. but a heavy fog in Its stead loom­
in bis most piquant dialect, and the
ed up.
He aroused his companions duke swore by an ever useful Lord
and with many groans of anguish they
Harry that he had never tasted such
prepared to venture forth Into the a breakfast.
white wall beyond.
"B y Jove. Pen." exclaimed ber broth
Just as they were taking a Inst look er In rare good humor, "it's almost a
about the wretched cellar something sin to take you away from such good
happened that would have brought ter
cooking as this."
ror to the stoutest heart. A wild, ap­
“ You're not going to take her away,
palling shriek came from somewhere however,” said Sliaw. "She has come
above, the cry o f a mortal soul In to stay."
agony.
"W lu it-w h a t the devil do you mean,
The next instant three human forms sir?" demanded Lord Cecil, his coffee
shot through the narrow door and out cup shaking so violently that the con
into the fog, hair on end. eyes bulging, tents overflowed.
but sightless; legs traveling like the
"She's going over to Plattslmrg with
wind and as purposeless. It mattered me today, and when she conies back
not that the way was hidden; It mat­
tered less that weeds, brush and
stumps lurked In ambush for unwary
feet. They fled into the foggy dan
gers without a thought o f what lay
before them, only of what stalked be­
hind them.
Cpstnirs Randolph Shaw lay bnek
against the wall and shook with laugh
ter.
Penelope’s convulsed face was
glued to the kitchen window, her eyes
peering into the fog beyond. Shadowy
figures leaped Into the white mantle;
the crash o f brush came bnck to her
ears, and then, like the barking o f a
dog, there arose from the mystic gray
the fast diminishing cry:
"H elp!
Help!
Help!”
Growing
fainter and sharper, the cry at last
was lost In the phantom desert
They stood at the window and
watched the fog lift, gray and forbid­
ding. until the trees and road were
discernible. Then arm In arm they
set forth across the wet way toward
Shaw’s eottagp.
“ Poor Cedi!” she sighed. " I t was
cruel o f you.”
In the roadway they
found a hat which she at once Identi­
fied as the count’ s. Farther on there
wns.n carriage lamp and later a mack
Intosh. which had been cast aside as
an Impediment “ Oh, It wns cruel!”
She smiled, however. In retrospection.
“ I f I were only sure that nothing
serious had happened to Cecil," she “ Whan she comes back she will be Mrs.
murmured anxiously.
Randolph Shaw.”
“ I ’m sorry, dear, for that screech of
she will be Mrs. Randolph Shaw.
mine.” he apologized.
That's wbat I mean, your lordship.”
Suddenly he started and gazed In
Three o f bis listeners choked with
tently In the direction of the haunted
house.
A man—a sorry figure—wns amazement and then coughed painful­
ly. Feebly they set tbelr cups down
slowly, painfully approaching from the
and gulped as If they had something
edge of the wood scarce n hundred
to swallow. The duke was the first to
yards away. In his hand he carried a
find his tongue, and he was quite at a
stick to which was attached a white
cloth—doubtless a handkerchief
He loss for words.
“ B—by Jove,” he said blankly, "that’s
wus hatless and limped perceptibly.
demrued hot coffee!”
“ It’s Cecil!” whispered Penelope In
"Is this true, Penelope?” gasped his
horror struck tones
“ Good heaven.
lordship.
Randolph, go to him! He Is h u rt"
“ Yes, Cecil. P ve promised to marry
It was Lord Pazelhurst As Shaw
him."
hurried down the drive to meet him. no
thought o f the feud in mind, two be- ' “ It Isn't because you feel that yon
lugs even more hopelessly dilapidated have no home with me?"
“ I love him. It's a much older story
ventured from the wood and hobbled
than
you think,” she said simply.
up behind the truce bearer, who had
" I say. that hits me bard." said the
now paused to lift his shoulders Into a
position of dignity and defiance. duke with a wry face. "Still, I Join In
saying, God bless you."
Shaw's heart was touched. The spec­
“ W e’re trying to end the feud, you
tacle was euougb to melt the prejudice
see,” said Penelope.
of any adversary. Lord Cecil’s knees
Tears came into his lordship’s pale
trembled
His bnnd shook as If In a
chill. Mud covered, water soaked and eyes. He looked first at one and then
bruised, their clothes rent In many at the other and then silently extend­
ed his hand to Randolph Shaw
He
places, their hats gone and their hair
wrung It vigorously for a long time
matted, their legs wabbly, the trio cer­
tainly Inspired pity, not mirth nor before speaking. Then, as If throw­
ing a weight off his mind, he remarked:
scorn.
“ I say, Shaw, Pm sorry about that
’’One moment, sir," called his lord-
dog. I've got an English bull terrier
ship. with a feeble attempt at severity
down there that's taken a ribbon or
His voice wns hoarse and shaky. "W o
do not come as friends, dem you. U so. I f you don't mind. I'll send him
up to yoo. He—be knows Penelope.”
my sister here?”
TH K I S O .
"She Is, Lord RnzelhursL W e’ll talk
this over later on,” said Shaar In bis
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