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CHAPTER XVf Continued.
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She pushed the curtains epart' wtth
. a rattle end, at the same" moment,
from f the direction or the floor, there
came a low but distinct gasp which
made her resolute heart Jump, and flut
ter. It -woe too dark to eee anything
dliUncUy,J)uCJi),thelnaUnt be(preIt
turned and fled, she caught eight of a
. : ahadowy male figure, and knew that
her worst fears had been realized. The
' figure waa too tall to be Eustace, and
Eustace, she knew, was the only man
in the house. Male figures, therefore,
that went flitting about Wlndles, must
be the figures of burglars.
' , Mrs. HIgnett, bold, woman though
the was, stood for an instant spell
bound, and for one moment of not un-
iajfannHlA ran!n tvtAjt tA tall llANa! 1
that she had been mistaken. Almost
Immediately, however, there came from
the direction of the ball a dull chunky1
sound as though something soft had
been kicked, followed by a low gurgle
and the noise of staggering feet. Un
let he was dancing a pas seul out of
sheer lightness of heart, the nocturnal
Visitor must have tripped over some-
. thing. . , ...
The latter theory ' was the correct
one.' Montagu Webster was a man
who at muny a subscription ball had
haken a wicked dancing-pump, and
" nothing In the proper circumstances
pleased him better than to exercise the
skill which had become his as the re
sult of twelve private lessons at naif
a -crown a visit l but he recognised the
truth of the scriptural adage that
there la a time for dancing, and that
this waa not It His only desire when,
stealing Into the drawing room be had
been confronted through the curtains
by a female figure, waa to get back to
his bedroom undetected. Be supposed
that one of the feminine members of
the houae party must have been taking
a stroll In the grounds, and he did not
. wish to atay,fcnd he compelled to make
' laborious explanations of his presence
. there in the dark. Be decided to post
pone the knocking on the cupboard
, door, which had been the signal : ar
ranged between himself and Sam, until
a more . suitable occasion.' In the
meantime he bounded silently out Into
the hall, and Instantaneously tripped
vertheportly form of Smith, the bull
dog, who, roused from a light Bleep
tw the knowledge that something was
going on, and being a dog who always
liked to be lit the center of the ma el
. strom of events, had waddled out to
Investigate. ,',
.. By the-time Mrs. Blgnett had pulled
herself together sufficiently to feel
brave enough to venture Into the hall,
Webster's presence , of mind and
8mlth's gregariouaness had combined
to restore ithat 'part of the bouse to Its
normal nocturnal condition of eraptl-
neaa. Webster's stagger had carried
him almost up to the green baize door
1 leading to the servants' staircase, and
he proceeded to pass through It with
out checking his momentum, closely
followed by Smith, who, now convinced
that Interesting events were In prog-;
ress which might possibly culminate In
cake, had abandoned the Idea of . sleep
and meant to see the thing through.
Be gamboled in Webster's wake up
the stairs and along the passage lead-
lng . to the letter's room, and only
paused when the door, was brusquely
1 shut la his face.. Upon which he sat
down td think the thing over. Be was
, In no hurry. The night was before
him, promising, as far 'as he could
Judge from the way It had opened, ex
cellent, entertainment ,v -
Mra.',HJgnett had listened fearfully
to the unoouth Holies from the hall.
The burglare--he had now discovered
that there, were at least two of them
appeared te be actually romping. The
situation had grown beyond her han
dling. If this troupe of terpslchorean
marauders waa to be dislodged she
musthave aMUtance. ; It was man's
work. Shemade a brave daab, through
the hall, mercifully unmolested: found
the stairs:! raced up them: and fell
through the doorway of her son Eus-
tace'a bedroom like a spent Marathon
. runner, staggering past the winning
poet ' .
' I tpleede Twe.
' In the moment which elaDaed befnro
W.LUWl va iwv cuuiu vsiiu lueir
agitated brains to speech, Eustace be
eame, aware, as never before, of the
truth of that well-known line, "Peace,
perfect .Peace, with ' loved,, ones far
awayT -v '' ; . .; '!
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Mrs. Hugnett 'gasped, hand on heart
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. This factf waa. Just the one which
Eustace .had been wondering how to
- break to her. . .
"I taowrt he aald uneasily. '
"Tou Mow!" . Mrs. Blgnett stared
,,"Dld you hear thetnl" , '
"Bearfthem?" said Eustace, puttied.
"The drawing room window was left
open, and) there are two, burglars in
the hall.f. J . , , - ,.
. "Oh, I, say, no I That's xather rot
, tent" said 'Eustace.
. "I aaw; and heard them. Come with
me and arrest them." , . .
But llMI't Tv iniMlnad m
III"
p By P. Q. UJODEHOUSE
"Sprained your ankle! .How very
inconvenient! When did you do thatT"
"This morning." .
"How did It happenr1 V"
' Eustace hesitated. -.
"I was Jumping."
"Jumping! But oh!" Mrs. Hig
nett'a sentence trailed off Into a sup
pressed shriek, as the door opened. .
Immediately following jn Eustace's
accident, Jane Hubbard bad , consti
tuted herself his nurse. . It was she
who had bound up his Injured ankle
In a manner which the doctor on his
arrival had admitted himself unable
to Improve upon. She had aat with
him through the long afternoon. .And
now, fearing lest a return of the pain
might render him sleepless, she had
come to bring him a selection of
books to see him through the night
Jane Hubbard was a girl who by na
ture and training was well adapted to
bear shocks. She accepted the advent
of iMrs. Blgnett without visible aston
ishment, though , Inwardly she . was
wondering who the visitor might be.
"Good evening," she said placidly.
Mrs. Hlgnet having rallied from
her moment of weakness, glared at the
new arrival dumbly. She could not
place Jane. She had the air of a
nurse, and yet she wore no uniform.
"Who are you?" she asked stiffly.
'"Who are you!" countered Jane.
"I said Mrs. HIgnett portentously,
"am the owner of this house, and I
should be glad to know what you are
doing In it I am Mrs. Horace HIg
nett" .' yv -
A charming smile spread Itself over
Jane's finely cut face.
"I'm so glad to meet you," ahe said.
"I have heard ao much about you."
"Indeed r aald Mrs. HIgnett "And
now I should like to hear a little about
you." , . .-,
"I've read all your books," said Jane.
"I think they're wonderful."
In aplte of herself, In spite of a feel
ing that this young woman -Was stray
ing from the' point Mrs. HIgnett could
not check a slight Influx of amiability.
She was an authoress who received a
good deal of Incense from admirers,
but she could always do with a bit
more. Besides, most of the Incense
came by mail. Living a quiet and re
tired life In the country, It was rarely
that ahe got It handed to her face to
face. I She melted quite perceptibly.
She did not cease to look like a basi
lisk, but she began to look like a.basl
llsk who has had a good lunch.
"My favorite," aald Jane, who for a
week had been sitting dally In a chair
In the drawing room adjoining the
table on which the authoress complete
works were assembled, "Is The Spread
ing Light.'. I do like The Spreading
Light'!"
"It was' written, some years ago".
said Mrs. Blgnett with something ap
proaching cordiality, "and I have since
revised some of the ( views I state In It,
but I still consider It quite a good text
book.", v.-. ;
"Of course, I can see that 'What
of the Morrow V la more profound,"
said Jane. "But I read The Spread
ing Light' first, and of course that
makee-a difference. .. ,
..-"I can quite see that It would,"
agreed Mrs. Blgnett' "One's first step
across the threshold of a new mind,
one's first glimpse' . . ." . ', ,
"Yes, It makes you feel . . . ;
' "Like some watcher of the skies,"
said Mrs. HIgnett "when a new planet
awlms Into his ken, or like . . ."
Tesi doesn't It!" said Jane. ,
Eustace, who had been listening to
the conversation with every muscle
tense, In much the same mental atti
tude as that of a peaceful citizen in a
W(Id West saloon who holds himself
In readiness to dive under a table di
rectly the shooting begins, began to
relax. What he had shrlnklngly antici
pated would be the biggest thing since
the Dempsey-Carpentler fight seemed
to, be turning Into, a pleaaant social
and literary evening not unlike-what
he , Imagined a meeting of old Vassar
alumnae must be. For. the first time
since his mother had. come Into the
room he Indulged In the luxury of a
deep, breath. . '
,. "But what are you doing herer
asked ' Mrs. HIgnett, returning almost
reluctantly te the main Issue.
Eustace perceived that 'he ihad
breathed too soon. In an unobtrusive
way he subsided -Into the bed and
pulled the sheets over )ls head,' fol
lowing the excellent tactics of the
great duke of Wellington In his Penin
sular campaign. .'When In doubt," the
duke used to say, "retire and dig your
self In." v. .-';::
'Tm. nursing dear - Eustace," said
Jane.
Mrs. Blgnett quivered, and cast an
eye on the hump in the bedclothes
which represented dear Eustace. A
cold fear had come upon her. .
" f Uear Eustace' T she repeated ae
chanically. , - '
"We're engaged," aald Jane. -"We
got engaged ,thli morning.- That's how
he sprained his ankle. Wheo I ac
cepted him, be tried to Jump t holly
bush." i ' -
. "Engaged! Eustace, Is this truer
"Tea," said a muffled voice from the
interior of the bed. i -- v '
"And poor Eustace la so worried,"
continued Jane; "about the house."
She went on quickly. "He doesn't
want to deprive you of It because he
knows what It means to you. So he
Is hoping we are both hoping that
you will accept It, as a. present when
we are married ; We really shan't
want It, you know. We are going to
live In London. So you will take It
won't you to please usT'
; We all of us, even the greatest of
us, have our moments of weakness.
Let us then not express any surprise
at the-sudden collapse of one of the
World's greatest female thinkers. As
the meaning 'of this speech smote on
Mrs. Borace Btgnett'a understanding,
she sank weeping Into a chair. The
ever-present fear that had haunted her
had been exorcised. Wlndles was hers
in perpetuity. The relief was too
great. She sat In her chair ' and
gulped: and Eustace, greatly encour
aged, emerged . slowly from the bed
clothes like a worm after a thunder
storm. " '
, How long this pohjnant scene would
have lasted, one cannot say. It Is a
pity that It was cut short, for I should
have liked td dwell' upon It But at
thla moment from the regions down
stairs, there suddenly burst upon the
silent night such a whirlwind of aound
as effectually dissipated the tense emo
tion ,ln the room. Somebody , had
touched, off the, orchestrion In the
drawing room, and that willing Instru
ment had begun again in the middle
of a bar at the point where It had
been switched off. Its walling lament
for the passing of summer filled the
whole house. " vu
That's too bad I" said Jane, little
annoyed. "At this time of night I" -
"It's the burglars!" quavered Mrs.
HIgnett In the stress of recent events
she had completely forgotten the1 ex
istence of those enemies of society.
"They were dancing In- the hall when
I arrived, and now they're playing the
orchestrion !" i
"Light-hearted chape I" said Eustace,
admiring the sang-froid of the criminal
world. "Full of spirits!" ,.,
"This won't do," said Jane Hubbard,
shaking her head. "We can't have this
"Murder Mel" the 8ald Amusedly,
"I'd Like to Catch Them at Itl"
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sort of thing. I'll go and fetch my
gun. ' '- " : ; , '
"They'll murder you, dear !" panted
Mrs. Blgnett clinging to her arm. '
Jane Bubbard laughed. v s -i r
"Murder me!" sle said, amusedly.
"I'd like-to catch them at itl" i :
Mrs. Blgnett . stood staring; at the
door as Jane, closed It safely, behind
ber.-V ,, . ,' '; v-: v-
"Eustace," she said .solemntr, '"that
is a' wonderful giril" ' , - ' ' '
"yea! She once killed a panther
or a puma, I forget which with a hat
pin !" said Eustace with enthusiasm: -
"I could4 wish you no better wife!"
said Mrt. Blgnett - ; V
, She broke off with a sharp wall. . . .
Out tit the passage something like a
battery of artillery had roared, '
.The door opened and Jane Bubbard
appeared, slipping a fresh cartridge
Into the elephant-gun. i .
"On of them was popping about
outside here," ahe announced. "I took
a shot at him, but Tm afraid I missed.
The visibility was bad. At any rate
he went away." v j,. f.
In this last statement she waa per
fectly accurate. Bream Mortimer, who
bad been aroused by the orchestrion
and who had come out to see what was
the matter, had gone away at the rate
of fifty miles an hour. Be had been
creeping down the passage when he
found himself suddenly confronted by
a dim figure which, without a word,
had attempted to . slay him with an
enormous gun. , The shot had whistled
past' his ears and gone singing down
the corridor. , , This waa enough for
Bream. He had returned to his room
In three strides, -and wis now under
the bed. The burglars might take
everything In the bouse and welcome,
so that they did not molest, his pri
vacy. That was the way Bream looked
at It. ,And very sensible of blm, too, I
consider. -. , . .
"We'd better go downstairs," said
Jane.' "Bring a candle. Mot yoa,
t it M itr
Eustace, darling." Don't you stir out
of bed I"
"I won't," said Eustace obediently.
Episode Three.
Of all the leisured pursuits, tnere
are few lesa attractive to the thinking
man than sitting in a dark cupboard
waiting for a house party to go to, bed :
and Sam, who bad established himself
in the one behind the piano at a quar
ter to eight oon began to feel aa If
be bad been there for an' eternity. He
could dimly remember a previous ex
istence In which he had not been sit
ting In bis present position, but it
seemed so long ago that It was
shadowy and unreal to him. " The or
deal of spending the evening in this
retreat had not appeared formidable
when he had contemplated It that aft
ernoon In the lane : but now that he
was actually undergoing it it was ex
traordinary how many disadvantages
It had.. ;
' Cupboards, as a class, are badly ven
tilated, and this one seemed to contain
no air at all: and the warmth of the
night combined with the, cupboard's
natural stuffiness, had soon, begun te
reduce Sam to a condition of pulp. He
seemed to himself to be sagging like
an, Ice-cream In front of a fire. The
darkness, too, weighed upon hlra. Be
was abominably thirsty. ' Also he
wanted to smoke. In addition, to this,
the small of his back tickled, and he
more than suspected the cupboard of
harboring mice. Not once nor twice
bufr many hundred tlmea he wished
that the Ingenious Webster had
thought of something simpler. V
Bis was a position which would
have suited one of those Indian mys
tics who sit perfectly still for twenty
years, contemplating the Infinite; but
It reduced Sam to an almost Imbecile
state of boredom. He tried counting
sheep. Be tried going over his past
life in his mind from the earliest mo
ment he could recollect, and thought
he bad never encountered a duller
series of episodes. He found a tern
porary solace by playing a succession
of mental golf games over all the
courses he could remember, and be
was Just Wing up for the sixteenth
at Mulrfleld, after playing Boylake, St
Andrews, Westward Bo, Banger Bill,
Mud-Surrey, Walton Heath, Garden
City, and the Engineers' club at Roa
lyn, L, L, when the light ceased to
shine through the crack ' under the
door, and he awoke with a sense of
dull Incredulity to the realisation that
the occupants of the drawing room had
called It a day and that his vigil was
over.
But was It? Once more alert, Sam
became cautious. True, the light
seemed to be off, but did that mean
anything In a country house, .where
people had the habit of going and
strolling about the garden at all hours?
Probably tfiey were still popping about
all over the place. At any rate, It was
not worth risking coming out - of his
lair. Be remembered that Webster
bad promised to come ,and knock an
all-clear signal on the door. It would
be safer to wait for that. '
But the moment's went by, and there
waa no knock. Sam began to grow Im
patient The last few minutes of wait-
l&jg In a cupboard are always the hard
est. . Time seemed to stretch out again
interminably. Once he thought he
heard footsteps, but that led to noth
ing. Eventually, having strained his
ears and finding everything still, he
decided to take a chance. Be fished
in his pocket for the" key, cautiously
unlocked the door, opened It by alow
laches, and peered out
.The room waa In blackness. - The
house was still. All was well. With
the feeling of a life-prisoner emerging
from the Bastille, he began to crawl
stiffly, , forward: and It was just then
that the first of the disturbing events
occurred which were to make this
night- memorable to him. .Something
like a rattlesnake suddenly went off
with a whirr, and his bead, jerking up,
collided with the piano. It was only
the cuckoo clock, which now, having
cleared Ita throat as was its custom
before striking, proceeded to cuck
eleven, times in rapid succession before
subsiding with another rattle: but to
Sam it. sounded like the end of the
world. ''
He sat In the darkness, massaging
his bruised skull, Bis hours of Impris
onment In the cupboard had had a bad
effect on his nervous system, and he
vacillated between tears of weakness
and a militant desire to get at the
cuckoo clock with a hatchet Be felt
that it had done It on purpose and was
now chuckling to Itself In fancied se
curity. For quite a minute he raged
silently, and any cuckoof clock which
had strayed within his reach would
have had a bad time of It Then bis
attention, was diverted.
(TO BS) CONTINUKD.)
Naturally. ' ,
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Is te appear on the screen.
- . , The Cure. ' .
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The refusal of the law-abiding cltl
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