The Pomfret Mystery

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1471, 1 November 1905, Page 4

The Pomfret Mystery

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chapter vi ;'■ .'■';'- '.■ .;■:: something of a ooqiietto, shi her dress, whioh '.she; won S^fewfn;;^; hatni'al; grace' and dignity, ' Bhi |P|p&wls:ibnd of ftinj waa the lid; of everj :| 6ok':pHefv in th*« neighbour. uude'rneath the '.vivacity and jo her you:h and bet was a torn?,- loving na l only'wilting for a pure deep/lbve tc from tbe Hqnire's houso, a Ijttlb to. the north ol ;and pn'.its; step's-a group of men ohjattingi'as oountry people do after g|^|meeiing7alittleimbre;than"a year/after ' MnetiDg waa jnat over andtbe litongregationbadjust' emerged from the pjm|ding,: x,:;. '■':■:' \ '.'■ ;«Deaoon'Qfosvonor as he joined the group Sand the Squire.- "Finohayin' s||^WeYbl#ays'';'db ; have good hayin' Sabbath,' 1 the Squire reJhayb hotbeeu but your way |for Jqiiite; a : spell, Deacon; what sort of have g|!>Toler : ble;; ■ only: tclar-ble. ' It's been Wmpai iqo-df? fUr th& gross to grow well.-' ||^ : widow: Bixby's decided to '|«ll : her-fßrm and movo West; has the ';: thought sutbinVof- buying my'ere';Btranger.fcllow wbo'a Hillhouse's has been a sort ;**p!jnibblln', : at it,'an- I 'guess he ltin pay i^retmoney.'for ittban I kin." k "••■; have seen him about the town. Who ofa?omMWvu ' ■■: ; --: ; < orii^NewJYprk.;Etayiu ,; down Ww-A -Hillhouse says. he's the | l»sVfellow:l*ye. seen ■ for, a\ long while. |BorJftMjtaichapireckqn; I seed him. j/|»yinV'Otint,khe,obn'ntry las' week,"; ps?l He's a good looking young follow.". kind o';feller.' |syM;arid;"hairpf his'h/ air'; different from fmbiVfolks. 7 Hillhouse says he got lots of |ii^y.:aiatl^Bintßi for '■■ fun oiily, and that >j«^iJiie'si goingto.'stay all summer." :" |'^^ej|i'^aid:tho^quire,- , 4guess;tbat te'llV be!;: odmihg ?'dpwn to bank then, I "there's; Chester-. wittf him," ; and nodding ! go6ji.b|:Tierwent'offwith; Ephraim Ohes--tank;.'',' .: . looks well,'! - said one df the gro'ap-rhat had bean left behind,. /' Hn'a getting old though, and don't walk as light ':!' \A':-Zf-. 'be a; pretty riob- man," rejp}nionbt)ier,i ■" ;Guess Ethel will have .B|»lum!whenbe dieß." , \ : : / Benny .Moore's mighty far nice fellow, hope "Squire, ain't:he? They iily'hli'ilSoiiif/ to setjbp ; hisVshingle fur 'r groups:; broke up, 'Those wbo3ived;injtbo villajje walked away and lbose|faHher ffom home backed out their pssbjti t^vwbiio;some"who came- from; drove o£f, while Kh)|^wtipi : istayed',; v for':the ; . afternoon B^i|w|sopgbtbni;sbady'spotsunder the SeesKiandite -the,lunohes that they had :.'-''- n 1 where tbe. r|TO||iiiened:fi'ut!M:beoamb more shail. ineadow b^PSmf^bad;iaid : outi'; a ; park\ Little, excepYtpieserve thp larid 1 and .there an^|MTOt|rpugb: boards tables ■'■ for picnic iTameßj^Natnrißbad done tbereaVand it, beenlefo forher to do; for iW^a^ : the best .landscape gwdeher for so' rlb||nftbpun l day afternoons ■with; operaat --night --'it was m^^iiiM,pA^ ::: i' ;'-'yv ■!' , . :: ' : -V Sunday night, bowBplits;y r figbre'might <be seen paodown a narrow itreakofpebbly\beaoh' from: which the the days' ii^hpjl^rocl?:H;:was;thevfeison :of the quarters risen in the oast, but the ■ abbvothe solitary loi-' lerer|Bbut;bQ*.nor rays from tbe path where the stranger. .' : and tbeihe raised |®|ias!iome .noise roaohed his ear, aud: looked "expebtirig: some ;mo6nyinoyerl : slowly into thb the moonbeams began to'Btray |Ml:{»hrpDgh"openings jn.'tbobranohos of tbe |&|j|ttees and fall in patches df silver upon the' he margin of the river,; Vance I^P^^paoetl^upfahd'dpwn avoided tboße as if eye that his and listened. : It was; it, Almost' and a'face peered' beautiful '.■ face—beautiful : ;.beautifnl as" .it.'peered green leaves, framof;dark golden' hair,of love .to paint .upon ! of.i saints and madonnas. tint of its qomplexion-the /ber'ancestors who had lived so Mommy.^eenturies: in sunny". Italy,—was soft purity o( the mobn-IspligbVdnd-the' heavy eyebrows and long lpp:lM.iiet);that';'Bhaded.herioyea made.(hem |tban';; tho night shadows S||irfedM. : looked' to Vance: from the bushes more like' Mftpthe-apparitioo of ah angel than like a flesh|^irad;,blpbdmaidon.. ■'i "..-.-'.■ he said, as he drewhtir i him- and imprinted a ki§s upon hbvV-'beautiful you are to- ■■■';.:.*.; think so," she said smiling up ;.''.' it is for joy of sooine ■ you flatteror." ; ho, answered kissing I >' you. run' no dangerl me?" . : ; : ' after they were all fegiriibed! ; :;:;Aunt; Martha.' the Squire land were 'fast asleepwhenT Plpßgj&b'ihat borrio|dog—ho will unmake tae -and be growled at mo away till I feared that "some one , ■,-' -: : - on him," ho you are beautiful • enough to-. thb hsart of. even, a brute. |fe!Baflpl:bay'ethepiwdcrs whioh I.gave |g|yoJ^jou;;nbt, ;i sbould bo grow Wmissfflfi*W .wist rise:them." ~, - and yt\mi tho ; linn, : ii hftve come,";'; ■-''.-:' tlie BquSre'f 'hpiise ami you ; of your oppottitnitirs ?'■■' ;; e^ -A'd'tiiM -y'if/biiile trfe : >lr);-| flfeliaV^dbneiv^ l lpu : mbsti fetutnhow to New Tcrh. " : For:gbfJ:?'!:v -:; ''::■..:■■■ • Wissm£s P^ V yf|':know. 'What tale did \ |Kpllell.^!ieb^ - ■■'■:' v • '■■ r thß : , in' case that: :

I sbnll have made my plane definitely," " It iB well; I Bball do SB jon bid me. And now before we part let mo bear you say once again that you love me.." Pot answer.he olaspei bortighdy in bis arms, " I lovo yon, little one," he mm 1 - inured,-*-" 1. lovn yon—- 5 llicißimi times' I love you- 1 love you mov: tlnn you love tue," -.')■- .'" That cannot be;'v ry day Bince I have boon hfi'o I h ive UN up and down the ro-id h ping to .ire your face- All it was bard to wait through bo uinny weary months." ~" Poor little Adclo," ha murmured as h 6 watched Iter steal silently hooioward, ' He stood for a moment in s-hufc rovorie and 'then he metered to himself, "All has gone well so far, But the combination—how can I get the combination", He started at the sound of his ownniutteringsand then rousiug himself he walked swiftly homeward. To hi continued