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THE HOUSE OF PENDREAR.

(BY MILDRED WILCOX.)

CHAPTER III. "

At six o'clock she rubbed her eyes, looked | longingly at her pillow, then sprang out of bed and droised, She ran downstairs and as she entered the kitoben ghe stood transfixed with horror on the threshold,

Thero in the middle of the floor, its cold whits face turned upwards, lay the body of har mistress, stiff and dead!

A thick white woollen scarf was knotted

tightly round her neck and stuffed into her

With one load shriek Lizzie turned and fød, ...”* Afurðar,” she cried, bursting into the house- keeper's room. They have murdered the Missis and she is siging on the kitchen floor."

It seemed to the maid, Lizzie Polporna, that she wou'd get no sleep at all that night. It was no goed going to bod, the gumbent position brought on her boothache with ro-doabled force. As she rocked herself to and fro, tears rolling dowa ber red cheeks, he began to wish that sho|mouth. had stayed longer in the kitchen with Mrs. Jeu niugs. How unike kursof the house-kooper had bean that erosing She was always we

fow work, but as a rule she had a good man of appetite,

She had no holding with folks a-finnicking with their food, thought Lizzie yet there she was tasting one thing and patting it down. dropping her fork and spoon as if she had sma a ghost! And her that's go down on carolors. news, too, braaking a taubler. Her nervos is out of order for sure."

Mrs. Jennings was in bad and asleep. At Lizsie's first words she sat up with a yawn.

Good gracious! Lizzie. What is the matter? You look as if you had soon a ghost.”

"I would sooner have seen twenty ghosts. The missis has been strangled by a murderer."

The house-koaper fell back with a gasp.. "Not dead!" she groaned, **My God! not

A fresh twinge of pain cut Jazzie's medita. tions short. She walked up and down the room tili she was tired, then again sought refugo undead!” her bed.

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She slipped on a elenk and brushing Lizzie Bat to no arail! The houso go and full | sido hastened to the kitchen. of sounds, How late everyone

Meanwhile Lizzio'sshriek bad roused Harriet, coming to be! What a lond voice Mr. who called to the girl to tell her what had hap

James bad! She could hear him talking pened.

3 right up in hor room; it sounded as if ho were angry. She could not expect to go to sleep his voice coised and then what a noise of iauging doors: Mrs, Jennings would give her (Lizzin) a pioru of her mind if she bangal & door like that,

Gradually the house grow still and silout, it no sleep cum to Lazzie's tired eyes.

I wonder if Miss Harriet would let uedare a little of that staff she has for her touth somJU- timos," thought the poor girl. She trast her Eent into slippers and put a shawl round her shoulders far room was at the top of the beans, that occupied by the housekeeper was on the same look at the other oud of the image. Lizzie had to pass it to reach the stuita. The 'door was shuts

I wonder if she's in there." roffested the girl. "I "I never heard her come up. It aint so good aski ug

her for anything. Have the tooth out, sho would Fay. Bosides I duret not distarh her. Now Misa Harriet, she has

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haughty wap with her at ines, und

Sho hid her face in her hands and did not speak, then quickly regaining her composure. she asked for details of the crime.

Mr. Tregoaning " she queried, pansing at the top of the stairs. "Has he be told

No, Miss. He was out late fast night, may. be ho's asleep."

**

The girl's sucwise was correct. After a load knocking a sloupy voice cried, "Who's there? Stop that confounded noise"

Mr. James, Mr. James!" cried Lizzie." The Mistress has been murdered."

"Murdered! Nonsense, it is a fit of sorda kind. I will come and see what can be done.**

Harriet had joined the housekeeper in the kitchen. At the sight of that figura on the floor, with its distorted features, wide, un-sosing 4748, she drew a dog breath and went forward, bonding over the body.

she said.

It is not

Fit of ecurs. not," cried Mrs. Jenzinga. The Mistro has been robbad and done to death. See, only her wedding ring is left," she

op an lay hand.

and Mrs. Jonninga suys she puts ou ́aire and added, lift the deed of some needy tramp,"

is nothing but a paid servant, but I like Miss Harriet, and would sooner ask anything off her. She's got her moods like the rest of 'em, and I can't always make them out, but she napally has a smile and thank you. Lizzin, for anything I do for her."

Ever

By this ties Lizzie had reached the corger of the passage wuere, ut un extreme angle right and left, & wider corridor led to those rooms coupled rapnet rely by Mrs Allen, hor

pław Harriet's companion.

році was situated at the end of the t hond pansigo, white thoother two rooms led off to the right. Just as Lizzie was turning to the left suo caught sight of a tall figure approaching in the opposite direction. She wore a white, dressing gown and her large eyes looked darker than ever in contrast to the nuutural pallor of her face.

& turn."

Miss Harrie," exclaimel the maid, You wero a ghost. You did give me

"I have just been to fasten the passage win dow," yolunteered Harrit." It doos rattle' so. That is the worst of this place! Eren insummer' there is always a wird."

That there is for save. You look tired, Miss. I'm afraid it kept you awake, 61010 as the toothache has mo. I WAS just making so bold, Miss. ns to come and ask you for some of that stuff you once put on

I your own tooth. I can't got to sleep zohow."

**Cortainly, Lizzie. I will give you some with plaustive. She turns into her own rooin as sho spoke, and as she did so the clock in the ball below cbited out twelve deep sonorous strokes, ** I can't find the jodine anywhere," said Bar riet, after a search among the varioua bottles cn ber shelf. "I think Mrs. Jennings must lure if I lent it to her some time ago to paint bar, wrist. You must ask her, Lizzie."

Oh, Miss. I dare not. She'd be that cro-s if

I disturbed her."

Nonsense! But if you are afraid I will osk for it myself.”

**

Lizzie's face showed her gratitude and sho followed Mias Tramnyạn to the tonsoleopar's room. Harriet knocked once-twice-three times, and then receiving no answer opened the door softly and went in,

The room was empty.

As she turned to live it Mrs Jeunings, still

in ber black dross, appeared upon the threshold

Harriet explained her errand.

"I thought you were asleep," she adder. You are Fory late to bed, Mrs Jennings."

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That ia rown business," said the house. Iceper, brasqunly. I can come ta had at what time I choose"

She was out of breath and slightly putin, her ugually smoothly-branded hair was greatly. disordered, it use also evident that she was mach annoyed by Harriet's presence.

"There's the ixline," she said, thrusting the bottle into Lizzie's band, fuch good may it do yon" und, muttering something about im- padence" and "other people's ro me." she matered her own and shut and locked the door.

Lizzie took the indizo and applied it to her tooth, but the housekeeper's wrath was not Conducive to sleep.

She'll be that angry with me in the worn- ing," the mid ruefully to herself. Just as if I wanted toothache or that it is my fault her keoping Mies Harriot's medicine in her own roon My! but she did look pale, Miss Harriet, The wind got or her uerres I expect, and no wonder. It is blowing something cruel. I'ran mind to shut the window. I can't stand this cool air

ir agen my cheek."

She orome the little room and drew ssido the blind, uttering us she did so an ozolamution of dismay, The moon lit up the whole garden ant cast its pale beams on a figure that was walking stealthily across the lawn.

***A burgler," Lizzie whispered, terrified by the sound of her own voice, as, too fascinated to move, she stood still with beating hurt and walched. The man moyed slowly forward and

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Lizzie drew back hostily, the colour mounting to her cheek. "And it's only Mr. Jame," she murmured, with a sigh partly of relief, parily regret, at the lors of some excitement,“ queer time to be taking a walk, getting on for ons o'clock in the morning! But there! they always soy the folk in London turn sight into

Rod day go to bed when sensible people are thinking of

getting up. So I suppose this is one of Mr. James' London ways."

With a shrug of contempt at snoh foclish customs, Lizzie pattered across the boards and got into bed.

Everyone will be late in the morning for

she soliloquised.

Bure,"

"They won't mind if breakfast is a bit late, I darossy."

With this consoling thought Lizzie fell asleep. She was the first to awake in the morning. after all,

"Doubtless

put in Tregenning, drawing in his lips.

In his drab dressing gown of hideons check, his unbrushed sandy locks falling about his forehanil, his bara foot throst into carpet slippers, Tregoaning certainly did not lock his best. He assumed an air of im portance that contrasted oddly with his dishevelled appearance.

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The police must be notified at oues.” I't fetch 'emu," began Lizzie, eagerly, Tregoaning silenced her with an imperious ware of the han

That is my affair," he said, grandly.

Both tone and gesture were so incongruous with his attire that Harriet, even in too tragie circumstances, could not restrain a smile,

Uafrtunately, it was noticed by Mrs. Jen-

nlags.

One would hardly think this was an occasion for mirth, Mia Tremayne. No doubt you are exalting over your legacy of £4,000, but it woul be moro sesmly to hide your satisfaction."

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Harriet drow up her head and looked the speaker full in the face.

"You forget yourself, Jennings,” she said,

There are things I don't forget" retorted the other meaningly, as, with a strange expression, she examined the scarf which was wound round the dead woman's throat,

Then her eye fell upon a handkerchief lying on the door.

"I thought so,” she exclaimed, and pointed to the corner of the cambric, which bors in plain Jutters the name of Harriet, Tramsyne.

(Continued on page 7.)

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