Whispers at Dawn; Or, The Eye
her thoughts as she sank into a chair in one of the two small room
be a grand place. She had of late pictured it as a six-story building; pure fancy, for he had never written about its size or importance. In fact, he had n
en, and he had replied briefly: "I can give yo
s. Things piled in heaps, and all secondhand; glass dishes here, bed covers there, dresses, sheets, towels
er people's trunks."
s. "But rare old books, wonderful bits of Irish lace, why not?" Perhaps, after all, she could drive away the ache t
that must have been-she snatching at her prized possessions
so picked up a half dozen others which her uncle had bought at auction. The trunks had become mixed. The lock had been pried off her own and the
s well." And yet, as she took a handful of silver coins and one paper dollar from her purse and ad
ock when she at last became conscious of her surroundings. The room in which she sat was a tiny parlor, all her own
for greater contrast? Rags below, and this
parlor was an oval, concave mirror, like an old-fas
she murmured. She was to wo
ght. She was on the second floor of her uncle's small building. Before her were the low, flat roofs of some one-story shacks. Looking far beyond thes
e to her. Then, strangely enough, her mind carried her back over the trail that had brought her to this city. It had been an interesting adventu
new land." One of these long distance passengers, as you will know, had been a young man. In his golf knickers and soft
o you do?" s
. Then his answer had been vague
after
A queer smile had played ab
night, she whispered, "His name was Drew Lane. Wonder if I'll ever see him again? I hope so.
Suddenly those who toiled there seemed very ne
me to be wise and strong, helpful to others and kind
ith the life of day, it seemed natural that she should be listening to this whisp
a distinct whisper. "We hope you are hap
just step out into the little parlor and take a seat by the
parlor! I don't like
at sort of person had she expected to see? Probably she
yed the whispered orders, she took a seat by t
eam of light. I am a mile away. I have interesti
a whirl. "Talking down a beam of light!" she thought. "What nonsense