Tony Walker

And she did not reappear.

I went in search of her.

I found her lying dead in the powder closet of my room.

The doctor said she had died of a heart attack and asked me if she could have had a fright of some kind.

I said, not to my knowledge.

I think she must have supposed she had seen something displeasing.

"'Look behind you, Amelia.'

Amelia started from her chair with a cry.

"'What is the matter with you?'

said Miss Pendleham severely.

"'I merely wanted to draw your attention to the fact "'that the anti-macassar was slipping from your chair.

"'I hope your nerves are not giving way.

"'Didn't you imagine you'd had a fright of some kind a month ago?'

"'It was nothing, Miss Pendleham.

"'You screamed loudly enough.'

Bear Miss Davis in mind.

Becoming fanciful is often the first symptom of brain disease, so the doctor told me.

Hearing things, seeing things, when there is nothing to see or hear.

Now you can read to me.

And this Amelia did, Miss Pendleham presently telling her to stop and seeming to doze off, while the windows rattled disconcertingly, and as the light faded and the fire shook out its last flame and sank to its death-glow.