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That night, when Harkless had gone to bed Meredith sat late by his own

calling himself naht on a wall of foliage without, and saw that it came from his

friend'sAfter dubious consideration, he knocked softly on the

door

"Cohed faintly as Meredith entered

"I--I'as bill, Tom I'm not

like I used to be, quite I find--since--since that business, I can't

sleep without a light I rather get the--the horrors in the dark"

Incoherently, Meredith o,

and, as he left the room, his eye fell upon the raphs had been altered, and the picture of the girl who

looked straight out at you was gone The entleman with a sardonic h the closed door "Boy,

don't you think you can get to sleep now?"

"Yes, To troubles reat tribulation and perplexity; he felt

that so had to be done, but what to do he did not know He still

believed that a "stirring-up" hat Harkless needed--not the species of