PERSONALITY OF PLANTS 
turned to their fireside, but could not rest con- 
tent. “With a heroic determination of wili, I 
declared that I would again go in search of 
the causes and not return until the secret had 
been found out. The lights were held by those 
who remained indoors at the upstairs windows. 
Two of us approached through the side yard 
the place of mystery. Step by step we advanced, 
stopping at intervals to listen. We could sce 
nothing, but the noises we heard were unmistak- 
able. There could be no deception as to their 
reality. Step by step, we drew nearer, peering 
in the meanwhile into the dark shadows be- 
neath the Wistaria. The nearer we came to the 
arbour, the greater was the sense of mystery 
which possessed us. The noises were weird and 
inexplicable. As we came near, a discovery was 
made which excited us still more. After the ex- 
plosion of the shells, white sabers seemed to 
fall upon the ground. Were the ghosts in battler 
What could it all mean? 
“Loyal to the heroic determination to go 
straight to the seat of the trouble, I walked be- 
neath the Wistaria arbour feeling an atmos- 
phere charged with electricity as I went. We 
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