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Thus day followed day; and as sure as morning came he found that his unseen enemies had kept their register, and had marked up in some conspicuous position how many days were still left to him out of the month of grace. THUS DAY FOLLOWED DAY AND AS SURE AS MORNING CAME HE FOUND THAT HIS UNSEEN ENEMIES HAD KEPT THEIR REGISTER AND HAD MARKED UP IN SOME CONSPICUOUS POSITION HOW MANY DAYS WERE STILL LEFT TO HIM OUT OF THE MONTH OF GRACE
is warning came into his room puzzled John Ferrier sorely, for his servants slept in an outhouse, and the doors and windows had all been secured. He crumpled the paper up and said nothing to his daughter, but the incident struck a chill into his heart. The twenty-nine days were evidently the balance of the month which Young had promised. What strength or courage could avail against an enemy armed with such mysterious powers? The hand which fastened that pin might have struck him to the heart, and he could never have known who had slain him. Still more shaken was he next morning. They had sat down to their breakfast when Lucy with a cry of surprise pointed upwards. In the centre of the ceiling was scrawled, with a burned stick apparently, the number 28. To his daughter it was unintelligible, and he did not enlighten her. That night he sat up with his gun and kept watch and ward. He saw and he heard nothing, and yet in the morning a great 27 had been painted upon the outside of his door. THIS WARNING CAME INTO HIS ROOM PUZZLED JOHN FERRIER SORELY FOR HIS SERVANTS SLEPT IN AN OUTHOUSE AND THE DOORS AND WINDOWS HAD ALL BEEN SECURED HE CRUMPLED THE PAPER UP AND SAID NOTHING TO HIS DAUGHTER BUT THE INCIDENT STRUCK A CHILL INTO HIS HEART THE TWENTY NINE DAYS WERE EVIDENTLY THE BALANCE OF THE MONTH WHICH YOUNG HAD PROMISED WHAT STRENGTH OR COURAGE COULD AVAIL AGAINST AN ENEMY ARMED WITH SUCH MYSTERIOUS POWERS THE HAND WHICH FASTENED THAT PIN MIGHT HAVE STRUCK HIM TO THE HEART AND HE COULD NEVER HAVE KNOWN WHO HAD SLAIN HIM STILL MORE SHAKEN WAS HE NEXT MORNING THEY HAD SAT DOWN TO THEIR BREAKFAST WHEN LUCY WITH A CRY OF SURPRISE POINTED UPWARDS IN THE CENTRE OF THE CEILING WAS SCRAWLED WITH A BURNED STICK APPARENTLY THE NUMBER TWENTY EIGHT TO HIS DAUGHTER IT WAS UNINTELLIGIBLE AND HE DID NOT ENLIGHTEN HER THAT NIGHT HE SAT UP WITH HIS GUN AND KEPT WATCH AND WARD HE SAW AND HE HEARD NOTHING AND YET IN THE MORNING A GREAT TWENTY SEVEN HAD BEEN PAINTED UPON THE OUTSIDE OF HISOR
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