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With all his vigilance John Ferrier could not discover whence these daily warnings proceeded. A horror which was almost superstitious came upon him at the sight of them. He became haggard and restless, and his eyes had the troubled look of some hunted creature. He had but one hope in life now, and that was for the arrival of the young hunter from Nevada. WITH ALL HIS VIGILANCE JOHN FERRIER COULD NOT DISCOVER WHENCE THESE DAILY WARNINGS PROCEEDED A HORROR WHICH WAS ALMOST SUPERSTITIOUS CAME UPON HIM AT THE SIGHT OF THEM HE BECAME HAGGARD AND RESTLESS AND HIS EYES HAD THE TROUBLED LOOK OF SOME HUNTED CREATURE HE HAD BUT ONE HOPE IN LIFE NOW AND THAT WAS FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THE YOUNG HUNTER FROM NEVADA
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. 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. Sometimes the fatal numbers appeared upon the walls, sometimes upon the floors, occasionally they were on small placards stuck upon the garden gate or the railings. T 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 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 SOMETIMES THE FATAL NUMBERS APPEARED UPON THE WALLS SOMETIMES UPON THE FLOORS OCCASIONALLY THEY WERE ON SMALL PLACARDS STUCK UPON THE GARDEN GATE OR THE RAILINGS
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