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WE WERE WAITING
FoR HENRY oF WHoSE FATI{ER AUNT|E NEV6R SPOKE. ASIDE FROM OURSELVE9 ANP A COUPLE OF SERVANT9, HE'WAS THE OI{LY
HUMAN BEING gI{E EVER SAW
AUNT /vlARY'9 RECLUSTVENESS HAp CREATEDARoUND THE OLD \l(3fr^Atl AN
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WATCHFUIAI€SS, FoR t"AcK oFA
BETTER WORD.
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AUNT.
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ArcUT YOUR NOT
ruvteEv
Tl{E cuRliAtNS
FROA4 THE WEST
WINDOWS
OtO,
soRRY.
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WANTING TT.IEM DRAWN AWAY.
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IS AVERY DEFINiTE OAilAER IN DRAWING AWAY
THER,E
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THE CURTAI NS, ERNEST HAS
HEAR9II{AT BEFORE, BUT YOU. CLODETTA,HAVE
1
NOT
,mw:ft rAw4s&t*;
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STARTED TO FOLLOW
HER.I
WANTEO HER
1O EXPIATAI UCR. STATE/I4ENTS. UNFORTUruNTEUY, OEAR COUSIN HENRY cI{oSE THAT VERY MoMENT To /y1AKE HIS APPEARANCE.
BUT
I
SHOULDN'T
ADVISE YOU]O 8E SATIgFIEP WITI'{
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FOR gOME
SAI/E
REASON,I DECIOED TO HENRY FROM THE WELL -
OESERVEO
I€CnURE
AUNT, _I HOPE YOU,VE lt\AOE
AUNT
tiE
'1ARY YOU AR,EN'T
AS
I
ISOLATED
AS
IHOUGI{T YOU'D BE UP HERE,AUNT
SoME PROt/lStOttl ,N CASE WEIRE suowsouuo. RAOIO'S REPORTING A
w=AREN,T nv oF/R, WHAT W|TH TELEPIIONES ANDALL. BUT WHEN ERNEST'S GRAAIOFATHER WAS
RLfiZZARO
ON THE WAY. 1
HAP THE DEVIL'S OWN TIME GETTINq THE CAR
Tnils ree
!
LIVING, MANY'S THE TIME HE WAS SAIOWSOUNO WITH NO WAY TO LET
EXCUSF ME.
IT'S TIME FOR
AAE
IO EETIRE, LISA, HELP AN OLD
DoN'T wohnv,
HENRY. l CAN HAVE SAM, MY HANDYMAN, DRVE YOU DOWN TO WAUSAU
WH€ilEV€R
YOU LIKE.
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T
M SURE
CLOOETTA
DIDN'T IAEAN TO GO AGAINST YOUR W|9HE9, AUNT MARY.
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r DIDN'T THINK IT WI# TO EXPLAIN WHY I SUCH A RrcUEST. BUT 'TAADE Ig AVERY DEFINTTE THERE OAAISER
IN DRAWING AWAY THE CURTAI NS. ERNEST HAS
HEAR9II{AT BEFORE, BUT VOU, CLODETTA,HAVE
NOT
wfii
IT'9
1 STARTED TO FOLLOW HER.I WANTEO 10 EXPIAIAI HER STATE/T,1ENTS.
ALLVERY
WELL TO 9ELIEVE I M GETTING ECVTVTRIC,
HER
UNFORTUNIATELY, OEAR @USIN HENRY CI.IOSE THAT VERY MOMENT TO /VIAKE HIS
APPEARANCE.
CLOPETTA.
gUT T SHOULDN'T ADVISE YOU TO BE SATISFIED WITH .l::9, ^.i l:
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SNOW...SNIFF... BIJSTED BAD WEATHER ... ,t1lSERABLE...
FOR gOME
REASON,I DECI9ED TO HENRY FROM THE WELL DESERVEO I€CTURE AUNT /I^ARY
SAI/E
YOU AR,EN'T
A9 ISOLATED AS
I
THOUGHT YOU'P
BE UP HERE,AUNT
^AUNT,
SQME
we AREN,T nv OEAR, WHAT WITH TELEPHONES ANDALL. BUT WHEN ERNEST'S GRAAIOFATHER, WES
ANYAOOY KNOW.
DoN,T woir.ev,
T CAN HAVE SAM, MY HANDYMAN, DR,IVE YOU DOWN TO WAUSAU WHEAIEV€R YOU L[KE.
You'vE IAAO? tN cAsE
suoweouuo.lni RAOIO'S REPORTING A ELiZZARO ON THE WAY. r HAD THE lvElRE
LIVING, AIANY'S THE TfME HE wAs S^VOVAOUNO WITH NO WAY TO LET
HENRY.
f fioPE
PROflSlotV
DEVILIS OWN
TIME GETTING THE CAR
nils
res.
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f r D'N'T TH.NK so. r'vE IOEA KEEPS TI{E
PERHAPS
IN
AN
WHY SHE WINDOWS @VERED. GRANDFATHE? OIED AUI THERE -. HE WAS OVERCOME BY TI{E @LO ONE
,{OW
WEST
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lT HAPPENED - -
WAS AWAY AT THE TIME. 1 SUPPOSE SHE
NlGlfT aNo FftOZE oN TI{E SLOPE OF TI{E I.IILL.
IT LIES
H€R--
SHE
MIGHT BE AFFECTED AND
AFFEcT
4S
IN
TURl.l. YOU'LL GET USED TO HER
STRilVEE
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o|{, ERNEST./ T
KAnEW AUNT
/T4ARY'S
FEELINGS ABOUT THE CURTAINS.- AUT I FELT I HP TO DRAW THEM AWAY.
I
DIDN'T WANT TO BUT..
sqtETHtN@ &UAE /&lE oo f7.
WHY DI9N'T YOIJ TELL ,lrlE BEFORE?
HAaIG
ue
OLD 3IODY./ T
HAPPEN TO T.II<E THE VIEW FRO,}I THESE W|NOOT /|S./
AUNT MARY./ THE WEST WINDoWS./I sAw SO44EONE OUT
THERE.f
/S SOMEONE OUT THERE P
ERIIEST AND HENRY sAW T|{EM ,7OO.' A
4AN AND A
6IRI !
THEN WE |'|/AD
SETTER TAKE THEM
lfv
AUNT MARY.
A NlGt{T WHEN ERNE9T'S CRANDFATHER, ON fNDll'lG HETRf,S FATI.IER WITI.I A 9ERVANT GIRL, HN FI.OWN INTO
HENRY'S QUESTIONING OF AUNT TAARY'9 SANITT FLASF{EP INTO /vlY /V1|ND.
A HIOEOUS
AND THEN, 9HE BEGAN
RAGE
/
TO SPEAK tN SI-OW HAITIN@ TOt tEg OF A NIdHT DECADES P/sT.
gHE TOLD ME HOW, DESPITE lHE GtRu
s SLAnELESS^|ESS, H E
HAD SENT HER AWAY IN1OTHE
cnuo
NIGHT
-' AlOtVE.'
TRIJE, HE REPENTED t{IS RASH q' AcTtoN,t INUTES l'/ffER' OUT
9Y THEN/ A VIOLENT
SifOWSToRtn
H/qD SPRUNG uP.
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OF THE HILL TOTHE WEgT.
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gHE cALrEo lic ERNEgrf s GRANDFATHER AND HE WENT OUT INTO lt|/qT CRI.JEL NtGHT.
YEARS LATER,THE GIRL CA&IE
AACK.SHECAME
glowstoRtvt,Ag boxE,'BuT sHE
IN
Sl{E HAD
HAo
*@ME
rAttPrRtc.
oo
n \) HIS FROZEN BODY IN SAfiE SPOT THE GIRL.g FIAD
TI{EY FOUND
lHE
BEEN FCUND.
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Y
A FEW yfiARs I.ATER,.. SHE RENURA|EO WITFI TI{E SNOW, AND SHE BROUGI.{T ALONG, TOO.THEY STAYED
HIN THE llsT sNoW
uNnL
ALWAYS TRYING
IIIRE
TO
So,lEoNE
/
C)(JT'
THERE.
7 '
COME ON, YOU T\,VO./ II{ERE ?rc?LE
Are
OUT ON TI{E WEST SIOPE --A €IRL AND
AN OLD MAN.-AND HENRY'S GONE OI.JT
TO FETCI{ THEM
fN..
THAT'g FUNNY/
TI{EY'RE
I
CAN'?
ilEilRf
NOW THER,E'LL
9e TIIREE
or
TI{EM OUT TI.IERE./
GOAIE! EVEN SEE
ANY/AaRE!
THEN, SO SUaAENLY THAT NOONE KNEW
WHAT'g Go|NG
ON HER€.g WHAT
WHAT HAPPENEO,SAIA
ABOUT TTIE TWO PEOPLE OUT IN
APPEARED, OPr468tNG HENRY INTO T}IE ROOVI.
WEILL
lvo, e?NEsT/ '@u Q461i7 @ OUT THER.E./
I
FOUNO HIM RUNNING
TOWARDS
fiIAU: I
HAD liC
KNOCK HIM OOWN
BEFORE T @ULD BRING
HIM BACK.IHEf WERE RIGHr SEtltuO ue.
SilOm l{e -- BEAUTIFUL HANDg, 9 LI7TIE, so Lot/Etr-- HER BFAUTIFUL (ANOS.. THE
Sttfo,rt/
AND lHE WOW:THE BEAUTIFUL LOVELY
stvolv
oRIFTING ANo FALLTNG AAQUT HER...
AaOUT
7H47! ^EE
I'M A4Y
@illMe,
LOVE.I T'M
@MrNG TO rOU.,
ilo,
'/l
HENRY./ YOU
,vlugTN'T LIgTEN TO
HE"--UilH!
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.- IN THE WE FOUND HIM IN TI{E MORNING SAME PLACE WHERE lWO OHR BODIES HAP ONCE BEA{ FOUND. AND ALTHOTJGH HE HAD CLEARLY BEEN DRASGaD TO
TOMORROW WE MUgT €O TO TI{EIR GI?AVEg AND STAKE THS.'A DC} /N.
WE SHOULD HAVE €ONE BEFORE,
N\ 7/4. -.TI.IOSE THAT DI?A@ED LEFT NO FOOTPRIA|TS
HIM
DIED OF
Bu'r Hts FAaE
BORE TWO sfpN5l66
nARJ<S"
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I.{E HAD APPARENTLY
i2spsueE,
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"**re-r3 .-THE DELICATE SMALL
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