CHAPTER IV.MILLIE STEVENS.
After questioning the two men whom he had found in the stable, Nick walked toward the house.
On the way he met Horace Richmond.
“Mrs. Stevens has gone home,” said Horace. “She would not remain for dinner, although she has such a long ride before her. She seems terribly distressed by this strange affair.”
“What did your uncle say to her?”
“Not much,” was the reply; “and I was a good deal surprised. He begged her not to be nervous about it, and talked very pleasantly to her, but he steered clear of the matter of the jewels.
“I don’t understand it. I thought he would insist upon what he calls a restitution of the property.”
“Perhaps, after all,” said Nick, “he isn’t so far off his base on the ghost question as you think he is.”
“Don’t you deceive yourself ab
