Chapter XV—What Occurred

Christmas-time in New York is simply gorgeous, and I loved it. And it was then that all the intense excitement started and that people began to understand what had made me nervous; but I must tell what happened before the holidays came. For a good many things occurred which proved to be notes in the chord of the big mystery. Once more my bracelet disappeared and reappeared, as it had before—at night. And this time the scratching woke me from a sound sleep, and, as before, I saw a tiny point of light caught in the g…