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* ??v ? \ , ,q GREEN FANCY By GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON Author of "GRAUSTARK." THE I ?^? ftWf r\c LI CD UAND *??THP. nULLUYY KSl' lll-l\ iuti^i - - ? PRINCE OF GRAUSTARK." ETC Cooynahl by Dodd. Mead ud Company, 1m. "Party trying to make Iloriiville tonight," he announced casually. "Well, good night. See you in the morning." Barnes was not in a position to doubt the fellow's word, for the car unmistakably had gone on toward Hornville. He waited a few minutes after the man disappeared up the narrow stairway, and then proceeded to test his powers of divination. He was as sure he could be sure of anything that had not actually come to pass that In a short time the automobile would again pass the tavern, but this time from the direction of Hornville. Lighting a cigarette he strolled outside. He had barely time to take a position at the darkened end of the porch before the sounds of an approaching machine came to his ears. A second or two later the lights swung around the bend in the road a quarter of a mile above Hart's Tavern, and down came the car at a high rate of speed. It dashed past the tavern "With a great roar and rattle and shot off into the darkness beyond. As It rushed through the dim circle of light In front of the tavern Barnes succeeded in obtaining a brief but convincing view of the car. That glance was enough, however. He would have been willing to go before a jury and swear that It was the same car that had deposited him at Hart's Tavern the day before. - Having guessed correctly in the one instance he allowed himself another and even bolder guess?the little book agent had either received a message from or delivered one to the occupant or driver of the car from Green Fancy. CHAPTER VIII. A Note, Some Fancies and an Expedition in Quest of Facts. He started upstairs, his "mind full of the events and conjectures of the day. As he entered the room his eyes fell tipon a white envelope at his feet. It had been slipped under the door since he left the room an hour before. 'Terse reminder from the prudent Mr. Jones! His bill for the day! He picked It up, glanced at the inscription, and at once altered his opinion. His full name was there In the handwriting of a woman. For a moment he was j puzzled; then he thought of Miss Thackeray. A note of thanks, no doubt, unpleasantly fulsome! Vaguely annoyed, he ripped open the envelope and read: "In case I do not have the oppor-1 tunity to speak with you tonight, this j is to let you know that the little man | who says he is a book agent was in i your room for three-quarters of an j hour while you were away this after-! noon. You'd better see if anything Is' missing. M. T." | He made a hasty but careful exami-[ nation of his effects. There was notj the slightest evidence that his pack had been opened or even disturbed. If; the little book agent spent ihree-quar- j ters of n hour in the room he mr.n-: ?, aged most effectually to cover up all traces of his visit. Barnes lid not go to sleep until long after midnight. He now regarded him- j self as definitely committe." to a combination of sinister and piquant enterprises, not the least of which was to know about the mysterious young woman at Green Fancy. The next day he, with other lodgers In the Tavern, was put through an ex-! amlnatlon by the police and county j officials from St. Elizabeth, and noti-' fled that, while he was not under suspicion or surveillance, it would be necessary for him to remain in the "bnili-: wick" until detectives, already on the way, were satisfied that he possessed no knowledge that would be useful to them in clearing up what had now assumed the dignity of a "national problem." O'Dowd rode down from Green Fancy and created quite a sensation among the officials by announcing that they had a perfect right to extend their search for clues to all parts of his estate, and that he was deeply interested in the outcome of their investigations. The sheriff said he would like to "run over the ground a bit" that very afternoon if it was agreeable to Mr. ODowd. O'Dowd stayed to dinner. (Dinner was served in the middle of the day at Hart's Tavern.) He made a great impression upon Lyndon Rushcroft, who, with his daughter, joined the two men. Indeed, the palavering Irishman iiiiiis>eii in nit; tiiun tu muivt: himself agreeable. He was vastly interested in the stage, he declared. As a matter of fact he had been told a thousand times that he ought to go on the stage. . . . The little hook agent came in while they were at table. He sat down in a corner of the dining room and busied himself with his subscription lists while waiting for the meal to be served. He was stJ.lL corli^; over them. ii.n U jOUIUIS' the others left the room. Iinrnes walked out beside Miss Thackeray. "The tailor-made frown !s an 1m provenient." he said to her. He wa.1 thinking that she was a very prett) girl, after all. "The frock usually makes the worn an," she said slowly, "but not alwnyi the lady." He thought of that remark mor? than once during the course of an aft ernoon 1 spent in the woods abou Green Fancy. O'Dowd virtually commanded in< expedition. It was he who thought o everything. First of all, he led tin party to the corner of the estate noar est the point where Pnul was sho from his horse. Sitting in his saddlt he called the attention of the othei riders to what appeared to be a mos significant fact in connection with killing of this man. "From what I hear the man Pau was shot through the lungs, directs from in front. The bullet wen straight through his body. He wa; riding very rapidly down the road When he came to a point not f?i above the crossroads he was firec upon. It is safe to assume that h< was looking intently ahead, trying t< make opt the crossing. He was no shot from the side of the road, gen tlemen, but from the middle of It Tii< bullet came from a point almost di rectly in front of him, and not fron Mr. Curtis' property here to the left or Mr. Conleys on the right. Th< chances are that Paul did not accom pany Roon to the meeting place ur J*> Pi 4 O'Dowd Virtually Commanded the Expedition. the road. He remained near the horse? That's how he managed to set away s<i quickly. It remained for the man al Hie crossroads to settle with him. Bui were wasting time witn an mis twaddle of mine. Let us be moving There Is one point on which we must all agree. The deadliest marksman 'r the world fired those shots. No bungling on that score, bedad." In the course of time the party, traversing the ground contiguous to thf public road, came within sight of tht green dwelling among the trees Barnes' interest revived. His second view of the house increased his won der and admiration. If O'Down had not actually located it among the trees for him he would have been at a loss to discover it. although It was Immediately in front of him and in direcl line of vision. De Soto was seen approaching through the green sea, his head ap pearing and disappearing Intermittently in the billows formed by thf undulating underbrush. He shook hands with Barnes a moment later. "I'm glnd you had the sense tc bring Mr. Barnes with you, O'Dowd,' said he. "You didn't mention hlir when you telephoned that you wer* personally conducting a sightseeing party. I tried to catch you afterward on the telephone, but you had left the Tavern. Mrs. Collier wanted me tc ask you to capture Mr. Barnes for din ner tonight." "Mrs. Collier Is the sister of Mr Curtis," explained O'Dowd. Then hf turned upon De Soto incredulously "For the love of Pat," he cried, "what'f come over them? Why, I made sc bold as to suggest last night that yoi: were a chan worth cultivatiner, Barne> ?and that you wouldn't be long in thr neighborhood?but to save your feel ings I'll not repeat what they said, the two of them. What changed then over, De Soto?" "A chance remark of Miss Cameron's at lunch today. She wondered Jl Barnes could be the chap who wrot< the articles about Peru and the Incas or something of the sort, and that se them to looking up the back number; of the Geographic Magazine in Mr Curtis' library. Not only did they fin< the articles but they found your pic ture. I had no difficulty in decidinf that you were one and the same. Th< atmosphere cleared in a jiffy. It he ranie even clearer when it was discov ered that you have had a few ances tors and are received in good society? both here and abroad, as the late Fred eric Townsend Martin would hav< said. I hereby officially present th< result of subsequent deliberation. Mr Bnrnes is invited to dine with us to night." Karnes' heart was still poundlnj mpiuiy as lie iunue me rueiul admission that he "didn't have a thing to .. woar." He couldn't think of accepting the gracious invitation? "If they'll take rue as I am," began # Barnes, doubtfully. "I say," called out O'Dowd to the sheriff, who was gazing longingly at the horses tethered at the bottom of . the slope, "would ye mind leading Mr. Barnes' nag back to the Tavern? , He is stopping to dinner. And, while I think of it, are you satisfied, Mr. , Sheriff, with the day's work? If not you will be welcome again at any time if ye'll only telephone a half minute j in advance." To Barnes he said: "We'll , send you down in the automobile to^ night, provided it has survived the t day. We're expecting the poor thing > to die in its tracks at almost any inr stant." t Ten minutes later Barnes passed .. through the portals of Green Fancy. CHAPTER IX. ; The First Wayfarer, the Second Way' farer and the Spirit of Chivalry Ascendant. The wide green door, set far back ' in a recess not unlike a kiosk, was opened by a man servant who might easily have been mistaken for a waiter ) from Delmonico's or Sherry's. r "Say to Mrs. Collier, Nicholas, that Mr. Barnes is here for dinner," said 2 De Soto. "I will make the cocktails this evening." , Much to Bnrr.es' suiprise--ani dls- j j appointment?the interior of the house , failed to Gusfain the bewildering effect ? Krr orfori'nr T'hP PT1 . I prOU'JUCU UJ lilt , trance hall and the living room Into ! which he was conducted by the two | men were singularly like others that I he had seen. The latter, for example. I was of ordinary dimensions, furnished with a thought for comfort rather than elegance ?r even good taste. The couches and chairs were low and deep and comfortable, as if Intended for men only, am? they were covered with rich, gay materials; the hangings at the windows were of deep blue and gold; the walls an unobtrusive cream color, almost literally thatched with etchings. The stairs were thickly carpeted. At the top his guide turned to the left and led the way down a long corridor. They passed at least four doors before O'Dowd stopped and threw opeu the fifth on that side of the hall. There were still two more doors beyond. "Suggests a hotel, doesn't It?" said the Irishman, standing aside for Barnes to enter. "All of the sleeping apartments are on this floor, and the baths and boudoirs and what not. The garret is above, and that's where wel deposit our family skeletons, intern our grievances, store our stock of spitefulness and hide all the little devils that must come sneaking up from the city with us whether we will or no. Dabson," addressing the man who had quietly entered the room through the door behind them, "do Mr. , Barnes, will ye, and fetch me from Mr. Do Soto's room when you've finished. I leave you to Dabson's tender ' mercies. The saints preserve us I [ Look at the man's boots! Dabson, get ont your brush and dauber first of all. He's been floundering in a bog." The Jovial Irishman retired, leaving Barnes to be "done" by the silent, swift-moving valet. Dabson was young 1 and vigorous and exceedingly w,pll trained. He made shorty work of "doinc" the visitor; barely fifteen min -1 cm^dtru uauic v a/imtu o iciuau. Presently they went downstairs to gether. Lamps had been lighted, many of them, throughout the house. A fire ' crackled in the cavernous fireplace at ' the end of the living room and grouped 1 about its cheerful, grateful blaze were ' the ladies of Green Fancy. 1 The girl of his thoughts was there, " standing slightly aloof from the othf ers, but evidently amused by the tale : I I ! MT\I I = She Was There. 1 with which De Soto wns regaling them. She was smiling; Karnes saw ' the sapphire lights sparkling in her i eyes and experienced a sensation that was wofully akin to confusion. Put everything went off quijc naturally. lie favored Miss Cameron with an uncommolily self-possessed smile ns she gave her hand to him, and she In turn responded with one faintly sug? gestivo of tolerance, although it cer' tainly would have heen recorded by a less sensitive person than Barnes as "ripping." In reply to his perfunctory "delighted, I'm sure, etc.," she said quite clearly : "Oh, now I remember. I was sure I had seen you before, Mr. Barnes. Tou are the magic gentleman who snrane like a mushroom out of the earth <*arly yesterday afternoon." "And frightened yon," he said; "whereupon you vanished like the mushroom that is gobbled up by the predatory glutton." He had thrilled at the sound of her voice. It was the low, deliberate voice of the woman of the crossroads, and, as before, he caught the almost imperceptible accent. The red gleam from the blazing logs fell upon her shining hair; it glistened like gold. She wore a simple evening gown ot white, softened over the shoulders anri neck with a fall of rare valenciennes lace. There was no jewelry?not eveii a ring on her slender, tapering fingers. Mrs. Collier, the hostess, was an elderly, heavy-featured woman, decid edly overdressed. Mrs. Van Dyke, her daughter, was a woman of thirty, tall, dark and handsome in a bold, dashing sort of way. The lackadaisical gentleman with the mustache turned out to be her husband. WEIGHING EGGS. (Atlanta Journel.) It was very funny, in an old Ital ian play, when a miser swore that he would buy no more eggs unless they were too large to go through a certain ring that he e^ablirhed as a standard. But that miser had the right hunch. There are hotel stewards in this country now that use a similar test, rejecting all eggs that will not pass through a ring an inch and a half in diameter. I This test, however, is not perfect, since it concerns form rather than substance?a long egg may pass through the ring while a short egg that is really of the same volume will not. The only dependable standard, according to experts is weight; and there is a growing demand that eggs shall be sold by weight as most other kinds of foods are, instead of by the dozen. The absurdity of the present system is obvious. There is an informal sort of agreement that an egg ought to weigh two ounces, thus running a pound and a half to the dozen; but this rule has no binding force, and is seHom observed in practice. One egg may weigh an ounce and a half and another two ounces and a half, and yet both are sold at so much a dozen, as if the number were the main thing. As a writer suggests in a current magazine, a butcher might as well sell chops at so much apiece regardless of size. The size of an egg varies according to the breed of the hen, according to the individual hen's age, according to the feeding, the time of year and the freshness or staleness of the egg. In "selected eggs" there may be a rough attempt at giving definite value for a definite price, but it does look as if the only really fair method is to seel them by the pound. PRESS GANG TO MEET . IN THE MOUNTAIN CITY June 30 and July 1 and 2 have been fixed as the time for holding the annual meeting of the South Carolina Press association in Greenville. Our hosts in the Mountain City are making elaborate preparations for the entertainment of the newspaper makers of South Carolina. Besides a * game of baseball each afternoon, a barbecue in the mountains and an automobile trip to Asheville, a banquet and dance for the young people will be given the last night. There will also be other entertainment features. T'Vjo Tiyinoriol Vinfol wVllpfo 18 one of the most modern and best appointed hotels in the state, will be the association headquarters. The business sessions will be held in a large reception room on the second floor of the hotel?an ideal place. An attractive program is being ararnged, so as to make the occasion one of real profit as well as pleasure. Hon. Josephus Daniels, secretary of the navy, has been invited to deliver an address Monday night and another speaker of force and national reputation will be invited to deliver an address Tuesday night. FILIPINOS AGAIN ASK FOR THEIR INDEPENDENCE Washington, June 3.?Further appeals for Philipine independence were made today to a joint committee of congress by members of the dele/ration sent here from Manila to set forth the claims of the Filipinos for the riffht to manage their own affairs. Manuel Queson, president of the Philippine senate and chief! 1 spokesman for the delegation, told 1 the committee yesterday that the 1 Filipinos in urging action by con-jl gress were willing to take their! 1 chances against the possibility of 1 pnemy aggression by seeking mem-J < bership in the League of Nations, !< and if given their independence!' would elect a governor and have full ' legislative machinery in operation in sixty days. 1 I LABOR LEADERS START i FINAL CAMPAIGN FOR BEER AND LIGHT WINE Washington, June 3.?Labor leaders today started a final campaign to , save beer and light wines. . Forecasts of "unrest and dissatis-j, faction, the nature and results of j which cannot now be predicted,'1' ( were given the house judiciary com-i ( mittee which had under consideration j ^ the Volstead bill for enforcement of ( wartime prohobition. ( A "feeling of serious resentment against the proposed restrictions is , springing up," the committee was | told by four representatives of the ( American Federation of Labor. I Threats of general strikes if beer , is taken away were scouted by the ] labor heads. John J. Manning, presi- j dent of the Union Label Trades De- | partment of the American Federa- , , tion of Trades, declared he could not l conceive o? "any sane man taking the , stand of 'no beer, no work.'" "But I can conceive of a just in- | dignation against this proposed inj vasion of rights," he continued. "It ( '.is an attempt to take away something , which won't hurt us when beer and light wines are denied us. You can't ( . regulate men's appetites with legis- , lation." . I 1 Manning declared that union la- , bor believed congress might elimi- { nate beer and light wines from the j war-time prohibition order as the j ; president had suggested. Int doing I this, he said, "you won't have to|( jump so many hurdles when it comes' ] to enforcing the prohibition amend- , ment." j Union miners, as reported by Jas. Lord, president of the mining department of the American Federation of M i ! Run=Down P? Vinol is Wh Weak, run-down nervous . Vinol because it contains 1 ' structive tonics in an agre< 1 form: ? Beef and Cod L: Manganese Peptonates anc We guarantee there is n HERE IS Detroit, Mick. I " I fot into a weak, run-down condition, no appetite, tired all the time c and headaches ? but had to keep c around and do my housework. I read t about Vinol and tried it?within two \ weeks I commenced to improve, and a now have a splendid appetite and feel I ! Btronger and better in every way."? I i Mra. John F. Watson. "V ? For all rail-down, corvoaj, anaemic eondJ j feeble old people and delicate chlldre : VilLMIHB P. B. Speed and Dri Seasonable it n/r m new mi Why visit every sto of what you want wh< very best the market a Ladies' Ready-to-We; Men's and Boys' Cl< wear; also a complet tions and accessories, j "L. l - . most reasonauie pru plain figures. D. POLI ABBEVILLE, - - S I 1 Labor, and Edgar Wallace, of thel [Jnited Mine Workers, stand "abso-H utely in favor of their glass of beer,! ight wines, in general light stimu-H ants," the committee was told. Prac-H ;ically the same views were given the committee by James Ryan, representing the metal trades department jf the' American Federation of La3 or. The committee was deluged with equests for opoprtunitie* to present ;he arguments of scores of individuals and organizations. "I'VE PUT FIVE THROUGH." > The Observer man was talkinj ivith a Newberrian a few days ag< ibout educating children,' when h< ;aid, not boastingly, but with i slight degree of pride and a market iegree of satisfaction, "Fve put fiv< :nrough college." He is not a rid nan either; is, infact, a man of mod 2rate means, but a hard-working iebt-paying man. A If he wants to feel proud of hi achievement, he has a perfect righ to. He has done his duty; he ha; ione more for his children whateve the "educated" and uneducated pes jimists may say and think, than if hi bad given them many thousand dol lars. He has enable'd them to mak their way in the world in these day when mental training counts for ? much?for more than ever before i the history of the world. He has given them, in the cultiva tion of the mind, something that wi 3tay with them and prove a sourc of enjoyment, in sickness and healtl as long as they live. He has given to the service of hi country educated men and womei who will help to elevate the mon and intellectual tone of their felloe men and women, to elevate th standards in church and society an to make the world a better and fittc place to live in. To put five young people throng 11 -L: j. ii?J. ? juuege i? an aciueveiiieiiu txiau UIJ^h has a right to be proud if.?The server. |9 Engraved cards and wedding inv^D tations at Press and Banner Go. flB jople 1 at You Need I men and women need H the most famous recon sable and easily digestedL H iver Peptones, Iron and B 1 Glycerophosphates. H o tonic equal to VinoL H PROOF TbhtIhi, Texu. "I keep house andlwasweak, run-BM [own ana nervous, back ached a good. leal of the time, so it was hard to ake care of my chickens and do my Hfl 7ork-Yinol haa restored my strength, nd my nervousness haa gone, so BH can do my work as well as ever. Jveiy run-down woman should takerinof."?Mrs. Emma Britt. HB tlona, weak woman, overworked men, I n, there la no remedy like TlnoL jggists EvSryweerH Offerings B :rchandise I >re in town in search H en you can find the H if ords in Dry Goods, H ar, Shoes, Oxfords, 9R othing and Under- BH ;e assortment of no- H at this store, with H v^r\Tilr/\/J i"n BB ;tJ IclgS IllClIJtVCU. Ill AKOFF 1 OUTH CAROLINA I