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JPffl*1 II*11 'J?11 " : ' ^ ' LA LARK .^TIEKCDIT 2SUCNOUS< ^ ...... uv.< i.ikii .iik i * inia'ii for the night tlint could have alarmed the women at the residence and , prompted this abrupt departure. There was no reason why Alice shouldn't run to town if It pleased her to do so, and yet It was odd that she hadn't mentioned the matter. l-'lyun hurried away, and from the window I followed the car's course to the house, and a moment later caught a glimpse of it on Its way to the gates. I called from the window to one of the gardeners who knew how to manage a machine and told hhn to he ready to drive me to the village in half an hour. There was an express at ten-forty, and by taking It 1 would at least have the satisfaction of being somewhere in New York when the - J runaways arrived. Antoiae packed my dhitcase; I am not sure that he didn't shed Jears on my belongings. The i old fellow was awed Into silence by : the rapidity with which history had ! been made In the past twenty-four hours, and clearly was not pleased by 1 iny desertion. We drove past the tool-house, where I found the prisoner seated on a wheelbnrrow smoking a cigarette. He was no more communicative than when I had questioned him after his capture. He smiled In a bored fashion when I asked If he wanted anything, and said he would he obliged . for cigarettes and reading matter. He volunteered nothing as to his identity, and the guards said that n thorough senrch cf the captive's clothing had disclosed nothing Incriminating, lie had three hundred dollurs In currency (this was to cover Elsie's bribe money, I conjectured), a handkerchief, a cigarette ease, and a box of matches. 1 directed that he he well fed and given all the rending matter he wanted, and hurried on to catch my train. I took a room at llie Thackeray club find pondered carefully whether, in spite of my misgivings, I hadn't better sec Torrence and tell him all that had happened since his call on Mrs. Hushford. If there was any chance of doing tin* wrong thing in tiny matter not inscribed In the laws governing the ndinlnlstration of estates, he would be sure to do It; but I was far from satisfied with the results of my own tminugeuieiit of affairs at Ilnrton. I tlnnlly called up the trust company and learned that Torreiihe was In Albany attending the trial of a will case and might not he In town for a couple of days. Ills secretary said he had Instructions to wire my dally report to Albany. I told him there had been no developments at llarton, and went out and walked. Inquiries at hotels large nnl sinnll occupied me until seven o'clock. No one had heard of Mrs. Hn /*? o \I I'osnaHtiti'lli \!%* Inspection of the occupants of several thousand automobiles proved equally fruitless. I ate a lonely dinner at the club and resumed my search. Hanging about theater doors, staring at the crowd, Is not a dignified occupation, nd by nine o'clock, having seen the most belated theatergoers vanish. 1 was tired and footsore. The tlaming Ign of Henries' "Who Killed Cock Robin?" over the door of the "As You Like It" caught my eye. I sought n ' eat?the last in the rack?and ' aquee/JMl Into my place In the middle ' of the last row. As I hud seeti the piece at least a doxen times, Its nov- , Ity was gone for me, but the laughter of tbo delighted audience was cheer- i tng. The first act was reaching lta ? cc*v?/c#r er ctM/ztsj jo*/oa?7?v j&kj CHAPTER IV. Pursuing Knights. I didn't sleep until near daybreak, and was arouRed at nine o'clock by Flynn, who appeared qt the door In his chauffeur's ^ogs, currying a tray. "The wife didn't come buck, sorr. hut I made coffee and toast. Sorry to waken you, but I'm tnkin' the new caf Into the city." I snt up and ruhhed niy eyes. "Who's going to the city?" I demanded. "The ladles Is goln' at once, sorr. They sent orders as hour ago to bo ready with the new machine. I'm late and you'll have to excuse me, sorr." I sprang out of bed and piled him with questions, most of which he was "I'm Late and You'll Have to Excuse Me, Sorr." tillable* to answer. I dbl, however, extract from him the Information that nnfltititr Ixwl AootiMHi./l ?#** * 1 ?1 DYo glow of pvlde In Searles and Ills skllb ful craftsmanship. As the curtain fell nnd the lights went uir amid murmurs of pleasure and expectancy, I glanced across the rows of heads. The half-turned face of a man three rows In front of rae suddenly caught my attention. There was something curiously familiar In his outlines und the gesture with which, at the moment, he was drawing his handkerchief across Ids forehead. It was Montuni?beyond any question Montanl?and I instinctively shrank In my seat and lifted my program as he turned round and swiftly surveyed the rows behind him. * I watched bis black bead Intently until I remembered the superstition that by staring at a person In a public place you cun moke hliu look at #vou. Montanl knew n great many things I wnnted to know, but I must have time to adjust myself to the ; shock of his propinquity. ; The bouse now took note of a stirring In tlie boxes. There was an excited buzz as the tall form ami unmistakable features of Cecil ArrowI smith, the English actor, were recogI nlzed. I had read that day of his ' I arrival in New York. With him were 1 two women. My breath cnine hard and I clutched the Iron frame of the scat in front of me so violently that Its occupant turned and glared. The trio settled into their places quickly, but not before I had sutl^licd myself that Arrowsnilth's companions were Alice nnd Mrs. Farnswdrth. As they fell into animated talk 1 saw that Alice was in her gayest humor. The distinguished tragedian seemed greatly amused by what she was saying to him. "Must be members of Arrowsnilth's company," one of my neighbors remarked. "They open in two weeks . tn Shakespearian repertoire." Montniil had half risen, hie better to focus an opera-glass on the box. The gong solemnly announced the sec- 1 ond act, and Alice moved her chair to face the stage. Once more Montanl scanned the party with his glass. As I lie lights faded Alice, with the pretty languorous gesture I so well remembered, opened her fan?the fan of ostrich plumes, that became a blur of white that held my eye through the dusk after the curtain rose. Alice, Montuni, and the fan! To this combination I had now to add the new element Introduced Into the situation by the .apparent familiar acquaintance of Alice and Mrs. Farnsworth with Cecil Arrow-smith. And yet, as the play proceeded on Its swift-moving course, I reasoned that there was nothing extraordinary in their knowing the eminent actor. lie had long beet a personage in England and had lately been knighted. Their appearand with him at the theater really dts posed of the Idea that they might bt Impostors. The presence "of Arrowsmith hud put zest Into the company, and I hadn't seen a better performance of Seurles' piny. The trio in the box joined In the prolonged applause at the end of the net. As they resumed their talk Alice, It seemed, was relating something of moment for Arrowsnilth's benefit, referring now and then to Mrs. Farnsworth as though for corroboration. The scene In the box was almost as interesting us any In the play, and the uudience wntehed with deep absorption. Alice, the least self-conscious of mortals, was, I knew, utterly unaware of the curious gaze of the house; whatever she was saying with an occasional gesture of her gloved hand or a shrug of her shoulders possessed her completely. I thought she might he telling Arrowsmlth of her adventures at Ilarton; hut the 'length of tier narrative was a an Inst this, ami Xrrowsmlth's attitude was t more tho.. of a critic appealed to for ?,*i *vinioii than of a polite listener s to a ?tory. He maided Ids head several times, and finally, au AI lee. with ( a slight dip of the head and an out- 1 ward movement of her arms, settled \ hit*-k In her ehalr, he patted his hands _ approvingly. In my absorption I had forgotten Montani's existence, hut as the third art began I saw that he had gone. Whether I should put myself In Alice's way as she left the theater was still an undetermined question when the play ended. With Montanl hanging about I felt a certain obligation to warn h?r that he had been watching her. I was among the first to leave, and In the foyer 1 met Forsythe, tho house manager, who knew ore as a friend of Searles. ""You notice tlmt we're still turning 'ein nway ,* ho remarked. "We don't have to worry about this piece; everybody who sees It semis his friends the next day. Henries hasn't looked In for some time; hope he's writing a new play?" "He's West visiting his folks. Don't know when he'll be back," I answered. "I must write him that Sir Cecil Arrowsinlth enjoyed 'Who Killed Cock Hobln?" Just us inttch as common mortals." Forsytlie had paused at the box- j, ofllce, and In my uncertainty I stuck to him as the crowd began to surge '' by. Arrowsmlth's npproach was advertlsed by the peculiar type of tall hat ? thnt he affected, and the departing au- is dlcnce made way for him, or hung c back to stare. At his left were Alice and Mrs. Furnsworth, and they must pass quite close to n?e. "Who Killed n Cock Itoldn?" was a satisfying play that sent audiences away with light ned hearts and smUIng faces, and ths ' Listening Inattentively to Forsythe, I was planning to Join Alice when the trio should reach me. She saw me; there was a fleeting flash of recognition In her eyes, and then she turned toward Arrowsmlth. She drew nearer; her gaze uiet mine squarely, hut now without a sign to Indicate that she had ever seen me before. She passed on, talking with greatest animation to Arrow-smith. "Well, remember me to Searles If you write him," I heard Forsythe saying. I clutched his nrm as he opened the ofllee door. "Who are those women?" I demanded. "You may search me! I see you have a good eye. That girl's rather nice to look at!" * * Crowding my way to. the open, I blocked the path of orderly, sane citizens awnlttng their machines until a policeman pushed me aside*? Alice I saw for a bewildering Instant, framed In the window of a big limousine that rolled away uptown. I had been snubbed! No snub had ever been delivered more deliberately, with a nicer calculation of effect, than that administered tome by Alice Rashford?a girl with whom, until a moment before, I had believed myself on terms of cordial comradeship. She had cut me; Alice who had asked ine at the very beginning of our acquaintance to call her by her first name? Alice had cut me without the quiver of a lash. I walked to the Thackeray and settled myself in a dark corner of the trading room, thoroughly bruised In spirit. In my resentment I meditated flying to Ohio to Join Searles, always my chief resource In trouble. Affairs at Barton might go to the devil. If "--I I..? ? - - * ' ' nun IIVI ?- >1III III IIII 111 Willi It'll In Bet rid of me, I woulil not ho sorry to bo relieved of the responsibility I hsul assumed In trying to protect thein. With rising fury I reflected that by the time they hud shaken ofT Minituni and got rid of the prisoner in the tool house they would think hotter of me. "Telephone call, sir." I followed the hoy to the booth "Telephone Call, Sir," n a rage tluit any one should disturb ny gloomy reflections. "Mr. Singleton? Oh! This Is Alice ipeaklng?" I clutched the shelf for support. Not only was It Alice s|>cnkliig, hut In the kindest voice imaginable. My inger passed, hut my amazement at Mice and nil her ways blinded me. tf she had suddenly stepped through :he wall, my surprise could not have jeen greater. "You told me the Thackeray was four usual refuge In town, so I hought I'd try It. Are you very, very ross? I'm sorry, really 1 am?Boh!" The "Bob" was added llngerlngly, irophlf.ting. Huddled In the booth. doubted my senses?wondering Inleed whether Alice hadn't u double? ?ven whether I hadn't dreamed every Jilng that had occurred at Burton. "I wanted to speak to you ever so mich at the theater, hut I couldn't rery well without Introducing you to ?lr Cecil, and I wasn't ready to do hat. It might have caused eompllrntlons." % If anything could have multiplied he existing complications, I was anxous to know what they were; hut jer voice was so gentle, so wholly unlnhle, that I restrained an Impulse o demand explanations. "Are you on earth or are you ipeaklng from paradise?" I asked. "Oh, we're Id a very nice house, Constance and I; and we're just about invlng a little supper. I wish you vere here, hut that can't he arranged. Lift off Corns! Doesn't hurt a bit arvd Freezono costs only a few cents., SwJ vUJ^ Doesn't hurt a bit! Drop a little 'reezone on tin aching corn, instanty that corn stops hurtihg, then you ft it right out. Yes, magic! A tiny drop of Freezone costs hut j few cents at any drug store, buti ? sufficient to remove every hard orn, soft corn, or corn between the oes, and the calluses, without soreiess or irritation. Freezor.e is the sensational discovry of a Cincinnati genius. It is ^ I Ei; t I . W y HMMMnihinwnii ' " 'htiii i "!n?if i nt! intiiii ! ^ t I 30x3 V2 Go H Fabric, All 30x3?/2 G. Fabric, Ant V? ?????? . mourn No; really If can't! We sluill he motoring hack to Jbtrton to-morrow i and hope you can Join us. Let us ] have luncheon and motor up t?>- | gether." , When I suggested that I call for , them she laughed gayly. "That would he telling things! And we musn't spoil everything when everything Is going so heautifully." Itemeinhcring the man I had locked up in the tool-house and the explanations I should have to make sooner or Inter to the unimaginative Torronce, I wasn't wholly convinced of the general beauty of the prospect. "Montnni was In the theater," I suggested. 1 Her laughter rippled merrily over the wire. "Oh, he tried to follow us In a taxi! We had n great time throwing him off in the park. I'm not sure he Isn't sitting on the curb right now watching the house tin- ' graclouslv." 1 "You have the fan with you; Mon- t tnnl Jumped right out of his seat i when you opened It In the theater." ; This she received with more laugh- < ter; Montnni amused her Immensely, she" said. She wasn't In the least afraid of him. Returning to the matter of the luncheon, she suggested the Tyrlnglmm. "You know, I want very much to see Mr. Itashford's old home and tin' place all out veteran retainers came from. At one??yes. Good night!" Alice and Mrs. Farnsworth reached > the Tyringlinm on time to the minute. As I had spent the morning on a j bench In the park, analyzing iu,\*proh- j lems, I found thelK good humor a ! trltle Jarring. "You don't seem n hit glad to see ! us," Alice complained ns she drew off her gloves. "How ran any one In* 1 anything luir happy after seeing tlint delicious 'Cock Itoliln'? It Is so dellously droll." "I haven't," I remarked with an | attempt at severity, "(pilte your knack ! of Ignoring disagreeable facts. There j was Montanl right In front of me, ; jumping like a jack-in-the-box every , time you nourished yotfl- fan. There's that fellow we've got locked up at linrton " "Just hear the man, Constance!" she Interrupted with her adorable laugh. "We were thinking that lie was only beginning to see things our way, the only true way, the jolly way, and nere he cometh like h melancholy j Jacques! We'll have none of It!" "We must confess," an hi Mrs. Farnsworih conclllatingly, "that Mr. I Singleton is passing through a severe trial. We precipitated ourselves upon him without warning, and immediately Involved him in a mesh of mystery. His Imagination must have time to adjust Itself." They were spoiling my appetite; I was perfectly aware* of that. 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