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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
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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
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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
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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."
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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
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'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
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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. I had
ordered the hest luncheon I knew how \
to compose, and they were doing full
Justice to It; hut I was acting, I
knew, like a resentful hoy.
T love you that way," said Alice
as I stared vacantly at irty plate. "But
you really are not making yourself
disagreeable to us?really he la not,
Constance!"
Mrs. Fa rns worth altlrmed this. 1
know that 1 was merely being rude,
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To the patrons of Center Point,
School District No. f?l. You will take
notice that an election on the question
of voting on four additional
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it the school house in said district on
Saturday, May <>, 1920.
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.1. A. Taylor
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