The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, May 13, 1920, Image 3
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because 1 knew Aunt Alice wouldn't
mind. She knew Just what I nionnt
to do; renlly she did, Mr. Torrcnce!
In fact, I have her written permission
to use the house; which I should
have shown von If we h?il erot In n
pinch. But It seemed so much more
fun Just to let matters take their
course. It's a pet theory of mine that
life la a dull affair unless we trust
to luck a little. After my brother's
death I was very unhappy and had
gone out East to visit Aunt Alice,
who Is a preat roamer. I thoupht It
would be nice to stop here on the way
home. Just for a lark, without telllnp
papa, who was frantically cabling me
to hurry back to England. This Isn't
the first time I've plnyed hide-and-seek
with my fnmlly. I wns always doing
that as a child; and If It hadn't been
for my general waywardness I should
never have known you. Constance.
Why, I shouldn't have known you.
gentlemen 1 It hns all been so delightful
1"
This naive confession amused
Rnynor greatly, hut Torrence wns
seeing nothing In It but a dangerous
escnpade.
"Tn the name of the Ralnhrldge
Trust company, I must notify you."
he he?iu;. "that by representing yourself
as another person, entering Into
. possession of a large property??"
"But we've been paying a'fl our
own expenses; we haven't taken any
money from you," pleaded Alice.
"Of course you wouldn't do such a
thing," affirmed Raynor. " My In tructlons
are to give you any sum of
money you ask. In fact, the governTllOnt
Of thn TTnUA#l lo
?v..?, vt nit viiiicu omicn isi uiaii uv.ivu
fo assume full responsibility for you
until your father arrives."
"May I go on and clarify matters for
these gentlemen, for Mr. Torrenee at
least Is entitled to a full explanation?"
"Constance," said Alice,' turning
with a little shrug to her friend, "we
have been caught! Our story Is being
' spoiled for us. Please go on, Mr.
Raynor. Just what does the American
state department have to say
about us?"
"That you are endowed with a
Yery unusual personality," continued
Raynor, his eyes twinkling. "You are
not ut all content to remain In that
station of life to which you were horn;
you like playing nt being all sorts of
other persons. % Once, so your friend
the ambassador confided to me, you
ran away and followed a band of
gypsies, which must have been when
you were a very little girl."
"I was seven," said Alice, "and the
gypsies were nice to me."
"And then you showed talent for the
Stage?"
"A dreadful revelation!" ?he exclaimed.
"Bat you don't know that It was
really your father who managed to j
have Mrs. Farnsworth, one of the most I
distinguished actresses In Kngland,
take charge of you."
"NoI Alice never knew that!" said ,
Mrs. Farnsworth, laughing. "1 was ,
her chaperon as well as her precep- j
tress, but Alice's father knew that if ,
Alice found It out It would spoil the i
adventure for her. Alice must do s
things her own way." ,
"You are a fraud," said Alice, "but I
I,always suspected you a little."
"Speaking of the stage," resumed
Kaynor. "it Is also a part of my Instructions
that the Honorable Miss
Senbrlng shall be discouraged from j
any further adventure In that direction
; she's far too talented; there's
danger of her becoming a great luminary.
In other words, she is not to
grace the boards again as Violet Dewing."
Alice's brow clouded, and she turned
ta me. "That was settled when you
mailed that letter for me. It was
to make an appointment with an American
playwright who wants me to appear
In a most adorable comedy."
"His nnme Is Dick Searles," I said,
"and he's ray most Intimate friend."
She professed Indignation when I
told of my eavesdropping in the woods, :
but when I explained that I knew all |
about the play and Searles' despair- .
Ing search for her she was enormously
pleased.
"How wonderful!" she exclaimed. |
"Too know I told you, Constance, that
If we really threw ourselves In the
path of adventure mystery would come
out to meet us In silken sandals."
"Bat you will not appear In this
play?" asked Itaynor anxiously. "It
is the business of the government of I
the United States to see that yon com- !
mlt no further Indiscretions. There Is j
another inatte.r which I hope you can
clear up. You are nof only a subject i
of concern to the British embnssy, but ;
the French ambassador also has appealed
to us to assist him In a trifling
matter I"
"The French ambassador?" Alice 1
exclaimed with a surprise I knew tobe
unfeigned. "I thought the dear
Monfanl was an Italian?"
"We will contlnne to call him Montani,
but he's a Frenchman and one* '
of the keenest men In the French j
secret service. You have caused him t
the deepest anguish."'
"Please hurry on 1" She bent for- '
ward with childish delight. "This Is
a part of the story we've been living j
that I really know nothing about. I
hope It won't be disappointing!" I
Kaynor laughed and shook Ms |
head.
Tt'a fortunate that Montanl Is a gentleman,
anxious to shield and protect i
yon. Too have a fan In your hand?" ^
"A harmless trinket, but without It
the adventure would have been very
tame." ' ,
"The story of the fan Is In the most
secret archives of Paris and Washington.
When ytm were packing up In
Tokyo to come home on the very Inst
day before your departure a lady called '
on you whom you knuw as Madame
Volkoff." / 4
"The dear woman 1" exclalnn.nl Mrs.
Parnsworth. "We knew her very 1
well." i *
"Almost too well," cried Ita.vnor. "A '
cultivated woman and exceedingly ]
clever, but a German spy. She had I
collected sotne most Interesting data 1
with reference to Japanese armament *
and defenses, but suspecting that she
was being watched, she hit upon n '
most Ingenious way of getting the fti- i
formation across the Pacific, expecting ?
to communicate with German agents
In America who could pick It up and
pass It on to Rerlln. You see. she
thought you nn easy mark. She got ?
hold of a fan which Montanl Informs 1
me Is the exact counterpart of that *
one you hold. She reduced her ??atn jj
to the smallest possible compass, concealed
It In her fan. and watched for ,
a chance to exchange with you. The j
astute Montanl found the Japanese j
artisan who had done the tinkering ,
for her and surmised that you were
to ho made tho unconscious hearer of c
the Incriminating papers. Montnnl f
Jumped for the steamer yon wore sail- \
ins on with every determination to cet v
the fun. Ills professional pride was
nroused. end It war only nftey he i ?
found I. Impossible to steal the fnn \
thnt he asked our assistance. He's | a
good fellow, n gentleman in every ; c
sense, and with true French chivalry | t
wanted to do the job without distifrb- | s
Ing you In any way." I e
We pressed closer about Unynor as J-s
he took the fan, spread It open, and ' q
held It close against a table-lamp. "The
third, sixth and ninth," he counted. n
"You will notice thnt those three pieces s
of Ivory are a trifle thicker and not tl
as transparent as the others. CJInnc- t
Ing at them casually In an ordinary
light, yon would never suspect that s
they had been hollowed out, an ex- r
ceedlngly delicate piece of work. It's
a pity to spoil anything so pretty, ?
hut-" fl
He snapped the typ of one of the t
panels, disclosing a neatly folded t
piece of thin paper. t
"Antolne," I said, "tie the arms of ^
the prisoner In the toolhouse and
hrlng him here.'
"A man In the toolhouse!" Mon- v
tnni, Torrence and Rnynor ejaculated n
In concert. t!
"Oh. yes." murmured Alice, "that's s
the pleasantest chapter of all. Our a
grenadiers captured a whole Invading 0
army thnt made a night attack?one
of the most remarkable engagements j
of the present war, Mr. Torrence." n
"The battle of the Rell-IIops," I s
suggested. "Tlie prisoner will be here y
in a moment."
While we waited Montnnl produced j,
a photograph. Instantly recognizable n
as a likeness of our prisoner. c
"My reputation Is saved!" he exclaimed
excitedly. "That he should
have been cnught here I It la too
much 1 I shall never forgive myself
for not warning you of the danger.
Rut you understand, mesdntnes. thnt
I was sincerely nnxious to recover the
fnn U'ltlmilt lofHrur
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portnnce. When I found nt Seattle
and Chicago that you were traveling |
under assumed -names, I was?pray, ;
pardon me?deeply puzzled, the more '
so because I had satisfied myself In
Toklo that you were loyal Englishwomen,
and I believed you to he In- j
nocent of complicity with Madame
Volkoff. Why you should have ,
changed your names, I didn't know,
but It's not my affair now." 1
"We saw you on the steamer and '
again in the hotel at Chicago. It was t
very amusing to be followed. We t
guve you the slip, stopped at Buffalo i
to see Niagara, and you came on here (
and scared the servants to death!
But you were generous at every
point," said Alice. "We changed our ?
names so we could amuse ourselves
here?nt Bob's expense. So now I
ask everybody's forgiveness!"
The prisoner, arriving at this moment,
became the center of interest.
Without a word Montnnl walked up
to him. brushed hack his hair, and
called our attention to a scnr on the
crown of his head.
"There can be no mistake. This is
Adolph Schwenger,* who passes as
rendily for a Frenchman as I do for
an Italian. The capture is of great
Importance. 1 shull want the names
of all the persons who assisted in the
matter."
"It Isn't quite clenr to me," remarked
ltnynor, turning to me, "why
you held that fellow and said nothing
about It. If there had been a mistake.
It would have been Just a little embarrassing
for you, Singleton."
"Chivalry I" Mrs. Farnswortb nuswered
for me. "An anxious eonA
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I was asleep. 1 became a nervous wreck
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I was so nervous that the least noise
would make me jump out of my bed. I
had no energy, and was unable to do
anything. My son, a young boy, had to
do all my household duties.
1 was not able to do anything until I
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and it surely cured me of those awful
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"The Fan Is Safe," Cried Raynor. j
I
ern for the pence and dignity of two
oolish women! I didn't know there
vns so much chivalry left In th#?
r or Id."
An hour wns spent In explanations,
ind Rnynor declared that I must
rrlte a full nccoiint of the Allied
irmy In Connecticut and the capture
?f the spy. The state archives conalned
nothing that touched this r-piiode
for piquancy, lie declared; and
'veil the bewildered Torrenco finally
aw the JoUe of the thing and hecanie
lulte human.
Itaynor and Montanl decided after
i conference that the Herman agent
ihould be taken to New York 1mnediately,
and I called Flynn to drive
hem down.
"It's most fortunate, sir, that you
ent for him when you did!" anlounced
Antolne, nearly bursting with
mportnncc. "The hoys had heard
ueer sounds In the night, hut could
itul nothing wrong. The prisoner had
aken up the flooring at the hack of
he tool-house, and was scooping up
he dirt. He'd got a place pretty near
lg enough to let him through. I supios?:
v .night to have noticed it. sir."
It was just as Itaynor and Mnntani
ire*e leaving the house with the pr'.sner
that we heard'n commotion in
he direction of the gates. 1 had
ent the word that no one was to tie
druitted to the grounds, hut as I ran
ut the front door a machine was
peeding madly toward the house. A
ozen of the guards were yelling
heir protests at the invasion, and a
purt of tire preluded the booming of
ihnmermnn's shotgun.
"Get your man into the car and heat
t," 1 shouted to Haynor, thinking an
ttempt was about to lie made to resue
the prisoner.
Helped Fath
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The touring car left Just as n Barton
taxi flashed Into the driveway.
The driver was swearing loudly at one
of the Tyrtngham veterans who hud
wedged himself Into the door of the
machine.
Searles Jumped out (I had forgotten
that he might arrive that night), hut
before I could greet him he swung
round und assisted n Indy to alight?
a short, stout ludy In a traveling cap.
wrapped in a coat that fell to her
heels. She began Immediately to deliver
orders in an authoritative tone
as to the rescue of her belongings.
Searles dived into the taxi and began
dragging out a vast amount of small
luggage, but n?y attention was diverted
for a moment by Alice, who jumped
down the steps and clasped her arms
about the neck of the stout lady.
"Aunt Alice!" I heard her saying.
"Why didn't you tell us to meet you?"
"Why didn't I tell you?" demanded
the stout lady. "The moment you
left me 1 knew I'd made a mistake
in letting you come over hereon one of
your absurd larks! And from the row
I had getting into the premises I
Judge that you're at your old tricks,
laired upon ! Treated as though I
were an outlaw! You shall never go
out of my sight again!"
"Oh, please don't scold me!" Alice
pleaded and turning to me: "This
is Bob Singleton, your nephew."
Mrs. Bashford?and I made no
question that Searles' companion was
indubitably my uncle's widow?gave
me her hand and smiled in a way
that showed that she was not so greatly
displeased with Alice as her words
Implied.
"Bay that driver for me and don't
fail to tip him. Those Methuselah*
at the gate all hut killed him. It wn#
only the vigorous determination of
this gentleman, who very generously
nprmittnil ??? ,l' '
in*; hi uiiuiir mi- ?miy motor
at the station, that I pot through the
gates alive! I beg your pardon, i>ut
what is your name?"
"Mrs. Bashford," I Interposed, "my
friend, Mr. Searles."
"Mr. Searles!" cried Alice, dropping
a cage containing some weird Oriental
bird which had been among toy aunt's
impedimenta. The bird squawked
hideously.
"Miss Violet Dewing, permit ine to
present the author of 'Lady Larkspur'
!"
It was a week later that Alice and
I sat on the stone wall watching the
waves, at the point forever memorable
as the scene of our first talk.
"Aunt Alice Isn't playing fair," she
said. "She pretends now that it was
all my Idea?coming over to play at
being our uncle's widow, but she really
encouraged me to do It so I could
give her an Impartial judgment of
your character. I'm her only niece
and her namesake, and she relies on
me a good deal. You know she's very,
very rich, and she had never any idea
of keeping your uncle's money. She
meant all the while to give it to you
?provided she found you were nice.
And she thinks you are very nice."
ler and Son
odWrites Mr. Gentry,
e, Term.
writes: "Ziron Iron Tonic has made good
in my family. I have used it to a very
great advantage to myself and my 14year-old
boy. It did us both good. I
think it is a good medicine for what it is
recommended."
If you are pale, weak, tired, feel down
and out, take Ziron. it will put iron intc
your blood, and should help build you up
Get a bottle from your druggist today,
and give ZIRON a fair trial. Sold by
him under a money-back gRarrnlee.
Ar.k him shout it. Hp will tell vrvi.
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"Your own ophi! of me would be
interesting," I suggested. I
! She had gathered n handful of pole |
hies and was Hinging them fitfully at { ,
a hit of driftwood. I wished her lips 1
hadn't that Utile quiver ihui preluded)1
laughter and that her eyes were not 1
the haven of all the dreams in the c
world. I .
i She landed a pebble on the target '
before replying.
: "You are very idee, I thinl;," she |
said with disconcerting detachment, t
"At first I was afraid you didn't lilte
nonsense, hut you really trot through j
very well, considering the trouble I
caused you. Itut I'm in trouble myself
now. Pupa will land tomorrow, lie's *
the grandest, dearest man In nil this '
world, hut when ho finds that I'm go- c
Ing to net in Mr. Senrles' play he will
he terribly cut up. Of course it will t
ma lie for long. Kvett If It's a big i
success, I'm to he released in three
months. Constance and Sir Cecil '
think I owe it to myself to appear in ]
the piece; they're good enough to say s
nobody else can do it so well?which .
Is a question. I'm going to give all
the money I earn to the blind sol- ,
diers."
(I wished the tears In her eyes
didn't make them more lovely Mill '.) j
"lining what you are and all you are.
It would he brutal for me to nod to ;
the number of tilings you have to ;ell '
your father. I'm a very obscure per- t f
son. and he is a gentlenvm of title and j
otherwise distinguished. You are the
Honorable Miss " i
"Papa has said numbers of times," |
she began softly, looking far out ]
across the blue Sound?"he lias said,
oh. very often. Hint he'll never slop !
troubling about me until?until I'm !
happily married." j
"When you etune More you w< re i
n wedding ring," I remarked casually.
"It was only a "properly" ring, to (
help deceive you. 1 bought it in <'ld- )
en go When Aunt Alice came I threw
it away."
"The linear seems lonesome without \
it." I said. "If I trot you another. I i
hope you'll take better cure of it." j :
"If you should put it there." she *'
repi!." 1 ooking llxcdly at the hand, ' "
"that would he very \ery different." '
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It was partieularly appropriate that ,|
Albert E. Smiih. president ??f Vita- . i
pra|?h, should have selected forituie '
Orl'dilli for the leading role of Clyde !
Pilch's "The Climbers," for she has j
been steadily climbing ever since she i
left her home In the south to heroine ;
a film player. Nov/ she has rea 1 -d !
the top runt; of film sueeess. In audi- J
tion to her imposing personal m?penr- j
unco ami histrionic talent, Miss (iritlith !
has the happy faeulty of wearing heau- |
tif?il and unusuul gowns with grace .
and lias hail a splendid athletic train-j ;
lug. Sonic of her urnst recent fen-,j
tares have been "A ?Iii! r.t Ih.y," '''llw 1
Towel* of Jewels," "Hiimuii < 'ollaterul" | <
sod "i leadline at Eleven."
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Having taken over the office of Dr.
R. L. McManus, I will be at Pageand
Tuesdays and Mt. Croghan Wed'esdavs.
Remainder of the time at
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DR. L. H. TROTTI,
Dental Surgeon
Chesterfield, S. C.
Office on second floor in Rosj
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All who desire my services will
ilea .e see me at Chesterfield, as 1
lave discontinued my visits to other
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