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The Handwriting Expert.


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'IiARvEY BAssETT WENTWORTH"
Naturally / felt horribly upset and be-
wildered, and. OF course. simply hadn't
notion OF what il could mean. The
more ! read II aloud 10 Miss Mills. and
the more she read IL aloud TO me. the less
we both understood H. Ia the shadow Of
the Toad Rock | took the resolution TO
ask Harvey what was the matter.
went indoors. when another telegram was
given To me at the hotel. IL ran thus.
Come at once 10 Chiltern Court VIII
meet you at station. Bring Gladys and
Mills. Hope arrange all right but must
tell us cvet ing. Love from Y. ,'"t y
This was, II possible. a greater puzzle
than the last. The only obvious thing
was that we must leave the Tiles Hotel
at once.
our journey from Tunbridge Wells TO
my cousins country house remains
ghasty blank I'm my memory. j believe
that even Miss Mills-and certainly Gla-
dys, who is five-would, IL she had been
informed of 1t all, have doubted my ut
ter ignorance OF the trouble
Charley and Violet my greatest friends.
are delightful married couple. Char
ley--well, l think that ought te be
enough. Every one knows what a Char
ley is like. lie was exceptional only I'm
being still fonder OF sport of all kinds
than most Charleys particularly for
shooting with an air gun at cats).
At the Little station al Chiltern We saw
Charley.
Beatrice, get up here. Miss Mills ard
Gladys can go i'm the carriage and In
two minutes I was being whirled along on
a high dogcart. side by side with Charley,
who at once began.
We'll, you've been making a nice mess
OF IT,"
Charley" i implored, what is 1t all
about?"
'Oh. Beatrice. hang it," he answered
in a tone of despair "do shut up that sort
Of thing or ] can't be the least use. Nio-
let and I'll stick 10 YOU II you'll tell US
everything"
But / don't know anything
You're enough to irritate saint LIS
ten Harvey came TO Blacks 10 see me
i'm an appalling state, and ! can Jolly well
tell you II It hadn't been for me he'd have
gone straight TO Sir James Lawrence.
got him to promise TO wait two days and
then IL l could send him a satisfactory
| explanation of the letter to come down
and give you chance of explaining"
Letter What letter.
you know all right.
II don't"
Harvey found on his breakfast table,
| after YOU left, love letter.
I started
"a love letter The servants say YOU
put IL there yourself-though ! shouldn't I
| have thought even you would be quite
| capable OF that; but perhaps you did,
"Oh, my dear Charley" / cried radi-
antly. clapping my hands with JOY. "Of
course I did Is that ALL Why, ] can
explain 1t easily! It's all right. It's a
! mistake. I'll convince Harvey. Hes
| jealous. then, and Of
"Of Maunder. confound himl 1 always
/ =. .,hs. foo
| can tell YOU. though, Beatrice, you've
got to stop this bosh-for. of course. IL
is bosh'
| mo. II isn't" I cried eagerly. mot
! even bosh. IL isn't anything. Don't YOU
see? Wyvern is madly I'm love with some
body else, and he confdes I'm me- oh.
! Charley I'm so relieved OF course no
| one can read his handwriting, and Iar-
! Vey must have made a mistake"
Thank goodnessl That's all right
/ then I'll wire Harvey something tha,
| will bring him dowrf tomorrow morning
and now cheer up and make the best OF
it."
After a night OF suspense. was wait
ing I'm the little Japanese room 90 sec
Harvey 7 heard mis- voice. lie had ar
rived, was horribly nervous. lie came
IN. shut the door and stood I'm front OF
n.
I said. Dearest Harvey how could yot
be so absurd and held out both my
hands Harvey put his hands behind hi'
back as though I were child and M
had .oprescnt for me. and was TO guess
what IL Was. So did the same. thougi
| n scsned silly game. Then be said.
Vow. Beatrice, 70 is useless trying &
humbug me. / insist on plain answer
| To = plain question
lie then produced tho letter from Wv
yern I had left on the table, and asket
mo 90 read n.
ANYTHING so entirely unintelligible ] new
| er saw.
whats tnis. Harvey. about Don
laugh at mo as a humorous swine7
Rubbish It's Don't laugh at me a
an amorous swain.
was sure Of my version. but stumbled
on 'You know little. so FAR, of thes
liver pills
I.Overs MS shouted Harvey 1T.
NO use wasting time on this. have cop
led out the essential part-the part ths
opened my eyes and he gave me a pa
! Der iu his oWn clear handwriting tn
1 = vxI1f I road