Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1903-04-17
ROCKVILLE. MARYLAND. FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL H. 1903
w II EN-
THE MOON
BURNED
RED BY WINTHROP
~ ALLEN
By WINTHROP
ALLEN
Copyright, 1909, nv McOure's Newspaper
Syndicate

maidens OF the moon affect the garb
Celestial?"
Hugh Cannon gazed curiously at the
figure In the dainty kimono as he
spoke
Neither" she replied, with rip
pling laugh. 81 am an ordinary NOR.
tai like yourself, driven by the heat to
the housetops. did not suppose that
any one else would he here at this
hour and there was no use trying to
sleep"
81 have observed" said Cannon Ia
ely, that in fathouse of this sort
the inhabitants are so afraid Of being
compared to the dwellers OF tenements
that they deprive themselves Of many
privileges, including the roof In sum.
mer. After the heat of the last three
days I'd be willing to brave public
opinion rather than put In another
night In that stuffy pigeonhole down
stairs"
81 feel equally desperate" responded
the girl, but her voice sounded brisk
and alert as compared to the weary.
dragging tones of the man. And as
we have decided to suffer In the open
rather than conceal our anguish per
hnps'- She hesitated, but the far
away look had come back In CannOn's
eyes. He was staring again at the
hazy. crimson glow that hung over a
distant roof garden. "You, l believe,
are Mr.. Cannon unless your doorplate
bears false witness"
you can't expect much from a ten
cent dOorplate," laughed Hugh, pulling
himself together. "IIut IN this case Il
tells the truth. | am Hugh Cannon,
very much ut your service. And you
are the girl across the hall"
She laughed In turn. that ripping.
yet self reliant laugh which Hugh had
heard more than once across the hall.
81 admit the charge. am Patrice
Birchard, and. according to the ethics
of Hat life, we should have met across
the dumbwaiter shaft weeks ago. Now
as we have at last come together In
this most unconventional fashion tell
me am | interrupting your The jani-
tress Informs me you write. II you are
shaping up plots here In the moonlight,
don't hesitate to say 30, and I'll 60"
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