Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-03
DAILY STORY
THE LADY IN THE PARK.

Copyright. 1907. by Harry Heron.l
Mr.. Harold Clancy strOlling in st.
James park, London. saw a good look
ing lady sitting on bench. Conclud-
ing by her appearance that she as well
as himself wac an American, he no
ticed her as he passed, then turned and
walked back. She looked him in the
face and continued Go SO until lie
stood before her. Then as Re DOTTED
his hat and bowed she smiliugly and
sweetly said:
a knew that you were an American
and would come back. VIII you sit
down."
Mr. Clancy sat down after excusing
himself. The nursegirls in the vicin-
ity giggled, and Il policeman passing
| along winked at him in Il solemn man
ner, but he refused to be perturbcd. In
Il few minutes he discovered that he
| had made no mistake. The good look
| ing lady was not only an American.
but q resident Of Chicago when at
| home She was also Il widow of two
| years standing She had come over to
| London, chaperoned by her mother and
escorted by her lawyer. To see about
some property. Her mother had been
taken i'll and was then unable TO leave
| her bed in the lodgings the lawyer had
secured for them. She herself had got
out that day for the first time in n
| l. 70, = ri
story up to this point did not call for
any great amount of sympathy, but
| there was more to it. The lawyer had
suddenly and mysteriously disappear
ed. For a week nothing had been
heard of him. He hadn't played any
shyster trick on them. but had proba-
bly, been murdered. She and her moth
er had discussed the matter in ali its
bearings and could come to no other
conclusion.
The good looking lady had not gone
TO the police, nor had she notified the
American minister She was feeling
helpless in the matter and wishing she
had the advice of a compatriot in her
troubles Harold Clancy was willing
and anxious to advise. He convinced
her almost at once, but it was an hour
her mother. The poor Copyalescent
was worrying her heart out and would
probably have relapse unless she were
convinced that the lawyer had been
, hi g..
of being robbed and hung over the EN-
bankment to float around in the mud
dy waters of the Thames. Could she
dare she-ask Mr.. Clancy to cali at heI
house and cheer and comfort hej
mother?
Mr.. Clancy promptly replied that shC
could. He would go with her at once
right away. His motto was, Moth
ers comforted and chcered while yol
watt There We're tears of gratitude
in the lady's eyes, but his promptnes:
was a little too prompt. She must TO
several reasons, some of which sh
mentioned and some she didn't, aSl
him to defer his call until evening
: When this point had been settled the.
rose and separated. The nursegirl
( giggled again, and the policeman cam
8 back with his solemn wink, but tn
( good looking lady pretended not to Sc
!, or hear, and Mr.. Clancy scowled a
< the nurses and clinched his fist at tn
3 guardian of the peace and vowed tina
( he would lick him if he ever caugh
3 the fellow in America.
( There were four hours to wait. MI
3 Clancy went to his hotel to think an
( dine. The lady without the adjectiv
!. this time) had not lisped the remotes
. hint that money was needed. On th