The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-07-11

SrOportioned, and wore no hat On her
u ass of dark hair. When we got near
er we saw that her eyes were big and
black, her profile perfect, and her col
oTiDg delightful.
Vincent capitulated at once and !
let him make his impression first.
Hes the younger and it always seems
4 shame not to give such a promising
boy q chance.
Il beg your pardon" he said, adj
vancing and barring his head, so that
the gold in his brown hair caught the
sunlight, but would you tell me If
these are private links and to whom
they belong? 1 fear we are trespass-
ing?" He said this just as if 1 hadn't
told him all about it.
The girl turned to him uncertainty;
then she smiled wide, jolly smile Of.
good fellowship. l knew she would
they all do that at Vincent.
Was that your ball?" she said, not
needing his question. I'm very sorry.
It hit my dog"
Vincent was all concern in a mo-
ment
What a shame he said. did 1t
hurt him?" and he knelt down to ex-
+ anime the dogs paw.
"Oh, no, Rudolphs all right" she an
swered; but it spelled your drive, and
I'm sorry for that and then she, too,
knelt on the grass beside the dog
| felt that it was time to step for
ward. MY dear young lady" said
she couldn't have been more than 20,
so 1 did not hesitate to address her
thus-"My dear young lady, will you
please tell us whether we are trespaSs-
ing in using this court? To whom does
1t belong?" You see, l had to pre-
tend ignorance to get more informa-
ton. / have many of the intuitions
that go to make UP great detective,
and 1 had a presentiment that this
girl was none other than the Honor
able Agatha Wyckhoff herself
This proved to be the case. As I
addressed myself to her the girl rose
with dignity and replied: '1 am the
Honorable Agatha Wyckhoff and I
own these grounds. So. you see, you are
trespassing"
But her tone was laughing and her
promptly told her who we were, and
we shook hands, the Honorable Agatha
smiling at me somewhat the way she
had smiled at Vincent, though perhaps
trifie more appreciatively.
I'VE didn't mean to-" said Vincent,
land 1 hope you don't mind You'll
forgive us, won't your"
The girl laughed, and it was a laugh
that l like to hear, not the silly, re-
pressed giggle of London debutante.
She'll very nearly do" I thought,
"even if she isn't more than 20"
Forgive your" she repeated "Of
course / will. I think it's great fun.
l haven't seen q new man for six
weeks
l was wondering what she meant
by using the word new and waiting
for Vincent to reply, when, instead of
answering her, he suddenly pointed
over my shoulder with look OF hor-
ror. "The train," he cried, the train!''
Sure enough, when 1 turned I saw
our train had started and, although
moving slowly, was well on it's way
to the little town in the distance.
We were three-Quarters of a mile
from the tracks by this time, and OF
course pursuit was useless.
Left behind" cried Vincent, dra
matically, and burst out laughing
That's just like him-he always
| laughs at everything. For my own
| part I couldn't see anything funny
| about 1t. Here we were set down in q
| little town that probably did not con.
f0fn an inv Inc fyoN A6
| merrily on to Cuppstone, all because
of a foolish Whim of his. The girl
| laughed, too, SO there was no use In
| telling him what thought of him then
We'll, what are we going to do?"
asked sharply.
''Do?" echoed Vincent why, with
her permission, We'll play q game OF
| gold with the Honorable Agatha, and
| then go on to the station, whatever it's
! name is, and take another train fol-
| Cuppstone."
Its name is Wye" said the Honor
able Agatha, the town of Wye, and
that's a very good plan. That's just
what we'll do
And it was just what we did do. And
you should have seen that girl play
golf! By the time we had been around
the 1S-hole course felt little fatigued
one has to. keep in training to dc
Z that sort of thing at minutes notice
but Vincent and the Honorable
| Agatha seemed as fresh as when We
started and proposed a race to the
| station. I told them to run on ahead
and I'd meet them later, 80 away
they dashed, with Rudolph leaping and
barking in front of them. never doubt
ing that the whole thing was planne<
for his especial benefit.
When I reached the station at last
instead of seeing about our train o.
telegraphing to Cuppstone about oul