Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-09

straight line OF the mouth, and the
mild, inexpensive eyes Of the man be-
fore him. He had been extolled as a
far-sighted benefactor OF the world,
and execrated picturesquely as the
king Of pirates who would scuttle the
business of his country without
qualm.
Winter, amid his own questionings
and problems, could not help
scrutiny OF man whose power was
greater than that of medieval kings.
He sat consuming cigarette, more
between his fingers than his lips; and
glancing under dropping eyelids from
questioner to narrator. At the colonefs
entrance he looked up, as did Haley,
who rose to his feet with an uncon'
scious salute. I'D be glad to spoke
wild youse n minnit, II l might, gen.
eral," said Haley, about where ! put
your dressshute case, sor."
The colonel, Of course, did not ex-
meet any remarks about a suitcase
when he got Haley by himself at the
observation end of the car; but what
he did get was of sufficient import to
drive out OF his mind a curt lecture
about blackening the reputation OF tho
army with lies about the Philippines.
Haley had told him that he had seen
the imam with the two moles on his
face Jump out Of his own car at Coun-
Gil Bluffs. He had simply stood on the
platform, looking to right and left for
a moment; then he had swung him'
self back on the car. Haley had
watched him walk down the aisle and
enter the drawing-room. He did not
come out; Haley had found out that
the drawing-room belonged to Edwin
8. Keatcham, "the big railroad man,
sor."
ut doesn't seem likely that he would
be an accomplice of kidnaper,
mused the colonel. "The man might
have gone In there while he was out.
Sure, he might, sor; twas mesilf
thinking that same; and / whit be-
want to the observation car, and there
the ould gintleman was smoking
"And you stopped to tell yarns to
that other gentleman instead OF get
ting back and following"
mo, sor, beg your pardon, sor; !
was kaping me eyes open and on MIN;
for himsilf was In the observation car
where YOU are now, sor, until we
come in, and thin he walked back.
careless like, to his own car. VIII !
be afther following his'2"
Eyes; don't lose him
They did not lose him; they both
saw him enter the drawing-room ana
almost Immediately come out and sit
down In one of the open sections.
"See II you can't And out from the
conductor where he is going" the col
onel proposed to Haley; and no
frowned over his thoughts for bad
quarter OF an hour at the window.
The precipitate Of all this mental Ter
ment was a determination to stick
close to the boy, saying nothing. He
hoped that when they stopped over
night at Salt Lake City, according to
Aunt Rebecca's plan. they might shake
OF the "brother's" company. The day
passed uneventfully. He played bridge
with Mrs. Millicent and Miss Smith
and Archie, while Aunt Rebecca kept
I'M her French with one Of Bentzon's
novels.
Afterward she said grimly t. him:
" think you must have been convert
ed out in the Philippines; you never
40 much Us WINGED, that last hand;
no. Won sat there smiling over your
ruin az sweetly as If you enjoyed It,"
The colonel smiled again. "Ah, but.
you SEQ, did enjoy it; didn't you no
tice the hand? No? Well, 1t was
worth watching. 1t was the rubber
game: they we're "a and we were 26.
and we were on the seventh round;
Miss Smith had made 1t hearts, Sne
sat on my left, dummy on my right.
Millicent had the lead. She had four
little spades, little club, the queen OF
hearts and trey; dummy had the
queen. the ten and the nine Of spades,
It had the king Of hearts and three
clubs with the jack at the top. ] had
a lovely diamond suit which hadn't
had chance to touch. top sequence.
ace. king, queen; had the jack OF
trumps and the jack Of spades; and
the qteen and little club. hadn't
lead, you understand; Millicent had
taken five tricks and they had taken
one; they needed six to win the game,
we needed two; see! Well. Millicent
hadn't any diamonds to lead me. and
unhappily she didn't think to lead
trumps through dummy, which would
have made world of difference. She
led club; dummy put On the jack.
! knew Miss Smith had the ace and
one low heart; no clubs, lot Of low
diamonds, and she might or might not
have spade. l figured that she had
the acc and q little one; II she would
trump in with the little one, as ninety
nine out Of q hundred women would
have done, her ace and her partners
king would fall together; or, at worst,
he would have 70 trump her diamond
lead, after she had led out her king
Of spades, and lead spades, which
could trump and bring in all my dia
monds Do you take in the situation? p
"You mean that Janet had the king
of spades alone, the ace and the little
trump and four worthless diamonds
see. 1t is a chance for, the grand
coup; reckon she played IT,"
UCha 5i1lss or;od tho ooyo~n1 v,ff1,