Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-01-22

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Just behind yo1ti"
arms, land as you were very much &C.
cupied l made free with the rear We
randa and changed places with him"
Claiborne walked slowly toward him,
the anger glowing in his face.
you are worse than l thought
eavesdropper. housebreaker!"
Yes; | am both those things, Cap
tain Claiborne. But l am also in a
great hurry. What do you want with
me?"
you are a rogue, an impostor'-
1--WE will grant that" said Armitage
"Where is your warrant for my ar
rest?'
THAT will be forthcoming fast
enough. want you to understand
that | have personal grievance
against you"
ut must wait until day after tomor-
row, Captain Claiborne. | will come
TO you here or wherever you say on the
day after tomorrow"
Armitage spoke with a deliberate
sharp decision that was not the tone
of rogue or a fugitive. AS he spoke
he advanced until he faced Claiborne
IL the center of the room. Shirley still
stood by the window. holding the soiled
paper in her hand. She had witnessed
the change of the men at the end of
the room. 1t had touched her humor.
1t had been Il joke on her brother, but
she felt that the night had brought a
crisis. She could not continue to shield
man of whom she knew nothing save
that he was the object of a curious
enmity. The coup de theatre by which
Armitage had taken the place of his
servant had amused her for a moment,
but she was veXed and angry now that
he had dared come again to the house.
you are under arrest, Mr.. Armitage.
must detain you here" said Claiborne
I'm Americavin free Virginia-with-
out legal process?" asked Armitaget
laughing.
You are housebreaker, that Is
enough. Shirley, please go!''
You were not detached from the
army to find a housebreaker. But l
will make your work easy for you
day after tomorrow l will present my
self to you wherever you say. But
now-that cable message which my
man found in your sheep pasture is of
importance. l must trouble you to
read it to me-"
Nor shouted Claiborne.
Armitage drew a step nearer.
You must take my word for it that
matters of Importance. of farreaching
consequence, hang upon that message.
l must know what it is
You certainly have magnificent
cheek. | am going to take that paper
to Baron Won Marhof at once"
DO so-but l must know first. Bar
on Won Marhof and l are on the same
side in this business, but he doesn't
understand it, and it is clear you don't.
Give me the message"
He spoke commandingly his voice
thrilling with earnestness, and jerked
out his last words with angry impa-
tience At the same moment he and
Claiborne stepped toward each other,
with their hands clinched at their
sides.
uOH llht yOuI iOLS MI. Al LII
tagew
II don't like to use that tone, Captain
Claiborne"
Shirley walked quickly to the table
and put down the message. Then. 60
ing to the door, she paused as though
by an afterthought and repeated quite
slowly the words:
( Observation-Disclosures later than
Friday-Chauvenet."
Shirley roared Claiborne.
John Armitage bowed to the already
vacant doorway, then bounded into the
hall out upon the veranda and ran
through the garden to the side gate,
where Oscar waited.
Half an hour later Captain Claiborne,
after an interview with Baron Won
Marhof, turned his horse toward the
hills.