The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-08

tho rather reticent people of that pro-
Hunting for a quarter. Johnny. or a
toothpick?" questioned Larry Morris.
Here. look at this" answered John.
ny.
Into their midst he twirled the some
thing he had drawn from his pocket
1t was mans garter of lavender silf
elastic, the buckle hand wrought from
rose gold, set round with amethysts
and on the face the initial I'll" worked
out In emeralds and amethysts of ex-
cessive smallness but exceedingly great
brilliancy
Where did you get that?" came the
chorus.
WELL" said Johnny. listen I pick
ed this up in the Desterle house about
an hour ago. Say, everybody about
that house has got stage fright They
are all moving out An earthquake
couldn't move them quicker than they
are going. The death watch has got
Its grip on the whole thirty-five board
ers. More than half of them are speed
ing away to spend the night with
hand-baggage only. Great show, too,
to watch them hustle out. I'm going
to sleep up there tonight 1 picked
this garter up in the closet where it
had rolled down behind a little shelf
Now women. you know. don't wear
carriers like this"
Might" beloved Hank Smith.
Saw a telegraph story the other day
that they had taken to wearing half
hose in New York"
But here's the question:" continued
Johnny, mo man in the house knew
Mrs. Wayne nor anything about her.
Why, the only decent word any one
of those curious passed about her was
that no one had come to see her since
she arrived, and that she had appeared
embarrassed when her fellow boarders
of the sex masculine attempted to pay
her any attention"
I'll just wager that she was some
poor. sweet little girl who had mar
ried some old fool for his money" in
terposed Philip Hartley. whose SYM
pathetic heart beat for all the mis-
treated women in the world. "She's
found him unbearable, and refused to
live with him, and he's just bounded
her to death. That H may have stood
for Hubby" in the letter that had the
threat to kill her. l believe she's been
taking slow poison, and came here
where she wasn't known to snuff it of
quietly"
How about the Man-Aperilla ?"
f1outed Larry Morris. Proceed, Jules
and have it trained ape sent carrier
nj II g.
ogre husband, to choke her to death ?"
Because she wasn't choked," con-
tended Hartley. Heavens, what a
woman she must have BEEN"
ooh. to kill from jealousy" added
Hank Smith. why. halo; here's Bet
ty Lancey at this hour of the morning
Betty. don't you ever get through
work? And you're all out of breath.
What's wrong. Mamie, get her some
tea. What is the matter, Betty"
Betty. white as print paper. sunk on
a chair. Her big blue eyes were OPEN
ed wide. Boys" she said. Come
with me; come quick, don't say a word,
but tell me, am 1 crazed or dreaming;
has it really happened or am I'har-
ions? Oh, no! don't stop to finish eat
ing come QUICK or IL Will De TOO late.
I am afraid to stop alone in that aw-
full room. You know missed my train
home and stopped at the hotel to-
night, and, oh, it startled me So"
What's up, anyhow" asked john
ny. Tell the rest Of them, Betty.
I'm going up to get chummy with the
mystery, sleeping all night in the Des-
terle. house. Maybe I'll have a visi-
tation, seeing as how my own head is
some reddish. 'Tisn't like you to have
stage fright, Betty"
Il haven't got it," she snapped.
But just as I started to get into bed
and went over to raise the shade, l
looked across the court into one Of the
other rooms Of the hotel. And in there
what do you think saw"
Womanlike Betty paused to give her
audience a thrill
"Oh. nonsense; out with it." COM
manded the boys.
"Cerisse Wayne. her ghost or her
doub BILE. and the handsomest man ever
saw!"
Ito be continued.)