The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-07
Booth Harrington

CONTINUED from Yesterday
'"fhat other monsieur was further
described as thin man. handsome.
but with a singular air" nor could
my colleague more satisfactorily define
this air.
Il aScertained- that although that
other monsieur had gray hair. he was
by no means a person OF great age.
Indeed. Giouglou. who had seen him
oftener than any other Of the staff.
maintained that he was quite young
Nevertheless, Amedee remarked. 1t was
certain that Professor Keredec's friend
was neither an American nor an Eng
lishman.
why Is It certain" asked.
monsieur. he drinks nothing but wa
ter. he does not smoke. and Glouglou
says he eats his soup silently"
'Glouglou is an authority who re-
solves the difficulty. That other mon
sieur' Is FreDchman."
81 can find no flaw in the deduc-
tion," l said. rising to so to bed. I'VE
must leave ii there for tonight"
The next evening Amedee allowed
me to perceive that he was concealinG
something under his arm as he stocked
the coffee machine.
what is that:' said.
cit is n book
-.But why do you bring It to the
Monsieur" he replied In the tones
Of an old conspirator, this afternoon
the professor and that other monsieur
went. as usual. TO walk In the forest
When they returned this book fell from
the pocket Of that other monsieur's
coat as he assembled the stair. and be
did not notice"
The book was wentworth's algebra
elementary principles. Painful recoi-
| lections Of my boyhood and the bi.
! nofiial theorem rose In my mind Al
| let the leaves turn under my fingers.
His tone became even more coutden'
tiai. Part OF 1t, monsieur. is In Eng.
| lish That Is plain. / have found an
| English word in It that know-the
word o. But much OF the printing Il
also In Arabic. Yes, monsieur. look
there" He laid a fat forefuger or
"(a r b,,=aa+ 2ab+b b." THAT In Arabic
| Old CASTOR has been TO Algeria. He
looked at the book and told me It was
| Arabic"
shed no light upon him. The book
had been Greek 10 me In my tender
| years IL Was a pleasure now TO leave
fellow being under the impression
that II was Arabic.
But the volume took its little revenge
upon me. for It Increased my curiosity
about Professor keredec and THAT
other monsieur" Why were two
grown meD--one an eminent psyeholo
Gist and the other gray haired youth
With singular air-carrying about OF
their walks text book for the instruc
ton of boys of thirteen or fourteen?
The next day that curiosity Of mine
was piqued In earnest. 1t rained ant
did not teaye The fnn. but sat unde'
the great archway and took notes In
etfor of tt,r shining road and brigh
drenched fields. Ny back was TOWARD
the courtyard. and about noon be
came distracted from my work by Z
strong self consciousness which came
upon me without any visible or audibI,
cause. Obeying an Impulse. | swuns
round on my camp stool and looked VI
directly at the gallery window OF thu
salon of The 'crande suite" maj
with great white beard was standin,
at the window. half hidden by the cur
tain. watching me inteutly. He per
ceived that | saw him and dropped thu
curtain Immediately.
The spy was Professor Keredec.
The next day painted In various
parts OF the forest. studyin: the earl,
morning along the eastern fringe ant
movin: deeper In as the day advanced
The path debouciied abruptly on tn
glade and was so narrow that when
leaned back ms elbows were in tn
bushes. had the ambition to paint
picture hereto d. The whole thing II
the woods from day to day. instead o
taking notes for the studio. but whel
! rose from my camp stool mud steppe<
back into the path 10 get more distance
for my canvas | saw what mess
was making of It. At the same time m.
uauAs AaittitE lHiO tut SstPiNtOuS tN4ht-
of my jacket. encountered a package
my lunch. which had forgotten 4
eat. Whereupon. becoming suddenl,
aware that I was very hungry. | beGa'
: TO eat Ainadee's COED sandwiehe
without moving from where stood.
Absorbed. gazing With abysmni dis
gust at my canvas. WIS entiug al
sentmlndedly ami with all the re
straint and dignity OF II Georgia dark.
, attacking watermelon when pIeas
ant voice spoke IN French from JUS
behind me:
Pardon. monsieur. Permit me 4
pass. II you piense."
| turned III CONFUSION to behold
dark eyed lady, charsntgly dressed /,
B lilac and white. waiting for the i
make way so that she could pass.
have inst said TINT | turned Il
confusicn.n The truth u that innn