The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-10-28
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GUEST
QUE|;SNAY
Harrington

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ter. he does not smoke. ana GIouglou
says he eats his soup silently"
! "Glouglou is an authority who re.
solves the difficulty That other mon.
| sieur' is Frenchman."
81 can find no flaw in the deduc.
tion," said, rising to 60 to bed. 1--WE
must leave 1t 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 il that?" | said.
1T is book"
But why do you bring it to me?"
Monsieur" he replied i'm the tones
| Df 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 he
did not notice"
The book was Wentworth's algebra
elementary principles. Painful recol'
lections OF my boyhood and the b.
nomial theorem rose In my mind an
let the leaves turn under my fingers.
His tone became even more confiden-
tial. Part of it, monsieur, is fin Eng
;rsh. That Is plain. have found an
English word In 1t that I know-the
word o. But much OF the printing 1s
also i'm Arabic. Yes. monsieur, look
there" He laid a fat forefnger on
"(a+bD-as+2ab+ba" ''That IL Arabic.
Old CASTOR has been to Algeria. He
looked mt the book and told me it was
Arabic"
I shed no light upon him. The book
had been Greek to me I'm my tender
years. Tic was pleasure now to leave
fellow being under the impression
that It was Arabic.
But the volume took 1ts little revenge
upon me. for 1t increased my curiosity
about Professor Keredec and ''that
other monsieur" why were two
grown men-one an eminent psycholo-
gist and the other gray haired youth
with singular air-carrying about on
their walks a text book for the 1nstruc-
ton of boys of thirteen or fourteen?
The next day that curiosity of mine
was piqued in earnest. It rained and
did not leave the inn, but sat under
the great archway and took notes i'm
color of the shining road and bright
drenched fields. My back was toward
the courtyard, and about noon I be-
came distracted from my work by
strong self consciousness which came
upon me without any visible or audible
cause. Obeying an impulse, swung
round on my camp. stool and looked up
directly at the gallery window of the
salon or the "grande suite" A man
with great white beard was standing
at the window. half hidden by the cur
tain. watching me intently. He per-
ceived that saw him and dropped the
curtain Immediately.
The spy was Professor Keredec.
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The next day I painted in various
parts OF the forest, studying the early
morning along the eastern fringe and
moving deeper in as the day advanced.
| The path debouched abruptly on the
glade and was SO narrow that when
leaned back my elbows were i'm the
| bushes. l had the ambition to paint a
picture hereto do the whole thing In
the. woods from day to day, instead of
taking notes for the studio. but when
rose from my camp stool and stepped
back into the path to get more distance
for my canvas saw what q mess
was making of 1t. At the same time my
hand. falling into the capacious pocket
OF my jacket. encountered q package
my lunch. which | had forgotten to
eat Whereupon, becoming suddenly
aware that was very hungry, | began
TO eat Amedee's good sand witches
without moving from where 1 stood.
Absorbed. gazing with abysmal dis
gust at my canvas. | was eating alb
sentmindedly and with all the re-
straint and dignity of Georgia darby
attacking watermelon when a pleas
ant voice spoke in French from just
behind me:
Pardon. monsieur. Permit me to
| pass. if you please"
! turned in confusion to behold a
dark eyed lady. charmingly dressed in
lilac and white, waiting. for me to
make way so that she could pass.
have just said that 1 turned in
confusion" The truth is that lump
| ed like kangaroo. but with infinitely
less grace And Id my nervous haste
TO clear the way. meaning only 10 push