Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-07
The Argus Daily Short Story
Cragmore-By Gwendolin Adams.
Copyrighted. 1910. by Associated LitsrA ~ PreBa

Never heard OF him. Roscoe re-
piled.
Il think he was a Monm0Hth con
spiratcr" Kate protested. She would
not dcicH 10 ask me about him. She
had too great a contempt for my ig-
norance and too high an opinion Of her
own knowledge.
"Who WIS be. Lulu:" asked Roscoe.
I'm surprised" I said. that Kate
doesn't know who he vas
She was the maddest girl you ever
saw Her face was red IS n beet. and
she made her fingers fly ut her work.
Pm not here examining for an ex-
animation" she snapped.
was so encouraged by the success
of my scheme that l thought I'd go
on little further.
well, l don't mind telling you who
CraEmore was. since you don't know
J said coed patUreGiy. Cone can't re-
member MI the minor characters.
was Interested - I'm because liz was
ore Of the r1ca v-':o !;c1rp1 T.crd Darn
ley. husband OF aiur.~. queen OF Scots,
10 murder her lover Eizzio at Holy
rood palace"
If CragmOre was 4 surprise, this con-
Meeting him with that assassination
was the bursting of Il bomb. l hadn't
read about this Daruley-Rizzio bust
ness at all When we were in Scot
land last year l went through Holy
rood palace and heard the story from
n guide.
1 think that by this time Roscoe had
got on 20 what | was about. At any
rate, I saw the corner Of his mouth
qurl1 UP. and he was looking far out
on the landscape with his hat pulled
down over his forehead. lie did not
say word. ! was sure he was wait
ing for Kate to get tangled up some
more. At any rate, he let her do the
talking.
81 thought" she said. "the murder
of Rizzio was a myStory-that there
was no certainty about the identity Of
the assassin"
1T may be-" remarked Roscoe. that
Lulu has got hold of some recent de-
velopments which l have not been
made aware Of"
HIM" suecred Kate. "More likely
she got this Cragmore mixed up with
tse wrong event. Seems to me I've
heard the name mentioned somewhere
in English or Scotch history"
! iuSf smothered her with kindness.
why. so YOU have" l said in Il sweet
soft voice. How ridiculous of me-
He was one of the Scottish chiefs who
went with King James when he pro-
ceeded to London to assume the SOY
ereignty of England. Now you re-
member, don't you
II think | do" said Kate rs if she
were trying to recall something.
There was Il perccplible broadening
of the smile on Roscoes lips. We've
had enough of history" he said. Lets
talk tennis awhile. | bought me new
racket before leaving the city. Its
dandy"
Kate rose and, taking her work with
her. went into the house. Maybe l
didn't feel pretty good. knew what
she'd do. Shed IauslcI; every book in
the house trying to find out who Crag-
more was. All l feared was that she
would find somebody of that name
But 1 didn't care. I'd say that wasn't
the Cragnore | meant.
However. Id only half won the bat
ttt DuL II us tLe illE-SSt H1il- II 1 !
could put my rival out of the fight on |
her favorite ground. learning. / thought |
could snare Roscoe. I'm not one of /
those girls to quarrel with a rival. /
When a man sees two girls fighting |
over him he gets Disguised with both. |
There's where ] got ahead of Kate. |
She showed that she WAS unified be- |
cause l knew who Cragmore was and |
she didn't. I think played that very
Foxy.
Lulu" said Roscoe when she had |
gone. you should be ashamed of your- |
self" He gave me an amused and a |
pleasant look that showed he wasn't /
ashamed of me-
Why so?" / asked.
you don't know any more about his
tory than q newly Matched chicken"
was ready for him. I'd been prac-
ticing looking hurt before a mirror,
and l fiatter myself Id got it down
to a fine point. / made him think /
was going to burst into tears. l pre-
tended to try to say something, but
couldn't. was SO heartbroken.