The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-01-05

peculiar actions mysdfy the Awyee. Ono
u e,'R &. "s pockss G 81 sl.seiey I returns sosns.
He hnds that he u under suFvsiilance
and hears e strange doinss h the houss
next door.
CHAPTER xv-csntInvsI.
A. We turned tie corner I glanced
back. Half q block behind - JohA-
800 was moving eur way slsWiy.
When he saw me hs stopped aad pre-
cssAsd with great deiiSeratioa to light
Q cigar. BY hvrrying. however. hs
caught the car that We teoa. and stood
unobtrusively On the rear platform.
He looked tagged. and absentmindsd-
y paid our faras. = AcKsight's d
light
We viii give him . rxs Tor Ais
money" he declared, - the car moved
eountryward. "CosAuctor. iet u Oh
at Tie muddiest lane you can And."
At one O'Clock, aftsr . six-mils ram
BE, We entered . small country hotel.
We had seen nothing Of Johnson for .
half hour. At that time he was Q
quarter Of mile behind u, and losing
rapidly. Before We had finished our
luncheon he staggered into the inn.
One of his boots was under his arm.
and his whole appearance was deplor.
able. He was coated with mud. streak
Cd with Precipitation, and he limped
- he walked. He chose a table not
far from US and ordered Scotch. Be-
yond touching his hat he paid no At.
tention to US.
I'm just getting my second wind"
Mcknight declared. "How do you feel.
Mr.. Johnson? Six or eight miles more
and wen all enjoy our dinners" John
son put down the glass he had raised
to his lips without replying.
The fact was, however, that | was
like johnson. ! was soft from my
weeks inaction. and was pretty we'll
zone up. Mcknight. who was we'll
spring Of vitality and high spirits. or
dered q strange concoction. made Of
nearly everything in the bar, and sent
1t oyer to the detective, but Johnson
refused It,
y hate that kind Of person." Nc.
Knight said pettishly. Kind Of 4 fel-
low that thinks you're going to poison
bis dog II you offer him q bone"
When We got to the car line, with
johnson . dragged and dropping tail
to the kite. I was In better spirits. 1
had told Mcknight the story Of the
three hours just after the wreck; |
had not named the girl. Of course; she
had my promise of secrecy. But told
him everything else. 1t was a relief
to have 4 fresh mind on It: had puz-
Eled so much over the incident at the
farmhouse, and the necklace In the
gold bag, that l had lost perspective.
He had been interested, but inclined
to be amused. until came to the
broken chain. Then he had whistled
softly. -
But there are tons of fine gold
chains made every year." he said
why in the world do you think that
the-er-smeary piece came from
that necklace?"
i had looked around. johnson was
far behind, scraping the mud OF his
feet with piece of stick.
Il have the short end of the chain
In the sealskin bag" reminded him
when couldn't sleep this morning |
thought would settle it, one way or
the other. 1t was hell to go along the
way had been doing. And-there's
no doubt about 1t. Rich It's the same
chain
We walked along in silence until
: se caught the car back to town.
Well" he said finally, you know
the girl. Of course, and don't. But
II you like her-akd think myself
you're rather hard hit, old mani
wouldn't give whoop about the chair
in the gold purse. It's Just one Of the
little condolences that hang people
now and then And as for last nigh
Ii she's the kind of girl you say
she Is, and you think she had any
thing to do with that, you-you'rt
added, that's ALL You can depend
on 1t, the lady Of the empty house las
week Is the lady of last night. Ant
yet your train acquaintance was IL
Altoona at thst time"
Just before we got of the car, I re
verted to the subject again. 1t wa
never far back in my mind.
. About. the-young lady of the train
Rch," l said. with what suppose wa
elaborate carelessness. II don't wan
you to get a wrong impression. ar
rather unlikely to see her again. bu
sven II l do, IL believe she is a
ready bespoke or next thing to It
He made no reply. but as opene
the door with my latch-ksy b
stood looking up at me from the paw
uent with his quizsioal smile.
Love is like the measles" he ora