Smyrna times., 1911-09-06
MA TIMES, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER

tity. You may hide your head, like
the ostrich. but you win still be Wis
ible."
81 shall be delighted to call upon
you"
She described the house where she
was staying so that he could find it
and passed on. Trevor stood looking
after her with a puzzled expression.
''Well, I'll be jinged!'
He sat down on his three legged
stool and tried to go on painting. But
he was preoccupied with the girl
Finally he sprang up and exclaimed:
81 have it. She's a detective"
There was no other explanation.
The woman he was trying to shake
had discovered his whereabouts and
sent another woman after him. Ten
to one this one who called herself
Iddleston would try and get some
compromising evidence from him that
would serve a purpose in a breach OF
promise suit. Trevor resolved to be
wary and if possible pay the detective
in her own cOin-that is, if she pur
sued him. AS to going to see her. he
had no idea of doing that.
But curiosity prevented his staying
away.
One day, passing the farmhouse
where she stopped, he saw her sitting
on the porch driving a pen. Sheets
Of manuscript were scattered about.
A click of the gate caused her to look
up.
"Oh, Mr.. Brown" she exclaimed
gushingly, "how good of you to come
to see me- How honored | feel to re-
ceive a visit from a celebrated artist
l, who am entirely unknown in my
profession"
"Taffy! muttered Trevor to himself
"They say" she continued. "that the
pen and the brush usually go together
Have you never written anything?"
Nothing but letters" replied Trevor
with a cunning look
Letters! Oh. do let me see some of
them. l love to read the letters Of lit
erary people,"
Il have a few that l once wrote a
woman whom l thought loved. After
a little spat between US she returned
them"
''The very thing need for a part
Of my novel that l am now working
upon. In them I shall get that gen
uine feeling we novelists find it diff
cult if not impossible to initiate"
Trevor breathed hard. All doubt that
Miss Iddleston had been sent to in
veigle him into surrendering certain
letters he had written and fortunately
recovered was set at rest. An idea
struck him. The best defense agains
a woman is the opposite of fighting
her-that is, making love to her. FL,
would outwit her in this way. 1t die
not occur to him that by so doing ht
would get another affair on his hands
Men never really use their reasons
about women. They think they do
but they are under the influence o.
their feelings instead.
Trevor was an attractive fellow, ant
since he was to Miss Iddleston a cele
brated artist he had only to say few
honeyed words and look at her in ;
melancholy. yearning way to achiev,
a complete victory. He was not foo
enough to give her the letters he haC
written to another woman; that affai
was passed SO far as any tender feel
: ing was concerned. Instead. he wrot
: letters to Miss Iddleston direct.
! wasn't necessary for him to write hel
for he could see her every day. bu
! she said she needed these letl&s il
her work, so he consented to write
l few for her. He intended to refrail
: from committing himself in any o
them, but mans letters to a wOmal
f may be interpreted to mean more thai
he intends. and he is apt to grow in
cautious. Trevor had been throug
the mill before and should have know
! better. He did know better. Tn
trouble was not in what he knew. bu
' what he did
A very curious condition existed be
tween Mr.. Trevor and Miss Iddlesto
just before their separation at the en-
of the summer. Mr.. Trevor had treat
ed her as a spy and had taken mean
to Outwit her as such. She considere
him a famous artist and an honorabl
man. whereas he had never achieve
: anything remarkable and was hidin
from a woman he feared
Then suddenly her eyes were opene
to the fact that he had been entirel
mistaken in the authOress. Som
friends came to see her whom Trevo
met. and he became aware that Sh
= was an eminently respectable youn
!. woman and very highly connected
: Moreover. he discovered that he ha
been caught in his own trap and wa
! in love with her.
y What was he to do? Confess? Coz
fess what? That he had taken he
+ for a detective. Suppose he shoul
conceal this. his only reason for pei
!. mitting her TO remain under the in
. preston that he was a great artis
r And in any event he must come dow
from that high position and acknow
edge himself simply as one who ha
4 begun an attempt to reform.