Marble Hill press., 1911-05-25

| s"'o NV tue opening, an
! forgot myself"
! assure you was thoroughl
shocked. Miss Farrell"
VIII you tell me somethlng-
III can"
ABOUT tho man who wouldn't &C
knowledge knowing you, You remem
Der saying three people had been mis-
taken about your identity this after
noon"
No. only one-the babu. Your,
not mistaken"
I knew you must be David Ambe,
,he moment ! heard you speaking
Urdu"
And the man at the station WASH,
mistaken-uniess | am. lie knew me
perfectly. | believe. but for reasons
OF bis own refused to recognize mo. 4"
Yes"
lie was an English servant named
poggott. who is--or once was--a valet
In the service Of an old friend. a
man named Rutton."
She repeated ths name. "Ru,ton,
u seems to me I've heard Of him"
You hsveT"
i don't remember" abe confessed.
knitting her level brows The name
has familiar ring. somehow. but
about the valetY'
Well. vas very intimate with his
employer for long time. though we
haven't met for several years Ru,
ton was a strange creature. a man Of
extraordinary genius. who lived a
fFiendless. solitary iife--at least so
Tar as knew. once lived with him
IN q little place he had In Paris for
three months and in all that time he
never received a letter or a caller lie
vas re,icent about himself. and I
never asked any questions Of course.
but In spite of the fact that b. smoke
Ike an Englishman and was a
public school man, apparently. | al
Nsys believed he had a strain OF Hun. /
tartan blood IN him-or else italian
" spanish. know that sounds pret. |
y broad, but he Was eniEma,ie-a rid. /
lie never managed 20 make much 4
" Aside from tha, he was wonder.
vi a lihEGis,. speaking dozen
european languages and more east.
'rn tongues and dialects. / believe,
nan any other living man. We met
y accident In Berlin and were drawn
osether by our common iuteres, In
r'entaiisH. Later. hearing I was in
'sris. he hunted me up and insisted
bat ] stay with him there while fin.
ming my big book--the one whose
tie you know His assistance 10
le then was Invaluable After that
lost track OF him"
And the valet""
oh, I'd forgotten Doggo,t Hewas
eoekney. as silent and selfcontained
Ruiton. To get back 10
okom!s; met Doggott al the sta.
on. called him by name, and he re-
Ised TO admit knowing me--said
us' have mistaken him for his twin
other ! could tell by his eyes that
lied. and Il made me wonder. It's
lite impossible that Rut,on should
In this neck n the woods he was
man who preferred 10 live a hermit
eehtsFs OF civilization. Gu,
sus.~
u don't wonder you think so Per,
ps the man had been up to some
schief But" said the gtri
tn note OF regret, we're aluos,
nei"
They had come 10 the seaward
rEa OF the woodland. where the
es and scrub rose like Wild hedge
" on one side OF broad. well.
tailed highway.
TO the right ON the other side of
road, q rustic fence enclosed the tn
n. wellgroomed plantations of dr
ngiewood Lodge; through the dead
b. window of the house wtnkeo III
the sunset glow like an eye OF gar. to
, And ~ the two appeared A man he
ne running up the road. shouting st'
That's Quain'" cried Amber: and tn
7 long cry OF greeting toward
!. du
Waltz" said the girl impalsivsiy, "F
Ting out OBTAINING hand Let's "a,
p our secret" she begged, her eyes
eing-"iast for the fun OF IL" srs
Dur secret" hoI
about the bahn and the Token: tie ma
I Of mystery and romance TO me- HIS
we don't often find that I'm our hrr
>. do wes Let us keep It personal Of
while--hetween ourselves; and am
viii promise to let me know II AM
hing unusual ever comes OF II. rh,
: I've gone We can say that wa,
riding earelessiy. which is quite fab
and that the horse SHE'D and are
W me. which again is true; but 70 /,
rest for ourselves only, ~
se, What do you say7" me,
was infected by her spirit OF ir. dv,,
ensibile mischief why. yes ca,.
yes" he replied: and then. more gan
ely; 7 think TN be very pleas won
10 share q secret with you. Miss pro,
ell ! shan't say a word to any turr
until have to-" r
shat
events turned he had no need 9TH
mention the incident until the set
ing OF the seventh day following n,
giris departure. In the interim bela
ug hannanad and ha .ru. .At. - -.