Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-03-27


tie. and dropped. missing the vigilant
omcer By Q hairs breadth. and crash
Ing TO the cement With terrific force.
An inspection Of the roof from tho
Bevington house. later. revealed moth
Ing unusual. Il Il evident. however.
that the quarantine 10 proving irksome
to the Inhabitants Of the seauestered
residence, most Of whom arc typical
society folk, without resources In
themselves. Their condition. without
Wallets and maids. II certainly pitiabls.
Il has been rumorsd that the ladies
are doing their own hair. and that tho
gentlemen have been reduced to put
ting their own buttons In their shirts.
This deplorable situation. however. 10
unavoidable.
"The vigilance Of the board OF
health has been most commendable In
this case. Beginning with . wager
over the telephone that they would
break quarantine in - hours, and end
ing with the attempt to span 12-foot
gulf with board. over which to cross
to freedom, these shutin society folk
have shown characteristic disregard
Of tho laws Of the state. It 10 quite
time to extand to the millionaire the
same strictness that keeps the COM
muter at homo for three weeks with
the measles: that makes him get the
milk bottles and groceries from tho
gate-post and smell like dog-soap for
. month afterward. ~ result OF dis
Infection"
We sat in dead silence for . minute.
Then:
perhaps II IL true" said. Not
Of you. Jim-but some one may have
tried to get out that way. In fact. I
think It extremely likely"
Who? FlanniEan7 You couldn't
drive him out. He's having tho time
Of his life. Do you suspect ne?"
Come away and don't fight" Anne
broke in Practically. "You will have
70 have luncheon sent IN, Jimmy: no
body has ordered anything from tho
shops, and feel ike old Mother Hub
bard"
Il wish you would oil 60 out. " I said
YEARLY. IT every man in the house
says he Aida't try to get over to the
next roof last night, wen and good.
But you might look and sec II the
board 10 still lying where It fell"
There was IN instantaneous rush
for the window. and . seconds pause.
Thsn Jimmy's voice. incEedulous.
swed:
'wsll. ri be-blesssd! There's the
boa1dl"
I stayed in my room all that day
Ny head really aehed ana then. too. !
did not care to meet Mr.. HARRISON. II
would have to come: realized that
. meeting was inevitable. but I want
"a time to think how would meet
him. It would be Impossible to cut
him, without rousiag the curiosity OF
tho others to fever pitch: and It was
equally impossible to ignore the dis.
graceful episode on the stairs. Az It
happened. however. ! need not have
worried. went down to dinner. Ian
guidly, when every one was seated.
and found Max at my right, and Mr..
Harrison moved over beside Bella.
Every one was talking at once. for
flanagan, ambling around the table
as airily % he walked his beat, had
presented Bella with her bracelet on
a salad plate, garnished with ronaine.
He had found it in the furnace room.
he said. where she must have dropped
It. And he looked at me stealthily, to
approve his mendaeity!
Every ono was famished. and ~
they ate they discussed the board In
the arearway, and pretended to deride
1t as . clever bit Of press work. to re-
vive q dying sensation. No one was
deceived: Anne's pearls and the At
tempt at escape. coming just after.
pointed only to ono thing. looked
around the table. dazsd. Flannigan.
almost the only unknown quantity.
might have tried to escape the night
before. but he would not have been
in dress clothes. Besides, he must
b eliminated - far % the pearls
were concerned. having been locked
in the furnace room the night they
were stolen. There was 10 one among
the girls 10 suspect The Mercer girls
had stunning pearls. and could secure
all they wanted lesitimatsly: and
Bella disliked them. oh, there was no
question about II, decided: Dallas
and Anne had taken . wolf to their
bosom-or 10 It viper?-aad the
Harrison man was tho creature. Al
though must say that, looking over
the table. At Jimmy's breadth and not
very imposing personality. ct Maxs
lean length. sallow skin ana bold
dark eyes. at Dallas, blond, growing
bald and Aorid. and then ct the Harbi-
son boy, tall, muscular, clear-eyed and
sulburnsl. enc would have taken Max
at Arst choice % the Villain. with Dial
next, jim third. ana the Harrison boy
not IN Tie running.
Il was Just after dinner that the
surprise vas sprung On me. Mr.. Har-
bison came around to mo gravely.
and asked ne II I felt able to 20 up on
the root. On the roof. after last
night had 70 gather myself togeth-
e.: luckily, the others were pushing
hack their eAairs. showing y7a1nlgaa
the ulusm glasses to take up, and
nsAt1ng dgarA
Il DO not care 20 Co." said ic1ly.
The others are coming" he pcr-
sisted. and III could give you IN
arm up the stairs"
Il bslisvs you arc good 1t that"
said, LOOKING ct him steadily. "Eax,
vfN Yor holD M to ths poof9~