Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-03-29
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1T . youe Mr.. Harrison" Lelll
went q, '4Who tF1e1 - eoea1o ~
Tie house By putting . bsas1 aesaGl
- the next rooel"
II doa't Dslisve 4" sala A1as. ''Ysu
might bring me- p5ct1ro q AlA
board n hand. go I Wouldn't bellovl
T."
"Doa't thea" Lsitis saiA avsllS,
Let him gst away With your pearls:
they aEe yours. Only. - sure % any.
thing, tAe nan who tried 70 escape
from the house haA seasoA for ~
Gaping. and IL papets said naa IN
evening dress and light ovsrcoat. !
found Mr.. Harbieon's overooat today
lying IN . heap IN enc Of the maids
rooms. anl II was covered With brick
dust al over he front A button had
even beea torn o."
"Pooh!" Anne sAid. when che had
recovered herself . little. There isat
any reason. - far ~, tlat soee. Why
Flanagan shouldn't have worn Toms
ovefcoat. or-any Of the others"
"Flannigan!" Leila said loftily.
why. his arms are like piano legs;
he couldn't get into Il. A. for tie
others, thsre - only one person who
would At. O. nearly AZ, that ovsfcoae,
ana that 10 Dallas, Anne"
While Anne was choking down her
wrath. Leila got up and darted out Of
the tent. When she came back she
was triumphant.
Look" she said. holding out her
hand. And ON her palm lay . lightish
brown button. II found It Just whore
the paper said the board was thrown
out. and It 10 from Mr.. Harbison's
overcoat, without doubt"
OF course should not have been
surprised. A man who would kiss .
woman on . dark staircase woman
he had known only two dsys-was ca
pable Of anything.
Kit has only been little keener
than the rest Of us." Lollie said. "she
found him out yesterday"
upon my word" said Anne indig-
nantly. preparing 20 90. III ! didn't
know you girls % well, I would think
you were crasy. And now. Just to OF
set this, will tell you something.
flanagan told me this morning not to
worry; that he has my pearl collar
spotted. and that young ladies will
have their jokes!"
Yes, - said before, It was a cheer.
ful. reproducing situation.
sat and thought Il over after
Annes parting shot, when Leila had
dounced downstairs. Things were
closing in: gave the situation -
hours to develop. At the end Of that
time flanagan would accuse me open
" Of knowing where the pearls were;
I would explain my silly remark to
him, and the mine would explode
under Aunt Selma.
was sunk in detected reverie whom
some one came on the roof. When he
was opposite the opening in the tent.
saw Mr.. HARRISON. and 1t that mo.
ment he cav me. He paused uncer-
tainly. then he made IN evident effort
and came over 70 me.
You ars-better today"
"Quite we'll. thank you"
4 am glad you md the tent use.
ful. Does II keep on the wind?"
1T 10 quite shelter"-frigidly.
He stiN stood. struggling for SONS
thing to say. Evidently nothing came
TO his mind. for no lifted the cap he
was wearing. ana, turning away. be-
gan 10 work with the wiring Of tho
roof. He was clever with tools: ono
could see that. If he was . profess
sionai gentleman.burglar, no doubt
he needed to be- After BIT. finding
It necessary to climb to the parapet.
no took OF his coat, without even .
glance in my direction. and fell to
work vigorously.
One does not need 10 1lke. Q man to
admire him physically. any more than
one needs to like . racohorse or any
other splendid animal. No ono could
deny that the man ON tho parapet
was Q splendid animal: he looked
quite big enough and strong enough to
have tossed his slender bridge across
he gulf to the next roof. without any
difficulty. and coordinate enough to
have crossed II with . nourish to
safety.
Just then there was . reading. tear
ing sound from the corner and . NUT
tered ejaculation. looked up In time
20 go Mi. Harrison throw up his
arms. make futile attempt TO regain
his balance, and disappear over the
edge Of the root. One instant he was
standing there. splendid, superb: the
next. the corner Of the parapst was
empty, al that stood there. was .
broken, splintersd post. and . tansls e
wires.
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