The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-07-05

the quIntesssncs Of sly humor.
what did ne look iiksr asked.
well. I don't know a. you'd say he
looked like anything particular. He was
just Q tan man. with good clothes. and
. nose perhaps . little longer than the
law allows. The only thing I really did
notice about him was his cap. did like
his cap. u was just Hike one have
had my eye on for the last two weeks.
am going TO step around and get Il this
afternoon"
The taste OF the Bucks County clerk
In caps dh not seem to me . very en-
thralling subject. ''Oh. you must have
been mistaken" I said; "thsrs 10 no
body about here that know. II must
have bean some othse Ellsworth that
he was looking for"
well" drawisd the clerk. no asked
for Mason Ellsworth ~ plain a. paint
Wanted TO know n Z had heard either
OF you or OF a young lady named Nancy
Bond. Said he was tho agent Of some
photograph or other. and his arm had
asked him to look you up
lie eyed me for . moment shrewdIy.
II did not take much stock IN that
agent business. though" ne said:
somehow you can tell an agent when
you see one"
Who In tho world could be looking for
us7 who in the world in this ou,.of-
ths-way placer No one but Naney's
uncle could. It seemed TO ne. know
whore We were; and yet this was
evidently not Ephraim Bond. had
come very bravely upon my errand.
but now I felt vaguely afraid. and my
fear was tho greater simply because Il
was vague. or Q sudden. I remem-
bered the man In tho brown derby hat.
and felt that was nvs long miles ana
over away from Nancy.
Thank you" ! said to tho clerk. and
walked out OF the once as quietly as I
could.
II was agony to keep my measured
step through the almost Empty streets
Of the quiet. inQulsitive little town. Once
out OF II. I started running and ran un-
I'll could run no more. 30 I went
along those Ave miles that had seemed
so short. running whom I could. walking
when I could run no more: fear grow
ing In my heart with every tortured.
painting stride. No vehicle OF any kind
passed me. and hated the physical
disability and lack Of training that kept
me from running every step OF tho way.
But at last I came in sight of home.
There Il lay across the rolling nelds.
ptdretul anu oeCufc. oUloho was Curllns
lazily from tho great central chimney
and the gray expanse of shingled root
was bio.ched irrssularly with color.
where pigeons summed themselves In tho
glow Of tho late afternooa. How fool
ish I had been' Here, II anywhere In
the world. was security itself had
tasted Of melodrama, to be sure. but.
thank God. had left II behind me in
the city where anything may happen;
here was only. peace ana quiet and the
poisnant happiness Of ultimate tran
GUILTY..
I laughed at the thoughts that had
stirred me and made up my mind that
they should not trouble Nancy TOO. I
was hot and tired and dusty. and I
stopped in tho road 20 mako some dis
guisins repairs TO my dishevelment ]
was busting my shoes win my hand
kerchiof. when there came rattle OF
wheels and a shout. and had only time
TO leap TO the roadside. whom . horse
and buggy rounded the abrupt turn OF
tho road and dashed past me ct .
runaway Eaiiop IA the direction I had
Just come.
I turned to look after q; me buggy
top was up and lurching drunksnly 70
tho mad eallopinx Of the horse. II
had not heard the shout I should have
thought the runaway was Arivsrlsss.
and then to my amusement could 80
! far on 1hs thin flicker Of . la@hAng
wMr. ~ the busy diSapeeAso1 u
cloud Of dvsS ..-.,.-I