The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-06-14
CHAPTER XII. (Contlnued.l

But when | telephoned they stated
| that Mr. Billings had not been at the
club since last evening. Some one
| who answered the phone thought Mr.
| Billings was with his friend. Mr.
Lightnut, in the Kahoka Apartments
And, OF course, | knew jolly we'll he
was not
As ] turned from the telephone
something in Jenkins expression ar
rested my attention.
"Well?" I said impatiently, for he
| has so many devilishly clever inspira
lions, you know; and, dash 1t, like
| to encourage him.
Pardon, sir, but don't you think
Here he looked straight up at the
eleetrolier and eeughed. About Mr.
Billings. sir; | was going to suggest
that though he isn't over at the club,
| hes somewhere. sir
Why. dash 1t, l thought that jolly
likely. myself, | said so.
yes, sir" said jenkins darkly.
-And Mr.. Billings usually knows
where he is. | guess. sir, he's in this
neigh borhood-h'm,"
Just sat staring at him minute,
thinking what devilish wonderful
thing intuition is for the lower classes
"By Jove, Jenkins" | said; then
you think"
u think Mr., Billings, sir, might pre-
| fer to find himself-h'm. Yes, sir"
Jenkins lifted the breakfast tray with
federation, removed 1t from the
nom and returned. moving about the
furniture and busyiug himself with an
air OF mystery. Dash 1t, ! knew he
bad up his sleeve some other devilish
clever notion, and so presently
spoke up just to touch him OF.
by Jove," | remarked.
yes, sir" jenkins rested the end
Of the thumb brush on the table and
considered me earnestly. You know,
Mr. LIghtnut, last night as Mr.. Bill
hgs was retiring, he says to me:
Jenkins. Mr.. Lightnut has promised
| 70 go up home with me tomorrow for
the week end. There's tenner com
Ing your way If he doesn't forget
about It, He's TO go tomorrow, now,
mind you. jenkins; and 1t don't mat
Ter what comes up. You see that he
goes up tomorrow.
by Jove!" | said as he paused. and
screwed my monocle tighter and
nodded, II see"
OF course | didn't see. but knew
The poor fellow was driving at some
nihg, and wanted to give him run
Exactly, sir" And he stood walt
ing so, shall l pack, sir? You'll
want to take the fourteen express.
suppose"
by Jove, II was the most amazing
" dashed clever guess | ever knew
Jenkins to get off! Fact. knew
mat Ii there was one thing more than
mother In all the world that | wanted
" DO. 1t was to take that fourteen ex
press. To think OF seeing Frances
xain, and today.
left jenkins to travel by a later
van, and little after four l was
shlrlng above Spuyten Duyvil and
ooking about the chair-car to see II
"efe was any one l knew. But, by
'ose, there was hardly soul in the
@f-nobody except just women. you
NOV, and these filed the whole place
by Jove, she could be spared"
fought, studying young woman who
''ood In the aisle beside me. She was
a'ner heavy set-what you might cal
esg'shaped. Her face and her heavy
easses seemed to proclaim a mission
u HE, and the dowdyish cut OF hei
" and the reckless way 1t was hurled
W made 1t plain that she was on to
we TACT that nature had made a blum
sef IN her sex, and she wanted the
'oiiu TO know she knew.
one was talking to the lady imme
ua.ely behind me. At least, | discov
~su after five minutes that she was
sMaAng By Jove, up to that time,
I0asht she was canvassing for
w TAT other never got in q word