The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-05-16
CHAPTER XIII. (contInued.)

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.
"Wellr" / said impatientiy, for he
las so many devilishly clever inspira-
hons, you know; and, dash 1t, l like
10 encourage him.
Pardon, sir, but don't you think"
Here he looked straight up at the
Lectrolier and coughed. About Mr..
Billings, SIR was going to suggest
that though he isn't over at the club,
ae's somewhere, sir"
Why, dash 1t. | thought that jolly
skely, myself! | said SO.
Yes. sir" said Jenkins darkly.
And Mr. Billings usually knows
where he is. | guess. sir. he's In this
oeighborhood-h'm
Just sat staring at him a minute,
thinking what a devilish wonderful
hing intuition Is for the lower classes.
by Jove, Jenkins!" / said; then
vou think"
Il think Mr. Billings, sir, might pre-
a. h. -
Jenkins lifted the breakfast tray with
elaboration, removed 1t from the
room and returned, moving about the
furniture and busying himself with an
air of mystery. Dash it, | knew he
had 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
ings was retiring. he says to me:
jenkins, Mr.. Lightnut has promised
to 60 up home with me tomorrow for
ing your way II he doesn't forget
about 1t. He's to go tomorrow. now,
mind you. jenkins; and 1t don't mat
ter what comes up. You see that ne
goes up tomorrow.
by Jove!" said as he paused. and
screwed my monocle tighter and
nodded. II see"
or course | didn't see, but I knew
the poor fellow was driving at some
thing, and wanted to give him a run
Ing. 80. shall l pack. sir? You'll
want to take the fourteen express,
vuppose?"
BY Jove, 1t was the most amazing
iy, dashed clever guess | ever knew
Jenkins to get off, Fact | knew
that II there was one thing more than
another in all the world that wanted
10 do, 1t was to take that fourteen ex-
press. To think OF seeing Frances
again, and today!
l left jenkins to travel by later
train, and little after four was
whirling above Spuyten Duyvil and
booking about the cha.r-car TO see II
there was any one I knew. But, by
Jove, there was hardly soul In the
sar-notody except just women, you
know, and these filed the whole place
by Jove. she could be spared!"
thought. studying a young woman who
stood In tha aisle beside me. She was
rather heavy set-what you might call
sgg-shaped. Her face and her heavy
glasses seemed to proclaim mission
In life, and the dowdyish cut Of her
rig and the reckless way 1t was hurled
ON made It plain that she was on to
ths fact that nature had made blum
aer in her sex, and she wanted the
world 70 know she knew.
She was talking to the lady imme-
Raately behind me. At least. discov-
red after five minutes that she was
niking. BY Jove. up 70 that time.
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