The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-05-29

EN'llu H. not bquanQcrlnE IL.
Pcll street wore It's night gaudery
when tho Cameron electric brougham
with Evelyn and myself as occupants
glldcd TO halt before the door OF the
Mission over which Miss Clement ably
and successfully presided. The pale,
yafl'inled light of lanterns from the
balcony OF n restaurant across the
way, minglinG with the Pickering vel.
low beam OF the city's gas lamps
threw INFO sharp relief the curious
pendent black signs with their red
cloth borders and gilded Chinese let
teriu2, hanging before shop doors. II
revealed, too. oddly contrasting figures
Of luunlcrs and pedestrians, residents
and Visitors. And It barred. back Of all
that was bizarre, the commonplace
brick fronts OF the typically American
buildings. with their marring gridron-
Ing OF horoscopes, To Evelyn, rarely
obs'ruut the combination was inter.
estiug. but disappointing.
III does not look at all as expect.
ed u would. she said to me 1T hasn't
the air. II Is neither one thing nor the
other. 1t Is like stage scene. care
lcssly mounted"
A. We Glightcd at the Mission door.
the last notes OF a familiar hymn,
mangled in words and melody almost
beyond recognition. flowed out to join
the babel Of street sounds; and before
We could mount the high steps there
had begun to pour forth a motley.
malodorOus freshet Of felt-shOd soles,
that gave us pause; blocking, for n
few minutes. not merely the ascent
but The sidewalk as well
When, at length, the way was clear,
and hy direction OF n youth at the en-
trance, we had passed through the
close I!l.smelling hall. where the lights
had already been lowered. We came
upon Miss Clement alone in little
w"ll-yentilated and briGhtly-lighted Of.
fee or parlor, jutting of at the rear.
II She was surprised At seeing Eve.
Ign, size gave no sign. She welcomed
us both with the smiling cordially OF
a life long friend. But abruptly her
smilp died.
81 tried to get you on the telephone
an hour aFO. she explained. but
there was some trouble with the wire
! hoped to save you this Journey for
nothing"
Your protcge couldn't Gomez" |
queried
Unfortunately. no" she returned.
with little quaycr In her voice. My
protego will never come again. lie
was sho: 10 death. Poor, poor Ling
Fo!"
Shot TO DEATH" cried. while Eve
lyn. with checks suddenly pale and
eyes wide. held her underlip fast be.
'ween her teeth, and gripped hard on
the arms OF the rocking chair In which
Miss Clement had placed her.
Yes" And this strong, sweet
faced. gray.haired woman in gray, her
composure quite re-
covered. laid quieting hand softly
over Eyelyn's tensed clutch. Yes.
That sort Of thing ia not unusual down
here, you know. There Is always more
or less bad blood between the tongs.
But It was most unfortunate, Just at
this time. because feel sure he could
have told you something worth learn.
Ing. I'm glad he was n good boy. Iie
was one OF the few converts that are
really sincere"
Perhaps no knew too much"
suggested.
nm, M,ss Clement mazda M cor,.
mont fancy II wos out ~ copsidera.
Inn for EVELYN that abe refroined
rom endorsing my conclusion. while
reproached myself for being Less
,houphtful | WINS all tho more ron.
yinced that had voiced ,he mot,ve !
,or tho shooting
Az Evo,vn did mt ask for nor,,cr.
,ro nrofted nv tha laeso, thu,
.nnh, ora curhed INV curios,,y pr,
,,oa In M mood IN dron ,bo srh,ao,
- Mise Clements note I, was c,oor
~, IT, 10 bod o,roodv oont
,a,oa a. bor come NJ Tho ,po-o ,rno.
as ,ao,a In thIo cornoo,,on and =,
%n 49, honod n rossoso nrsa,s "
AND 30 Miss element yentrrod