The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1913-01-17
CHAPTER XII.

1--WE Were In Picking Together"
At my evening conference with Eve
Ign Grayson, reviewing the days
events, | dwelt with some insistence
upon the singularity OF that episode at
Yup Sings.
1T was impressively significant" I
maintained. even II it was only a
coincidence. Incidentally IL convinced
me that nothing escaped Mr.. Yup's OBJ
servation. | had no intention OF re-
ferring to my discovery. chose rath-
er to have him think had not noticed
the figure the child was painting. But
my choice was not to be gratifed. He
knew that had seen and noticed It:
and so, to relieve the situation. he
frankly directed my attention to the
| symbol, explaining that what had re-
garded as mysterious was most com.
monplace. 1t is one OF the first things
that Chinese babies learn to draw.
he went on. 1t Is like the pothook and
| hanger OF the American primary
| schools. First they draw houses. then
| ships. then men; and the houses. the
| ships and the men are all alike, just
as are your AS. your BIS. and your
C's. And when signed to a letter.
queried. what does your ship stand
for?' He shrugged his lean shoulders
in manner almost Gallo. who shall
say? he returned"
| "And do you believe the pothook
and hanger explanation" Evelyn
asked, pointed'y. 1t was her way to
| 81 can't say that | am altogether
convinced" | answered. non-commit
tally. 'In spite Of Mow's enthusiast site
encomium. / was not very favorably
impressed by Yup Sing. His wall OF
reserve is too high and too thick. II
And yet he stands well. believe, In
the community"
We sat In the music room, where a
| fire OF drift wood wove wool oil
green and violet strands through the
red warp of the blaze for the weather
ing gown OF black panne velvet. with
purple orchids at her waist. 1t had a
wonderfully mature effect for one sc
young as she, but 1t was not unbecom
| ing. Indeed 1t effectively accentuated
the deep raw gold tints of her hair
and added to the transparency Of her
unwonted pallor.- / was marvellinR
once again over her outwardly brave
up-bearing In spite Of the constant
anxiety OF which pallid cheeks were
the only visible sign. when she said
81 was sure we should hear from
! Captain Macleod today"
Gle has probably met v fth rough
weather" consoled. TT isn't cbild's
play rounding Point Judith g. this sea
son. you know"
/ Rough weather or not" she insist
ed. "he must have reached Gloucester
by now And II he found eter John
son. or IL he didn't. he was to tele
phone. you remember"
| Gloucester Is something OF q
place explained. adopting the yer
nacular. ut includes no less than
eight villages and Ave thousand men
are engaged there in the fishing indus
try. Macleod can't be expected to
learn in FIVE minutes whether a man
named Peter Johnson is one OF the
Ave thousand"
"But the whole community would
know II one OF their number had such
an experience as he just passed
through" And for this argument
had no answer ready.
Fortunately, however. none was re
quired of me, for at that moment
steps we're audible crossing the hall
and when our eyes turned downward
they encountered the dapper figure o.
Louis, Cameron's French valet halt
ing respectfully on the threshold.
"Mademoiselle." he said. bowling
And we saw. then, that he carried 8
tin despatch box.
/ Evelyn directed him to place II mp
on the table by which she sat. Il
seemed that she had not given ovel
the idea that the letters for which we
/ had searched so diligently on Sunday
| were somewhere in the house. and
nau ulTeCteu i.ouip 10 DrlnB 10 nel
anything In the way OF writing thai
he could lay his hands upon.
He had found the despatch box. he
told us, hidden away behind some sci
dom employed volumes in the library
and thinking II might contain that Of
which Miss Grayson was In quest. hat
foced the lock, to discover severa
carefully-tied packets OF letters.
wish could give even half ade
quate idea of the way she thanked
Louis. 1t would add SO much to Q
realizing sense Of her sweetness with
out detracting at all from the envis
agement of her dignity. No one coult
have heard her bon garcon" and no
have felt impelled to consecrate hii
andoavora hencaforth and fore vermOrv