Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-23

most wonderful head Of hair. | can't remember ever
having seen anything like It, except IN the advertise.
mentS What glorious, appealing thing crown OF
hair
But just then Poopendyke came to my wondow
@May interrupt you for moment, Mr.. Smart?' he
inquired, he squlnted at through his ugly bone
trimmed glasses
aCome here, Poopendyke" commanded in low, ex-
cited tones.
Although the window is at least nine feet high Poop
endyke stopped as he came through. He always does
it. no matter how tall the door Have mentioned that
my worthy secretary is six feet four and as thin as
reed?
Il think Sir" Poopendyke proceeded, at would be
very good idea to get some of our correspondence of
our hands. We ought to clean them all up before
we begin on the romance. By the way, Sir, when do
you expect to start on the romance? They were not
novels to Poopendyke.
| came to my feet, the light of adventure in my eye
"This very instant, Poopendyke' | exclaimed.
His face frightened He loves work. "Splendid
will have your writing tablets ready in
"First of all, must have ladder. Oh said |, re-
Numbering, Il haven't told you, have Il Look! Up
there in that window! Do you that?"
@Dear me, Sir How did it get there?"
"Good! Now know IN not dreaming. Come! We
must get up there before she hears u.s.
| was through the window and was in the court
yard surrounded by at least a of persons who
mady inquired where the fire was, and wanted to help
me put it out. At last managed to get them back
their work. and instructed old Conrad to have the
tallest ladder brought to me at once.
"There is such thing about the castle he an
V,
His wife shook her head in perfect serenity.
But | had thought of plan, and in Jiffy half a
dozen carpenters at work constructing substan
tal ladder out of scantlings.
The Schmicks segregated themselves and looked on,
regarding the window with sly furtve chances in which
there distinct note of uneasiness.
At last the ladder complete. Resolutey mount
ed to the top and peered through the sashess window
1t was quite black and repelling beyond Instructing
Britton and the two brothers to follow cambered
over the wide stone sill and lowered myself gngerly
the floor.
WILL not take up the time space to relate my
perences this first fruitess visit to the east wing
of my abiding place Suffice to say, got far as the
top of the stairs in the middle corridor after STUN
bling through series of dim, damp rooms, and then
found our way effectually blocked by stout door
which only locked and bolted, but bore most
startling admoniton to woud-be trespassers.
Pinned to one of the panels dainty bit of white
notepaper with these Satire words written its
surface in bold, feminine hand:'
Please keep out. This is private property
Most property owners, doubt, would have been
ncensed by this calm defiance the part of squatter
either male female but not L. The very impudence
of the usurper appealed to me. What could be more
delicious than her serene courage dispossessng
with the stroke of pen, OF at least two-thlrds OF my
domcile and what exciting than the thought of
wagng against her the effort to regain possession
of it? Really it was glorious Here happy, en-
chanting bit of eudaism that stirred my romantic soul
to it's very depths. | was being defed by woman an
amazon Even my graspng imagination could not have
asked for substantial returns than this. To put
her to rout! To the castle To make her captive
and chuck her into my dungeon! Splendid!
We returned to the courtyard and held council of
war | put all the Schmicks the grill; but they
stubborniy disclaimed all interest in knowledge of
the extraordinary occupant OF the east wing.
1--WE can smoke her out, Sir, said Britton.
l could scarcely believe my ears. Britton,' said |
severely "vou are brute. am surprised You forget
there is an innocent babe, maybe collection of them,
over there, and dog. There is but one way we must