The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-10
~ No.. IefI--s ret out OF here

I on, Max, lets get out OF mere
bland stood up. His face was white
and Worried His gay plumage no
/ Longer set the tone for his mood Il =
II 3thfnk I'll go, TOO. he anneunced'
LOOKING hone plly at Afagees
elm no longer your 5ailer. Mage
said. professor. these gentlemen are
yoIe, Witnesses. Do Jon wish TO ae-
tain hem
4see here erie the mayor angrily.
there amt mo .qaestiou=but that you
can, and ME in ;IIletiE6p apy time you
want. me sIt the. iitbe room on Main
street. Anybody can tell you my
Hours. The doors always open TO any
ref6rner that has the nerve TO climb
the F.isstairs. Look me ~ there. LII
make IL interesting tOr You, - 8
.'IcertninIy SHALL the professor 70.
DlIed. and very soon Until then you
mayo when and where you please"
t4aThanks!g sneered the mayor. SIN
expect you. I'll be read. re tl1ad,to
get ready to answer ybgtr Find before.
You think you got me. eh3is Well,
you're a fool, TO think that. p f9t
Drayton, the pup. the yellow sstrealksd
pup, I'll talk TO tAIr: DraS ton wien I
get back to Reuton..
before you go, Bland" remarked
Mage. smiling, ST want to ask about
ArabeIla. Where did you get her?'
some of it happened to q friend Of
mine" the exYhaberdasher answered,
"a friend that keepssa. clothing store
| i got this suit thersaaI changed the
story here and there. W.
Mr. Magee laughed. but over the
long lean face OF Bland not the ghost
of a smile fIitted. BE was frightened
through and through
You're a fine bunch sneered Sir.
Max ..Reformers, Ell? Well, you'll
get what the rest OF 'em always got
Wen tie you up in knots and leave
you OH the doorstep OF some orphan
asylum before were through W1S
you ssr
Come on. Lou.F said Cargan. "Dray}
tons a smnrt guy Doc. Where's bis
proof? I1loped with the bundle OF dry
goods this young mans taken a fancy
to. And even If he had the money
rye been up against this many time,
YOU'RE wasting your talents Doc.
Good night. Come on, boys" ~
Mr.. Magee turned back from the
,,wlndow to the dim Interior OF the no,
tel Office. / He who had come to Bad
pate inn to court loneliness had never
felt SO lonely in his life, for he had
lost sight of her-in the great Reuton
station OF his Imagination she had
slipped from his lreams-to go where
he could not follow. even in thought.
Selecting a log OF the hermit's cut
| ting from the stock beside the hearth
Mr.. Magee tossed it on the fire. There
followed a shower Of sparks and
food OF red light in the room. Through
this light Kendrick advanced to Ma
gees side. and the first of the Bald
pate herInits saw that the mans face
was lined by care. that bis eyes were
tired even under the new light in
them, that his mouth was twisted bit
terly.
poor devil thought Magee.
KendricL drew up chnirs for himself
and Magee apd they sat down. Be
hind them the bulky Mrs Norton doz-
ed, dreaming perhaps Of her Reuton
boarding house. while Miss Thornhill
and the. professor talked internationally
in low tones. The ranks at Baldpate
were thinning rapidly: before long the
place m st settle back with sigh in
the cold To wait for It's first summer
girl.
AAir AIagee." said Ilendrick nervous
ly, .'you have become involved in an
unkind, ii tragic story do not mean
the afaIr of the bribe-I refer to the
inatterbetwcpn Hayden mud myself
IF sou had rather NOT began I! Ma
.sNo'i replied Eendrck, Il prefer
that You SHOULD know 1t was you
who took the pistol from-his hand l
do not believe that eveh can tell You
all that was III Hayden,s mind when
he went into that other room and
closed the door. 1t seems to me pre-
posterous that man OF his sort
should take his life under the circum-
stances. feel somehow that there
is IL part of the story even do not
know. Bat let that be-"
He bowed his head in his hands.
Ever since / came into this room
be went on. 1.-THE eyes OF a pompous
little man have been following me
about. They have constantly recalled
to me the nightmare of my life. You
have noticed. no doubt, the pictures Of
the admiral that decorate these walls?
II have replied Magee He gazed
curiousIy at the nearest or the por-
traits. How persisteutly this almost
mythical stnrched man wove in and
out OF the mclodrama at Baldpate inn.
well" continued Kehdrick. ''the id
miraI.s eyes haunt me. Perhaps you
know that he plays a game-a game OF
solitaire have good reason to re
member that game 1t isa silly incon-
sequental game. You would scarcely
bcIievethat 1t once. sent man to hell"
He slipped
Il am beginning in the middle OF my
story he apologized. .'Let me go
baek. SIX years ago / was hardly the