The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-02-20

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only one entrance, which is lucky. And
you can hardly miss"
"For--him?"
For Mr.. Estrilla. This is no time
to make any bones Of anythln'. He's
crazy over you. He has an engage
ment there for two.thirty. Let him
so in He probably won't stay more
than fifteen minutes. You're to meet
him at the front OF the elevator. You're
to-encourage him-you know. If he
asks you to take walk, which he
probably will, you accept, and start
him toward the park. This is the
point. At five o'clock sharp, you're to
have him takin' tea with you in the
Park Casino-you know where that is,
don't you? An you're not to leave un.
til half past FIVE, Then you're to meet
Constance-Mrs Hanska-as told
you. Walt minute" Rosale
paused, frozen immobIle on the birth
Of n new thought-"have her pack q
suit case and take It with her You
two register at the Hotel Hamblen an
stay there tonIght-stay right there
until you hear from me. Got all that?
Well, repeat 1t after me"
Betsy-Barbara repeated II slowly.
The door ratified; Tommy North was
back
MIR. North" said Resale, I'm Dor.
rowIn your Office help for the day. We
want you to do somethin for US. You
don't understand now, but you will
Don't you go near my house until to-
morrow-you sleep out tonight an
you a rebate II you demand it." she
pursued, dimpling on him.
All right, take 1t out OF that first
weeks board you stung me so hard
for" laughed Tommy North. Then his
eyes sought BetsyBarbara' with a
troubled look whats the answer"
he asked.
There's no answer" said Rosalie lie
Grange; mot just at present. Except
you'll be glad you did tan I'll ex.
plain some day myself Go where you
want tonight. Only don't get drunk"
"Oh. he won't do that, OF counsel"
put In Betsy.Barbara.
Which defensive assurance quite re
stored the spirits of Tommy North,
and the smile came back to his face.
But promise us one thing-you will
never say a word to anybody about
this" put in Resale.
Il promise" said Tommy, as sol.
EMMY as he could. considering that
his heart danced. She had taken up
the cudgels for him!
The two women parted at the cor
ner. No sooner had Betsy. Barbara Ia
ken Fifth avenue stage and started
on her puz2lng journey OF intrigue,
than Resale called taxicab and set
her course for the East side docks Of
lower Manhattan.
Here we must introduce n new char
actcr in this story, n person who fash.
es in and out as people are ever fash
ing In and out of our lives, bearing
service in their hands. At this point
also appcars-though ever so slightly
the element of coincidence.
The new character is Skipper Matt
Baldwin OF the schooner Maud, en-
gagged In the coastwise lumber trade.
The Maud is lying at the dock, prepar-
ing to sail for Halifax on the morrow
with a return cargo. a battered and
pleasant old man, the Skipper Bald
win. with an eagle profile which de-
notes his courage and a soft eye which
indicates his gullibillty He was a
widowcr OF long and afIectionate mem.
DRY; because OF that and because Of
his searchings Of the spirit on lonely
voyages, he became n believer In spir.
ltuallsm of the kind which Resale lie
Grange used to practice. Resale was
his favorite medlum-and his friend.
Toward the schooner Maud she was
now driving her taxicab
The piece OF luck was this: At the
very moment when the taxicab round.