The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-05-14

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laughed Come on over to the sout
fet and fayea drink with me"
I'm not drinking today" tersely
There's TOO much ahead for me to
do"
Going to start out TO find herr Oh,
Sir Galahadg ironically. ABBY, you
used TO be a sport. III wager hun
dred against bottle Of pop that to
morrow or next day she'll tasrn up
sereneIy, with a statement tBat she
was indisposed. sorry not to have mott
fed the directors, and all that. They
do 1t repeatedly every season.
"But an errand Of mercy, the
strange automobile which cannot be
found? The engagement to dine with
the baron? Celeste Fournier's state
ment? You can't get around these
things. 1. tell you, Nora isn't that
kind. She's too big in heart and mind
to stoop to any such devices" vehe-
mently.
"Noral That looks pretty serious,
Abby. You haven't gone and made a
fool of yourself, have your"
what do you call making fool Of
myself" truculently.
you aren't a sutton, are you? An
accepted sultor?" unrufied, rather
kindly
mo, but would to heaven that
were!" Abbott jammed the newspa-
per into his pocket and slung the stool
over his arm. "Come on over to the
studio until / get some money"
you are really going to start a
search?"
4 really am. I'd start one just as
quickly for you, IL heard that you
had vanished under mysterious cir
cumstances.R
4 believe you honestly would"
you are an old misanthrope.
hope some woman puts the hook into
you some day. Where did you pick up
the crouch? Some Of your dusky
princesses give you the go-by?"
you, too, Abby?"
"Oh, rot! OF course never be-
lieved any of that twaddle. Only, I've
got sore head today. II you knew
Nora as well as do, you'd under
stand"
Courtlandt continued toward the
exit, his head forward, his gaze bent
on the path. He had the air Of a man
deep In thought, philosophic thought,
which leaves the brows unmarried by
those corrugations known as frowns.
Yet his thoughts were far from philo.
sophie Indeed, his soul was In mad
turmoil He could have thrown his
arms toward the blue sky and cursed
aloud the fates that had set this new
tangle at his feet. He longed for the
jungles and some mad beast to vent
his wrath upon. But he gave no sign.
He had returned with purpose as
hard and grim as iron; and no OBJ
stacle, less powerful than death
should divert or control him. Abduc
ton? Let the public believe what Il
might; he held the key to the mys
terry. She was afraid, and had taken
flight. So be it,
Il say, Ted" called out the artist
what did you mean by saying thai
you we're a Dutchman%
Courtlandt paused so that Abbott
might catch up to him. Il said that
was a Dutchman?"
Eyes. And it has just occurred tC
me that you meant something"
ooh, yes. You were talking of De
Toscana? Let's call her Harrigan. Il
win save time, and no one will know
to whom we refer. You said she was
Irish, and that when she said thing
she meant it, My boy, the Irish are
notorious for claiming that They
often say it before they see clearly
Now, we Dutchmen-it takes a long
time for us to make up our minds
but when we do, something has got tc
bend or break"
you don't mean to say that you are
going to settle down and get mar
ried?"
"I'm not going to settle down ant
get married, if that will ease your
mind any"
Man. was hopingl"
Three meals day in the same
house, with the same woman, never
appealed to me"
What do you want, one for eact
meal?"
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