American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-03-26

the CARLISLE lfuot v~'N"o-
only one entrance, which is lucky. And
you can hardly miss"
"For-him?'
eFor Mr.. Estrilla. This is no time
to make any bones of anythin'. He's
crazy over you. He has an engage
ment there for two-thirty. Let him
10 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. II he
asks you to take a 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
CONFERENCE.-The. Hanska-as | told
you. Walt a minute" Rosalie
paused, frozen immobile on the birth
Of a new thought-"have her pack a
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 it after me-"
Betsy-Barbara repeated 1t slowly.
The door ratified; Tommy North was
back.
Mr.. North" said Rosalie, 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
breakfast out tomorrow. / can give
you a rebate if you demand it," she
pursued, dimpling on him.
"All right, take it out of that first
weeks board you stung me so hard
for" laughed Tommy North. Then his
eyes sought Betsy-Barbara's 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 n thing-you will
never say a word to anybody about
this" put in Rosalie.
Il promise" said Tommy. as sol
EMMY as he could, considering that
his heart danced. She had taken vi
the cudgels for himl
The two women parted at the cor
ner. No one had Betsy-Barbara ia
ken a Fifth venue stage and started
on her puzzling journey of intrigue
than Rosalie called a taxicab and sci
her course for the East side docks OF
lower Manhattan.
Here we must introduce a new char
acter in this story. a person who flash
es in and out as people are ever flash
ing in and out of our lives, bearing
service In their hands. At this point
also appears-though ever so slightly
the element of coincidence.
The new character is Skipper Mat
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 ant
pleasant old man, the Skipper Bald
win, with an eagle profile which de
notes his courage and a soft eye which
indicates his gullibility. He was q
widower of long and affectionate mem
DRY; because of that and because O.
his searchings Of the spirit on lionel,
voyages. he became a believer in spir
itualism of the kind which Rosalie Ii
Grange used to practice. Resale wa,
his %favorite medium-and his friend
Toward the schooner Maud she wa,
now driving her taxicab.
The piece of luck was this: At the
very moment when the taxicab round