Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-01

Susan came with the rapidity Of rain
upon the roof.
80 Jones went along"
In his capacity of butler only"
Norton smiled. "Wcll, III take a jannt
out there myself. You are sure Of the 10
cationg
a.Yes.-
We'll good-by. III 70 as n waiter.
since they wouldn't invite me. I'm one
Of the best little walters yon ever heard
Of: and all things come 10 him who
waits
What n pleasant. affable Young man
he was, thought Susan ~ she watched
him jump into the ear and 90 flying up
the street.
Jones was Il good deal surprised when
Norton turned up al the old Chiffon ma
nor.
What made you come here dressed
like this?" the butler demanded.
I'm a suspicious duffer; maybe that's
the reason"
do YOU know anything"
Well. ma: I can't say that ! do But,
hang, il, | just had To rome out here
Maybe it's just as well YOU did" said
Jones mbodily.
j II know this place. The h~ousekecper
used 10 be- my nurse. and IL she IL still
on the job she may be Of service 20 Us.
Yon don't think they'll question: or rec
ognize ms ?"
Hardly. Ill put in a word for You.
Ill say | sent for YOU. not knowing III
we had enough servants 10 take rare OF
the luncheon"
"And now III 60 aud inn up Meg"
Sure enough. his old nurse was still I'm
charge ~ the house: and when her
baby" disclosed his identity she all but
fell upon his neck.
"But what are you doing here. dressed
up as n waitery'
ats a little secret Meg. | wasn't in
vited and the truth IN I'm very deSper-
ately in love with the Young lady in
whose honor this coaching party II be-
ing given. And . . maybe she's in
danger"
Danger? What about?"
THE Lord only knows. But show me
about the house I've not b~'n here IN
so long | We forgotten the ran ~ u. |
remember nic room with IN: secret :'1n-
el and another with a paiHiin- that
Turned. Have they changed tEem.-
NO: il il just the SAGE here a. Il
used 10 be. Come along and IL! show
you.'
Norton inspected the rooms carefully.
slowing away i'm his mind every detail.
He might be- worrying about nothing
but so many strange things had happen
cd that Ii was better 10 be- ON the side
Of caution than ON the side Of careless
ness. He left the house and ran across
Jones CARRYING a basket Of wine.
Here. Norton; take this 10 the par
ty. | want 10 r~econnoiter."
"All right MUD! Say. Jones. how much
do YOU think | can earn az this job"
comically.
Get along with you. Dir. Norton. II
may be the time to laugh. then il may
not"
I'm going back into the house and
hide behind a secret panel. I've got my
revolver. You 20 to the stables and take
a try at my ear; see IL she works smooth
ly. We may have TO do some hiking.
Where II the countess in this?"
Leave that TO me. Mr.. Norton said
the butler with his grim smile. BE OF.
they are moving back toward the house"
SO Norton carried the basket around
to the lawn, where il was taken from his
hands by the regular servant. He sighed
as he saw Florence. laughing and chat
ting with a nan who was "A stranger
and whom he heard addressed as count.
Some friend Of the Countess. no doubt.
Where was all this tangle going 20
endy He wished he knew. And what a
yarn he was going to write some day. II
would be- read like one Of Gaborians
tales. He turned away 10 wander idly
about the grounds. when beyond n clump
~ cedars he saw three or four men con
versing lowly. lie got as near n possi-
bic. for when three or four men nut
their heads together and whisper anima-
tedly. IL usually means n poker game or
something worse. He caught a phrase
or two a. il came down the wind. and
then he knew that the vague suspicious
that had brought him out here had been
set In motion bv fate He heard Flor
ence~ and tie cd drawing room: ard
that was enough.
lie scurried around for Jones III was
pure luck that he had had Meg show
him through the house. otherwise be
would have forgotten all about the see
ret panel in the wall and the painting.
Jones shrugged resignedly. Were these
men 0f the rounfa<Ss Martyr Marion