The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-06
BICERS
EARL. DFRR
Cepyrisht. IsI5. by tIhe Besbs-llezTzll
 CompanY

STm so glad I've found yous n9pi1eu the girl TE seemed to the daaseG Ma gee that her dark eyes were not overly hanpy. 'T cannot ask you in, Pm afrazd- do not know the custom on such an occasion Does anybody I ann alone with my maid Hal Bent Iey, when I wrote to him for Q key to this place, told me of your being here en4 said that was to put myself un- Aey yum proAection-
 sDeRfghfsd, I'm sure" he murnured. ~f sf1aN not try to impose on. you," sEse Waut on. 'sThe whole a9Ea1r is so unuHnaa ms to De almost aasgurd I have csane here fol geb sOnasn1ng- azna ' Rzmxxzee the least idea how to pzsDrgsd. came because mtrt have 4t-s0 mnch depenEls on 4t''
 Er1rhaE5caz8y ME. Magee clubclaed in Rzzs pDckee the package for which he had doae haxkza
 T may be Goo IaAeEss HT1e gftlas eyes A~sw w1de- ~That would be terribly umz1rtunmkA. I do not W4sh you to be nwauusn sexz3ng mez- She lowered her VEane. s<BuE if there Is any way fin wveaeh muR eMR help me-an thRs diff < Hzuaey-L czn nsxE be graceful ersuaeh. BozazseEzB in R7ze safe theze tz heAapes a pacaage contzdnang a EaEye sum oG nDsssx
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 EE4Eh 11e eBes- of -a mRnS1n a dream latesh cumasH tD BaRdnmte.
 hmzlw czzapsP hB sa1ay '<Ik win be a h1z" He paused, congrztuzzfing him seaR thAt these were words, Adze words 'sTFhen dIn yon arrive. may I askg'
 ~I believe you were having dinner when | came,H she ans@ered- ssMr. Bentley gaze me ksy to the kitchen 1ooE, and We found a back st<E1rway- There seemed tO be a company below II wanted tO seeouIy you"
 q repeat.s, saad MT. Magee, sT shall be happy to help yoa if csn. His word to another lady, he reelected, was bandIng ssI suggest that there is no harm in yaaEzng until moxnzzsgss
 sButI am afrz1d it was ton3ght'z- she began
 sT understand, -Magee, rephed- -The plans went wrong- You may safely let your worries rest unadl tomor- row..
 @xou are very kindsss she.sazd- AT hardly expected to be here the night throngh- It Is rather cold, but am surs We haxa Eags and coazs enough g
 1Er NnseeB duty 4EasA clear.
 @TR Huad y0u a AreS' he announced The girl seemed distressed at the faougz,A
 ~HSn. Escuukduae zen voues snesaA1- s1 am seEBg xk 4snse nacessaEys ssiA say good xzgkzt nsRA am HKysa Thorn hI1A aG Rsutun. Un1M 4DmuxoxEsn She Waubdn axsd closed 9nay door.
 ME. 1Eagee saE Imply down on the cuAd 9EnaE AN the glory was gone from &he scane he had pictured a mo- mez6 agp- He had the ummey. yes, the n1nkey rnoszsre1 in vaaisnt battle, bue ab e1se unzzant he tDga the prize to kns 1aezy anz1zser appeared from the dME fDs czazm ae. FFha6 sEsoga1d he dol z amn ezkazsa- highEzng his candles and peuadksg tase fire, he composed a 1ots8D flae szHsEzns giEAdn1zzf
 wgKy8hzng 81l FishN Shap peace fzElys \ am dn tEae Job- yEH see@you tzmozzDW. MzE-Bzzys
 Rhpnang %x1ls m@sagB under her door E1.e ex4zzgIzE n1rEsad eway to aRuad an zufefxzsW and sat down in hfw r4saIr bezuBe tl1esine.
 nuust thanky' he muttered. ss1 mnsk &nt fkds thing straight"
 For ann hour he pondeEed, GbEashine out as tsst he could this mysterious game ln which he played a leading pare unaQzlpped with book of rules
 on,.Erow is another day." he re decteA. sfEH solve this whole thing then. They can't go on playing with out ne. Eve got the ball
 He 6Dok the package from his pocket It's seals had already been broken Uufylug ehe strings, he began careful U to mwERp the paper, the thick yel low banktDg manila and then the oiled inner wwappdng. So finally he opened up tfO suRfd mass of-whaf2 He look cd closer. Crisp, beautiful $1 900 bills Whew! He had never seen a bill o1 this size before And here were 2OC of them.
 He wrapped the package up once more and prepared for bed Just af he was about to retire he remembered / MT Bland, bound and gagged below He went into the hall with the idea ol releasing the unlucky haberdasher, bu from the office rose the voices of thu mayor, Max and Bland himself. Peace evidently had been declared betweer them. MT 14agee returned to No. 2 locked all the windows, placed tn, much sought package beneath his pill low and after a half hour of puzzlfns and tossing fell asleep
 CHAPTER XII.
 The Cold Gray Dawn.