Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-06-05

your hobble little for duke" sus
gested Gid:up.
Have to stand still the rest of m,
life If I did, observed Gee-gee. swish
| ing along about six inches a step.
"You could divide it little"
$50 l could"
BY this time they had forgotten
about the river or taking gas. Thu
! duke had already become real per
son In their lives and they talked on
devising stunts for his Vivaciou!
Greatness. BY this time, too, the mon
ocle man seemed to them a real bene
factor
Meanwhile the real benefactor'
had been reading from that steno
graphic report to Dan and the others
The commodore nearly jumped out O.
his boots for Joy.
Read that again." he said.
The monocle man, reading: This
amt half bad enough. You think W
something now, Gee-gee.'
Doping a poor little thing is al
ways good stuff to spring on a jury
Gid-up. And you could make. your
self up young with your hair done uI
in pig-tail, with cute little baby
blue bow on the end
but that sounds old, Gee-gee. You
can sure invent something new
ETC., etc.
The monocle man finished reading
and laid down the paper. There you
are, gentlemen he observed In live
ly tone THE stenographers will
swear to that. They were dressed as
house-maids, but at night and on Ger
tains occasions, they used one of the
rooms Mrs Ralston placed at my dis
posal as an Office. When l came
down here I didn't expect to be in
volved in domestic drama. 1t rather
forced itself upon me. 1t came as part
of the days work. l overheard your
conversation with Miss Dolly that
night" Significantly to Bob. That
young gentleman flushed.
81 have taken the liberty of destroy:
ing the report of that conversation,
may add Miss Dolly IS charming.
With smile Il, also. had record
of your conversation with these three
gentlemen Dan, Clarence
and Dickie-" after they entered your
room one night, via the trellis and
the window. That conversation In
troduced me into the domestic drama
I became an actor in 1t whether
would or no. But for my whispered in,
structions to one of my assistants IN
the garden you three gentlemen would
have been arrested" Dan stared at
Clarence in momentary CONSERVATION.
"You did not need the golf club be-
cause my man removed the dog
1T seems" said Dan effusively to
the monocle man, you have been our
good angel If any remuneration
NO" answered the monocle man.
What have done for you was only
incidental and my reward was the en-
joyment l got out of the affair-ln
watching how the threads crossed and
recrossed, and how they tangled and
untangled It was better than going
to a show. It made work pleasure
Besides, I shall be we'll rewarded for
what I have accomplished in another
direction" Looking toward the cell:
II tried to get him in England and
failed In France, the story was the
same. He is rather a remarkable per-
sonality. A born criminal and an &C
tor, as well! OF good family, he wedg.
ed his way into society, through the
all-round amateur athletic route. He
was generally we'll hked." Bob
thought of Miss Gerald and looked
down. He couldn't help wondering
if she would not greatly have preferred
his (Bob's) occupying that cell, IN
stead of the other man who had seem
ed to interest her so much.
"Now for Mrs. Dan," observed the
commodore, jubilantly waving the
stenographic report. This will bring
her to time"
And my wife, too" said Clarence
with equal joy.
II thought would save you gentle.
men some trouble and so have al.
ready placed the report in the ladies'
hands," said the monocle man affably.
Indeed, they came to me afterward
and told me they had been shamefully
deceived. Mrs. Dan looked as II she
had had good cry-fro,n joy, no
doubt. Mrs. Clarence's voice was
.tremulous. Same cause, I am sure.
think you will find them contrite and
anxious to make up
This is great" said Dan.
"Glorious!' observed Clarence.
Think of it! No public disgrace"
mo being held up as monsters In
the press
"It's too good to be true" The com
modore threw out his arms and ad'
yanced toward the monocle man.
But the latter waved him away
Save your embraces for your wives
he observed.
II love all the world" said Dan.