Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-13

wasn't he up here With her where be
belonsed9 Money probably; business
transaction on the mans part; some
thing TO hang clothes and jewels on
when he went TO the opera or gave
dinner.
Wynne. He would find all about rim
If it were possible.
Uncle Billy called her Miss Wynne.
but that slgnifed nothing. fer Uncle
Biliv would have called queen Victoria
Miss Guelph. He believed all women
unmarried unless they introduced their
husbands.
Crawford knocked his pipe on his
heel and opened hts mai. found some
forgotten club dues. an imitation 10
wedding, another to 4 house party Ia
the Adirondacks, ard an afectionate
letter from his grandmother (motber's
side. thanking him for the birthday
check. and bundle Of newspaper clip
pings from the watchful Warren.
odd bits Of news here The Prin-
ress Xensa had gone into bankruptcy
in Paris. and the famous emerald neck
lace had been found to be spurious.
size had tried to sell it to steady her
tottering fortunes.
Quite a yarn about il The spurious
stones had been at her bankers for
nearly two years; they had been real
and precious enough once upon a time;
She had evidently known nothing
about the substitution
Bankrupt. In other words, tit for tat;
she had fallen in love with some scoun-
I drel who bad adroitly leeced her.
Crawford laid aside the clippings, an
swered his letters and wrote the fol
lowing to me:
1 MY voca buiary isn't UP to it. my boy.
( 7 can only say that she is 1ust splendid
I Artenis reincsruated- And her name is
Diana Wynne viii you 90 me great
( favor? win you hunt UP all the Wynnes
and send me a little biography Of each
/ Don't bother about the middle class. Not
! that I'm snobbish. hut she comes from
/ the best Of stock You can tell that at L
! glance She is learned without being pc
a. .
a girl who quotes from "Pippa Passes
+ one moment and then skips back to old
Malesherbes? Knows her Horace, too,
and can tell you how many lemon wood
{ tables Seneca had in his gardens. You
know I've always been waiting TO find a
woman who knew how to fish. And. dash
+ e. she's married. Isn't that rough luck
/ / looked up the Wynnes but couldn't
find any husband for her But it will
he seen that / didn't look carefully
! enough.
. A dozen big freighters Rugged the
/ breakwater and the early boat from
/ Kingston had 80 come by way Of the
foot of Long island. and even then size
had her work cut out for her.
. Only two passengers came down hcr
plank
What's your planF
Wen go straight 10 Watertown and
rent an automobile. Into the train
with you" said Donald to his crook
friend Faein. whom be had sought t0
aid tim against Crawford
All right, Donpy, Aren't we due fol
some fishing "a a side issuei'
III see to that, Fagin. The idea is Il
come in from WATERFOWL. Nobody ha:
noticed Us. Wen engage a guide anC
play 10 bluff Coming from Waterfowl
/ well keep an eye open for deserted
farmhouse 1t won't be hard to find
/ Wen rent it tomorrow and take on
supplies, Then when everything
ready our friend from the secret serv
ice will do the disappearing act Moth
| ing roagh, though, mind you; just ;
! temporary sequestration."
Il understand"
The man called Fagin tickled tht
ends Of his wiry fingers against lt