The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-01
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Is lie Your Husband2 ~RNGLE BILLY recounted his ex-
 periences to the women
 What he lacked in elegant
 phrasealogy he made up in simple dfrectness-
 Frances: do you know what this means ?r said Diana excited1y-
 Why, Mr. Cranford is in tronble.' sGirf alive, it means thai they he knows. and they've carried him of +o force the truth from him Oh, well beat them yet
 s'Bft where are, they
 II shall find that ouf. as soon as I can walk
 So that was it? Jneles Billy nodded. <How we gein t git Mr. Cranford out?'' which was far more Important te him than any treasure he could call to mind
 Why didn' 'tyou let .me know at once-7the morning after? All this time wastedt Oh, if I could only walk! But must sit here helpless Go back to the hotel Immediately and ask for MT. Hanchett and be sure that you see him. Under no eirgamstances>l him know that ySuatre ;iysare16f 11ything wrong. 2 .sThs ntilT vf1iageafs is tafkin'."
 ssNexer mind that. Say, tO him that Miss " ynne wishes to see him here after dinner &
 Rubber heels.'
 What's that27
 ..One . tn chaps wore new rubber heels. It's him. All right Tm t tell him t come out after supper
 That and nothing more
 Eees-H detectisefTu1n Water town
 .sNevert mind the detective Don't hare Anything. to do with him. Pm something of a detective myself, Uncle Billy.
 You, Miss Wynne2 By Jfngs!o
 q have hintea that was trying to prevent crime. It cannot matter now if Istell you q few facts. But you must promise to Keep these to yourself I am secret aesent Of the United States custorns Now. go quickly And to- morrow I'll tell you all there is to it. and you shall have your hundred dol lars gladly Time is most important now, Mr. Cranford n11st be liberated Come tomorrow afternoon about this time Please go at onee
 f@An right Miss Wyn11e: tomorrow He was told atsthe hotel that A1f Hanchett and his friend were across the river fishing in the bay. So Uncle Billy sat down on the dock and walted. Fishing! Some nerve after desperate Iy abducting man and hiding him somewhere.
 The old guides blood began to boil trucuIent1y. The nerve of it, rigtlt here in this peaceful vi1Iagel And when finally his patience was rewarded he strenuousIy resisted the desfre to fling himself upon the testing, laughing fish l.,
 Uncle Billy grudgingIy admitted that the catch was good one.
 Nice catch. eh?'' said the young man as he stepped toward Uncle Billy. Not s bad.
 There you areI You guides win never come out squarely in the open and say that the other fellows goss a good ca atch. It's rank aIoTfsyf''
 Mr, Hanchett, Miss Diana Wynne wants see y out af tn farm right after supper
 And wlo is Miss Diana wynne?'' caiselesstg
 -R !tter go sn find out, with this advice. the guide turned and. made of. Mrs HanesaeEt froyned
 s.sEa gin you two will have to go out these. I've got something equally i'm. poEtant on hand
 All right, Donng. ~.Wen feed him and wsish his face and hands for him. That cistern was stroke of luck.
 Perhaps Diana! What did she waut2 What did she know? Had CFanford made a conf1dant of her? :? Later he told Smead.
 GO and find opI-fnd out what she is doing up here. If you don't get any where I'll go out myself tomorrow. ;
 T sIfan'r get any where. You may take my word for that She's a queer hundie. .n all at sea over this duke. Cranf0rd. I swear hasn't got them. $
 Then he left Ntlletn with her I'm beginntses. to get A .k of the whole deal Why couldn't you have taken them into aSseysss FIt5pk.s B1ston or PhiladeI Dhia? In this hole sss
 T was watched day and night. save when I eousd slip away That's why brought nothing over: chese this place.. bBIE up my game like a chess player Not flaw any where, and now this luke. A fine joke if she has them But don't see how. Who'd think ? We'll. Cranfofd must be liberated as soon as we can safely go about it. His guide acts as if he suspected some thing and that. fool of detective has been watching me. ''
 s1 propose to teach Granford les son.
 ''Pin1e. Can'1 you see that he's far more dangerous than you are? Did you note the cool way he went down the ladders An. some new arrivalsr'
 Two old men came in.
 One of them must have been very handsome ,in his youth. There was still some evidence of this fact in the nosee the eyes. the mouth.
 His hair was snow white. Smead hastily turned his back and went into the barroom. The son stared astonish- edly at the teetering door. Now what : Smead's retheat, however, did not serve. An hour later he met the white haired gentleman as the latter was issu. ing from the dining room. He paused. adjusted his eyeglasses and looked