Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-10
PETEY
CHAPTER TX.

"Wantsd. Board and Room"
As Dick Minot bent over to pick up
his scattered property, knock sound
Cd on the hah-open door, and Lord
Harrowby dropped tn. The nobleman
was gloom personified. He threw
himself despondently down on the
bed.
"Minot. old chap" he draw1ed. it's
Ill over" His eyes took In the wreck
age. EN-" What the deuce have you
been doing, old boy?" Il.
II haven't been doing anything"
/Minot answered. "But others have
been busy. While we were at the
er-theater, fond fingers have been
searching for Chain Ightning's Col
lar"
81 aThe devil! You haven't lost IT."
sNo-not yet, I believe" Minot
took the envelope from his pocket and
drew out the cleaning necklace. "Ah,
n it's still safe"
narrowly leaped from the bed and
( slammed shut the door.
..Dear old boy" he cried, keep the
accursed thing in your pocket. No one
must see it. I say, who's been search
ing here! Do you think it could have
been O'Malley7'
.What is o'Malley's interest in your
necklace?"
"some other time, please. Sorry to
Inconvenience you with the thing. 10
hang on to it. won't you? Awful mix
IN II YOU didn't Bad mix-up as 1t is.
AZ said when came In, It's all
over"
'eWhatas all Overt"
EVERYTHING, The marriage-my
chance for happtness-Minot. I'm q
moe unlueky chap. Meyrick has JUST
pos4poned the wedding in frightfully
load tone Of voice"
"nostponed it7s Sad news for Jeph.
son this, yet as he spoke Mr. M1noS
felt thrill Of Joy in his heart. ne
smiled the pleasantest smile ne nao
- lar shown San Marco.
asI6xaetly. He was fearfully ratified,
- Megriek. My word, how he ala
70 "a. Considers his daughter numl-
hated By the antics Of that creature g
IA saw on the stage tonight. Can
.av blame him, either. The wedding
4 indefinitely postponed, unless tnat
impostor is removed from the scene
Immediately"
.>Oh-un1ess." said Mtnot. HIS neart
sank, His smile vanished.
sT1n,a.s was the word, 1 fancy" said
narrowly, blinking Wisely se,yo+ heoan
T,ord Harrowby," Mlnot pesan,
sxou intfmated the other day tnat .ni .
man might really be your proaner-
.No.. HarrowbY broke IN. lmpos'
sible: I got a good look at the cnap
tonight. He's no more Harro"oy
than you are" 80 .,o+9.
hYou give me your word 1or tna.t
absolutely. Even a1ter twem ,,,g
vaars Of America no HarroWoy "oulu
drag bis fathers name on 10 me
vaudeville stage. No, ne IS an ihp es
tor and as such he deserves no cun
alteration whatever. And oy tne w.
Minot-you will note that the pos, y,
nonament is through no fault OF NINE
Minot made wry race.
- have noted it, he said. in oth-
,rards I % on to the stage now
sa,,nwinp the man who followed tne
trainad seals. thought my role was
that of Cupid, but it begins TO LOOK
n.ara ike Captain Kidd. An, well
I,iI ID NV hest" He stood up I'm
aa - out into the soft moonlight Tor
: little while. Lord Harrowby WINE
~ cone YOU might call Spencer Mey-
.;a,, IN and ask him to do nothlng
def,n,te in the way of postponemen,s.
untiI he hears from me-us--er-you.
splendid Of you, really" said h ala
rowhy enthusiastically, as M1not nelo
onen the door for him. Il had the
feeling | could fall back on you
"And / have the feeling that you've
f.,,an" smiled Minot. so long-pet
ter wait up for my report"
: Fifteen minutes later, seated IN q
snnau rowboat on the starry waters OF
the harbor, Minot was loudly saluting
the Yacht Iileth. Finally Mr. Martin
Wall appeared at the rail
"Well-what d'you want?' he de.
manded