The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-05
Copyright, 1878. By IN. star comp.ny,.

Harvey took this attitude toward the
man 1 love. He says ought not TO
marry because my mother died insane
have had several decisions and now
wonder II I ought to obey aud give
David up because I may go insane Ike
ALICE MASTERS"
4 At the time Of reading the letter II
had struck Jimmy as rather a pathetic
human documents-but now the inter-
weaving of the names Wells and Mas
ters came back to him with haunting
effect.
So he started for the Harvey estate. a
magnificent place over In Brooklyn. The
subway bore him part OF the way and q
taxi carried him out to the heights
When Jimmy arrived he found him
self an unwelcome visitor. The servant
who opened the door fairly threw the
card Nor 1s%ss nsrtIn mm mST
face and sneeringly announced that no
interviews were granted.
Jimmy Makes a Tour.
Nothing daunted, Jimmy decided to
tour the grounds. Finally. he reached
a wide-fiung French easement window
which seemed to offer a view of n mag
nihcent library. THE books may be
worth seeing" grlnned Jimmy more or
less to himself and crept over noiseless-
~ across the sward
When he got to the window he OBJ
served a strange sight. He was not the
only eavesdropper. Three people were
grouped In earnest conversation, and.
half hidden behind the curtains at the
opposite end of the room. Jimmy saw
tho servant who had refused him admit
tance. He wondered why the servant
/ \ Ig,,t aNt hA
dered what those three people could be
talking about.
For one OF them was Beatrice Fair
fox. of the Evening Journal. one pref
ty unknown girl OF nervous, high
strung type and the third a man whom
he guessed at once to be Harvey. Jim
} my made sure OF his data and then
crept of cautiously.
Now you who read will wonder why
was admitted to the Harvey home
: while Jimmy. my fellow worker. was
rejected. Perhaps I would have met
opened the door to me assured me
that Miss Masters was not at home.
l turned to 20. and just as l started
down the doorsteps a girl came up the
path. She was an eager, vivid little
, thing. who looked keyed UP to a state
r allied at once that the neurotic child
, OF an insane mother might look as
this girl looked-and that my journey
self and Miss Masters brought me
r into the house with triumphant de-
light at my coming to her.
, ! She took me at once to meet her
/, guardian, a heavy middle aged man,
whose splendid grooming could not
: conceal an undercurrent of nervous
irritability. He greeted me cordially.
3 but l felt that he was watching me
visit Alice Masters showed the great
est nervousness. She kept jerking her
head about as though she felt con-
slant dread lest something creep upon
her from the shadows OF the massive
I room.
II seemed impossible for her to focus
her attention on anything long Har-
; vey treated her with a grave toler-
ance. He seemed to accept her ner-
3 rousness as matter of course. and
yet felt that he was keeping her un-
4 der constant surveillance.
My pity for the girl grew when. al
: most under her eyes. Mr.. Harvey
l sigEaled to me that She was not sane.
7 There was n sudden pathos in the
way she turned to me when / got
up TO go. Please stay all night, Miss
Fairfax Please don't go back to town
:, and leave me-. All the women servants
e have left. and ] am so lonesome"
Perhaps / might have refused, but
, suddenly / was aware Of an intense
eagerness on the part of Harvey to
get me out OF the house. Why was
the man so anxious to dispose OF me ?
why was he SO determined to have
me believe his ward insane7 There
was something queer in the very air.
: determined to stay and find out lust
l what II was.
. ! felt that by staying the night with
A Aiice masters / could not fail to get
. Few minutes alone with her and so
secure her confidence and learp more
OF the circumstances which had per
i, suaded her to write to me.
e was freshening up for dinner Alice
t maid had laid out a beautiful set OF
i toilet requisites in pale tinted French
SGry o nTSSri fbs neGiSee had been
y was to occupy. and my equipment
k was as complete as II I had come
armed with well-packed travelling
y What pretty hair YOU have" cried
r Alice Masters. Does It make you
r nervous IL watch you do It up?"
= Alice Is Confidential.
"a Here was my chance. Nothing
II makes me nervous, dear. I'm d
It steadyRoing person. to whom every
!, thing In the world has a natural ex-
d PLANTATION, and so I don't get brighten.
n ed at shadows, and I have no fear OF
" black cats or walking under lad.
% ders."
n ~ wish 7 weren't afraid of things
but I am. oh, Miss Fairfax. will
ID you shrink away from rue in disgust
l. If tell YOU about myself? We cam
81 keep any women servants on the
=, place-because they all think I'm go
w ing crazy. I'm losing my girl friends
too. Only David is loyal-and
IN sometimes think l ought to give hin
N uD"
r II think you're wrong about that
" but suppose you tell me all abou
ia yourself. and then If feel you hav'
q no right to marry, I'll be honest anC
l. tell you 3d." said |; 49,,
1--WE known David n long time. Mis-
IN Fairfax. But II was only last week n
to asked me to marry him. / guess h.
to was pretty sure of me-he had tn
n. ring! But l didn't mind. I'd know
lie for months l cared and ! was jus
ly waiting for him to ask me whethe
We | did or not! He came round here
err lot-and Mr. Harvey never objected
nd but when we went In to tell him W
" were engaged, he acted queer RICH
IL away,
"He seemed irritated over somethin
~ when we came In to tell him. And n