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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1916-11-23

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Iir &inn unb @anse pusen.
60 ipin ih meinen langen Bart
Sen lesten Sag nod nisen;
Sa. Grserlid, tpie ih II bin.
Cor meinem @roQ. o meinem &tnrt
Coll mand)er nod er3ittern!
.Soaa! Serr birth, mein YierS!
maft iortl
Sbm ipirb Der Safer frommcn.
Subt ibr 8arbierer bier I'M Srt?
2abt sleid ben redten fommen.
8albois, nalbein. perfluftes Ganol
Sd rift bic &reu5 unb Guer nno fdno
Sod nirsenbs nod ben reften."
ySritt Der. 9artpuser, aufgeIhaut!
Su iolit ben Bart mir trascn;
Sod fislih iebr lit meine Sait,
I'd biete bunbert gusen:
Nur, matir Oh niht bic Sa6e gut
llnb fliebt elm cin5'ses Sropflein
SG6rt Dir mein 2olh in's Serge.
Nas Ipies. falte giien fab
Wan alif benz Tifhc bliben
limb Dem pcrtpiinitten cling gar nab
Iuf icinem Shemel iisen
Gen grimm gen. ihtpar3bebaarten
y Wann
Sm iftpar5eu, fur3en @ams, tporan
Sod ihtpdr5're Sroboeln btn8en.
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Or mill Die Weiier tpepen.
gr iiebt Den Solf. CT iiebt ben Gait,
CO padt i'm bas gntiesen;
CT 5ittert tpie bas gipenlnub,
or maft iif pIDsIit aus benz Staub
ltnb ienbet ben GeieGen.
Gin bunbert guben mein 8ebot.
Sails bu bic STUNT beiiseit;
God inert es Dir. bid ted ih toot,
60 on Die Salt mir riseit."
limb Der 8eieu: Sen 3eufel audi
Sas lit bes 2anoes niht Der grnub."
gr lGuit unb ifidt Den Sungeu.
vgiit on Der HcGte, fleiner Wolh?
SriidJ auf, fang an 81 idabenl
Sier lit bas 9elb. bier lit Der Gold.
Oas 9eibes lit 5u bnbcn:
limb ifneibeit. riseit OH mid blob,
60 aeb' ib Dir Den 9nabenitob;
gu tpdreit nitt Der e%rite."
Ser Sunee benft. Der gaten, brudit
Nidt lang unb ruft beripeeen:
.Nur itiuseieHen! niht eenudtl
@ott seb' guf ieineu Sesen!"
CT ieift i'm Elm gang unperbust.
CT tpest. er itust, er frast, er pnet
~9ottlobl u ieib Sbr fertig."
rIimm, fleiner anirps. bein geIt
MIR bin;
Su btft elm lpabrer Senfell
aein Gnb'rep mot)tc Den 9etpinn.
Ou beeteit teinen Sipcifel,
gS lam bas Sittern bid nidjt an,
limb ipenn Gin 9ropflein Slutes rann
60 tad ia bid bod nieber."
.gi! gutter Serr, 10 itanb es nift.
Sd belt Cub an Der 8eble,
Ver5udtet Sbr III bas @ciiht
limb cling Der Sfnitt mir feble.
go lieb if guh ba5u nift Seit:
gntihloiien lpar ib unb bereh,
Die 9ebl' guh ab5uihneioen." -
go, 70! elm gang pertpiinifte,
SpaBl"
Gem Germ parb's unbebdelih,
@r lpurb' duf einmdl %leifenblab
limb s~ittertc n%adtrdslitJ:
SO. 10! oas bait ih niht eeoadt.
Sod bat es 8ott nod gut semaht;
Sd mills mir nber merfen."
Wie es Der nnfulgiamen Warie
ergangen 1T.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1916-11-23
,,8cncral Seliperp" ltnfng.

lleber Den Wiibbrnud Der y8eneral
Selipcrp" icitens Der Su9enb, ifreibt
in Der .Iusenleinen Nunoitau", Gin
piirttcmbergiiher Ypitbeamter: Sen
Rpitausgabe Sedmtcn un0 nif)t ant
pcni9iten Den dlteren inter ibnen, Die
beranpadjienoe &inbcr baben, ut es
Tin bebriidenbes 8efiibl, tagtdgli6 10
manhen 8rief sum Sd)alter binnuss
ccihcu 3ll miiiien. bon Dem lie ipifien,
oab er tpeiter nifts lit, ais Elm publs
pcrpabrtes @erf5eus Der Siinbe, bab
Iein llmihlas Der 9edmnntel bes
Serbrefens lit, ecihiist unb gebeiligt
ourh Nasielbe 9riefs 8ebeimnib. ipels
tes Der @eIcBgeber in peiier Ibii6t
dls cine Shusipebr Der pffentlihetl
8oblfahrt einsciest bat"
@ebnlif Gubert iit Elm bDberer
0oitbeamtcr in ben rWiinbener
Neueiten Tdhrihten":
Sic poltlasernben 9riefe be5tpeden
in ben aacrnlciiten Sdlcn cine Inz
fniipfuug unb 6orticeuug unIauterer
9~e5iebun9en. b~eionbcrs inter iungen
9euten. Iber aud lieoerlif)e dItere
Yerionen beiberIei 8eiGlefts, pelhe
aui Die @erfiibrlne Der Sugenb aus
3eben pber @bebru6 be9eben, MAIDEN
bon ibm 8ebrauh. 8elher Berg
bon llniittlitteit unb SamiIienineIiid
pirb bierDurh bas gauge Sabr bins
our6 inter ben Iugcu bes Staates
a~ufsebduftl Gieier entipidelt auf Der
einen Seite cine fat ELECTROMAGNETIC
5iiue BON Slieenbs Siiriorse, Inn aui
Ser anberen Ssite iusenolthen Yerios
men binter benz Hiiden ibrer Gltern
ooer Gr5ieber Q~iebesbriefe in bic
SGnoe gu ipieIen. Steie fta. .tlihe
9ermittlung lit unpiiroie."
gs biirfte unIcrc 2eier intcrciiieren,
bab Solanb, NeusS eelanb unb Rors
fpegen Die ortsaniaiiige Sepolterune
grrubI6elih bon Der y8eneraI Ses
IiberD" ausihlieBcn; ia es iperDer
ocrartige 8ricie nift MIR niht aufges
6obcn, ionoeru brett benz aoreiiaten
ms ,Saus eeitidt. Gbiffres8riefe
limb san5 unb gar in senonnten Sdns
bern ausgeitIoilen, ebenio in Selgien,
@ngEunb. CANADA. Natal. 3ranspaal,
China. 2urembur9, etc. Iuf unIere
ameritaniiten 1oitbebDroen baber
S6usmaBnabmen eineefibrt. client
balben bcginnt man ein5uieben, oat
e5 iid bier nm elm Yroblem banoelt
Sas fir bus iittIife @obl bes 8oltes
BON nift gerin8er Seoeutun9 lit.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1916-11-23

ieoem Sale mlb Elm Slumentopf Dor
iciner 9~enueun9 in @ailer selest nlo
I'M 10 ldn8er barin 9elallen iperpen,
ie Idn8ere 3eit CT friibcr p%eripenoet
purbe. Nucb bas' 3~eitiueilige maize
abbiiriten Der Sopfe lit iebr gu cnts
pfebIeu. NueS Sies gilt abcr nidt
nur fir alte, ionbern aud fir nene
Sppfe. Sieic baben aleroinss nid)ts
Shdolide6 in unb on lid. abcr lie
baben gcpDbnlih 6u trodcne &dnpc,
lpelter llebelitano bonn Srennen bers
riibrt uuo icbr oft ben 8ur3eln
ifuoet.
Sfpctidenfn5bel ans 2artottelfloe-
teis.-llnsefdbr brei Yfuno mebIige,
tags porber gefohte anrtpffeln pers
Den 9eidalt unb 9~erieben, oann NIT
ciuem 2offeI 5erlaIicncr Butter, bier
bis flint gi9eIb uub etlpas Ufi!d)
trdftig %ab9eriibrt, barnuf ipiro Der
feite Giipeibldnee b%a3uge8ebeu. einige
20ffel @rieb unb MIR ebcniouiel Webl
oarunteracmen9t, oab lid Der gut per>
mcnste Seig auf DEM Brett, pbne
6dneeu bu bleiben, ausrolen ldbt.
Sn fingcrbider Starfe a%usseipoltt,
ruerpen |ierede Ciefs 3oI groB) geS
ihnitteu, auf icbes Yicrcd cine relic.
done 3ipetide 9elegt, bel lcittem
Sriiden anobel (8IpBe) baraus ges
iorntt. in fpd)enbes Sal5ipaiicr einge>
Iegt, 3ebn Ninuten gcfodt, NIT 8e@
6rGunter Butter i~iber9oiicu uno iibcr>
,udert (nah 8eitmnt and nit
3imnlct permiiht) unb iufort 81 Siid
Jcbraft. Sie Sipetiteu perben nit3t
5clpaIhen, MIR NIT einem Suh ub9es
ricben, ba Die anbaftcnbe Scuftigfeit
ionit Den Sei9 flcbri9 MAIDEN piiroe.
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(Hppember.

Niopember.)
%. z. Silpcitcr. &onroo. Yctr. b. I'll.
81. 90. 0ir9ilius. 8ilbilbis. @alerian,
2S. 3. Gresccus. 2tberio. Soitbenes,
90. so. Soturuiuls. %. Suuminata.
80. 3. Inbreas. Iouro. Suitino.
(Se5cmber.)
q. @bmuno 6. Gig. Ratalia.
2. z. 8ibiana, s. @auIina. Gupus,
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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1916-11-23

Cine iromme Wutter nimmt jebc
8elesenbeit mobr, benz ainbe Die
berrliden Gerenlonicn unierer beilis
gen Stride gu ertldren. 10 oaB es nit
geritduoniB oeuielben gu ipl8en pera
mag. Gle mabnt es. bel Der Yreoi9t
unb Gbriitenlebre 9ennu &dt gu
geben. uub mas es nitt peritanoen
bat, iutt Tie linn fIar 81 MAIDEN,
Ieinem fiuolid1en 8eritdnee an5us
paiicn. 8iro 10 bas Ser6 bcs ainoes
tiei burhbrun9eu bon Der S6onGcit
unb @%nbrbeit unierer @eIi9ion. 10
lpirb es audi in ipdteren Subrcn ii1
i'm 8%ptte5oieuit nift %lan9ipsilen, ion"
bern fir oeiien iinui9e Gitiirsie ims
mer mebr geritduonib 5eieen. Ins
eigenem antrieb unb aus Siebe 5m
Soft miro es feline Gbriitcnpflitten
eriuQeu. aber aud ieiu iittlifes Ses
ben barnah einridJten. 60 lpiro oas
Samcniorn, oas frommc eftern Dem
ainbe ifon I'M 5arten Ilter ms
Ser5 le8en, reitc Sriitte tra9cn
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1916-11-23
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Som 6 reuel Der ger
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Wattb. "a, 15-35.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1916-11-23
Ter Eapagei.

Gle Inefbote. Die Der Batter Warie
bon gbeners @ihenbah's germ uno oft
er3oblte:
Gin oitcrrcidiifer aauiberr. Der
cine Eeiie mad Nuitralien unternomz
men bate. ifidtc bon bort ieinem
in 8ieu lebeuoeu Sruoer einen unges
w0buIih itonen uub eelebri8en ga
pasci. oeim9etebrt, ipar cine iciner
eriten Sraseu: YNa, pie babt Sbr
bonn meineu Yapa9ei g%efunoen?"
Cine flcinc Serlegenbeitspauie frat
Gin; bann bradJtc bic Sausfrau idos
nenb berpor: Gin binel 6ab mar
CT bait"
Bad? - lin @ottespilen, Sbr
babt i'm bod nitt s~ebratcu unb &C.
sciicn? Gr bat ia picr5ebn Spruhen
S%eiprpfen."
Scr 9ruber itlug Die Sdnbe 5us
ianmen: -Sciies! 8arum,ba t er bern
MIR s'ia9t?"
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Der Storh bradbte ,9prnr6shcn"
elm fletneS Shmefterletn.
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Der redte BARRIER.

Son Mbalbert bon Gbamiiio.)
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Ntiitter, ballet Cure 3inber sum
geiude bes 0ptteSbienites an!

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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-01-27

to be presumed that much. II not all,
OF the c%omplacency would have a n
ished II he could have been an unseen
listener in the Farnham sitting.room,
dating from the time when little Miss
Gilman battered on to bed. leaving
the father and daughter sitting to.
gether under the reading lamp.
At first their talk was entirely OF
the window apparition. the daughter
insisting upon It's reality. and the ia.
ther trying TO push II over into the
limbo Of things imagined. Driven
finally to give all the reasons for her
belief In the realities, Charlotte related
the incident Of the afternoon.
BY this time the good Doctor BERTHE
had become the indignant Doctor Der.
tie.
I'VE can't have that at ALL" he said
incisively. You did your whole duty
in that bank matter; and 1t was a
good deal more than most young won.
en- would have done. I'm not going
70 have you prosecuted and harassed-
not one minute! Where Is this fel.
low stopping?"
The daughter shock her head. u
don't know. He gave me his card, but
1t has the New Orleans address only"
Give 1t to me and I'll look him up
tomorrow"
The card changed hands. and for a
few minutes neither Of them spoke.
Then the daughter began again.
I've had another shock this eve.
ming, too, she said, speaking this time
in low tones and with eyes downcast.
This Mr.. Grisw old-did | understand
YOU to say that he had lost all OF his
money!"
Yes, practically all OF H." said the
father, without losing his hold upon
what a certain great London physician
was saying through the columns OF the
English medical journal.
But afterward, long after Charlotte
had gone up 10 her room, he remem'
bered, with a curious little start OF
half.awakened puzzlement, that some.
one, no longer ago than yesterday, had
told him that young Griswold was
rich-or II rot rich, at least well
fixed"
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CHAPTER xVnI-contlnued.

1T was a mamie was looking In
at the window" she returned in low
tones. II thought / saw hin once be.
fore; but this time | am certain!"
Griswold sprang from his chair. and
q moment later was letting himself out
noiselessly through the hall door.
There was nothing stirring on the
porch. He VAS still cropping among
the bushes. and Miss Farnham had
come to the front door. when the doc.
tors buggy appeared under the street
lights and was halted at the home
hitching post.
Hello, Mr.. Griswold; is that you?"
called the CHEEKY one. when he saw
a bareheaded nan beating the covers
In his front yard.
Griswold net his host at the gate
and walked up the path with him.
Miss Charlotte thought she saw
someone at II OF the front windows
he explained; and a moment after.
ward the daughter was telling II for
herself.
II saw him twice" she insisted
"once while We were at dinner, and
again Just now. The first time
thought | might be mistaken. but this
time"
Griswold was laughing silently and
inwardly deriding his gifts when. un.
der cover OF the Doctors return. he
made decent acknowledgements fol
benefits bestowed and took his de
parture. On the pleasant summer
night walk TO Upper Shawnee street
he was congratulating himself upon
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-01-27
SYNOPSIS.

Kenneth Griswold. an unsuccessful
writer because OF soclalistic tendencies,
holds up Andrew Galbraith, president OF
The Bayou state Securities, In the presi-
dents private office and escapes with tlco,-
20 IN cash. By original methods he -.
ctpes the hue and cry and goes aboard
tne Belle Julie AS n deckhaud. Charlotte
rarnham OF Wahaska, Mimi. who lad
seen him cash Galbraith's check IN he
pnnk. recognizes him. and sends n letter
OF betrayal 60 GRlbrRith anonymously.
,trlswold is arrested on the arrival OF the
boHt at 81, Louis. but escapes from his
captors. He decides on wahaskR. MINI.
as a hiding place. and after Quitting
himself properly. takes the train, Girls
void falls III on the sleeper and II cared
Tor and taken 20 her home I'm WahAska
by Margery Grierson. daughter Of Jasper
Jrierson, the financial magnate OF Wa
naska. Matgery nnds the stolen money
IN suitcase. Brofiin. detective,
taxes the trail. Margery asks her father
10 get Edward Raymcr into financial hot
water and then help him out OF a. Girls
void rcCovers 60 find the stolen money
gone. He meets Margery's social circle
ana forms n friendship with Raymer, the
IRON manufacture, Brofhn comes to Wa
haska IN search OF the woman who wrote
the anonymous letter 10 Galbraith. Mar
gerry takes Griswold to the safety deposit
vault and turns the stolen money over 70
Margery begins 70 watch him. Griswold
puts his money In Raymer's plant and
commences 20 rewrite his book. Griswuli
goes 20 dinner at Doctor Fnruham's and
Is not sure hat Charlotte has not rccug-
nized him.
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oriswold looked and was reasonably

Griswold looked and was reasonably
sure that he could make out the
shadowy figure OK a man leaning
against n OF the trees.
THAT Is my shadow" she said. low.
ering her voice; mir. Matthew Brof.
I'm OF the Colburne Detective agency,
In New Orleans. lie has n foolish idea
that ] am In communication with the
man he is searching for, and he was
brutal enough to tell me so. What he
expects to accomplish by keeping an
absurd watch upon our house and dog.
cling everybody who comes and goes. !
can't imagine"
You have told your father7" said
Grlswold. anxious to learn how far this
new alarm fire had spread.
Certainly; and he has made his pro.
test. But II doesn't do any good; the
man keeps on spying. as you see. But
we have wandered a long way from
your book. I've been trying to prove
TO you that | am not 1T TO criticize IT,"
mo; you mustn't mistake me. |
haven't been coming to you for criti.
cism." was Griswold's rather incoher.
ert reply; and when the talk threat
ened to lapse into the commonplace,
he took his leave. Oddly enough, as he
thought. when he was unlatching the
gate and had shifted one OF the newly
purchased automatic pistols from his
hip pocket 10 m outside pocket OF the
light top.coat he was wearing, the
shadowy figure under the lake.shading
trees had disappeared.
II was only n few minutes after the
lingering dinner guest had gone when
the doctor came out on the porch,
bringing his long.stemmed pipe for a
bedtime Whit in the open air.
You are losing your beauty sleep,
little girl" he said, dropping into the
chair lately occupied by the guest. Did
you nnd out anything more tonight
The daughter did not reply at once,
and when she did there was n note OF
freshly summoned hardihood In her
voice.
I'VE were both mistaken" she az.
firmed. "Coincidences are always
likely to be misleading. | am sorry |
told you about them. lie has certain.
ly been n present help in time OF need
TO Edward"
As before, the good little doctor had
recourse to his pipe, and II wal not un.
Ill his daughter got up TO go in that
he said gently "One other word, Char
lie, girl are you altogether sure that
the wish isn't father to the thought
about Griswold?"
Don't be absurd. papa" she said
scornfully, passing swiftly behind his
chair to reach the door; and with that
answer he was Obliged to be content
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the now quite complete fulhllment Of
the wishing prophecy. Miss Far" ham
was going 10 prove TO be all that the
most critical maker OF studies from
life could ask In n model: a supremely
perfect original for the character Of
Fidelia In the book. Moreover, she
would be his touchstone for the truths
and yerities; even as Margery Grier.
son might, II she were forgiving
enough to let bygones be bygones. hold
the mirror up 10 nature and the pure
humanities. Moreover. again. what.
ever slight danger there might have
been In a possibility OF recognition
was a danger outlived. II the first
meeting had not stirred the sleeping
memories in Miss Farnham. subse,
quent ones would serve only to widen
the gulf between torsetitiness and rec.
objection by just such distances as the
Wahaska Griswold should travers In
leaving behind him the deckhand OF
the Belle Julie.
How much this might have been
modified II he had known that the man
whose face Miss Farnham had seen at
The window was silently tracking him
through the t~ree.shadowed streets is
a matter for conjecture. Also. It II
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I'm coming TO that. This escape
we read about happened on a certain
day In April. 1t was the very day On
which poppa met me on my way back
from Florida. and we took the eleven.
thirty train north that night. You
haven't forgotten hat MIR. Griswold
was "A passenger on that same train?"
But. goodness gracious. Miss Mar
gerry! any number OF people were pas
sengers on that train. You surely
wouldn't"
Hush" she said. and through the
lace window hangings Brofin saw her
lift a warning finger. What | am
telling you. Mr., Raymer. Is In the
strictest confidence; we mustn't let a
breath OF II get out. But that wasn't
all, Mr.. Griswold was ~dreadfuly sick
and. Of course, he couldn't tell US any
thing about himself. But while he was
delirious he was always muttering
something about money, money: mon.
ey that he had lost and couldn't find. or
money that he had found and couldn't
lose. Then when we thought he
couldn't possibly get we'll. Doctor Der.
tie and | ransacked his suitcases for
cards or letters or something that
would tell us who he was and where
he came from. There wasn't the lit
TEST thing"
GRO BE CONTINUED
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underfoot. as he was always obliged to
do in these talks with her. II should
be discouraged II you didn't keep on
telling me that the story, as a story,
Is good"
1T is good; II Ia a big story" she
asserted. with kindling enthusiasm.
Tho plot, so far as YOU have gone
with II. is fine; and that is where you
leave ms away behind. ! don't see
how you could ever think II out. And
the character drawing Ia fine. too,
some Of II. Your Fleming is as far
beyond me as your Fidelia seems to
be beyond you"
You don't know Fleming yet. Have
you ever met Fidelia?"
Not as you have dra Nn her-no.
She is too unutterably fine. II she
had a single shred OF humanity about
her, ! should suspect you OF meaning
to fall In love with her. farther along
To the humiliation and despair OF poor
Joan. who. as you say. is a mere daugh'
ter OF men"
But how about JOAN" he fretted.
rs she out OF drawing. too"
Yes; you are distorting her the
other way-making her too inhumanly
worldly and i%nsincere." Then. with an
abruptness that was like a slap In the
face: III YOU didn't spend so many
evenings at Doctor Bertie's. you would
get both Fidelia and Joan In better
drawing"
He flushed and drew himself up
with stabbed amour propre prompting
him TO make some singing retort con.
trasting the wells Of truth with the
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Instantly the Primitive instinct Of
self.Preservatlon sprans Alert.

brackish waters OF sheer worldliness.
Then he saw how inadequate 1t would
be; how utterly impossible II was TO
meet this charmlngly vindictive young
person upon any grounds ave those
Of her wi choosing.
THAT is the first really unkind
thing | have ever heard you say" was
the mild reproach which was all that
the reactionary second thought would
sanction.
"unkind to whom?-to you, or 10
Miss Farnham?"
Ask yourself" he countered weak.
ly. and she laughed at him.
Griswold did not reply TO the laugh,
He was gathering up the scattered
pages OF his manuscript and replacing
them in order. When he spoke again
It was Of a matter entirely irrelevant.
81 had an odd experience the other
evening" he said. Il had been dining
with the Raymers and was walking
back 10 Shawnee street. A little news.
boy named Johnnie Fergus turned up
from somewhere at one OF the street
/ crossings and tried 10 sell me a pa.
per-at eleven O'Clock at night, |
bought one and jOked him about being
out so late; and from that on | couldu' I
get rid OF him. lie went all the way
home with me, talking a blue streak
and acting as II he were afraid OF
something or somebody. remem,
bered afterward that he is the boy who
takes care OF your boat. Is there any.
thing wrong with him.
Miss Grierson had left her chair and
had gone TO stand at one OF the win
dOws.
Nothing that | know Of" she said
"He Is a bright boy-too bright for nj,
own good, I'm afraid, But | can ex
plain-a little. Johnnie has taken o
violent fancy 10 you for some reason
and he has fallen into the boylsh habit
Of weaving all sorts Of romance,
around you. | think he reads too many
exciting stories and tries to make 70,
the hero OF them. lie told me IN,
other day that he was sure somebody
was 'spotting' you"
Griswold looked up quickly. Mis-,
Grierson was still facing the window
and he was glad that she had not sceI
his nervous start.
"'Spotting' me-" he laughed. "Wher,
did he get hat idea?"
How should I know? But he ha,
made himself believe It; he ever wen
so far as TO describe the man. oh,
can assure you Johnnie has an imagl
nation; I've tested II In other ways
II should think SOL" said the maj
who also had an imagination. an,
shortly afterward he took his leave.
An hour later the same afternoon
Broffin. from his post OF observation OF
the Winnebago porch. saw the writinl
man cross the street and enter a hard
var shop, Having nothing better I,
do, he too, crossed the street and, II
passing, looked into the open door O
Simmons & Kleifurt's. What he say
brought him back at the end OF Y re-
Elective stroll around the public square
When he entered the shop the clerI
was putting a formidable array q
weapons back into their showcas
inches. Brofin lounged up and begaI
TO handle the pistols.