The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-03-22

MRS GREEN HAD pIsAPPEARED'
You have guessed correctly that this
Is where the element Of mystery en-
ters the story. You doubtless wonder
as We did, II Kent. the wire Taper
had made away with Mrs. Green or II
Bopp. balked OF his dog biscuit had
become a villain Of the deepest dye.
We did not come 20 any such c0nclu-
sions at first. OF course. That was
after we had looked all over the house.
up In the attic and down in the cellar.
Then | went 10 Kents room. He was
snoring peacefully. | mistrusted that
he might be shammlng and poured 4
pitcher OF water on him 10 see how he
would react 10 the shock | should
say that his reactions were perfectly
normal, albeit somewhat picturesque.
ly abusive.
Next we hailed Bopp from his room.
He was inclined TO be suspicious at
first until we told him about firs,
Green's disappearance; then he was
all sympathy ana Joined our lightly
hAsAh h'eA NHAiAk putty III Allt
Naturally, Lucille feared the worst,
while the rest Of us with masculine
optimism discounted any danger which
might bcfall the old lady.
But she wasn't herself" walled Lu-
ellie. "She's been acting funny all the
evening"
"Never mind about her" comforted
Kent. "A man with jag can fall of
the roof and never hurt himself a bit.
a bit Of bun makes anybody lucky
Suppose she is out in all this rain 2"
"A little water, more or less. won't
make any difference to her after the
last two days" | observed gloomily.
Lets not stand here any longer
said Bopp in businesslike fashion. "It
won't do much good to try to guess
where she is. Let's begin systematic
hunt"
Let's get on some regular clothes
tirst," / suggested.
IAN right" in chorus.
Lucille dressed faster than she ever
had before or has since, and we men,
with the usual celerity Of the bifurcat-
ed sex, were ready as soon as she was.
AS soon as we had assembled in the
living room once more Bopp. by rea-
son of his superior nerve, elected him.
self commander of the expedition.
Monty" he directed, you take Jesse
James with you and explore the north
half Of the island. Lucille and l will
search the southern portion. AS soon
as either party discovers Mrs. Green
come back TO the house and fire off
this revolver" He laid a large caliber
six shooter on the table.
might have disputed his arrange
ment and calm appropriation of Luz
Giles society, but 1 judged that it
would be poor time to argue about
anything so purely social. Besides. l
figured out that the man who was
with Lucille was going to have no cinch
reassuring her that her mother had not
met with some terrible taking off. So
they went one way, and we departed
the other, everybody slOshlng internal
~ and externally on account of the
large amount of distilled water and
rain.
How are we going to hunt this skirt
demanded Kent after we
had trudged northward for a few mo-
ments.
"Just hunt" l replied vaguely. too
busy with my thoughts to consider the
question seriously
This amt regular" objected Kent,
up his pace I'VE ought to
trail the old dame by her footprints.
Did you notice any footprints around
the house?'
mo. | didn't think to look
"Wel. let's go back and have a
peek"
AS that conceded with the methods
)f reasoning adopted by the detectives
N the best sellers, l agreed, and we
'etraced our footsteps to the house.
CTO BE CONTINUEDD