The Elbert County tribune., 1918-02-01
SIXTH EPISODE
The Forbidden Room.

The Forbidden Room.
"Be quiet and listen to man who is
In earnest" said 1 to Jimmy Barton.
He smiled down at me frcm the cor
ner of my desk, where he had perched
himself with cheerful impudence.
"But 1 am in earnest. meant just
what wrote you in that note yester-
day"
The morning before Mr.. Barton had
conveyed to me by hand and with elab-
crate care a note which read as fol-
lows:
Il am n handsome young man, in
love with girl who looks just like
you. What shall do about It?
JIMMY"
That note was sufficiently embar-
RAISING to confuse any young woman.
/ felt myself paying 1t the tribute of
blush and then l got thoroughly angry
with the man who was so sure of him
self that he could laugh at whatever
passing emotion he felt for me.
And now Mr.. Barton had come in
'twenty-four hours after date" to sug-
gest that his letter was still unan-
swered.
So 1 picked up letter of the type
which clutched at my heart and
handed it to him, with the previously
recorded request that he listen to
man who was in earnest.
He took 1t, protesting that he didn't
care about anyone else's affairs.
But insisted that he read the letter.
IndIfferently enough he glanced ut 1t,
and then suddenly his attention
focused.
This Is the letter which turned
Jimmy from an Indifferent lover to an
interested reporter:
Blue Cove. New York.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
! was to be married today. My fiancee
did not come to the church. have
phoned her employer who says she left
this afternoon and he has not seen her
since What shall do?
Jimmy Barton looked at that letter
fixedly for moment
BLUE Cove." he gasped. BLUE Cove
that's funnyl When did you get this
letter."
by this mornings mail. Does Blue
Cove fit in with a story of yours, Mr..
Baritone"
yesterday Barnes called me over to
the city desk and gave me an assign
ment that ought to lead to something
He told me to go over to the secret
service and see Moran about the coun-
terfeit bills that are circulating round
30 plentifully. Well. trotted over to
see Moran and he showed me a crisp
five-dollar bill that wasn't bad en-
craving job at all. He said they were
being sent all over the country, but
that he was sure they were made some
where In New York.
''That sounded like good steer.
decided that any game of that sort be-
Ing played in or near New York would
lead you straight to Forty-second street
in the end
"Well, 1 marched up and down all
yesterday afternoon and the part of
the world / was looking for-the un-
derworld-refused to come to the sur
face. Just little while before I got
round to losing my self-respect by quit
ting the story. along came taxicab
and stopped at Grand Central.
"a big. impressive looking woman
stepped out and handed over bill to
the chauffeur. was close enough to
get pretty good view of that bill. 1t
looked kind of familiar-like relative
of the one had seen In Moran's Of
hce.
81 got friend chauffeur to swap me
the new one for soiled one / had.
' The bill he gave me sure was the
twin to the one had seen In Moran's
Office.
81 could imagine that the handsome
gray-haired dame had seen passing
the queer, to that chauffeur had had n
day of it. She seemed desirable lady
for me to keep my eyes on. So 1
marched across Grand Central and
followed her on to train. She got OF
At Blue Cove"
SO that was why Jimmy Barton had