The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-09-25
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-Thomas X barnes.
wealthy New Yorker ON n walking trip
througn Nsw England o. CuulAt 10
storm miles FROM his destination. AZ n
same psSp Rs ,s' dssu s,'' th 'e st
uation an auto Mobile sent to meet the
girl arrives ana Harness j. gIvcn e lft 70
Harts tavern. while the .rlt ls taken
on Co. her destination. which she tells
Barnes &C. place called Green Fancy.
CHAPTER n-At Tho tavern Barnes
falls Boz with stranded troupe Of barn
eturfniur' actors beaded bv Lyndon
Rushcroft ana becomes interested IN
them.
CHAPTER 1rt-As the storm grows.
Barncs finds D. lself worrying over the
safety of the girl travelling over the
gcrous speed he learns that Green
Fancy ia something Of a house Of mvs-
terry Two mounted wcnleavc the tavern
:, osity. manner ""''' ''0u''' barnes curl
CHAPTER Tv-Hc meets Miss Thack-
crav." leading lady of the stranded theat-
rical tro D., who is'acung as chamber
maid. That night hr Is aroused by the
bringing of dying man 90 the tavern.
one of the two who had ridden away
short time before They tell ~ finding the
dead body Of the other man. Both had
been shot
CHAPTER v-The wounded man regis
tered az the tavern as Andrew Paul dies.
emo Barnes b. Informed be must not leave
until after the inquest O'Dowd and DE
Soto guests ~ Green Fancy, visit the
tnVcru. apparently much mystihed over
The AFFAIR.
CHAPTER vt-Barnes advances Rush
croft money Sufficient to relelse the com.
thereby becoming its official hacker lie
visits Green Fancy, and IN the grounds
meets his acquainthnce OF the night he
beauty.
.CHApTEL Whsle seems not 20 he
away. . bowd nppchrs and Ia apparently
friendly fashion escorts Barnes tWh0 feels
he Is unvcieomci from the grounds
CHAPTER VIII-Miss Thackeray warns
Barnes nat man stopping az tho tuv-
ern, ostcrFIhly book agent had searched
his hurEase iu hia absence ODowd
comes Co the tavern and with Barnes and
Others goes over tnr scene OF the previous
nights shooting Blrnrs is invited TO
dinner at Green Fancy.
CHATTER Kills acquaintance q the
Storm ia introduced as Miss Cameron.
The mnkeup Of The house party. parucu-
larry a. man introduced to him as Loeb"
and the number OF menservants about the
place. sou.e a nat astonishes Barnes.
ANdANA A..h N-MlHN fNmNINN informs
him she ls "a prisoner la the house. ap-
pcaliuE 60 him Tor AID srd binding him
60 secrecy. in -vuversatiOu with the
chauffeur who drives him back 10 the
tavern Barnes becomes convinced there
u conspiracy OF moment Matching -
Green ungy.
CHAPTER NI-A, breakfast the sup
posed book agent introduces himself as
Spruuse. government secret agent
Sprouse tells Barnes he IN there Co watch
the party az Green Fancy. 4 scrihing
them a. refugees nom "a country oVcrrun
By thU Germans Tie asserts that Miss
1amtrUl' Del "a rrlatpe OF the former ruler
OF the devastated country and that she or
Loeb have with them the crown Jewels,
OF enormous value. which sprOuso would
recover.
CHAPTER NiI-Narnes agrees 20 ac-
company s.rouse un "a nocturnal visit 10
Green FANCY, SprOusc With the object OF
seCuriUg the jewels. rNd Barnes with tho
hope " reacuing Miss Cameron
CHAPTER NIII-They enter the grounds
IN safety. NFrOusc uNurtumiuE two men
evidently on guard Reaching the houses
Barnes sends up. hN means OF fishing
rod carried by aprllre. "a note 10 Miss
Cameron informing her of their iuteu-
ton Goo enter the house. She tries go dis
suade them. but sprouse climbs 20 her
room ana goes through % ON "A quest for
the crown Jewel and state papers.