The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1919-10-09


with legs crossed and arms folded.
against the porch post directly In front
az the entrance to the house. his fea-
tures almost wholly concealed by the
broad-brimmed SLOUGH hat that came
far down over his eyes. He. too, n
saaned 10 Barnes, had sprung from
nowhere
.Fierce night" said Putnam Jones.
removing the cOrncOb pipe from his
llns Then, as an afterthought,
.Nbere'd you walk from todayF"
81 slept in a farmhouse last night,
about fifteen miles south OF this place,
I should say"
.srhat'd be n little ways out OF
East Cobb" speculated Mr.. Jones.
Five or six miles"
.Goin' over into CanadaT
-No. shall turn west. think. and
strike for the Lake Champlaln cOun-
try"
II suppose you've travelled right
smart IN EurOpsf"
~Quite n bit. Mr.. Jones'
@Any particular partf"
aNo," said Barnes. suddenly divin-
ing that he was being pumped" "One
end 10 the other. you might say"
awhat about them countries DOWN
around Bulgaria and RoumaniaI I've
been considerable interested In what's
going 10 become Of them n Germany
gets licked. What do they get out OF
Il. either wayT"
Barnes spent the next ten minutes
expatlatlng upon the future Of the Bal
kan states. Jones had little TO say.
He was Interested. and drank in all
the information that Barnes had to inn
part. He pulled at his pipe. nodded
his head from time 20 time. and Occa-
sionaIly put a leading question. And
quite as abruptly as he introduced the
topic he changed II.
"Not many automobiles up here this
time o. the year" he said Il was
a little surprised when you said fell
Ter had given you lift. Where fromr
aThe crossroads a mile down. He
came from the direction Of Fr0gg's
Corner and was on his way 10 meet
someone at Spanish Falls. IL APP
years that there was a mlsunderstand-
ing The driver didn't meet the train.
so the person he was going after
walked all the way TO the forks. We
happened upon each other there, Mr..
Jones. and we studied the signpOst to-
gether. She was bound for a place
called Green Fancy"
'Did you say she7"
'Yes. / was proposing TO help her
out OF her predicament when the be-
lated motor came racing down the
slope"
-Whst for sort of looking lady was
shef"
"she wore a veIl." said Barnes sue
cincfly.
"Youngf"
al had that impression. BY the way.
Mr.. Jones. what and where is Green
| Fancyf"
SWELL" began the landlord, lowering
his voice. "ft's about two mile and "A
half from here. up the mountain It's
house and people live In 1t. same as
any other house. That's about all
there Is 10 say about It"
''Why Is II called Green Fancy"
Because it's a green house." re-
piled Jones succinctly. screen as a
gourd. A man named Curtis built IL
a couple o. years ago and he had a
| fool idee about paintin' II green.
/ Might ha' been little crazy. for all
/ know. Anyhow. after he got II fin
ished he settled down 10 live in IL.
and from that day 10 this he's never
been Off"n the place"
'1sn't IT possible that he isn't there
at aIlT'
"He's there, all right Every now
I L. III
this woman today-and sometimes
they come down here for supper. They
don't hesitate 10 speak OF him. so he
must be there. Miss lilly has got the
idee that he is a recluse. II you know
what that Is"
Further conversation was inter
rupted by the irregular clatter OF
horses hoofs on the macadam. on
To the left a dull red glow OF light
spread across the roadway and a
mans voice called out. "Whoa, dang
yer
The door OF the smithy had been
thrown open and someone was lead
ing forth freshly shod horses
A moment later the horses-pranc-
ing. high-spirited animals - their
birdie bits held by a strapping black
smith. came into view. Barnes looked
I'm the direction OF the steps. IL two
men had disappeared. Instead - stop
ping directly I'm front OF the steps The
smitb led his charges quite a distance
beyond and into the darkness.
Putnam Jones abruptly changed his
posltion. He insinuated his long body
between Barnes and the doorway. at
the same time rather loudly proclaim
ing that the rain appeared to be over.
ayes. SIR he repeated. "she seems
to have let mp altogether Ought to
have a nice day tomorrow. Mr.. Barnes
nice. cool day for walkin-"
Voices came up from the darkness.