Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-05-22

9I)Owd. chuekiing. THAT'S What -
eelTed me entirely. and no wondex II
wasn't Peter at all. but the rzpecallicn
washer VIC went after her. 10 was
instructed 20 cen Peter 90 meet the
TOUR O'Clock train, and the hloekhead
forgot 10 give the order. Bead. what
does he do but sneak out kffer sher
himself. scared out Of his boots for
fear Of what he was ia get FROM Peter.
l had the whole story from Afra. van
Dyke"
"Weli. Tn tremendousiy relieved"
said Barnes slowly. @&k
"And 30 am r,~ said OyDowd with
conviction. 81 have seen the heroine
OF our busted ro<nance. She's n COED
looking girl I'm not SURPRISED Chat
she kept her ven down. II you were
10 leave Il 20 me. though, I'd SAP
that It's q sin 70 carry discretion %
far as all that. You zee what mean,
don't your" His rich laugh came over
-Perfectix.1 Thank goa eos l~stins
me know. Ny mind In at rest. Good.
by" As he hung up che receiver he
said to himself. You are q most az
table. convincing chap. Mr.. ODowd.
but i don't believe a word you say.
That woman is no lady's maid and
you've known an the time that she
was there"
At four o'clock he set out alone for
g. tramp up the mountain road In
which the two men had been shot
1own. His mind was quite clear.
Room and Paul were not ordinary rob
berA They were. no doubt. honest
men. He would have said that they
we're thieves bent on burgIarizing
Green Fancy were II not for the dis
closures Of Miss Thackeray and the
very convincing proof that they were
lot shot BY the same man. rs
1t was not beyond reason-indeed,
was quite probable-that they were
Tying to cross the, border. I'm that
event their real operations would be
confined to the Canadian side OF the
line. He could not free himself OF the
suspicion that Green Fancy possessed
the key to the situation. Room and his
companion could not have nae the
slightest interest In his movements ny
% the instant he encountered the
young woman ct the erossroadss His
busy brain suddenly suffered the shock
II n distinct- conclusion. Was abe q
fellow conspiratorf Was she the IN
side worker at Green Fancy In q well.
aid plan to rife the placef
Gould it BE- possible that she was
the confederate OF these painstaking
agents who lurked with sinister pa
.ience outside the very gates OF the
place called Green Fancyf
Bis rambls carried him far beyond
ihe spot where Rooms body wss found
and wheEs young Oonisy had come
spon the tethered horses. His eager.
:urious gaze swept the forest to the
jeft Of the read O search q Green
Fancy. 0veFeome BY q rash. daring
impulse, he climbed over the stake
and rider fence end sauntered among
the big trees ywhieh1 % far had OBJ
scured the house kEom view. The trees
grew very Ehfckly On the slope. and
hey were unusuaily lafgs. He pro-
lressee Deeper into the wood. At the
End % what must have been d mile
10 halted There was no sign OF habi-
tation no ipdicatiou that man had
ssver penstrated q Car into the forest.
Al ne wac pa To point Of retracins
ais steps toward the road his gaze
Tell upon q hngs moas rock
ess than o hundred Yards away Hs
stared. and gradually &C began to taxa
% angles AID pianse ana fscesses q
the most astounding symmetry. IN
fer his widening gasS q was trans.
formed into q substantial object of
cubes and gables snd-yes. windows.
He was looking upon the strange
home Of the even stranger Ar. Our.
tis-Green Fancy.
Now he understood why % wa
called Green Fancy. Its surroundings
were no greener than itself; It seemed
to melt into the Foliage, % become q
part Of the natural landscape. Noun
balm Ivy literally snveloped e. Ex,
posed sections q tAa house were paint
I'd greens the doors were green; the
leafy porches ana their columns, the
chimney pots. the window hangings--
I'll were the color % the unchangins
forest And &c was o place Of huge
dimensions. low and long and ram
bling. 71. ~:
@'Gad.' be said 10 himself. .'whai
manner OK crank 10 he who wcuie
bury himself nike thisf OF all In
srazy ideas ever--s rE''W
His reflections ended there. Awum
IN crossed fis yisionfa woznan stroll
ne slowly toward him through the I'm
iricate avenues Of tn wildwood.
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