Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-06-19
CHAPTER X.
The Prisoner Of Green Fancy, and the
Lament Of Peter the Chauffeur.

The Prisoner Of Green Fancy, and the
Lament Of Peter the Chauffeur.
He envled Mr.. Rushcroft. The barn.
stOrmer would have risen to the Occa.
sion without so much as the blinking
Of an eye. He did bis best, however
and, despite his eagerness. managed
to come of fairly well. Anyone out OF
earshOt would have thought that he
VAS uttering some trifiing inanIty In
stead of these words:
"You may trust lse. have suspect
ell that something was wrong here"
eft Is impossible to explain now
she said. These people are not my
friends. / have no one to turn to In
my predicament."
Eyes. you have" he broke In, and
laughed rather bOisterously for him
He felt that they were being watched
In turn by every person In the room
Tonight-not an hour ago-I began
to feel that could call upon you 10,
help. l began to relax. Something
whispered to me that 1 was no longer
utterly alone. Oh, you will never
know what 1t IL to have your heart
tighten as mlne-but I must control
myself. We are not to waste words >
"YOu have only to command me
Miss Cameron. No more than q dozen
words are necessary. Tell me how ]
can be OF service to you"
~ shall try to communicate with
you In some way-tOmorrow. I beg
OF you, ] implOre you, do not desert
me. II / can only be sure that you
will"
you may depend on me, no matter
what happens" said he. and. looking
into her eyes. was bound forever.
II have been thinking" she said
Yesterday i made the discovery that
THAT / am actually q prisoner here
Mr.. Barnes, I-Smllei Say something
sIlIyI"
Together they laughed over tho
meaningless remark he made In re
spOnse to her command.
II am constantly watched. II ]
venture outside the house / am almost
Immediately Joined by one Of these
men. You saw what happened yes
terday. I am distracted"
u will ask the authorities to ster
In and"
mol You are to do nothing Of the
Kind. The authorities would never
ind me IL they came here to search
ut was hard for him to smile at that y
1t must be some other way. II
Gould steal out of the house-but tea.
Is impossible" she broke of with ,
catch in her voice.
Suppose that I were to steal inte
The house." he said. a reckless lIgh.
In his eyes.
"Oh. you could never succeedr"
well. / could try, couldn't II
There was nothing funny In the re
mark, but they both leaned back ant
laughed heartily. Leave IL to me
FELL me where"
The place is guarded day and night
The stealthiest burglar In the yorlt
souid not come within a stones throw
OF the house."
IF It's as bad as all that, we canno,
AFFORD to makes any slips. You thinl
you are In no immediate perilF"
Il am In no peril at all unless ]
bring Ii upon myself" she said sisnIfi
cantly.
Then Q delay Of q day or 80 will
not matter" he said, frowning
Leave IL 70 me. win find n way.'
BE carefulI" De Soto came loung
ing up behind them.
Forgive me for interrupting. but
am under command from royal head
quarters. Peter. the king Of chauf
feurs, sends In word that the car Is IL
an amlable mood and champlng to b.
on. So seldom Il IL In good humol
that he"
'Tn be or at oace." exclaimed
Barnes. arising. "By Jove, Il Is half
past ten. I had no idea-good night
Miss Cameron"
He pressed her hand reassuringly
and left her.
She had arisen and was standing
straight and slim by the corner OF the
q confident smile on her lips
IF xou- are 70 be long In the neigh