The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-10-02

HAS she had coffee and"
81 am going after II now. II seems
that she Is in the habit Of having IL
In bed. I wish had her Imagination.
II would be great TO Imagine that all
you have to do Is 10 say. 4 think I'll
have coffee and rolls and one egg sent
up. and then go on believing your wish
would come true. Still. | don't mind.
She seems so nice and pathetic, and in
trouble, and /"
"Thank you, Miss Thackeray. If
you Will see that she has her coffee
Tll-rl wait for you here In the hall
and try to explain. ! cant tell you
everything at present--nOt without her
consent-but what ! do tell will be
sufficient TO make you think you are
| listening TO "A chapter OF a dime novel"
He had already taken Putnam Jones
into his confidence. He saw no other
way out of the new and somewhat
extraordinary situation.
His uneaslness increased to conster-
nation when he discovered that
| Sprouse had not yet put I'm an appear
ance. What had become Of the man7
lie could not help feeling however,
that somehow the little agent would
suddenly pop out Of the chimney in
his room. or sneak in through a crack
under the do0r-aud laugh at his
/ fears.
Shortly before the noon hour. Peter
Ames halted the old automobile from
Green Fancy IN front Of the Tavern
and OFT stepped ODowd. followed by
no less n parsonage than the pseudo
/ Mr.. Loeb. There were a number OF
I travelling bags In the tonneau Of the
car.
Catching sight OF Barnes. the Irish
man shouted genial greeting.
"The top Of the morning to ye. You
remer Der Mr.. Loeb. don't your Mr..
Curtis, secretary. Mr. Loeb is leaving
US Tor few days on business. Good
morning. Mr.. Boneface," he called out
20 Putnam Jones who approached at
[ that juncture. I'VE are sadly In want
OF gasoline"
Barnes caught the look that the
Irlshman shot at him out OF the cor
ner OF his eye.
perhaps you'd better see that the
scouudrcIs don't give us short meas
ure. Mr. Loeb" said O'DOwd. Loeb
hcsltated for second, and then, evil
IDENTIFY ia obedience 20 command
from the speakers eye. moved of to
where Peter was opening the intake.
O'Dowd lowered his voice. BARNES,
let you of last night. and | let her
on rs wen. In return. ask you to
hold your tongue until the man down
there gets a fair start. A days start
and"
Are you IN danger. too, Opowd?"
"TO DE sure--hut | love IL. ! can
always sQuirm out Of tight places"
81 would not deliberately put you in
jeopardy, ODOwd."
"Sce here. I am going back to that
house up yonder, There is stlll work
for me there. What I'm after now Is
10 get him on the train at Hornville.
I'll be here again AT four O'Clock, on
me- word Of honor. Trust me, Barnes"
"pO you mean 10 say that you are
coming back here to run the risk Of
being"
We've had word that the govern
mcnt has men ON the way. Why,
hang It all. Barnes, don't you know
who II was thai engineered that whole
business last night?"
Barnes smiled. 81 do. He Is Sc
cret agent from the embassy"
"Secret granny" almost shouted
Opowd. Gle is the slickest, cleverest
crook that ever drew the breath Of
life. And he's got away with the
Jewels, for which you can whistle in
vain, I'm thinking"
"FOr heavens sake. ODowd-" be-
gan Barnes. his blood like ice in his
veins.
But don't take my word for II.
Ask her-upstairs there, God bless
her ask her II she knows Chester
Noismith. She'll tell We. my buckle.
He's been standing guard outside her
window for the past three nights.
Hes"
snow l know you are mistaken"
cried Barnes, n wave of relief surging
over him. "Ile has been In this tay-
ern every night"
"Sure he has. But answer me, did
We ever see him here after eleven In
the EVENING" You did nOt-not until
last night, anyhow. In the struggle he
had with Nicholas last night he was
recognized. That's why poor old
Nicholas Is lying dead up there at the
house now-and will have decent
burial unbeknOwnst 10 anybody but
his friends"
Good God. O'Dowd, you can't mean
that he--he killed"
"He stuck a knife In his neck. The
dirty snakel And the chief trusted
him as no crook ever was trusted be-
fore. In the name Of God. Barnes, how |
did YOU happen to fall in with the vii !
lain?"