American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-07-11

"He is. bedad," broke In MI.
O'Dowd. chuckling. THAT'S what de-
ceived me entirely. and no wonder. 1t
wasn't Peter at ali. but the rapscallion
washer who went after her. He was
instructed TO tell Peter to meet the
four o'clock train, and the ~blockhead
forgot to give the order. Bedad, what
does he do but sneak out after her
himself, scared out Of his boots for
fear of what he was to get from Peter.
! had the whole story from Mrs. Van
Dyke"
"Well I'm tremendously relieved"
said Barnes slowly. .
"And so am l." said O'Dowd with
conviction. II have seen the heroine
of our busted nan She's a good
looking girl. Pm not surprised that
she kept her veil down. If you were
to leave 1t to me. though, I'd say
that it's a sin to carry discretion 30
far as all that. You see what / mean,
don't your His rich laugh came over
the wire.
Perfectly. Thank you for letting
me know. My mind is at rest. Good.
by" As he hung up the receiver he
said to himself, "You are q most af'
fable, convincing chap, Mr.. O'Dowd.
but ! don't believe a word you say,
That woman Is no lady's maid. and
you've known all the time that she
was there"
At four O'Clock he set out alone for
a tramp up the mountain road In
which the two men had keen shot
down. His mind was quite clear.
Room and Paul were not ordinary rob
bers. They were, no doubt, honest
men. He would have said that they
were thieves bent on burglarizing
Green Fancy we're It not for the dis
closures Of Miss Thackeray and the
very convincing proof that they were
not shot by the same man.
1t was not beyond reason-indeed,
II was quite probable-that they were
trying to cross the border; In 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 had the
slightest interest in his movements ny
to the instant he encountered the
young woman at the crossroads. His
busy brain suddenly suffered the SHOCK
Of a distinct conclusion. Was she Q
fellow co%nsplrator? Was she the in
side worker at Green Fancy In a well
laid plan to rifle the placer
Could II be possible that she wal
the confederate of these palnstaklnl
agents who lurked with sinister pa
thence outside the very gates Of thu
place called Green Fancy7
His ramble carrled him far beyont
the spot where Rooms body was foun'
and where young Conley had com
upon the tethered horses. His eager
curious gaze swept the forest to tn
left OF the road In search Of Gree
Fancy. Overcome by a rash, DARN
impulse, he climbed over the stak
and rider fence and sauntered anon
the big trees which so far had Oh
secured the house from view. The tree
grew very thickly on the slope, an
they were unusually large. He pre-
crossed deeper into the wood. At tn
end of what must have been a mil
he halted. There was no sign OF hab
tatlon, no indication that man hn
ever penetrated so far Into the fores
As he was on The point of retrncin
his steps toward the road his gnz
; fell upon a huge m~oss-covered roc
, less than n hundred yards away. III
stared, and gradually II began to TAX
on angles and planes and recesses {
the most astounding symmetry. III
der his widening gaze II was tran'
formed Into IA substantial object {
cubes and gables and-yes, window
lie was looking upon the stranG
home of the even stranger Mr.. Gu.
Z tls-Green Fancy.
Now he understood why II wa
called Green Fancy. Its surrounding
were no greener than itself; II SCENE
{ to melt into the foliage, TO become
part of the natural landscape. Moul
tain Ivy literally enveloped II. IL
d posed sections Of the house were pain
ed green; the doors were green; Il
o leafy porches and their columns. Il
chimney pots, the window hangings-
all were the color of the unchangir
forest. And II was a place of hui
q dimensions. low and long and rar
bling.