The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-05-29

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II suppose you've Travelled right
smart IN Europer
"Quite a bit, MI. JONES'
"Any partic'lar part?"
NO." said Barnes, suddenly divine
ing that he was being pumped" zone
end to the other, you might say"
"What about them countries down
around Bulgaria and Roumania7 I've
been considerable interested In what's
going to become Of them II Germany
gets licked. What do they get out Of
1t, either way2"
Barnes spent the next ten minutes
expatiating 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 i'm
part He pufed at his pipe, nodded
his head from time, to time. and occa-
sionally put a leading question. And
quite as abruptly as he introduced the
topic he changed 1t. ct. a..
"Not many automobiles up here this
time o. the year." he said. II was
a little surprised when you said a fel-
Ter had given you a Lift. Where from2"
1.-THE crossroads a mile down. He
came from the direction Of Frogg's
Corner and was on his way to meet
someone at Spanish Falls. It ap-
years that there was a misunderstand-
ing. The driver didn't meet the train,
GO the person he was going after
walked all the way to the forks. We
happened upon each other there, MI.
Jones, and we studied the signpost to-
gether. She was' bound for q place
called Green Fancy"
did you say shef'.
Eyes. I was proposing to help her
out Of her predicament when the be-
lated motor came racing down the
slope" 49,:
@what for sort Of looking lady was
she2" l.
"she wore a VEIL" said Barnes sue
cnctly.
"Young1"
Il had that impression. BY the way,
Mr.. Jones, what and where is Green
Fancy7"
"Well," began the landlord, lowering
his voice, ats about two mile and q
half from here, up the mountain. It's
q house and people live in it, same as
any other house. That's about all
there Is to say about it."
'Why is it called Green Fancy?"
Because It's a green house." re.
piled Jones s~uccinctly. Screen az a
gourd. A man named Curtis built It
q couple O. years ago and he had a
fool idee about paintin' it green.
Might ha' been a little crazy, for all
I know. Anyhow, after he got it fin
ished he settled down to live in it,
and from that day to this he's never
been od.n the place"
':Isn't It possible that he isn't there
at au2s
'Hsas there. all right. Every now
and then he has visitors just like
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 q reclusa Il you know
what that Ia
Further convefSat1on was inter
Hupted by tho irregular clatter Of
horses hoofS on the macadam. on
to tho lett Z dull red glow Of light
spread across the roadway and q
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
bride bits held BY q strapping black
smith. came into view. Barnes looked
In the direction Of the steps The two
men had disappeared. Instead Of stop
ping directly IN front Of the steps the
smith led his charges quite q distance
beyond and into the darkness.
Putnam Jones abruptly changed his
position. He insinuated hts long body
between Barnes and the doorway, at
the same time rather loudly proclaim
&A8 ~0s s0O AOA0 0Hp0oxCO W O0 Vy0As
Yea, sir" he repeated, "she seems
70 have let up altogether. Ought to
have q nice day tomorrow, MI. Barnes
nice, cool day for waikiki"
Voices came up from the darkness.
Jones had not been able to cover them
with his own. Barnes caught two or
three sharp commands, rising above
the paving Of horses hoofs, and then
Z great clatter as the mounted horse
men rode OF IN the direction Of the
crossroads
Barnes waited until they vert NUT
ded BY distance and then turned u
Jones with the laconic remark:
They seem to be foreigners. ~.
Jones'"
Jones' manner became natural once
more. He leaned against one Of the
posts and. striking Z match On his ~.
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