Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-08-29
SYNOPSIS.

wealthy eHAyT New Yor fao on Walking trip
through New England, is caught In
storm miles from his destination. At a
same plight While they discuss the sit
uation an automobile, sent to meet the
girl arrives and Barnes is given a Int TO
Hart's tavern, while the girl is taken
on to her destination, which she tells
Barnes is place called Green Fancy.
CHAPTER 1T-At the tavern Barnes
falls in with a stranded troupe of barn
storming'' actors, headed by Lyndon
Rushcroft, and becomes interested in
them.
CHAPTER III-As the storm grows,
Barnes finds himself worrying over the
safety of the girl, travelling over the
mountain roads at what he considers DAN
Fancy is something of a house of mys-
terry. Two mounted men leave the tavern
in a manner which arouses Barnes curl
Osity.
CHAPTER IV-He meets "NTiss Thacl1-
cray" leading lady of the stranded theat-
rical troupe, who is acting as chamber
maid That night he is aroused by the
bringing Of dying man to the tavern,
one of the two who had ridden away a
short time before. They tell of finding the
dead body of the other man. Both had
been shot.
CHAPTER V-The wounded man, regis
tered at the tavern as Andrew Paul, dies,
and Barnes is informed he must not leave
until after the inquest ODoWd and De
Soto, guests at Green Fancy, visit the
tavern, apparently much mystif1ed over
the affair.
CHAPTER VT-Barnes advances Rush
croft money sufficient to release the com
pany. from it's embarrassing position,
thereby becoming its official hacker. He
visits Green Fancy, and in the grounds
meets his acquaintance of the night be-
fore, finding her girl OF surprising
beauty.
CHAPTER vTI-she seems not to be
DESTROYS of recognizing him, and turns
away. 'O'Dowd appears and in apparently
friendly fashion escorts Barnes (Who feels
he is unWelcome) from the grounds.
CHAPTER VIII-Miss Thackeray warns
Barnes that man stopping. at the tav-
ern, ostensibly book agent, had searched
his baggage in his absence O'Dowd
comes TO the tavern and with Barnes and
others goes over the scene of the previous
nights shooting. Barnes is invited to
dinner at Green Fancy.
CHAPTER Kills acquaintance of the
The makeup of the house party, partiCu
larly man introduced to him as Loeb"
and the number of menservants about the
place. somewhat astonishes Barnes.
CHAPTER X-ETiss Cameron informs
MIN she is prisoner in the house, APP
pealing to hina for aid and binding him
to secrecy. In conversation with the
chauffeur who drives him back to the
tavern, Barnes becomes convinced there
is conspiracy of moment Matching at
Green Fancy.
CHAPTER XI-At breakfast the sup
posed book agent introduces himself as
SprOuse, government secret agent
SprOuse tells Barnes he is there to watch
the party at Green Fancy, describing
them as refugees from a country OyerrLn
by the Germans. He asserts that Miss
cameron" is relative of the former ruler
Of the devastated country and that she or
Loeb have with them the crown Jewels
of enormous value, which Sprouse would
recover.
CHAPTER XII-Barnes agrees to ac-
company Sprouse on a nocturnal visit to
Green Fancy, Sprouse with the object of
securing the Jewels and Barnes with the
hope of rescuing Miss Cameron"
CHAPTER XIIT-They enter the grounds
In safety, SprOuse overcoming two men
evidently on guard. Reaching the house,
barnes sends up by means of fishing
rod carried by Sprouse a note to Miss
Cameron" informing her Of their inten-
ton to enter the house. She tries to dis
suade them, but Sprouse climbs to her
room and goes through it on quest for
the crown jewels and state papers.