Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1919-07-24
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER l-Thomas K. Barnes
wealthy New Yorker, on, . walking trip
through New England. Is caught IN q
storm miles from his destination. AZ =
same plight. While they discuss the sit
ustion an automobile, sent to meet the
girl. arrives aud Barnes Is gwen q NY u
aaF.,s tavern c., Thils the sh III, She + 'a ssfl,
Barnes is q place called Green Fancy.
CHAPTER II-At the tavern Barnes
falls in with a stranded troupe Of barn.
fEsS SsRspet,, s snS becomes esnas' interested Sx asHa IN
Them.
CHAPTER III-As the storm grows,
safety Of the girl. travelling over tbs
mountain roads at what he considers dan.
gerous speed. He learns tnat Green
Fancy Is something Of a house OF mss,
in q name which Barnes curl
asity.
CHAPTER 1v-He meets Miss Thack'
eray," leading lady of the stranded thaat'
rical troupe, who Is acting as chamber
maid. That night he Is aroused by the
bringing Of a dying mar to the tavern
short time before. They tell OF finding tbs
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. O'Dowd and De
Soto, guests at Green Fancy, visit the
tavern; apparently much mystified over
CHAPTER vI-Barnes advances Rush.
croft money sufficient to release the com
pany, from its embarrassing position
tharahy hANnrptn0 Ire nfHriol hQNkar He
visits Green Fancy. and in the grounds
meets his acquaintance of the night be-
fore. finding her a girl Of surprising
beauty.
CHAPTER vII-She seems not to be
deSirous of recognizing him, and turns
away. 'O'Dowd appears and In apparently
friendly fashion escorts Barnes twho feels
he Is unwelcome) from the grounds.
CHAPTER VIII-Miss T%hackeray warns
Barnes hat a man stopping at the tav.
ern, ~ostensibly a book agent, had searched
comes to the tavern n with Barnes and
others goes over the scene Of the previous
nights shooting. Barnes Is invited tc
dinner at Green Fancy.
CHAPTER Kills acquaintance Of the
storm is introduced as Miss Cameron
The makeup Of the house party, particu'
larly a man introduced to him as Loeb
ana the NUMBER OF iHelSeENdHtS dDOut tlt
place, somewhat astonishes Barnes.
CHAPTER X-Miss Cameron informi
him she is a prisoner in the house. ,ap
pealing to him for aid and binding hin
to secrecy. In conversation with thu
chauffeur who drives him back to thu
tavern, Barnes becomes convinced. ther'
is a conspiracy Of moment Matching a
Green Fancy.
/. CHAPTER Kat breakfast the sup
posed book agent introduces himself a:
sprouse. a government secret agent
the party at Green Fancy. describing
them as refugees from a country overrur
by the Germans, He asserts that Mis-
Cameron" Is a relative OF the former ,rulel
Loeb" have with them the crown Jewels
OF enormous value. which Sprouse woult
recover
CHAPTER XII-Barnes agrees to &C
company Sprouse on a nocturnal visit Il
Green Fancy, Sprouse with the object o
securing the jewels. and Barnes with thu
hope Of rescuing Miss Cameron"
CHAPTER XIII-They enter the grounds
in safety, Sprouse overcoming WI mel
evidently on guard. Reaching the house
Barnes sends up. by means OF a fishin,
Cameron" informing her Of their inten
ton to enter the house. She tries to dis
suade them. but Sprouse climbs to he
room and goes through 1t on a quest 70
the crown jewels and state papers.
CHAPTER XIv-Barnes becomes un
easy at Sprouse's long absence and fol
lows him. climbing by means Of the ".
attached to the wall. While talking I
Miss Cameron" l. commotion In tn
house warns them that sprouse has beel
detected. Barnes, with miss Cameron
clinging to him, makes his escape to tn
ground. He loses his sense of Location
and they become lost, finally taking ref
explains how she was decoyed to tn
house, and was to be married against he
will to the man Loeb" whom she re
she belongs. They are surprised In tn
darkness by O'Dowd.