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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-06-19
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER Thomas X. Barnes, wealthy
New Yorker, on walking trip through
New England Is caught In storm mlies
from his destination. At crossroads point
Ae nests a girl In the same plight While
they discuss the situation an automobile. sent
TO meet the girl. arrives and Barnes is CIV,
en- a lift 10 Hart's tavern, while the girl
Is taken on 20 her destination, which she
tells Barnes is a place called Green Fancy
CHAPTER II--At the tavern Barnes falls
m with a stranded troupe OF barn storm
ing actors headed by Lyndon Rushcroft.
and becomes interested in them.
CHAPTER III--As the storm grows.
safety OF the girl. travelling over the noun
tain roads ut what he considers dangerous
speed. He learns that Green Fancy is some-
thing OF house OF mystery. Two mounted
men leave the tavern in a manner which
arousea Barnes curiosity.
CHAPTER Iv-He meets Miss Thack
rica troupe. who 10 acting as chambermaid.
That night he is aroused by the bringing
OF dying man TO the tavern, ono of the
two who had ridden away . short time be-
fore They tell Of finding the dead body
OF the other man Both had been shot
CHAPTER N--The wounded man. regis
tered at the tavern az Andrew Paul. dies.
and Barnes is informed he must not leave
untn after the inquest. ODcwd and De
soee guests at Green Fancy. visit the tay-
ern. sy7arently much mystihed over the
affair.
CHAPlTR yI-Bsrnes advances Rush
croft moneT Sufficient to release the COM
pany from itr vnb position. there
by becoming 80 rHcial hacker. He vista
Green Fancy, az IN the grounds meets his
acquaintance Of the night before, findug
her a gi-l Of surpr.s,ag beauty.
CHAPTER VII-She seems not 10 be de-
sirous OF recognizing him. and turns away.
oDowd appears and In apparently friendly
fashion escorts Barnes twho feels he Is
unwelcomel from the grounds
CHAPTER NIII-Miss Thackeray warns
Barnes that a man stopping at the tavern
ostensibly a 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 IX-Hs acquaintance OF the
storm is introduced as Miss Cameron. The
makeup OF the house party particularly a
man introduced to him as Loeb" and the
number OF menservants about the place
somewhat astonishes Barnes.
CHAPTER X-Miss Cameron informs him
she is prisoner In the house appealing
TO him for aid and binding him to secrecy
In conversation with the chauffeur who
drives him back to the tavern, Barnes be-
comes convinced there Ia n conspiracy OF
moment Matching at Green Fancy.
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"Nat,irally."

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"Wel'," began Barnes, introducing a
harsh note into his voice, 81 should
say that if she Is guilty of receiving
this stolen property she ought to be
punished. Jail is the place for her,
Mr.. Sprouse."
Sprouse put down his coffee cup
rather suddenly. A queer pallor came
into his face.
"You do not understand the situa-
| ton. Haven't / made 1t plain to you
| that she is innocent of any intent to
do wrong?'
"You have said SO. Mr.. Sprouse, but
your idea of wrong and mine may not
jibe."
There cannot be two ways Of look
ing at 1t, sir" said Sprouse, after a
moment. "She could do no WRONG"
Whereupon Barnes reached his hand
across the table and laid 1t on
Sprouse's. His eyes were dancing.
That's just wirai want to be sure
about" he said. at was my way Of
finding out your intentions concerning
her"
what do you mean"
"COme with me to my rOom," said
Barnes, suppressing his excitement.
81 think / can tell you where she is
and Il great deal more that you ought
to know"
In the little room upstairs he told
the whole story. The little man lis
tened without so much as q single
word OF interruption or Interrogation.
Somewhat breathlessly Barnes came
to the end.
"And now, Mr.. Sprouse, what do
you make of 1t all?" he inquired.
Sprouse leaned back in his chair
suddenly relaxing. ~ am completely
at sea-" he said, and Barnes looked
at him in surprise.
"By Jove, I thought It would all be
as clear as day TO you. Here is your
man and also your woman, and the
travelling bag full Of"
right you are" interrupted Sprouse.
"That is all simple enough. But, my
dear Barnes, can you tell me what Mr..
Secretary LOeb's real name is? Why
has he established himself so close to
the Canadian line, and why the mo-
bilization? | refer to his army of
huSkies."
Heirs apparent usually have some
sort of a bodyguard, don't they?"
Sprouse was staring thoughtfully at
the ceiling. When he finally lowered
deep, inscrutable smile.
II dare say the first thing for me
to do is to advise the Canadian au-
thOrties to keep sharp lookout along
the border"
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CHAPTER XII.
Mr.. Sprouse Abandons Literature az
an Early Hour In the Morninu.


After thrashIng about in his bed for
seven sleepless hours, Barnes arose
and gloomily breakfasted alone. He
was not discouraged over his failure
to arrive at anything tangible In the
shape OF plan of action. 1t was in
conceivable that he should not be able
In very short order to bring about the
release OF the fair guest Of Green
Fancy. There was not the slightest
doubt In his mind that international
affairs of considerable Importance
were involved and that the agents op-
Grating at Green Fancy were under
definite orders.
Mr.. Sprouse came into the dining
room as he was taking his last swal-
lew Of coffee.
"Ah, good morning" was the bland
little mans greeting. "Up with the
lark, l see. Mind II / sit down here
and have my eggs?" He pulled out a
chair opposite Barnes and e0ohy sat
down at the table.
"You can't sell me set of Dickens
at this hour of the day" said Barnes
sourly. Besides, I've finished my
breakfast Keep your seat" He start.
ed to rise.
"Slt down." said Sprouse quietly.
Something In the mans voice and man.
ner struck Barnes as oddly compelling.
He hesitated second and then re-
suned his seat. "Pve been investi.
eating you, Mr.. Barnes" said the little
man, unsmilingly. "Don't get sore.
There are lot of things that you don't
know, and one of them Is that don't
sell books for living. It's something
or side line with me-" He leaned
forward. II shall be quite frank with
you sir. / am secret service man.
Yesterday l went through your effects
upstairs, and last night I took the lib-
erty OF spying upon you. SO to speak,
while you were a guest at Green
Fancy"
"The deuce you say!" cried Barnes.
I'VE will get right down to tacks."
said Sprouse. my government
which isn't yours, by the way-sent
me up here five weeks ago on a GER
tain undertaking. am supposed to
hnd out what Is Matching up at Green
Fancy. Having satisfied myself that
you are not connected with the gang
up there l cheerfulIy place myself II
your hands. Mr.. Barnes. You were al
Green Fancy last night. SO was I
You had an advantage over ME, how.
ever. for you were on the inside and
/ was not"
"Confound your impudence! T."
"One Of my purposes In revealing
myself to you. Mr.. Barnes, Is to warn
you to steer clear Of that crowd. You
may md yourself IN exceedingly moi
water later on II you don't. Another
purpose. and the real one, Is to secure
n possible. your cooperation In beat
ing the game up there, You can helT
me. and In helping me you may be In
strumental In righting one of thu
Gravest wrongs the world has eve
known"
~Wiu you be good enough, Mr
opFouse. 20 tell me Just. what you art
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ELEPHANT GREAT WALKER

Consider a circus menagerie: then
seek into memory and find the thought
that usually comes with the entrance
into the tent. The little boy with the
red necktie will please answer. Cor
rect. Thank you.
The poor animals never get any ex-
ercise. And that is just where the
mistake comes in concerning men,
agerie For the animals really get
more exercise than they need-if they
care to take it. Incidentally that
statement brings proof in happen
ing in the Yankee Robinson Big Three
Ring Wild Animal Circus which is
coming to Brookings for a one days
stay, Wednesday June 25th.
Jennie, the leader of the elephant
herd and by the way one of the larg-
est in captivity, is a walker. Con-
stantly on the move, back and forth
and stretching her leg chain to its
limit until Jerry irwin, the head ele-
phant man, became curious. One day
just out of curiosity he placed a ped
ometer on. Jennie's gigantic neck.
That night when she stretched out
for sleep in her luxurious apartments
in the elephants car, Irwin looked at
the pedometer. The little instrument
showed that she had walked eighteen
miles that day.
incidentally Jennie bears the dis
tinction of being the oldest elephant
in the United States and naturally
will appear in the performance and
i'll the morning parade here.
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trying to get at? know nothing what
ever against Mr.. Curtis and his
friends. You assume a great deal
Excuse me, Mr.. Barnes. I'll admit
that you don't know anything against
them but you suspect whole lot. To
begin with. you suspect that two men
were shot TO death because they were
In wrong with someone at Green
Fancy. Now / could tell you who
these two men really were and why
they were shot But sha'nt do any
thing OF the Sort-at least not at pres
ent"
Barnes was impressed. perhaps
you will condescend TO tell me who
you are. Mr.. Sprouse. am very much
In the dark"
81 am special agent-but not q
spy, sir-of a government that IS
friendly to yours. l am known in
Washington. My credentials are not
to be questioned. At present it would
be unwiSe for me to reveal the name
Of my government. | dare say If ]
can afford TO trust you, Mr.. Barnes,
you can afford TO trust me. There is
too much at stake for me TO take the
slightest chance with any man | am
ready to chance you, sir, If you will
do the same by me-"
"Well." began Barnes deliberately
81 guess you will have to take a
chance with me, Mr.. Sprouse, for l re-
fuse to commit myself until | know
exactly what YOU are up to-"
"In the first place. Mr.. Barnes" said
Sprouse, sailing his eggs, ''you have
been thinking that / was sent down
from Green Fancy to spy on you.
Isn't that so?"
II am answering no questions, Mr..
Sprouse."
"You were wrong" said Sprouse, as
II Barnes had answered in the affir-
NATIVE. III am working on my own.
You may have observed that did not
accompany the sherlff's posse today.
/ was up In Hornville getting the final
word from New York that you were on
the level. I telephoned to New York.
Eleven dollars and sixty csats. You
were under suspicion until I hung up
the receiver, may say"
"Jones has been talking to you"
said Barnes. "But you said a moment
ago that you were up at Green Fancy
last night. Not by invitation, tahe
~"
~ invited myself" said Sprsuse sue
clnctly. "Are you inclined to favor
my propositlonf'
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DENTISTS
PHYSICIANS S

DR.. o. n. Of
flee over Haugen's store. Phone,
434.
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CHAPTER XII.
The First Wayfarer Accepts an Invi.
tation.

The First Wayfarer Accepts an Invi-
tation.
Barnes insisted that the first thing
to be considered was the release of
Miss Cameron.
IF we can't think of any other way
to get her out of this devilish predica-
ment, Sprouse shall apply to Wash
ington for help"
"And be laughed at my friend" said
the secret agent. 1T is not matter
for the government to NEEDLE in at
all"
swell, something has to be done at
once said Barnes doggedly She is
depending on me. If you could have
seen the light that leaped into her glo-
rious eyes when /"
"Yes, / know. I've heard she is
quite pretty girl. You needn't"
"Quite pretty girl" exclaimed
Barnes. "Why, she is the loveliest
thing that God ever created. She has
the face Of"
81 am beginning to understand
O'Dowd's interest in her. Mr.. Barnes.
He has probably fallen in love with
her with as little difficulty as you have
experienced, and almost as eXpedi-
tiously. He has seen little more OF
her than you, but
"Don't talk nonsense. I'm not in
love with her"
"Can you speak with equal author
ity for Mr. O'Dowd? He is very sus-
ceptible Irishman, am told"
81 don't believe he will get much en-
couragement from her, Mr.. Sprouse,"
said Barnes stiffly.
"If she is as clever as / think she
is she will encourage him tremendous
Mr.. O'Dowd is only human. He isn't
immune"
II catch the point, Mr.. Sprouse,"
said Barnes, rather gloomily. He did
not like to think of the methods that
might have to be employed in the sub
jugation of Mr.. O'DOwd. "There is a
rather important question I'd like to
ask. Is she even remotely eligible to
her country's throne2"
"Remotely, yes" said Sprouse.
$50 remotely that she could marry
q chap like O'Dowd without giving
| much thought to future complica-
tions?" he ventured.
'She'd be Just as safe in marrying
| O'DOwd as she would In marrying
you" was Sprouse's unsatisfactory re-
| spOnSe The mans brow was wrin-
kled in thought. "See here, Mr..
Barnes, am planning a visit to Green
Fancy tonight. How would you like
to accompany mer
"Td like nothing better" said
Barnes, with enthusiasm.
"Will you agree to obey instruc-
lions? I can't have you muddling
things up. you know"
"The grounds are carefully guard
ed" said Barnes, after they had dis
eussed the project FOR some time.
"Miss Cameron is constantly under
the watchful eye Of one or more Of
the crowd"
II know. passed couple Of them
last night" said Sprouse calmly. 'By
the way, don't you think It would be
very polite Of you to invite the Green
Fancy party over here to have an old
fashioned country dinner with you to-
nighti"
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"HeIlo! How Are You This Mornino?''
will have to come from the outside.
1t will be dangerous-terribly danger
Ous-"
"You say ODowd will not assist
you to escape?"
"He urges me to stay here and take
my chances. He believes that every
thing will turn out well for me in the
end, but I am frightened. must get
away from this place."
''Then keep your eyes and ears open
for the next night or two. Can you
tell me where your room is lOcated?"
ut Is one flight up; the first If the
two windows In my room Is the third
to the right Of the entrance. l am
confident that someone Is stationed
below my windows all night long,"
"Yen still insist that arm not to
call on the authorities for help?"
"Yes, yes! That must not even be
considered. have not only myself to
consider. Mr.. Barnes. I am very
small atom IN"
"All right! Wen get along without
them." he said cheerily. "Afterward
we will discuss the importance Of
atoms"
"And your reward as well. Mr..
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.'It would be useless, Mr.. Sprouse.
They will not come"
81 am perfectly aware of that, but
| It won't do any harm to ask them,
will it?"
Barnes chuckled. 81 see Establish
ing myself as an innocent bystander,
eh?"
"Get O'Dowd on the telephone and
ask him If they can come" said
Sprouse.
"But there is Jones to consider. The
telephone Is in his office. What will
he think"
"Jones is all right" said Sprouse
briefly. "Come along. You can call
up from my ROOM" He grinned slyly.
"Such thing as tapping the wire,
you know"
Sprouse had installed telephone in
his room, carrying wire upstairs
from an attachment made in the cell
lar OF the Tavern. He closed the door
to his little room on the top floor.
with the landlords approval" he
explained, pointing to the instrument,
"but unknown to the telephone com
pany, you may be sure. Call him up
about half past ten. O'DOwd may be
up at this unholy hour, but not she.
Now I must be off to discuss literature
with Mrs. Jim COnley. The hardest
part Of my job Is to keep her from
subscribing for a set Of Dickens. Con-
ley's house is not far from Green
Fancy. Savvy?"
Barnes, left to his own devices,
wandered from taproom to porch,
from porch to forge, from forge to
taproOm, his brain far more active
than his legs. his heart as heavy as
lead and as light as air by turns
More than once he felt like resorting
to well-known expedient to deter
mine whether he was awake or dream
ing. Could all this be real?
Ten minutes later he was in
Sprouse's room, calling for Green
Fancy over an extension wire that had
cost the company nothing and yielded
nothing in return. After some delay
O'Dowd's mellow voice sang out:
Hello! How are you this morn
mgr
"Grievously lonesome" replied
Barnes, and wound up doleful ac-
count of himself by imploring O'Dowd
to save his life by bringing the entire
Green Fancy party over to dinner
that night.
O'DOwd was heart-broken. Person
ally he would go 70 any extreme to
save SO valuable life, but as for the
rest of the party, they begged him to
say they were sorry to hear Of the ex-
pected death Of so promising chap
and that, while they couldn't come to
his party they would be delighted to
come to his funeral. In short, it would
be impossible for them to accept his
kind invitation. The Irishman was
so gay and gOOd-humored that Barnes
took hope.
''By the way, ODowd I'd like to
speak with Miss Cameron If she can
come to the telephone"
Don't be surprised If you are cut
off suddenly. The coast is clear for
the moment, but Here Miss Cam
eron. Careful now."
Her voice, soft and clear and trem-
bling with eagerness, caressed Barnes
eager ear.
"Mr. ODowd will see that M evil
befalls me here, but he refuses to help
me to get away. l quite understand
and appreciate his position. | cannot
ask him to go so far as that Help
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Barnes" she said. Her voice trailed
off into an lndistinct murmur. He
heard the receiver click on the hook,
and after calling 'hello" twice hung
up his own with a sigh. Evidently
O'Dowd had warned her Of the ap-
proach Of a less considerate person
than himself.
(TO BE CONTINUED
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"You haven't made one.~

"fou haven't made one.~
by suggestion. Mr.. Barnes. II Is
quite impossible for me to get inside
that house. You appear to have the
entree. You are working in the dark,
guessing at everything. I am guess
Ing at nothing. BY combining forces
We should bring this thing to head.
and"
"Just moment. You expect me to
abuse the hospitality Of"
II shall have to speak plainly. ]
see." He leaned forward. fixing
Barnes with a pair OF steady, earnest
eyes. "Six months ago certain royal
house In Europe was despoiled of Its
jewels, Its privy seal, Its most precious
state documents and It's charter. They
have been traced to the United States,
] am here to recover them. That Is
the foundation of my story, Mr..
Barnes.
without dlvulging the name of the
house I win say that its sympathles
have been from the outset friendly to
the entente allies-especially with
France. There are two branches OF
the ruling family. one In power. the
other practically irS exile. The state
= : small one. but it, integrity = Of
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DR.. D. L. HORTON, DENTIsT-Omce
over the H. G. Williams Land office.
Phone 445.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-22
Italian Troops in Fiume
Granted Delay A. Hours
To Return to Italy

Rome. Friday. Sept. 21-The Tri-
buna announces that a person re-
turning from Fiume stated that Gen.
Badaglio, commanding italian troops
outside Ftume. had granted a delay
Of 4s-hours TO officers and soldiers in
Fiume to return TO Italy. 1t was
added that the population of Fiume
had decided to make an unmistak-
able demonstration Of their feelinxs
at the expiration Of this ultimatum
Saturday. Women and children ami
men Of the civil population were TO
precede the troops to the armistice
line. shielding the troops with their
bodies in order to see whether Gen.
Badoglio's soldiers would fire upon
them.
It was added that d'Annunzio had
ordered the sentinels on the Jugo-
Siav frontier not to make use #
their arms, even II the -Slavs
fred on them, saying:
ALLOW yourselves to be killed. We
are here for this since our sacrifice
may lead to the occupation Of all Dali
matia."
It is added that sons French and
British sailors had remained in
Fiume and Joined the Italian move
ment.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-22
ELECTRIC hts AUTO
CHAUFFEUR Is HURT

An automobile from Newport. con-
tanning party Of Ave was struck oy
the WateryiIle and Fairfield electric
car No. n, with LaForest Allen #
Fairfield as notorman and Herman
Go>daIe as conductor early Sunday
afternoon in front Of the wateryil.e
Motor Co.. the automobile was COM
ing up College avenue, and about 20
make the curve at Postofiice square.
when the wheels Of the machine were
caught in the car track. The driver.
Alden Cookson of Newport, saw the
electric car coUing down the avenue
at the usual rate Of speed, and Re
could not get the automobile from
the tracks. 80 he stopped the ma
chine. Consequently the electric car
went head On with the automobile.
knocking it about % feet before IL
finally stopped. Tho driver was
thrown against the windshield, ana
was severely cut about the head. The
car was considerably damaged. AMI
was taken TO the Waterville Motor
Company garage. None Of the other
occupants Of the car were injured
The other occupants were Ernest
Cookson. son Of the driver; Jane
Emery of Plymouth; Edith Bickfoed
Of Plymouth and Bertha Cookson Of
Newport
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TELEGRAPH BRIEFS

Boston. Sept A-Ta. Ar, g.
MASSACHUSETTS has sn.en.S %
euoic-foet balloon to r-cr..
Sneiaad IN The air race a o, L..
o'or i The pilots VII h. -.
Joseph s Bart Of this city a,s -.
Torey OF Worcester. ''sepa
Buenos AireS Sept In
ment mas been asked 70 rra-,
Of sioae0IoS gold to German :, ai'
10 facilitate the purchase c. ..oe'
flals IN Argentina The crssr ~ ~, .
slniiar TO that granted IN. ~.
powers last year. excep, ina G.--
offers to provide securjrr IAnS
Paris. Sept. a--(Hsrsn
ING committee tomorrou VII $50
me documents In the cas-. G. ps-.. "a
noir' who 10 under ssris,c. ~ 80
on a charge Of having oon-r,;. ...n
military INTEL gence u n. .-.
who was saved from e1scv,,,, 80. .aa
morning by an appeal TO " 49,
usder-seeretary Of state e, r;,,.S
justice A report yin be mad. =, :.
documents by the Commits. ana a..
TO Presi1ent Poincaire.
New York. Sept NL-out Q. -, AMI.
cants for the knights Q. CoIu-hr.
scholarships offered TO accr. asa -.
mer service men In e.,leses a.d un,v.,
sites. 81 have been selec-s. 70 t.t.
me entrance examinz tioaE. s.ccoyd;,, >,
William J. Mckinley. suprer.s sec,ea,,
Of the order.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-22
BENTON

Mra A. z. Richards is visiting rela.
t.ves In Bangor ana Orono.
The Sewing Circle Of Benton Grang.
will meet At its hall Monday afternoon
TO sew on aprons and make final ar
rangements for the fair which IL to be
held Thur day. Sept. Is.
G. H. Kennedy has. returned from
Portland. where he has been on BUSH
ness trip.
B. T. schuman Of Waterville was q
recent guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Everett
Hunter.
Eugene. Davis and aunt. Mrs. Cottreli.
attended Lewiston fair Thursday.
Miss Alberta Foss was the guest OF
friends in Shawmut Thursday.
Mrs. J. e. Jackson was . business
caller in Augusta Friday.
NJ. and Mrs. c. B. Kidder and Mrs
A. A. Kidder Of Winslow were recent
callers Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Whit
man.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. s@warren. Mrs Abbie
Reed. Mrs. Everett Hunter and Mrs.
Cottrell Of Belfast passed Friday with
Mrs.. w. NJ. Hosford of winslow
r. B. Pilisbury attended the State
Fair at Lewiston Thursday.
Mrs. George Brown passed Thursday
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley
Brown Of Winslow.