The Glenwood post., 1919-07-05

.ans n Win stranded troupe or barn
Rushcroft. and becomes Interested In
them.
cHAPTER 1II-As the storm grows,
Barnes finds himself worrying over the
safeiy OF the girl, travelling over the
mountain ronds at what he considers dam
Fancy II something OF a house of mys-
tery. Two mounted men leave the tavern
osity
CHAPTER Iv-He meets "Mlsa Thack-
cray" leading lady Of the stranded theat-
rieal troupe, who is acting as chamber
;na4d. TEal night he Is aroused by the
bringing of dying man to the tavern,
one of the two who had ridden away q
short time before. They tell OF finding the
been shot
CHAPTER V-The wounded man, regis
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
the affair
CHAPTER VI-Rarnes advances Rush
pany from its embarrassing position.
thereby becoming its official backer. He
visits Green Fancy, and in the grounds
meets his acquaintance of the night be-
beauty. - '''''
CHAPTER YII-she seems not to be
desirous Of recognizing him, and turns
a%iay aliay, ,oD9Wd apPeafs and in apParenty
he Is unwelCome) from the grounds.
CHAPTER vIII-Miss Thack.ray warns
Barnes that a man stopping at the tav
ern, ostensibly book agent, had searched
his baggage in his absence. O'Dowd
s goes over the scene of the previous
be lis shooting. Barnes Is invited to
at Green Fancy.
GhenvoSER IX-His acquaintance Of tho
. introduced as Miss Cameron.
Teruationao Of the house party, partcu.,.
lai! introduced TO him as Loeb.
and tn, Der of menservants about the
place. s.shovshat astonishes Barnes.
CHAPTER x-Miss Cameron informs
him she is "a prisoner in the house, ap-
Psaling to him for aid and binding him
chauffeur who drives him back to the
tavern, Barnes becomes convinced there
is conspiracy Of moment Matching at
CHAPTER XI-At breakfast the sup
posed book agent introduces himself as
sprouse tells Barnes he is there to wssoh
the party at Green Fancy. describing
BY tn. gsrmsn. 'f liz a.s.rs. stS tSas s'si Hi.s
Cameron" is 4 relative Of the former ruler
of The the dsy.ste.fd % country and that :hs Sr
OF enormous value. which 6prouss wsu1d
recover.
CHAPTER xIr-Barnss agrees t. a.
company Sprouss on a nocturnal visit to
Green Fancy. Sprouss with the object Of
Sop. ss Ind eaanss With tho
Several minutes went by. There
was not sound save the restless pat
ter of rain in the tree tops. At last
the faraway thud of footsteps came to
the ears of the tense listener. They
drew nearer, louder, and once more
seemed to be approaching the very
spot where he crouched.
Then came the sound of n dull,
heavy blow, a hoarse gasp, a momen-
tary commotion in the shrubbery,
and-again silence. Barnes blood ran
cold. He waited for the next football
of the passing man. 1t never came.
A sharp whisper reached his ears.
"Come here-quick !"
He floundered through the brush and
almost fell PROSTATE over the kneel-
ing figure of a man.
Take care! Lend hand" whis-
pered Sprouse.
Dropping to his knees, Barnes felt
for and touched wet, coarse garments,
and gasped:
"AIy Cod Have you killed him?"
Temporarily" said Sprouse, be-
tween his teeth. "Here, unwind the
rope I've got around my waist. Take
the end-here. Got knife? Cut off
section about three feet long. I'll
get the gag in his mouth while you're
doing it. Hangmen always carry their
own ropes" lie concluded, with grew
some humor. "Got it cut2 Well, cut
two more sections, same length"
With incredible swiftness the two
of them bound the feet, knees and
arms Of the inert victim.
II came prepared" said Sprouse. so
calmly that Barnes marveled at the
iron nerve Of the man.
"By heaven, Sprouse, II believe
he's dead. We've haven't any right
to kill a"
Don't be finicky," snapped Sprouse.
1T wasn't much Of q crack, and 1t
was necessary" STRENGTHENING up,
with a sigh Of satisfaction, he laid his
hand On Barnes shoulder. 'We've
Just got to 70 through with 1t now,
Barnes. Well never get another
chance. Putting that fellow out OF
business queers us forever afterward."
Hsdropped to bis knees and began
searching over the ground with bis
hands. SHsfe Il ID. You can't 80 IL,
Of courss. % ~ tell you what It Il.