Cleveland County herald., 1919-06-19

"It was q quarter after six when I got back to the house. I spoke to MT. l Bacon about what I'd seen and he said | he believed they were German spies, up to some kind of mischief along the Canadian border. Then about half an hour later you came to the tavern. ! saw RoOn sneak out to the head of the stairs and listen to your conversation with Jones when you registered. That gave me an idea. It was you they were watching the road for"
 Barnes held up his hand for silence. Listen" he said in a low voice. "I will tell you who they were looking for" AS briefly as possible he re- counted his experience with the strange young woman at the cross roads. 'From the beginning I have connected this tragedy with the place called Green Fancy. I'll stake my last penny that they have been hanging around here waiting for the arrival of that young woman. They knew she was coming and they doubtless knew what she was bringing with her. What do you know about Green Fancy?"
 He was vastly excited. His active imagination was creating all sorts of possibilities and complications, depre- dations and intrigues.
 Bacon was the one who answered. People live up there and since we've been here two or three men visitors have come down from the place to sample our stock of wet goods. talked with a couple of lem day before yester- day. They were out for a horseback ride and stopped here for a mug of ale."
 Were they foreigners?" inquired Barnes.
 Eff you want to call an Irishman a foreigner, I'll have to say one of them was. He had a beautiful brogue. The other was an American, I'm sure. Yes 1 terday they rode past here with cOu- pie of swell-looking women. I saw them turn up the road to Green Fancy"
 The arrival of four or five men, who stamped into the already crowded hall
 
 the attention of the quartette. Among them was the doctor who, they were soon to discover, was also the coroner of the county. A very officious deputy sheriff was also in the group.
 MT. Jones called out from the door, way: "Mr. Barnes, you're wanted in | there"
 "All right" he responded.
 The doctor had been working over the prostrate form on the tables. AS Barnes entered the room, he looked up and declared that the man was dead.
 "This is Mir. Barnes" said Putnam Jones, indicating the tall traveller with short jerk of his thumb.
 q am from the sheriff's office," said the man who stood beside the doctor. The rest of the crowd evidently had been ordered to stand back from the tables. ''Did you ever see this man be- fore?"
 "Not until he was carried in here an hour ago."
 "What's your business up here, MT. Earnest"
 q have no business up here. I just happened to stroll in this evening"
 "Well," said the sheriff darkly, 'I guess I'll have to ask you to stick around here till we clear this business up. We don't know you an'- Well, we can't take any chances. You un- l derstand, reckon"
 'T certainly fail to understand, Mir. Sheriff. I know nothing whatever of this affair and l intend to continue on my way tomorrow morning"
 "Well, guess not. You got to stay here till we are satisfied that you | don't know anything about this busi- ness. That's all.'
 "Am I to consider myself under ar rest, sir?"
 ''I wouldn't go so far as to say that. You just stick around here, that's all I got to say. If you're all right, we'll soon find it out. Whats more, if you are all right you'll be willin' to stay. Do you get mel"
 q certainly do. And can now as- sure you, MT. Sheriff, that I'd like nothing better than to stick around here, as you put it. I'd like to help clear this matter up. In the mean time, you may readily find out who I am and why I am here by telegraph ing to the mayor of New York city. This document, which experience has 1 taught me to carry for just such an emergency as this, may have some weight with you" He opened his bill folder and drew forth neatly creased sheet of paper. Read it, please, and note the date, the signature, the off, cial seal of the New York police de- partment, and also the rather interest ing silver print pasted in the lower left hand corner. I think you will agree that it is a good likeness of me. Each year I take the precaution of having myself certified by the police department at home before venturing into unknown and perhaps unfriendly