The citizen., 1919-08-21
SYNOPSIS.

storm miles from his destination. At
crossroads point be meets girl In the
uation an automobile sent 20 meet the
girl arrives and Barnes Is given n lft TO
s IS bay bsyetn Tnie the gl1 'asen ,s,
Barnes Il place called Green Fancy
CrAPTrp n-At the tavern Rarne.
falls IN with n stranded troupe Of barn
etorming' actors headed by Lyndon
Rushcroft. and becomes interested IN
them.
CHAPTER fTI-As tine storm grows
Barnes hnds p nself worrying over the
mountain roads al what he considers dan
gcrous speed. He learns tnat Green
Fancy q something ~ a. house of mys-
terry. Two mounted men leave the tavern
in manner which arouses barnes curl
os'ty.
CHAPTER Iv-IIe meets Miss Thack-
cray" leading lady Of the stranded thaat-
real troupe, who is acting as chamber
maid. That niFht he is aroused bv the
ond a S6 a9Rs wR a9 RaS eS "a .ae n@S% tavern
short time before They tell of finding the
dead body Of the other man Both had
been shot
CHAPTER v-T'ho wounded man. regis.
tered az the tavern as Andrew Paul dies
an. Barnes la Informed he must not leave
until after the inquest O'Dowd and De
Soto. 4rsta ~ Green Fancy. visit the
tavern, apparently much mystined over
the anair.
CHAPTrR Vt-Harncs advances Rush
croft money tuiltleut tp release the come
thereby u,, lmiuv rs official hncker. lie
VISITS tfFfH Fancy. ana lu tine grounds
meets ila acquaintance Of the night be-
Tore. nndIns her girl OF surprising
beatty.
,CHArTTU v1f-she seems not to bo
b. fI bad .HrH.a
away. % HoNd a"pears and iu apparently
friendly fashion escorts barnes tWho feels
he is un"eIcomD from the grounds.
CHAPTER VIU-Miss Thackeray warns
htfn'a thAt man stopping at the ttt-
he baEgaEe In his absence. O'Dowd
comes Co the tavern and with Barnes and
oihets goes over the scene OF the previous
niEhts shooting Barnes h invited TO
dinner at Green Fancy.
CHAPTER kills acquaintance Of the
storm is introduced as Miss Cameron.
The makeup OF the house party. particu-
larry "a man introduced 90 him as Loeb"
ani the numher OF mcussrNants about the
place, somewhat astOnlshcs Barnes
Long before they came 90 the turi,-
pike. Barnes had reduced his hundred
and one suppositlons to the following
concrete conclusion: Green Fancy
was no longer In the hands Of its orig
inal owner for the good and sufficient
reason that Mr. Curtis was dead. The
real master ~ the house was the man
known as Loeb. Through ODowd he
had leased the property from the Wild
owed dnurhter-in-law. and had estab-
lished himself there. surrounded by
Trustworthy henchmen. for the purpose
- fftfr nj Hu RI mud sinister
project.
Il suppose Mrs. Collier has spent n
great deal OF time up here with her
brother"
First time she was ever here. so
far as know" said Peter and Barnes
promptly took up his weaving once
more.
With one exception, he decided. the
entire company at Green Fancy was
involved in the conspiracy. The eX-
ception was Miss Cameron. II was
quite clear 60 him that she had been
m'sled or betrayed into her present
position: that a trap had been set for
her aud she had walked into II blind
ly trustlngly. This would seem TO es-
tablsh. beyond question that her cap
ture and detention was vital to the in
tcrests Of the plotters; Otherwise she
would not have been lured TO Green
Fancy under the impression that she
was To find herself among friends and
supporters. Supporters That word
started a new train OF thought. lie
could hardly wait for the story that |
was TO fan from her lips.
"By the way, Peter, IL has Just oc-
Cured 10 me that | may be able To |
give you a job In ease you are let out |
by Mr.. Curtis. can't say definitely |
until | have communicated with my |
sister. who has summer home In the |
Berkshires."
"Tll be much obliged. sir. Course |
won't say a word. VIII find you at |
the tavern II | get my walkin' papers |
sOOn7"
"Yes. Stop in TO see me tomorrow II |
you happen 10 be passing"
Barnes said good night 10 the man |
and entered the tavern a few minutes |
later Putnam Jones was behind the /
desk and facing him was the little
book agent.
"Hello, stranger" greeted the land
lord. Been sashaylng In society, heyi |
Meet my friend MIR. Sprouse. Mr..
Barnes. Sic-em, Sprousel Give him
the Dickens :" Mr.. Jones laughed loud
~ at his own Jest.
Sprouse shook hands with his vie
tim.
~ was just saying TO our friend
Jones here. Mr.. Barnes. that you look
Ike a more than ordinarily intelligent
man and that II had chance to buxs
with you for a quarter Of an hour
could present a proposition"
SORRY, Mr. Sprouse. but II is half
past clever lock. and | am dog g-tired.